Gleanings — Paragraph 108
Source (Arabic)
در قرون اولی تفکّر نما هر هنگام که آفتاب عنايت الهی از افق ظهور طالع شد ناس بر اعراض و اعتراض قيام نمودند و نفوسی که پيشوای خلق بودند لم يزل و لايزال ناس را از توجّه ببحر اعظم منع مينمودند
Translation
Consider the former generations. Witness how every time the Daystar of Divine bounty hath shed the light of His Revelation upon the world, the people of His Day have arisen against Him, and repudiated His truth. They who were regarded as the leaders of men have invariably striven to hinder their followers from turning unto Him Who is the Ocean of God’s limitless bounty.