…heard ye [kings of the earth] not that which hath been
recorded in the Gospel concerning those “which were born, not of blood, nor of
the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God” [John 1:13]—that is,
those who have been made manifest through the power of God? Wherefore it becometh evident that one may
well be manifested in the world of creation who is truly of God, the Almighty,
the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. How is it then that when word reached you of Our
Cause, ye failed to inquire from Our own lips, that ye might distinguish truth
from falsehood, discover Our aim and purpose, and learn of the afflictions
which We have suffered at the hands of an evil and wayward generation?
- Baha’u’llah (‘Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
