O ye who are invested with the Bayán! Ye shall be put to
proof, even as those unto whom the Qur’án was given. Have pity on yourselves,
for ye shall witness the Day when God will have revealed Him Who is the
Manifestation of His Own Self, invested with clear and irrefutable proofs,
while ye will cling tenaciously to the words the Witnesses of the Bayán have
uttered. On that Day ye will continue to rove distraught, even as camels,
seeking a drop of the water of life. God will cause oceans of living water to
stream forth from the presence of Him Whom God shall make manifest, while ye
will refuse to quench your thirst therefrom, notwithstanding that ye regard
yourselves as the God-fearing witnesses of your Faith. Nay, and yet again, nay!
Ye will go astray far beyond the peoples unto whom the Gospel, or the Qur’án or
any other Scripture was given. Take good heed to yourselves, inasmuch as the
Cause of God will come upon you at a time when you will all be entreating and
tearfully imploring God for the advent of the Day of His Manifestation; yet
when He cometh ye will tarry and will fail to be of those who are well-assured
in His Faith.
- The Báb (‘Selections from the Writings of the Báb)
