"How couldst thou forget thine own faults ..."

 

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O SON OF BEING!

How couldst thou forget thine own faults and busy thyself with the faults of others? Whoso doeth this is accursed of Me.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #26 Arabic)
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"Breathe not the sins of others so long as thou art thyself a sinner."

 

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O SON OF MAN!

Breathe not the sins of others so long as thou art thyself a sinner. Shouldst thou transgress this command, accursed wouldst thou be, and to this I bear witness.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #27 Arabic)
www.bahai.org/r/605082403

"Know thou of a truth ..."

 

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O SON OF SPIRIT!

Know thou of a truth: He that biddeth men be just and himself committeth iniquity is not of Me, even though he bear My name.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #28 Arabic)
www.bahai.org/r/470987721

" ... say not that which thou doest not."

 

O SON OF BEING! 

Ascribe not to any soul that which thou wouldst not have ascribed to thee, and say not that which thou doest not. This is My command unto thee, do thou observe it.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #29 Arabic)
www.bahai.org/r/762019759

"Deny not My servant should he ask anything from thee ..."

 

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O SON OF MAN!

Deny not My servant should he ask anything from thee, for his face is My face; be then abashed before Me.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #30 Arabic)
www.bahai.org/r/172419670

"Bring thyself to account each day ere thou art summoned to a reckoning ..."

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O SON OF BEING!

Bring thyself to account each day ere thou art summoned to a reckoning; for death, unheralded, shall come upon thee and thou shalt be called to give account for thy deeds.

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #31 Arabic)
www.bahai.org/r/048313746

"I made the light to shed on thee its splendor. Why dost thou veil thyself therefrom?"

 

© Chuck Egerton 2025

O SON OF THE SUPREME!

I have made death a messenger of joy to thee. Wherefore dost thou grieve? I made the light to shed on thee its splendor. Why dost thou veil thyself therefrom?

(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #32 Arabic)
www.bahai.org/r/674148173