The people of the world have grievously
erred, for they fondly imagine that they can exterminate the Cause of God, that
they would be able to extinguish His effulgent light, and to put out His
heavenly lamps. Vain indeed are their imaginings. I swear by the righteousness
of God that the more they endeavour to quench His Light, the brighter will it
shine, and the more they strive to smother its flame, the fiercer will it burn.
God's invincible Will far transcendeth their devices, and His Purpose is supreme
above all human desires, inasmuch as all that is in the heavens and all that is
on the earth have been called into being through a single holy breeze --the
Word of His command--wafted from His presence, and all shall be brought to
naught through but one letter of His.
(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)
(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)
