O thou daughter of the Kingdom!
…Ere long the regions of the West will become the dawning-places of the East,
and the Sun of Truth will shine in such wise that the darkness of ignorance
will be dispelled. But a large multitude of people will arise against you,
showing oppression, expressing contumely and derision, shunning your society,
and heaping upon you ridicule. However, the Heavenly Father will illumine you
to such an extent that, like unto the rays of the sun, you shall scatter the
dark clouds of superstition, shine gloriously in the midst of Heaven and
illumine the face of the earth. You must make firm the feet at the time when
these trials transpire, and demonstrate forbearance and patience. You must
withstand them with the utmost love and kindness; consider their oppression and
persecution as the caprice of children, and do not give any importance to
whatever they do. For at the end the illumination of the Kingdom will overwhelm
the darkness of the world and the exaltation and grandeur of your station will
become apparent and manifest; nothing will remain hidden. If the light remains
in the depth of the well, ere long its shining will appear on the summit of the
hill. The small ones will become great, the powerless powerful, the babes will
become the children of the Kingdom, and the wanderers reach the Divine native
land of the Father. Rest ye assured.
(‘Abdu’l-Baha, extract from a Tablet, Star
of the West, vol. 1, no. 10, September 8, 1910)
