The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh
Author: Bahá’u’lláh
Source: US Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1985 reprint
Pages: 52
Pages 47-48   

“74: O CHILDREN OF VAINGLORY! For a fleeting sovereignty ye have abandoned My…”

O CHILDREN OF VAINGLORY! For a fleeting sovereignty ye have abandoned My imperishable dominion, and have adorned yourselves 48 with the gay livery of the world and made of it your boast. By My beauty! All will I gather beneath the one-colored covering of the dust and efface all these diverse colors save them that choose My own, and that is purging from every color.
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