In the simultaneous endeavor to pursue their studies and to
delve deeply into the Baha’i Teachings, believers are enjoined to maintain a
keen awareness that the Revelation of Baha’u’llah is the standard of truth
against which all other views and conclusions are to be measured. They are
urged to be modest about their accomplishments, and to bear in mind always the
statement of Baha'u'llah that:
The heart must needs therefore be cleansed from the idle
sayings of men, and sanctified from every earthly affection, so that it may
discover the hidden meaning of divine inspiration, and become the treasury of
the mysteries of divine knowledge.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a letter dated 10 October 1993 written
on behalf of the Universal House of justice to an individual believer; included
in a compilation prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of
Justice: ‘Issues Related to the Study of the Baha’i Faith’)
