Though beset with countless afflictions, We summon the people unto God, the Lord of names. Say, strive ye to attain that which ye have been promised in the Books of God, and walk not in the way of the ignorant. My body hath endured imprisonment that ye may be released from the bondage of self. Set your faces then towards His countenance and follow not the footsteps of every hostile oppressor.
- Baha’u’llah (Lawh-i-Aqdas [The Most Holy Tablet], ‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas)
