Should your names fade from every
mortal mind, and yet God be well pleased with you, ye will indeed be numbered
among the treasures of His name, the Most Hidden. Thus have We sent down Our verses that they
may attract you unto the Source of all Lights, and acquaint you with the
purpose of your Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Abstain, then, from all that hath been
forbidden unto you in the Book, and eat of the lawful things which God hath
provided for your sustenance. Deprive
not yourselves of His goodly bestowals, for He, verily, is the Most Generous,
the Lord of grace abounding. Subject not
yourselves to excessive hardships, but follow the way We have made plain unto
you through Our luminous verses and perspicuous proofs, and be not of the
negligent.
(Baha'u'llah, ‘Suriy-i-Haykal, ‘The Summons of the Lord of
Hosts’)
