Twenty years have passed, O kings [“of Christendom”], during
which We have, each day, tasted the agony of a fresh tribulation. No one of
them that were before Us hath endured the things We have endured. Would that ye
could perceive it! They that rose up against Us have put us to death, have shed
our blood, have plundered our property, and violated our honor. Though aware of
most of our afflictions, ye, nevertheless, have failed to stay the hand of the
aggressor. For is it not your clear duty to restrain the tyranny of the
oppressor, and to deal equitably with your subjects, that your high sense of
justice may be fully demonstrated to all mankind?
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from
the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
