This heavenly Faith cannot be compared to the transitory
things of the world of existence, nor can it be identified with or likened to
physical and earthly forces. Its tabernacle has been raised through dire
oppression, its advancement and promulgation depend upon spiritual and
mysterious agencies, and factors that are awesome, alarming and totally
unexpected. The Tongue of the Ancient of Days, the Comforter of the people of
the world says: “Naught hath been ordained by the finger of His decree for His
loved ones except that which is profitable unto them. We beseech Him to
graciously enable them to show forth patience and fortitude that haply trials
and ordeals might not deflect them from the path of God, the Almighty, the
All-Knowing.”
- Shoghi Effendi (Compilation: ‘Fire and Light’, prepared by the Research Department of the
Universal House of Justice; The Baha’i World 1979-1983)
