It hath been forbidden you to carry arms unless essential,
and permitted you to attire yourselves in silk. The Lord hath relieved you, as
a bounty on His part, of the restrictions that formerly applied to clothing and
to the trim of the beard. He, verily, is the Ordainer, the Omniscient. Let
there be naught in your demeanour of which sound and upright minds would
disapprove, and make not yourselves the playthings of the ignorant. Well is it
with him who hath adorned himself with the vesture of seemly conduct and a
praiseworthy character. He is assuredly reckoned with those who aid their Lord
through distinctive and outstanding deeds.
- Baha’u’llah (‘The Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
