Inherit
If a man does a great injustice to another in his life, then, after his death, his son will be despised for having had such a father and in some cases the injury might be so serious that the effect would reach to the grandson, etc., or a man may, by wrong living, fall into consumption and give that disease to his children unto the third or fourth generation. "Both physically and mentally the sins of the fathers may be visited upon the children."
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: Daily Lessons Received at 'Akká 1979 ed., pp. 45-46
Whether your illness is the result of any inherent constitutional weakness and inherited predisposition in a question which you should refer to experts in the medical field, though even expert physicians themselves may in very few cases find it exceedingly hard if not altogether impossible, to give a final and decisive answer.
- Shoghi Effendi, Lights of Guidance, p. 377
Quote of the Day
Jamal 1 Mashiyyat 183 B.E.
After the formation of the National Spiritual Assembly, laxity and negligence in the holding of its meetings, in the coming together of its nine members, and in the discharge of its sacred responsibilities, will have undesirable repercussions in the community, will weaken and disgrace the Cause, will create chaos and confusion, and will cause the Faith to decline and retrogress.
Shoghi Effendi – Lights of Guidance, p. 43-44