- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter written on
behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, dated 15 April 1939; The
Compilation of Compilations, vol. I, Preserving Baha’i Marriages)
July 6, 2019
“The Baha’i Teachings … raise marriage to the status of a divine institution”
The Bahá'í Teachings do not only encourage marital life,
considering it the natural and normal way of existence for every sane, healthy
and socially-conscious and responsible person, but raise marriage to the status
of a divine institution, its chief and sacred purpose being the perpetuation of
the human race -- which is the very flower of the entire creation -- and its
elevation to the true station destined for it by God.
