O people! Hearken
unto that which hath been revealed by your All-Glorious Lord, and turn your
faces unto God, the Lord of this world and of the world to come. Thus doth He Who is the Dawning-Place of the
Daystar of divine inspiration command you as bidden by the Fashioner of all
mankind. We, verily, have created you
for the light, and desire not to abandon you unto the fire. Come forth, O people, from darkness by the
grace of this Sun which hath shone forth above the horizon of divine
providence, and turn thereunto with sanctified hearts and assured souls, with
seeing eyes and beaming faces. Thus
counselleth you the Supreme Ordainer from the scene of His transcendent glory,
that perchance His summons may draw you nigh unto the Kingdom of His names.
- Baha'u'llah (Tablet to Pope Pius IX,
Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet of Temple]; ‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
