O Supreme
Pontiff! Incline thine ear unto that
which the Fashioner of mouldering bones counselleth thee, as voiced by Him Who
is His Most Great Name. Sell all the
embellished ornaments thou dost possess, and expend them in the path of God,
Who causeth the night to return upon the day, and the day to return upon the
night. Abandon thy kingdom unto the
kings, and emerge from thy habitation, with thy face set towards the Kingdom,
and, detached from the world, then speak forth the praises of thy Lord betwixt
earth and heaven. Thus hath bidden thee
He Who is the Possessor of Names, on the part of thy Lord, the Almighty, the
All-Knowing.
- Baha'u'llah (Tablet to Pope Pius IX, Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet of Temple]; ‘The Summons of the
Lord of Hosts’)
