At the time of the appearance of Him Whom God shall make
manifest, wert thou to perform thy deeds for the sake of the Point of the
Bayán, they would be regarded as performed for one other than God, inasmuch as
on that Day the Point of the Bayán is none other than Him Whom God shall make
manifest...
It is for this reason that at the beginning of every
Dispensation a vast multitude, who fondly imagine that their deeds are for God,
become drowned and ungodly, and perceive this not, except such as He guideth at
His behest.
- The Báb (From the Persian Bayan, ‘Selections from the
Writings of the Báb)
