du ' l - B ah á . ▁Building ▁operations ▁are ▁soon ▁starting ▁not with standing ▁the ▁difficulties ▁of ▁the ▁present ▁situation . ▁I ▁am ▁supp lic ating ▁the ▁Al m ight y ' s ▁guidance ▁and ▁sust aining ▁grace ▁for ▁success ive ▁stages ▁of ▁an ▁enter prise ▁en vis aged ▁si xty ▁years ▁ago ▁by ▁Bah á ' u ' ll á h , ▁initi ated ▁by ▁the ▁Center ▁of ▁His ▁C oven ant , ▁designed ▁to ▁cul min ate ▁as ▁cont empl ated ▁by ▁Him ▁in ▁ere ction ▁of ▁a ▁super structure ▁to ▁be ▁crown ed ▁by ▁a ▁golden ▁d ome ▁mark ing ▁the ▁consum m ation ▁at ▁the ▁heart ▁of ▁the ▁Mountain ▁of ▁God ▁of ▁the ▁moment ous ▁undert aking ▁born ▁through ▁the ▁generating ▁influence ▁of ▁the ▁Will ▁of ▁the ▁Found er ▁of ▁our ▁bel oved ▁Fa ith , ▁so ▁dear ▁to ▁the ▁heart ▁of ▁His ▁bl essed ▁Son , ▁and ▁dedicated ▁to ▁the ▁memory ▁of ▁the ▁Mart yr - Pro ph et , ▁the ▁imm ort al ▁Her ald ▁of ▁the ▁Bah á ' í ▁Dis p ens ation . ▁ ▁Mon ol ith ic ▁columns ▁are ▁characteristic ▁of ▁An cient ▁Egypt ian ▁tem ples , ▁and ▁the ▁examples ▁in ▁the ▁port ico ▁of ▁the ▁P ant he on ▁in ▁Rome ▁were ▁also ▁transport ed ▁from ▁Egypt . ▁ ▁In ▁modern ▁architecture ▁using ▁concrete ▁the ▁situation ▁is ▁different , ▁and ▁the ▁term ▁is ▁less ▁likely ▁to ▁be ▁used ▁in ▁this ▁context . ▁ ▁Category : Columns ▁and ▁ent abl