Say: O people! Cast away, before the splendours of this
Revelation, the things that ye possess, and cleave to that which God hath
bidden you observe. Such is His command
unto you, and He, verily, is best able to command. By My Beauty! My purpose in revealing these words is to cause all men to draw nigh
unto God, the All-Glorious, the All-Praised. Beware lest ye deal with Me as ye dealt with My Herald. Do not object, when the verses of God are
sent down unto you from the Court of My favour, saying, “these do not proceed
from an innate and untaught nature”, for that nature itself hath been created
by My word and circleth round Me, if ye be of them that apprehend this
truth. Inhale from the utterances of
your Lord, the All-Merciful, the sweet smell of the garment of inner meanings,
which hath been diffused throughout the entire creation and hath shed its fragrance
over all created things. Happy are those
who perceive it and hasten unto God with radiant hearts.
(Baha'u'llah, ‘Suriy-i-Haykal,
‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
