Whensoever the clouds of tribulation have rained down the
darts of affliction in the path of God, the Lord of all names, I have hastened
to meet them, as every fair-minded and discerning soul shall attest. How many the nights which found the beasts of
the field resting in their lairs, and the birds of the air lying in their
nests, while this Youth languished in chains and fetters with none to aid or
succour Him!
- Baha'u'llah (Tablet to Nasiri’d-Din Shah, Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet
of Temple]; ‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
