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A new version of the Bahá’í Reference Library is now available. This ‘old version’ of the Bahá’í Reference Library will be replaced at a later date.
The new version of the Bahá’i Reference Library can be accessed here »
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SCIENCE AS WORSHIP |
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Thy letter was received. Praise be to God it imparted the good
news of thy health and safety and indicated that thou art ready
to enter into an agricultural school. This is highly suitable. Strive
as much as possible to become proficient in the science of agriculture
for in accordance with the Divine Teachings, the acquisition
of sciences and the perfection of arts is considered as acts
of worship. If a man engages with all his power in the acquisition
of a science or in the perfection of an art, it is as if he has been
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worshipping God in the churches and temples. Thus as thou enterest
a school of agriculture and strivest in the acquisition of
that science thou art day and night engaged in acts of worship—acts that are accepted at the threshold of the Almighty. What
bounty greater than this that science should be considered as an
act of worship and art as service to the Kingdom of God.
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