O Qurratu’l-‘Ayn! Say: Verily I am the ‘Gate of God’ and I
give you to drink, by the leave of God, the sovereign Truth, of the
crystal-pure waters of His Revelation which are gushing out from the
incorruptible Fountain situate upon the Holy Mount. And those who earnestly
strive after the One True God, let them then strive to attain this Gate.
[Qur’án 83:25–26]Verily God is potent over all things...
O peoples of the earth! Give ear unto God’s holy Voice
proclaimed by this Arabian Youth Whom the Almighty hath graciously chosen for
His Own Self. He is indeed none other than the True One, Whom God hath
entrusted with this Mission from the midst of the Burning Bush. O
Qurratu’l-‘Ayn! Unravel what Thou pleasest from the secrets
of the All-Glorious, for the ocean is surging high [Qur’án 52:6] at the behest
of the incomparable Lord. (The Báb, an excerpt from the Qayyumu’l-Asma,
‘Selections from the Writings of the Báb)
