I swear by the righteousness of Thy Lord, the Lord of all
created things, the Lord of all the worlds! Were a man to rear in this world as
many edifices as possible and worship God through every virtuous deed which
God’s knowledge embraceth, and attain the presence of the Lord, and were he,
even to a measure less than that which is accountable before God, to bear in
his heart a trace of malice towards Me, all his deeds would be reduced to
naught and he would be deprived of the glances of God’s favor, become the
object of His wrath and assuredly perish. For God hath ordained that all the
good things which lie in the treasury of His knowledge shall be attained
through obedience unto Me, and every fire recorded in His Book, through
disobedience unto Me. Methinks in this day and from this station I behold all
those who cherish My love and follow My behest abiding within the mansions of
Paradise, and the entire company of Mine adversaries consigned to the lowest
depths of hellfire.
- The Báb (‘Selections from the Writings of the Báb)
