Forty years of exile did not diminish in the slightest His
connection to that land. With tender love and benevolence for His compatriots,
Bahá’u’lláh set about establishing a united, vibrant, and progressive community
composed of people from diverse religious and ethnic backgrounds. Through the
dispatch of Tablets, the sending of teachers, and the messages of loving
kindness conveyed through those who flocked to His presence in the prison-city
of ‘Akká in the Holy Land, He assisted the people of Iran who, in His words,
are “adorned with the ornaments of talent and capacity” to nurture that
God-given capacity.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a message dated 17
October 2017 to the Baha’is in Iran, translated from Persian)
