May 4
O Beauty of the All-Glorious! Shouldst Thou chance upon this
people and enter their presence, recount unto them that which this Youth hath
related unto Thee concerning Himself and the things that have befallen Him,
that they may come to know what hath been inscribed upon the Preserved Tablet. Acquaint
them with the tidings of this Youth, and with the trials and tribulations He
hath suffered, that they may become mindful of Mine afflictions, and be of them
that understand. Recount, then, unto them how We singled out for Our favour one
of Our brothers, [Mirza Yahyá] how We imparted unto him a dewdrop from the
fathomless ocean of knowledge, clothed him with the garment of one of Our
Names, and exalted him to such a station that all were moved to extol him, and
how We so protected him from the harm of the malevolent as to disarm even the
mightiest amongst them. (Baha’u’llah, Súriy-i-Haykal, ‘The Summons of the Lord
of Hosts’)
