Bring then into being, by Our leave, resplendent mirrors and
exalted letters that shall testify to Thy sovereignty and dominion, bear
witness to Thy might and glory, and be the manifestations of Thy Names amidst
mankind. We have caused Thee again to be the Origin and the Creator of all
mirrors, even as We brought them forth from Thee aforetime. And We shall cause
Thee to return unto Mine own Self, even as We called Thee forth in the
beginning. Thy Lord, verily, is the Unconstrained, the All-Powerful, the
All-Compelling. Warn, then, these mirrors, once they have been made manifest,
lest they swell with pride before their Creator and Fashioner when He appeareth
amongst them, or let the trappings of leadership delude and debar them from
bowing in submission before God, the Almighty, the All-Beauteous.
Say: O concourse of
mirrors! Ye are but a creation of My
will and have come to exist by virtue of My command. Beware lest ye deny the
verses of My Lord, and be of them who have wrought injustice and are numbered
with the lost. Beware lest ye cling unto
that which ye possess, or take pride in your fame and renown. That which
behoveth you is to wholly detach yourselves from all that is in the heavens and
on the earth. Thus hath it been ordained by Him Who is the All-Powerful, the
Almighty.
(Baha'u'llah, ‘Suriy-i-Haykal, ‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
