A Compilation on Women
Author:
Various
Source:
Compiled by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, Bahá’í World Centre, January 1986
Pages:
45
I. THE BAHÁ’Í CONCEPT OF EQUALITY
Extracts From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh
1: O Children of Men! Know ye not why We created you all from the same dust?…
2: Exalted, immensely exalted is He Who hath removed differences and…
3: This Wronged One hath heard thy voice and that which thy inner and outer…
4: By My Life! The names of handmaidens who are devoted to God are written…
5: Verily the Pen of the Most High hath borne witness unto thy recognition of…
6: We beseech God to aid all the leaves to attain the knowledge of the Tree and…
7: Throughout the centuries and ages many a man hath waited expectant for…
Extracts From the Writings and Utterances of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá:
8: From the beginning of existence until the Promised Day men retained superiority…
9: O handmaid of God! In this wondrous dispensation in which the Ancient…
10: Render thanks to the Lord that among that race thou art the first…
11: The establishment of a women’s assemblage for the promotion of knowledge is…
12: Know thou, O handmaid, that in the sight of Bahá, women are accounted the…
13: And among the teachings of Bahá’u’lláh is the equality of women and…
14: Inasmuch as this is the century of light, it is evident that the Sun of…
15: Today questions of the utmost importance are facing humanity, questions…
16: The world of humanity consists of two parts: male and female. Each is…
17: The status of woman in former times was exceedingly deplorable, for it was…
18: Woman’s lack of progress and proficiency has been due to her need of equal…
19: He establishes the equality of man and woman. This is peculiar to the…
20: Women have equal rights with men upon earth; in religion and society they…
21: In the world of humanity … the female sex is treated as though inferior, and…
22: Divine Justice demands that the rights of both sexes should be equally…
23: In the Dispensation of Bahá’u’lláh, women are advancing side by side with…
24: The woman of the East has progressed. Formerly in India, Persia and…
25: The world in the past has been ruled by force, and man has dominated over…
Extracts From Letters Written on Behalf of Shoghi Effendi:
26: If presented properly the position of women in the Bahá’í teachings will…
27: As regards your question concerning the membership of the Universal House…
28: As regards the membership of the International House of Justice,…
Extracts From Letters Written by the Universal House of Justice:
29: It is apparent from the Guardian’s writings that where Bahá’u’lláh…
30: Concerning your questions about the equality of men and women, this, as…
31: The primary question to be resolved is how the present world, with its…
From Letters Written on Behalf of the Universal House of Justice
32: To the general premise that women and men have equality in the Faith,…
33: …‘Abdu’l-Bahá asserts: “In this divine age the bounties of God have…
34: You are quite right in stating that men and women have basic and distinct…
35: It may be helpful to stress … that the Bahá’í principle of the…
II. THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN
Extracts From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh:
36: It is the bounden duty of parents to rear their children to be staunch in…
Extracts From the Writings and Utterances of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá:
37: Praised be God, the women believers have organized meetings where they will…
38: Work ye for the guidance of the women in that land, teach the young girls and…
39: …it is incumbent upon the father and mother to train their children both in…
40: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s supreme joy is in observing that a number of leaves from among…
41: …Thou hast written about the girls’ school. What was previously written…
42: …it is incumbent upon the girls of this glorious era to be fully versed in…
43: Furthermore, the education of woman is more necessary and important than…
44: In proclaiming the oneness of mankind He taught that men and women are…
45: Why should a woman be left mentally undeveloped? Science is praiseworthy—…
46: Bahá’u’lláh has announced that inasmuch as ignorance and lack of…
47: The education of each child is compulsory…. In addition to this widespread…
48: Devote ye particular attention to the school for girls, for the greatness…
49: Our hearts rejoiced at thy letter concerning a school for girls….
Extract From a Letter Written by the Universal House of Justice
50: The cause of universal education, which has already enlisted in its…
Extracts From Letters Written on Behalf of the Universal House of Justice:
51: A very important element in the attainment of such equality is Bahá’u’lláh’s…
52: The House of Justice regards the need to educate and guide women in their…
III. APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY TO FAMILY LIFE
Extracts From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh:
53: Steadfastness in the Cause is mentioned in the Tablets and set forth by…
54: All should know, and in this regard attain the splendours of the sun of…
Extracts From the Writings and Utterances of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá:
55: The Lord, peerless is He, hath made woman and man to abide with each other…
56: …following the precepts of God and the holy Law, suckle your children from…
57: …it is enjoined upon the father and mother, as a duty, to strive with all…
58: O ye loving mothers, know ye that in God’s sight, the best of all ways to…
59: Note ye how easily, where unity existeth in a given family, the affairs of…
60: You have asked whether a husband would be able to prevent his wife from…
61: Question: What is the attitude of your belief toward the family?…
Extracts From letters written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to individual believers unless otherwise cited
62: When such difference of opinion and belief occurs between husband and wife it…
63: Shoghi Effendi trusts that as a result of his cable and this letter your…
64: The Guardian, in his remarks … about parents’ and children’s, wives’ and…
65: It is one of the essential teachings of the Faith that unity should be…
66: The Guardian fully appreciates your desire to go forth as a pioneer at…
67: Wherever there is a Bahá’í family, those concerned should by all means…
Extracts From letters Written on Behalf of the Universal House of Justice to individual believers unless otherwise cited
68: That the first teacher of the child is the mother should not be startling,…
69: In considering the problems that you and your wife are experiencing, the…
70: Noting that you and your husband have consulted about your family problems…
71: The members of a family all have duties and responsibilities towards one…
72: You have asked, however, for specific rules of conduct to govern the…
73: You ask about the admonition that everyone must work, and want to know if…
74: With regard to your question whether mothers should work outside the home,…
75: The great importance attached to the mother’s role derives from the fact…
IV. WOMEN IN THE WORLD AT LARGE
Extract From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh
76: It is enjoined upon every one of you to engage in some form of occupation,…
Extracts From the Writings and Utterances of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá:
77: The handmaidens of God and the bondsmaids in His divine Court should…
78: Until the reality of equality between man and woman is fully established and…
79: …the principle of religion has been revealed by Bahá’u’lláh that woman…
80: Again, it is well established in history that where woman has not…
81: Question: Is it not a fact that universal peace cannot be accomplished…
82: When all mankind shall receive the same opportunity of education and the…
84: Woman must especially devote her energies and abilities toward the industrial…
85: Therefore, strive to show in the human world that women are most capable…
86: …imbued with the same virtues as man, rising through all the degrees of human…
87: According to the spirit of this age, women must advance and fulfill their…
88: …The woman is indeed of the greater importance to the race. She has the…
Extracts From Letters Written on Behalf of Shoghi Effendi:
89: Concerning Bahá’í representation at the All-Asian Women’s Conference: this…
90: What ‘Abdu’l-Bahá meant about the women arising for peace is that this is a…
Extract From a Letter Written by the Universal House of Justice
91: The emancipation of women, the achievement of full equality between the…
Extracts From Letters Written on Behalf of the Universal House of Justice:
92: …there is a much wider sphere of relationships between men and women than in…
93: The duty of women in being the first educators of mankind is clearly set…
V. FOSTERING THE DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN
Extracts From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh:
94: In this Day the Blessed Tree of Remembrance speaketh forth in the Kingdom…
95: We beseech the True One to adorn His handmaidens with the ornament of…
Extracts From the Writings and Utterances of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá:
96: The effulgence of the rays of the Sun of Truth is abundant and the favours…
97: In this great Cycle and wondrous Dispensation some women have been raised…
98: Confirmations from the kingdom of God will assuredly be received, enabling…
99: In this wondrous Dispensation the favours of the Glorious Lord are vouchsafed…
100: Blessed, blessed are ye for ye have arranged spiritual meetings and…
101: In this day the duty of everyone, whether man or woman, is to teach the Cause….
102: Now is the time to speak forth and to deliver speeches, the time to teach…
103: O handmaid of God!… To the mothers must be given the divine Teachings…
104: …we must not make distinctions between individual members of the human…
105: In brief, the assumption of superiority by man will continue to be depressing…
106: The purpose, in brief, is this: that if woman be fully educated and…
107: The realities of things have been revealed in this radiant century, and…
108: Equality of the sexes will be established in proportion to the increased…
109: Woman must endeavour then to attain greater perfection, to be man’s equal…
Extracts From Letters Written by Shoghi Effendi:
110: Regarding the position of the Bahá’í women in India and Burma, and their…
111: Full rights have been accorded to Bahá’í women residing in the cradle of the…
113: That the members of this community, of either sex and of every age, of…
Extracts From Letters and a Telex Written by the Universal House of Justice:
114: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá has pointed out that “Among the miracles which distinguish…
115: PARTICULARLY CALL UPON BAHÁ’Í WOMEN, WHOSE CAPACITIES IN MANY LANDS STILL…
116: The youth have long been in the forefront of the teaching work, and now our…
117: At the heart of all activities, the spiritual, intellectual and community…
118: The equality of men and women is not, at the present time, universally applied….
119: Calling upon local and national Bahá’í communities to sponsor a wide…
Extracts From Letters Written on Behalf of the Universal House of Justice:
120: The House of Justice regards the need to educate and guide women in their…
121: The principle of the equality between women and men, like the other…
VI. BIBLIOGRAPHY
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