sovereignty. Decide, then, for
Me or against Me."

And moreover, in the Lawh-i-Ra'is, Baha'u'llah, recalling His conversation
with the Turkish officer charged with the task of enforcing His banishment
to the fortress-town of Akka, has written: "There is a matter, which, if
thou findest it possible, I request thee to submit to His Majesty the
Sultan, that for ten minutes this Youth be enabled to meet him, so that he
may demand whatsoever he deemeth as a sufficient testimony and regardeth
as proof of the veracity of Him Who is the Truth. Should God enable Him to
produce it, let him, then, release these wronged ones, and leave them to
themselves." "He promised," Baha'u'llah adds in that Tablet, "to transmit
this message, and to give Us his reply. We received, however, no news from
him. Although it becometh not Him Who is the Truth to present Himself
before any person, inasmuch as all have been created to obey Him, yet in
view of the condition of these little children and the large number of
women so far removed from their friends and countries, We have acquiesced
in this matter. In spite of this nothing hath resulted. Umar himself is
alive and accessible. Inquire from him, that the truth may be made known
unto you."

Referring to these Tablets addressed to the sovereigns of the earth, and
which 'Abdu'l-Baha has acclaimed as a "miracle," Baha'u'llah has written:
"Each one of them hath been designated by a special name. The first hath
been named 'The Rumbling,' the second, 'The Blow,' the third, 'The
Inevitable,' the fourth, 'The Plain,' the fifth, 'The Catastrophe,' and
the others, 'The Stunning Trumpet Blast,' 'The Near Event,' 'The Great
Terror,' 'The Trumpet,' 'The Bugle,' and their like, so that all the
peoples of the earth may know, of a certainty, and may witness, with
outward and inner eyes, that He Who is the Lord of Names hath prevailed,
and will continue to prevail, under all conditions, over all men.... Never
since the beginning of the world hath the Message been so openly
proclaimed.... Glorified be this Power which hath shone forth and
compassed the worlds! This act of the Causer of Causes hath, when
revealed, produced two results. It hath at once sharpened the swords of
the infidels, and unloosed the tongues of such as have turned towards Him
in His remembrance and praise. This is the effect of the fertilizing
winds, mention of which hath been made aforetime in the Lawh-i-Haykal. The
whole earth is now in a