…Bahá’u’lláh hath been made manifest to all mankind and He
hath invited all to the table of God, the banquet of Divine bounty. Today,
however, most of those who sit at that table are the poor, and this is why
Christ hath said blessed are the poor, for riches do prevent the rich from
entering the Kingdom; and again, He saith, ‘It is easier for a camel to go
through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of
God.’ [Matthew 19:24; Mark 10:25] If, however, the wealth of this world, and
worldly glory and repute, do not block his entry therein, that rich man will be
favoured at the Holy Threshold and accepted by the Lord of the Kingdom.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
