“O my friend!” He ['Abdu'l-Baha] thus addresses in one of His Tablets a man
of recognized authority and standing, “The undying Fire which the Lord of the
Kingdom hath kindled in the midst of the holy Tree is burning fiercely in the
midmost heart of the world. The conflagration it will provoke will envelop the
whole earth. Its blazing flames will illuminate its peoples and kindreds. All
the signs have been revealed; every prophetic allusion hath been manifested.
Whatever hath been enshrined in all the Scriptures of the past hath been made
evident. To doubt or hesitate is no more possible… Time is pressing. The Divine
Charger is impatient, and can tarry no longer. Ours is the duty to rush forward
and, ere it is too late, win the victory.” - Shoghi Effendi (‘The Dispensation
of Baha’u’llah; included in ‘The World Order of Baha’u’llah’)
