Hearken, O king, to the speech of Him that speaketh the
truth, Him that doth not ask thee to recompense Him with the things God hath
chosen to bestow upon thee, Him Who unerringly treadeth the straight Path. He
it is Who summoneth thee unto God, thy Lord, Who showeth thee the right course,
the way that leadeth to true felicity, that haply thou mayest be of them with
whom it shall be well.... He that giveth up himself wholly to God, God shall,
assuredly, be with him; and he that placeth his complete trust in God, God
shall, verily, protect him from whatsoever may harm him, and shield him from
the wickedness of every evil plotter.
- Baha’u’llah (Súriy-i-Mulúk Sulṭán, Tablet addressed to Ottoman Emperor ‘Abdu’l-‘Azíz, quoted by Shoghi Effendi in ‘The
Promised Day Is Come’)
