Deception
Protect yourselves with utmost vigilance, lest you be entrapped in the snare of deception and fraud.
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Bahá’í World Faith, p. 430
Any form of intrigue, deception, collusion and compulsion must be stopped and is forbidden.
- Shoghi Effendi, Lights of Guidance, p. 12
It demonstrates again that the friends are misled by misinformation and deception, but when logical explanations based on the Teachings are offered to them, if they are sincere, they respond.
- Custodians, Ministry of the Custodians, p. 376
Quote of the Day
Jamal 15 Sultan 182 B.E.
The Assemblies must be wise and gentle in dealing with such cases (i.e. Bahá’ís using alcoholic beverages), but at the same time must not tolerate a prolonged and flagrant disregard of the Bahá’í Teachings as regards alcohol.
Shoghi Effendi – Bahá’í News, June 1958, p. 16