What aileth this people that they speak of that which they
understand not? They raise the same objections
as did the followers of the Qur’án when their Lord came unto them with His
Cause. They, verily, are a rejected
people. They hindered others from
appearing before Him Who is the Ancient Beauty, and from sharing the bread of
His loved ones. “Approach them not,” one
was even heard to say, “for they cast a spell upon the people and lead them
astray from the path of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.” By the righteousness of the one true God! He who is incapable of speaking in Our
presence hath uttered such words as none among the former generations hath ever
spoken, and hath committed such acts as none of the unbelievers of bygone ages
hath ever committed.
(Baha'u'llah, ‘Suriy-i-Haykal,
The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
