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“Recite ye the verses of God every morn and eventide.” (Bahá’u’lláh, ‘The Kitáb-i-Aqdas’)
Man is like unto a tree. If he be adorned with fruit, he
hath been and will ever be worthy of praise and commendation. Otherwise a
fruitless tree is but fit for fire. The fruits of the human tree are exquisite,
highly desired and dearly cherished. Among them are upright character, virtuous
deeds and a goodly utterance. The springtime for earthly trees occurreth once
every year, while the one for human trees appeareth in the Days of God—exalted
be His glory. Were the trees of men’s lives to be adorned in this divine
Springtime with the fruits that have been mentioned, the effulgence of the
light of Justice would, of a certainty, illumine all the dwellers of the earth
and everyone would abide in tranquillity and contentment beneath the sheltering
shadow of Him Who is the Object of all mankind. The Water for these trees is
the living water of the sacred Words uttered by the Beloved of the world. In
one instant are such trees planted and in the next their branches shall,
through the outpourings of the showers of divine mercy, have reached the skies.
A dried-up tree, however, hath never been nor will be worthy of any mention.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
