In the estimation of men of insight whatsoever befalleth in
the path of God is manifest glory and a supreme attainment. Already We have
said: “Glory to Thee, O my God! But for the tribulations which are sustained in
Thy path, how could Thy true lovers be recognized; and were it not for the
trials which are borne for love of Thee, how could the station of such as yearn
for Thee be revealed?”
- Baha’u’llah (‘Epistle to the Son of the Wolf’)
