O ‘Alí! He Who is the Dayspring of divine Revelation is
calling unto thee through this most wondrous utterance. By the righteousness of
God! If thou wert present before My Throne and didst hearken unto the Tongue of
might and grandeur, thou wouldst sacrifice thy body, thy soul, thine entire
being as a token of thy love for God, the Sovereign, the Protector, the
All-Knowing, the All-Wise, and wouldst so thrill to the fascination of His
Voice that every pen would be powerless to recount thy station and every
eloquent speaker would be confounded in his attempt to describe it. Ponder a
while concerning this Revelation and its invincible sovereignty; aid it then as
it beseemeth thy Lord, the Gracious, the All-Bountiful. Direct thou the people
unto the Dayspring of glory. Verily it is He Himself Who is established upon
His mighty Throne. Through Him hath the horizon of this Prison been made to
shine and by Him have all that are in the heavens and on the earth been
illumined. - Baha’u’llah (‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the
Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
