Say: O people! Is it your wish to conceal the beauty of the
Sun behind the veils of your own selfish desires, or to prevent the Spirit from
raising its melodies within this sanctified and luminous breast? Fear ye God, and contend not with Him Who
representeth the Godhead. Dispute not
with the One at Whose bidding the letter “B” was created and joined with its
mighty foundation. [1] Believe in the Messengers of God and His sovereign
might, and in the Self of God and His majesty. Follow not those who have repudiated what they had once believed, and
who have sought for themselves a station after their own fancy; these, truly,
are of the ungodly. Bear ye witness unto
that whereunto God Himself hath borne witness, that the company of His favoured
ones may be illumined by the words that issue from your lips. Say:
We, verily, believe in that which was revealed unto the Apostles of old,
in that which hath been revealed, by the power of truth, unto ‘Alí, [The Báb]
and in that which is now being revealed from His Throne of glory. Thus doth your Lord instruct you, as a sign
of His favour and as a token of His grace that encompasseth all the worlds.
- Baha'u'llah (‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
[1] That is, the letter “E”. In all such instances in the
Writings where the letters “B” and “E” are mentioned, the Arabic letters are Káf and
Nún,
the two consonants of the Arabic word Kun, which is
imperative meaning “Be”.
