It is for the sake of God alone that My tongue counselleth
you and that My pen moveth to make mention of you, for neither can the malice
and denial of all who dwell on earth harm Me, nor the allegiance of the entire
creation profit Me. We, verily, exhort
you unto that which We were commanded, and desire naught from you except that
ye draw nigh unto what shall profit you in both this world and the world to
come. Say: Will ye slay Him Who summoneth you unto life
everlasting? Fear ye God, and follow not
every contumacious oppressor.
- Baha'u'llah (Tablet to Czar Alexander II,
Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet of Temple]; ‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
