O kings of Christendom! Heard ye not the saying of Jesus,
the Spirit of God, “I go away, and come again unto you”? [John 14:28]
Wherefore, then, did ye fail, when He did come again unto you in the clouds of
heaven, to draw nigh unto Him, that ye might behold His face, and be of them
that attained His Presence? In another
passage He saith: “When He, the Spirit of Truth, is come, He will guide you
into all truth.” And yet behold how, when He did bring the truth, ye refused to
turn your faces towards Him, and persisted in disporting yourselves with your
pastimes and fancies. Ye welcomed Him not, neither did ye seek His Presence,
that ye might hear the verses of God from His own mouth, and partake of the
manifold wisdom of the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the All-Wise. Ye have, by
reason of your failure, hindered the breath of God from being wafted over you,
and have withheld from your souls the sweetness of its fragrance. Ye continue
roving with delight in the valley of your corrupt desires. By God! Ye, and all
ye possess, shall pass away. Ye shall, most certainly, return to God, and shall
be called to account for your doings in the presence of Him Who shall gather
together the entire creation.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Suriy-i-Mulk [Tablet to the
Kings]; ‘Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
