"I have made death a messenger of joy to thee."

"O SON OF THE SUPREME! I have made death a messenger of joy to thee. Wherefore dost thou grieve? I made the light to shed on thee its splendor. Why dost thou veil thyself therefrom?"

-Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh, Arabic No. 32. p. 11

"Thy sight is My sight, do thou see therewith ...

"O SON OF THE THRONE! Thy hearing is My hearing, hear thou therewith. Thy sight is My sight, do thou see therewith, that in thine inmost soul thou mayest testify unto My exalted sanctity, and I within Myself may bear witness unto an exalted station for thee."

- Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh, Arabic No. 44, p. 14

"Rejoice not save that thou art drawing near and returning unto Us."

"O SON OF MAN! Sorrow not save that thou art far from Us. Rejoice not save that thou art drawing near and returning unto Us."

-Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh, Arabic No. 35, p. 12

"Wert thou to speed through the immensity of space ..."

"O SON OF MAN! Wert thou to speed through the immensity of space and traverse the expanse of heaven, yet thou wouldst find no rest save in submission to Our command and humbleness before Our Face."

-Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh, Arabic No.40, p. 13

" ... how wilt thou attain the light in thy love for My beauty?"

"O SON OF MAN! If adversity befall thee not in My path, how canst thou walk in the ways of them that are content with My pleasure? If trials afflict thee not in thy longing to meet Me, how wilt thou attain the light in thy love for My beauty?"

- Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh, Arabic No. 50, p. 15

"The sign of love is fortitude under My decree ..."

"O SON OF MAN! For everything there is a sign. The sign of love is fortitude under My decree and patience under My trials."

-Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh, Arabic No. 48, p. 15

"The true lover yearneth for tribulation ..."

"O SON OF MAN! The true lover yearneth for tribulation even as doth the rebel for forgiveness and the sinful for mercy."

-Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh, Arabic No. 49, p. 15