I swear by the righteousness of Thy
Lord, the Lord of all created things, the Lord of all the worlds! Were a man to
rear in this world as many edifices as possible and worship God through every
virtuous deed which God's knowledge embraceth, and attain the presence of the
Lord, and were he, even to a measure less than that which is accountable before
God, to bear in his heart a trace of malice towards Me, all his deeds would be
reduced to naught and he would be deprived of the glances of God's favour,
become the object of His wrath and assuredly perish. For God hath ordained that
all the good things which lie in the treasury of His knowledge shall be
attained through obedience unto Me, and every fire recorded in His Book,
through disobedience unto Me. Methinks in this day and from this station I
behold all those who cherish My love and follow My behest abiding within the
mansions of Paradise, and the entire company of Mine adversaries consigned to
the lowest depths of hell-fire . . .
- The Báb (Selections from the Writings of
the Báb; Fire and Light: Excerpts from the Bahá'í Sacred Writings by Báb, The,
Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi Compiled by Research Department of
the Universal House of Justice; The Baha’i World 1979-1983)
