O thou who hast set thy face towards the Realm on High and
hast quaffed My sealed wine from the hand of bounteousness! Know thou that the
term ‘Infallibility’ hath numerous meanings and divers stations. In one sense
it is applicable to the One Whom God hath made immune from error. Similarly it
is applied to every soul whom God hath guarded against sin, transgression,
rebellion, impiety, disbelief and the like. However, the Most Great
Infallibility is confined to the One Whose station is immeasurably exalted
beyond ordinances or prohibitions and is sanctified from errors and omissions.
Indeed He is a Light which is not followed by darkness and a Truth not
overtaken by error. Were He to pronounce water to be wine or heaven to be earth
or light to be fire, He speaketh the truth and no doubt would there be about
it; and unto no one is given the right to question His authority or to say why
or wherefore. Whosoever raiseth objections will be numbered with the froward in
the Book of God, the Lord of the worlds. ‘Verily He shall not be asked of His
doings but all others shall be asked of their doings.’ He is come from the invisible heaven, bearing
the banner ‘He doeth whatsoever He willeth’ and is accompanied by hosts of
power and authority while it is the duty of all besides Him to strictly observe
whatever laws and ordinances have been enjoined upon them, and should anyone
deviate therefrom, even to the extent of a hair’s breadth, his work would be
brought to naught.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the
Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
