Arise, and proclaim unto the entire creation the tidings
that He who is the All-Merciful hath directed His steps towards the Ridván and
entered it. Guide, then, the people unto the Garden of Delight which God hath
made the Throne of His Paradise... Within this Paradise, and from the heights
of its loftiest chambers, the Maids of Heaven have cried out and shouted:
‘Rejoice, ye dwellers of the realms above, for the fingers of Him Who is the
Ancient of Days are ringing, in the name of the All-Glorious, the Most Great
Bell, in the midmost heart of the heavens. The hands of bounty have borne round
the cups of everlasting life. Approach, and quaff your fill.’
(Baha’u’llah,
quoted by Shoghi Effendi in ‘God Passes By’)
