In truth, I declare, it
[Baha’u’llah’s house in Baghdad] shall be so abased in the days to come as to
cause tears to flow from every discerning eye.... And in the fulness of time,
shall the Lord by the power of truth exalt it in the eyes of all the world, cause
it to become the mighty standard of His domination, the
shrine round which shall circle the concourse of the faithful.” How startling
in His prediction, how reassuring His promise!
(Baha’u’llah, quoted by Shoghi
Effendi in a letter dated January 10, 1926, ‘Baha’i Administration’)
