God - First
. . . it does not mean we must not love, but we must reach a spiritual plane where God comes first and great human passions are unable to turn us away from Him. All the time we see people who either through the force of hate or the passionate attachment they have to another person, sacrifice principle or bar themselves from the path of God.
- Shoghi Effendi, Lights of Guidance, p. 512
Quote of the Day
Jamal 4 Asma 183 B.E.
The drama is of the utmost importance." said ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. "It has been a great educational power in the past; it will be so again. He described how as a young boy he witnessed the Mystery Play of 'Ali's Betrayal and Passion, and how it affected him so deeply that he wept and could not sleep for many nights.
‘Abdu’l-Bahá – ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London, p. 93