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1	هذه صحيفة اللّه المهيمن القيّوم هو اللّه تعالی شأنه الحکمة و البيان (edit)	This is the Epistle of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting HE IS GOD, EXALTED IS HE, THE LORD OF WISDOM AND UTTERANCE. (edit)	This is the Scroll of God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. He is God, exalted be His state, the Wisdom and the Explanation. (edit)
2	أَلْحَمْدُ للّهِ الَّذِی تَفَرَّدَ بِالعَظَمَةِ وَ القُدْرَةِ وَ الجَمَالِ وَ تَوَحَّدَ بِالعِزَّةِ وَ القُوَّةِ وَ الجَلَالِ وَ تَقَدَّسَ عَنْ أَنْ يُدْرِکَهُ الخَيَالُ أَوْ يُذْکَرَ لَهُ نَظِيْرٌ وَ مِثَالٌ قَدْ أَوْضَحَ صِرَاطَهُ المُسْتَقِيمَ بِأَفْصَحِ بَيَانٍ وَ مَقَالٍ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الغَنِيُّ المُتَعَالُ فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ الخَلْقَ البَدِيعَ فَصَّلَ النُّقْطَةَ الظَّاهِرَةَ المُشْرِقَةَ مِنْ أُفُقِ الإِرَادَةِ وَ إِنَّهَا دَارَتْ فِی کُلِّ بَيْتٍ عَلَی کُلِّ هَيْئَةٍ إِلَی أَنْ بَلَغَتْ مُنْتَهَی المَقَامِ أَمْرًا مِنْ لَدَی اللّهِ مَوْلَی الأَنَامِ وَ إِنَّهَا هِیَ مَرْکَزُ دَائِرَةِ الأَسْمَآءِ وَ مِخْتَمُ ظُهُورَاتِ الحُرُوفِ فِی مَلَکُوتِ الإِنْشَاءِ وَ بَهَا بَرَزَ مَا دَلَّ عَلَی السِّرِّ الأَکْتَمِ وَ الرَّمْزِ المُنَمْنَمِ الظَّاهِرِ الحَاکِی عَنِ الاسْمِ الأَعْظَمِ فِی الصَّحِيْفَةِ النَّوْرَآءِ وَ الوَرَقَةِ المُقَدَّسَةِ المُبَارَکَةِ البَيْضَآءِ فَلَمَّا اتَّصَلَتْ بِالحَرْفِ الثَّانِی البَارِزِ فِی أَوَّلِ المَثَانِی دَارَتْ أَفْلَاکُ البَيَانِ وَ المَعَانِی وَ سَطَعَ نُورُ اللّهِ الأَبَدِيِّ وَ ثَقَّبب عَلَی وَجْهِ سَمَآءِ البُرْهَانِ وَ صَارَ مِنْهُ النِّيرَانِ تَبَارَکَ الرَّحْمَنُ الَّذِی لَا يُشَارُ بِإِشَارَةٍ وَ لَا يُعَبَّرُ بِعِبَارَةٍ وَ لَا يُعْرَفُ بِالأَذْکَارِ وَ لَا يُوْصَفُ بِالآثَارِ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الآمِرُ الوَهَّابُ فِی المَبْدَءِ وَ المآبِ وَ جَعَلَ لَهُمَا حُفَّاظًا وَ حُرَّاسًا مِنْ جُنُودِ القُدْرَةِ وَ الاقْتِدَارِ إِنَّهُ هُوَ المُهَيمِنُ العَزِيزُ المُخْتَارُ. (edit)	PRAISE be unto God, incomparable in majesty, power and beauty, peerless in glory, might and grandeur; too high is He for human imaginations to comprehend Him or for any peer or equal to be ascribed unto Him. He hath clearly set forth His straight Path in words and utterances of highest eloquence. Verily He is the All-Possessing, the Most Exalted. When He purposed to call the new creation into being, He sent forth the Manifest and Luminous Point from the horizon of His Will; it passed through every sign and manifested itself in every form until it reached the zenith, as bidden by God, the Lord of all men. This Point is the focal center of the circle of Names and marketh the culmination of the manifestations of Letters in the world of creation. Through it have appeared indications of the impenetrable Mystery, the adorned Symbol, He Who standeth revealed in the Most Great Name—a Name which is recorded in the luminous Tablet and is inscribed in the holy, the blessed, the snow-white Scroll. And when the Point was joined to the second Letter1 which appeareth in the beginning of the Mathání,2 it traversed the heavens of exposition and utterance. Then the eternal Light of God shed its radiance, flared up in the midmost heart of the firmament of testimony and produced two Luminaries. Glorified be the Merciful One, unto Whom no allusion can be made, Whom no expression can define, nor any assertion reveal, nor any evidence describe. He is in truth the Ordainer, the All-Bountiful, both in the beginning and in the end. And He provided for them protectors and defenders from among the hosts of power and might. Verily, He is the Help in Peril, the Mighty, the Unconstrained. (edit)	Praise be to God, Who alone is vested with majesty, power, and beauty, and Who uniquely embodies glory, strength, and splendor. He is sanctified above being grasped by imagination or equated with any peer or likeness. He has elucidated His straight path with the most eloquent explanation and discourse. Indeed, He is the Self-Sufficient, the Exalted. When He willed to initiate the unique creation, He distinguished the visible, radiant point from the horizon of His will. This point revolved in every realm, in every form, until it reached the ultimate station by the command of God, the Lord of beings. It is the center of the circle of names and the seal of the manifestations of letters in the kingdom of creation. Through it, what signifies the most hidden secret and the intricately adorned symbol, representing the Greatest Name, became apparent in the luminous scroll and the sacred, blessed, white leaf. As it connected with the second letter that emerged at the beginning of the second [phase], the orbits of explanation and meanings revolved, the eternal light of God shone forth, piercing the face of the sky of proof, and from it emerged fires. Blessed is the Merciful, Who cannot be indicated by signs, expressed in words, known through remembrances, or described by traces. Indeed, He is the commanding, the bestowing One at the beginning and the end, and He has appointed guardians and watchmen for them from the armies of power and might. Indeed, He is the Protector, the Mighty, the Chosen. (edit)
3	قَدْ نُزِّلَتْ الخُطْبَةُ مَرَّتَينِ کَمَا نُزِّلَ المَثَانِی کَرَّتَينِ وَ الحَمْدُ للّهِ الَّذِی أَظْهَرَ النُّقْطَةَ وَ فَصَّلَ مِنْهَا عِلْمَ مَا کَانَ وَ مَا يَکُونُ وَ جَعَلَهَا مُنَادِيَةً بِاسْمِهِ وَ مُبَشِّرَةً بِظُهُورِهِ الأَعْظَمِ الَّذِی بِهِ ارْتَعَدَتْ فَرَائِصُ الأُمَمِ وَ سَطَعَ النُّورُ مِنْ أُفُقِ العَالَمِ إِنَّهَا هِیَ النُّقْطَةُ الَّتِی جَعَلَهَا اللّهُ بَحْرَ النُّورِ لِلْمُخْلِصِينَ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ وَ کُرَةَ النَّارِ لِلْمُعْرِضِينَ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ وَ المُلْحِدِينَ مِنْ بَرِيَّتِهِ الَّذِينَ بَدَّلُوا نِعْمَةَ اللّهِ کُفْرًا وَ مَائِدَةَ السَّمَآءِ نِفَاقًا وَ قَادُوا أَوْلِيَائَهُم إِلَی بِئْسَ القَرَارِ أُوْلَئِکَ عِبَادٌ أَظْهَرُوا النِّفَاقِ فِی الآفَاقِ وَ نَقَضُوا المِيْثَاقَ فِی يَوْمٍ فِيْهِ اسْتَوَی هَيْکَلُ القِدَمِ عَلَی العَرْشِ الأَعْظَمِ وَ نَادَی المُنَادِ مِنَ الشَّطْرِ الأَيْمَنِ فِی الوَادِی المُقَدَّسِ يَا مَلَأَ البَيَانِ اتَّقُوا الرَّحْمَنَ هَذَا هُوَ الَّذِی ذَکَرَهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللّهِ وَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ الرُّوْحُ وَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ الکَلِيمُ وَ هَذَا نُقْطَةُ البَيَانِ يُنَادِی أَمَامَ العَرْشِ وَ يَقُولُ تَاللّهِ قَدْ خُلِقْتُم لِذِکْرِ هَذَا النَّبَأِ الأَعْظَمِ وَ هَذَا الصِّرَاطِ الأَقْوَمِ الَّذِی کَانَ مَکْنُونًا فِی أَفْئِدَةِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ مَخْزُونًا فِی صُدُورِ الأَصْفِيَآءِ وَ مَسْطُورًا مِنَ القَلَمِ الأَعْلَی فِی أَلْوَاحِ رَبِّکُم مَالِکِ الأَسْمَآءِ قٌلْ مُوتُوا بِغَيْظِکُم يَا أَهْلَ النِّفَاقِ قَدْ ظَهَرَ مَنْ لَا يَعْزُبُ عَنْ عِلْمِهِ مِنْ شَیءٍ وَ أَتَی مَنْ افْتَرَّ بِهِ ثَغْرُ العِرْفَانِ وَ تَزَيَّنَ مَلَکُوتُ البَيَانِ وَ أَقْبَلَ کُلُّ مُقْبِلٍ إِلَی اللّهِ مَالِکِ الأَدْيَانِ وَ قَامَ بِهِ کُلُّ قَاعِدٍ وَ سَرُعَ کُلُّ سَطِيحٍ إِلَی طُوْرِ الإِيْقَان هَذَا يَوْمٌ جَعَلَهُ اللّهُ نِعْمَةً لِلْأَبْرَارِ وَ نِقْمَةً لِلْأَشْرَارِ وَ رَحْمَةً لِلْمُقْبِلِينَ وَ غَضَبًا لِلْمُنُکْرِينَ وَ المُعْرِضِينَ إِنَّهُ ظَهَرَ بِسُلْطَانٍ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ وَ أَنْزَلَ مَا لَا يَعَادِلُهُ شَیءٍ فِی أَرْضِهِ وَ سَمَآئِهِ اتَّقُوا الرَّحْمَنَ يَا مَلَأَ البَيَانِ وَ لَا تَرْتَکِبُوا مَا ارْتَکَبَهُ أَولُوا الفُرْقَانِ الَّذِينَ ادَّعُوا الإِيْمَانَ فِی اللَّيَالِی وَ الأَيَّامِ فَلَمَّا أَتَی مَالِکُ الأَنَامِ أَعْرَضُوا وَ کَفَرُوا إِلَی أَنْ افْتُوا عَلَيْهِ بِظُلْمٍ نَاحَ بِهِ أُمُّ الکِتَابِ فِی المَآبِ اذْکُرُوا ثُمَّ انْظُرُوا فِی أَعْمَالِهِم وَ أَقْوَالِهِم وَ مَرَاتبِهِم وَ مَقَامَاتِهِم وَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهُم إِذْ تَکَلَّمَ مُکَلِّمُ الطُّورِ وَ نُفِخَ فِی الصُّورِ وَ انْصَعَقَ مَنْ فِی السَّمَوَاتِ وَ الأَرْضِ إِلَّا عِدَّةَ أَحْرُفِ الوَجْهِ يَا مَلَأَ البَيَانِ ضَعُوا أَوْهَامَکُم وَ ظُنُونَکُم ثُمَّ انْظُرُوا بِطَرْفِ الإِنْصِافِ إِلَی أُفُقِ الظُّهُورِ وَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ وَ نُزِّلَ مِنْ لَدُنْهِ وَ مَا وَرَدَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَعْدَآئِهِ هُوَ الَّذِی قَبِلَ البَلَايَا کُلَّهَا لِإِظْهَارِ أَمْرِهِ وَ إِعْلَآءِ کَلِمَتِهِ قَدْ حُبِسَ مَرَّةً فِی الطَّاءِ وَ أُخْرَی فِی المِيْمِ ثُمَّ فِی الطَّاءِ مَرَّةً أُخْرَی لِأَمْرِ اللّهِ فَاطِرِ السَّمَآءِ وَ کَانَ فِيْهَا تَحْتَ السَّلَاسِلِ وَ الأَغْلَالِ شَوْقًا لِأَمْرِ اللّهِ العَزِيزِ الفَضَّالِ. (edit)	Praise be unto God Who hath manifested the Point, hath unfolded therefrom the knowledge of all things, whether of the past or of the future—a Point He hath chosen to be the Herald of His Name and the Harbinger of His Great Revelation which hath caused the limbs of all mankind to quake and the splendor of His light to shine forth above the horizon of the world. Verily, this is the Point which God hath ordained to be an ocean of light for the sincere among His servants and a flame of fire to the froward amidst His creatures and the impious among His people—they who bartered away the gift of God for unbelief, and the celestial food for hypocrisy, and led their associates to a wretched abode. These are the people who have manifested sedition throughout the world and have violated His Covenant on the Day when the immortal Being mounted His throne and the Crier raised His Voice from the haven of security and peace in the holy Vale. O followers of the Bayán! Fear ye the All-Merciful. This is the One Who hath been glorified by Muḥammad, the Apostle of God, and before Him by the Spirit4 and yet before Him by the One Who discoursed with God.5 This is the Point of the Bayán calling aloud before the Throne, saying: “By the righteousness of God, ye have been created to glorify this Most Great Announcement, this Perfect Way which lay hid within the souls of the Prophets, which was treasured in the hearts of the chosen ones of God and was written down by the glorious Pen of your Lord, the Possessor of Names.” Say: Die in your wrath, O malicious ones! Verily He Whose knowledge nothing escapeth hath appeared. He Who hath caused the countenance of divine knowledge to be wreathed in smiles is come. Through Him the kingdom of utterance is embellished, every receptive soul hath set his face towards the Lord of Revelations, everyone resting on his knees hath stood up, and every indolent one hath rushed forth to attain the Sinai of assurance. This is the Day that God hath ordained to be a blessing unto the righteous, a retribution for the wicked, a bounty for the faithful and a fury of His wrath for the faithless and the froward. Verily He hath been made manifest, invested by God with invincible sovereignty. He hath revealed that wherewith naught on the earth or in the heavens can compare. Fear ye the All-Merciful, O people of the Bayán, and commit not that which the followers of the Qur’án have committed—they who in the daytime and in the night season professed belief in the Faith of God, yet when the Lord of all men did appear, turned aside from Him and pronounced so cruel a sentence against Him that, on the Day of Return, the Mother Book sorely bewailed His plight. Call ye to mind and ponder upon their deeds and words, their stations and merits and the things they brought to pass when He Who conversed on Sinai unloosed His tongue, when there was a blast on the Trumpet, whereupon all that are in heaven and on earth swooned away except such as are reckoned among the letters of affirmation. O people of the Bayán! Abandon your idle fancies and vain imaginings, then with the eye of fairness look at the Dayspring of His Revelation and consider the things He hath manifested, the words He hath divinely revealed and the sufferings that have befallen Him at the hands of His enemies. He is the One Who hath willingly accepted every manner of tribulation for the proclamation of His Cause and the exaltation of His Word. At one time He suffered imprisonment in the land of Tá (Ṭihrán), at another in the land of Mím (Mázindarán), then once again in the former land, for the sake of the Cause of God, the Maker of the heavens. In His love for the Cause of God, the Almighty, the All-Bountiful, He was subjected there to chains and fetters. (edit)	Certainly, here's the translation split into smaller paragraphs for better readability: The sermon has been revealed twice, as the repeated [verses] were revealed twice. And praise be to God, who manifested the Point and detailed from it the knowledge of what was and what will be, and made it a herald of His name and a bearer of good tidings of His greatest revelation, before which the nations trembled and light shone from the horizon of the world. Indeed, it is the Point which God made the sea of light for His sincere servants, and a sphere of fire for those among His creation who turn away and the atheists among His creatures who have exchanged God's bounty for ingratitude, and the heavenly table for hypocrisy, and led their followers to the worst abode. These are servants who have displayed hypocrisy in the horizons and broken the covenant on the day when the Ancient Temple rose upon the Greatest Throne, and the caller called from the right side of the sacred valley: "O concourse of the Bayan, fear the Merciful. This is He whom Muhammad, the Messenger of God, and before Him the Spirit, and before Him the Speaker [Moses], have mentioned. And this Point of the Bayan calls out before the Throne and says: 'By God, you were created to remember this greatest news and this straightest path, which was concealed in the hearts of the prophets and stored in the breasts of the chosen ones, and written by the Supreme Pen in the tablets of your Lord, the Owner of Names.' Say: 'Die in your rage, O people of hypocrisy. He has appeared who does not miss anything from His knowledge, and has come who is the mouthpiece of recognition, and the kingdom of the Bayan has been adorned, and every one who turns to God, the Lord of religions, has come, and every one who sits has risen, and every one who crawls has hastened to the mount of certainty. This is a day which God has made a blessing for the righteous and a curse for the wicked, a mercy for those who turn [to Him] and wrath for those who deny and turn away.' Indeed, He has appeared with authority from Himself and sent down what nothing in His earth and heaven can equal. Fear the Merciful, O concourse of the Bayan, and do not commit what the people of the Furqan, who claimed faith in the nights and days, have committed. When the King of beings came, they turned away and disbelieved, until they issued a wrongful decree, lamented by the Mother of the Book in the return. Remember, then look at their deeds and sayings, their ranks and stations, and what appeared from them when the Speaker of the Mount spoke and the trumpet was blown, and everyone in the heavens and the earth was struck down, except a number of the letters of the face. O concourse of the Bayan, put away your illusions and suppositions, then look with the eye of fairness to the horizon of the manifestation and what appeared from Him and was sent down from His side and what was brought against Him by His enemies. He is the One who accepted all afflictions to manifest His cause and exalt His word. He was imprisoned once in the Ta', another time in the Mim, then in the Ta' another time for the command of God, the Creator of the heavens, and in them [He was] under chains and shackles, longing for the command of God, the Mighty, the Bounteous. (edit)
4	يَا مَلَأَ البَيَانِ هَلْ نَسِيْتُمْ وَصَايَایَ وَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْ قَلَمِی وَ نَطَقَ بِهِ لِسَانِی وَ هَلْ بَدَّلْتُمْ يَقِيْنِی بِأَوْهَامِکُم وَ سَبِيلِی بِأَهْوَائِکُم وَ هَلْ نَبَذْتُم أُصُولَ اللّهِ وَ ذِکْرَهُ وَ تَرَکْتُمْ أَحْکَامَ اللّهِ وَ أَوَامِرَهُ اتَّقَوا اللّهَ دَعُوا الظُّنُونَ لِمَظَاهِرِهَا وَ الأَوْهَامَ لِمَطَالِعِهَا وَ الشُّکُوکَ لِمَشَارِقِهَا ثُمَّ أَقْبِلُوا بِوجُوهٍ نَوْرَآءٍ وَ صُدُورٍ بَيْضَآءٍ إِلَی أُفُقٍ أَشْرَقَتْ مِنْهُ شَمْسُ الإِيْقَانِ أَمْرًا مِنْ لَدَی اللّهِ مَالِکِ الأَدْيَانِ. (edit)	O people of the Bayán! Have ye forgotten My exhortations, which My Pen hath revealed and My tongue hath uttered? Have ye bartered away My certitude in exchange for your idle fancies and My Way for your selfish desires? Have ye cast away the precepts of God and His remembrance and have ye forsaken His laws and ordinances? Fear ye God and abandon vain imaginings to the begetters thereof and leave superstitions to the devisers thereof and misgivings to the breeders thereof. Advance ye then with radiant faces and stainless hearts towards the horizon above which the Daystar of certitude shineth resplendent at the bidding of God, the Lord of Revelations. (edit)	O concourse of the Bayan, have you forgotten my admonitions and what appeared from my pen and was spoken by my tongue? Have you replaced my certainty with your illusions and my path with your desires? Have you discarded the foundations of God, His remembrance, and abandoned the laws of God and His commands? Fear God, abandon assumptions to their appearances, illusions to their sights, and doubts to their origins, then turn with luminous faces and pure hearts towards the horizon from which the sun of certainty has risen, by a command from God, the Lord of all religions. (edit)
5	الحَمْدُ للّهِ الَّذِی جَعَلَ العِصْمَةَ الکُبْرَی دِرْعًا لِهَيْکَلِ أَمْرِهِ فِی مَلَکُوتِ الإِنْشَاءِ وَ مَا قَدَّرَ لِأَحَدٍ نَصِيبًا مِنْ هَذِهِ الرُّتْبَةِ العُلْيَا وَ المَقَامِ الأَسْنَی إِنَّهَا طِرَازٌ نَسَجَتْهُ أَنَامِلُ القُدْرَةِ لِنَفْسِهِ تَعَالَی إِنَّهُ لَا يَنْبَغِی لِأَحَدٍ إِلَّا لِمَنْ اسْتَوَی عَلَی عَرْشِ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَاءُ مَنْ أَقَرَّ وَ اعْتَرَفَ بِمَا رُقِمَ فِی هَذَا الحِيْنِ مِنَ القَلَمِ الأَعْلَی إِنَّهُ مِنْ أَهْلِ التَّوْحِيْدِ وَ أَصْحَابِ التَّجْرِيدِ فِی کِتَابِ اللّهِ مَالِکِ المَبْدَءِ وَ المَآبِ. (edit)	Praise be unto God Who hath made the Most Great Infallibility the shield for the temple of His Cause in the realm of creation, and hath assigned unto no one a share of this lofty and sublime station—a station which is a vesture which the fingers of transcendent power have woven for His august Self. It befitteth no one except Him Who is seated upon the mighty throne of “He doeth what He pleaseth.” Whoso accepteth and recognizeth that which is written down at this moment by the Pen of Glory is indeed reckoned in the Book of God, the Lord of the beginning and the end, among the exponents of divine unity, they that uphold the concept of the oneness of God. (edit)	Praise be to God, who has made the greatest infallibility a shield for the temple of His cause in the kingdom of creation, and has not ordained for anyone a share of this exalted rank and supreme station. It is a tapestry woven by the fingers of power for Himself, exalted be He. It is not fitting for anyone except for him who sits upon the throne of "He does what He wills," who acknowledges and confesses what has been inscribed at this time by the Supreme Pen. Indeed, he is among the people of monotheism and the companions of abstraction in the Book of God, the Lord of the beginning and the end. (edit)
6	وَ لَمَّا بَلَغَ الکَلَام هَذَا المَقَامَ سَطَعَتْ رَائِحَةُ العِرْفَانِ وَ أَشْرَقَ نَيِّرُ التَّوْحِيدِ مِنْ أُفُقِ سَمَآءِ البَيَانِ طُوْبَی لِمَنْ اجْتَذَبَهُ النِّدَآءُ إِلَی الذِّرْوَةِ العُلْيَا وَ الغَايَةِ القُصْوَی وَ عَرَفَ مِنْ صَرِيرِ قَلَمِی الأَعْلَی مَا أَرَادَهُ رَبُّ الآخِرَةِ وَ الأُولَی إِنَّ الَّذِی مَا شَرِبَ مِنْ رَحِيْقِنَا المَخْتُومِ الَّذِی فَکَکْنَا خَتْمَهُ بِاسْمِنَا القَيُّومِ إِنَّهُ مَا فَازَ بِأَنْوَارِ التَّوْحِيدِ وَ مَا عَرَفَ المَقْصُودَ مِنْ کُتُبِ اللّهِ رَبِّ الأَرْضِ وَ السَّمَآءِ وَ مَالِکِ الآخِرَةِ وَ الأُولَی وَ کَانَ مِنَ المُشْرِکِينَ فِی کِتَابِ اللّهِ العَلَيمِ الخَبِيرِ. (edit)	When the stream of words reached this stage, the sweet savors of true knowledge were shed abroad and the daystar of divine unity shone forth above the horizon of His holy utterance. Blessed is he whom His Call hath attracted to the summit of glory, who hath drawn nigh to the ultimate Purpose, and who hath recognized through the shrill voice of My Pen of Glory that which the Lord of this world and of the next hath willed. Whoso faileth to quaff the choice wine which We have unsealed through the potency of Our Name, the All-Compelling, shall be unable to discern the splendors of the light of divine unity or to grasp the essential purpose underlying the Scriptures of God, the Lord of heaven and earth, the sovereign Ruler of this world and of the world to come. Such a man shall be accounted among the faithless in the Book of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. (edit)	And when the discourse reached this station, the fragrance of recognition wafted and the light of monotheism shone from the horizon of the sky of the Bayan. Blessed is the one who was attracted by the call to the highest apex and the utmost goal, and who understood from the rustling of my Supreme Pen what the Lord of the Last and the First intended. Indeed, he who has not drunk from our sealed nectar, whose seal we have broken with our name, the Self-Subsisting, has not attained the lights of monotheism and has not understood the purpose of the Books of God, the Lord of the Earth and the Heavens, and the Master of the Last and the First. And he shall be counted among the polytheists in the Book of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Aware. (edit)
7	يَا أَيَّهُا السَّائِل الجَلِيْل نَشْهَدُ أَنَّکَ تَمَسَّکْتَ بِالصَّبْرِ الجَمِيلِ فِی أَيَّامٍ فِيْهَا مُنِعَ القَلَمُ عَنِ الجَريَانِ وَ اللِّسَانُ عَنِ البَيَانِ فِی ذِکْرِ العِصْمَةِ الکُبْرَی وَ الآيَةِ العُظْمَی الَّتِی سَئَلْتَهَا عَنِ المَظْلُومِ لِيَکْشِفَ لَکَ قِنَاعَهَا وَ غَطَائَهَا وَ يَذْکُرَ سِرَّهَا وَ أَمْرَهَا وَ مَقَامَهَا وَ مَقَرَّهَا وَ شَأْنَهَا وَ عُلُوَّهَا وَ سُمُوَّهَا لَعَمْرُ اللّهِ لَوْ نُظْهِرَ لَئَالِئَ البُرْهَانِ المَکْنُونَةِ فِی أَصْدَافِ بَحْرِ العِلْمِ وَ الإِيْقَانِ وَ نُخْرِجُ طَلَعَاتِ المَعَانِی المَسْتُورَةِ فِی غُرَفَاتِ البَيَانِ فِی جَنَّةِ العِرْفَانِ لَتَرْتَفِعُ ضَوْضَآءُ العُلَمَآءِ مِنْ کُلِّ الجِهَاتِ وَ تَرَی حِزْبَ اللّهِ بَيْنَ أَنْيَابِ الذِّئَابِ الَّذِينَ کَفَرُوا بِاللّهِ فِی المَبْدَءِ وَ المَآبِ بِذَلِکَ أَمْسَکْنَا القَلَمَ فِی بُرْهَةٍ طَوِيْلَةٍ مِنَ الزَّمَانِ حِکْمَةً مِنْ لَدَی الرَّحْمَنِ وَ حِفْظًا لِأَوْلِيَائِی مِنَ الَّذِينَ بَدَّلُوا نِعْمَةَ اللّهِ کُفْرًا وَ أَحَلُّوا قَوْمَهُم دَارَ البَوْارِ. (edit)	O thou honored inquirer!6 We bear witness that thou didst firmly adhere unto seemly patience during the days when the Pen was held back from movement and the Tongue hesitated to set forth an explanation regarding the wondrous sign, the Most Great Infallibility. Thou hast asked this Wronged One to remove for thee its veils and coverings, to elucidate its mystery and character, its state and position, its excellence, sublimity and exaltation. By the life of God! Were We to unveil the pearls of testimony which lie hid within the shells of the ocean of knowledge and assurance or to let the beauties of divine mystery which are hidden within the chambers of utterance in the Paradise of true understanding, step out of their habitation, then from every direction violent commotion would arise among the leaders of religion and thou wouldst witness the people of God held fast in the teeth of such wolves as have denied God both in the beginning and in the end. Therefore We restrained the Pen for a considerable lapse of time in accordance with divine wisdom and for the sake of protecting the faithful from those who have bartered away heavenly blessings for disbelief and have chosen for their people the abode of perdition.7 (edit)	O noble seeker, we testify that you have clung to beautiful patience in days when the pen was prevented from flowing and the tongue from explaining in remembrance of the greatest infallibility and the supreme sign that you asked about the Oppressed One, to reveal to you its veil and covering, and to mention its secret, its command, its station, its abode, its affair, its elevation, and its sublimity. By the life of God, if we were to unveil the pearls of proof hidden in the shells of the sea of knowledge and certainty, and to bring forth the burgeoning meanings concealed in the chambers of the Bayan in the garden of recognition, the clamor of the scholars would rise from all directions, and you would see the party of God amidst the fangs of the wolves who disbelieved in God in the beginning and the end. Therefore, we restrained the pen for a long while in wisdom from the Merciful and to protect my friends from those who exchanged God's bounty for ingratitude and led their people to the abode of ruin. (edit)
8	يَا أَيُّهَا السَّائِلُ النَّاظِرُ وَ الَّذِی اجْتَذَبَ المَلَأَ الأَعْلَی بِکَلِمَتِهِ العُلْيَا إِنَّ لِطُيُورِ مَمَالِکِ مَلَکُوتِی وَ حَمَامَاتِ رِيَاضِ حِکْمَتِی تَغَرُّدَاتٍ وَ نَغَمَاتٍ مَا اطَّلَعَ عَلَيْهَا إِلَّا اللّهُ مَالِکُ المُلْکِ وَ الجَبَرُوتِ وَ لَوْ يَظْهَرُ أَقَلُّ مِنْ سَمِّ الإِبْرَةِ لِيَقُولَ الظَّالِمُونَ مَا لَا قَالَهُ الأَوَّلُونَ وَ يَرْتَکِبُونَ مَا لَا ارْتَکَبَهُ أَحَدٌ فِی الأَعْصَارِ وَ القُرُونِ قَدْ أَنْکَرُوا فَضْلَ اللّهِ وَ بُرْهَانَهُ وَ حُجَّةَ اللّهِ وَ آيَاتِهِ ضَلُّوا و أَضَلُّوا النَّاسَ وَ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ يَعْبُدُونَ الأَوْهَامَ وَ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ قَدْ اتَّخَذُوا الظُّنُونَ لِأَنْفُسِهِم أَرْبًابًا مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّهِ وَ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ نَبَذُوا البَحْرَ الأَعْظَمَ مُسْرِعِينَ إِلَی الغَدِيرِ وَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ يَتَّبِعُونَ أَهْوَائَهُم مُعْرِضِينَ عَنِ اللّهِ المُهَيمِنِ القَيُّومِ قُلْ تَاللّهِ قَدْ أَتَی الرَّحْمَنُ بِقُدْرَةٍ وَ سُلْطَانٍ وَ بِهِ ارْتَعَدَتْ فَرَائِصُ الأَدْيَانِ وَ غَنَّ عَنْدَلِيْبُ البَيَانِ عَلَی أَعْلَی غُصْنِ العِرْفَانِ قَدْ ظَهَرَ مَنْ کَانَ مَکْنُونًا فِی العِلْمِ وَ مَسْطُورًا فِی الکِتَابِ قَلْ هَذَا يَوْمٌ فِيْهِ اسْتَوَی مُکَلِّمُ الطُّورِ عَلَی عَرْشِ الظُّهُورِ وَ قَامَ النَّاسُ للّهِ رَبِّ العَالَمِينَ وَ هَذَا يَوْمٌ فِيْهِ حَدَّثَتِ الأَرْضُ أَخْبَارَهَا وَ أَظْهَرَتْ کُنُوزَهَا وَ البِحَار لَئَالِئَهَا وَ السِّدْرَةُ أَثْمَارَهَا وَ الشَّمْسُ إِشْرَاقَهَا وَ الأَقْمَارُ أَنْوَارَهَا وَ السَّمَآءُ أَنْجُمُهَا وَ السَّاعَةُ أَشْرَاطَهَا وَ القِيَمَةُ سَطْوَتَهَا وَ الأَقْلَامُ آثَارَهَا وَ الأَرْوَاح أَسْرَارَهَا طُوْبَی لِمَنْ عَرَفَهُ وَ فَازَ بِهِ وَ وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ أَنْکَرَهُ وَ أَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ فَأَسْئَلُ اللّهَ أَنْ يُؤَيِّدَ عِبَادَهُ عَلَی الرُّجُوعِ إِنَّهُ هُوَ التَّوَّابُ الغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ. (edit)	O thou seeker who art gifted with keen insight. I swear by Him Who attracted the Concourse on High through the potency of His most sublime Word! Verily, the birds abiding within the domains of My Kingdom and the doves dwelling in the rose-garden of My wisdom utter such melodies and warblings as are inscrutable to all but God, the Lord of the kingdoms of earth and heaven; and were these melodies to be revealed even to an extent smaller than a needle’s eye, the people of tyranny would utter such calumnies as none among former generations hath ever uttered, and would commit such deeds as no one in past ages and centuries hath ever committed. They have rejected the bounty of God and His proofs and have repudiated the testimony of God and His signs. They have gone astray and have caused the people to go astray, yet perceive it not. They worship vain imaginings but know it not. They have taken idle fancies for their lords and have neglected God, yet understand not. They have abandoned the most great Ocean and are hastening towards the pool, but comprehend not. They follow their own idle fancies while turning aside from God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. Say, by the righteousness of God! The All-Merciful is come invested with power and sovereignty. Through His power the foundations of religions have quaked and the Nightingale of Utterance hath warbled its melody upon the highest branch of true understanding. Verily, He Who was hidden in the knowledge of God and is mentioned in the Holy Scriptures hath appeared. Say, this is the Day when the Speaker on Sinai hath mounted the throne of Revelation and the people have stood before the Lord of the worlds. This is the Day wherein the earth hath told out her tidings and hath laid bare her treasures; when the oceans have brought forth their pearls and the divine Lote-Tree its fruit; when the Sun hath shed its radiance and the Moons have diffused their lights, and the Heavens have revealed their stars, and the Hour its signs, and the Resurrection its dreadful majesty; when the pens have unloosed their outpourings and the spirits have laid bare their mysteries. Blessed is the man who recognizeth Him and attaineth His presence, and woe betide such as deny Him and turn aside from Him. I beseech God to aid His servants to return unto Him. Verily He is the Pardoner, the Forgiving, the Merciful. (edit)	O noble questioner, discerning one, who has attracted the highest celestial assembly with his lofty words, indeed for the birds of the kingdoms of my sovereignty and the doves of the gardens of my wisdom, there are warblings and melodies known only to God, the Owner of dominion and might. If even less than a needle's eye of [this knowledge] were to appear, the unjust would say what the first ones did not say, and they would commit what none in the ages and centuries have committed. They have denied God's grace, His proof, His argument, and His signs. They are lost and mislead others, yet they are unaware. They worship illusions and do not recognize [the truth]. They have taken assumptions as their lords besides God and do not understand. They have rejected the greatest ocean, hastening to the mere pond, and do not know. They follow their desires, turning away from God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. Say: By God, the Merciful has come with power and authority, at which the religions tremble, and the nightingale of the Bayan sings on the highest branch of recognition. He who was hidden in knowledge and inscribed in the Book has appeared. Say: This is the day in which the Speaker of the Mount has established Himself on the Throne of Manifestation, and people stand for God, the Lord of the Worlds. This is the day in which the earth relates its stories, reveals its treasures, the seas their pearls, the Lote-Tree its fruits, the sun its radiance, the moons their lights, the sky its stars, the Hour its signs, the Resurrection its authority, the pens their traces, and the spirits their secrets. Blessed is he who recognized Him and succeeded in [reaching] Him, and woe to him who denied Him and turned away from Him. So I ask God to support His servants in returning, for He is indeed the Repentant, the Forgiving, the Merciful. (edit)
9	يَا أَيَّهُا المُقْبِل إِلَی الأُفُقِ الأَعْلَی وَ الشَّارِبُ رَحِيْقِی المَخْتُومَ مِنْ أَيَادِی العَطَآءِ فَاعْلَمْ لِلْعِصْمَةِ مَعَانٍ شَتَّی وَ مَقَامَاتٍ شَتَّی إِنَّ الَّذِی عَصَمَهُ اللّهُ مِنَ الزَّلَلِ يَصْدُقُ عَلَيْهِ هَذَا الاسْمِ فِی مَقَامٍ وَ کَذَلِکَ مَنْ عَصَمَهُ اللّهُ مِنَ الخَطَأِ وَ العِصْيَانِ وَ مِنَ الإِعْرَاضِ وَ الکُفْرِ وَ مِنَ الشِّرْکِ وِ أَمْثَالَهَا يُطْلَقُ عَلَی کُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ اسْمُ العِصْمَةِ وَ أَمَّا العِصْمَةُ الکُبْرَی لِمَنْ کَانَ مَقَامُهُ مُقَدَّسًا عَنِ الأَوَامِرِ وَ النَّوَاهِی وَ مُنَزَّهًا عَنِ الخَطَأِ وَ النِّسْيَانِ إِنَّهُ نُورٌ لَا تَعْقُبُهُ الظُّلْمَةُ وَ صَوَابٌ لَا يَعْتَرِيهِ الخَطَأُ لَوْ يَحْکُمُ عَلَی المَآءِ حُکْمَ الخَمْرِ وَ عَلَی السَّمَآءِ حُکْمَ الأَرْضِ وَ عَلَی النُّورِ حُکْمَ النَّارِ حَقٌّ لَا رَيْبَ فِيْهِ وَ لَيْسَ لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَعْتَرِضَ عَلَيْهِ أَوْ يَقْول لِمَ وَ بِمَ وَ الّذِی اعْتَرَضَ إِنَّهُ مِنَ المُعْرِضِينَ فِی کِتَابِ اللّهِ رَبِّ العَالَمِينَ إِنَّهُ لَا يُسْئَلُ عَمَّا يَفْعَلُ وَ کُلٌّ عَنْ کُلٍّ يُسْئَلُونَ إِنَّهُ أَتَی مِنْ سَمَآءِ الغَيْبِ وَ مَعَهُ رَايَةُ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَاءُ وَ جُنُودُ القُدْرَةِ وَ الاخْتِيَارِ وَ لِدُوْنِهِ أَنْ يَتَمَسَّکَ بِمَا أُمِرَ بِهِ مِنَ الشَّرَائِعِ وَ الأَحْكَامِ لَوْ يَتَجَاوَزُ عَنْهَا عَلَی قَدْرِ شَعْرَةً وَاحِدَةٍ لَيَحْبِطُ عَمَلَهُ انْظُرْ ثُمَّ اذْکُرْ إِذْ أَتَی مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللّهِ قَالَ وَ قَوْلُهُ الحَقُّ ﴿ وَ للّهِ عَلَی النَّاسِ حِجُّ البَيْتِ ﴾ وَ کَذَلِکَ الصَّلَوةُ وَ الصَّومُ وَ الأَحْکَامُ الَّتِی أَشْرَقَتْ مِنْ أُفُقِ کِتَابِ اللّهِ مَوْلَی العَالَمِ وَ مُرَبِّی الأُمَمِ لِلْکُلِّ أَنْ يَتَّبِعُوهُ فِيْمَا حَکَمَ بِهِ اللّهُ وَ الَّذِی أَنْکَرَهُ کَفَرَ بِاللّهِ وَ آيَاتِهِ وَ رُسُلِهِ وَ کُتُبِهِ إِنَّهُ لَوْ يَحْکُمُ عَلَی الصَّوَابِ حُکْمَ الخَطَأِ وَ عَلَی الکُفْرِ حُکْمَ الإِيْمَانِ حَقٌّ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ هَذَا مَقَامٌ لَا يُذْکَرُ وَ لَا يُوْجَدُ فِيْهِ الخَطَأُ وَ العِصْيَانُ انْظُرْ فِی الآيَةِ المُبَارَکَةِ المُنْزَلَةِ الَّتِی وَجَبَ بِهَا حِجُّ البَيْتِ عَلَی الکُلِّ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ قَامُوا بَعْدَهُ عَلَی الأَمْرِ وَجَبَ عَلَيْهِم أَنْ يَعْمَلُوا مَا أُمِرُوْا بِهِ فِی الکِتَابِ لَيْسَ لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَتَجَاوَزَ عَنْ حُدُودِ اللّهِ وَ سُنَنِهِ وَ الَّذِی تَجَاوَزَ إِنَّهُ مِنَ الخَاطِئِينَ فِی کِتَابِ اللّهِ رَبِّ العَرْشِ العَظِيمِ. (edit)	O thou who hast set thy face towards the Realm on High and hast quaffed My sealed wine from the hand of bounteousness! Know thou that the term “Infallibility” hath numerous meanings and divers stations. In one sense it is applicable to the One Whom God hath made immune from error. Similarly it is applied to every soul whom God hath guarded against sin, transgression, rebellion, impiety, disbelief and the like. However, the Most Great Infallibility is confined to the One Whose station is immeasurably exalted beyond ordinances or prohibitions and is sanctified from errors and omissions. Indeed He is a Light which is not followed by darkness and a Truth not overtaken by error. Were He to pronounce water to be wine or heaven to be earth or light to be fire, He speaketh the truth and no doubt would there be about it; and unto no one is given the right to question His authority or to say why or wherefore. Whosoever raiseth objections will be numbered with the froward in the Book of God, the Lord of the worlds. “Verily He shall not be asked of His doings but all others shall be asked of their doings.”8 He is come from the invisible heaven, bearing the banner “He doeth whatsoever He willeth” and is accompanied by hosts of power and authority while it is the duty of all besides Him to strictly observe whatever laws and ordinances have been enjoined upon them, and should anyone deviate therefrom, even to the extent of a hair’s breadth, his work would be brought to naught. Consider thou and call to mind the time when Muḥammad appeared. He said, and His word is the truth: “Pilgrimage to the House9 is a service due to God.”10 And likewise are the daily prayer, fasting, and the laws which shone forth above the horizon of the Book of God, the Lord of the World and the true Educator of the peoples and kindreds of the earth. It is incumbent upon everyone to obey Him in whatsoever God hath ordained; and whosoever denieth Him hath disbelieved in God, in His verses, in His Messengers and in His Books. Were He to pronounce right to be wrong or denial to be belief, He speaketh the truth as bidden by God. This is a station wherein sins or trespasses neither exist nor are mentioned. Consider thou the blessed, the divinely revealed verse in which pilgrimage to the House is enjoined upon everyone. It devolved upon those invested with authority after Him11 to observe whatever had been prescribed unto them in the Book. Unto no one is given the right to deviate from the laws and ordinances of God. Whoso deviateth therefrom is reckoned with the trespassers in the Book of God, the Lord of the Mighty Throne. (edit)	O you who turns towards the highest horizon and drinks from my sealed nectar, dispensed by the hands of generosity, know that infallibility has various meanings and stations. He whom God has protected from error bears this name in one station, and likewise, those whom God has protected from mistakes, disobedience, turning away, disbelief, polytheism, and the like, are each referred to by the name of infallibility. As for the greatest infallibility, it is for him whose station is sanctified from commands and prohibitions, and purified from error and forgetfulness. He is a light that no darkness follows, and accuracy that no error touches. Even if he decrees upon water the ruling of wine, upon the sky the ruling of earth, and upon light the ruling of fire, it is truth without doubt, and no one has the right to object or question why or how. Those who object are indeed among those who turn away in the Book of God, Lord of the Worlds. He is not questioned about what He does, but they are all questioned. He has come from the heaven of the unseen, with the banner of "He does what He wills," and the armies of power and choice. It is incumbent upon those below him to adhere to the laws and commandments they have been given. If they deviate from them even by a hair's breadth, their deeds are nullified. Observe, then remember, when Muhammad, the Messenger of God, came, he said, and his saying is the truth: "And [due] to God from the people is a pilgrimage to the House." Likewise are prayers, fasting, and the rulings that shone from the horizon of the Book of God, Lord of the World, and the Educator of Nations. Everyone must follow what God has decreed, and he who denies it disbelieves in God, His signs, His messengers, and His books. Even if he decrees correctness as error, and disbelief as faith, it is the truth from Him. This is a station where error and disobedience are not mentioned and do not occur. Look at the blessed, revealed verse that made pilgrimage to the House obligatory for everyone. Those who stood after Him in command are obliged to act according to what they were commanded in the Book. No one may transgress the limits of God and His traditions. He who transgresses is among the erring in the Book of God, Lord of the Great Throne. (edit)
10	يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاظِرُ إِلَی أُفٌقِ الأَمْرِ اعْلَمْ إِرَادَةَ اللّهِ لَمْ تَکُنْ مَحْدُودَةً بِحُدُودِ العِبَادِ إِنَّهُ لَا يَمْشِی عَلَی طُرُقِهِم لِلْکُلِّ أَنْ يَتَمَسَّکُوا بِصِرَاطِهِ المُسْتَقِيمِ إِنَّهُ لَوْ يَحْکُمُ عَلَی اليَمِينِ حُکْمَ اليَسَارِ أَوْ عَلَی الجَنُوبِ حُکْمَ الشَّمَالِ حَقٌّ لَا رَيْبَ فِيْهِ إِنَّهُ مَحْمُودٌ فِی فِعْلِهِ وَ مُطَاعٌ فِی أَمْرِهِ لَيْسَ لَهُ شَرِيکٌ فِی حُکْمِهِ وَ لَا مُعِينٌ فِی سُلْطَانِهِ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَاءُ وَ يَحْکُمُ مَا يُرِيدُ ثُمَّ اعْلَمْ مَا سِوَيهُ مَخْلُوقٌ بِکَلِمَةٍ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ حَرَکَةٌ وَ لَا سُکُونٌ إِلَّا بِأَمْرِهِ وَ إِذْنِهِ. (edit)	O thou who hast fixed thy gaze upon the Dawning-Place of the Cause of God! Know thou for a certainty that the Will of God is not limited by the standards of the people, and God doth not tread in their ways. Rather is it incumbent upon everyone to firmly adhere to God’s straight Path. Were He to pronounce the right to be the left or the south to be the north, He speaketh the truth and there is no doubt of it. Verily He is to be praised in His acts and to be obeyed in His behests. He hath no associate in His judgment nor any helper in His sovereignty. He doeth whatsoever He willeth and ordaineth whatsoever He pleaseth. Know thou moreover that all else besides Him have been created through the potency of a word from His presence, while of themselves they have no motion nor stillness, except at His bidding and by His leave. (edit)	O observer looking towards the horizon of the Command, know that the will of God is not limited by the confines of His servants. He does not walk upon their paths. Everyone should adhere to His straight path. Indeed, if He were to rule that the right is like the left, or the south like the north, it would be true without doubt. He is praiseworthy in His actions and obeyed in His command. He has no partner in His rule and no assistant in His sovereignty. He does what He wishes and rules as He desires. Then know that all others are created by His command, a word from Him. They have neither movement nor stillness except by His command and permission. (edit)
11	يَا أَيُّهَا الطَّائِرُ فِی هَوَآءِ المَحَبَّةِ وَ الوِدَادِ وَ النَّاظِرُ إِلَی أَنْوَارِ وَجْهِ رَبِّکَ مَالِکِ الإِيْجَادِ اشْکُرِ اللّهَ بِمَا کَشَفَ لَکَ مَا کَانَ مَکْنُونًا مَسْتُورًا فِی العِلْمِ لِيَعْلَمَ الکُلُّ أَنَّهُ مَا اتَّخَذَ لِنَفْسِهِ فِی العِصْمَةِ الکُبْرَی شَرِيکًا وَ لَا وَزِيرًا إِنَّهُ هُوَ مَطْلَعُ الأَوَامِرِ وَ الأَحْکَامِ وَ مَصْدَرُ العِلْمِ وَ العِرْفَانِ وَ مَا سِوَيهُ مَأْمُورٌ مَحْکُومٌ وَ هُوَ الحَاکِمُ الآمِرُ العَلِيمُ الخَبِيرُ (edit)	O thou who soarest in the atmosphere of love and fellowship and hast fixed thy gaze upon the light of the countenance of thy Lord, the King of creation! Render thanks unto God, inasmuch as He hath unraveled for thee that which was hidden and enshrined in His knowledge so that everyone may become aware that within His realm of supreme infallibility He hath not taken a partner nor a counselor unto Himself. He is in truth the Dayspring of divine precepts and commandments and the Fountainhead of knowledge and wisdom, while all else besides Him are but His subjects and under His rule, and He is the supreme Ruler, the Ordainer, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. (edit)	O bird soaring in the air of love and affection, and observer gazing upon the lights of the face of your Lord, the Creator of existence, give thanks to God for unveiling to you what was concealed and hidden in knowledge, so that everyone may know that He has taken no partner nor minister for Himself in the greatest infallibility. He is the Source of commands and decrees, the Origin of knowledge and recognition. All others are commanded and governed, while He is the Ruler, the Commander, the All-Knowing, the All-Aware. (edit)
12	إِنَّکَ إِذَا اجْتَذَبْتَکَ نَفَحَاتُ آيَاتِ الظُّهُورِ وَ أَخَذَکَ الکَوْثَرُ الطَّهُورُ مِنْ أَيَادِی عَطَآءِ رَبِّکَ مَالِکِ يَوْمِ النُّشُورِ قُلْ إِلَهِی إِلَهِی لَکَ الحَمْدُ بِمَا دَلَلْتَنِی إِلَيْکَ وَ هَدَيْتَنِی إِلَی أُفُقِکَ وَ أَوْضَحْتَ لِی سَبِيلَکَ وَ أَظْهَرْتَ لِی دَلِيْلَکَ وَ جَعَلْتَنِی مُقْبِلاً إِلَيْکَ إِذْ أَعْرَضَ عَنْکَ أَکْثَرُ عِبَادِکَ مِنَ العُلَمَآءِ وَ الفُقَهَآءِ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوهُم مِنْ دُوْنِ بَيِّنَةٍ مِنْ عِنْدِکَ وَ بُرْهَانٍ مِنْ لَدُنْکَ لَکَ الفَضْلُ يِا إِلَهَ الأَسْمَآءِ وَ لَکَ الثَّنَاءُ يَا فَاطِرَ السَّمَآءِ بِمَا سَقَيْتَنِی رَحِيْقَکَ المَخْتُومِ بِاسْمِکَ القَيُّومِ وَ قَرَّبْتَنِی إِلَيْکَ وَ عَرَّفْتَنِی مَشْرِقَ بَيَانِکَ وَ مَطْلَعَ آيَاتِکَ وَ مَصْدَرَ أَوْامِرِکَ وَ أَحْکَامِکَ وَ مَنْبَعَ حِکْمَتِکَ وَ أَلْطَافِکَ طُوْبَی لِأَرْضٍ فَازَتْ بِقُدُوْمِکَ وَ اسْتَقَرَّ عَلَيْهَا عَرْشُ عَظَمَتِکَ وَ تَضَوَّعَ فِيْهَا عَرْفُ قَمِيْصِکَ وَ عِزَّتِکَ وَ سُلْطَانِکَ وَ قُدْرَتِکَ وَ إِقْتِدَارِکَ لَا أَحِبُّ البَصَرَ إِلَّا لِمُشَاهَدَةِ جَمَالِکَ وَ لَا أُرِيْدُ السَّمَعَ إِلَّا لِإِصْغَاءِ نِدَائِکَ وَ آيَاتِکَ (edit)	As to thyself, whenever thou art enraptured by the vitalizing breaths of the revealed verses and art carried away by the pure, life-giving water proffered by the hand of the bounty of thy Lord, the sovereign Ruler of the Day of Resurrection, lift up thy voice and say: O my God! O my God! I yield Thee thanks that Thou hast directed me towards Thyself, hast guided me unto Thy horizon, hast clearly set forth for me Thy Path, hast revealed to me Thy testimony and enabled me to set my face towards Thee, while most of the doctors and divines among Thy servants together with such as follow them have, without the least proof or evidence from Thee, turned away from Thee. Blessing be unto Thee, O Lord of Names, and glory be unto Thee, O Creator of the heavens, inasmuch as Thou hast, through the power of Thy Name, the Self-Subsisting, given me to drink of Thy sealed wine, hast caused me to draw nigh unto Thee and hast enabled me to recognize the Dayspring of Thine utterance, the Manifestation of Thy signs, the Fountainhead of Thy laws and commandments and the Source of Thy wisdom and bestowals. Blessed is the land that hath been ennobled by Thy footsteps, wherein the throne of Thy sovereignty is established and the fragrance of Thy raiment is diffused. By Thy glory and majesty, by Thy might and power, I desire not my sight save to behold Thy beauty, nor my hearing save to hearken to Thy call and Thy verses. (edit)	When the breezes of the verses of manifestation draw you, and the pure Kauthar from the hands of your Lord's generosity, the Master of the Day of Resurrection, embraces you, say: "My God, my God, to You be the praise for guiding me towards You, leading me to Your horizon, clarifying Your path for me, revealing Your sign to me, making me turn to You when most of Your servants among the scholars and jurists turned away, followed by those who followed them without clear evidence from You or a proof from Your side. Yours is the grace, O God of Names, and Yours is the praise, O Creator of the heavens, for quenching my thirst with Your sealed nectar bearing Your name, the Self-Subsisting, for drawing me near to You, making me recognize the dawning place of Your revelation, the source of Your verses, Your commands, Your decrees, the fountain of Your wisdom, and Your subtleties. Blessed is the land that has been graced with Your arrival, upon which Your throne of greatness has been established, where the fragrance of Your shirt, Your might, Your sovereignty, Your power, and Your authority has been diffused. I do not desire sight except to behold Your beauty, nor do I wish to hear except to listen to Your call and Your verses." (edit)
13	ارْتَکَبَ فِی أَيَّامِکَ بَحَيْثُ نَقَضَ عَهْدَکَ وَ مِيْثَاقَکَ وَ أَنْکَرَ آيَاتِکَ وَ قَامَ عَلَی الإِعْرَاضِ وَ ارْتَکَبَ مَا نَاحَ بِهِ سُکَّانُ مَلَکُوتِکَ فَلَمَّا خَابَ فِی نَفْسِهِ وَ وَجَدَ رَائِحَةَ الخُسْرَانِ صَاحَ وَ قَالَ مَا تَحَيَّرَ بِهِ المُقَرَّبُونَ مِنْ أَصْفِيَائِکَ وَ أَهْلِ خِبَاءِ مَجْدِکَ تَرَانِی يَا إِلَهِی کَالحُوتِ المُتَبَلْبِلِ عَلَی التُّرَابِ أَغِثْنِی ثُمَّ ارْحَمْنِی يَا مُسْتَغَاثُ وَ يَا مَنْ فِی قَبْضَتِکَ زِمَامُ النَّاسِ مِنَ الذُّکُورِ وَ الإِنَاثِ کُلَّمَا أَتَفَکَّرُ فِی جَرِيرَاتِیَ العُظْمَی وَ خَطِيئَاتِیَ الکُبْرَی يَأْخُذُنِی اليَأْسُ مِنْ کُلِّ الجِهَاتِ وَ کُلَّمَا أَتَفَکَّرُ فِی بَحْرِ عَطَائِکَ وَ سَمَآءِ جُوْدِکَ وَ شَمْسِ فَضْلِکَ أَجِدُ عَرْفَ الرَّجَاءِ مِنَ اليَمِينِ وَ اليَسَارِ وَ الجُنُوبِ وَ الشِّمَالِ کَأَنَّ الأَشْيَاءَ کُلَّهَا تُبَشِّرُنِی بِأَمْطَارِ سَحَابِ سَمَآءِ رَحْمَتِکَ وَ عِزَّتِکَ يَا سَنَدَ المُخْلِصِينَ وَ مُقْصُودَ المُقَرَّبِينَ شَجَّعَتْنِی مَوَاهِبُکَ وَ أَلْطَافُکَ وَ ظُهُورَاتُ فَضْلِکَ وَ عِنَايَتِکَ وَ إِلَّا مَا لِلْمَفْقُودِ أَنْ يَذْکُرَ مَنْ أَظْهَرَ الوُجُودَ بِکَلِمَةٍ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ وَ مَا لِلْمَعْدُومِ أَنْ يَصِفَ مَنْ ثَبَتَ بِالبُرْهَانِ أَنَّهُ لَا يُوْصَفُ بِالأَوْصَافِ وَ لَا يُذْکَرُ بِالأَذْکَارِ لَمْ يَزَلْ کَانَ مُقَدَّسًا عَنْ إِدْرَاکِ خَلْقِهِ وِ مُنَزَّهًا عَنْ عِرْفَانِ عِبَادِهِ أَیْ رَبَّ تَرَی المَيِّتَ أَمَامَ وَجْهِکَ لَا تَجْعَلْهُ مَحْرُومًا مِنْ کَأْسِ الحَيَوَانِ بِجُودِکَ وَ کَرَمِکَ وَ العَلِيْلَ تِلْقَآءَ عَرْشِکَ لَا تَمْنَعْهُ عَنْ بَحْرِ شِفَائِکَ أَسْئَلُکَ أَنْ تُؤَيِّدَنِی فِی کُلِّ الأَحْوَالِ عَلَی ذِکْرِکَ وَ ثَنَائِکَ وَ خِدْمَةِ أَمْرِکَ بَعْدَ عِلْمِی بِأَنَّ مَا يَظْهَرُ مِنَ العَبْدِ مَحْدُودٌ بِحُدُودِ نَفْسِهِ وَ لَا يَلِيْقُ لِحَضْرَتِکَ وَ لَا يَنْبَغِی لِبِسَاطِ عِزِّکَ وَ عَظَمَتِکَ وَ عِزَّتِکَ لَوْ لَا ثَنَائُکَ لَا يَنْفَعُنِی لِسَانِی وَ لَوْ لَا خِدْمَتُکَ لَا يَنْفَعُنِی وُجُودِی وَ لَا أَحِبُّ البَصَرَ إِلَّا لِمُشَاهَدَةِ أَنْوَارِ أُفُقِکَ الأَعْلَی وَ لَا أُرِيدُ السَّمَعَ إِلَّا لِإِصْغَآءِ نِدَائِکَ الأَحْلَی آهٍ آهٍ لَمْ أَدْرِ يَا إِلَهِی وَ سَنَدِی وَ رَجَائِی هَلْ قَدَّرْتَ لِی مَا تَقِرُّ بِهِ عَيْنِی وَ يَنْشَرِحُ بِهِ صَدْرِی وَ يَفْرَحُ بِهِ قَلْبِی أَو قَضَائُکَ المُبْرَمُ مَنَعَنِی عَنِ الحُضُورِ أَمَامَ عَرْشِکَ يَا مَالِکَ القِدَمِ وَ سُلْطَانَ الأُمَمِ وَ عِزَّتِکَ وَ سُلْطَانِکَ وَ عَظَمَتِکَ وَ إِقْتِدَارِکَ قَدْ أَمَاتَتْنِی ظُلْمَةُ البُعْدِ أَيْنَ نُورُ قُرْبِکَ يَا مَقْصُودَ العَارِفِينَ وَ أَهْلَکَتَنِی سَطْوَةُ الهَجْرِ أَيْنَ ضِيَآءُ وَصْالِکَ يَا مَحْبُوبَ المُخْلِصِينَ تَرَی يَا إِلَهِی مَا وَرَدَ عَلَيَّ فِی سَبِيلِکَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ أَنْکَرُوا حَقَّکَ وَ نَقَضُوا مِيْثَاقَکَ وَ جَادَلُوا بِايَاتِکَ وَ کَفَرُوا بِنِعْمَتِکَ بَعْدَ ظُهُورِهَا وَ کَلِمَتِکَ بَعْدَ إِنْزَالِهَا وَ بِحُجَّتِکَ بَعْدَ إِکْمَالِهَا أَیْ رَبِّ يَشْهَدُ لِسَانُ لِسَانِی وَ قَلْبُ قَلْبِی وَ رُوْحُ رُوْحِی وَ ظَاهِرِی وَ بَاطِنِی بِوَحْدَانِيَّتِکَ وَ فَرْدَانِيَّتِکَ وَ بِقُدْرَتِکَ وَ إِقْتِدَارِکَ وَ عَظَمَتِکَ وَ سُلْطَانِکَ وَ بِعِزَّتِکَ وَ رِفْعَتِکَ وَ اخْتِيَارِکَ وَ بِأَنَّکَ أَنْتَ اللّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ لَمْ تَزَلْ کُنْتَ کَنْزًا مَخْفِيًّا عَنِ الأَبْصَارِ وَ الإِدْرَاکِ وَ لَا تَزَالُ تَکُونُ بِمِثْلِ مَا کُنْتَ فِی أَزَلِ الآزَالِ لَا تُضْعِفُکَ قُوَّةُ العَالَمِ وَ لَا يُخَوِّفُکَ اقْتِدَارُ الأُمَمِ أَنْتَ الَّذِی فَتَحْتَ بَابَ العِلْمِ عَلَی وَجْهِ عِبَادِکَ لِعِرْفَانِ مَشْرِقِ وَحْيِکَ وَ مَطْلَعِ آيَاتِکَ وَ سَمَآءِ ظُهُورِکَ وَ شَمْسِ جَمَالِکَ وَ وَعَدْتَ مَنْ عَلَی الأَرْضِ فِی کُتُبِکَ وَ زُبُرِکَ وَ صُحُفِکَ بِظُهُورِ نَفْسِکَ وَ کَشْفِ سُبُحَاتِ الجَلَالِ عَنْ وَجْهِکَ کَمَا أَخْبَرْتَ بِهِ حَبِيْبَکَ الَّذِی بِهِ أَشْرَقَ نَيِّرُ الأَمْرِ مِنْ أُفُقِ الحِجَازِ وَ سَطَعَ نُورُ الحَقِيْقَةِ بَيْنَ العِبَادِ بِقُولِکَ ﴿ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ العَالَمِينَ ﴾ وَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ بَشَّرْتَ الکَلِيمَ ﴿ أَنْ أَخْرِجْ قَوْمِكَ مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ إِلَی النُّورِ وَ ذَکِّرْهُم بِأَيَّامِ اللّهِ ﴾ وَ أَخْبَرْتَ بِهِ الرُّوْحَ وَ أَنْبِيَائَکَ وَ رُسُلَکَ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَ مِنْ بَعْدُ لَوْ يَظْهَرُ مِنْ خَزَائِنِ قَلَمِکَ الأَعْلَی مَا أَنْزَلْتَهُ فِی ذِکْرِ هَذَا الذِّکْرِ الأَعْظَمِ وَ نَبَأِکَ العَظِيمِ لَيَنْصَعِقُ أَهْلُ مَدَائِنِ العِلْمِ وَ العِرْفَانِ إِلَّا مَنْ أَنْقَذْتَهُ بِاقْتِدَارِکَ وَ حَفَظْتَهُ بِجُودِکَ وَ فَضْلِکَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّکَ وَفَيْتَ بِعَهْدِکَ وَ أَظْهَرْتَ الَّذِی بَشَّرْتَ بِظُهُورِهِ أَنْبِيَآئُکَ وَ أَصْفِيَآئُکَ وَ عِبَادُکَ وَ إِنَّهُ أَتَی مِنْ أُفُقِ العِزِّةِ وَ الإِقْتِدَارِ بِرَايَاتِ آيَاتِکَ وَ أَعْلَامِ بَيِّنَاتِکَ وَ قَامَ أَمَامَ الوُجُوهِ بِقُوَّتِکَ وَ قُدْرَتِکَ وَ دَعَا الکُلَّ إِلَی الذِّرْوَةِ العُلْيَا وَ الأُفُقِ الأَعْلَی بَحَيْثُ مَا مَنَعَهُ ظُلْمُ العُلَمَآءِ وَ سَطْوَةُ الأُمَرَآءِ قَامَ بِالإِسْتِقَامَةِ الکُبْرَی وَ نَطَقَ بِأَعْلَی النِّدَاءِ قَدْ أَتَی الوَهَّابُ رَاکِبًا عَلَی السَّحَابِ أَقْبِلُوا يَا أَهْلَ الأَرْضِ بِوُجُوهٍ بَيْضَاءٍ وُ قُلُوبٍ نَوْرَآءَ طُوْبَی لِمَنْ فَازَ بِلِقَائِکَ وَ شَرِبَ رَحِيْقَ الوِصَالِ مِنْ أَيَادِی عَطَائِکَ وَ وَجَدَ عَرْفَ آيَاتِکَ وَ نَطَقَ بِثَنَائِکَ وَ طَارَ فِی هَوَائِکَ وَ أَخَذَهُ جِذْبُ بَيَانِکَ وَ أَدْخَلَهُ فِی الفِرْدَوْسِ الأَعْلَی مَقَامَ المُکَاشَفَةِ وَ المُشَاهَدَةِ أَمَامَ عَرْشِ عَظَمَتِکَ أَیْ رَبِّ أَسْئَلُکَ بِالعِصْمَةِ الکُبْرَی الَّتِی جَعَلْتَهَا أُفُقًا لِظُهُورِکَ وَ بِکَلِمَتِکَ العُلْيَا الَّتِی بَهَا خَلَقْتَ الخَلْقَ وَ أَظْهَرْتَ الأَمْرَ وَ بِهَذَا الاسْمِ الَّذِی بِهِ نَاحَتِ الأَسْمَآءُ وَ ارْتَعَدَتْ فَرَائِصُ العُرَفَاءِ أَنْ تَجْعَلَنِی مُنْقَطِعًا عَنْ دُوْنِکَ بَحَيْثُ لَا أَتَحَرَّکُ إِلَّا بِإِرَادَتِکَ وَ لَا أَتَکَلَّمُ إِلَّا بِمَشِيَّتِکَ وَ لَا أَسْمَعُ إِلَّا ذِکْرَکَ وَ ثَنَائَکَ لَکَ الحَمْدُ يَا إِلَهِی وَ لَکَ الشُّکْرُ يَا رَجَائِی بِمَا أَوْضَحْتَ لِی صِرَاطَکَ المُسْتَقِيمِ وَ أَظْهَرْتَ لِی نَبَأَکَ العَظِيمِ وَ أَيَّدْتَنِی عَلَی الإِقْبَالِ إِلَی مَشْرِقِ وَحْيِکَ وَ مَصْدَرِ أَمْرِکَ بَعْدَ إِعْرَاضِ عِبَادِکَ وَ خَلْقِکَ أَسْئَلُکَ يَا مَالِکَ مَلَکُوتِ البَقَآءِ بِصَرِيرِ قَلَمِکَ الأَعْلَی وَ بِالنَّارِ المُشْتَعِلَةِ النَّاطِقَةِ فِی شَجْرَةِ الخَضْرَآءِ وَ بِالسَّفِيْنَةِ الَّتِی جَعَلْتَهَا مَخْصُوصَةً لِأَهْلِ البَهَآءِ أَنْ تَجْعَلَنِی مُسْتَقِيمًا عَلَی حُبِّکَ وَ رَاضِيًا بِمَا قَدَّرْتَ لِی فِی کِتَابِکَ وَ قَائِمًا عَلَی خِدْمَتِکَ وَ خِدْمَةِ أَوْلِيَائِکَ ثُمَّ أَيِّدْ عِبَادَکَ يَا إِلَهِی عَلَی مَا يَرْتَفِعُ بِهِ أَمْرُکَ وَ عَلَی عَمَلِ مَا أَنْزَلْتَهُ فِی کِتَابِکَ إِنَّکَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ المُهَيمِنُ عَلَی مَا تَشَآءُ وَ فِی قَبْضَتِکَ زِمَامُ الأَشْيَاءِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ العَلِيمُ الحَکِيمُ. (edit)	O my God! O my God! Debar not the eyes from that for which Thou hast created them, nor the faces from turning to Thy horizon, or from paying homage at the portals of Thy majesty, or from appearing in the presence of Thy throne, or from bowing down before the splendors of the Daystar of Thy bounty. I am the one, O Lord, whose heart and soul, whose limbs, whose inner and outer tongue testify to Thy unity and Thy oneness, and bear witness that Thou art God and that there is no God but Thee. Thou didst bring mankind into being to know Thee and to serve Thy Cause, that their station might thereby be elevated upon Thine earth and their souls be uplifted by virtue of the things Thou hast revealed in Thy Scriptures, Thy Books and Thy Tablets. Yet no sooner didst Thou manifest Thyself and reveal Thy signs than they turned away from Thee and repudiated Thee and rejected that which Thou didst unveil before their eyes through the potency of Thy might and Thy power. They rose up to inflict harm upon Thee, to extinguish Thy light and to put out the flame that blazeth in Thy Burning Bush. Their iniquity waxed so grievous that they conspired to shed Thy blood and to violate Thy honor. And likewise acted he12 whom Thou hadst nurtured with the hand of Thy loving-kindness, hadst protected from the mischief of the rebellious among Thy creatures and the froward amidst Thy servants, and whom Thou hadst set the task of writing Thy holy verses before Thy throne. Alas! Alas! for the things he perpetrated in Thy days to such an extent that he violated Thy Covenant and Thy Testament, rejected Thy holy Writ, rose up in rebellion and committed that which caused the denizens of Thy Kingdom to lament. Then no sooner had he found his hopes shattered and had perceived the odor of utter failure than he raised his voice and gave tongue to that which caused Thy chosen ones, who are nigh unto Thee, and the inmates of the pavilion of glory, to be lost in bewilderment. Thou seest me, O my God, writhing in anguish upon the dust, like unto a fish. Deliver me, have mercy upon me, O Thou Whose aid is invoked by all men, O Thou within Whose grasp lie the reins of power over all men and women. Whenever I ponder my grievous shortcomings and my great trespasses, despair assaileth me from every direction, and whenever I pause to meditate upon the ocean of Thy bounteousness and the heaven of Thy grace and the daystar of Thy tender compassion, I inhale the fragrance of hope diffused from right and left, from north and south, as if every created thing imparteth unto me the joyous tidings that the clouds of the heaven of Thy mercy will pour down their rain upon me. By Thy might, O Thou Who art the Mainstay of the sincere ones and the Desire of them that enjoy near access unto Thee! Thy manifold favors and blessings and the revelations of Thy grace and loving-kindness have truly emboldened me. How, otherwise, can utter nothingness magnify the Name of Him Who hath, by a word, brought creation into being, and how can an evanescent creature extol Him Who hath demonstrated that no description can ever express Him and no word of praise magnify His glory? He hath from everlasting been immeasurably exalted above the understanding of His creatures and sanctified from the conceptions of His servants. O Lord! Thou beholdest this lifeless one before Thy face; suffer him, through Thy generosity and bountiful favor, not to be deprived of the chalice of immortal life. And Thou seest this afflicted one standing before Thy throne; turn him not away from the ocean of Thy healing. I entreat Thee to enable me at all times and under all conditions to remember Thee, to magnify Thy Name and to serve Thy Cause, though I am well aware that whatever proceedeth from a servant cannot transcend the limitations of his soul, nor beseem Thy Lordship, nor be worthy of the court of Thy glory and Thy Majesty. Thy might beareth me witness! Were it not to celebrate Thy praise, my tongue would be of no use to me, and were it not for the sake of rendering service to Thee, my existence would avail me not. But for the pleasure of beholding the splendors of Thy realm of glory, why should I cherish sight? And but for the joy of giving ear to Thy most sweet voice, of what use is hearing? Alas! Alas! I know not, O my God, my Mainstay, my heart’s Desire, whether Thou hast ordained for me that which shall bring solace to mine eyes, gladden my bosom and rejoice my heart, or whether Thine irrevocable decree, O King of eternity and the sovereign Lord of all nations, will debar me from presenting myself before Thy throne. I swear by Thy glory and majesty and by Thy dominion and power, the darkness of my remoteness from Thee hath destroyed me. What hath become of the light of Thy nearness, O Desire of every understanding heart? The tormenting agony of separation from Thee hath consumed me. Where is the effulgent light of Thy reunion, O Well-Beloved of such as are wholly devoted to Thee? Thou seest, O my God, what hath befallen me in Thy Path at the hand of those who have denied Thy Truth, have violated Thy Covenant, caviled at Thy signs, rejected the blessings Thou didst vouchsafe, disbelieved the verses Thou didst send down and have refused to acknowledge the testimony Thou didst fulfill. O Lord! The tongue of my tongue and the heart of my heart and the spirit of my spirit and my outward and inmost beings bear witness to Thy unity and Thy oneness, Thy power and Thine omnipotence, Thy grandeur and Thy sovereignty, and attest Thy glory, loftiness and authority. I testify that Thou art God and that there is none other God besides Thee. From everlasting Thou hast been a treasure hidden from the sight and minds of men and shalt continue to remain the same for ever and ever. The powers of earth can never frustrate Thee, nor can the might of the nations alarm Thee. Thou art the One Who hath unlocked the door of knowledge before the faces of Thy servants that they may recognize Him Who is the Daystar of Thy Revelation, the Dawning-Place of Thy signs, the Heaven of Thy manifestation and the Sun of Thy divine beauty. In Thy holy Books, in Thy Scriptures and Thy Scrolls Thou hast promised all the peoples of the world that Thou Thyself shalt appear and shalt remove the veils of glory from Thy face, even as Thou didst announce in Thy words unto Thy Friend13 through Whom the Daystar of Revelation shone brightly above the horizon of Ḥijáz, and the dawning light of divine Truth shed its radiance among all men, proclaiming: “The Day when mankind shall stand before the Lord of the worlds.”14 And before Muḥammad Thou didst impart this glad-tiding unto Him Who conversed with Thee,15 saying: “Bring forth thy people from the darkness into the light and remind them of the days of God.”16 Moreover Thou didst proclaim this truth unto the Spirit17 and unto Thy Prophets and Thy Messengers, whether of the remote or more recent past. If all that which Thou hast sent down in glorification of this Most Great Remembrance, this Great Announcement, were to stream forth from the wellspring of Thy most august Pen, the inmates of the cities of knowledge and understanding would be dumbfounded, except such as Thou wouldst deliver through the potency of Thy might and wouldst protect as a token of Thy bountiful favor and Thy grace. I bear witness that Thou hast in truth fulfilled Thy pledge and hast made manifest the One Whose advent was foretold by Thy Prophets, Thy chosen ones and by them that serve Thee. He hath come from the heaven of glory and power, bearing the banners of Thy signs and the standards of Thy testimonies. Through the potency of Thine indomitable power and strength, He stood up before the faces of all men and summoned all mankind to the summit of transcendent glory and unto the all-highest Horizon, in such wise that neither the oppression of the ecclesiastics nor the onslaught of the rulers was able to deter Him. He arose with inflexible resolve and, unloosing His tongue, proclaimed in ringing tones: “He Who is the All-Bountiful is come, riding aloft on the clouds. Advance, O people of the earth, with shining faces and radiant hearts!” Great indeed is the blessedness of him who attaineth Thy presence, drinketh the wine of reunion proffered by the hand of Thy bounteousness, inhaleth the fragrance of Thy signs, unlooseth his tongue in celebrating Thy praise, soareth high in Thy heavens, is carried away by the sweetness of Thy Voice, gaineth admittance into the most exalted Paradise and attaineth the station of revelation and vision before the throne of Thy majesty. I beg of Thee by the Most Great Infallibility which Thou hast chosen to be the dayspring of Thy Revelation, and by Thy most sublime Word through whose potency Thou didst call the creation into being and didst reveal Thy Cause, and by this Name which hath caused all other names to groan aloud and the limbs of the sages to quake, I beg of Thee to make me detached from all else save Thee, in such wise that I may move not but in conformity with the good-pleasure of Thy Will, and speak not except at the bidding of Thy Purpose, and hear naught save the words of Thy praise and Thy glorification. I magnify Thy Name, O my God, and offer thanksgiving unto Thee, O my Desire, inasmuch as Thou hast enabled me to clearly perceive Thy straight Path, hast unveiled Thy Great Announcement before mine eyes and hast aided me to set my face towards the Dayspring of Thy Revelation and the Fountainhead of Thy Cause, whilst Thy servants and Thy people turned away from Thee. I entreat Thee, O Lord of the Kingdom of eternity, by the shrill voice of the Pen of Glory, and by the Burning Fire which calleth aloud from the verdant Tree, and by the Ark which Thou hast specially chosen for the people of Bahá, to grant that I may remain steadfast in my love for Thee, be well pleased with whatsoever Thou hast prescribed for me in Thy Book and may stand firm in Thy service and in the service of Thy loved ones. Graciously assist then Thy servants, O my God, to do that which will serve to exalt Thy Cause and will enable them to observe whatsoever Thou hast revealed in Thy Book. Verily Thou art the Lord of Strength, Thou art potent to ordain whatsoever Thou willest and within Thy grasp Thou holdest the reins of all created things. No God is there but Thee, the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. (edit)	My God, my God, do not deprive eyes of seeing what You created them for, nor faces from turning towards Your horizon, standing at Your threshold of greatness, being present before Your throne, and humbling themselves in the glow of the lights of Your sun of grace. O Lord, it is I whose heart, liver, limbs, and both my outer and inner tongue bear witness to Your Oneness and Singularity, that You are God, there is no deity but You. You created creation for the knowledge of You and the service of Your command, to elevate their ranks on Your earth and to elevate their souls with what You revealed in Your scriptures, books, and tablets. When You revealed Yourself and sent down Your verses, they turned away from You, disbelieved in You and what You manifested with Your power and strength. They stood against causing You harm, extinguishing Your light, quenching the fire of Your Lote-Tree, reaching such a level of injustice that they sought to spill Your blood and violate Your sanctity. This is like those whom You nurtured with Your hands of care and protected from the harm of the tyrants of Your creation and the rebels among Your servants, who were to champion Your verses before Your throne. Alas, alas, for what they committed in Your days, breaking Your covenant and pact, denying Your verses, persisting in turning away, and committing acts that caused the inhabitants of Your kingdom to lament. When they despaired and sensed the scent of loss, they cried out, confused even to those closest to You and the dwellers of the pavilions of Your glory. They saw me, O my God, like a bewildered fish on dry land, crying out for Your aid, then Your mercy, O the one sought for help, O the one in whose grasp is the control of all people, male and female. Whenever I think of my great misdeeds and major sins, despair seizes me from all sides. Yet whenever I reflect on the ocean of Your bounty, the sky of Your generosity, and the sun of Your grace, I smell the scent of hope from the right and left, from the south and north, as if all things are heralding the rains of the clouds of the sky of Your mercy and Your might, O the support of the sincere and the aim of the near ones. Your gifts, Your kindnesses, Your manifestations of grace, and Your care have encouraged me, for what does the nonexistent have to mention the One who manifested existence with a word from Him, and what does the annihilated have to describe the One established by proof as indescribable and unremembered? You have always been sanctified beyond the perception of Your creation and exalted beyond the knowledge of Your servants. O Lord, You see the dead before Your face; do not deprive them of the cup of life through Your generosity and kindness, and the sick in front of Your throne; do not prevent them from the sea of Your healing. I ask You to support me in all states in remembering You and praising You and serving Your command, after knowing that what appears from the servant is limited by his own limitations and is not fitting for Your presence, nor appropriate for the carpet of Your glory and greatness. If not for Your praise, my tongue would not benefit me, and if not for Your service, my existence would not benefit me. I do not love sight except for seeing the lights of Your highest horizon, nor do I desire hearing except for listening to Your sweetest call. Alas, alas, I do not know, O my God, my support, and my hope, whether You have decreed for me what will please my eye, gladden my chest, and rejoice my heart, or if Your irrevocable decree has prevented me from being present before Your throne, O Owner of antiquity and the sovereignty of nations. Your glory, sovereignty, greatness, and authority have killed me with the darkness of distance. Where is the light of Your nearness, O the goal of the knowers? And the tyranny of separation has destroyed me. Where is the light of Your union, O the beloved of the sincere? You see, O my God, what has befallen me in Your path from those who denied Your right, broke Your covenant, argued with Your signs, and disbelieved in Your grace after its manifestation and Your word after its revelation, and Your proof after its completion. O Lord, my tongue's tongue, my heart's heart, my soul's soul, my outward and inward all testify to Your Oneness and Uniqueness, to Your power, authority, greatness, sovereignty, glory, exaltation, choice, and that You are God, there is no deity but You. You have always been a hidden treasure from sight and perception, and will always remain as You were in the eternity of eternities. The strength of the world does not weaken You, nor does the power of nations frighten You. You are the One who opened the door of knowledge to the face of Your servants for the recognition of the dawn of Your revelation and the source of Your verses, the sky of Your manifestation, and the sun of Your beauty. You promised those on earth in Your books, scriptures, and pages the manifestation of Your Self and the unveiling of the glories of majesty from Your face, as You informed Your beloved by whom the light of the command shone from the horizon of Hijaz, and the light of truth blazed among the servants with Your saying, "On the day when people stand before the Lord of the worlds." And before him, You promised the Speaker to "Bring your people from darkness into light and remind them of the days of God." You informed the Spirit, Your prophets, and Your messengers before and after. If what is hidden in the treasures of Your Supreme Pen is revealed in the remembrance of this greatest remembrance and Your great news, the people of the cities of knowledge and recognition would be struck down, except those whom You saved with Your power and protected with Your bounty and grace. I testify that You have fulfilled Your covenant and manifested what Your prophets and chosen ones foretold, and He has come from the horizon of glory and authority with the banners of Your verses and the standards of Your clear signs. He stood before the faces with Your power and authority, calling everyone to the highest pinnacle and the highest horizon, where neither the injustice of the scholars nor the tyranny of the rulers prevented Him. He stood with the greatest steadfastness and spoke with the highest call. The Bestower has come riding on the clouds. Approach, O people of the earth, with white faces and luminous hearts. Blessed is he who succeeded in meeting You, drank the nectar of union from Your hands of bounty, found the scent of Your verses, spoke Your praises, flew in Your air, was attracted by the pull of Your revelation, and entered the highest paradise, the station of encounter and vision before Your throne of greatness. O Lord, I ask You by the greatest infallibility which You made the horizon of Your manifestation, by Your highest word by which You created creation and manifested the command, and by this name with which the names wept and the understandings of the knowers trembled, to make me detached from all but You, so that I move only by Your will, speak only by Your wish, and hear only Your remembrance and praise. To You be the praise, O my God, and to You be the thanks, O my hope, for You have clarified Your straight path for me, revealed to me Your great news, and supported me in turning towards the dawn of Your revelation and the source of Your command, after the turning away of Your servants and creation. I ask You, O Owner of the kingdom of eternity, by the rustling of Your Supreme Pen, by the burning, speaking fire in the green tree, and by the ship which You made special for the people of Baha, to make me steadfast in Your love, content with what You have decreed for me in Your book, and standing in Your service and the service of Your friends. Then support Your servants, O my God, in what raises Your command and in acting upon what You have revealed in Your book. Indeed, You are the Almighty, the Sovereign over what You wish, and in Your grasp is the control of all things. There is no deity but You, the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the Wise. (edit)
14	يَا أَيُّهَا الجليل قَدْ أَرَيْنَاکَ البَحْرَ و أَمْوَاجَهُ وَ الشَّمْسَ وَ إِشْرَاقَهَا وَ السَّمَآءَ وَ أَنْجُمَهَا وَ الأَصْدَافَ وَ لَئَالِئَهَا اشْکُرِ اللّهِ بِهَذَا الفَضْلِ الأَعْظَمِ وَ الکَرَمِ الَّذِی أَحَاطَ عَلَی العَالَمِ يَا أَيُّهَا المُتَوَجِّهُ إِلَی أَنْوَارِ الوَجْهِ قَدْ أَحَاطَتِ الأَوْهَامُ عَلَی سُکَّانِ الأَرْضِ وَ مَنَعَتْهُم عَنِ التَّوَجُّهِ إِلَی أُفُقِ اليَقِينِ وَ إِشْرَاقِهِ وَ ظُهُورَاتِهِ وَ أَنْوَارِهِ بِالظُّنُونِ مُنِعُوا عَنِ القَيُّومِ يَتَکَلَّمُونَ بِأَهْوَائِهِم وَ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ مِنْهُم مَنْ قَالَ هَلِ الآيَاتُ نُزِّلَتْ قُلْ إِیْ وَ رَبِّ السَّمَوَاتِ وَ هَلٍ أَتَتِ السَّاعَةُ بَلْ قَضَتْ وَ مَظْهَرِ البَيِّنَاتِ قَدْ جَآئَتِ الحَاقَّةُ وَ أَتَی الحَقُّ بِالحُجَّةِ وَ البُرْهَانِ قَدْ بَرَزَتِ السَّاهِرَةُ وَ البَرِيَّةُ فِی وَجَلٍ وَ اضْطِرَابٍ قَدْ أَتَتِ الزَّلَازِلُ وَ نَاحَتِ القَبَائِلُ مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللّهِ المُقْتَدِرِ الجَبَّارِ قُلْ الصَّاخَّةُ صَاحَتْ وَ اليَوْمَ للّهِ الوَاحِدِ المُخْتَارِ وَ قَالَ هَلِ الطَّامَّةُ تَمَّتْ قُلْ إِیْ وَ رَبِّ الأَرْبَابِ وَ هَل القِيَمَةُ قَامَتْ بَلْ القَيُّومُ بِمَلَکُوتِ الآيَاتِ وَ هَل تَرَی النَّاسَ صَرْعَی بَلَی وَ رَبِّی العَلِيِّ الأَبْهَی هَلْ انْقَعَرَت الأَعْجَازُ بَلْ نُسِفَتِ الجِبَالُ وَ مَالِکِ الصِّفَاتِ قَالَ أَيْنَ الجَنَّةُ وَ النَّارُ قُلْ الأُولَی لِقَائِی وَ الأُخْرَی نَفْسُکَ يَا أَيُّهَا المُشْرِکُ المُرْتَابُ قَالَ إِنَّا مَا نَرَی المِيْزَانَ قُلْ إِیْ وَ رَبِّی الرَّحْمَنِ لَا يَرَاهُ إِلَّا أُولُوا الأَبْصَارِ قَالَ هَلْ سَقَطَتِ النُّجُومُ قُلْ إِیْ إِذْ کَانَ القَيُّومُ فِی أَرْضِ السِّرِّ فَاعْتَبِرُوا يَا أَولِی الأَنْظَارِ قَدْ ظَهَرَتِ العَلَامَاتُ کُلُّهَا إِذْ أَخْرَجْنَا يَدَ القُدْرَةِ مِنْ جَيْبِ العَظَمَةِ وَ الإِقْتِدَارِ قَدْ نَادَی المُنَادِ إِذْ أَتَی المِيْعَادُ وَ انْصَعَقَ الطُّورِيُّونَ فِی تِيْهِ الوُقُوفِ مِنْ سَطْوَةِ رَبِّکَ مَالِکِ الإِيْجَادِ يَقُولُ النَّاقُورُ هَلْ نُفِخَ فِی الصُّورِ قُلْ بَلَی وَ سُلْطَانِ الظُّهُورِ إِذْ اسْتَقَرَّ عَلَی عَرْشِ اسْمِهِ الرَّحْمَن قَدْ أَضَآءَ الدَّيْجُورُ مِنْ فَجْرِ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّکَ مَطْلَعِ الأَنْوَارِ قَدْ مَرَّتْ نَسْمَةُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَ اهْتَزَّتِ الأَرْوَاحُ فِی قُبُورِ الأَبْدَانِ کَذَلِکَ قُضِیَ الأَمْرُ مِنْ لَدَی اللّهِ العَزِيزِ المَنَّانِ قَالَ الَّذِينَ کَفَرُوا مَتَی انْفَطَرَت السَّمَآءُ قُلْ إِذْ کُنْتُم فِی أَجْدَاثِ الغَفْلَةِ وَ الضَّلَالِ مِنَ المُشْرِکِينَ مَنْ يَمْسُحُ عَيْنَيْهِ وَ يَنْظُرُ اليَمِينَ وَ الشِّمَالِ قُلْ قَدْ عَمِيَتْ لَيْسَ لَکَ اليَوْمَ مِنْ مَلَاذٍ مِنْهُم مَنْ قَالَ هَلْ حُشِرَتِ النُّفُوسُ قُلْ إِیْ وَ رَبِّی إِذْ کُنْتَ فِی مِهَادِ الأَوْهَامِ مِنْهُم مَنْ قَالَ هَلْ نُزِّلَ الکِتَابُ بِالفِطْرَةِ قُلْ إِنَّهَا فِی الحَيْرَةِ اتَّقَوا يَا أُولِی الأَلْبَابِ وَ مِنْهُم مَنْ قَالَ أَحُشِرْتُ أَعْمَی قَلْ بَلَی وَ رَاکِبِ السَّحَابِ قَدْ تَزَيَّنَتِ الجَنَّةُ بِأَوْرَادِ المَعَانِی وَ سُعِّرَ السَّعِيرُ مِنْ نَارِ الفُجَّارِ قُلْ قَدْ أَشْرَقَ النُّورُ مِنْ أُفُقِ الظُّهُورِ وَ أَضَائَتِ الآفَاقُ إِذْ أَتَی مَالِکُ يَوْمِ المِيْثَاقِ قَدْ خَسِرَ الَّذِينَ ارْتَابُوا وَ رَبِحَ مَنْ أَقْبَلَ بِنُورِ اليَقِينِ إِلَی مَطْلَعِ الإِيْقَانِ طُوْبَی لَکَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاظِرُ بِمَا نُزِّلَ لَکَ هَذَا اللَّوْحُ الَّذِی مِنْهُ تَطِيرُ الأَرْوَاحُ احْفَظْهُ ثُمَّ اقْرَئْهُ لَعَمْرِی ِإنَّهُ بَابُ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّکَ طُوْبَی لِمَنْ يَقْرَئُهُ فِی العَشِيِّ وَ الإِشْرَاقِ إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا ذِکْرَکَ فِی هَذَا الأَمْرِ الَّذِی مِنْهُ انْدَکَّ جَبَلُ العِلْمِ وَ زَلَّتِ الأَقْدَامُ البَهَآءُ عَلَی أَهْلِ البَهَآءِ الَّذِينَ أَقْبَلُوا إِلَی العَزِيزِ الوَهَّابِ قَدْ انْتَهَی اللَّوحُ وَ مَا انْتَهَی البَيَانُ اصْبِرْ إِنَّ رَبَّکَ هُوَ الصَّبَّارُ هَذِهِ آيَاتٌ أَنْزَلْنَاهَا مِنْ قَبْلُ أِی فِی أَوَّلِ وُرُودِنَا فِی السَّجْنِ الأَعْظَمِ وَ أَرْسَلْنَاهَا إِلَيْکَ لِتَعْرِفَ مَا نَطَقَتْ بِهِ الأَلْسِنَةُ الکَذِبَةُ إِذْ أَتَی اللّهُ بِقُدْرَةٍ وَ سُلْطَانٍ قَدْ تَزَعْزَعَ بُنْيَانُ الظُّنُونِ وَ انْفَطَرَتْ سَمْاءُ الأَوْهَامِ وَ القَوْمُ فِی مِرْيَةٍ وَ شِقَاقٍ قَدْ أَنْکَرُوا حُجَّةَ اللّهِ وَ بُرْهَانَهُ بَعْدَ إِذْ أَتَی مِنْ أُفُقِ الإِقْتِدَارِ بِمَلَکُوتِ الآيَاتِ تَرَکُوا مَا أُمِرُوا بِهِ وَ ارْتَکَبُوا مَا مُنِعُوا عَنْهُ فِی الکِتَابِ وَضَعُوا إِلَهَهُمْ أَخَذُوا أَهْوَائَهُم أَلَا إِنَّهُم فِی غَفْلَةٍ وَ ضَلَالٍ يَقْرَئُونَ الآيَاتِ وَ يَنْکِرُونَهَا يَرَوْنَ البَيِّنَاتِ يُعْرِضُونَ عَنْهَا أَلَا إِنَّهُم فِی رَيْبٍ عُجَابٍ إِنَّا وَصَّيْنَا أَوْلِيَائَنَا بِتَقْوَی اللّهِ الَّذِی کَانَ مَطْلَعَ الأَعْمَالِ وَ الأَخْلَاقِ إِنَّهُ قَائِدُ جُنُودِ العَدْلِ فِی مَدِيْنَةِ البَهَآءِ طُوْبَی لِمَنْ دَخَلَ فِی ظِلِّ رَايَتِهِ النَّوْرَآءِ وَ تَمَسَّکَ بِهِ إِنَّهُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ السَّفِيْنَةِ الحَمْرَآءِ الَّتِی نُزِّلَ ذِکْرُهَا فِی قَيُّومِ الأَسْمَاءِ قُلْ يَا حِزْبَ اللّهِ زَيِّنُوا هَيَاکِلَکُم بِطِرَازِ الأَمَانَةِ وَ الدِّيَانَةِ ثُمَّ انْصُرُوا رَبَّکُم بِجُنُودِ الأَعْمَالِ وَ الأَخْلَاقِ إِنَّا مَنَعْنَاکُم عَنِ الفَسَادِ وَ الجِدَالِ فِی کُتُبِی وَ صُحُفِی وَ زُبُرِی وَ أَلْوَاحِی وَ مَا أَرَدْنَا بِذَلِکَ إِلَّا عُلُوَّکُم وَ سُمُوَّکُم تَشْهَدُ بِذَلِکَ السَّمَآءُ وَ أَنْجُمُهَا وَ الشَّمْسُ وَ إِشْرَاقُهَا وَ الأَشْجَارُ وَ أَوْرَاقُهَا وَ البِحَارُ وَ أَمْوَاجُهَا وَ الأَرْضُ وَ کُنُوزُهَا نَسْئَلُ اللّهِ أَنْ يَمُدَّ أَوْلِيَائَهُ وَ يُؤَيِّدَهُم عَلَی مَا يَنْبَغِی لَهُم فِی هَذَا المَقَامِ المُبَارَکِ العَزِيزِ البَدِيعِ وَ نَسْئَلُهُ أَنْ يُوَفِّقَ مَنْ حَوْلِی عَلَی عَمَلِ مَا أُمِرُوا بِهِ مِنْ قَلَمِی الأَعْلَی. (edit)	O Jalíl! We have unveiled to thine eyes the sea and the waves thereof, the sun and the radiance thereof, the heavens and the stars thereof, the shells and the pearls thereof. Render thou thanks unto God for so great a bounty, so gracious a favor that hath pervaded the whole world. O thou who hast set thy face towards the splendors of My Countenance! Vague fancies have encompassed the dwellers of the earth and debarred them from turning towards the Horizon of Certitude, and its brightness, and its manifestations and its lights. Vain imaginings have withheld them from Him Who is the Self-Subsisting. They speak as prompted by their own caprices, and understand not. Among them are those who have said: “Have the verses been sent down?” Say “Yea, by Him Who is the Lord of the heavens!” “Hath the Hour come?” “Nay, more; it hath passed, by Him Who is the Revealer of clear tokens! Verily, the Inevitable is come, and He, the True One, hath appeared with proof and testimony. The Plain is disclosed, and mankind is sore vexed and fearful. Earthquakes have broken loose, and the tribes have lamented, for fear of God, the Lord of Strength, the All-Compelling.” Say: “The stunning trumpet-blast hath been loudly raised, and the Day is God’s, the One, the Unconstrained.” And they say: “Hath the Catastrophe come to pass?” Say: “Yea, by the Lord of Lords!” “Is the Resurrection come?” “Nay, more; He Who is the Self-Subsisting hath appeared with the Kingdom of His signs.” “Seest thou men laid low?” “Yea, by my Lord, the Most High, the Most Glorious!” “Have the tree-stumps been uprooted?” “Yea, more; the mountains have been scattered in dust; by Him the Lord of attributes!” They say: “Where is Paradise, and where is Hell?” Say: “The one is reunion with Me; the other thine own self, O thou who dost associate a partner with God and doubtest.” They say: “We see not the Balance.” Say: “Surely, by my Lord, the God of Mercy! None can see it except such as are endued with insight.” They say: “Have the stars fallen?” Say: “Yea, when He Who is the Self-Subsisting dwelt in the Land of Mystery.18 Take heed, ye who are endued with discernment!” All the signs appeared when We drew forth the Hand of Power from the bosom of majesty and might. Verily, the Crier hath cried out, when the promised time came, and they that have recognized the splendors of Sinai have swooned away in the wilderness of hesitation, before the awful majesty of thy Lord, the Lord of creation. The trumpet asketh: “Hath the Bugle been sounded?” Say: “Yea, by the King of Revelation! when He mounted the throne of His Name, the All-Merciful.” Darkness hath been chased away by the dawning light of the mercy of thy Lord, the Source of all light. The breeze of the All-Merciful hath wafted, and the souls have been quickened in the tombs of their bodies. Thus hath the decree been fulfilled by God, the Mighty, the Beneficent. They who reject the truth have said: “When were the heavens cleft asunder?” Say: “While ye lay in the graves of waywardness and error.” Among the faithless is he who rubbeth his eyes, and looketh to the right and to the left. Say: “Blinded art thou. No refuge hast thou to flee to.” And among them is he who saith: “Have men been gathered together?” Say: “Yea, by My Lord! whilst thou didst lie in the cradle of idle fancies.” And among them is he who saith: “Hath the Book been sent down through the power of the true Faith?” Say: “The true Faith itself is astounded. Fear ye, O ye men of understanding heart!” And among them is he who saith: “Have I been assembled with others, blind?” Say: “Yea, by Him that rideth upon the clouds!” Paradise is decked with mystic roses, and hell hath been made to blaze with the fire of the impious. Say: “The light hath shone forth from the horizon of Revelation, and the whole earth hath been illumined at the coming of Him Who is the Lord of the Day of the Covenant!” The doubters have perished, whilst he that turned, guided by the light of assurance, unto the Dayspring of Certitude hath prospered. Blessed art thou, who hast fixed thy gaze upon Me, for this Tablet which hath been sent down for thee—a Tablet which causeth the souls of men to soar. Commit it to memory, and recite it. By My life! It is a door to the mercy of thy Lord. Well is it with him that reciteth it at eventide and at dawn. We, verily, heard thy praise of this Cause, through which the mountain of knowledge was crushed, and men’s feet have slipped. My glory be upon thee and upon whomsoever hath turned unto the Almighty, the All-Bounteous. The Tablet is ended, but the theme is unexhausted. Be patient, for thy Lord is patient. These are verses We sent down previously, and We have sent them unto thee, that thou mayest be acquainted with what their lying tongues have spoken, when God came unto them with might and sovereignty. The foundations of idle fancies have trembled, and the heaven of vain imaginings hath been cleft asunder, and yet the people are in doubt and in contention with Him. They have denied the testimony of God and His proof, after He came from the heaven of power with the kingdom of His signs. They have cast away what had been prescribed, and perpetrated what had been forbidden them in the Book. They have abandoned their God, and clung unto their desires. They truly have strayed and are in error. They read the verses and deny them. They behold the clear tokens and turn aside. They truly are lost in strange doubt. We have admonished Our loved ones to fear God, a fear which is the fountainhead of all goodly deeds and virtues. It is the commander of the hosts of justice in the city of Bahá. Happy the man that hath entered the shadow of its luminous standard, and laid fast hold thereon. He, verily, is of the Companions of the Crimson Ark, which hath been mentioned in the Qayyúm-i-Asmá. Say: O people of God! Adorn your temples with the adornment of trustworthiness and piety. Help, then, your Lord with the hosts of goodly deeds and a praiseworthy character. We have forbidden you dissension and conflict in My Books, and My Scriptures, and My Scrolls, and My Tablets, and have wished thereby naught else save your exaltation and advancement. Unto this testify the heavens and the stars thereof, and the sun and the radiance thereof, and the trees and the leaves thereof, and the seas and the waves thereof, and the earth and the treasures thereof. We pray God to assist His loved ones, and aid them in that which beseemeth them in this blest, this mighty, and wondrous station. Moreover We beseech Him to graciously enable those who surround Me to observe that which My Pen of Glory hath enjoined upon them. (edit)	O venerable one, we have shown you the sea and its waves, the sun and its radiance, the sky and its stars, the shells and their pearls. Give thanks to God for this greatest bounty and generosity that has encompassed the world. O you who turn towards the lights of the face, know that illusions have enveloped the inhabitants of the earth, preventing them from turning towards the horizon of certainty, its radiance, manifestations, and lights. Because of their doubts, they are barred from the Everlasting. They speak from their desires, unaware. Among them are those who question whether the verses have been revealed. Say: "Indeed, by the Lord of the heavens! Has the Hour come? Indeed, it has passed, and the manifestation of the clear proofs has arrived. The ultimate truth has come with argument and proof. The awakening has appeared, and creation is in awe and turmoil. The earthquakes have come, and the tribes lament in fear of God, the Almighty, the Compeller. Say: 'The Resounding Blast has sounded, and this day belongs to God, the One, the Chosen.' And they ask if the calamity has been fulfilled. Say: 'Indeed, by the Lord of the Lords! Has the Resurrection arisen? Indeed, the Self-Subsisting has come with the kingdom of signs. Do you see people struck down? Indeed, by my Lord, the Most High, the Most Glorious! Have the barren lands sunk? Indeed, the mountains have been scattered, and the Owner of attributes has spoken. Where are Paradise and Hell? Say: 'The former is for meeting Me, and the latter is your own self, O doubting polytheist.' They claim not to see the balance. Say: 'Indeed, by my Merciful Lord! It is only seen by those with insight.' Have the stars fallen? Say: 'Indeed, when the Self-Subsisting was in the land of mystery.' Reflect, O people of insight! All the signs have appeared as We have extended the hand of power from the pocket of greatness and authority. The caller has called, the time has come, and the mountain dwellers are in the wilderness of standing, overwhelmed by the power of your Lord, the Creator of existence. The trumpeter asks if the trumpet has been blown. Say: 'Indeed, by the Sultan of manifestations! As He settled upon the throne of His name, the Merciful, the darkness was illuminated by the dawn of the mercy of your Lord, the source of lights. The breath of the Merciful has passed, and souls have trembled in the graves of bodies. Thus has the matter been decreed by God, the Mighty, the Bestower. The disbelievers ask when the sky will split. Say: 'When you were in the graves of heedlessness and error among the polytheists.' Who will wipe their eyes and look right and left? Say: 'You are blinded today; there is no refuge for you.' They ask if the souls have been gathered. Say: 'Indeed, by my Lord! When you were in the cradle of illusions.' Do you see the Book revealed naturally? Say: 'It is in confusion. Fear, O people of understanding!' And some ask if they will be resurrected blind. Say: 'Indeed, by the Rider of the clouds! Paradise has been adorned with the meanings of supplication, and Hell has been ignited with the fire of the wicked. Say: 'The light has shone from the horizon of manifestation, and the horizons have been illuminated as the Owner of the Day of the Covenant has come. The doubters have lost, and those who turned with the light of certainty to the dawn of assurance have won. Blessed are you, O observer, for this Tablet has been revealed to you, from which souls soar. Preserve it, then recite it. By my life! It is the door of your Lord's mercy. Blessed is he who reads it in the evening and at dawn. We have heard your mention in this matter, from which the mountain of knowledge has crumbled, and the steps of glory have slipped. The splendor is upon the people of splendor who turned to the Almighty, the Bestower. The Tablet has ended, but the declaration has not. Be patient, for your Lord is the Most Patient. These are verses We revealed previously, at the beginning of our arrival in the Greatest Prison, and We sent them to you to recognize what the lying tongues uttered when God came with power and authority. The foundation of assumptions has been shaken, and the sky of illusions has split, while the people are in doubt and discord. They have denied God's argument and proof after it came from the horizon of power with the kingdom of signs. They abandoned what they were commanded and committed what they were forbidden in the Book. They made their desires their gods. Indeed, they are in heedlessness and error. They read the verses and deny them, see the clear proofs and turn away from them. Indeed, they are in astonishing doubt. We have commanded our friends to fear God, the source of deeds and morals. He is the leader of the armies of justice in the city of splendor. Blessed is he who enters the shade of His luminous banner and clings to it. He is among the companions of the red ship mentioned in the Qayyum al-Asma. Say, O party of God, adorn your temples with the embroidery of trustworthiness and piety, then support your Lord with the armies of deeds and morals. We have forbidden you from corruption and argument in My books, scriptures, Psalms, and Tablets. We only intended your elevation and exaltation. The sky and its stars, the sun and its radiance, the trees and their leaves, the seas and their waves, and the earth and its treasures bear witness to this. We ask God to extend His friends and support them in what befits them in this blessed, mighty, and unique station. We ask Him to enable those around me to act according to what they were commanded by my Supreme Pen. (edit)
15	يَا جَلِيْل عَلَيْکَ بَهَائِی وَ عِنَايَتَی إِنَّا أَمَرْنَا العِبَادَ بِالمَعْرُوفِ وَ هُمْ عَمِلُوا مَا نَاحَ بِهِ قَلْبِی وَ قَلَمِی اسْمَعْ مَا نُزِّلَ مِنْ سَمَآءِ مَشِيَّتِی وَ مَلَکُوتِ إِرَادَتِی لَيْسَ حُزْنِی سِجْنِی وَ مَا وَرَدَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ أَعْدَائِی بَلْ مِنَ الَّذِينَ يَنْسِبُونَ أَنْفُسَهُم إِلَی نَفْسِی وَ يَرْتَکِبُونَ مَا تَصْعَدُ بِهِ زَفَراتِی وَ تَنْزِلُ عَبَرَاتِی قَدْ نَصَحْنَاهُم بِعِبَارَاتٍ شَتَّی فِی أَلْوَاحٍ شَتَّی نَسْئَلُ اللّهَ أَنْ يُوَفِّقَهُم وَ يُقَرِّبَهُم وَ يُؤَيِّدَهُم عَلَی مَا تَطْمَئِنُّ بِهِ القُلُوبُ وَ تَسْتَرِيحُ بِهِ النُّفُوسُ وَ يَمْنَعَهُم عَمَّا لَا يَنْبَغِی لِأَيَّامِهِ قُلْ يَا أَوْلِيَائِی فِی بِلَادِی اسْمَعُوا نُصْحَ مِنْ يَنْصَحُکُم لِوَجْهِ اللّهِ إِنَّهُ خَلَقَکُم وَ أَظْهَرَ لَکُم مَا يَرْفَعُکُم وَ يَنْفَعُکُم وَ عَلَّمَکُم صِرَاطِهِ المُسْتَقِيمِ وَ نَبَأَهُ العَظِيمِ. (edit)	O Jalíl! Upon thee be My glory and My loving providence. Verily We have enjoined the people to do what is meet and seemly and yet they have committed such things as have caused My heart and My Pen to lament. Incline thine ear to that which is sent down from the heaven of My Will and the realm of My good-pleasure. I sorrow not for My captivity, nor for the things that have befallen Me at the hand of Mine enemies. Nay, My sorrows are occasioned by those who claim to be related to Me and yet commit that which causeth the voice of My lamentations to be lifted up and My tears to flow. We have exhorted them at length in various Tablets and beseech God to graciously assist them, to enable them to draw nigh unto Him and to confirm them in that which would bring peace to the hearts and tranquility to the souls and would stay their hands from whatsoever ill-beseemeth His days. Say, O My loved ones in My lands! Give ye ear unto the counsels of Him Who admonisheth you for the sake of God. He hath in truth created you, hath revealed before your eyes that which exalteth you and promoteth your interests. He hath made known unto you His straight Path and hath acquainted you with His Great Announcement. (edit)	O Noble One, upon you be my glory and my care. Indeed, we have commanded the servants towards righteousness, yet they have acted in ways that grieve my heart and my pen. Listen to what has been revealed from the heaven of My will and the kingdom of My intention. My sorrow is not due to my imprisonment or what my enemies have inflicted upon me, but rather from those who attribute themselves to Me and commit acts that cause My sighs to rise and tears to fall. We have advised them with various admonitions in different tablets. We ask God to grant them success, draw them near, and support them in what will bring tranquility to hearts and relief to souls, and to prevent them from what is not befitting for these days. Say, O My friends in My lands, listen to the counsel of one who advises you for the sake of God. Indeed, He created you, revealed to you what elevates and benefits you, taught you His straight path, and His great news. (edit)
16	يَا جَلِيلُ وَصِّ العِبَادَ بِتَقْوَی اللّهِ تَاللّهِ هُوَ القَائِدُ الأَوّْلُ فِی عَسَاکِرِ رَبِّکَ وَ جُنُودُهُ الأَخْلَاقُ المَرْضِيَّةُ وَ الأَعْمَالُ الطَّيِّبَةُ وَ بِهَا فُتِحَتْ فِی الأَعْصَارِ وَ القُرُونِ مَدَائِنُ الأَفْئِدَةِ وَ القُلُوبِ وَ نُصِبَتْ رَايَاتُ النَّصْرِ وَ الظَّفَرِ عَلَی أَعْلَی الأَعْلَامِ إِنَّا نَذْکُرُ لَکَ الأَمَانَةَ وَ مَقَامَهَا عِنْدَ اللّهِ رَبِّکَ رَبِّ العَرْشِ العَظِيمِ إِنَّا قَصَدْنَا يَوْمًا مِنَ الأَيَّامِ جَزِيْرَتَنَا الخَضْرَآءِ وَ لَمَّا وَرَدْنَا رَأَيْنَا أَنْهَارَهَا جَارِيَةً وَ أَشْجَارَهَا مُلْتَفَّةً وَ کَانَتِ الشَّمْسُ تَلْعَبُ فِی خِلَالِ الأَشْجَارِ تَوَجَّهْنَا إِلَی اليَمِينِ رَأَيْنَا مَا لَا يَتَحَرَّکُ القَلَمُ عَلَی ذِکْرِهِ وَ ذِکْرِ مَا شَهِدَتْ عَيْنُ مَوْلَی الوَرَی فِی ذَاکَ المَقَامِ الأَلْطَفِ الأَشْرَفِ المُبَارَکِ الأَعْلَی ثُمَّ أَقْبَلْنَا إِلَی اليَسَارِ شَاهَدْنَا طَلْعَةً مِنْ طَلَعَاتِ الفِرْدَوْسِ الأَعْلَی قَائِمَةً عَلَی عَمُودٍ مِنَ النُّورِ وَ نَادَتْ بِأَعْلَی النِّدَاء يَا مَلَأ الأَرْض وَ السَّمَآء انْظُرُوا جَمَالِی وَ نُورِی وَ ظُهُورِی وَ إِشْرَاقِی تَاللّهِ الحَقِّ إِنَّا الأَمَانَةُ وَ ظُهُورُهَا وَ حُسْنُهَا وَ أَجْرٌ لِمَنْ تَمَسَّکَ بِهَا وَ عَرَفَ شَأْنَهَا وَ مَقَامَهَا وَ تَشَبَّثَ بِذَيْلِهَا أَنَا الزِّيْنَةُ الکُبْرَی لِأَهْلِ البَهَآءِ وَ طِرَازُ العِزِّ لِمَنْ فِی مَلَکُوتِ الإِنْشَآءِ وَ أَنَا السَّبَبُ الأَعْظَمُ لِثَرْوَةِ العَالَمِ وَ أُفُقِ الإِطْمِيْنَانِ لِأَهْلِ الإِمْکَانِ کَذَلِکَ أَنْزَلْنَا لَکَ مَا يُقَرِّبُ العِبَادِ إِلَی مَالِکِ الإِيْجَادِ. (edit)	O Jalíl! Admonish men to fear God. By God! This fear is the chief commander of the army of thy Lord. Its hosts are a praiseworthy character and goodly deeds. Through it have the cities of men’s hearts been opened throughout the ages and centuries, and the standards of ascendancy and triumph raised above all other standards. We will now mention unto thee Trustworthiness and the station thereof in the estimation of God, thy Lord, the Lord of the Mighty Throne. One day of days We repaired unto Our Green Island. Upon Our arrival, We beheld its streams flowing, and its trees luxuriant, and the sunlight playing in their midst. Turning Our face to the right, We beheld what the pen is powerless to describe; nor can it set forth that which the eye of the Lord of Mankind witnessed in that most sanctified, that most sublime, that blest, and most exalted Spot. Turning, then, to the left We gazed on one of the Beauties of the Most Sublime Paradise, standing on a pillar of light, and calling aloud saying: “O inmates of earth and heaven! Behold ye My beauty, and My radiance, and My revelation, and My effulgence. By God, the True One! I am Trustworthiness and the revelation thereof, and the beauty thereof. I will recompense whosoever will cleave unto Me, and recognize My rank and station, and hold fast unto My hem. I am the most great ornament of the people of Bahá, and the vesture of glory unto all who are in the kingdom of creation. I am the supreme instrument for the prosperity of the world, and the horizon of assurance unto all beings.” Thus have We sent down for thee that which will draw men nigh unto the Lord of creation. (edit)	O Magnificent One, entrust the servants with the fear of God. By God, He is the foremost leader in the armies of Your Lord, and His soldiers are pleasing morals and good deeds. With these, throughout the ages and generations, the cities of hearts and minds have been opened, and the banners of victory and triumph have been raised on the highest standards. We remind you of trustworthiness and its station before God, your Lord, the Lord of the Mighty Throne. One day, we intended to visit our green island, and upon our arrival, we saw its flowing rivers and entwined trees, with the sun playing through the leaves. We turned to the right and saw what the pen cannot move to describe, and what the eye of the Master of the worlds witnessed in that most gentle, noble, blessed, and highest place. Then we turned to the left and saw a vision from the highest paradises, standing on a pillar of light, calling out with the highest call, "O assembly of the earth and the heavens, look at my beauty, my light, my emergence, and my radiance. By the truth of God, indeed, we are the trust, its manifestation, beauty, and reward for those who cling to it, recognize its status and station, and hold onto its hem. I am the greatest adornment for the people of splendor, the embroidery of glory for those in the kingdom of creation, and the greatest cause of the world's prosperity and the horizon of tranquility for the people of possibility. Thus, We have revealed to you what brings the servants closer to the Creator of existence." (edit)
17	قلم اعلی از لغت فصحی بلغت نوراء توجّه نمود لِيَعْرِفَ الجَلِيلُ عِنَايَةَ رَبِّهِ الجَمِيلِ وَ يَکُونَ مِنَ الشَّاکِرِينَ (edit)	The Pen of the Most High turneth from the eloquent language19 to the luminous one20 that thou, O Jalíl, mayest appreciate the tender mercy of thy Lord, the Incomparable One and mayest be of them that are truly grateful. (edit)	The Supreme Pen has turned towards the luminous language to make the Magnificent One recognize the beautiful care of His Lord and be among the grateful. (edit)
18	يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاظِرُ إِلیَ الأُفُقِ الأَعْلَی ندا بلند است و قوّه سامعه قليل بل مفقود اين مظلوم در فم ثعبان اوليای الهی را ذکر مينمايد اين أيّام وارد شد آنچه که سبب جزع و فزع ملأ اعلی گشت ظلم عالم و ضرّ امم مالک قدم را از ذکر منع ننمود و از اراده‌اش باز نداشت نفوسی که سالها خلف حجاب مستور چون افق امر را منير و کلمة اللّه را نافذ مشاهده نمودند بيرون دويدند با سيوف بغضا و وارد آوردند آنچه را که قلم از ذکرش عاجز و لسان از بيانش قاصر منصفين شاهد و گواه که از اوّل امر اينمظلوم امام وجوه ملوک و مملوک و علماء و امراء من غير ستر و حجاب قيام نمود و باعلی النّداء کلّ را بصراط مستقيم دعوت فرمود ناصری جز قلمش نبود و معينی جز نفسش نه نفوسی که از اصل امر بی خبر و غافلند بر اعراض قيام کردند ايشانند نَاعِقِينَ الَّذِينَ ذَکَرَهُم اللّهُ فِی الزُّبُرِ وَ الأَلْوَاحِ وَ أَخْبَرَ عَبَادَهُ بِانْتِشَارِهِم وَ ضَوْضَائِهِم وَ إِغْوَائِهِم طوبی از برای نفوسی که من فی العالم را تلقآء ذکر مالک قدم معدوم و مفقود مشاهده نمايند و بعروه محکم الهی تمسّک جويند تمسّکی که شبهات و اشارات و اسياف و مدافع ايشان را منع ننمايد و محروم نسازد طوبی للرّاسخين و طوبی للثّابتين قلم اعلی نظر باستدعای آنجناب مراتب و مقامات عصمت کبری را ذکر نمود و مقصود آنکه کلّ بيقين مبين بدانند که خاتم انبياء روح ما سويه فداه در مقام خود شبه و مثل و شريک نداشته اوليا صلوات اللّه عليهم بکلمه او خلق شده‌اند ايشان بعد از او اعلم و افضل عباد بوده‌اند و در منتهی رتبه عبوديّت قائم تقديس ذات الهی از شبه و مثل و تنزيه کينونتش از شريک و شبيه به آن حضرت ثابت و ظاهر اينست مقام توحيد حقيقی و تفريد معنوی و حزب قبل از اين مقام کما هو حقّه محرُوم و ممنوع حضرت نقطه روح ما سويه فداه ميفرمايد اگر حضرت خاتم بکلمه ولايت نطق نميفرمود ولايت خلق نميشد حزب قبل مشرک بوده‌اند و خود را موحّد ميشمردند اجهل عباد بودند و خود را افضل ميدانستند از جزای آن نفوس غافله در يوم جزاء عقائد و مراتب و مقامات ايشان نزد هر بصير و هر خبيری واضح و معلوم گشت از حق بطلب عباد اين ظهور را از ظنون و اوهام حزب قبل حفظ فرمايد و از اشراقات انوار آفتاب توحيد حقيقی محروم نسازد يا جليل مظلوم عالم ميفرمايد نيّر عدل مستور آفتاب انصاف خلف سحاب مقام حارس و حافظ سارق قائم مکان امين خائن جالس در سنه قبل ظالمی بر دست حکومت اين مدينه جالس در هر حين از او ضرّی وارد لعمر اللّه عمل نمود آنچه را که سبب فزع اکبر بود ولکن قلم اعلی را ظلم عالم منع ننموده و نمينمايد محض فضل و رحمت مخصوص امراء و وزرای ارض مرقوم داشتيم آنچه را که سبب حفظ و حراست و امن و امانست که شايد عباد از شرّ ظالمين محفوظ مانند إِنَّهُ هُوَ الحَافِظُ النَّاصِرُ المُعِينُ رجال بيت عدل الهی بايد در ليالی و أيّام به آنچه از افق سمآء قلم اعلی در تربيت عباد و تعمير بلاد و حفظ نفوس و صيانت ناموس اشراق نموده ناظر باشند. (edit)	O thou who hast fixed thy gaze upon the all-glorious Horizon! The Call is raised but hearing ears are numbered, nay nonexistent. This Wronged One findeth himself in the maw of the serpent, yet He faileth not to make mention of the loved ones of God. So grievous have been Our sufferings in these days that the Concourse on High are moved to tears and to lamentation. Neither the adversities of the world nor the harm inflicted by its nations could deter Him Who is the King of Eternity from voicing His summons or frustrate His purpose. When those who had for years been hiding behind the veils perceived that the horizon of the Cause was resplendent and that the Word of God was all-pervasive, they rushed forth and with swords of malice inflicted such harm as no pen can portray nor any tongue describe. They that judge with fairness testify that since the early days of the Cause this Wronged One hath arisen, unveiled and resplendent, before the faces of kings and commoners, before the rulers and the divines, and hath, in ringing tones, summoned all men unto the straight Path. He hath had no helper save His Pen, nor any succorer other than Himself. Those who are ignorant or heedless of the motivating purpose of the Cause of God have rebelled against Him. Such men are the foreboders of evil, whom God hath mentioned in His Book and Tablets and against whose influence, clamor and deception He hath warned His people. Well is it with those who, in the face of the remembrance of the Lord of Eternity, regard the peoples of the world as utter nothingness, as a thing forgotten, and hold fast to the firm handle of God in such wise that neither doubts nor insinuations, nor swords, nor cannon could hold them back or deprive them of His presence. Blessed are the steadfast; blessed are they that stand firm in His Faith. In response to thy request the Pen of Glory hath graciously described the stations and grades of the Most Great Infallibility. The purpose is that all should know of a certainty that the Seal of the Prophets21—may the souls of all else but Him be offered up for His sake—is without likeness, peer or partner in His Own station. The Holy Ones22—may the blessings of God be upon them—were created through the potency of His Word, and after Him they were the most learned and the most distinguished among the people and abide in the utmost station of servitude. The divine Essence, sanctified from every comparison and likeness, is established in the Prophet, and God’s inmost Reality, exalted above any peer or partner, is manifest in Him. This is the station of true unity and of veritable singleness. The followers of the previous Dispensation grievously failed to acquire an adequate understanding of this station. The Primal Point23—may the life of all else but Him be offered up for His sake—saith: “If the Seal of the Prophets had not uttered the word ‘Successorship,’ such a station would not have been created.” The people aforetime joined partners with God, though they professed belief in His unity; and although they were the most ignorant amongst men, they considered themselves the most accomplished. But, as a token of divine retribution upon those heedless ones, their erroneous beliefs and pursuits have, in this Day of Judgment, been made clear and evident to every man of discernment and understanding. Beseech thou God, the True One, that He may graciously shield the followers of this Revelation from the idle fancies and corrupt imaginings of such as belong to the former Faith, and may not deprive them of the effulgent splendors of the daystar of true unity. O Jalíl! He Whom the world hath wronged now proclaimeth: The light of Justice is dimmed, and the sun of Equity veiled from sight. The robber occupieth the seat of the protector and guard, and the position of the faithful is seized by the traitor. A year ago an oppressor ruled over this city, and at every instant caused fresh harm. By the righteousness of the Lord! He wrought that which cast terror into the hearts of men. But to the Pen of Glory the tyranny of the world hath never been nor will it ever be a hindrance. In the abundance of Our grace and loving-kindness We have revealed specially for the rulers and ministers of the world that which is conducive to safety and protection, tranquility and peace; haply the children of men may rest secure from the evils of oppression. He, verily, is the Protector, the Helper, the Giver of victory. It is incumbent upon the men of God’s House of Justice to fix their gaze by day and by night upon that which hath shone forth from the Pen of Glory for the training of peoples, the upbuilding of nations, the protection of man and the safeguarding of his honor. (edit)	O discerning one, who looks toward the highest horizon, the call is loud but the hearing power is scarce, or rather, absent. This wronged one remembers the divine allies in the mouth of the serpent. These days have come, causing dismay and alarm among the celestial assembly. The injustice of the world and the harm of nations have not prevented the Master of Eternity from remembering me or restrained His will. Souls that have been hidden behind the veil for years, upon seeing the luminous horizon of the command and the efficacious Word of God, have rushed out with swords of hatred and committed acts that the pen cannot describe and the tongue cannot express. The just are witnesses and attest to this: from the beginning, this wronged one has stood before the faces of kings and subjects, scholars and rulers, without veil or concealment, and with the highest call invited all to the straight path. No supporter but His pen, no helper but Himself. Those souls, unaware of the essence of the matter and heedless, have risen in opposition; they are the naysayers whom God mentioned in the Psalms and Tablets, informing His servants of their spread, noise, and misguidance. Blessed are the souls who see the mention of the Master of Eternity as absent and lost in the world and cling to the firm rope of God—a cling that doubts, insinuations, swords, and shields cannot prevent or deprive. Blessed are the steadfast and the firm. The Supreme Pen, upon the request of that noble one, has mentioned the ranks and stations of the greatest infallibility. The purpose is that everyone with clear certainty knows that the Seal of the Prophets, may my soul be a sacrifice for him, had no doubt, likeness, or partner in his station. The saints, peace be upon them, were created by his word; they were the most knowledgeable and virtuous of servants and stood at the ultimate level of servitude, sanctifying the Divine Essence from doubt and likeness and purifying His being from partner and equal. This is the station of true monotheism and spiritual individuation. Those who were before this station were deprived and barred as is their right. The Point, may my soul be a sacrifice for him, says that if the Seal of the Prophets had not uttered the word of guardianship, guardianship would not have been created. Those before were polytheists, deeming themselves monotheists; they were the most ignorant of servants, considering themselves the most superior. The judgments, ranks, and stations of those heedless souls will be clear and known to every seer and knower on the Day of Judgment. Seek the truth, O servants, and protect this manifestation from the suspicions and illusions of those before, and do not deprive yourselves of the radiance of the sun of true monotheism. O Magnificent, the wronged one of the world says: The radiant justice is hidden, the sun of fairness behind the clouds, the station of the guardian and protector, the thief stands, the place of the trustworthy is occupied by the traitor, sitting in the seat of governance in this city. Every moment, harm is inflicted from them. By the life of God, they have done what caused the greatest terror. Yet, the Supreme Pen is not and will not be prevented by the injustice of the world, purely out of grace and mercy, especially for the governors and ministers of the earth. We have recorded what causes preservation, protection, safety, and security, so perhaps the servants will be protected from the harm of the oppressors. Indeed, He is the Preserver, the Helper, the Supporter. The men of the Divine House of Justice must, in nights and days, pay attention to what has shone from the horizon of the Supreme Pen's heaven in educating servants, building lands, preserving souls, and protecting honor. (edit)
19	اشراق اوّل چون آفتاب حکمت از افق سمآء سياست طلوع نمود باين کلمه عليا نطق فرمود اهل ثروت و اصحاب عزّت و قدرت بايد حرمت دين را باحسن ما يمکن فی الإبداع ملاحظه نمايند دين نوريست مبين و حصنی است متين از برای حفظ و آسايش اهل عالم چه که خشية اللّه ناس را بمعروف امر و از منکر نهی نمايد اگر سراج دين مستور ماند هرج و مرج راه يابد نيّر عدل و انصاف و آفتاب امن و اطمينان از نور باز مانند هر آگاهی بر آنچه ذکر شد گواهی داده و ميدهد. (edit)	The first Ishráq When the Daystar of Wisdom rose above the horizon of God’s Holy Dispensation it voiced this all-glorious utterance: They that are possessed of wealth and invested with authority and power must show the profoundest regard for religion. In truth, religion is a radiant light and an impregnable stronghold for the protection and welfare of the peoples of the world, for the fear of God impelleth man to hold fast to that which is good, and shun all evil. Should the lamp of religion be obscured, chaos and confusion will ensue, and the lights of fairness and justice, of tranquility and peace cease to shine. Unto this will bear witness every man of true understanding. (edit)	First Illumination When the sun of wisdom rose from the horizon of the heavens of governance, it spoke with this sublime word: The people of wealth, and the possessors of honor and power, should regard the sanctity of religion with the best creativity possible. Religion is a clear light and a strong fortress for the protection and comfort of the people of the world. It commands righteousness through the fear of God and forbids wrongdoing. If the lamp of religion remains hidden, chaos and disorder will find their way, and the lights of justice and fairness, and the sun of security and tranquility, will be obscured from their radiance. Every informed person bears witness and continues to bear witness to what has been mentioned. (edit)
20	اشراق دوم جميع را بصلح اکبر که سبب اعظمست از برای حفظ بشر امر نموديم سلاطين آفاق بايد باتّفاق باين امر که سبب بزرگ است از برای راحت و حفظ عالم تمسّک فرمايند ايشانند مشارق قدرت و مطالع اقتدار الهی از حقّ ميطلبيم تأييد فرمايد بر آنچه که سبب آسايش عباد است شرحی در اين باب از قبل از قلم اعلی جاری و نازل طُوْبَی لِلْعَامِلِينَ. (edit)	The second Ishráq We have enjoined upon all mankind to establish the Most Great Peace—the surest of all means for the protection of humanity. The sovereigns of the world should, with one accord, hold fast thereunto, for this is the supreme instrument that can ensure the security and welfare of all peoples and nations. They, verily, are the manifestations of the power of God and the daysprings of His authority. We beseech the Almighty that He may graciously assist them in that which is conducive to the well-being of their subjects. A full explanation regarding this matter hath been previously set forth by the Pen of Glory; well is it with them that act accordingly. (edit)	Second Illumination We have commanded all to adhere to the Greatest Peace, which is the supreme cause for the preservation of humanity. The sovereigns of the world must, in agreement, cling to this matter, which is a great cause for the comfort and preservation of the world. They are the dawns of power and the rising places of divine authority. We beseech the truth to support them in whatever causes the comfort of His servants. A detailed explanation on this matter has previously been issued from the Supreme Pen. Blessed are those who act accordingly. (edit)

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