O peoples of the world! Give ear unto
the call of Him Who is the Lord of Names, Who proclaimeth unto you from His
habitation in the Most Great Prison: “Verily, no God is there but Me, the
Powerful, the Mighty, the All-Subduing, the Most Exalted, the Omniscient, the
All-Wise.” In truth, there is no God but Him, the Omnipotent Ruler of the
worlds. Were it His Will, He would, through but a single word proceeding from
His presence, lay hold on all mankind. Beware lest ye hesitate in your
acceptance of this Cause—a Cause before which the Concourse on high and the
dwellers of the Cities of Names have bowed down. Fear God, and be not of those
who are shut out as by a veil. Burn ye away the veils with the fire of My love,
and dispel ye the mists of vain imaginings by the power of this Name through
which We have subdued the entire creation.
- Baha’u’llah (‘The Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
