This wonderful age has rent asunder the veils of superstition and has
condemned the prejudice of the people of the East.
Among some of the nations of the Orient, music and harmony was not
approved of, but the Manifested Light, Baha'u'llah, in this glorious
period has revealed in Holy Tablets that singing and music are the
spiritual food of the hearts and souls. In this dispensation, music is one
of the arts that is highly approved and is considered to be the cause of
the exaltation of sad and desponding hearts.
Therefore ... set to music the verses and the divine words so that they
may be sung with soul-stirring melody in the Assemblies and gatherings,
and that the hearts of the listeners may become tumultuous and rise
towards the Kingdom of Abha in supplication and prayer.