I know not, O my God, what the Fire is with which Thou didst
light the Lamp of Thy Cause, or what the Glass wherewith Thou didst preserve it
from Thine enemies. By Thy might! I marvel at the wonders of Thy Revelation,
and at the tokens of Thy glory. I recognize, O Thou Who art my heart’s Desire,
that were fire to be touched by water it would instantly be extinguished,
whereas the Fire which Thou didst kindle can never go out, though all the seas
of the earth be poured upon it. Should water at any time touch it, the hands of
Thy power would, as decreed in Thy Tablets, transmute that water into a fuel
that would feed its flame. - Baha’u’llah (‘Prayers and Meditations by
Baha’u’llah’)
