…should a person arise and bring forth a myriad verses,
discourses, epistles, and prayers, none of which have been acquired through
learning, what conceivable excuse could justify those that reject them, and
deprive themselves of the potency of their grace? What answer could they give
when once their soul hath ascended and departed from its gloomy temple? Could
they seek to justify themselves by saying: “We have clung to a certain
tradition, and not having beheld the literal fulfilment thereof, we have
therefore raised such cavils against the Embodiments of divine Revelation, and
kept remote from the law of God?”
- Baha’u’llah (‘The Kitab-i-Iqan’)
