The Divine Springtime is come, O Most Exalted Pen, for the
Festival of the All-Merciful is fast approaching.... The Day-Star of
Blissfulness shineth above the horizon of Our Name, the Blissful, inasmuch as
the Kingdom of the Name of God hath been adorned with the ornament of the Name
of Thy Lord, the Creator of the heavens.... Take heed lest anything deter Thee
from extolling the greatness of this Day—the Day whereon the Finger of Majesty
and Power hath opened the seal of the Wine of Reunion, and called all who are
in the heavens and all who are on earth.... This is the Day whereon the unseen
world crieth out: ‘Great is thy blessedness, O earth, for thou hast been made
the footstool of thy God, and been chosen as the seat of His mighty throne’
...Say ... He it is Who hath laid bare before you the hidden and treasured Gem,
were ye to seek it. He it is who is the One Beloved of all things, whether of
the past or of the future.
(Baha’u’llah, quoted by Shoghi Effendi in ‘God
Passes By’)
