O Supreme Pontiff!...
Exhort thou the kings and say: “Deal equitably with men. Beware lest ye transgress the bounds fixed in
the Book.” This indeed becometh thee. Beware lest thou appropriate unto thyself
the things of the world and the riches thereof. Leave them unto such as desire
them, and cleave unto that which hath been enjoined upon thee by Him Who is the
Lord of creation. Should anyone offer thee all the treasures of the earth,
refuse to even glance upon them. Be as thy Lord hath been. Thus hath the Tongue
of Revelation spoken that which God hath made the ornament of the book of
creation.
- Baha'u'llah (Tablet
to Pope Pius IX, Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet of Temple]; ‘The Summons of the Lord of
Hosts’)
