As regards the question of young children and of weak,
defenseless souls who are afflicted at the hands of the oppressor, in this a
great wisdom is concealed. The question is one of cardinal importance, but
briefly it may be stated that in the world to come a mighty recompense awaiteth
such souls. Much, indeed, might be said upon this theme, and upon how the
afflictions that they bear in life become a cause for them of such an
outpouring of Divine mercy and bestowal as is preferable to a hundred thousand earthly
comforts and to a world of growth and development in this transitory abode;
but, if possible, God willing, all this will be explained to thee in detail and
by word of mouth when thou arrivest here. - ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a Tablet;
‘Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks”; Online Baha’i Reference Library,
Baha’i World Centre)
