Beloved friends! Well nigh a hundred years have elapsed
since the Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh dawned upon the world—a Revelation, the
nature of which, as affirmed by Himself, “none among the Manifestations of old,
except to a prescribed degree, hath ever completely apprehended.” For a whole
century God has respited mankind, that it might acknowledge the Founder of such
a Revelation, espouse His Cause, proclaim His greatness, and establish His
Order. In a hundred volumes, the repositories of priceless precepts, mighty
laws, unique principles, impassioned exhortations, reiterated warnings, amazing
prophecies, sublime invocations, and weighty commentaries, the Bearer of such a
Message has proclaimed, as no Prophet before Him has done, the Mission with
which God had entrusted Him.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 28 March
1941; published as ‘The Promised Day Is Come’)
