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Proclamation of Bahá’u’lláh

  • Author:

  • Bahá’u’lláh

  • Source:
  • US Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1978 reprint
  • Pages:
  • 122
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Page 105

“O CONCOURSE of divines!… Lay aside that which ye…”
O CONCOURSE of divines!… Lay aside that which ye possess, and hold your peace, and give ear, then, unto that which the Tongue of Grandeur and Majesty speaketh. How many the veiled handmaidens who turned unto Me, and believed, and how numerous the wearers of the turban who were debarred from Me, and followed in the footsteps of bygone generations!