He [1] should not
wish for others that which he doth not wish for himself, nor promise that which
he doth not fulfil. With all his heart should the seeker avoid fellowship with
evil doers, and pray for the remission of their sins. He should forgive the
sinful, and never despise his low estate, for none knoweth what his own end
shall be. How often hath a sinner, at the hour of death, attained to the
essence of faith, and, quaffing the immortal draught, hath taken his flight
unto the celestial Concourse. And how often hath a devout believer, at the hour
of his soul’s ascension, been so changed as to fall into the nethermost fire.
- Baha’u’llah (‘The Kitab-i-Iqan’)
[1] The seeker in
search of “the Ancient of Days”
