O people of Bahá! Ye are the breezes of spring that are
wafted over the world. Through you We have adorned the world of being with the
ornament of the knowledge of the Most Merciful. Through you the countenance of
the world hath been wreathed in smiles, and the brightness of His light shone
forth. Cling ye to the Cord of steadfastness, in such wise that all vain
imaginings may utterly vanish. Speed ye forth from the horizon of power, in the
name of your Lord, the Unconstrained, and announce unto His servants, with
wisdom and eloquence, the tidings of this Cause, whose splendor hath been shed
upon the world of being. Beware lest anything withhold you from observing the
things prescribed unto you by the Pen of Glory, as it moved over His Tablet
with sovereign majesty and might. Great is the blessedness of him that hath
hearkened to its shrill voice, as it was raised, through the power of truth,
before all who are in heaven and all who are on earth....
- Baha’u’llah (Quoted
by Shoghi Effendi in ‘The Advent of Divine Justice’)
