June 10
Say, O ye chosen of the one true God!
Let not the censure of the froward, nor the denunciations uttered by them that
have repudiated His Cause, grieve you; inasmuch as such acts of opposition
have, from time immemorial, served as clear proofs of the truth of Him Who is
the True One--magnified be His glory. Therefore should ye hear an unseemly word
from an ignorant, foolish or negligent soul, be sure that it can never do harm,
for the day is not far distant when such persons and whatsoever pertaineth unto
them will have passed away, whereas ye yourselves have been honoured in this
day to drink your fill from the living waters of the holy utterances revealed
by the All-Merciful and to hearken unto the words: 'Ye are of My company.'
Thereupon one of the favoured angels that are nigh unto God and circle round
His throne uttered this supplication: 'O my Lord and my Master! O my Desired
One and my Best Beloved! O Thou who art the Beloved of all that are in the
heavens and on the earth! I beseech Thee to grant, from the ocean of Thy bounty
and the day-star of Thy heavenly grace, that I may be cursed, reviled and
denounced a myriad times for the sake' of Thy love, that these ears of mine may
but once be blessed by hearing Thy sweet words: "Verily thou art of the
people of Bahá"' (Baha’u’llah, ‘Fire
and Light: Excerpts from the Bahá'í Sacred Writings by Báb, The, Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá and
Shoghi Effendi’, compiled by Research Department of the Universal House
of Justice; The Baha’i World 1979-1983)
