What is the purpose of human life in the Bahai Faith ?

Baha’u’llah, writing of the situation that human life is short and we should not misuse it, has said:

“Ages have passed and your precious lives are well-nigh ended, yet not a single breath of purity hath reached Our court of holiness from you.”

~ Baha’u’llah, Hidden Words, Persian no. 20


“I desire communion with thee, but thou wouldst put no trust in Me. The sword of thy rebellion hath felled the tree of thy hope. At all times I am near unto thee, but thou art ever far from Me. Imperishable glory I have chosen for thee, yet boundless shame thou hast chosen for thyself. While there is yet time, return and lose not thy chance.”

~ Baha’u’llah, Hidden Words, Persian no. 21