By the righteousness
of God! Should they cast Him into a fire
kindled on the continent, He will assuredly rear His head in the midmost heart
of the ocean and proclaim: “He is the Lord of all that are in heaven and all
that are on earth!” And if they cast Him into a darksome pit, they will find
Him seated on earth’s loftiest heights calling aloud to all mankind: “Lo, the
Desire of the World is come in His majesty, His sovereignty, His transcendent
dominion!” And if He be buried beneath the depths of the earth, His Spirit
soaring to the apex of heaven shall peal the summons: “Behold ye the coming of
the Glory; witness ye the Kingdom of God, the Most Holy, the Gracious, the
All-Powerful!” And if they shed His blood, every drop thereof shall cry out and
invoke God in this Name through which the fragrance of His raiment hath been
diffused in all directions.
- Baha'u'llah (Tablet to Pope Pius IX,
Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet of Temple]; ‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
