Say: O people of the Bayán! We have chosen you out of the
world to know and recognize Our Self. We have caused you to draw nigh unto the
right side of Paradise—the Spot out of which the undying Fire crieth in
manifold accents: “There is none other God besides Me, the All-Powerful, the
Most High!” Take heed lest ye allow yourselves to be shut out as by a veil from
this Day Star that shineth above the dayspring of the Will of your Lord, the
All-Merciful, and whose light hath encompassed both the small and the great.
Purge your sight, that ye may perceive its glory with your own eyes, and depend
not on the sight of any one except your self, for God hath never burdened any
soul beyond its power. Thus hath it been sent down unto the Prophets and
Messengers of old, and been recorded in all the Scriptures.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
