The word of God which the Supreme Pen
hath recorded on the fifth leaf of the Most Exalted Paradise is this: Above all else, the
greatest gift and the most wondrous blessing hath ever been and will continue
to be Wisdom. It is man’s unfailing Protector. It aideth him and strengtheneth
him. Wisdom is God’s Emissary and the Revealer of His Name the Omniscient.
Through it the loftiness of man’s station is made manifest and evident. It is
all-knowing and the foremost Teacher in the school of existence. It is the
Guide and is invested with high distinction. Thanks to its educating influence
earthly beings have become imbued with a gem-like spirit which outshineth the
heavens. In the city of justice it is the unrivalled Speaker Who, in the year
nine, illumined the world with the joyful tidings of this Revelation.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah
revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
