Assist ye, O
My people, My chosen servants who have arisen to make mention
of Me among
My creatures and to exalt My Word throughout My realm. These,
truly, are
the stars of the heaven of My loving providence and the lamps of
My guidance
unto all mankind. But he whose words conflict with that which
hath been sent
down in My Holy Tablets is not of Me. Beware lest ye follow
any impious
pretender. These Tablets are embellished with the seal of Him
Who causeth
the dawn to appear, Who lifteth up His voice between the
heavens and
the earth. Lay hold on this Sure Handle
and on the Cord
of My
mighty and
unassailable Cause.
-- Bahá'u'lláh,
The Kitab-i-Aqdas, p. 61
Say: Fear ye
God and commit not such deeds as would cause My loved ones on
earth to lament.
Thus biddeth you this Pen which hath set the Pen of Glory
in motion within
the arena of wisdom and true understanding.
Convey My greetings
unto those whose faces mirror forth the radiance of
Bahá,
then mention to them this utterance which cheereth the eyes of the
righteous.
The glory of God rest upon thee and upon such as have firmly
clung to the
Cord of God,
the Revealer of verses....
-- Bahá'u'lláh,
Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p. 198
3:102
O ye who believe! Fear God as He should be feared, and die not except
in a state of Islám.
3:103 And hold
fast, all together, by the rope [cord]
which God (stretches out
for you), and be not divided among yourselves; and remember with
gratitude God's favour on you; for ye were enemies and He joined
your hearts in love, so that by His Grace, ye became brethren; and
ye were on the brink of the pit of Fire, and He saved you from it.
Thus doth God make His Signs clear to you: That ye may be guided.
3:104 Let there
arise out of you a band of people inviting to all that is
good, enjoining what is right, and forbidding what is wrong: They
are the ones to attain felicity.
3:105 Be not
like those who are divided amongst themselves and fall into
disputations after receiving Clear Signs: For them is a dreadful
penalty,-
3:106 On the
Day when some faces will be (lit up with) white, and some
faces will be (in the gloom of) black: To those whose faces will
be black, (will be said): "Did ye reject Faith after accepting it?
Taste then the penalty for rejecting Faith."
3:107 But those
whose faces will be (lit with) white,- they will be in
(the light of) God's mercy: therein to dwell (for ever).
3:108 These
are the Signs of God: We rehearse them to thee in Truth: And
God means no injustice to any of His creatures.
-- The Qur'an:
3 - AL-I-IMRAN,
The truth is
Mine and certitude is at My side. Leadership is Mine and the
righteous shall
follow Me. I am the first to acknowledge faith, the Cord
of God
that shall
not be broken, the One who will raise the
world to justice even as it
hath been brought
low by oppression. I am the companion of Gabriel and the
archangel Michael
is beside Me. I am the tree of guidance, and the essence of
righteousness.
I shall gather together the world of creation through the Word of
God that gathers
together all things. I give life unto humanity and I am the
treasury of
all divine commands. To Me hath been given the Luminous Pen and
the Crimson
Camel.
-- Imam Ali,
Khutbat'ul-Iftikhár (The Sermon of Glorification)
The glory that
hath shone forth from the horizon of eternity rest upon thee
and upon such
as have taken fast hold of the Cord of God
that no man can
sever.
He Who leadeth
to true victory is come. By the righteousness of God! He is
fully capable
of revolutionizing the world through the power of a single
Word. Having
enjoined upon all men to observe wisdom, He Himself hath
adhered to
the cord of patience and resignation.
-- Bahá'u'lláh,
Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p. 259-260