"Thou knowest, O my God,
that I desire for Him naught except that which Thou didst desire, and have
chosen Him for no purpose save that which Thou hadst intended for Him. Render
Him victorious, therefore, through Thy hosts of earth and heaven... Ordain, I
beseech Thee, by the ardor of My love for Thee and My yearning to manifest Thy
Cause, for Him, as well as for them that love Him, that which Thou hast
destined for Thy Messengers and the Trustees of Thy Revelation. Verily, Thou
art the Almighty, the All-Powerful." (Baha'u'llah, quoted by Shoghi
Effendi in The World Order of Baha'u'llah’)
'Abdu'l-Baha Abbas, portrait taken in Paris
