Context
We must never take one sentence in the Teachings and isolate it from the rest.
- Shoghi Effendi, Lights of Guidance, p. 512
We cannot help noticing, however, that achievements tend to be more enduring in those regions where the friends strive to understand the totality of the vision conveyed in the messages, while difficulties often arise when phrases and sentences are taken out of context and viewed as isolated fragments.
- Universal House of Justice, Letter to the Counsellors, 28 December 2010, p. 18
Quote of the Day
Jamal 14 Ala 182 B.E.
Whatsoever people is graciously favoured therewith by God, its name shall surely be magnified and extolled by the Concourse from on high, by the company of angels, and the denizens of the Bahá Kingdom.
‘Abdu’l-Bahá – Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 27