Yesterday, the editor-in-chief of ‘The Christian Commonwealth’ requested that I write something for publication in his newspaper. I wrote a piece for him describing how, because of his quarrel with Satan, Adam was banished from Paradise, and explaining how, for this reason, it is not permissible to quarrel even with the devil.' It is likewise forbidden to engage in conflict and contention with ones enemies, inasmuch as this would render one deprived of the grace of the loving Lord. One must leave one’s opposers to themselves.
- 'Abdu'l-Baha (Words of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, 25 December 1912, London, England recorded by Mahmud Zarqani, His secretary and chronicler during His travels in the West; ‘Mahmud’s Diary’, vol. 2: ‘Abdu’l-Baha in Europe 1912-1913)