The Prophets of God should be regarded as physicians whose
task is to foster the well-being of the world and its peoples, that, through
the spirit of oneness, they may heal the sickness of a divided humanity. To
none is given the right to question their words or disparage their conduct, for
they are the only ones who can claim to have understood the patient and to have
correctly diagnosed its ailments. No man, however acute his perception, can
ever hope to reach the heights which the wisdom and understanding of the Divine
Physician have attained. Little wonder, then, if the treatment prescribed by
the physician in this day should not be found to be identical with that which
he prescribed before. How could it be otherwise when the ills affecting the
sufferer necessitate at every stage of his sickness a special remedy?
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
