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praise, exalted above every conception that pen and ink can portray, beseemeth
the sublime, the ever-blessed court of the Well-Beloved Who hath initiated the
people of Bahá into the school of adversity and directed their steps towards
the realm of immortality. Glorified, immensely glorified is the omnipotent Lord
Who hath made blood as a means to cause the trees of the exalted Paradise to
grow and burst forth, and Who hath ordained that trials and afflictions, though
bitter and agonizing, should prove sweeter than sugar to the taste of His loved
ones. So strong are the bonds of love for this Well-Beloved that adversities
and tribulations have been and will ever be powerless to deflect His ardent
lovers from treading His Path.
- Baha’u’llah (Compilation: ‘Fire and Light’, prepared by the
Research Department of the Universal House of Justice; The Baha’i World
1979-1983)
