July 20
Say: O people! Can ye ever hope to escape the sovereign
power of your Lord? By the righteousness
of God! No refuge will ye find in this
day, and no one to protect you, save those upon whom God hath bestowed the
favour of His mercy. He, verily, is the Ever-Forgiving,
the Most Compassionate. Say: O people!
Forsake all that ye possess, and enter beneath the shadow of your Lord,
the All-Merciful. Better is this for you
than all your works of the past and of the future. Fear ye God, and deprive not yourselves of
the sweet savours of the days of the Lord of all names and attributes. Take heed lest ye alter or pervert the text
of the Word of God. Walk ye in the fear
of God, and be numbered with the righteous. (Baha’u’llah, Súriy-i-Haykal, ‘The
Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
