By God! This is the Day wherein the undying Fire crieth out
from within all created things: “The Best-Beloved of the worlds is come!” And
before all things there standeth a Moses, hearkening to the Word of thy Lord, the
Almighty, the All-Knowing. Were We to divest Ourself of the mortal raiment
which We have worn in consideration of your weakness, all that are in heaven
and on earth would offer up their souls for My sake. To this thy Lord Himself
doth testify. None, however, can perceive it save those who have detached
themselves from all things for love of their Lord, the Almighty, the Most
Powerful.
(Baha’u’llah, Súriy-i-Ra’ís,
Tablet addressed to ‘Álí Páshá, the Ottoman Prime Minister, ‘The
Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
