But as they failed to recognize the accents of God and the
divine mysteries and holy allusions enshrined in that which flowed from the
tongue of Muhammad, and as they neglected to examine the matter in their own
hearts, and followed instead those priests of error who have hindered the
progress of the people in past dispensations and who will continue to do so in
future cycles, they were thus veiled from the divine purpose, failed to quaff
from the celestial streams, and deprived themselves of the presence of God, the
Manifestation of His Essence, and the Dayspring of His eternity. Thus did they
wander in the paths of delusion and the ways of heedlessness, and return to
their abode in that fire which feedeth on their own souls. These, verily, are
numbered with the infidels whose names have been inscribed by the Pen of God in
His holy Book. Nor have they ever found, or will ever find, a friend or helper.
(Baha’u’llah, ‘Gems of Divine Mysteries’, ‘Javáhiru’l-Asrár’)
