O thou who hast fixed thy gaze upon the all-glorious
Horizon! The Call is raised but hearing ears are numbered, nay non-existent.
This Wronged One findeth himself in the maw of the serpent, yet He faileth not
to make mention of the loved ones of God. So grievous have been Our sufferings
in these days that the Concourse on High are moved to tears and to lamentation.
Neither the adversities of the world nor the harm inflicted by its nations
could deter Him Who is the King of Eternity from voicing His summons or
frustrate His purpose. When those who had for years been hiding behind the
veils perceived that the horizon of the Cause was resplendent and that the Word
of God was all-pervasive, they rushed forth and with swords of malice inflicted
such harm as no pen can portray nor any tongue describe.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Tablets
of Baha’u’llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
