Charity is pleasing
and praiseworthy in the sight of God and is regarded as a prince among goodly
deeds. Consider ye and call to mind that which the All-Merciful hath revealed
in the Qur’án: ‘They prefer them before themselves, though poverty be their own
lot. And with such as are preserved from their own covetousness shall it be
well.’ [Qur’án 59:9] Viewed in this light, the blessed utterance above is, in
truth, the day-star of utterances. Blessed is he who preferreth his brother
before himself. Verily, such a man is reckoned, by virtue of the Will of God,
the All-Knowing, the All-Wise, with the people of Bahá who dwell in the Crimson
Ark.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
