Ungodly
Beware! Walk not with the ungodly and seek not fellowship with him, for such companionship turneth the radiance of the heart into infernal fire.
- Bahá’u’lláh, The Persian Hidden Words 57
The company of the ungodly increaseth sorrow, whilst fellowship with the righteous cleanseth the rust from off the heart.
- Bahá’u’lláh, The Persian Hidden Words 56
Treasure the companionship of the righteous and eschew all fellowship with the ungodly.
- Bahá’u’lláh, Hidden Words, Persian 3
In the passage 'eschew all fellowship with the ungodly, 'Bahá’u’lláh means that we should shun the company of those who disbelieve in God and are wayward. The word 'ungodly' is a reference to such perverse people. The words 'Be thou as a flame of fire to My enemies and a river of life eternal to My loved ones', should flee from the enemies of God and instead seek the fellowship of His lovers.
- Shoghi Effendi: Dawn of a New Day, p. 200
Quote of the Day
Idal 15 Rahmat 183 B.E.
No true and faithful Bahá’í should in this day remain idle or seek what would give him comfort or even inner satisfaction. We should be constantly assailing the forces of darkness that have enveloped the earth and hasten the dawn of the new day foretold by Bahá’u’lláh.
Shoghi Effendi quoted in Hooper C. Dunbar’s “Forces of Our Time – The Dynamics of Light and Darkness”