Erelong shall God bring forth from His Temple such souls as will remain unswayed by the insinuations of the rebellious…These souls are the protectors of the Cause of God on earth, who shall preserve its beauty from the obscuring dust of idle fancies and vain imaginings. In the path of their Lord they shall not fear for their lives; rather will they sacrifice their all in their eagerness to behold the face of their Well-Beloved when once He hath appeared in this Name, the Almighty, the All-Powerful, the All-Glorious, the Most Holy.
- Baha'u'llah, The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, p. 8
I am waiting, eagerly waiting for these holy ones to appear; and yet, how long will they delay their coming? My prayer and ardent supplication, at eventide and at dawn, is that these shining stars may soon shed their radiance upon the world, that their sacred countenances may be unveiled to mortal eyes…
- Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 251
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