Never to allow ourselves to speak one unkind word about another, even though that other be our enemy

Never to allow ourselves to speak one unkind word about another, even though that other be our enemy.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era

I am the Sun of the West

I am the Sun of the West.

`Abdu'l-Bahá

This servant is the expositor of the Perspicuous Book...

This servant is the expositor of the Perspicuous Book, and whatever of God's writings is not confirmed by this servant is not worthy of credence.

`Abdu'l-Bahá

In all the world of creation all the existent beings are in the utmost connection

In all the world of creation all the existent beings are in the utmost connection. Through this connection, mutual helpfulness and co-operation is realized. This mutual helpfulness and co-operation is the origin of the conservation of the forces of life. If for one instant this mutual helpfulness and co-operation were cut off from the sources and realities of things, all the existent beings and things would be thrown into confusion and chaos and be reduced to nothingness and annihilation. For instance, from the breath of the animals a watery element, called hydrogen, and carbon is exhaled and this is the life principle of the vegetable kingdom. From the vegetable kingdom and the trees, a fiery element, called oxygen, is emitted and this becomes the cause of the maintenance of the life of the animal kingdom.

Baha'i News, Chicago, (May 17, 1910) Azamat
Abdu'l-Bahá on mutual helpfulness and co-operation

Faith of Muhammad and Faith of Christ Bahai Bahaullah

In the Muhammadan Revelation, however, although His Faith as compared with that of Christ was, so far as the administration of His Dispensation is concerned, more complete and more specific in its provisions, yet in the matter of succession, it gave no written, no binding and conclusive instructions to those whose mission was to propagate His Cause. For the text of the Qur’án, the ordinances of which regarding prayer, fasting, marriage, divorce, inheritance, pilgrimage, and the like, have after the revolution of thirteen hundred years remained intact and operative, gives no definite guidance regarding the Law of Succession, the source of all the dissensions, the controversies, and schisms which have dismembered and discredited Islám.

Shoghi Effendi - The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh