Chastity and Moral Purity
Chastity — purity of thought and action in personal and sexual life — is a spiritual virtue that supports integrity and genuine relationships.
The Bahá'í writings counsel chastity as a spiritual discipline appropriate to the current stage of human development. Sexual intimacy is sacred and belongs within the covenant of marriage. Chastity is not repression but the cultivation of purity that makes genuine love possible — differentiating true intimacy from mere gratification.
Marriage is a fortress for wellbeing and salvation.
Bahá'í sexual ethics emphasize the sacred character of intimacy rather than merely prohibitive rules, offering a spiritually affirmative framework.
Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh