How often hath it been observed that
certain human minds, far from being a source of guidance, have become as
fetters upon the feet of the wayfarers and prevented them from treading the
straight Path! The lesser intellect being thus circumscribed, one must search
after Him Who is the ultimate Source of knowledge and strive to recognize Him.
And should one come to acknowledge that Source round Whom every mind doth
revolve, then whatsoever He should ordain is the expression of the dictates of
a consummate wisdom. His very Being, even as the sun, is distinct from all else
beside Him. The whole duty of man is to recognize Him; once this hath been
achieved, then whatsoever He may please to ordain is binding and in full
accordance with the requirements of divine wisdom. Thus have ordinances and
prohibitions of every kind been laid down by the Prophets of the past, even
unto the earliest times.
(Baha’u’llah, ‘The
Tabernacle of Unity, Bahá’u’lláh’s Responses to Mánikchí Sáhib and Other
Writings’)
