Divine Manifestations
'Abdu'l-Bahá, 'Abdu'l-Bahá in London, (1912) · Read original
When in Bahá'í history
London (today: London, UK)
Question.—What is ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s teaching concerning the different Divine manifestations?
Answer.—The Reality of all is One. Truth is one. Religions are like the branches of one Tree. One branch is high, one is low and one in the centre, yet all draw their life from the one stem. One branch bears fruit and others are not laden so abundantly. All the Prophets are lights, they only differ in degree; they shine like brilliant heavenly bodies, each have their appointed place and time of ascension. Some are like lamps, some like the moon, some like distant stars, and a few are like the sun, shining from one end of the earth to the other. All have the same Light to give, yet they are different in degree.
Source: 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 'Abdu'l-Bahá in London (1912). Public domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #19250.
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