O thou maid-servant of God! Acquire the Persian tongue, so
as to learn of the meanings of the divine words and to know the divine
mysteries, to develop an eloquent speech and to translate the blessed Tablets
of Baha’u’llah. The Persian language shall become noteworthy in this cycle; nay,
rather, the people shall study it in all the world. - ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of
‘Abdu’l-Baha, vol. 2’)
