Tag: "Divine Physician"

tag name:	Divine Physician	type:	Metaphors and allegories; Religion, general
web link:	bahai-library.com/tags/Divine_Physician
related tags:	- Manifestations of God; Necessary relationships of the realities of things; Progressive revelation; Unity of religion
notes:	"... God’s purpose in sending His Prophets unto men is twofold. The first is to liberate the children of men from the darkness of ignorance, and guide them to the light of true understanding. The second is to ensure the peace and tranquillity of mankind, and provide all the means by which they can be established. The Prophets of God should be regarded as physicians whose task is to foster the well-being of the world and its peoples, that, through the spirit of oneness, they may heal the sickness of a divided humanity ..." – Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, XXXIV (BH00779) "... As to thy question concerning the heavenly Scriptures: The All-Knowing Physician hath His finger on the pulse of mankind. He perceiveth the disease, and prescribeth, in His unerring wisdom, the remedy. Every age hath its own problem, and every soul its particular aspiration. The remedy the world needeth in its present-day afflictions can never be the same as that which a subsequent age may require. Be anxiously concerned with the needs of the age ye live in, and centre your deliberations on its exigencies and requirements..." – Bahá'u'lláh, Tabernacle of Unity, ¶2.5 (BH00048) "... the universal Manifestations of God are aware of the truths underlying the mysteries of all created things, and thus They found a religion that is based upon, and consonant with, the prevailing condition of humanity. For religion consists in the necessary relationships deriving from the realities of things. If the Manifestation of God—the divine Lawgiver—were not informed of the realities of things, if He did not understand the necessary relationships deriving from these realities, He would assuredly be incapable of establishing a religion consonant with the needs and conditions of the time. The Prophets of God, the universal Manifestations, are even as skilled physicians; the world of being is as the body of man; and the divine religions are as the treatment and remedy. The physician must be fully aware and informed of all the parts and organs, the constitution and condition of the patient, in order to prescribe an effective remedy... Religion, then, consists in the necessary relationships deriving from the reality of things. The universal Manifestations of God, being aware of the mysteries of creation, are fully informed of these necessary relationships and establish them as the religion of God." – 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, 40.8-9 (AB00780) See also: – Bahá'u'lláh, Bahá'í Sacred Writings, Chapter 3, section "The Divine Physician"
references:	bahaiquotes.com/subject/divine-physician; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q="Divine Physician"

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