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)
