If occasionally, in accordance with the exigencies of God's
consummate wisdom, an untoward incident should befall the friends, it would
undoubtedly serve as a means whereby divine gifts and heaven-sent bounties will
be vouchsafed unto them. Ponder thou upon the tragic episode that hath
transpired in the land of Ya (Yazd). I swear by My life, every single event
associated therewith hath led to the exaltation of the Word of God and the
advancement of His Cause. Indeed whatsoever doth happen during the days of the
Manifestation of God, though to outward seeming it is but grievous abasement,
there lieth concealed within it incalculable glory and honour; and though it
appeareth as dire torment, in reality a myriad blessings are enshrined therein.
- Baha’u’llah (compilation: ‘Fire and
Light’, prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of
Justice; The Baha’i World 1979-1983)
