Garden
To one who visited in Haifa, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá said substantially, in likening the Cause of God to a Garden: 'At the gate of the garden some stand and look within, but do not care to enter. Others step inside, behold its beauty, but do not penetrate far. Still others encircle this garden inhaling the fragrance of the flowers, having enjoyed its full beauty, pass out again by the same gate. But there are always some who enter and, becoming intoxicated with the splendor of what they behold, remain for life to tend the garden'."
- quote attributed to ‘Abdu’l-Bahá for Inez Greeven during her 1921 Pilgrimage, found in Frances Esty, The Garden of the Heart
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Jalal 4 Ayyam-i-Ha 182 B.E.
While Bahá’u’lláh clearly affirms that these souls are "invested with divine forgiveness", "partake of the ocean of His mercy" and are the recipients of "the splendours of the Sun of Divine favor", the Research Department has not, however been able to locate any statement in the Writings to suggest that one's non-Bahá’í parents, upon their death, automatically become Bahá’ís.
The Universal House of Justice – 1991 Aug 28, The Condition of non-Bahá’í Relatives after Death