A Traveler's Narrative
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people and the smoke of wicked souls the Fair Nation is seen to
be darkened and enfeebled. Had they acted [according to what
they knew] they would not have been heedless of the light of
the Sun of Justice."
"This Victim hath from earliest days until now been
afflicted at the hands of the heedless. They exiled Us without
cause at one time to `Iráq, at another time to Adrianople, and
thence to Akká, which was a place of exile for murderers and
robbers; neither is it known where and in what spot We shall
take up Our abode after this greatest prison-house. Knowledge
is with God, the Lord of the Throne and of the dust and the
Lord of the lofty seat. In whatever place We may be, and
whatever befall Us, the saints must gaze with perfect steadfastness
and confidence towards the Supreme Horizon and occupy
themselves in the reformation of the world and the
education of the nations. What hath befallen and shall befall
hath been and is an instrument and means for the furtherance
of the Word of Unity. Take hold of the command of God and
cling thereto: verily it hath been sent down from beside a wise
Ordainer."
"With perfect compassion and mercy have We guided and
directed the people of the world to that whereby their souls
shall be profited. I swear by the Sun of Truth which hath
shone forth from the highest horizons of the world that the
people of Bahá had not and have not any aim save the prosperity
and reformation of the world and the purifying of the
nations. With all men they have been in sincerity and charity.
Their outward [appearance] is one with their inward [heart],
and their inward [heart] identical with their outward
[appearance]. The truth of the matter is not hidden or concealed,
but plain and evident before [men's] faces. Their very
deeds are the witness of this assertion. Today let everyone
endowed with vision win his way from deeds and signs to the
object of the people of Bahá and from their speech and
conduct gain knowledge of their intent. The waves of the
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