That which God — glorified be His Name! —hath desired for
Himself is the hearts of His servants, which are the treasuries of His love and
remembrance and the repositories of His knowledge and wisdom. It hath ever been
the wish of the Eternal King to cleanse the hearts of His servants from the
things of the world and all that pertaineth thereunto, that they may be made
worthy recipients of the effulgent splendours of Him Who is the King of all
names and attributes. Wherefore must no
stranger be allowed in the city of the heart, that the incomparable Friend may
enter His abode. By this is meant the effulgence of His names and attributes,
and not His exalted Essence, inasmuch as that peerless King hath ever been, and
shall eternally remain, sanctified above ascent and descent.
- Baha'u'llah (Tablet to Nasiri’d-Din Shah, Suriy-i-Haykal
[Tablet of Temple]; ‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
