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37. backbiting or calumny # 19 |
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Backbiting, slander and dwelling on the faults of others
have been repeatedly condemned by Bahá’u’lláh. In the
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Hidden Words, He clearly states: “O Son of Being! How
couldst thou forget thine own faults and busy thyself with the faults
of others? Whoso doeth this is accursed of Me.” And again: “O
Son of Man! Breathe not the sins of others so long as thou art
thyself a sinner. Shouldst thou transgress this command, accursed
wouldst thou be, and to this I bear witness.” This strong
admonition is further reiterated in His last work, “the Book
of My Covenant”: “Verily I say, the tongue is for mentioning what
is good, defile it not with unseemly talk. God hath forgiven what is
past. Henceforward everyone should utter that which is meet and
seemly, and should refrain from slander, abuse and whatever
causeth sadness in men.”
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