The Exerpt pg.49-52
“My God, My Master, My Desire!… Thou hast created this atom of dust through the consummate power of Thy might, and nurtured Him with Thine hands which none can chain up… Thou hast destined for Him trials and tribulations which no tongue can describe, nor any of Thy Tablets adequately recount. The throat Thou didst accustom to the touch of silk Thou hast, in the end, clasped with strong chains, and the body Thou didst ease with brocades and velvets Thou hast at last subjected to the abasement of a dungeon. Thy decree hath shackled Me with unnumbered fetters, and cast about My neck chains that none can sunder. A number of years have passed during which afflictions have, like showers of mercy, rained upon Me… How many the nights during which the weight of chains and fetters allowed Me no rest, and how numerous the days during which peace and tranquillity were denied Me, by reason of that wherewith the hands and tongues of men have afflicted Me! Both bread and water which Thou hast, through Thy all-embracing mercy, allowed unto the beasts of the field, they have, for a time, forbidden unto this servant, and the things they refused to inflict upon such as have seceded from Thy Cause, the same have they suffered to be inflicted upon Me, until, finally, Thy decree was irrevocably fixed, and Thy behest summoned this servant to depart out of Persia, accompanied by a number of frail-bodied men and children of tender age, at this time when the cold is so intense that one cannot even speak, and ice and snow so abundant that it is impossible to move…”
-Bahá’u’lláh
Bahá’u’lláh suffered from extreme trials and tribulations, especially the 40 years imprisonment, and all along He could have easily walked out the front door of that prison. However, He did it for us, all of us, and this act proved to be a sacrifice, instead of death. He allowed himself to be persecuted to show followers how adversities don’t affect our souls, just our bodies. This imprisonment gave Him chance to reveal thousands of Tablets, some of which we read every day. This dispensation is so powerful and those who have or will take part can not fathom its true mysticism.
NOTE: THIS RESPONSE CONTAINS AN EXPLANATION GIVEN BY MY FRIEND REED, THEREFORE THIS IS NOT ALL MY OWN WORDS :)
