Question: If one refuses the Cause of Baha’u’llah during his lifetime, may he hear of it after death?
Answer: Yes, he will hear of it in his next life, but through the mercy of God alone, not through his own ability.
Question: Are we not able, through love and faith, to make those on the other side hear of the Cause who had not heard of it while on earth?
Answer: Yes, surely sincere prayer always has its effect, and it has a great influence in the other world. We are never cut off from those who are there. The real and genuine influence is not in this World but in that other.
- 'Abdu'l-Baha (Words of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, October 18, 1911, Paris, France; Star of the West, vol. 2, no. 16, 31 December 1911)