Know thou that when the Son of Man yielded up His breath to God,
the whole creation wept with a great weeping. By sacrificing Himself,
however, a fresh capacity was infused into all created things. Its
evidences, as witnessed in all the peoples of the earth, are now
manifest before thee. The deepest wisdom which the sages have uttered,
the profoundest learning which any mind hath unfolded, the arts which
the ablest hands have produced,the influence
exerted by the most potent of rulers, are but manifestations of the
quickening power released by His transcendent, His all-pervasive, and
resplendent Spirit.
We testify that when He came into the world, He shed the splendor of His
glory upon all created things. Through Him the leper recovered from the
leprosy of perversity and ignorance. Through Him, the unchaste and
wayward were healed. Through His power, born of Almighty God, the eyes
of the blind were opened, and the soul of the sinner sanctified.
Leprosy may be interpreted as any veil that interveneth between man and
the recognition of the Lord, his God. Whoso alloweth himself to be shut
out from Him is indeed a leper, who shall not be remembered in the
Kingdom of God, the Mighty, the All-Praised. We bear witness that
through the power of the Word of God every leper was cleansed, every
sickness was healed, every human infirmity was banished. He it is Who
purified the world. Blessed is the man who, with a face beaming with
light, hath turned towards Him. Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah
In 1978 I recognized Baha'u'llah, the prophet founder of the Baha'i Faith as my Lord and the Manifestation of God for this Day.You can read about my quest and story in Spiritual Journey. Nevertheless, Baha'u'llah bade me respect the members of all religions, for they all stem from one Source. They represent the Will of God and His Truth. They are the means by which humanity transcends its mortal limitations and fulfills its destiny.
As Baha'u'llah says:Blessed is the man who...hath turned towards Him.
