It is clear and evident that, whether this Cause be seen as
right or wrong by the people, those who are associated with its name have
accepted and embraced it as true, and have forsaken their all in their
eagerness to partake of the things of God. That they should evince such renunciation in the path of the love of the
All-Merciful is in itself a faithful witness and an eloquent testimony to the
truth of their convictions. Hath it ever
been witnessed that a man of sound judgement should sacrifice his life without
cause or reason? And if it be suggested
that this people have taken leave of their senses, this too is highly
improbable, inasmuch as such behaviour hath not been confined to merely a soul
or two—nay, a vast multitude of every class have drunk their fill of the living
waters of divine knowledge, and, intoxicated, have hastened with heart and soul
to the field of sacrifice in the way of the Beloved.
- Baha'u'llah (Tablet to
Nasiri’d-Din Shah, Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet of Temple]; ‘The Summons of the Lord
of Hosts’)
