One must remember that the purpose of this life is to prepare the soul for the next. (Universal House of Justice, Lights of Guidance, p. 359) Man, therefore, is created to serve his Lord and worship him with a pure heart, hoping to attain His good pleasure. The purpose is not that he receive reward for his actions. Man’s deeds are thus praiseworthy in the sight of God when they are performed solel...y for His love and for no other reason. To this Bahá’u’lláh testifies in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas: “Observe My commandments, for the love of My beauty.” (Adib Taherzadeh, The Covenant of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 22) TO BE RECITED ONCE IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS, AT NOON: I bear witness, O my God, that Thou hast created me to know Thee and to worship Thee. (Bahá’u’lláh, Bahá’í Prayers, Short Obligatory Prayer, p. 3)
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