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 judgements 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 favour with
which God hath favoured them. - Baha'u'llah (Suriy-i-Muluk [Tablet to the
Kings], The Summons of the Lord of Hosts)
