On this night [the Birth of the Báb] the fragrance of
nearness was wafted, the portals of reunion at the end of days were flung open,
and all created things were moved to exclaim: “The Kingdom is God’s, the Lord
of all names, Who is come with world-embracing sovereignty!” On this night the
Concourse on high celebrated the praise of their Lord, the Exalted, the Most
Glorious, and the realities of the divine names extolled Him Who is the King of
the beginning and the end in this Revelation, a Revelation through whose
potency the mountains have hastened unto Him Who is the All-Sufficing, the Most
High, and the hearts have turned towards the countenance of their Best-Beloved,
and the leaves have been stirred into motion by the breezes of yearning, and
the trees have raised their voices in joyful reply to the call of Him Who is
the Unconstrained, and the entire earth hath trembled with longing in its
desire to attain reunion with the Eternal King, and all things have been made
new by that concealed Word which hath appeared in this mighty Name.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Days of Remembrance’)
