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God’s greatest gift to man is that of intellect, or understanding.
The understanding is the power by which man acquires his knowledge of the several kingdoms
of creation, and of various stages of existence, as well as of much which is invisible.
Possessing this gift, he is, in himself, the sum of earlier creations—he is able to get into touch
with those kingdoms; and by this gift, he can frequently, through his scienti c knowledge,
reach out with prophetic vision.
Intellect is, in truth, the most precious gift bestowed upon man by the Divine Bounty. Man
alone, among created beings, has this wonderful power.
‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Paris Talks, No. 11
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My hope is that thou wilt acquire a perceptive eye, a hearing ear, and that the veils will be
removed from thy sight.
‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, No. 21
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Ours is the duty to ponder these things in our heart, to strive to widen our vision, and to
deepen our comprehension of this Cause, and to arise, resolutely and unreservedly, to play our
part, however small, in this greatest drama of the world’s spiritual history.
Shoghi E endi, World Order of Bahá’u’lláh, p26
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