They who dwell within the Tabernacle of God, and are
established upon the seats of everlasting glory, will refuse, though they be
dying of hunger, to stretch their hands, and seize unlawfully the property of
their neighbour, however vile and worthless he may be. The purpose of the one
true God in manifesting Himself is to summon all mankind to truthfulness and
sincerity, to piety and trustworthiness, to resignation and submissiveness to
the will of God, to forbearance and kindliness, to uprightness and wisdom. His
object is to array every man with the mantle of a saintly character, and to
adorn him with the ornament of holy and goodly deeds....
- Baha’u’llah (Cited in Shoghi Effendi, "The Advent of
Divine Justice")
