Know thou, O fruit of My Tree, that the decrees of the
Sovereign Ordainer, as related to fate and predestination, are of two kinds.
Both are to be obeyed and accepted. The one is irrevocable, the other is, as
termed by men, impending. To the former all must unreservedly submit, inasmuch
as it is fixed and settled. God, however, is able to alter or repeal it. As the
harm that must result from such a change will be greater than if the decree had
remained unaltered, all, therefore, should willingly acquiesce in what God hath
willed and confidently abide by the same.
The decree that is impending, however, is such that prayer
and entreaty can succeed in averting it.
God grant that thou who art the fruit of My Tree, and they
that are associated with thee, may be shielded from its evil consequences.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
