Strive as much as possible to become proficient in the
science of agriculture, for in accordance with the divine teachings the
acquisition of sciences and the perfection of arts are considered acts of
worship. If a man engageth with all his power in the acquisition of a science
or in the perfection of an art, it is as if he has been worshipping God in
churches and temples. Thus as thou enterest a school of agriculture and
strivest in the acquisition of that science thou art day and night engaged in
acts of worship -- acts that are accepted at the threshold of the Almighty.
What bounty greater than this that science should be considered as an act of
worship and art as service to the Kingdom of God.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections
from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Baha’; The Compilation of Compilations, vol. III,
Economics, Agriculture, and Related Subjects)
