Say: O people! Withhold not from yourselves the grace of God
and His mercy. Whoso withholdeth himself therefrom is indeed in grievous loss.
What, O people! Do ye worship the dust, and turn away from your Lord, the
Gracious, the All-Bountiful? Fear ye God, and be not of those who perish. Say:
The Book of God hath been sent down in the form of this Youth. Hallowed,
therefore, be God, the most excellent of makers! Take ye good heed, O peoples
of the world, lest ye flee from His face. Nay, make haste to attain His
presence, and be of them that have returned unto Him. Pray to be forgiven, O
people, for having failed in your duty towards God, and for having trespassed
against His Cause, and be not of the foolish.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the
Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
