Blessed the one who hath remained faithful to the Covenant
of God, and woe betide him who hath broken it and disbelieved in Him, the
Knower of secrets. Say: This is the Day of Bounty! Bestir yourselves that I may make you
monarchs in the realms of My Kingdom. If
ye follow Me, ye shall behold that which ye were promised, and I will make you
My companions in the dominion of My majesty and the intimates of My beauty in
the heaven of My power forevermore. If
ye rebel against Me, I will in My clemency endure it patiently, that haply ye
may awaken and rise up from the couch of heedlessness. Thus hath My mercy encompassed you. Fear ye God and follow not in the ways of
those who have turned away from His face, though they invoke His name in the daytime
and in the night season.
- Baha'u'llah (Tablet to Pope Pius IX, Suriy-i-Haykal
[Tablet of Temple]; ‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
