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Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh
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Pages 253-254
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CXIX: O ye rulers of the earth! Wherefore have...
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O ye rulers of the earth! Wherefore have ye clouded the radiance of the Sun, and caused it to
cease from shining? Hearken unto the counsel given
you by the Pen of the Most High, that haply both ye
and the poor may attain unto tranquillity and peace.
We beseech God to assist the kings of the earth to
establish peace on earth. He, verily, doth what He
willeth.
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O kings of the earth! We see you increasing every
year your expenditures, and laying the burden
thereof on your subjects. This, verily, is wholly and
grossly unjust. Fear the sighs and tears of this
wronged One, and lay not excessive burdens on your
peoples. Do not rob them to rear palaces for yourselves;
nay rather choose for them that which ye
choose for yourselves. Thus We unfold to your eyes
that which profiteth you, if ye but perceive. Your
people are your treasures. Beware lest your rule violate
the commandments of God, and ye deliver your
wards to the hands of the robber. By them ye rule,
by their means ye subsist, by their aid ye conquer.
Yet, how disdainfully ye look upon them! How
strange, how very strange!
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Now that ye have refused the Most Great Peace,
hold ye fast unto this, the Lesser Peace, that haply ye
may in some degree better your own condition and
that of your dependents.
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O rulers of the earth! Be reconciled among yourselves,
that ye may need no more armaments save
in a measure to safeguard your territories and dominions.
Beware lest ye disregard the counsel of the
All-Knowing, the Faithful.
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Be united, O kings of the earth, for thereby will
the tempest of discord be stilled amongst you, and
your peoples find rest, if ye be of them that comprehend.
Should any one among you take up arms
against another, rise ye all against him, for this is
naught but manifest justice.
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