Let Me set forth some rational arguments for thee. If
someone desireth to embrace the Faith of Islám today, would the testimony of
God prove conclusive for him? If thou dost contend that it would not, then how
is it that God will chastise him after death, and that, while he lives, the
verdict of ‘non-believer’ is passed upon him? If thou affirmest that the
testimony is conclusive, how wouldst thou prove this? If thy assertion is based
on hearsay, then mere words are unacceptable as a binding testimony; but if
thou deemest the Qur’án as the testimony, this would be a weighty and evident
proof.
Now consider the Revelation of the Bayán. If the followers
of the Qur’án had applied to themselves proofs similar to those which they
advance for the non-believers in Islám, not a single soul would have remained
deprived of the Truth, and on the Day of Resurrection everyone would have
attained salvation.
- The Báb (‘Selections from the Writings of the Báb)
