reading the teachings were
never held by them. This is one of the characteristics of this glorious
Dispensation and this great century. Ye should, most certainly, strive to
perfect this assemblage and increase your knowledge of the realities of
heavenly mysteries, so that, God willing, in a short time, women will
become the same as men; they will take a leading position amongst the
learned, will each have a fluent tongue and eloquent speech, and shine
like unto lamps of guidance throughout the world. In some respects, women
have astonishing capacities; they hasten in their attraction to God, and
are intense in their fiery ardour for Him.

In brief, spend your nights and days in the study of the holy Utterances
and in acquiring perfections. Occupy yourselves always in discussing these
matters. When ye meet each other, convey the glad-tidings and impart hope
to one another because of the confirmations and bounties of the Ancient
and Ever-Living Lord. Let each set forth proofs and evidences, and talk
about the mysteries of the Kingdom, so that the true and divine Spirit may
permeate the body of the contingent world and the secrets of all things,
whether of the past or of the future, may become openly manifest and
resplendent.

O loved handmaidens of God! Consider not your present merits and
capacities, rather fix your gaze on the favours and confirmations of the
Blessed Beauty, because His everlasting grace will make of the
insignificant plant a blessed tree, will turn the mirage into cool water
and wine; will cause the forsaken atom to become the very essence of
being, the puny one erudite in the school of knowledge. It enableth a
thorny bush to give forth blossoms, and the dark earth to produce fragrant
and rich hyacinths. It will transmute the stone into a ruby of great
price, and fill the sea shells with brilliant pearls. It will assist a
fledgling schoolchild to become a learned teacher and enable a frail
embryo to reveal the reality of the verse: "Hallowed be the Lord, the Most
Excellent of all creators."(6) Verily, my Lord is powerful over things.

(From a Tablet - translated from the Persian) [100]

101: In this day the duty of everyone, whether man or woman, is to teach
the Cause....

In this day the duty of everyone, whether man or woman, is to teach the
Cause. In America, the women have outdone the men in this regard and have
taken the lead in this field. They strive harder in guiding the peoples of
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