It is better to guide one soul than to possess all that is
on earth, for as long as that guided soul is under the shadow of the Tree of
Divine Unity, he and the one who hath guided him will both be recipients of
God’s tender mercy, whereas possession of earthly things will cease at the time
of death. The path to guidance is one of love and compassion, not of force and
coercion. This hath been God’s method in the past, and shall continue to be in
the future! He causeth him whom He pleaseth to enter the shadow of His Mercy.
Verily, He is the Supreme Protector, the All-Generous.
(The Báb, excerpt from
the Persian Bayan, ‘Selections from the Writings of the Báb)
