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Fire and paradise both bow down and prostrate themselves before God. That which is worthy of His Essence is to worship Him for His sake, without fear of fire, or hope of paradise.

— Báb

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Truth shall be firmly established, while aught else besides it is sure to perish.

It behooveth you all to be one indivisible people; thus should ye return unto Him Whom God shall make manifest.

Thus they deprived themselves of beholding the countenance of God, and this for no other reason than mutual denunciations.

The most acceptable prayer is the one offered with the utmost spirituality and radiance; its prolongation hath not been and is not beloved by God. The more detached and the purer the prayer, the more acceptable is it in the presence of God.

Denounce ye not one another, ere the Day-Star of ancient eternity shineth forth above the horizon of His sublimity.

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