Sedition hath never been pleasing unto God, nor were the
acts committed in the past by certain foolish ones acceptable in His
sight. Know ye that to be killed in the
path of His good pleasure is better for you than to kill. The beloved of the Lord must, in this day,
behave in such wise amidst His servants that they may by their very deeds and
actions guide all men unto the paradise of the All-Glorious.
- Baha'u'llah (Tablet to Nasiri’d-Din Shah, Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet of Temple]; ‘The Summons of
the Lord of Hosts’)
