“The time for the destruction of the world and its people,”
Bahá’u’lláh’s prophetic pen has proclaimed, “hath arrived.” “The hour is
approaching,” He specifically affirms, “when the most great convulsion will
have appeared.” “The promised day is come, the day when tormenting trials will
have surged above your heads, and beneath your feet, saying: ‘Taste ye what
your hands have wrought!’” “Soon shall the blasts of His chastisement beat upon
you, and the dust of hell enshroud you.” And again: “And when the appointed
hour is come, there shall suddenly appear that which shall cause the limbs of
mankind to quake.” “The day is approaching when its [civilization’s] flame will
devour the cities, when the Tongue of Grandeur will proclaim: ‘The Kingdom is
God’s, the Almighty, the All-Praised!’” “The day will soon come,” He, referring
to the foolish ones of the earth, has written, “whereon they will cry out for
help and receive no answer.” “The day is approaching,” He moreover has
prophesied, “when the wrathful anger of the Almighty will have taken hold of
them. He, verily, is the Omnipotent, the All-Subduing, the Most Powerful. He
shall cleanse the earth from the defilement of their corruption, and shall give
it for an heritage unto such of His servants as are nigh unto Him.” (Shoghi
Effendi, letter dated December 25, 1938; ‘The Advent of Divine Justice’)
