The Pen of the Most High proclaimeth: O thou [1] who hast
imagined thyself to be the most exalted of men
and who hast regarded as the lowliest of all creatures this divine
Youth, through Whom the eyes of the Concourse on high have been illumined and
made radiant! This Youth hath sought
nothing from thee or from such as are like unto thee, inasmuch as from time
immemorial, whenever the Manifestations of the All-Merciful and the Exponents
of His unfading glory have stepped out of the Realm of eternity into this
mortal world and revealed themselves to revive the dead, men such as thee have
considered these sanctified Souls and Temples of Divine Oneness, upon Whom must
needs depend the rehabilitation of the peoples of the earth, to be stirrers of
mischief and worthy of blame. These men,
verily, have all returned unto dust.
Thou, too, shalt erelong take abode therein and find thyself in grievous
loss.
- Baha’u’llah (Lawḥ-i-Ra’ís, ‘Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
[1] Ali Pasha, the Ottoman Prime Minister
