Glory be to Thee, O Lord My God! How many the heads which
were raised aloft on spears in Thy path, and how many the breasts which were
made the target of arrows for the sake of Thy good pleasure! How many the
hearts that have been lacerated for the exaltation of Thy Word and the
promotion of Thy Cause, and how many the eyes that have wept sore for love of
Thee! I implore Thee, O Thou Who art the King of kings and the Pitier of the
downtrodden, by Thy Most Great Name which Thou hast made the Dawning-Place of
Thy most excellent names and the Dayspring of Thy most exalted attributes, to
remove the veils that have come in between Thee and Thy creatures and debarred
them from turning unto the horizon of Thy Revelation. Cause them, then, O My
God, by Thy most exalted Word, to turn from the left hand of oblivion and
delusion unto the right hand of knowledge and certitude, that they may know
what Thou hast purposed for them through Thy bounty and grace, and may set
their faces towards Him Who is the Manifestation of Thy Cause and the Revealer
of Thy signs… From everlasting Thy bounty hath embraced the entire creation and
Thy mercy hath surpassed all things. No
God is there but Thee, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Compassionate.
- Baha'u'llah (From a Tablet to Nasiri’d-Din Shah, Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet of
Temple]; ‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
