The Proclamation of Bahá’u’lláh by Bahá’u’lláh Edition 1, (November 2, 2005) BAHA’I TERMS OF USE You have permission to freely make and use copies of the text and any other information ("Content") available on this Site including printing, emailing, posting, distributing, copying, downloading, uploading, transmitting, displaying the Content in whole or in part subject to the following: 1. Our copyright notice and the source reference must be attached to the Content; 2. The Content may not be modified or altered in any way except to change the font or appearance; 3. The Content must be used solely for a non-commercial purpose. Although this blanket permission to reproduce the Content is given freely such that no special permission is required, the Bahá’í International Community retains full copyright protection for all Content included at this Site under all applicable national and international laws. For permission to publish, transmit, display or otherwise use the Content for any commercial purpose, please contact us (http://reference.bahai.org/en/contact.html). CONTENTS Baha’i Terms of Use Introduction SUMMONS TO THE KINGS AND RULERS OF THE WORLD COLLECTIVELY O KINGS of the earth! He Who is the sovereign... O KINGS of the earth! Give ear unto the Voice of God,... O KINGS of the earth! We see you increasing every year... THE one true God, exalted be His glory, hath ever regarded,... NAPOLEON III CZAR ALEXANDER II QUEEN VICTORIA KAISER WILHELM I EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH SULTÁN ‘ABDU’L-‘AZÍZ NÁSIRI’D-DÍN SHÁH THE RULERS OF AMERICA THE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLES IN EVERY LAND SUMMONS TO THE WORLD’S RELIGIOUS LEADERS COLLECTIVELY O LEADERS of religion! Weigh not the Book of... O CONCOURSE of divines! When My verses were sent... HOW long will ye, O concourse of divines, level the... O CONCOURSE of divines! Can any one of you race with... WHEN We observed carefully, We discovered that Our... O YE the dawning-places of knowledge! Beware that ye... THOSE divines ... who are truly adorned with the ornament... THE divine whose conduct is upright, and the sage who... THE divine who hath seized and quaffed the most holy... GREAT is the blessedness of that divine that hath not... O CONCOURSE of divines! Ye shall not henceforth behold... POPE PIUS IX THE CLERGY AND PEOPLE OF VARIOUS FAITHS At one time We address the people of the Torah and summon... CALL out to Zion, O Carmel, and announce the... THE Most Great Law is come, and the Ancient Beauty... THE Breath hath been wafted, and the Breeze hath... LEND an ear unto the song of David. He saith: ‘Who will... O CONCOURSE of Christians! We have, on a previous... WE, verily, have come for your sakes, and have borne... O CONCOURSE of patriarchs! He Whom ye were promised...