O King! I was but a man like others, asleep upon My couch,
when lo, the breezes of the All-Glorious were wafted over Me, and taught Me the
knowledge of all that hath been. This thing is not from Me, but from One Who is
Almighty and All-Knowing. And He bade Me lift up My voice between earth and
heaven, and for this there befell Me what hath caused the tears of every man of
understanding to flow. The learning current amongst men I studied not; their
schools I entered not. Ask of the city wherein I dwelt, that thou mayest be
well assured that I am not of them who speak falsely. This is but a leaf which
the winds of the will of thy Lord, the Almighty, the All-Praised, have stirred.
Can it be still when the tempestuous winds are blowing? Nay, by Him Who is the
Lord of all Names and Attributes! They move it as they list. The evanescent is
as nothing before Him Who is the Ever-Abiding. His all-compelling summons hath
reached Me, and caused Me to speak His praise amidst all people. I was indeed
as one dead when His behest was uttered. The hand of the will of thy Lord, the
Compassionate, the Merciful, transformed Me.
(Baha’u’llah, from a Tablet addressed to Násiri’d-Dín Sháh; ‘Epistle to the Son of the Wolf’)
(Baha’u’llah, from a Tablet addressed to Násiri’d-Dín Sháh; ‘Epistle to the Son of the Wolf’)
