Lawh-i-Ayat-i-Nur/Page1/Crawford2

1. ALL PRAISE BELONGETH UNTO GOD, He Who hath fashioned the Letters in the realms of impenetrable clouds beyond the Tabernacles of Holiness within the ornate retreats of the highest heaven. Then He gave Them to drink from the Chalice of Eternity according to Their capacity in the Tablets of the divine Decree, in order to enable the hearts of those who are nigh unto Him to be quickened by Them in the exalted Dominion of Realization. Thereafter He adorned Them with black apparel according to that which hath been preordained through His Eternal Decree within the Hidden Chamber of divine Power above the crimson canopies, knowing that the Water of Life should remain hidden within the shadowy realms of divine Names in the Presence of the Bush beyond which none may pass. At that moment They were sent down unto the Kingdoms of Composition through the Firmament of the divine Decree.