Ponder a while on the woes and afflictions which this
Prisoner hath sustained. I have, all the days of My life, been at the mercy of
Mine enemies, and have suffered each day, in the path of the love of God, a
fresh tribulation. I have patiently endured until the fame of the Cause of God
was spread abroad on the earth. If any one should now arise and, prompted by
the vain imaginations his heart hath devised, endeavor, openly or in secret, to
sow the seeds of dissension amongst men—can such a man be said to have acted
with equity? No, by Him Whose might extendeth over all things! By My life! Mine
heart groaneth and mine eyes weep sore for the Cause of God and for them that
understand not what they say and imagine what they cannot comprehend.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
