Because, in this most momentous of ages, the Sun of Truth
hath risen at the highest point of the spring equinox, and cast its rays on
every clime, it shall kindle such tremulous excitement, it shall release such
vibrations in the world of being, it shall stimulate such growth and
development, it shall stream out with such a glory of light, and clouds of
grace shall pour down such plentiful waters, and fields and plains shall teem
with such a galaxy of sweet-smelling plants and blooms, that this lowly earth
will become the Abha Kingdom, and this nether world the world above. Then will
this fleck of dust be as the vast circle of the skies, this human place the
palace-court of God, this spot of clay the Dayspring of the endless favours of
the Lord of Lords.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá’)
