Bahá’í Quotes

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 3 Ilm 183 B.E.

Many people whoso believe in God may be truthful and honest in a normal situation. But the real criterion of a man's truthfulness and honesty is his attitude at the time of temptation. When severe tests and trials descend upon man, the only thing which keeps him truthful is his faith in God. If he does not believe in God, there is no motivation within him to resist temptation.

Adib Taherzadeh – The Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh v 2, p. 314