There can be no doubt that whatsoever hath been revealed
from the All-Glorious Pen, be it ordinances or prohibitions, conferreth
benefits upon the believers themselves. For example, among the commandments is
that of the Huqúqu’lláh. If the people attain the privilege of paying the Ḥuqúq,
the one true God—exalted be His glory—will of a certainty confer blessing upon
them. Moreover, such payment will enable them and their offspring to benefit
from their possessions. As thou dost observe, large portions of people’s wealth
are lost to them as God causeth strangers, or heirs in comparison with whom
strangers would have been preferable, to lay hands on their possessions.
God’s consummate wisdom is far beyond any description or
fitting mention. Verily, people see with their own eyes and yet deny; they are
aware, yet they pretend not to know. Had they observed the ordinance of God
they would have attained the good of this world and the next.
- Baha’u’llah (From a Tablet; compilation: ‘Family Life’, prepared by the Research Department
of the Universal House of Justice, March 2008)
