ijaz is astir by the breeze
announcing the tidings of joyous reunion. 'Praise be to Thee,' We hear her
exclaim, 'O my Lord, the Most High. I was dead through my separation from
Thee; the breeze laden with the fragrance of Thy presence hath brought me
back to life. Happy is he that turneth unto Thee, and woe betide the
erring.'" "By the one true God, Elijah hath hastened unto My court and
hath circumambulated in the day-time and in the night-season My throne of
glory." "Solomon in all his majesty circles in adoration around Me in this
day, uttering this most exalted word: 'I have turned my face towards Thy
face, O Thou omnipotent Ruler of the world! I am wholly detached from all
things pertaining unto me, and yearn for that which Thou dost possess.'"
"Had Muhammad, the Apostle of God, attained this Day," Baha'u'llah writes
in a Tablet revealed on the eve of His banishment to the penal colony of
Akka, "He would have exclaimed: 'I have truly recognized Thee, O Thou the
Desire of the Divine Messengers!' Had Abraham attained it, He too, falling
prostrate upon the ground, and in the utmost lowliness before the Lord thy
God, would have cried: 'Mine heart is filled with peace, O Thou Lord of
all that is in heaven and on earth! I testify that Thou hast unveiled
before mine eyes all the glory of Thy power and the full majesty of Thy
law!'... Had Moses Himself attained it, He, likewise, would have raised
His voice saying: 'All praise be to Thee for having lifted upon me the
light of Thy countenance and enrolled me among them that have been
privileged to behold Thy face!'" "North and South both vibrate to the call
announcing the advent of our Revelation. We can hear the voice of Mecca
acclaiming: 'All praise be to Thee, O Lord my God, the All-Glorious, for
having wafted over me the breath redolent with the fragrance of Thy
presence!' Jerusalem, likewise, is calling aloud: 'Lauded and magnified
art Thou, O Beloved of earth and heaven, for having turned the agony of my
separation from Thee into the joy of a life-giving reunion!'"

"By the righteousness of God," Baha'u'llah wishing to reveal the full
potency of His invincible power asserts, "should a man, all alone, arise
in the name of Baha and put on the armor of His love, him will the
Almighty cause to be victorious, though the forces of earth and heaven be
arrayed against him." "By God besides Whom is none other God! Should any
one arise for the triumph of our Cause, him will God re