Consider…how the generality of mankind, whatever their
beliefs or theories, have recognized the excellence, and admitted the
superiority, of these Prophets of God. These Gems of Detachment are acclaimed
by some as the embodiments of wisdom, while others believe them to be the
mouthpiece of God Himself. How could such Souls have consented to surrender
themselves unto their enemies if they believed all the worlds of God to have
been reduced to this earthly life? Would they have willingly suffered such
afflictions and torments as no man hath ever experienced or witnessed?
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
