Concerning the childish activities of some (violators) which
thou hadst written about: Praise be to God, thou hast been able to fulfill
admirably thy mission. Thou hast, armed with the power of the Covenant,
resisted and surmounted these unwise and foolish attempts; thou hast protected
the Cause of God and hast striven to expose and reveal the Truth to the people
of that region. These people are like unto children at every hour they exhibit
a fresh and puerile attempt, but all that is likened to a ripple on the surface
of water. Ere long thou shalt consider that no sign and no trace shall remain
therefrom. The ocean of the Covenant shall send forth a wave and shall disperse
and throw out these foams. Consider thou, at the time of Christ and after Him,
how many childish attempts were made by different persons! What claims they
have advanced and what a multitude have they gathered around themselves! Even
Arius attracted to himself a million and a half followers and strove and
endeavored to sow the seeds of sedition in the Cause of Christ. But eventually
the sea of Christ surged and cast out all the gathering froth and nothing was
left behind save everlasting malediction.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a Tablet,
translated by Shoghi Rabbani, March 15th, 1919; Star of the West, vol. 10, no.
5, June 5, 1919)
