Regard the former times. Had the calumnies of Pharaoh any
effect? He affirmed that Moses was a murderer, that he had slain a man and
deserved to be executed! He also declared that Moses and Aaron were fomenters
of discord, that they tried to destroy the religion of Egypt and therefore must
be put to death. These words of Pharaoh were vainly spoken. The light of Moses
shone. The radiance of the Law of God has encircled the world!
When the Pharisees said of Christ that He had broken the
Sabbath Day, that He had defied the Law of Moses, that He had threatened to
destroy the Temple and the Holy City of Jerusalem, and that He deserved to be
crucified—We know that all these slanderous attacks had no result in hindering
the spread of the Gospel! The Sun of Christ shone brilliantly in the sky, and the
breath of the Holy Spirit wafted over the whole earth!
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a
talk, November 20th, ‘Paris Talks’)
