The All-Merciful saith in the Qur’án, His abiding testimony
unto all the peoples of the world: “Wish ye then for death, if ye be men of
truth.” [Qur’an 2:94, 62:6] Behold how
He hath declared the yearning for death to be the touchstone of sincerity! And,
in the luminous mirror of thy judgement, it is doubtless clear and evident
which people have chosen, in this day, to lay down their lives in the path of
the Beloved of the worlds. Indeed, were the books supporting the beliefs of
this people to be written with the blood spilled in the path of God—exalted be
His glory!—then countless volumes would have already appeared amongst men for
all to see.
- Baha'u'llah (Tablet to Nasiri’d-Din Shah, Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet
of Temple]; ‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
