The one true God
well knoweth, and all the company of His trusted ones testify, that this
Wronged One hath, at all times, been faced with dire peril. But for the
tribulations that have touched Me in the path of God, life would have held no
sweetness for Me, and My existence would have profited Me nothing. For them who
are endued with discernment, and whose eyes are fixed upon the Sublime Vision,
it is no secret that I have been, most of the days of My life, even as a slave,
sitting under a sword hanging on a thread, knowing not whether it would fall
soon or late upon him. And yet, notwithstanding all this We render thanks unto
God, the Lord of the worlds.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Epistle to the Son of the Wolf’)
