In a Tablet, 'Abdu'l-Baha compares teachers who are involved with the
spiritual education of the child to the "spiritual father" who "endoweth
his child with everlasting life". He explains that this is the reason that
"teachers are listed among the heirs" in the "Law of God".
Baha'u'llah specifies the conditions under which the teacher inherits and
the share he or she receives (Q and A 33).
41. When We heard the clamour of the children as yet unborn, We doubled
their share and decreased those of the rest. #20
In the Bab's laws of inheritance the children of the deceased were
allotted nine parts consisting of 540 shares. This allocation constituted
less than a quarter of the whole estate. Baha'u'llah doubled their portion
to 1,080 shares and reduced those allotted to the other six categories of
heirs. He also outlines the precise intention of this verse and its
implications for the distribution of the inheritance (Q and A 5).