Morning
Wert thou[1]to ponder a while, thou wouldst bear witness unto the wisdom, and the power, and the sovereignty of God, exalted be His glory. The few who were unaware of this Cause, and had not met Us, have spoken in such a manner that all things, and those souls who are well assured, pleased, and pleasing unto God, have testified unto the imposture of these heedless ones. Wert thou now to exert thyself, the truth of this Cause would be made apparent unto mankind, and the people would be delivered from this grievous and oppressive darkness. Who else but Bahá can speak forth before the face of men, and who else but He can have the power to pronounce that which He was bidden by God, the Lord of Hosts?
- Baha’u’llah (‘Epistle to the Son of the
Wolf’)
[1] Shaykh Muhammad-Taqi, known as Aqa Najafi, a son of
Shaykh Muhammad-Baqir who was stigmatized by Him as 'Wolf'. After the death of
his father in 1883, Aqa Najafi succeeded him as a leading mujtahid of Isfahan.
He was an inveterate enemy and formidable opponent of the Cause of Bahá'u'lláh.
(Adib Taherzadeh, ‘The Revelation of Baha’u’llah, vol. 4)
Evening
Thy Lord hath never raised up a prophet in the past who failed to summon the people to His Lord, and today is truly similar to the times of old, were ye to ponder over the verses revealed by God.
- The Báb (‘Selections from the Writings of the Báb)
