God sent His Prophets into the world to teach and enlighten man, to explain to him the mystery of the Power of the Holy Spirit, to enable him to reflect the light, and so in his turn, to be the source of guidance to others. The Heavenly Books, the Bible, the Qur’án, and the other Holy Writings have been given by God as guides into the paths of Divine virtue, love, justice and peace.
Therefore, I say unto you that ye should strive to follow
the counsels of these Blessed Books, and so order your lives that ye may,
following the examples set before you, become yourselves the saints of the Most
High!
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a talk, November 1, 1911, Paris, France; ‘Paris
Talks’)
