This wonderful age has rent asunder the veils of
superstition and has condemned the prejudice of the people of the East.
Among some of the nations of the Orient, music and harmony
was not approved of, but the Manifested Light, Bahá'u'lláh, in this glorious
period has revealed in Holy Tablets that singing and music are the spiritual
food of the hearts and souls. In this dispensation, music is one of the arts
that is highly approved and is considered to be the cause of the exaltation of
sad and desponding hearts.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha ("Bahá'í World Faith: Selected
Writings of Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá"; The Compilation of
Compilations, vol. II, Music)
