In the book by Shoghi Effendi, The Advent of Divine Justice, on pgs 81
and 82, Baha=92u=92llah=92s Words about these times are cited. It is a
shame=
that most Baha=92is pay little or no attention to the warnings and
promises therein. Warmest regards to all the
friends........
"The days are approaching their end, and yet the peoples of the earth
are seen sunk in grievous heedlessness, and lost in manifest error."
"Great, great is the Cause! The hour is approaching when the most
great convulsion will have appeared. I swear by Him Who is the Truth!
It shall cause separation to afflict everyone, even those who circle
around Me." "Say: O concourse of the heedless! I swear by God! The
promised day is come, the day when tormenting trials will have surged
above your heads, and beneath your feet, saying: 'Taste ye what your
hands have wrought!'" "The time for the destruction of the world and
its people hath arrived. He Who is the Pre-Existent is come, that He
may bestow everlasting life, and grant eternal preservation, and
confer that which is conducive to true living." "The day is
approaching when its [civilization's] flame will devour the cities,
when the Tongue of Grandeur will proclaim: 'The Kingdom is God's, the
Almighty, the All-Praised!'" "O ye that are bereft of understanding! A
severe trial pursueth you, and will suddenly overtake you. Bestir
yourselves, that haply it may pass and inflict no harm upon you." "O
ye peoples of the world! Know, verily, that an unforeseen calamity is
following you, and that grievous retribution awaiteth you. Think not
the deeds ye have committed have been blotted from My sight." "O
heedless ones! Though the wonders of My mercy have encompassed all
created things, both visible and invisible, and though the revelations
of My grace and bounty have permeated every atom of the universe, yet
the rod with which I can chastise the wicked is grievous, and the
fierceness of Mine anger against them terrible." "Grieve thou not over
those that have busied themselves with the things of this world, and
have forgotten the remembrance of God, the Most Great. By Him Who is
the Eternal Truth! The day is approaching when the wrathful anger of
the Almighty will have taken hold of them. He, verily, is the
Omnipotent, the All-Subduing, the Most Powerful. He shall cleanse the
earth from the defilement of their corruption, and shall give it for
an heritage unto such of His servants as are nigh unto Him." "Soon
will the cry, 'Yea, yea, here am I, here am I' be heard from every
land. For there hath never been, nor can there ever be, any other
refuge to fly to for anyone." "And when the appointed hour is come,
there shall suddenly appear that which shall cause the limbs of
mankind to quake. THEN AND ONLY THEN WILL THE DIVINE STANDARD BE
UNFURLED, AND THE NIGHTINGALE OF PARADISE WARBLE ITS MELODY.=94 ((NOTE:
The Divine Standard is the Word of God, and the Nightingale of
Paradise is His Manifestation, as you will note in the Tablet of
Ahmad. =93He is the King, the All-Knowing, the Wise! Lo, the Nightingale
of Paradise singeth upon the twigs of the Tree of Eternity, with holy
and sweet melodies, =93(Compilations, Baha'i Prayers, p. 206)))
"In the beginning of every Revelation adversities have prevailed,
which later on have been turned into great prosperity." "Say: O people
of God! Beware lest the powers of the earth alarm you, or the might of
the nations weaken you, or the tumult of the people of discord deter
you, or the exponents of earthly glory sadden you. Be ye as a mountain
in the Cause of your Lord, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the
Unconstrained." "Say: Beware, O people of Baha, lest the strong ones
of the earth rob you of your strength, or they who rule the world fill
you with fear. Put your trust in God, and commit your affairs to His
keeping. He, verily, will, through the power of truth, render you
victorious, and He, verily, is powerful to do what He willeth, and in
His grasp are the reins of omnipotent might." "
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