But as they have refused to see with the eyes wherewith God
hath endowed them, and desired things other than that which He in His mercy had
desired for them, they have strayed far from the retreats of nearness, have
been deprived of the living waters of reunion and the wellspring of His grace,
and have lain as dead within the shrouds of their own selves.
(Baha'u'llah, ‘Gems
of Divine Mysteries’)
