The people aforetime joined partners with God, though they
professed belief in His unity; and although they were the most ignorant amongst
men, they considered themselves the most accomplished. But, as a token of
divine retribution upon those heedless ones, their erroneous beliefs and
pursuits have, in this Day of Judgement, been made clear and evident to every
man of discernment and understanding.
Beseech thou God, the True One, that He may graciously
shield the followers of this Revelation from the idle fancies and corrupt
imaginings of such as belong to the former Faith, and may not deprive them of
the effulgent splendours of the day-star of true unity.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Tablets
of Baha’u’llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
