God hath, likewise, as a bounty from His presence, abolished
the concept of "uncleanness", whereby divers things and peoples have
been held to be impure. He, of a certainty, is the Ever-Forgiving, the Most
Generous. Verily, all created things were immersed in the sea of purification
when, on that first day of Ridvan, We shed upon the whole of creation the
splendours of Our most excellent Names and Our most exalted Attributes. This,
verily, is a token of My loving providence, which hath encompassed all the
worlds. Consort ye then with the followers of all religions, and proclaim ye
the Cause of your Lord, the Most Compassionate; this is the very crown of
deeds, if ye be of them who understand. - Baha'u'llah ('The Kitab-i-Aqdas')
