Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder154

You have been prohibited from mounting into pulpits. Whoever desires to recite the verses of his Lord to you, let him sit on a seat placed on a platform and mention (the name of) God, his Lord and the Lord of the worlds. God likes you to sit on platforms and seats [note 1] because of the greatness of what you have of the love of God and the Rising-place of His Shining, Brilliant Cause.