Bahá'u'lláh has pointed out that upon the Word of God
"must depend the gathering together and spiritual resurrection of all
men", that "every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God is
endowed with such potency as can instill new life into every human frame",
and that were man to "taste the sweetness of the words which the lips of
the All-Merciful have willed to utter, he would, though the treasures of the
earth be in his possession, renounce them one and all, that he might vindicate
the truth of even one of His commandments". It is because of such
considerations that the Five Year Plan calls for the friends to memorize
selections from the Writings. If a believer finds it difficult to memorize, he
may be encouraged to make for his own use a selection of extracts, however
brief, which he could reread and enjoy at his own leisure, to satisfy his inner
soul.
(From a list of “Suggested Goals for a Spiritual Assemblies”, included in
a letter from the Universal House of Justice dated 24 December 1975 to the
National Spiritual Assembly of Reunion; The Compilation of Compilations vol. 2)
