And it came to pass that on a certain day a needy man came
to visit this Soul, craving for the ocean of His knowledge. While conversing
with him, mention was made concerning the signs of the Day of Judgment,
Resurrection, Revival, and Reckoning. He urged Us to explain how, in this
wondrous Dispensation, the peoples of the world were brought to a reckoning,
when none were made aware of it. Thereupon, We imparted unto him, according to
the measure of his capacity and understanding, certain truths of Science and ancient
Wisdom. We then asked him saying: “Hast thou not read the Qur’án, and art thou
not aware of this blessed verse: ‘On that day shall neither man nor spirit be
asked of his Sin?’ Dost thou not realize
that by ‘asking’ is not meant asking by tongue or speech, even as the verse
itself doth indicate and prove? For afterward it is said: ‘By their countenance
shall the sinners be known, and they shall be seized by their forelocks and
their feet.’”
- Baha’u’llah (‘The Kitab-i-Iqan’)
