Alas, alas, for that which befell Him Who was the
Manifestation of the Self of God, and for that which He and His loved ones were
made to suffer! The people inflicted upon them what no soul hath ever inflicted
upon another, and what no infidel hath wrought against a believer or suffered
at his hand. Alas, alas! That immortal Being sat upon the darksome dust, the
Holy Spirit lamented in the retreats of glory, the pillars of the Throne
crumbled in the exalted dominion, the joy of the world was changed into sorrow
in the crimson land, and the voice of the Nightingale was silenced in the
golden realm. Woe betide them for what their hands have wrought and for what
they have committed!
Hearken then unto that which the Bird of Heaven uttered, in
the sweetest and most wondrous accents, and in the most perfect and exalted
melodies, concerning them—an utterance that shall fill them with remorse from
now unto “the day when mankind shall stand before the Lord of the worlds”:
“Although they had before prayed for victory over those who believed not, yet
when there came unto them He of Whom they had knowledge, they disbelieved in
Him. The curse of God on the infidels!” [Qur’án 83:6; 2:89] Such indeed are
their condition and attainments in their vain and empty life. Erelong shall
they be cast into the fire of affliction and find none to help or succour them.
(Baha’u’llah, ‘Gems of Divine Mysteries’, ‘Javáhiru’l-Asrár’)
