Respect ye the divines and learned amongst you, they whose
conduct accords with their professions, who transgress not the bounds which God
hath fixed, whose judgments are in conformity with His behests as revealed in
His Book. Know ye that they are the lamps of guidance unto them that are in the
heavens and on the earth. They who disregard and neglect the divines and
learned that live amongst them—these have truly changed the favor with which
God hath favored them.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of
Baha’u’llah’)
