We have made it lawful for you to listen to music and
singing. Take heed, however, lest listening thereto should cause you to
overstep the bounds of propriety and dignity. Let your joy be the joy born of
My Most Great Name, a Name that bringeth rapture to the heart, and filleth with
ecstasy the minds of all who have drawn nigh unto God. We, verily, have made
music as a ladder for your souls, a means whereby they may be lifted up unto
the realm on high; make it not, therefore, as wings to self and passion. Truly,
We are loath to see you numbered with the foolish. (Baha’u’llah, ‘The
Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
