Truly, none must be careless in the matter of safeguarding
the divine Tablets. In former times, when plans were laid to seize some of the
friends, before all else it was the writings that fell into the hands of the
enemy. This is not permissible. The friends should designate a strong, secure
place for storing the divine verses so that they may not be exposed to the
touch of unworthy hands, even though these verses are, and shall always be,
such as ‘none shall touch but the purified' [Qur'án 79:56] (Baha’u’llah,
compilation ‘Importance of collecting and safeguarding Baha’i Writings’,
prepared by Baha’i International Archives; published in Baha’i Studies Review,
no. 11, 2003)
