Eschew
all manner of wickedness, for such things are forbidden unto you in the
Book which none touch except such as God hath cleansed from every taint of
guilt, and numbered among the purified.

Be fair to yourselves and to others, that the evidences of justice may be
revealed, through your deeds, among Our faithful servants. Beware lest ye
encroach upon the substance of your neighbor. Prove yourselves worthy of
his trust and confidence in you, and withhold not from the poor the gifts
which the grace of God hath bestowed upon you. He, verily, shall
recompense the charitable, and doubly repay them for what they have
bestowed. No God is there but Him. All creation and its empire are His. He
bestoweth His gifts on whom He will, and from whom He will He withholdeth
them. He is the Great Giver, the Most Generous, the Benevolent.

Say: Teach ye the Cause of God, O people of Baha, for God hath prescribed
unto every one the duty of proclaiming His Message, and regardeth it as
the most meritorious of all deeds. Such a deed is acceptable only when he
that teacheth the Cause is already a firm believer in God, the Supreme
Protector, the Gracious, the Almighty. He hath, moreover, ordained that
His Cause be taught through the power of men's utterance, and not through
resort to violence. Thus hath His ordinance been sent down from the
Kingdom of Him Who is the Most Exalted, the All-Wise. Beware lest ye
contend with any one, nay, strive to make him aware of the truth with
kindly manner and most convincing exhortation. If your hearer respond, he
will have responded to his own behoof, and if not, turn ye away from him,
and set your faces towards God's sacred Court, the seat of resplendent
holiness.

Dispute not with any one concerning the things of this world and its
affairs, for God hath abandoned them to such as have set their affection
upon them. Out of the whole world He hath chosen for Himself the hearts of
men--hearts which the hosts of revelation and of utterance can subdue. Thus
hath it been ordained by the Fingers of Baha, upon the Tablet of God's
irrevocable decree, by the behest of Him Who is the Supreme Ordainer, the
All-Knowing.

CXXIX: O WAYFARER IN THE PATH OF GOD! TAKE...

O wayfarer in the path of God! Take thou thy portion of the ocean of His
grace, and deprive not thyself of the things that lie hidden in its
depths. Be thou of them that have partaken of its treasures. A dewdrop out
of this ocean would,