That God-born Force, irresistible in its sweeping power,
incalculable in its potency, unpredictable in its course, mysterious in its
workings, and awe-inspiring in its manifestations—a Force which, as the Báb has
written, “vibrates within the innermost being of all created things,” and
which, according to Bahá’u’lláh, has through its “vibrating influence,” “upset
the equilibrium of the world and revolutionized its ordered life”—such a Force,
acting even as a two-edged sword, is, under our very eyes, sundering, on the
one hand, the age-old ties which for centuries have held together the fabric of
civilized society, and is unloosing, on the other, the bonds that still fetter
the infant and as yet unemancipated Faith of Bahá’u’lláh.
- Shoghi Effendi (‘The
Advent of Divine Justice’)
