A Compilaton on Scholarship 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 [Letter to selected National Spiritual Assemblies] EXTRACTS FROM THE WRITINGS OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH AND ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ AND FROM THE LETTERS OF SHOGHI EFFENDI AND THE UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE ON SCHOLARSHIP 1. THE STATION OF SCHOLARSHIP 1.1 Importance of Knowledge and Learning From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh 1: “Knowledge is one of the wondrous gifts of God. It is incumbent upon...” 2: “Knowledge is as wings to man’s life, and a ladder for his ascent. Its...” From the Writings and Utterances of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá 3: “Make every effort to acquire the advanced knowledge of the day, and...” 4: “...I most urgently request the friends of God to make every effort, as much...” 5: “All blessings are divine in origin, but none can be compared with this...” From a Letter Written on Behalf of Shoghi Effendi 6: “...Bahá’u’lláh considered education as one of the most fundamental factors...” 1.2 Characteristics of the “truly learned” From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh 7: “Happy are ye, O ye the learned ones in Bahá. By the Lord! Ye are...” 8: “The Great Being saith: The man of consummate learning and the sage...” 9: “Know thou that he is truly learned who hath acknowledged My Revelation, and...” 10: “Consider, how can he that faileth in the day of God’s Revelation...” From the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá 11: “...there are those famed and accomplished men of learning, possessed of...” From Letters Written on Behalf of Shoghi Effendi 12: “In connection with the question as to whether Bahá’ís should be familiar...”