Erelong shall God draw forth, out of the bosom of power, the
hands of ascendancy and might, and shall raise up a people who will arise to
win victory for this Youth and who will purge mankind from the defilement of
the outcast and the ungodly. These hands
will gird up their loins to champion the Faith of God, and will, in My name the
Self-Subsistent, the Mighty, subdue the peoples and kindreds of the earth. They will enter the cities and will inspire
with fear the hearts of all their inhabitants.
Such are the evidences of the might of God; how fearful, how vehement is
His might, and how justly doth He wield it!
He, verily, ruleth and transcendeth all who are in the heavens and on
the earth, and revealeth what He desireth according to a prescribed measure. (Baha'u'llah,
Suriy-i-Haykal, The Summons of the Lord of Hosts)
