Remember the days in which the Sun of Bathá [ie, Muhammad]
shone forth above the horizon of the Will of thy Lord, the Exalted, the Most
High, and recall how the divines of that age turned away from Him, and the
learned contended with Him, that haply thou mayest apprehend that which, in
this day, remaineth concealed behind the veils of glory. So grievous became His plight on every side
that He instructed His companions to disperse.
Thus was the decree made manifest from the heaven of divine glory.
- Baha'u'llah (Tablet to Nasiri’d-Din Shah, Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet of Temple];
‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
