The Prophets of God
should be regarded as physicians whose task is to foster the well-being of the
world and its peoples, that, through the spirit of oneness, they may heal the
sickness of a divided humanity. To none is given the right to question their
words or disparage their conduct, for they are the only ones who can claim to
have understood the patient and to have correctly diagnosed its ailments. No man,
however acute his perception, can ever hope to reach the heights which the
wisdom and understanding of the Divine Physician have attained. Little wonder,
then, if the treatment prescribed by the physician in this day should not be
found to be identical with that which he prescribed before. How could it be
otherwise when the ills affecting the sufferer necessitate at every stage of
his sickness a special remedy?
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of
Baha’u’llah’)
