O Son of Justice! In the night season the beauty of the
immortal Being hath repaired from the emerald height of fidelity unto the
Sadratu’l-Muntahá, and wept with such a weeping that the Concourse on high and
the dwellers of the realms above wailed at His lamenting. Whereupon there was
asked, Why the wailing and weeping? He made reply: As bidden I waited expectant
upon the hill of faithfulness, yet inhaled not from them that dwell on earth
the fragrance of fidelity. Then summoned to return I beheld, and lo! certain
doves of holiness were sore tried within the claws of the dogs of earth.
Thereupon the Maid of Heaven hastened forth unveiled and resplendent from Her
mystic mansion, and asked of their names, and all were told but one. And when
urged, the first letter thereof was uttered, whereupon the dwellers of the
celestial chambers rushed forth out of their habitation of glory. And whilst
the second letter was pronounced they fell down, one and all, upon the dust. At
that moment a voice was heard from the inmost shrine: “Thus far and no
farther.” Verily, We bear witness unto that which they have done, and now are
doing.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
