Verily, this is the Remembrance that hath shone forth above
the horizon of creation, which shall purge thy soul from the dross of the
world. Abandon thy palaces to the people of the graves, and thine empire to
whosoever desireth it, and turn, then, unto the Kingdom. This, verily, is what
God hath chosen for thee, wert thou of them that turn unto Him… Shouldst thou
desire to bear the weight of thy dominion, bear it then to aid the Cause of thy
Lord. Glorified be this station which whoever attaineth thereunto hath attained
unto all good that proceedeth from Him Who is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
- Baha'u'llah (Tablet to Napoleon III, Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet of Temple]; ‘The
Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
