O maid-servant of God! Know thou that in the sight of God,
the conduct of women is the same as that of men. All are the creatures of God
and He has created them after His form and likeness; that is to say, after the
form and likeness of the Manifestations of His names and His attributes. From
the spiritual point of view, therefore, there is no difference between women
and men. “The nearer we draw to God, the nearer He comes to us” without regard
to whether the person be a man or a woman. How many women, thus drawn to God,
have surpassed men in the shadow of Baha’ in bringing men under it—women famous
throughout the world!
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, vol. 1)
