Say: O people! We shall put to you a question in all
truthfulness, taking God for a witness between you and Us. He, verily, is the
Defender of the righteous. Appear, then,
before His Throne of glory and make reply with justice and
fair-mindedness. Is it God Who is potent
to achieve His purpose, or is it ye who enjoy such authority? Is it He Who is truly unconstrained, as ye
imply when ye say that He doeth what He pleaseth and shall not be asked of His
doings, or is it ye who wield such power, and who merely make such assertions
out of blind imitation, as did your forebears at the appearance of every other
Messenger of God?
(Baha'u'llah, ‘Suriy-i-Haykal, ‘The Summons of the Lord of
Hosts’)
