Certain ones among both commoners and nobles have objected
that this wronged One is neither a member of the ecclesiastical order nor a
descendant of the Prophet. Say: O ye that claim to be just! Reflect a little
while, and ye shall recognize how infinitely exalted is His present state above
the station ye claim He should possess. The Will of the Almighty hath decreed
that out of a house wholly devoid of all that the divines, the doctors, the
sages, and scholars commonly possess His Cause should proceed and be made
manifest.
The Breathings of the Divine Spirit awoke Him, and bade Him
arise and proclaim His Revelation. No sooner was He roused from His slumber
than He lifted up His voice and summoned the whole of mankind unto God, the
Lord of all worlds. We have been moved to reveal these words in consideration
of the weakness and frailty of men; otherwise, the Cause We have proclaimed is
such as no pen can ever describe, nor any mind conceive its greatness. To this
beareth witness He with Whom is the Mother Book.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from
the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
