The Summons of the Lord of Hosts

Key to Passages Translated by Shoghi Effendi

Par. Passage Source

173 “And if any one of them … of the blissful.” Bahá’u’lláh. Epistle to the Son of the Wolf.

174-6 “O ye the elected … all else naught but error.” Bahá’u’lláh. Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, CXX.

176-7 “Each time that Most Mighty … what I say.” Bahá’u’lláh. Epistle to the Son of the Wolf.

178-82 “O ye rulers … naught but manifest justice.” Bahá’u’lláh. Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, CXIX.

185 “Turn thou unto God … heavens and of the earth.” Shoghi Effendi. The Promised Day Is Come, Revealed to the Pope.

Náṣiri’d-Dín Sháh (Lawḥ-i-Sulṭán)

192-5 “O King! I was but a man … derived from the Name of God!” Shoghi Effendi. The Promised Day Is Come, Let the Oppressor Desist.

217 “A just king is the shadow … that hath surpassed the worlds.” Shoghi Effendi. The Promised Day Is Come, Recognition of Kingship.

221 “Would that the world-adorning wish … for Me or against Me.” Shoghi Effendi. The Promised Day Is Come, God’s Vicar on Earth.

225 “O ye that are foolish … the paths of perdition.” Bahá’u’lláh. The Hidden Words, Persian no. 24.

226 “O ye seeming fair … immeasurable is the difference!” Bahá’u’lláh. The Hidden Words, Persian no. 25.

227 “O essence of desire! … unto the hosts of holiness.” Bahá’u’lláh. The Hidden Words, Persian no. 28.

228 “O bondslave of the world! … returned whence it came.” Bahá’u’lláh. The Hidden Words, Persian no. 30.

230 “O King of the age! … a sufficient witness unto Me.” Shoghi Effendi. The Promised Day Is Come, Let the Oppressor Desist.

233 “The religious doctors … and unto them shall it return.” Bahá’u’lláh. The Kitáb-i-Íqán, Part Two.

233 “When the Standard of Truth … shall curse it.” Bahá’u’lláh. The Kitáb-i-Íqán, Part Two.

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