Tablet to the Kings
Tablet to the Kings (written late 1867-Early 1868) (Arabic:Súratu'l-Mulúk) (Persian:Súriy-i-Mulúk) is a tablet, directly composed for the rulers of the East and West by Bahá’u’lláh. It was written in Arabic and revealed in Adrianople and although it has not been fully translated, certain sections of it have been translated by Shoghi Effendi and are scattered throughout His writings.
The tablet was written for; Ministers of the Sultán of Turkey, citizens and "wise men" of Constantinople, people of Persia, the Persian Ambassador to Turkey (Hájí Mírzá Husayn Khán), the French Ambassador to Turkey, Muslim ecclesiastical leaders in Constantinople, Sultán Abdul-Azíz of Turkey, the Kings of Christendom, monarchs in general, elected representatives in every land, and the philosophers of the world. Monarchs included Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (Lawh-i-Malika), and Napoleon III of France (Lawh-i-Malik-i-Paris).
In the tablet Bahá’u’lláh talks about how monarchs should forget material things, to be righteous and be kind and charitable to his or her people. Bahá’u’lláh also talks of the end of war, and exhorting divine virtues. Queen Victoria accepted the tablet and was the only monarch who replied in a polite and dignified manner.
