O ye peoples of the earth! During the time of My absence I
sent down the Gates unto you. However the believers, except for a handful,
obeyed them not. Formerly I sent forth unto you Ahmad and more recently Kázim,
but apart from the pure in heart amongst you no one followed them. What hath
befallen you, O people of the Book? Will ye not fear the One true God, He Who
is your Lord, the Ancient of Days?… O ye who profess belief in God! I adjure
you by Him Who is the Eternal Truth, have ye discerned among the precepts of
these Gates anything inconsistent with the commandments of God as set forth in this
Book? Hath your learning deluded you by reason of your impiety? Take ye heed
then, for verily your God, the Lord of Eternal Truth, is with you and in very
truth is watchful over you.…
- The Báb (From Qayyumu’l-Asma; ‘Selections from
the Writings of the Báb)
