Whatever proceeded
from the tongue of the Son was revealed in parables, whilst He Who proclaimeth
the Truth in this Day speaketh without them.
Take heed lest thou cling to the cord of idle fancy and withhold thyself
from that which hath been ordained in the Kingdom of God, the Almighty, the
All-Bountiful. Should the inebriation of
the wine of My verses seize thee, and thou determinest to present thyself
before the throne of thy Lord, the Creator of earth and heaven, make My love
thy vesture, and thy shield remembrance of Me, and thy provision reliance upon
God, the Revealer of all power.
- Baha'u'llah (Tablet to Pope Pius IX,
Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet of Temple]; ‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
