O Muhammad! The Ancient of Days hath turned His countenance
towards thee, making mention of thee, and exhorting the people of God to
educate their children. Should a father neglect this most weighty commandment
laid down in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas by the Pen of the Eternal King, he shall forfeit
rights of fatherhood, and be accounted guilty before God. Well is it with him
who imprinteth on his heart the admonitions of the Lord, and steadfastly
cleaveth unto them. God, in truth, enjoineth on His servants what shall assist
and profit them, and enable them to draw nigh unto Him. He is the Ordainer, the
Everlasting.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Questions and Answers’, ‘The Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
