I testify in my present state, O my Lord, and against the
will of him who hath turned his back to Thee, that Thou art God, and that there
is none other God beside Thee. This, verily, is the Day wherewith Thy
Scriptures, and Thy Books, and Thy Tablets, have been adorned. And He Who now
speaketh is, in truth, the Well-guarded Treasure, and the Hidden Secret, and
the Preserved Tablet, and the Impenetrable Mystery, and the Sealed Book. He,
truly, is to be obeyed in whatsoever He commandeth, and decreeth, and
revealeth, and is to be loved in everything He, through His sovereignty,
enjoineth, and, through His power, ordaineth. Whoso will hesitate for less than
the twinkling of an eye, hath, verily, denied Thy right, and repudiated all
that Thou hast revealed in Thy Books, and in Thy Scriptures, and sent down with
Thy chosen Ones, and Thy Prophets, and Thy Messengers, and the Trustees of Thy
Revelation. - Baha’u’llah (‘Prayers and Meditations by Baha’u’llah’)
