Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! Darkness hath fallen upon
every land, and the forces of mischief have encompassed all the nations.
Through them, however, I perceive the splendors of Thy wisdom, and discern the
brightness of the light of Thy providence.
They that are shut out as by a veil from Thee have imagined
that they have the power to put out Thy light, and to quench Thy fire, and to
still the winds of Thy grace. Nay, and to this Thy might beareth me witness!
Had not every tribulation been made the bearer of Thy wisdom, and every ordeal
the vehicle of Thy providence, no one would have dared oppose us, though the
powers of earth and heaven were to be leagued against us. Were I to unravel the
wondrous mysteries of Thy wisdom which are laid bare before me, the reins of
Thine enemies would be cleft asunder. (Baha’u’llah, ‘Prayers and Meditations by
Baha’u’llah’)
