all-encompassing

Updated: May 10, 2025

They answer that, although to outward seeming the child, still in the womb, is guilty of no sin—nevertheless he perpetrated some wrong when in his previous form, and thus he came to deserve his punishment. These individuals, however, have overlooked the following point. If creation went forward according to only one rule, how could the all-encompassing Power make Itself felt?

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