I swear by the life of Him Who is the
Desire of the world! Were a man to ponder in his heart he would, free of all
attachment to the world, hasten unto the Most Great Light and would purge and
purify himself from the dust of vain imaginings and the smoke of idle fancy.
What could have prompted the people of the past to err and by whom were they
misled? They still reject the truth and have turned towards their own selfish
desires. This Wronged One calleth aloud for the sake of God. Whosoever wisheth,
let him turn thereunto; whosoever wisheth, let him turn away. Verily God can
well afford to dispense with all things, whether of the past or of the future.
- Baha’u’llah (From the Tablet of Tarazat [Ornaments], Tablets of Baha’u’llah
revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
