hat the work will
proceed with wisdom, otherwise there will be such chaos that ye will leave
everything and run away. "This newly born babe is traversing in one night
the path that needeth a hundred years to tread." In brief, ye should now
engage in matters of pure spirituality and not contend with men.
'Abdu'l-Baha will tactfully take appropriate steps. Be assured. In the end
thou wilt thyself exclaim, "This was indeed supreme wisdom!" I appeal to
you to obliterate this contention between men and women....

No one can on his own achieve anything. 'Abdu'l-Baha must be well pleased
and assist.

(From a Tablet - translated from the Persian) [11]

12: Know thou, O handmaid, that in the sight of Baha, women are accounted
the...

Know thou, O handmaid, that in the sight of Baha, women are accounted the
same as men, and God hath created all humankind in His own image, and
after His own likeness. That is, men and women alike are the revealers of
His names and attributes, and from the spiritual viewpoint there is no
difference between them. Whosoever draweth nearer to God, that one is the
most favoured, whether man or woman. How many a handmaid, ardent and
devoted, hath, within the sheltering shade of Baha, proved superior to the
men, and surpassed the famous of the earth.

The House of Justice, however, according to the explicit text of the Law
of God, is confined to men;(2) this for a wisdom of the Lord God's, which
will ere long be made manifest as clearly as the sun at high noon.

("Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Baha" [rev. ed.], (Haifa: Baha'i
World Centre, 1982), sec. 38, pp. 79-80) [12]

13: And among the teachings of Baha'u'llah is the equality of women and...

And among the teachings of Baha'u'llah is the equality of women and men.
The world of humanity has two wings--one is women and the other men. Not
until both wings are equally developed can the bird fly. Should one wing
remain weak, flight is impossible. Not until the world of women becomes
equal to the world of men in the acquisition of virtues and perfections,
can success and prosperity be attained as they ought to be.

("Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Baha", sec. 227, p. 302) [13]

14: Inasmuch as this is the century of light, it is evident that the Sun
of...

Inasmuch as this is the century of light, it is evident that the Sun of
Reality, the Word, has revealed itself to all humankind. One of the
potentialities