Say, verily God hath caused all created things to enter
beneath the shade of the tree of affirmation, except those who are endowed with
the faculty of understanding. Theirs is the choice either to believe in God
their Lord, and put their whole trust in Him, or to shut themselves out from
Him and refuse to believe with certitude in His signs. These two groups sail
upon two seas: the sea of affirmation and the sea of negation.
- The Báb (‘Selections from the Writings of the Báb)
