“This Revelation,” Mullá Ḥusayn has further testified, “so
suddenly and impetuously thrust upon me, came as a thunderbolt which, for a
time, seemed to have benumbed my faculties. I was blinded by its dazzling
splendor and overwhelmed by its crushing force. Excitement, joy, awe, and
wonder stirred the depths of my soul. Predominant among these emotions was a
sense of gladness and strength which seemed to have transfigured me. How feeble
and impotent, how dejected and timid, I had felt previously! Then I could
neither write nor walk, so tremulous were my hands and feet. Now, however, the
knowledge of His Revelation had galvanized my being. I felt possessed of such
courage and power that were the world, all its peoples and its potentates, to
rise against me, I would, alone and undaunted, withstand their onslaught. The
universe seemed but a handful of dust in my grasp. I seemed to be the voice of
Gabriel personified, calling unto all mankind: ‘Awake, for, lo! the morning
Light has broken. Arise, for His Cause is made manifest. The portal of His
grace is open wide; enter therein, O peoples of the world! For He Who is your
promised One is come!’”
- Shoghi Effendi (Chapter 1 of ‘God Passes By)