O thou seeker after truth! Behold the power and greatness of
Bahá’u’lláh! Within a short span of time, He hath stirred up the East and the
West, and raised aloft, in the midmost heart of the world, the banner of love
and harmony, of unity and peace, of fellowship and conciliation, of
truthfulness and rectitude. He hath freed from enmity and strife a great
multitude of souls belonging to divers and opposing nations, to disparate and
contending religions, and hath brought them under the sheltering canopy of
fellowship, love, and unity.
What power this is, and what strength! What greater proof
couldst thou desire? He hath brought East and West into close embrace. Singly
and alone, He hath withstood the world and uplifted His mighty Cause in the
Most Great Prison. Though subjected to utter abasement, He hath crowned His
loved ones with the diadem of everlasting glory. Were one to gaze with the eye
of justice, this would be sufficient proof.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a Tablet;
‘Light of the World’)
