I testify, O my God, that Thou hast, from eternity, sent
down upon Thy servants naught else except that which can cause them to soar up
and be drawn near unto Thee, and to ascend into the heaven of Thy transcendent
oneness. Thou hast established Thy bounds among them, and ordained them to
stand among Thy creatures as evidences of Thy justice and as signs of Thy
mercy, and to be the stronghold of Thy protection amongst Thy people, that no
man may in Thy realm transgress against his neighbor. How great is the
blessedness of him who, for love of Thy beauty and for the sake of Thy
pleasure, hath curbed the desires of a corrupt inclination and observed the
precepts laid down by Thy most exalted Pen! He, in truth, is to be numbered
with them that have attained unto all good, and followed the way of guidance. - Baha’u’llah (‘Prayers and Meditations by Baha’u’llah’)
