Say, O people! Will ye dispute with the Spirit concerning what He hath seen and witnessed,[Cf. Qur’án 53:12] after He hath proclaimed the truth in the heart of ‘Alí,[The Báb] and before Him in the heart of Muhammad and in the hearts of all Who have related the verses revealed unto Them by God, the Exalted, the Most High? Say, O people of the Bayán! Should ye arise together with all the inhabitants of the earth to lead astray but one of the loved ones of God, ye would fail to do so. Die, therefore, in your wrath, O people of oppression and ignorance!
As for thee, do thou sanctify thy soul from corrupt desires; enter, then, the realms on high and follow not them that fly upon the wings of evil passions. Be firm in the Cause of God and His religion, remember that which He hath endured at the hands of His enemies, and be not of the heedless and forgetful. Spirit and glory rest upon thee and upon them that have held fast to the Handle of God and have been guided by the light of sanctity.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by
Bahá’u’lláh’; Baha’i Reference Library of the Baha’i World Center)
