No man can ‘obtain everlasting life’ in the full sense of the term, except through acknowledging the Manifestation of God, in this age, Bahá'u'lláh. If he doesn't do it in this world he will have a chance to progress in the next one.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 19 March 1946, written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, quoted by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice in their Memorandum dated28 August 1991; Baha’i Library Online)
