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135. To none is it permitted to mutter sacred verses before the public gaze as he walketh in the street or marketplace # 108 |
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This is an allusion to the practice of certain clerics and
religious leaders of earlier Dispensations who, out of
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hypocrisy and affectation, and in order to win the praise of
their followers, would ostentatiously mutter prayers in
public places as a demonstration of their piety. Bahá’u’lláh
forbids such behaviour and stresses the importance of
humility and genuine devotion to God.
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