…in the exercise of the royal justice, it is not sufficient
to give ear to the claimant alone. God
saith in the Qur’án, the unerring Balance that distinguisheth truth from
falsehood: “O ye who believe! If a wicked man come to you with news, clear it
up at once, lest through ignorance ye harm others, and afterward repent of what
ye have done.” [Qur’an 49:6] The holy Traditions, moreover, contain the
admonition: “Believe not the tale-bearer.” Certain of the divines, who have
never seen Us, have misconceived the nature of Our Cause. Those, however, who
have met Us will testify that this Servant hath not spoken save in accordance
with that which God hath commanded in the Book, and that He hath called
attention to the following blessed verse—exalted be His Word: “Do ye not
disavow us merely because we believe in God, and in what He hath sent down unto
us, and in what He had sent down aforetime?” [Qur’an 5:59]
- Baha'u'llah (Tablet
to Nasiri’d-Din Shah, Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet of Temple]; ‘The Summons of the
Lord of Hosts’)
