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"O Kings of the earth! (Baha'u'llah said,) Give ear unto the Voice of God... intoning the words: 'There is none other God but He, the Mighty, the All-Powerful, the All-wise.'... Fear God, O concourse of kings, and suffer not yourselves to be deprived of this most sublime grace. Fling away, then, the things ye possess, and take fast hold on the Handle of God, the Exalted, the Great. Set your hearts towards the Face of God, and abandon that which your desires have bidden you to follow, and be not of those who perish." (80:1) Baha'u'llah then tells them of the martyrdom of the Bab by the unjust and cruel divines of Persia. He holds them one and all responsible for this crime and requires that they make amends for it. He demands that they follow that which He speaks unto them, with their hearts, and calls on them to arise and set themselves towards the Holy Court of God. (80:2) Baha'u'llah made it clear that He was going to establish the Kingdom of God throughout the world; but He did not ask the kings to give Him any aid whatsoever in the task. What He did ask was that they should consider that their glory consisted in obedience to God, not in the width of their dominions; that they should rule their subjects with the utmost nicety of justice, should regard the poor among them as a particular trust from God; that they should reduce taxation and heal their dissensions till they were able to do without armies and their expensive upkeep except for police purposes. (80:3) Unless they obeyed the directions.. He warned.. calamities, heavy and many, would descend upon them from every direction; they would not be able to escape but would be caught and overwhelmed..
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