Beware lest ye offend the feelings of anyone, or sadden the
heart of any person, or move the tongue in reproach of and finding fault with
anybody, whether he is friend or stranger, believer or enemy. Pray in behalf of
all and entreat God for forgiveness and bounty for all. Beware, beware that any
soul take revenge or retaliate over another even if he be a bloodthirsty enemy.
Beware, beware that any one rebuke or reproach a soul, though he may be an
ill-wisher and an ill-doer. Do ye not look upon the creature, advance ye toward
the Creator. Behold ye not the rebellious people, turn your faces toward the Lord
of Hosts. Look ye not upon the ground, raise your eyes to the
world-illuminating Sun, which hath transformed every atom of the gloomy soil
into bright and luminous substance.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha
(‘Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, vol. 1’)
