Bahá’í Quotes

Ungodly

Beware! Walk not with the ungodly and seek not fellowship with him, for such companionship turneth the radiance of the heart into infernal fire.

- Bahá’u’lláh, The Persian Hidden Words 57

The company of the ungodly increaseth sorrow, whilst fellowship with the righteous cleanseth the rust from off the heart.

- Bahá’u’lláh, The Persian Hidden Words 56

Treasure the companionship of the righteous and eschew all fellowship with the ungodly.

- Bahá’u’lláh, Hidden Words, Persian 3

In the passage 'eschew all fellowship with the ungodly, 'Bahá’u’lláh means that we should shun the company of those who disbelieve in God and are wayward. The word 'ungodly' is a reference to such perverse people. The words 'Be thou as a flame of fire to My enemies and a river of life eternal to My loved ones', should flee from the enemies of God and instead seek the fellowship of His lovers.

- Shoghi Effendi: Dawn of a New Day, p. 200

Quote of the Day

Fidal 12 Mashiyyat 182 B.E.

. . . it is clear that there is a profound difference between the Bahá’í attitude to the circumcision of males and the excision of females.

From a letter written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to the Office of Public Information – Haifa, 2 January 1992