It hath been decreed
by Us that the Word of God and all the potentialities thereof shall be
manifested unto men in strict conformity with such conditions as have been
foreordained by Him Who is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. We have, moreover,
ordained that its veil of concealment be none other except its own Self. Such
indeed is Our Power to achieve Our Purpose. Should the Word be allowed to
release suddenly all the energies latent within it, no man could sustain the
weight of so mighty a Revelation. Nay, all that is in heaven and on earth would
flee in consternation before it.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of
Baha’u’llah’)
