…calamities encountered in God’s pathway are, to
‘Abdu’l-Bahá, but favour and grace, and in one of His Tablets the all-glorious
Beauty hath declared: ‘I never passed a tree but Mine heart addressed it
saying: “O would that thou wert cut down in My name, and My body crucified upon
thee!”’ These were the words of the Most Great Name. This is His path. This is
the way to His Realm of Might.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections from the Writings of
‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
