O Minister of the King of Paris! [1] Hast thou forgotten the
pronouncement recorded in the Gospel according to John concerning the Word and
those who are its Manifestations? And hast thou ignored the counsels of the
Spirit [Jesus] concerning the Manifestations of the Word, and been numbered
with the heedless? If not, wherefore
then didst thou conspire with the Minister of Persia to inflict upon Us that
which hath caused the hearts of men of insight and understanding to melt, the
tears of the denizens of the Realm of eternity to flow, and the souls of them
who are nigh unto God to mourn? And all this thou didst commit without seeking
to examine Our Cause or to discern its truth. For is it not thy clear duty to
investigate this Cause, to inform thyself of the things that have befallen Us,
to judge with equity, and to cleave unto justice?
Thy days shall pass away, thy ministry shall come to an end,
and thy possessions shall vanish and be no more. Then, in the presence of the
almighty King, thou shalt be called to answer for that which thy hands have
wrought.
- Baha’u’llah (Súriy-i-Mulúk [Tablet to Kings], ‘Summons of the Lord of
Hosts’)
[1] The French Ambassador in Constantinople
