My body hath borne
imprisonment that your souls may be released from bondage, and We have
consented to be abased that ye may be exalted. Follow the Lord of glory and
dominion, and not every ungodly oppressor. My body longeth for the cross, and
Mine head awaiteth the thrust of the spear, in the path of the All-Merciful,
that the world may be purged from its transgressions. Thus hath the Daystar of
divine authority shone forth from the horizon of the Revelation of Him Who is
the Possessor of all names and attributes.
- Baha'u'llah (Tablet to Pope Pius IX, Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet of Temple];
‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
