If the wayfarers be among them that dwell in THE COURT OF THE ALL-PRAISED, this is the station of the Intellect, which is known as the messenger of the realm of the body and the most great pillar. That which is intended, however, is the universal divine Intellect, whose sovereignty fostereth the growth of all things, and not every vain and feeble mind. Thus hath the wise Saná’í [a Persian poet] written:
How can meagre reason comprehend the Book,
Or the spider trap a phoenix in its web?
Wouldst thou that the mind not hold thee in its snare?
Seize it and enrol it in the school of God instead!
- Baha’u’llah (‘The Four Valleys’, revised translation by the Baha’i World
Center; included in ‘The Call of the Divine Beloved’)
