Consider the former generations. Witness how every time the
Day Star of Divine bounty hath shed the light of His Revelation upon the world,
the people of His Day have arisen against Him, and repudiated His truth. They
who were regarded as the leaders of men have invariably striven to hinder their
followers from turning unto Him Who is the Ocean of God’s limitless bounty.
(Baha'u'llah, ‘Gleanings from the
Writings of Baha'u'llah’)
