God loveth those who are pure. Naught in the Bayan and in the sight of God is more loved than purity and immaculate cleanliness… God desireth not to see, in the Dispensation of the Bayan, any soul deprived of joy and radiance. He indeed desireth that under all conditions, all may be adorned with such purity, both inwardly and outwardly, […]

The more detached and the purer the prayer, the more acceptable is it in the presence of God. Bab Siyyid `Ali Muhammad Shirazi (1819 – 1850)