We have
made it lawful for you to listen to music and singing. Take heed, however, lest
listening thereto should cause you to overstep the bounds of propriety and
dignity. Let your joy be the joy born of My Most Great Name, a Name that
bringeth rapture to the heart, and filleth with ecstasy the minds of all who
have drawn nigh unto God. We, verily, have made music as a ladder for your
souls, a means whereby they may be lifted up unto the realm on high; make it
not, therefore, as wings to self and passion. Truly, We are loath to see you
numbered with the foolish.
(Baha’u’llah, ‘The Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
