From the dawning-place of testimony We have raised the Call
unto all that dwell in the realm of creation. Amongst men there are those who
have been carried away by the fragrance of the utterance of their Lord in such
manner that they have forsaken everything which pertaineth unto men in their
eagerness to attain the court of the presence of God, the Lord of the mighty
throne. There are also those who are sore perplexed and wavering. Others have
made haste, winged their way to answer the Call of their Lord, the Ancient of
Days. Still others have turned aside, rejected the truth and eventually
disbelieved in God, the Almighty, the All-Praised. And there are yet others who
have pronounced judgement against Him with such cruelty that every wise and
discerning soul hath been moved to lament. We have graciously summoned them
unto the river that is life indeed, while they have, with manifest injustice,
decreed the shedding of My blood. Thus hath the Day-Star of wisdom shone forth
from above the horizon of the utterance of thy Lord, the All-Merciful. Shouldst
thou attain unto its light, it behoveth thee to magnify the praise of thy Lord
and say, I yield Thee thanks, O God of the worlds.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Tablets of
Baha’u’llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
