Arise thou amongst men in the name of this all-compelling
Cause, and summon, then, the nations unto God, the Exalted, the Great. Be thou
not of them who called upon God by one of His names, but who, when He Who is
the Object of all names appeared, denied Him and turned aside from Him, and, in
the end, pronounced sentence against Him with manifest injustice. Consider and
call thou to mind the days whereon the Spirit of God appeared, and Herod gave
judgement against Him. God, however,
aided Him with the hosts of the unseen, and protected Him with truth, and sent
Him down unto another land, according to His promise. He, verily, ordaineth
what He pleaseth. Thy Lord truly preserveth whom He willeth, be he in the midst
of the seas, or in the maw of the serpent, or beneath the sword of the
oppressor.
- Baha'u'llah (Tablet to Czar Alexander II, Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet of
Temple]; ‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
