Say, O friends! Strive that haply the tribulations suffered
by this Wronged One and by you, in the path of God, may not prove to have been
in vain. Cling ye to the hem of virtue, and hold fast to the cord of
trustworthiness and piety. Concern yourselves with the things that benefit
mankind, and not with your corrupt and selfish desires. O ye followers of this
Wronged One! Ye are the shepherds of mankind; liberate ye your flocks from the
wolves of evil passions and desires, and adorn them with the ornament of the
fear of God. This is the firm commandment which hath, at this moment, flowed
out from the Pen of Him Who is the Ancient of Days.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Epistle to
the Son of the Wolf’)
