Bahá’í Quotes

Birth - of Children

Thanks and praise be unto God for that He granted thee a good descendant and dilated thy breast by this great bounty. It is incumbent on thee to offer many thanks to the Merciful Lord for this great favor in the world of humanity. Verily I implore unto God to make him a sign of His Kingdom, illuminated, spiritual and godlike among the children.

- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá v1, p. 122-123

Quote of the Day

Istiqlal 8 Mashiyyat 182 B.E.

There is a case recorded where ‘Abdu’l-Bahá wrote to a Western believer who had sought His advice. She was told that she should remain faithful and forbearing towards her husband but, should his cruelty become unendurable, she should leave him to himself and live separately from him, as this was better and more acceptable.

From a letter written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to an individual believer – 22 July, 1987