We have said: 'My imprisonment doeth Me no harm, nor do the
things that have befallen Me at the hands of My enemies. That which harmeth Me
is the conduct of my loved ones who, though they bear My name, yet commit that
which maketh My heart and My pen to lament.' Such utterances as these have
again and again been revealed, yet the heedless have failed to profit thereby,
since they are captive to their own evil passions and corrupt desires. Beseech
thou the One true God that He may enable everyone to repent and return unto
Him. So long as one's nature yieldeth unto evil passions, crime and
transgression will prevail. We cherish the hope that the hand of divine power
and the outpouring of heavenly blessings may sustain all men, may attire them
with the vesture of forgiveness and bounty and guard them against that which
would harm His Cause among His servants. He is, in truth, the Potent, the
All-Powerful, and He is the Ever-Forgiving, the Merciful. - Baha'u'llah ('Tablets
of Baha'u'llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas')
