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3: EXCERPTS FROM THE PERSIAN BAYÁN “IT is better to guide one soul than to possess all …” 75 76 77 |
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IT is better to guide one soul than to possess all
that is on earth, for as long as that guided soul is
under the shadow of the Tree of Divine Unity,
he and the one who hath guided him will both
be recipients of God’s tender mercy, whereas possession of
earthly things will cease at the time of death. The path to
guidance is one of love and compassion, not of force and
coercion. This hath been God’s method in the past, and
shall continue to be in the future! He causeth him whom He
pleaseth to enter the shadow of His Mercy. Verily, He is
the Supreme Protector, the All-Generous.
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There is no paradise more wondrous for any soul than
to be exposed to God’s Manifestation in His Day, to hear
His verses and believe in them, to attain His presence,
which is naught but the presence of God, to sail upon the
sea of the heavenly kingdom of His good-pleasure, and to
partake of the choice fruits of the paradise of His divine
Oneness. II, 16.
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The Bayán is divided into váhids and chapters, to which these numbers refer.
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