Honey
Honey yieldeth medicine to man[edit]
"From its [the bee's] belly cometh forth a fluid of varying hues, which yieldeth medicine to man. Verily in this is a sign for those who consider."
Honey helps the constitution of all men[edit]
"But this is not so, for capacity is of two kinds: natural capacity and acquired capacity. The first, which is the creation of God, is purely good--in the creation of God there is no evil; but the acquired capacity has become the cause of the appearance of evil. For example, God has created all men in such a manner and has given them such a constitution and such capacities that they are benefited by sugar and honey and harmed and destroyed by poison."
(Advice to diseased person take honey)[edit]
"Take some honey, recite “Ya Baha-ul-ABHA,” and eat a little thereof for several days. For these thy prevailing diseases are not on account of sins, but they are to make thee detest this world and know that there is no rest and composure in this temporal life."
- ('Abdu'l-Bahá, Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, vol 1, p. 185)
The Báb had asked for a purchase of honey (anecdote describes need to not be cheated by high prices)[edit]
"One day the Báb asked that some honey be purchased for Him. The price at which it had been bought seemed to Him exorbitant. He refused it and said: "Honey of a superior quality could no doubt have been purchased at a lower price. I who am your example have been a merchant by profession. It behoves you in all your transactions to follow in My way. You must neither defraud your neighbour nor allow him to defraud you. Such was the way of your Master. The shrewdest and ablest of men were unable to deceive Him, nor did He on His part choose to act ungenerously towards the meanest and most helpless of creatures." He insisted that the attendant who had made that purchase should return and bring back to Him a honey superior in quality and cheaper in price."
- (Dawn-Breakers, p. 303)
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To-dos for this page[edit]
- Add honey as a symbol
