The decree of the enemy had condemned to perpetual isolation
Him [the Báb in Mah-Ku] who was the embodiment of the beauty of God, and sought thereby to quench
for all time the flame of His love. The hand of Omnipotence, however, was
busily engaged, at a time when the host of evil-doers were darkly plotting
against Him, in confounding their schemes and in nullifying their efforts. In
the easternmost province of Persia, the Almighty had, through the hand of
Quddús, lit a fire that glowed with the hottest flame in the breasts of the
people of Khurásán. And in Karbilá, beyond the western confines of that land,
He had kindled the light of Táhirih, a light that was destined to shed its
radiance upon the whole of Persia. From the east and from the west of that
country, the voice of the Unseen summoned those twin great lights to hasten to
the land of Tá, [Tihrán] the day-spring
of glory, the home of Bahá’u’lláh. He bade them each seek the presence, and
revolve round the person of that Day-Star of Truth, to seek His advice, to
reinforce His efforts, and to prepare the way for His coming Revelation.
- Nabil (‘The Dawn-Breakers’, translated and edited by Shoghi Effendi)
