In
the city of justice it [“Wisdom”] is the unrivalled Speaker Who, in the year
nine, illumined the world with the joyful tidings of this Revelation. And it
was this peerless Source of wisdom that at the beginning of the foundation of
the world ascended the stair of inner meaning and when enthroned upon the
pulpit of utterance, through the operation of the divine Will, proclaimed two
words. The first heralded the promise of reward, while the second voiced the
ominous warning of punishment. The promise gave rise to hope and the warning
begat fear. Thus the basis of world order hath been firmly established upon
these twin principles. Exalted is the Lord of Wisdom, the Possessor of Great
Bounty.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Tablets
of Baha’u’llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
