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Say: True liberty consisteth in man’s submission unto My commandments, little as ye know it.
Were men to observe that which We have sent down unto them from the Heaven of
Revelation, they would, of a certainty, attain unto perfect liberty. Happy is the man that hath
apprehended the Purpose of God in whatever He hath revealed from the Heaven of His Will
that pervadeth all created things. Say: The liberty that pro teth you is to be found nowhere
except in complete servitude unto God, the Eternal Truth. Whoso hath tasted of its sweetness
will refuse to barter it for all the dominion of earth and heaven.
Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitáb-i-Aqdas, paragraph 125
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The Book of God is wide open, and His Word is summoning mankind unto Him. No more
than a mere handful, however, hath been found willing to cleave to His Cause, or to become
the instruments for its promotion. These few have been endued with the Divine Elixir that can,
alone, transmute into purest gold the dross of the world, and have been empowered to
administer the infallible remedy for all the ills that a ict the children of men.
Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, No. XCII
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The supreme cause for creating the world and all that is therein is for man to know God. In this
Day whosoever is guided by the fragrance of the raiment of His mercy to gain admittance into
the pristine Abode, which is the station of recognizing the Source of divine commandments
and the Dayspring of His Revelation, hath everlastingly attained unto all good. Having reached
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