Bahá’u’lláh

Cf. Genesis. 9:25.

i.e. therefore people cannot be blamed for their character.

The Zaqqúm, Qur’án 37:60, 44:43.

Cf. “Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá” [rev. ed.] (Haifa: Bahá’í World Centre, 1982), Sec. 97, p. 126.

Qur’án 25:55, 35:13, 55:19–25. See also Marriage Prayer revealed by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá beginning “He is God! O Peerless Lord! In Thine almighty wisdom Thou hast enjoined marriage...”

See “Some Answered Questions, pp. 328–29 for ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s comments on the arc of descent and ascent.

Qur’án 24:35.

Qur’án 39:12.

Cf. “Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá” [rev. ed.] (Haifa: Bahá’í World Centre, 1982), Sec. 114, p. 139.