Blessed be the king whose sovereignty hath withheld him not
from his Sovereign, and who hath turned unto God with his heart. He, verily, is
accounted of those that have attained unto that which God, the Mighty, the
All-Wise, hath willed. Erelong will such a one find himself numbered with the
monarchs of the realms of the Kingdom. Thy Lord is, in truth, potent over all
things. He giveth what He willeth to whomsoever He willeth, and withholdeth
what He pleaseth from whomsoever He willeth. He, verily, is the All-Powerful,
the Almighty.
- Baha'u'llah (Tablet to Czar Alexander II, Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet
of Temple]; ‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
