5 May 2008

Trust in God, submission unto His command, and contentment with His holy will and pleasure

This is what I need most of all today, writing my three-day home-exam paper!

He that giveth up himself wholly to God, God shall, assuredly, be with him;
and he that placeth his complete trust in God, God shall, verily, protect him from whatsoever may harm him...

Proclamation of Bahá’u’lláh


O people of Bahá! It is incumbent upon each one of you to engage in some occupation—such as a craft, a trade or the like. We have exalted your engagement in such work to the rank of worship of the one true God. Reflect, O people, on the grace and blessings of your Lord, and yield Him thanks at eventide and dawn. Waste not your hours in idleness and sloth, but occupy yourselves with what will profit you and others. Hold ye fast unto the cord of means and place your trust in God, the Provider of all means.

Kitáb-i-Aqdas


...they that tread the path of faith, they that thirst for the wine of certitude, must cleanse themselves of all that is earthly—their ears from idle talk, their minds from vain imaginings, their hearts from worldly affections, their eyes from that which perisheth. They should put their trust in God, and, holding fast unto Him, follow in His way.

The Kitáb-i-Íqán


Grieve not at what hath befallen thee, but put thy whole trust in God, the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the Wise. Raise thy house upon the solid foundation of divine utterances, and give praise to thy Lord. He, verily, shall suffice thee above all the peoples of the earth.

The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Súriy-i-Ra’ís


In the Name of God, the Exalted, the Most High
The source of all good is trust in God, submission unto His command, and contentment with His holy will and pleasure.

Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, Words of Wisdom

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