Intercession
As to the question that the holy and spiritual souls influence, help and guide the creatures after they have cast off this elemental mould-this is an established truth of the Bahá’ís.
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Vol. III, p. 543
The wealth of the next world consists in nearness to God. It is certain therefore that those who enjoy near access to the divine threshold are permitted to intercede, and that this intercession is approved in the sight of God. But intercession in the next world bears no resemblance to intercession in this world. It is an altogether different condition and reality, which cannot be expressed in words.
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, 2014 edition, p. 62
Quote of the Day
Istiqlal 5 Qudrat 182 B.E.
As to the punishments for such acts as rape, these will be determined in the future by the Universal House of Justice.
From a letter written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to an individual believer – 8 June 1982