"I have breathed within thee a breath of My own Spirit ..."

"O SON OF THE WONDROUS VISION! I have breathed within thee a breath of My own Spirit, that thou mayest be My lover. Why hast thou forsaken Me and sought a beloved other than Me?"

-Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh, Arabic No. 19, p. 8

"Noble I made thee, wherewith dost thou abase thyself?"

"O SON OF SPIRIT! I created thee rich, why dost thou bring thyself down to poverty? Noble I made thee, wherewith dost thou abase thyself? Out of the essence of knowledge I gave thee being, why seekest thou enlightenment from anyone beside Me? Out of the clay of love I molded thee, how dost thou busy thyself with another? Turn thy sight unto thyself, that thou mayest find Me standing within thee, mighty, powerful and self-subsisting."

-Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh, Arabic No. 13, pp. 6-7

"Thou art My light and My light shall never be extinguished ..."

"O SON OF MAN! Thou art My dominion and My dominion perisheth not; wherefore fearest thou thy perishing? Thou art My light and My light shall never be extinguished; why dost thou dread extinction? Thou art My glory and My glory fadeth not; thou art My robe and My robe shall never be outworn. Abide then in thy love for Me, that thou mayest find Me in the realm of glory."

-Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh, Arabic No. 14, p. 7

Dr. Alain Locke

Link to story about the recent discovery of his ashes and  burial

Hand written note from Shoghi Effendi to Alain Locke 

regarding his assistance with translation of the Kitab-i-Igan.

"Deny not My servant should he ask anything from thee ..."

"O SON OF MAN! Deny not My servant should he ask anything from thee, for his face is My face; be then abashed before Me."

-Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh, Arabic No. 30, p. 11

"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