" ...In the nights and in the days the shriek of the pen ariseth and the tongue speaketh ..."

"... We have directed all in the nights and in the days to faithfulness, chastity, purity, and constancy; and have enjoined good deeds and well-pleasing qualities. In the nights and in the days the shriek of the pen ariseth and the tongue speaketh, that against the sword the word may arise, and against fierceness patience, and in place of oppression submission, and at the time of martyrdom resignation. ..."

‘Abdu’l-Bahá, A Traveler’s Narrative, quoting Bahá’u’lláh









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