Set thine heart towards Him Who is
the Point of adoration for the world, and
say: O peoples of the earth! Have
ye denied the One in Whose path He Who
came with the truth, bearing the
announcement of your Lord, the Exalted, the
Great, suffered martyrdom? Say: This
is an Announcement whereat the hearts of
the Prophets and Messengers have
rejoiced. This is the One Whom the heart of
the world remembereth and is promised
in the Books of God, the Mighty, the
All-Wise.
-- Bahá'u'lláh, Proclamation
of Baha'u'llah, p. 29
O followers of the Bayán! Fear
ye the All-Merciful. This is the One Who hath
been glorified by Muhammad, the Apostle
of God, and before Him by the Spirit
and yet before Him by the One Who
discoursed with God. This is the Point of
the Bayán calling aloud before
the Throne, saying: `By the righteousness of
God, ye have been created to glorify
this Most Great Announcement, this
Perfect Way which lay hid within
the souls of the Prophets, which was
treasured in the hearts of the chosen
ones of God and was written down by the
glorious Pen of your Lord, the Possessor
of Names.'
-- Bahá'u'lláh, Tablets
of Baha'u'llah, p. 103
Fear God, O men of insight, and be
not of those who disbelieve in Me. Take
heed lest the word "Prophet" withhold
you from this Most Great Announcement,
or any reference to "Vicegerency"
debar you from the sovereignty of Him Who
is the Vicegerent of God, which overshadoweth
all the worlds. Every name hath
been created by His Word, and every
cause is dependent on His irresistible,
His mighty and wondrous Cause. Say:
This is the Day of God, the Day on which
naught shall be mentioned save His
own Self, the omnipotent Protector of all
worlds. This is the Cause that hath
made all your superstitions and idols to
tremble.
-- Bahá'u'lláh, The
Kitab-i-Aqdas, p. 80
Say: Fear ye God, then observe equity
in your judgement of this Great
Announcement
before which, as soon as it shone forth, every momentous
announcement
bowed low in adoration. Say: O concourse of the foolish! If ye
reject Him, by what evidence can
ye prove your allegiance to the former
Messengers of God or vindicate your
belief in that which He hath sent down
from His mighty and exalted Kingdom?
What benefit do your possessions bestow
upon you? What protection can your
treasures afford you? None, I swear by the
Spirit of God that pervadeth all
that are in the heavens and on the earth.
Cast away that which ye have put
together with the hands of idle fancy and
vain imaginings and take fast hold
of the Book of God which hath been sent
down by virtue of His all-compelling
and inviolable authority.
-- Bahá'u'lláh, Tablets
of Baha'u'llah, p. 248
`Call out to Zion, O Carmel, and announce
the joyful tidings: He that was
hidden from mortal eyes is come!
His all-conquering sovereignty is manifest;
His all-encompassing splendour is
revealed. Beware lest thou hesitate or
halt. Hasten forth and circumambulate
the City of God that hath descended
from heaven, the celestial Kaaba
round which have circled in adoration the
favoured of God, the pure in heart,
and the company of the most exalted
angels. Oh, how I long to announce
unto every spot on the surface of the
earth, and to carry to each one of
its cities, the glad-tidings of this
Revelation--a Revelation to which
the heart of Sinai hath been attracted,
and in whose name the Burning Bush
is calling: "Unto God, the Lord of Lords,
belong the kingdoms of earth and
heaven." Verily this is the Day in which
both land and sea rejoice at this
announcement, the Day for which have been
laid up those things which God, through
a bounty beyond the ken of mortal
mind or heart, hath destined for
revelation. Ere long will God sail His Ark
upon thee, and will manifest the
people of Bahá who have been mentioned in
the Book of Names.'
-- Bahá'u'lláh, Tablets
of Baha'u'llah, p. 4
Verily, Thou art the Potent, the Bountiful.
No God is there but Thee, the
Mighty, the Gracious.
The tenth Glad-Tidings
As a token of grace from God, the
Revealer of this Most Great Announcement,
We have removed from the Holy Scriptures
and Tablets the law prescribing the
destruction of books.
The eleventh Glad-Tidings
It is permissible to study sciences
and arts, but such sciences as are useful
and would redound to the progress
and advancement of the people. Thus hath it
been decreed by Him Who is the Ordainer,
the All-Wise.
-- Bahá'u'lláh, Tablets
of Baha'u'llah, p. 25
From the Quran
9:1 A (déclaration) of immunity
from God and His Apostle, to those of the
Pagans with whom ye have contracted
mutual alliances:-
9:2 Go ye, then, for four months,
backwards and forwards, (as ye will),
throughout the land, but know
ye that ye cannot frustrate God (by your
falsehood) but that God will
cover with shame those who reject Him.
9:3 And an announcement
from God and His Apostle, to the people (assembled)
on the day of the Great Pilgrimage,-
that God and His Apostle dissolve
(treaty) obligations with the
Pagans. If then, ye repent, it were best
for you; but if ye turn away,
know ye that ye cannot frustrate God. And
proclaim a grievous penalty
to those who reject Faith.
-- Qur'an: 9 - AT-TAUBAH.