O King!... I was indeed as one dead when His behest was
uttered. The hand of the will of thy
Lord, the Compassionate, the Merciful, transformed Me. Can anyone speak forth of his own accord that
for which all men, both high and low, will protest against him? Nay, by Him Who taught the Pen the eternal
mysteries, save him whom the grace of the Almighty, the All-Powerful, hath
strengthened.
- Baha'u'llah (Tablet to Nasiri’d-Din Shah, Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet
of Temple]; ‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
