Verily, on the First Day We flung open the gates of Paradise
unto all the peoples of the world, and exclaimed: ‘O all ye created things!
Strive to gain admittance into Paradise, since ye have, during all your lives,
held fast unto virtuous deeds in order to attain unto it.’ Surely all men yearn
to enter therein, but alas, they are unable to do so by reason of that which
their hands have wrought. Shouldst thou, however, gain a true understanding of
God in thine heart of hearts, ere He hath manifested Himself, thou wouldst be
able to recognize Him, visible and resplendent, when He unveileth Himself
before the eyes of all men.
- The Báb (‘Selections from the Writings of the
Báb’)
