Not to Stir Up Mischief

Bahaullah
Translated

Not to Stir Up Mischief

“Take heed not to stir up mischief in the land after it hath been set in order. Whoso acteth in this way is not of Us, and We are quit of him. Such is the command which hath, through the power of truth, been made manifest from the heaven of Revelation.” 1

“Say: Commit not, O people, that which will bring shame upon you or dishonor the Cause of God in the eyes of men, and be not of the mischief-makers. Approach not the things which your minds condemn. Eschew all manner of wickedness, for such things are forbidden unto you in the Book which none touch except such as God hath cleansed from every taint of guilt, and numbered among the purified.” 2

“Exhort thou the servants of God unto that whereunto We have exhorted thee that they may abstain from whatsoever is forbidden them in the Mother Book. Those who perpetrate deeds that would create turmoil among the people have indeed strayed far from helping God and His Cause and are numbered with the mischief-makers in the Tablet which God hath designated to be the dawning-place of all Tablets.” 3




Footnotes

  1. Baha’u’llah, The Most Holy Book, para 64

  2. Baha’u’llah, Gleanings CXXVIII

  3. Baha’u’llah, Lawḥ-i-Síyyid-i-Mihdíy-i-Dahají

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