Whensoever holy souls, drawing on the powers of heaven,
shall arise with such qualities of the spirit, and march in unison, rank on
rank, every one of those souls will be even as one thousand, and the surging
waves of that mighty ocean will be even as the battalions of the Concourse on
high. What a blessing that will be—when all shall come together, even as once
separate torrents, rivers and streams, running brooks and single drops, when
collected together in one place will form a mighty sea. And to such a degree
will the inherent unity of all prevail, that the traditions, rules, customs and
distinctions in the fanciful life of these populations will be effaced and
vanish away like isolated drops, once the great sea of oneness doth leap and
surge and roll.
I swear by the Ancient Beauty, that at such a time
overwhelming grace will so encircle all, and the sea of grandeur will so
overflow its shores, that the narrowest strip of water will grow wide as an
endless sea, and every merest drop will be even as the shoreless deep.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
