October 20, 2016

The “object of all devotion" and “the object of all worship”

Say: Take heed lest your devotions withhold you from Him Who is the object of all devotion, or your worship debar you from Him Who is the object of all worship. Rend asunder the veils of your idle fancies! This is your Lord, the Almighty, the All-Knowing, Who hath come to quicken the world and unite all who dwell on earth. Turn unto the Dayspring of Revelation, O people, and tarry not, be it for less than the twinkling of an eye. Read ye the Evangel and yet refuse to acknowledge the All-Glorious Lord? This indeed beseemeth you not, O concourse of learned men! 
- Baha'u'llah  (Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet of Temple]; ‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)

Some insights:
  • We are being reminded that the Entity of the Manifestation of God in each period of humanity's history, for this age Baha’u’llah, is “the object of all devotion" and “the object of all worship” for all human beings.
  • To arrive at this recognition one needs to “rend asunder the veils of …idle fancies" --> what are they?
  • The Manifestation of God is “the Dayspring of Revelation” of God, our “Lord, the Almighty, the All-Knowing”.
  • The Manifestation of God comes to our human world “to quicken the world and unite all who dwell on earth.”