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’)
