Multiple Losses
Those who believed in Him likewise sacrificed life, honor, possessions, family, everything, that this human world might be released from the hell of discord, enmity and strife.
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 4
Even if all the losses of the world were to be sustained by one of the friends of God, he would still profit thereby . . . The friends of God shall win and profit under all conditions, and shall attain true wealth.
- Bahá’u’lláh, Crisis & Victory, p. 154
Say: rejoice not in the things ye possess; tonight they are yours, tomorrow others will possess them. Thus warneth you He Who is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.
- Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 138
What advantage is there in the earthly things which men possess? . . . Did they but know it, they would renounce their all, that their names may be mentioned before His throne.
- Bahá’u’lláh, Kitáb-i-Aqdas, p. 34
Quote of the Day
Fidal 3 Mashiyyat 183 B.E.
They [Spiritual Assemblies] must endeavor to promote amity and concord amongst the friends, efface every lingering trace of distrust, coolness and estrangement from every heart, and secure in its stead an active and whole-hearted cooperation for the service of the Cause.
Shoghi Effendi – Bahá’í Administration, p. 38