tag name Heart type: Miscellaneous; Metaphors and allegories web link bahai-library.com/tags/Heart variations or mis-spellings qalb (قلب), dil (دل) related tags - Concepts; Body; Environment; God, Love of; Human nature; Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words); Prayer; Soul, Human referring tags Find Me standing within thee (phrase); Hadith of Kumayl; Have ye forgotten that true and radiant morn; Human capacity and limitations; Hyacinths; Keys; Kindness; Mind, spirit, soul; Purity; Purity of heart, chastity of soul, and freedom of spirit; Radiance; Self; Self-knowledge; Spirit of faith; Stranger (metaphor); Transformation Inventory subject Inmost heart [fu'ad]; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity selected quotations
(authoritative sources)These quotations reflect common presentations of Bahá’í views; the materials below may show a wider range of interpretations and contexts:
"My first counsel is this: Possess a pure, kindly and radiant heart, that thine may be a sovereignty ancient, imperishable and everlasting."
– Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, Arabic no. 1"If thine heart be set upon this eternal, imperishable dominion, and this ancient, everlasting life, forsake this mortal and fleeting sovereignty."
– Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, Persian, no. 54"Love Me, that I may love thee. If thou lovest Me not, My love can in no wise reach thee. Know this, O servant."
– Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, Arabic no. 5"Thy heart is My home; sanctify it for My descent. Thy spirit is My place of revelation; cleanse it for My manifestation."
– Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, Arabic no. 59"The candle of thine heart is lighted by the hand of My power, quench it not with the contrary winds of self and passion. The healer of all thine ills is remembrance of Me, forget it not. Make My love thy treasure and cherish it even as thy very sight and life."
– Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, Persian no. 32"... Sow the seeds of My divine wisdom in the pure soil of thy heart, and water them with the water of certitude, that the hyacinths of My knowledge and wisdom may spring up fresh and green in the sacred city of thy heart."
– Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, Persian no. 33"... In the soil of whose heart will these holy seeds germinate? From the garden of whose soul will the blossoms of the invisible realities spring forth? ... kindle with the oil of wisdom the lamp of the spirit within the innermost chamber of thy heart, and guard it with the globe of understanding... Thus have We illuminated the heavens of utterance with the splendors of the Sun of divine wisdom and understanding, that thy heart may find peace, that thou mayest be of those who, on the wings of certitude, have soared unto the heaven of the love of their Lord, the All-Merciful..."
– Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude), ¶65"... when a true seeker determineth to take the step of search in the path leading to the knowledge of the Ancient of Days, he must, before all else, cleanse and purify his heart, which is the seat of the revelation of the inner mysteries of God, from the obscuring dust of all acquired knowledge... He must purge his breast, which is the sanctuary of the abiding love of the Beloved, of every defilement, and sanctify his soul from all that pertaineth to water and clay, from all shadowy and ephemeral attachments..."
– Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude), ¶213"... The understanding of His words and the comprehension of the utterances of the Birds of Heaven are in no wise dependent upon human learning. They depend solely upon purity of heart, chastity of soul, and freedom of spirit..."
– Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude), ¶233"... Too high art Thou for the praise of those who are nigh unto Thee to ascend unto the heaven of Thy nearness, or for the birds of the hearts of them who are devoted to Thee to attain to the door of Thy gate. I testify that Thou hast been sanctified above all attributes and holy above all names. No God is there but Thee, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious..."
– Bahá'u'lláh, Bahá'í Prayers"... The Word of God may be likened unto a sapling, whose roots have been implanted in the hearts of men. It is incumbent upon you to foster its growth through the living waters of wisdom, of sanctified and holy words, so that its root may become firmly fixed and its branches may spread out as high as the heavens and beyond..."
– Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, Lawḥ-i-Dunyá (Tablet of the World), ¶33 (BH00238)
"... The light of the sun becomes apparent in each object according to the capacity of that object. The difference is simply one of degree and receptivity. The stone would be a recipient only to a limited extent; another created thing might be as a mirror wherein the sun is fully reflected; but the same light shines upon both.
The most important thing is to polish the mirrors of hearts in order that they may become illumined and receptive of the divine light. One heart may possess the capacity of the polished mirror; another, be covered and obscured by the dust and dross of this world. Although the same Sun is shining upon both, in the mirror which is polished, pure and sanctified you may behold the Sun in all its fullness, glory and power, revealing its majesty and effulgence; but in the mirror which is rusted and obscured there is no capacity for reflection, although so far as the Sun itself is concerned it is shining thereon and is neither lessened nor deprived. Therefore, our duty lies in seeking to polish the mirrors of our hearts in order that we shall become reflectors of that light and recipients of the divine bounties which may be fully revealed through them..."
– 'Abdu'l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, talk no. 6, 14 April 1912 (ABU0399)
"We cannot segregate the human heart from the environment outside us and say that once one of these is reformed everything will be improved. Man is organic with the world. His inner life moulds the environment and is itself also deeply affected by it. The one acts upon the other and every abiding change in the life of man is the result of these mutual reactions."
– From a letter dated 17 February 1933 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, quoted in compilation "Social Action"
references en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qalb; bahaiquotes.com/subject/heart; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Heart
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