73: "You ask about the admonition that everyone must work, and want to know if..." |
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15 | You ask about the admonition that everyone must work, and want to know if this means that you, a wife and mother, must work for a livelihood as your husband does. We are requested to enclose for your perusal an excerpt, "The twelfth Glad-Tidings", from Bahá'u'lláh's "Tablet of Bishárát". [1] You will see that the directive is for the friends to be engaged in an occupation which will be of benefit to mankind. Homemaking is a highly honourable and responsible work of fundamental importance for mankind.... |
16 | (16 June 1982) [73] |
1. [This passage appears in the present compilation under Section IV., page 21.]