Shake off, O heedless ones, the slumber of negligence, that
ye may behold the radiance which His glory hath spread through the world. How
foolish are those who murmur against the premature birth of His light. O ye who
are inly blind! Whether too soon or too late, the evidences of His effulgent
glory are now actually manifest. It behoveth you to ascertain whether or not
such a light hath appeared. It is neither within your power nor mine to set the
time at which it should be made manifest. God’s inscrutable Wisdom hath fixed
its hour beforehand. Be content, O people, with that which God hath desired for
you and predestined unto you....
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of
Baha’u’llah’)
