The substance is, that prior to the completion of a thousand
years, no individual may presume to breathe a word. All must consider
themselves to be of the order of subjects, submissive and obedient to the
commandments of God and the laws of the House of Justice. Should any deviate by
so much as a needle's point from the decrees of the Universal House of Justice,
or falter in his compliance therewith, then is he of the outcast and rejected.
('Abdu’l-Baha, ‘Selections from the Writings
of 'Abdu'l-Bahá’; The Compilation of Compilations, vol. I, Establishment of the
Universal House of Justice)
