Rememberest thou [1] not God’s warning uttered in times
past, that thou mayest be of them that heed His warning? He said, and He,
verily, speaketh the truth: “From it (earth) have We created you, and unto it
will We return you, and out of it will We bring you forth a second time.” This
is what God ordained unto all them that dwell on earth, be they high or low. It
behoveth not, therefore, him who was created from dust, who will return unto
it, and will again be brought forth out of it, to swell with pride before God,
and before His loved ones, to proudly scorn them, and be filled with disdainful
arrogance. Nay, rather it behoveth thee and those like thee to submit
yourselves to them Who are the Manifestations of the unity of God, and to defer
humbly to the faithful, who have forsaken their all for the sake of God, and
have detached themselves from the things which engross men’s attention, and
lead them astray from the path of God, the All-Glorious, the All-Praised. Thus
do We send down upon you that which shall profit you and profit them that have
placed their whole trust and confidence in their Lord.
- Baha’u’llah (From a
Tablet to a Minister of the Shah; ‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
[1] a Minister of the Shah
