…rendering assistance unto God, in this day, doth not and
shall never consist in contending or disputing with any soul; nay rather, what
is preferable in the sight of God is that the cities of men’s hearts, which are
ruled by the hosts of self and passion, should be subdued by the sword of
utterance, of wisdom and of understanding.
Thus, whoso seeketh to assist God must, before all else, conquer, with
the sword of inner meaning and explanation, the city of his own heart and guard
it from the remembrance of all save God, and only then set out to subdue the
cities of the hearts of others.
- Baha'u'llah (Tablet to Nasiri’d-Din Shah,
Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet of Temple]; ‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
