O My Name! Utterance must needs possess penetrating power.
For if bereft of this quality it would fail to exert influence.
And this penetrating influence dependeth on the spirit being pure and the heart
stainless. Likewise it needeth moderation, without which the hearer would be
unable to bear it, rather he would manifest opposition from the very outset.
And moderation will be obtained by blending utterance with the tokens of divine
wisdom which are recorded in the sacred Books and Tablets. Thus when the
essence of one’s utterance is endowed with these two requisites it will prove
highly effective and will be the prime factor in transforming the souls of men.
This is the station of supreme victory and celestial dominion. Whoso attaineth
thereto is invested with the power to teach the Cause of God and to prevail
over the hearts and minds of men.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah
revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
