When the friends do not endeavour to spread the message,
they fail to remember God befittingly, and will not witness the tokens of
assistance and confirmation from the Abhá Kingdom nor comprehend the divine
mysteries. However, when the tongue of the teacher is engaged in teaching, he
will naturally himself be stimulated, will become a magnet attracting the divine
aid and bounty of the Kingdom, and will be like unto the bird at the hour of
dawn, which itself becometh exhilarated by its own singing, its warbling and
its melody.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
