April 10
Consider Moses! Armed with the rod of celestial dominion,
adorned with the white hand of Divine knowledge, and proceeding from the Párán
of the love of God, and wielding the serpent of power and everlasting majesty,
He shone forth from the Sinai of light upon the world. He summoned all the
peoples and kindreds of the earth to the kingdom of eternity, and invited them
to partake of the fruit of the tree of faithfulness. Surely you are aware of
the fierce opposition of Pharaoh and his people, and of the stones of idle
fancy which the hands of infidels cast upon that blessed Tree. So much so that
Pharaoh and his people finally arose and exerted their utmost endeavor to
extinguish with the waters of falsehood and denial the fire of that sacred
Tree, oblivious of the truth that no earthly water can quench the flames of
Divine wisdom, nor mortal blasts extinguish the lamp of everlasting dominion.
Nay, rather, such water cannot but intensify the burning of the flame, and such
blasts cannot but ensure the preservation of the lamp, were ye to observe with
the eye of discernment, and walk in the way of God’s holy will and pleasure....
(Baha’u’llah, ‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
