O Qurratu’l-‘Ayn! Proclaim that which hath been sent down
unto Thee as a token of the grace of the merciful Lord, for if Thou do it not,
Our secret will never be made known to the people, [Qur’an 5:71] while the
purpose of God in creating man is but for him to know Him. Indeed God hath
knowledge of all things and is self-sufficient above the need of all mankind.
- The Báb (From the Qayyúmu’l-Asmá’; ‘Selections from the Writings of the Báb’)
