‘The Secret of Divine Civilization’ presaged the guidance
that would flow from the pen of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in subsequent decades. After the
devastating loss that followed the ascension of Bahá’u’lláh, the Persian
believers were revived and heartened by a flood of Tablets from the Master,
which provided not only the spiritual sustenance they needed, but leadership in
finding their way through the turmoil that was undermining the established
order of things in their land. These communications, reaching even the smallest
villages across the country, responded to the appeals and questions of
countless individual believers, bringing guidance, encouragement and assurance.
We read, for example, a Tablet addressing believers in the village of Kishih,
mentioning by name nearly one hundred and sixty of them.
(From ‘Century of
Light’, a document prepared under the supervision of the Universal House of
Justice and published in 2001)
