Despite what thou [1] hast done I entertain—and to this God is
My witness—no ill-will against thee, nor against any one, though from thee and
others We receive such hurt as no believer in the unity of God can sustain. My
cause is in the hand of none except God, and My trust is in no one else but
Him. Erelong shall your days pass away, as shall pass away the days of those
who now, with flagrant pride, vaunt themselves over their neighbor. Soon shall
ye be gathered together in the presence of God, and shall be asked of your
doings, and shall be repaid for what your hands have wrought, and wretched the
abode of the wicked doers!
- 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
