On Steadfastness

Lately I have been seeking to understand the meaning of steadfastness. N recently wrote about two stories illustrating steadfastness here.

In reading Baha'u'lla's The Seven Valleys this morning, I read about a quote from the Qur'an, "Guide Thou us on the straight path," which a Sufi leader named Khajih 'Abdu'-llah explained in a way that I think really helps illustrate what steadfastness means: "Show us the right way, that is honor us with the love of Thine Essence, that we may be freed from turning toward ourselves and toward all else save Thee, and may become wholly Thine, and know only Thee, and see only Thee, and think of none save Thee."