Hidden Word, Arabic 40: No Rest Save in Submission
Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, (1858), Bahá'í Publishing Trust · Read original
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This is the fortieth of the Arabic Hidden Words:
O SON OF MAN! Wert thou to speed through the immensity of space and traverse the expanse of heaven, yet thou wouldst find no rest save in submission to Our command and humbleness before Our Face.
From The Hidden Words of Bahá'u'lláh (Arabic, no. 40), 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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