…inasmuch as the peoples of the world
have failed to seek from the luminous and crystal Springs of divine knowledge
the inner meaning of God’s holy words, they therefore have languished, stricken
and sore athirst, in the vale of idle fancy and waywardness. They have strayed
far from the fresh and thirst-subduing waters, and gathered round the salt that
burneth bitterly. Concerning them, the Dove of Eternity hath spoken: “And if
they see the path of righteousness, they will not take it for their path; but
if they see the path of error, for their path will they take it. This, because
they treated Our signs as lies, and were heedless of them.” [Qur’án
7:145]
- Baha’u’llah (‘The Kitab-i-Iqan)
