Gleanings — §147
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 147 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
دانش ستوده از این گفتارهای بیهوده دوری جوید آفرینندهٴ یکتا مردم را یکسان آفریده و او را بر همهٴ آفریدگان بزرگی داده پس بلندی و پستی و بیشی و کمی بسته بکوشش اوست هر که بیشتر کوشد بیشتر رود امیدواریم که از زمین دل بیاری باری ژالهٴ بخشش لالهٴ دانش بروید و مردمرا از تیرگی آلایش بشوید
Shoghi Effendi Translation
As to thy question regarding the sayings of the leaders of past religions. Every wise and praiseworthy man will no doubt eschew such vain and profitless talk. The incomparable Creator hath created all men from one same substance, and hath exalted their reality above the rest of His creatures. Success or failure, gain or loss, must, therefore, depend upon man’s own exertions. The more he striveth, the greater will be his progress. We fain would hope that the vernal showers of the bounty of God may cause the flowers of true understanding to spring from the soil of men’s hearts, and may wash them from all earthly defilements.
