The thing that must come hath come suddenly; behold how they flee
from it! The inevitable hath come to pass; witness how they have cast it behind
their backs! This is the Day whereon every man will fly from himself, how much
more from his kindred, could ye but perceive it. Say: By God! The blast hath
been blown on the trumpet, and lo, mankind hath swooned away before us! The
Herald hath cried out, and the Summoner raised His voice saying: “The Kingdom
is God’s, the Most Powerful, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.”
(Baha’u’llah,
‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)