Witness how the world is being afflicted with a fresh
calamity every day. Its tribulation is continually deepening. From the moment
the Súriy-i-Ra’ís (Tablet to Ra’ís) was revealed until the present day, neither
hath the world been tranquillized, nor have the hearts of its peoples been at
rest. At one time it hath been agitated by contentions and disputes, at another
it hath been convulsed by wars, and fallen a victim to inveterate diseases. Its
sickness is approaching the stage of utter hopelessness, inasmuch as the true Physician is debarred from administering the remedy,
whilst unskilled practitioners are regarded with favor, and are accorded full
freedom to act. ...The dust of sedition hath clouded the hearts of men, and
blinded their eyes. Erelong, they will perceive the consequences of what their
hands have wrought in the Day of God. Thus warneth you He Who is the
All-Informed, as bidden by One Who is the Most Powerful, the Almighty.
(Baha’u’llah,
‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
