Compiled by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, Bahá’í World Centre, August 1976
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FROM THE WRITINGS OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH:
“1: The Prophets and Messengers of God have been sent down for the sole purpose of…”
The Prophets and Messengers of God have been sent down for the sole purpose of
guiding mankind to the straight Path of Truth. The purpose underlying their
revelation hath been to educate all men, that they may, at the hour of death,
ascend, in the utmost purity and sanctity and with absolute detachment, to the
throne of the Most High….
(“Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh”, rev. ed. (Wilmette:
Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1984), Sec. 81, pp. 156–7) [1]
