How great the blessedness that awaiteth the king who will
arise to aid My Cause in My kingdom, who will detach himself from all else but
Me! Such a king is numbered with the companions of the Crimson Ark—the Ark
which God hath prepared for the people of Bahá. All must glorify his name, must
reverence his station, and aid him to unlock the cities with the keys of My
Name, the omnipotent Protector of all that inhabit the visible and invisible
kingdoms. Such a king is the very eye of mankind, the luminous ornament on the
brow of creation, the fountainhead of blessings unto the whole world. Offer up,
O people of Bahá, your substance, nay your very lives, for his assistance.
(Baha’u’llah, ‘The
Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
