Every man of insight will, in this day, readily admit that
the counsels which the Pen of this Wronged One hath revealed constitute the
supreme animating power for the advancement of the world and the exaltation of
its peoples. Arise, O people, and, by the power of God’s might, resolve to gain
the victory over your own selves, that haply the whole earth may be freed and
sanctified from its servitude to the gods of its idle fancies—gods that have
inflicted such loss upon, and are responsible for the misery of their wretched
worshippers. These idols form the obstacle that impedeth man in his efforts to
advance in the path of perfection. We cherish the hope that the Hand of divine
power may lend its assistance to mankind and deliver it from its state of
grievous abasement.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the
Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
