Judas Iscariot was
one of the greatest disciples, was called unto Jesus; he thought that Jesus
increased his kindness to Peter, the disciple, when saying to him: “Thou art
Peter; upon thee I shall build my church.” This speech affecting Peter with
special impression whereby envy was created in the heart of Judas and,
therefore, he turned after advancing, denied after confessing, hated after
loving, until he became the cause of the crucifixion of the Glorious Lord and
Manifest Light. This is the end of envy which causes people to turn from the
right path. Such has taken place and will occur in this Great Cause; but there
is no harm in it, as it is the cause of manifesting the firmness of the rest and
the arising of the firm souls who are as solid as the lofty mountains in the
love of the Manifest Light.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Baha,
vol. 1)
