I swear by the truth of God! Wert thou
to know that which I know, thou wouldst forgo the sovereignty of this world and
of the next, that thou mightest attain My good-pleasure, through thine
obedience unto the True One... Wert thou to refuse, the Lord of the world would
raise up one who would exalt His Cause, and the Command of God would, verily,
be carried into effect.
- The Báb (From an Epistle to Muhammad Shah,
‘Selections from the Writings of the Báb)
