My God, my Well-Beloved! No place is there for any one to
flee to when once Thy laws have been sent down, and no refuge can be found by
any soul after the revelation of Thy commandments. Thou hast inspired the Pen
with the mysteries of Thine eternity, and bidden it teach man that which he
knoweth not, and caused him to partake of the living waters of truth from the
cup of Thy Revelation and Thine inspiration.
No sooner, however, had the Pen traced upon the tablet one
single letter of Thy hidden wisdom, than the voice of the lamentation of Thine
ardent lovers was lifted up from all directions. Thereupon, there befell the
just what hath caused the inmates of the tabernacle of Thy glory to weep and
the dwellers of the cities of Thy revelation to groan.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Prayers
and Meditations by Baha’u’llah’)
