Certain deeds that are undertaken in this day are intended
to emblazon the name of God, and the Pen of the Most High hath fixed a
recompense for those who perform them. Indeed, should any soul breathe but a
fleeting breath for the sake of God, his recompense will become manifest, as
attested by this mighty verse which was sent down from the empyrean of the
Divine Will to the Lord of Mecca, [Muhammad] blessed and glorified be He: “We
did not appoint that which Thou wouldst have to be the Qiblih, but that We
might know him who followeth the Apostle from him who turneth on his heels.” [Qur’án
2:143] (Baha’u’llah, ‘The Tabernacle of Unity, Bahá’u’lláh’s Responses to
Mánikchí Sáhib and Other Writings’)
