If these companions [1] be not the true
strivers after God, who else could be called by this name?... If these
companions, with all their marvelous testimonies and wondrous works, be false,
who then is worthy to claim for himself the truth?... Has the world since the
days of Adam witnessed such tumult, such violent commotion?... Methinks,
patience was revealed only by virtue of their fortitude, and faithfulness
itself was begotten only by their deeds.”
- Baha’u’llah (Quoted by Shoghi
Effendi in ‘The World Order of Baha’u’llah’)
[1] “…those heroes and martyrs whom the spirit
of the Báb had so magically transformed”
