While engulfed in tribulations I heard a most wondrous, a
most sweet voice, calling above My head. Turning My face, I beheld a Maiden—the embodiment of the remembrance of
the name of My Lord—suspended in the air before Me. So rejoiced was she in her very soul that her
countenance shone with the ornament of the good pleasure of God, and her cheeks
glowed with the brightness of the All-Merciful. Betwixt earth and heaven she was raising a call which captivated the
hearts and minds of men. She was
imparting to both My inward and outer being tidings which rejoiced My soul, and
the souls of God’s honoured servants.
Pointing with her finger unto My head, she addressed all who
are in heaven and all who are on earth, saying: By God! This is the Best-Beloved
of the worlds, and yet ye comprehend not.
his is the Beauty of God amongst you, and the power of His sovereignty
within you, could ye but understand. This is the Mystery of God and His Treasure, the Cause of God and His
glory unto all who are in the kingdoms of Revelation and of creation, if ye be
of them that perceive. This is He Whose
Presence is the ardent desire of the denizens of the Realm of eternity, and of
them that dwell within the Tabernacle of glory, and yet from His Beauty do ye
turn aside. (Baha’u’llah, Súriy-i-Haykal, ‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
