"Blessed is He Who hath
caused to rain down upon His Servant from the clouds of enmity, and at the
hands of the people of denial, the shafts of tribulation and trial; and yet
seeth Our heart filled with gratitude. Blessed is He Who hath laid upon the
shoulders of His Servant the burden of the heavens and of the earth -- a burden
for which We yield Him every praise, though none may grasp this save them that
are endued with understanding. Glorified is He Who hath surrendered the
embodiment of His Beauty to the clutches of the envious and the wicked -- a
fate unto which We are fully resigned, though none may perceive this save those
who are endued with insight. Glorified is He Who hath left Husayn to make His
dwelling amidst the hosts of His enemies, and exposed His body with every
breath to the spears of hatred and anger; yet do We yield Him thanks for all
that He hath destined to befall His Servant Who repaireth unto Him in His
affliction and grief."
Comments
This paragraph makes one reflect about the extreme
difficulties that Baha’u’llah and His companions experienced from the
established religious clerics. Baha’u’llah compares these difficulties to:
· “rain” coming down from the “clouds of enmity”; and
· “shafts of tribulation and trial” from the “hands of the people
of denial.”
Notwithstanding all that, Baha’u’llah, in His Station of Servitude, expresses
gratitude to God for causing these things to happen. This is rather hard to
understand – why would God “cause” these things to happen? Maybe it goes back
to the concept of free will and the fact that God allows this entity of free
will on the part of man to play its part – maybe this is one explanation of God
“causing” these things to happen?
