If in this day a soul shall act according to the precepts
and the counsels of God, he will serve as a divine physician to mankind, and
like the trump of Isráfíl [1], he will call the dead of this contingent world
to life; for the confirmations of the Abhá Realm are never interrupted, and
such a virtuous soul hath, to befriend him, the unfailing help of the Company
on high. Thus shall a sorry gnat become an eagle in the fulness of his
strength, and a feeble sparrow change to a royal falcon in the heights of
ancient glory.
Wherefore, look not on the degree of your capacity, ask not
if you are worthy of the task: rest ye your hopes on the help and
loving-kindness, the favours and bestowals of Bahá’u’lláh—may my soul be
offered up for His friends! Urge on the steed of high endeavour over the field
of sacrifice, and carry away from this wide arena the prize of divine grace.
(‘Abdu’l-Baha, ‘Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
[1] Believed to be the angel appointed to sound the trumpet
on the Day of Resurrection to raise the dead at the bidding of the Lord.
