That which God — glorified be His Name! —hath desired for
Himself is the hearts of His servants, which are the treasuries of His love and
remembrance and the repositories of His knowledge and wisdom. It hath ever been the wish of the Eternal
King to cleanse the hearts of His servants from the things of the world and all
that pertaineth thereunto, that they may be made worthy recipients of the
effulgent splendours of Him Who is the King of all names and attributes. Wherefore must no stranger be allowed in the
city of the heart, that the incomparable Friend may enter His abode. By this is meant the effulgence of His names
and attributes, and not His exalted Essence, inasmuch as that peerless King
hath ever been, and shall eternally remain, sanctified above ascent and
descent.
- Baha'u'llah (Tablet to Nasiri’d-Din Shah, Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet of
Temple]; ‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
