A Compilaton on Women 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 I. THE BAHÁ’Í CONCEPT OF EQUALITY Extracts From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh 1: O Children of Men! Know ye not why We created you all from the same dust?... 2: Exalted, immensely exalted is He Who hath removed differences and... 3: This Wronged One hath heard thy voice and that which thy inner and outer... 4: By My Life! The names of handmaidens who are devoted to God are written... 5: Verily the Pen of the Most High hath borne witness unto thy recognition of... 6: We beseech God to aid all the leaves to attain the knowledge of the Tree and... 7: Throughout the centuries and ages many a man hath waited expectant for... Extracts From the Writings and Utterances of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: 8: From the beginning of existence until the Promised Day men retained superiority... 9: O handmaid of God! In this wondrous dispensation in which the Ancient... 10: Render thanks to the Lord that among that race thou art the first... 11: The establishment of a women’s assemblage for the promotion of knowledge is... 12: Know thou, O handmaid, that in the sight of Bahá, women are accounted the... 13: And among the teachings of Bahá’u’lláh is the equality of women and... 14: Inasmuch as this is the century of light, it is evident that the Sun of... 15: Today questions of the utmost importance are facing humanity, questions... 16: The world of humanity consists of two parts: male and female. Each is... 17: The status of woman in former times was exceedingly deplorable, for it was... 18: Woman’s lack of progress and proficiency has been due to her