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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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‘Abdu’l-Bahá.—‘Yes: In the Bahá’í Cause arts,
sciences and all crafts are (counted as) worship. The
man who makes a piece of notepaper to the best of his
ability, conscientiously, concentrating all his forces on
perfecting it, is giving praise to God. Briefly, all effort
and exertion put forth by man from the fullness of his
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heart is worship, if it is prompted by the highest
motives and the will to do service to humanity. This is
worship: to serve mankind and to minister to the needs
of the people. Service is prayer. A physician ministering
to the sick, gently, tenderly, free from prejudice and
believing in the solidarity of the human race, he is
giving praise’.
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‘Abdu’l-Bahá.—‘To acquire virtues. We come from
the earth; why were we transferred from the mineral
to the vegetable kingdom—from the plant to the
animal kingdom? So that we may attain perfection in
each of these kingdoms, that we may possess the best
qualities of the mineral, that we may acquire the power
of growing as in the plant, that we may be adorned with
the instincts of the animal and possess the faculties of
sight, hearing, smell, touch and taste, until from the
animal kingdom we step into the world of humanity
and are gifted with reason, the power of invention,
and the forces of the spirit.’
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