To strive to obtain a more adequate understanding of the
significance of Bahá’u’lláh’s stupendous Revelation must, it is my unalterable
conviction, remain the first obligation and the object of the constant endeavor
of each one of its loyal adherents. An exact and thorough comprehension of so
vast a system, so sublime a revelation, so sacred a trust, is for obvious
reasons beyond the reach and ken of our finite minds. We can, however, and it
is our bounden duty to seek to derive fresh inspiration and added sustenance as
we labor for the propagation of His Faith through a clearer apprehension of the
truths it enshrines and the principles on which it is based.
-Shoghi Effendi (From a message dated 8 February 1934, printed as ‘The Dispensation of
Baha'u'llah’ in ‘The World Order of Baha'u'llah’)
