Imitation destroys the foundation of religion. Imitation
kills the spirituality of the human world. Imitation has changed into darkness
the heavenly illumination. Imitation has deprived man of the knowledge of God.
Imitation is the cause of victory of irreligion over religion. Imitation is the
cause of the denial of divinity. Imitation refuses the law of revelation.
Imitation sets aside the prophethood. Imitation denies the Kingdom of God.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a talk, at Fanwood, New Jersey, published in Fanwood
Newspaper, June 1, 1912; Star of the West, vol. 5, no. 11, September 27, 1914)
