Were man to study with deep insight God’s holy Words and
ponder them in his heart, he will surely realize that their one aim is to so
unite the world that the divers peoples on earth may be regarded even as one
soul, that the seal of “Unto God is all dominion” may be stamped upon the tablet
of every heart and that the splendors of loving kindness, of grace and mercy
may be shed upon all mankind. 
God has ever regarded the hearts of His servants, and this too
by reason of His most great favor, that perchance mortal souls may be cleansed
and sanctified from earthly states and may attain unto the everlasting places.
But that Real King is in Himself sufficient unto Himself and independent of
all; neither does any advantage accrue to Him from the love of contingent
beings, nor does any hurt befall Him from their hatred. All earthly places
appear through Him and unto him return, and God singly and alone abides in His
own place which is holy above space and time, mention and utterance, sign,
description and definition, height and depth. And no one knows this save Him
and whosoever has knowledge of the Book.
Attract the hearts of men, through the call of Him, the one
alone Beloved. Say: This is the Voice of God, if ye do but hearken. This is the
Dayspring of the Revelation of God, did ye but know it. This is the
Dawning-Place of the Cause of God, were ye to recognize it. This is the Source
of the commandment of God, did ye but judge it fairly. This is the manifest and
hidden Secret; would that ye might perceive it. O peoples of the world! Cast
away, in My name that transcendeth all other names, the things ye possess, and
immerse yourselves in this Ocean in whose depths lay hidden the pearls of
wisdom and of utterance, an ocean that surgeth in My name, the All-Merciful.
Thus instructeth you He with Whom is the Mother Book.
The Best-Beloved is come. In His right hand is the sealed
Wine of His name. Happy is the man that turneth unto Him, and drinketh his
fill, and exclaimeth: “Praise be to Thee, O Revealer of the signs of God!” By
the righteousness of the Almighty! Every hidden thing hath been manifested
through the power of truth. All the favours of God have been sent down, as a
token of His grace. The waters of everlasting life have, in their fullness,
been proffered unto men. Every single cup hath been borne round by the hand of
the Well-Beloved. Draw near, and tarry not, though it be for one short moment.
This is the Day whereon naught can be seen except the
splendours of the Light that shineth from the face of Thy Lord, the Gracious,
the Most Bountiful. Verily, We have caused every soul to expire by virtue of
Our irresistible and all-subduing sovereignty. We have, then, called into being
a new creation, as a token of Our grace unto men. I am, verily, the
All-Bountiful, the Ancient of Days.
The Divine Springtime is come, O Most Exalted Pen, for the
Festival of the All-Merciful is fast approaching. Bestir thyself, and magnify,
before the entire creation, the name of God, and celebrate His praise, in such
wise that all created things may be regenerated and made new. Speak, and hold
not thy peace. The day-star of blissfulness shineth above the horizon of Our
name, the Blissful, inasmuch as the kingdom of the names of God hath been
adorned with the ornament of the name of thy Lord, the Creator of the heavens.
Arise before the nations of the earth, and arm thyself with the power of this
Most Great Name, and be not of those who tarry.
Today the friends of God must appear in such wise among
God’s servants that by their actions they may lead all unto the pleasure of the
Lord of Glory. I swear by the Sun of the Horizon of Holiness that the friends
of God never have regarded nor will regard the earth or its transitory riches.
…today victory neither has been nor will ever be opposition
to any one, nor strife with any person; but rather what is well-pleasing is
that the cities of men’s hearts, which are under the dominion of the hosts of
selfishness and lust, should be subdued by the sword of wisdom and of
exhortation. Every one, then, who desires victory must first subdue the city of
his own heart with the sword of spiritual truth and of the Word, and must
protect it from remembering aught beside God; afterwards, let him turn his
efforts toward the citadel of the hearts of others.
It has been known that God, glorious is His mention, is
sanctified from the world and what is therein, and that the meaning of victory
is not this, that anyone should fight or strive with another. The Lord of “He
doeth what he willeth” has committed the kingdom of creation, both land and
sea, into the hand of kings, and they are the manifestations of the divine
power according to the degrees of their ranks; verily, He is the potent, the
sovereign. But that which God, glorious is His mention, has desired for himself
is the hearts of His servants which are treasuries of praise and love of the
Lord and stores of divine knowledge and wisdom.
The friends of God must be adorned with the ornament of
justice, equity, kindness and love. As they do not allow themselves to be the
object of cruelty and transgression, in like manner they should not allow such
tyranny to visit the handmaidens of God. He, verily, speaketh the truth and
commandeth that which benefitteth His servants and handmaidens. He is the
Protector of all in this world and the next.
O rulers of the earth! Be reconciled among yourselves, that
ye may need no more armaments save in a measure to safeguard your territories
and dominions. Beware lest ye disregard the counsel of the All-Knowing, the
Faithful.
The eye of My loving-kindness weepeth sore over you,
[“leaders of religion”] inasmuch as ye have failed to recognize the One upon
Whom ye have been calling in the daytime and in the night season, at even and
at morn. Advance, O people, with snow-white faces and radiant hearts, unto the
blest and crimson Spot, wherein the Tree beyond which there is no passing is
calling: ‘Verily, there is none other God beside Me, the Omnipotent Protector,
the Self-Subsisting!’
God testifieth to the unity of His Godhood and to the
singleness of His own Being. On the throne of eternity, from the inaccessible
heights of His station, His tongue proclaimeth that there is none other God but
Him. He Himself, independently of all else, hath ever been a witness unto His
own oneness, the revealer of His own nature, the glorifier of His own essence.
He, verily, is the All-Powerful, the Almighty, the Beauteous.
O ye leaders of religion in Persia! Who is the man amongst
you that can rival Me in vision or insight? Where is he to be found that dareth
to claim to be My equal in utterance or wisdom? No, by My Lord, the
All-Merciful! All on the earth shall pass away; and this is the face of your
Lord, the Almighty, the Well-Beloved.
The world passeth away, and that which is everlasting is the
love of God. God willing, thou shalt circumambulate the True One in every world
of His worlds and shalt be free from all else save Him....
O peoples of the world! He Who is the Most Great Name is
come, on the part of the Ancient King, and hath announced unto men this
Revelation which lay hid in His knowledge, and was preserved in the treasury of
His protection, and was written down by the Most Sublime Pen in the Books of
God, the Lord of Lords.
O Son of Beauty! By My spirit and by My favor! By My mercy
and by My beauty! All that I have revealed unto thee with the tongue of power,
and have written for thee with the pen of might, hath been in accordance with
thy capacity and understanding, not with My state and the melody of My voice.
O kings of the earth! We see you increasing every year your
expenditures, and laying the burden thereof on your subjects. This, verily, is
wholly and grossly unjust. Fear the sighs and tears of this Wronged One, and
lay not excessive burdens on your peoples. Do not rob them to rear palaces for
yourselves; nay rather choose for them that which ye choose for yourselves.
Thus We unfold to your eyes that which profiteth you, if ye but perceive. Your
people are your treasures. Beware lest your rule violate the commandments of
God, and ye deliver your wards to the hands of the robber. By them ye rule, by
their means ye subsist, by their aid ye conquer. Yet, how disdainfully ye look
upon them! How strange, how very strange! .
O concourse of rulers and divines! Incline your ears unto
the Voice calling from the horizon of Akká. Verily, it aideth you to proceed
aright, and draweth you nigh unto Him, and directeth your steps towards the
station which God hath made the Dayspring of His Revelation and the
Dawning-Place of His splendors.