Say: O children of dust! He Who is the Spirit of Purity saith:
In this glorious Day whatsoever can purge you from defilement and ensure your
peace and tranquillity, that indeed is the straight Path, the Path that leadeth
unto Me. To be purged from defilement is to be cleansed of that which is
injurious to man and detracteth from his high station—among which is to take
undue pleasure in one’s own words and deeds, notwithstanding their
unworthiness. True peace and tranquillity will only be realized when every soul
will have become the well-wisher of all mankind. He Who is the All-Knowing
beareth Me witness: were the peoples of the world to grasp the true
significance of the words of God, they would never be deprived of their portion
of the ocean of His bounty. In the firmament of truth there hath never been,
nor will there ever be, a brighter star than this. - Baha’u’llah (‘The
Tabernacle of Unity, Bahá’u’lláh’s Responses to Mánikchí Sáhib and Other
Writings’)
