Bicentenary Poems and Prose

Gender Equality: To 'Abdu'l-Baha

Gender Equality:
To 'Abdu'l-Baha

"The Tenth Principle of the teaching of Bahá’u’lláh is the equality of the sexes."
'Abdu'l-Baha123

Gender equality
a branch on the Tree of Life,
proclaimed by Baha'u'llah
and taught by 'Abdu'l-Baha.

Gender equality--
a foundation stone
in the temple of Divine Justice--
means that in all aspects of life
woman and men
are absolutely equal,
because the Creator
makes no distinction between
female and male.

Poet's Note: ▼

This is poem $38 in the 100 I'm writing for the centenary of the Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Baha.

Footnotes
1  https://reference.bahai.org/en/t/ab/PT/pt-51.html
2  Paris Talks, page 160
3  See also Emmeline Pankhurst, Abdu’l-Baha, and the Suffragettes
by David Langness https://bahaiteachings.org/emmeline-pankhurst-abdul-baha-and-the-suffragettes/