Grace
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Tie between the creature and Creator is as a token of His gracious favor and not their merit[edit]
"The tie...between the creature and the Creator should be regarded as a token of His gracious favor unto men and not as an indication of any merit they may possess."
- (Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, sec. 94, pp. 193-194)
(No deed have we done to merit beholding God's face)[edit]
"No deed have I done, O my God, to merit beholding Thy face, and I know of a certainty that were I to live as long as the world lasts I would fail to accomplish any deed such as to deserve this favor, inasmuch as the station of a servant shall ever fall short of access to Thy holy precincts, unless Thy bounty should reach me and Thy tender mercy pervade me and Thy loving-kindness encompass me."
- (The Báb, Bahá'í Prayers, p. 151)
