Say: We have caused the rivers of Divine utterance to
proceed out of Our throne, that the tender herbs of wisdom and understanding
may spring forth from the soil of your hearts. Will ye not be thankful? They
who disdain to worship their Lord shall be of those who are cast off. And oft
as Our verses are rehearsed unto them, they persist in proud disdain, and in
their gross violation of His law, and know it not. As for them who have
disbelieved in Him, they shall be in the shadow of a black smoke. “The Hour”
hath come upon them, while they are disporting themselves. They have been
seized by their forelock, and yet know it not.
(Baha’u’llah, ‘Gleanings from
the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
