[When a newspaper editor asked the Master about Shu'a'u'llah's (son of one of 'Abdu'l-Baha's half-brothers who broke the Covenant) relationship, He said:]
I will tell you one thing and it will suffice once and for all. Beyond this neither question me nor will I reply. And that is the words of Christ when told that `your brothers have come to see you'. He said, `They are not my brethren but you are my brethren and kindred. Christ attached no importance to the original relationship with His brethren.
I will tell you one thing and it will suffice once and for all. Beyond this neither question me nor will I reply. And that is the words of Christ when told that `your brothers have come to see you'. He said, `They are not my brethren but you are my brethren and kindred. Christ attached no importance to the original relationship with His brethren.
Notwithstanding this, my house is open to all. He who wishes
may enter and he who wishes to go out may leave.
- 'Abdu'l-Baha (Words of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, October 20, 1912, Los Angeles, USA, recorded
by Mahmud Zarqani; ‘Mahmud’s Diary’)
