if
they choose to follow Him, He will make them to become "quickeners of
mankind."

To the entire body of Muslim ecclesiastics Baha'u'llah specifically
devoted innumerable passages in His Books and Tablets, wherein He, in
vehement language, denounces their cruelty; condemns their pride and
arrogance; calls upon them to lay aside the things they possess, to hold
their peace, and give ear to the words He has spoken; and asserts that, by
reason of their deeds, "the exalted station of the people hath been
abased, the standard of Islam hath been reversed, and its mighty throne
hath fallen." To the "concourse of Persian divines" He more particularly
addressed His condemnatory words in which He stigmatizes their deeds, and
prophesies that their "glory will be turned into the most wretched
abasement," and that they shall behold the punishment which will be
inflicted upon them, "as decreed by God, the Ordainer, the All-Wise."

To the Jewish people, He, moreover, announced that the Most Great Law has
come, that "the Ancient Beauty ruleth upon the throne of David," Who cries
aloud and invokes His Name, that "from Zion hath appeared that which was
hidden," and that "from Jerusalem is heard the Voice of God, the One, the
Incomparable, the Omniscient."

To the "high priests" of the Zoroastrian Faith He, furthermore, proclaimed
that "the Incomparable Friend" is manifest, that He "speaketh that wherein
lieth salvation," that "the Hand of Omnipotence is stretched forth from
behind the clouds," that the tokens of His majesty and greatness are
unveiled; and declared that "no man's acts shall be acceptable in this day
unless he forsaketh mankind and all that men possess, and setteth his face
towards the Omnipotent One."

Some of the weightiest passages of His Epistle to Queen Victoria are
addressed to the members of the British Legislature, the Mother of
Parliaments, as well as to the elected representatives of the peoples in
other lands. In these He asserts that His purpose is to quicken the world
and unite its peoples; refers to the treatment meted out to Him by His
enemies; exhorts the legislators to "take counsel together," and to
concern themselves only "with that which profiteth mankind"; and affirms
that the "sovereign remedy" for the "healing of all the world" is the
"union of all its peoples in one universal Cause, one common Faith," which
can "in no wise be achieved except through the power of a skilled and
all-powerful and i