Say: Take heed lest your devotions withhold you from Him Who
is the object of all devotion, or your worship debar you from Him Who is the
object of all worship. Rend asunder the
veils of your idle fancies! This is your Lord, the Almighty, the All-Knowing,
Who hath come to quicken the world and unite all who dwell on earth. Turn unto
the Dayspring of Revelation, O people, and tarry not, be it for less than the
twinkling of an eye. Read ye the Evangel and yet refuse to acknowledge the
All-Glorious Lord? This indeed beseemeth you not, O concourse of learned
men!
- Baha'u'llah (Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet of Temple]; ‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
