Hidden Word, Arabic 2: The Best Beloved of All Things
Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, (1858), Bahá'í Publishing Trust · Read original
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This is the second of the Arabic Hidden Words:
O SON OF SPIRIT! The best beloved of all things in My sight is Justice; turn not away therefrom if thou desirest Me, and neglect it not that I may confide in thee. By its aid thou shalt see with thine own eyes and not through the eyes of others, and shalt know of thine own knowledge and not through the knowledge of thy neighbor. Ponder this in thy heart; how it behooveth thee to be. Verily justice is My gift to thee and the sign of My loving-kindness. Set it then before thine eyes.
From The Hidden Words of Bahá'u'lláh (Arabic, no. 2), translated by Shoghi Effendi.
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Bahá'u'lláh. (1858). *The Hidden Words*. Bahá'í Publishing Trust. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/hidden-words/
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