Give ear, O King, unto the Voice that calleth from the Fire
which burneth in this verdant Tree, on this Sinai which hath been raised above
the hallowed and snow-white Spot, beyond the Everlasting City; “Verily, there
is none other God but Me, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Merciful!” We, in truth, have sent Him Whom We aided
with the Holy Spirit that He may announce unto you this Light that hath shone
forth from the horizon of the Will of your Lord, the Most Exalted, the
All-Glorious, and Whose signs have been revealed in the West. Set your faces towards Him on this Day which
God hath exalted above all other days, and whereon the All-Merciful hath shed
the splendour of His effulgent glory upon all who are in heaven and all who are
on earth.
- Baha'u'llah (Tablet to Napoleon III, Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet of
Temple]; ‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
