No one was a denier
of His [Baha’u’llah’s] virtues. All the wise men of the East considered Him the
greatest person in the world. But they said, `Alas, that He has claimed
divinity for Himself.' Many of the people of the East said and wrote about me,
too, `all agree that he excels in knowledge, learning, speech and explanation,
but, alas! he is the propagator of a new law'. They expected us to be servants
and propagators of their old dogmas and customs, not knowing that we are
obliged to serve humanity and spread universal love and harmony.
- 'Abdu'l-Baha (Words of
‘Abdu’l-Baha, October 3, 1912, San Francisco, USA, recorded by Mahmud Zarqani; ‘Mahmud’s
Diary’)
