In these days how few are those who abide by the standard
laid down in the Qur’án. Nay, nowhere are they to be found, except such as God
hath willed. Should there be, however, such a person, his righteous deeds would
prove of no avail unto him, if he hath failed to follow the standard revealed
in the Bayán; even as the pious deeds of the Christian monks profited them not,
inasmuch as at the time of the manifestation of the Apostle of God—may the
blessings of God rest upon Him—they contented themselves with the standard set
forth in the Gospel.
- The Báb (Excerpt from the Persian Bayan, ‘Selections from
the Writings of the Báb)
