He [1] should not wish for others that which he doth not
wish for himself, nor promise that which he doth not fulfil. With all his heart
should the seeker avoid fellowship with evil doers, and pray for the remission
of their sins. He should forgive the sinful, and never despise his low estate,
for none knoweth what his own end shall be. How often hath a sinner, at the
hour of death, attained to the essence of faith, and, quaffing the immortal
draught, hath taken his flight unto the celestial Concourse. And how often hath
a devout believer, at the hour of his soul’s ascension, been so changed as to
fall into the nethermost fire.
- Baha’u’llah (‘The
Kitab-i-Iqan’)
[1] The seeker in search of “the Ancient of Days”
