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12: Know thou, O handmaid, that in the sight of Bahá, women are accounted the… |
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Know thou, O handmaid, that in the sight of Bahá, women are accounted the
same as men, and God hath created all humankind in His own image, and after His
own likeness. That is, men and women alike are the revealers of His names and
attributes, and from the spiritual viewpoint there is no difference between
them. Whosoever draweth nearer to God, that one is the most favoured, whether
man or woman. How many a handmaid, ardent and devoted, hath, within the
sheltering shade of Bahá, proved superior to the men, and surpassed the
famous of the earth.
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The House of Justice, however, according to the explicit text of the Law
of God, is confined to men;
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this for a wisdom of the Lord God’s, which will
ere long be made manifest as clearly as the sun at high noon.
(“Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá” [rev. ed.], (Haifa: Bahá’í World Centre, 1982), sec. 38, pp. 79–80) [12] |
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From other extracts it is evident that the limitation of membership to men applies only to the Universal House of Justice, and not to the National and Local Houses of Justice.
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