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I am sure the following statement by the Beloved Guardian is well known to us but it doesn't hurt to quote it here:

"They must strive to obtain, from sources that are authoritative and unbiased, a sound knowledge of the history and tenets of Islam -- the source and background of their Faith -- and approach reverently and with a mind purged from preconceived ideas the study of the Qur'án which, apart from the sacred scriptures of the Bábí and Bahá'í Revelations, constitutes the only Book which can be regarded as an absolutely authenticated Repository of the Word of God."

~ Shoghi Effendi, The Advent of Divine Justice, p. 49

He's directing his remarks to the believers.. breaking it down:

They must strive to obtain, from sources that are authoritative and unbiased, a sound knowledge of the history and tenets of Islam -- the source and background of their Faith --

and approach reverently and with a mind purged from preconceived ideas the study of the Qur'án

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