We will now mention unto thee Trustworthiness and the
station thereof in the estimation of God, thy Lord, the Lord of the Mighty
Throne. One day of days We repaired unto Our Green Island. Upon Our arrival, We
beheld its streams flowing, and its trees luxuriant, and the sunlight playing
in their midst. Turning Our face to the right, We beheld what the pen is
powerless to describe; nor can it set forth that which the eye of the Lord of
Mankind witnessed in that most sanctified, that most sublime, that blest, and
most exalted Spot. Turning, then, to the left We gazed on one of the Beauties
of the Most Sublime Paradise, standing on a pillar of light, and calling aloud
saying: ‘O inmates of earth and heaven! Behold ye My beauty, and My radiance,
and My revelation, and My effulgence. By God, the True One! I am
Trustworthiness and the revelation thereof, and the beauty thereof. I will
recompense whosoever will cleave unto Me, and recognize My rank and station,
and hold fast unto My hem. I am the most great ornament of the people of Bahá,
and the vesture of glory unto all who are in the kingdom of creation. I am the
supreme instrument for the prosperity of the world, and the horizon of
assurance unto all beings.’ Thus have We sent down for thee that which will
draw men nigh unto the Lord of creation.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Epistle to the Son of
the Wolf’)
