When the sinner findeth himself wholly detached and freed
from all save God, he should beg forgiveness and pardon from Him. Confession of
sins and transgressions before human beings is not permissible, as it hath
never been nor will ever be conducive to divine forgiveness. Moreover such
confession before people results in one’s humiliation and abasement, and
God—exalted be His glory—wisheth not the humiliation of His servants. Verily He
is the Compassionate, the Merciful.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah
revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
