Think ye that the things ye possess shall profit you? Soon
others will possess them and ye will return unto the dust with none to help or
succour you. What advantage is there in a life that can be overtaken by death,
or in an existence that is doomed to extinction, or in a prosperity that is
subject to change? Cast away the things that ye possess and set your faces
toward the favours of God which have been sent down in this wondrous Name.
- Baha'u'llah (Tablet to Czar Alexander II, Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet of Temple];
‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
