It behoveth everyone to traverse this brief span of life
with sincerity and fairness. Should one
fail to attain unto the recognition of Him Who is the Eternal Truth, let him at
least conduct himself with reason and justice.
Erelong these outward trappings, these visible treasures, these earthly
vanities, these arrayed armies, these adorned vestures, these proud and
overweening souls, all shall pass into the confines of the grave, as though
into that box. [1] In the eyes of those possessed of insight,
all this conflict, contention and vainglory hath ever been, and will ever be,
like unto the play and pastimes of children.
Take heed, and be not of them that see and yet deny.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Lawh-i-Ra’is’, addressed to Ottoman Prime Minister Ali Pasha; ‘Summons of the
Lord of Hosts’)
[1] A puppet show Baha’u’llah saw as a child
