Know verily that the essence of justice and the source
thereof are both embodied in the ordinances prescribed by Him Who is the
Manifestation of the Self of God amongst men, if ye be of them that recognize
this truth. He doth verily incarnate the highest, the infallible standard of
justice unto all creation. Were His law to be such as to strike terror into the
hearts of all that are in heaven and on earth, that law is naught but manifest
justice. The fears and agitation which the revelation of this law provokes in
men’s hearts should indeed be likened to the cries of the suckling babe weaned
from his mother’s milk, if ye be of them that perceive. Were men to discover
the motivating purpose of God’s Revelation, they would assuredly cast away
their fears, and, with hearts filled with gratitude, rejoice with exceeding gladness.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
