There is nothing more inspirational or powerful than the Word. Teaching is aways a good place to start with consultation as being involved in teaching (the greatest gift) gives renewed energy and hope.

Blessed is he who redeemed himself in My path and suffered tribulations for My name! (Bahá’u’lláh, Bahá’í Scriptures, p. 129)

Bahá'u'lláh has enjoined upon the Bahá'ís the sacred obligation of teaching. 	(Compilations, The Individual and Teaching - Raising the Divine Call)

My heart aches, for I note with intense regret that the attention of the people is nowhere directed toward that which is worthy of this day and time. (‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Secret of Divine Civilization, p. 52)

True loss is for him whose days have been spent in utter ignorance of his self.  (Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 156)

What result is forthcoming from material rest, tranquillity, luxury and attachment to this corporeal world? It is evident that the man who pursues these things will in the end become afflicted with regret and loss. (‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Tablets of the Divine Plan, p. 44)

The confirmations of the Spirit are all those powers and gifts which some are born with (and which men sometimes call genius), but for which others have to strive with infinite pains. They come to that man or woman who accepts his life with radiant acquiescence. (‘Abdu’l-Bahá, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London, p. 120)

It is our duty to redeem as many of our fellow men as we possibly can, whose hearts are enlightened, before some great catastrophe overtakes them, in which they will either be hopelessly swallowed up or come out purified and strengthened, and ready to serve. The more believers there are to stand forth as beacons in the darkness whenever that time does come, the better; hence the supreme importance of the teaching work at this time.  (Shoghi Effendi, Lights of Guidance, p. 135)

The time is indeed ripe, and the minds and hearts of the suffering multitudes are being mysteriously prepared for the Great Message that can alone redeem, exalt and regenerate a sore-tried and bewildered humanity. (Shoghi Effendi, Dawn of a New Day, p. 84)

Shoghi Effendi has for years urged the Bahá’ís (who asked his advice, and in general also) to study history, economics, sociology, etc., in order to be au courant with all the progressive movements and thoughts being put forth today, and so that they could correlate these to the Bahá’í teachings. What he wants the Bahá’ís to do is to study more, not to study less. The more general knowledge, scientific and otherwise, they possess, the better. Likewise he is constantly urging them to really study the Bahá’í teachings more deeply. One might liken Bahá’u’lláh’s teachings to a sphere; there are points poles apart, and in between the thoughts and doctrines that unite them. We believe in balance in all things; we believe in moderation in all things—we must not be too emotional, nor cut and dried and lacking in feeling, we must not be so liberal as to cease to preserve the character and unity of our Bahá’í system, nor fanatical and dogmatic.

(Shoghi Effendi, quoted in The Universal House of Justice, 1997 Aug 13, Science and Religion, p. 2)


When the most important work is before our sight, we must let go the important on…

When the most important work is before our sight, we must let go the important one.  (Compilations, Bahá’í Scriptures, p. 501)

”...man’s supreme honor and real happiness lie in self-respect, in high resolves and noble purposes, in integrity and moral quality, in immaculacy of mind.” (‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Secret of Divine Civilization, p. 19)

The first quality for leadership both among individuals and Assemblies is the capacity to use the energy and competence that exists in the rank and file of its followers. Otherwise the more competent members of the groups will go at a tangent and try to find elsewhere a field of work and where they could use their energy.  (Shoghi Effendi, Lights of Guidance, p. 33)

In some respects woman is superior to man. She is more tender-hearted, more receptive, her intuition is more intense.

(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Paris Talks, p. 161)



The Word of God is the storehouse of all good, all power and all wisdom … It awakens within us that brilliant intuition which makes us independent of all tuition, and endows us with an all-embracing power of spiritual understanding.

(Compilations, Bahá’í Scriptures, p. 439)


This most great, this fathomless and surging Ocean is near, astonishingly near, unto you. Behold it is closer to you than your life-vein! Swift as the twinkling of an eye ye can, if ye but wish it, reach and partake of this imperishable favor, this God-given grace, this incorruptible gift, this most potent and unspeakably glorious bounty.  (Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 326)

"It makes no difference whether you have ever heard of Bahá’u’lláh or not,” was the answer, “the man who lives the life according to the teachings of Bahá’u’lláh is already a Bahá’í. On the other hand a man may call himself a Bahá’í for fifty years and if he does not live the life he is not a Bahá’í. An ugly man may call himself handsome, but he deceives no one, and a black man may call himself white yet he deceives no one: not even himself!  (‘Abdu’l-Bahá, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London, p. 106)

Thus the friends should not follow their own volition and judgement in using any of the funds set aside for Huququ'lláh for any other purpose, even for charitable contributions of the Faith. We earnestly hope that everyone may be privileged to observe this sacred and blessed obligation which would ensure the attainment of true happiness and would serve to promote the execution of Bahá'í enterprises throughout the world. 

(Compilations, Huququ'llah)



Every devoted believer who is able to meet the specified conditions, must pay the Huququ'lláh, without any exception. Indeed according to the explicit Text of the Most Holy Book, failure to comply with this injunction is regarded as a betrayal of trust, and the divine call: "Whoso dealeth dishonestly with God will in justice be exposed," is a clear reference to such people. 

(Compilations, The Compilation of Compilations vol. I, p. 520)