Again among His signs is the dawning sun of His knowledge,
and the rising moon of His arts and skills, and His demonstrating perfection in
all His ways, as testified by the learned and accomplished of many nations.
And again among His signs is the fact that His beauty stayed
inviolate, and His human temple was protected as He revealed His splendours,
despite the massed attacks of all His foes, who came against Him in their
thousands with their darting arrows, spears and swords. Herein is verily a
wonder and a warning to any fair judge.
And among His signs is His long-suffering, His tribulations
and His woes, His agony in His chains and fetters, and His calling out at every
moment: ‘Come unto Me, come unto Me, ye righteous! Come unto Me, come unto Me,
ye lovers of the good! Come unto Me, come unto Me, ye dawning points of light!’
Verily the gates of mystery are opened wide—but still do the wicked disport
themselves with their vain cavillings! [1]
Yet another of His signs is the promulgation of His Book,
His decisive Holy Text wherein He reproved the kings, and His dire warning to
that one [2] whose mighty rule was felt around the world—and whose great throne
then toppled down in a matter of brief days—this being a fact clearly
established and widely known.
(‘Abdu’l-Baha, ‘Selections from the Writings of
‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
[1] Qur’án 6:91; 52:12.
[2] Napoleon III
