…were it not contrary to the commandment of the Book, I would surely have bestowed a part of My possessions upon My would-be murderer, and given him to inherit Mine earthly goods, and rendered him a myriad thanks, and solaced Mine own eyes with the touch of his hand. But what can I do? Neither have I any wealth, nor hath the Lord of destiny so decreed.
- Baha’u’llah’ (‘The Four Valleys’,
2019 revised translation by the Baha’i World Centre; ‘The Call of the Divine
Beloved’)