Retribution
O Ye Peoples of the World! Know verily that an unforeseen calamity is following you and that grievous retribution awaiteth you.
- Bahá’u’lláh, Hidden Words, Persian 63
However, this ultimate goal could not be attained, and men were deprived thereof by virtue of their evil deeds, which brought upon them the retribution of God, in accordance with the basic principles of His divine rule.
- Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 177
Quote of the Day
Kamal 16 Sultan 182 B.E.
The reason Bahá’u’lláh forbade drinking alcoholic beverages is because it is bad for the health, more particularly for the mind. Of course you can point this out to Mr. ... and Mr. ... and you can also pray that they will themselves feel the urge to give it up; but these are habits each individual should seek to surmount for his own good.
Shoghi Effendi – The Compilation of Compilations, Vol. II, no. 1797