The voice of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, the Center of the Covenant of
God, has, likewise, been raised, announcing the dire misfortunes which were to
overtake, soon after His passing, the ecclesiastical hierarchies of both Sunní
and Shí’ih Islám. “This glory,” He has written, “shall be turned into the most
abject abasement, and this pomp and might converted into the most complete
subjugation. Their palaces will be transformed into prisons, and the course of
their ascendant star terminate in the depths of the pit. Laughter and merriment
will vanish, nay more, the voice of their weeping will be raised.” “Even as the
snow,” He moreover has written, “they will melt away in the July sun.”
- Shoghi
Effendi (‘The Promised Day Is Come’)
