Beware lest ye act as did the King of Islám [1] when We came
unto him at his bidding. His ministers
pronounced judgement against Us with such injustice that all creation lamented
and the hearts of those who are nigh unto God were consumed. The winds of self and passion move them as
they will, and We found them all bereft of constancy. They are, indeed, of those that are far
astray.
Rein in Thy pen, O Pen of the Ancient of Days, and leave
them to themselves, for they are immersed in their idle fancies. Make Thou mention of the Queen, that she may
turn with a pure heart unto the scene of transcendent glory, may withhold not
her eyes from gazing toward her Lord, the Supreme Ordainer, and may become
acquainted with that which hath been revealed in the Books and Tablets by the
Creator of all mankind, He through Whom the sun hath been darkened and the moon
eclipsed, and through Whom the Call hath been raised betwixt earth and heaven.
- Baha'u'llah (Tablet to Queen Victoria, Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet of Temple]; ‘The
Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
[1] The Sultan of Turkey
