O friends! It behoveth you to refresh and revive your souls through
the gracious favors which in this Divine, this soul-stirring Springtime are
being showered upon you. The Day Star of His great glory hath shed its radiance
upon you, and the clouds of His limitless grace have overshadowed you. How high
the reward of him that hath not deprived himself of so great a bounty, nor
failed to recognize the beauty of his Best-Beloved in this, His new attire.
Watch over yourselves, for the Evil One is lying in wait, ready to entrap you.
Gird yourselves against his wicked devices, and, led by the light of the name
of the All-Seeing God, make your escape from the darkness that surroundeth you.
Let your vision be world-embracing, rather than confined to your own self. The
Evil One is he that hindereth the rise and obstructeth the spiritual progress
of the children of men.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of
Baha’u’llah’)
