I swear by the holy Essence of God, were all in the Bayán to
unite in helping Him Whom God shall make manifest in the days of His
Revelation, not a single soul, nay, not a created thing would remain on earth
that would not gain admittance into Paradise. Take good heed of yourselves, for
the sum total of the religion of God is but to help Him, rather than to observe,
in the time of His appearance, such deeds as are prescribed in the Bayán.
Should anyone, however, ere He manifesteth Himself, transgress the ordinances,
were it to the extent of a grain of barley, he would have trangressed His
command.
- The Báb (From the Persian Bayan, ‘Selections from the
Writings of the Báb)
