Your faith and
certitude in the Manifestation of God for this resplendent age, your detachment
from worldly affairs and attentiveness to spiritual life, your adherence to the
principles of this great Faith, your iron will and legendary patience in
enduring the difficulties you face in His path, the wisdom and constructive
resilience you manifest in the face of the appalling conditions that currently
beset you, and your determined endeavours in service to your beloved country
and to the world—all these call to mind this passage revealed by the Supreme
Pen where, after describing the zeal and overflowing love of His followers and
recounting the sacrifices they make in fulfilment of the Divine Will, He
states: “I swear by Thy glory, O my God! I am astonished at them and at that
which they have manifested in the path of Thy love. Blessings and joy be upon
them!… Methinks Thou didst fashion them for Thy love and didst single them out
for attraction to Thee; Thou didst infuse into them the spirit of Thy Cause and
didst reveal unto them the beauty of Thy oneness.”
- The Universal
House of Justice (From a message dated 8 May 2015 to the Baha’is of Iran)
