Pure Heart
Verily pure hearts are as clear and brilliant mirrors which imprint the one on the other, and hearts discover the secrets of hearts. Therefore, they (hearts) chant the verses of longing and recite the odes of glorification and praise. Consequently, the recourse is to pages of hearts, not pages filled with written lines.
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá v1, p. 120
The spiritual love of God maketh man pure and holy and clotheth him with the garment of virtue and purity. And when man attacheth his heart wholly to God and becometh related to the Blessed Perfection, the divine bounty will dawn. This love is not physical, nay, rather, it is absolutely spiritual.
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Bahá’í World Faith, p. 365
Souls have appeared in the world who were pure and undefiled, who have directed their attention toward God, seeking the reward of God, attaining nearness to the threshold of God, acceptable in the good pleasure of God. They have been the lights of guidance and stars of the Supreme Concourse. Consider these souls, shining like stars in the horizon of sanctity forevermore.
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 186
When asked for a definition of a pure heart, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá said, "The pure heart is one that is entirely cut away from self. To be selfless is to be pure.
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London, p. 106
Quote of the Day
Istiqlal 7 Qawl 182 B.E.
Man must seek to gain the acceptance of God and not that of the different classes of men. If one is praised and chosen by God, the accusation of all the creatures will cause no loss to him; and if the man is not accepted in the threshold of God, the praise and admiration of all men will be of no use to him.
‘Abdu’l-Bahá – Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá v1, p. 158