Though this world be fraught with deception and deceit, yet
it continually warneth all men of their impending extinction. The death of the
father proclaimeth to the son that he, too, shall pass away. Would that the
inhabitants of the world who have amassed riches for themselves and have
strayed far from the True One might know who will eventually lay hand on their
treasures; but, by the life of Bahá, no one knoweth this save God, exalted be
His glory.
- Baha’u’llah (‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
