Wert thou, for the
sake of God, to ponder, though it be but for an hour, upon the things which
have occurred in former times and more recently, thou wouldst turn away from
the things thou dost possess unto the things which belong unto God, and wouldst
become a means for the exaltation of His Word. Hath, from the foundation of the
world until the present day, any Light or Revelation shone forth from the
dayspring of the will of God which the kindreds of the earth have accepted, and
Whose Cause they have acknowledged? Where is it to be found, and what is its
name? Since the Seal of the Prophets (Muhammad)—may all else but Him be His sacrifice—and before Him the Spirit of God
(Jesus), as far back as the First Manifestation, all have at the time of Their
appearance suffered grievously. Some were held to be possessed, others were
called impostors, and were treated in a manner that the pen is ashamed to describe.
By God! There befell Them what hath made all created things to sigh, and yet
the people are, for the most part, sunk in manifest ignorance! We pray God to
assist them to return unto Him, and to repent before the door of His mercy.
Potent is He over all things.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Epistle to the Son of the Wolf’)
