We prescribe unto all men that which will lead to the
exaltation of the Word of God amongst His servants, and likewise, to the
advancement of the world of being and the uplift of souls. To this end, the
greatest means is education of the child. To this must each and all hold fast.
We have verily laid this charge upon you in manifold Tablets as well as in My
Most Holy Book. Well is it with him who deferreth thereto.
We ask of God that He will assist each and every one to obey
this inescapable command that hath appeared and been caused to descend through
the Pen of the Ancient of Days.
- Bahá'u'lláh (‘Bahá'í Education: A Compilation’, prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of
Justice; The Compilation of Compilations, vol. III, Social and Economic
Development)
