Role of Physicians in Healing

"Although ill health is one of the unavoidable conditions of man, truly it is hard to bear. The bounty of good health is the greatest of all gifts.

    --Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá--

Also in this section:

• Quotes on the Role of Physician in Healing
• Tablet of Medicine
• Using Doctors

Resort ye, in times of sickness, to competent physicians; We have not set aside the use of material means, rather have We confirmed it through this Pen, which God hath made to be the Dawning-place of His shining and glorious Cause.

Bahá'u'lláh, The Kitáb-i-Aqdas

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Whatever competent physicians or surgeons prescribe for a patient should be accepted and complied with, provided that they are adorned with the ornament of justice. If they were to be endued with divine understanding, that would certainly be preferable and more desirable.
 

Bahá'u'lláh, from a Tablet - translated from the Persian

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Well is it with the physician who cureth ailments in My hallowed and dearly-cherished Name.

  Bahá'u'lláh, from a Tablet - translated from the Arabic

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Thou hast written about thy poor sight. According to the explicit divine text the sick must refer to the doctor. This decree is decisive and everyone is bound to observe it. While thou art there thou shouldst consult the most skilled and the most famed eye specialist.
   

   'Abdu'l-Bahá, from a Tablet - translated from the Persian

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One must obey the command of God and submit to medical opinion. Thou hast undertaken this journey to comply with His command and not for the sake of healing, since healing is in the hand of God, not in the hand of doctors.
 

'Abdu'l-Bahá, from a Tablet - translated from the Persian