If thou art not apprehensive that the truth might be
revealed and the works of the ungodly be brought to naught, why summonest thou
not the divines of the land, and then summon Me, so that I may confound them
forthwith, even as those disbelievers whom I have previously confounded? This
is My sure testimony unto thee and unto them, if they speak the truth. Summon
thou all of them. Should they then be able to utter words like unto this, thou
wouldst know that their cause is worthy of attention. Nay, by the righteousness
of My Lord! They are bereft of power, nor are they endued with perception. They
professed faith in the past without understanding its significance, then later
they repudiated the Truth; for they are devoid of discernment.
- The Báb (From a
Tablet to Muhammad Shah, ‘Selections from the Writings of the Báb’)
