Indeed God hath created everywhere around this Gate oceans
of divine elixir, tinged crimson with the essence of existence and vitalized
through the animating power of the desired fruit; and for
them God hath provided Arks of ruby, tender, crimson-coloured, wherein none
shall sail but the people of Bahá, by the leave of God, the Most Exalted; and
verily He is the All-Glorious, the All-Wise. (The Báb, excerpts from the
Qayyumu’l-Asma, ‘Selections from the Writings of the Báb)
