A Compilation on Bahá’í Education by Research Department of the Universal House of Justice Edition 1, (September 2006) BAHA’I TERMS OF USE You have permission to freely make and use copies of the text and any other information ("Content") available on this Site including printing, emailing, posting, distributing, copying, downloading, uploading, transmitting, displaying the Content in whole or in part subject to the following: 1. Our copyright notice and the source reference must be attached to the Content; 2. The Content may not be modified or altered in any way except to change the font or appearance; 3. The Content must be used solely for a non-commercial purpose. Although this blanket permission to reproduce the Content is given freely such that no special permission is required, the Bahá’í International Community retains full copyright protection for all Content included at this Site under all applicable national and international laws. For permission to publish, transmit, display or otherwise use the Content for any commercial purpose, please contact us (http://reference.bahai.org/en/contact.html). CONTENTS Baha’i Terms of Use [Frontispiece] “The newly born babe of that Day excels the wisest and most venerable men of...” FROM THE WRITINGS OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH: “1: The Prophets and Messengers of God have been sent down for the sole purpose of...” “2: We have decreed, O people, that the highest and last end of all learning...” “3: Consider ... the revelation of the light of the Name of God, the Educator....” “4: Man is the supreme Talisman. Lack of a proper education hath, however,...” “5: Bend your minds and wills to the education of the peoples and kindreds of the...” “6: We prescribe unto all men that which will lead to the exaltation of the...” “7: Unto every father hath been enjoined the instruction of his son and...” “8: ...Everyone, whether man or woman, should hand over to a trusted person a...” “9: Strain every nerve to acquire both inner and outer perfections, for the...” “10: Man is even as steel, the essence of which is hidden: through admonition...” “11: There are many things which will, if neglected, be wasted, and come to...” “12: It is the bounden duty of parents to rear their children to be staunch in...” “13: The fear of God hath ever been the prime factor in the education of His...” “14: That which is of paramount importance for the children, that which must...” “15: ...Schools must first train the children in the principles of religion,...” “16: ...Arts, crafts and sciences uplift the world of being, and are conducive...” “17: ...The learned of the day must direct the people to acquire those...” “18: It is incumbent upon the children to exert themselves to the utmost in...”