Now amidst all the peoples of the world must the beloved
arise, with a heart even as the day-star, a strong inward urge, a shining brow,
a musk-scented breath, a tongue speaking ever of God, an exposition
crystal-clear, a high resolve, a power born of heaven, a spiritual character, a
confirmation nothing short of the divine. Let them one and all become as a
splendour on the horizon of heaven, and in the skies of the world a dazzling
star. Let them be fruitful trees in the celestial bowers, sweet-scented blooms
in the divine gardens; let them be verses of perfection on the page of the
universe, words of oneness in the Book of Life. (‘Abdu’l-Baha, "Selections from the Writings of
`Abdu'l-Bahá"; The Compilation of Compilations, vol. I, Excellence in All
Things)
