Arise [“O kings of the earth”], then, and make steadfast
your feet, and make ye amends for that which hath escaped you, and set then
yourselves towards His holy Court, on the shore of His mighty Ocean, so that the
pearls of knowledge and wisdom, which God hath stored up within the shell of
His radiant heart, may be revealed unto you. Such is the counsel that shall profit you most; make of it your
provision, that ye may be of those who are guided aright. Beware lest ye hinder the breeze of God from
blowing over your hearts, the breeze through which the hearts of such as have
turned unto Him can be quickened. Hearken unto the clear admonitions that We have revealed for you in this
Tablet, that God, in turn, may hearken unto you, and may open before your faces
the portals of His mercy. He, verily, is
the Compassionate, the Merciful.
- Baha’u’llah (Súriy-i-Mulúk; ‘The Summons of
the Lord of Hosts’)
