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Heaven and Hell

Heaven and hell are conditions within our own beings.

- Shoghi Effendi, Lights of Guidance, p. 519

But the paradise and hell of existence are found in all the worlds of God, whether in this world or in the spiritual heavenly worlds.

- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Bahá’í World Faith, p. 323

Think ye of love and good fellowship as the delights of heaven, think ye of hostility and hatred as the torments of hell.

- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 244

Quote of the Day

Jamal 14 Kalimat 183 B.E.

It was her [Martha Root] great teaching journeys -- four of which took her entirely round the world combined with her truly outstanding qualities, that so endeared her to Shoghi Effendi and led him to call her the "archetype of Bahá’í itinerant teachers".

Ruhiyyih Khanum – The Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith, p. 39