Well Pleased
Would it profit you in the least if, as ye fondly imagine, your names were to endure? Nay, by the Lord of all worlds! Should your names fade from every mortal mind, and yet God be well pleased with you, ye will indeed be numbered among the treasures of His name, the Most Hidden.
- Bahá’u’lláh, The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, p. 47
Moreover, although these insignificant amounts are not worthy of mention, they are well pleasing, since the donors offer them for the sake of God. If the offering be but a single grain it is regarded as the crowning glory of all the harvests of the world.
- Bahá’u’lláh, The Compilation of Compilations vol. I, p. 490
No one can on his own achieve anything. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá must be well pleased and assist.
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Compilation of Compilations vol II, p. 362
I am well pleased with that which Thou didst ordain for Me, and welcome, however calamitous, the pains and sorrows I am made to suffer.
- Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 89-90
I am well pleased with every person here . . .
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 383
Bahá’u’lláh is indeed well pleased with them, and our Beloved Master will no doubt reinforce their labours.
- Shoghi Effendi, Dawn of a New Day, p. 181
Six days before He [Bahá’u’lláh] passed away He summoned to His presence, as He lay in bed leaning against one of His sons, the entire company of believers, including several pilgrims, who had assembled in the Mansion, for what proved to be their last audience with Him. "I am well pleased with you all," He gently and affectionately addressed the weeping crowd that gathered about Him. "Ye have rendered many services, and been very assiduous in your labors.
- Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By, p. 222
Quote of the Day
Kamal 18 Mashiyyat 182 B.E.
Be sensitive for the possibility of prior exposure to severe violence, such as a personal or family history of trauma from torture, mutilation, war atrocities, gang rape, arson, bombings, lynchings, or other extreme forms of violence. Prior exposure to other forms of violence may exacerbate the effects of domestic violence.
National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States – Guidelines for Spiritual Assemblies on Domestic Violence, p. 94