Regard not the
person of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, for He will eventually take His leave of you all; nay,
fix your gaze upon the Word of God... The loved ones of God must arise with
such steadfastness that should, in one moment, hundreds of souls even as
‘Abdu’l-Bahá Himself be made a target for the darts of woe, nothing whatsoever
shall affect or lessen their ... service to the Cause of God.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (Quoted by Shoghi Effendi in ‘God Passes By’)
