Verily, the One True God
beareth Me witness that in this Day I am the true mystic Fane of God, and the
Essence of all good. He who doeth good unto Me, it is as if he doeth good unto
God, His angels and the entire company of His loved ones. He who doeth evil
unto Me, it is as if he doeth evil unto God and His chosen ones. Nay, too
exalted is the station of God and of His loved ones for any person’s good or
evil deed to reach their holy threshold. Whatever reacheth Me is ordained to
reach Me; and that which hath come unto Me, to him who giveth will it revert.
By the One in Whose hand is My soul, he hath cast no one but himself into
prison. For assuredly whatsoever God hath decreed for Me shall come to pass and
naught else save that which God hath ordained for us shall ever touch us. Woe
betide him from whose hands floweth evil, and blessed the man from whose hands
floweth good. Unto no one do I take My plaint save to God; for He is the best
of judges. Every state of adversity or bliss is from Him alone, and He is the
All-Powerful, the Almighty.
- The Báb (From an Epistle to Muhammad Shah,
‘Selections from the Writings of the Báb)
