Charity is pleasing and praiseworthy in the sight of God and
is regarded as a prince among goodly deeds. Consider ye and call to mind that
which the All-Merciful hath revealed in the Qur'án: 'They prefer them before
themselves, though poverty be their own lot. And with such as are preserved
from their own covetousness shall it be well.'[Qur'án 59:9] Viewed in this
light, the blessed utterance above is, in truth, the day-star of utterances.
Blessed is he who preferreth his brother before himself. Verily, such a man is
reckoned, by virtue of the Will of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise, with the
people of Baha who dwell in the Crimson Ark. - Baha'u'llah ('Tablets of
Baha'u'llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas')
