For
‘Abdu’l-Bahá, captivity is like unto freedom and the prison-cell a heavenly
mansion. The bondage of chains and fetters is as pleasant as a stroll among
flowers in a luminous garden. The lowly mat is as a lofty throne, and the
depths of the pit even as the heights of the celestial realm. (‘Abdu’l-Baha,
quoted by the Universal House of Justice in a message to the Baha’is in Iran,
May 10th, 20130)
