For every act performed there shall be a recompense
according to the estimate of God, and unto this the very ordinances and
prohibitions prescribed by the Almighty amply bear witness. For surely if deeds
were not rewarded and yielded no fruit, then the Cause of God—exalted is
He—would prove futile. Immeasurably high is He exalted above such blasphemies!
However, unto them that are rid of all attachments a deed is, verily, its own
reward.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the
Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
