If, however, for a
few days, in compliance with God's all- encompassing wisdom, outward affairs
should run their course contrary to one's cherished desire, this is of no
consequence and should not matter. Our intent is that all the friends should
fix their gaze on the Supreme Horizon, and cling to that which hath been
revealed in the Tablets. They should strictly avoid sedition, and refrain from
treading the path of dissension and strife. They should champion their one true
God, exalted be He, through the hosts of forbearance, of submission, of an
upright character, of goodly deeds, and of the choicest and most refined words.
- Baha’u’llah (‘The Bahá'í World vol. XVIII’; The Compilation of Compilations
vol. I, Crisis and Victory)
