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Epistle to
the Son of the Wolf:
Section 8 |
In the Kitab-i-Aqdas the following
hath been revealed: "O Land of Ta (Tihran)! Let nothing grieve
thee, for God hath chosen thee to be the source of the joy of
all mankind. He shall, if it be His Will, bless thy throne with
one who will rule with justice, who will gather together the
flock of God which the wolves have scattered. Such a ruler will,
with joy and gladness, turn his face towards, and extend his
favors unto, the people of Baha. He indeed is accounted in the
sight of God, as a jewel among men. Upon him rest forever the
glory of God, and the glory of all that dwell in the kingdom of
His revelation." These verses were revealed previously. Now,
however, the following verse hath been sent down: "O God, my
God! Baha beseecheth Thee and imploreth Thee, by the lights of
Thy countenance and the billows of the ocean of Thy Revelation,
and the effulgent splendors of the Sun of Thine utterance, to
aid the Shah to be fair and equitable. If it be Thy wish, bless
Thou, through him, the throne of authority and sovereignty.
Potent art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee. There is none other
God but Thee, Who hearest, Who art ready to answer." "Rejoice
with great joy, O Land of Ta (Tihran), for God hath made thee
the dayspring of His light, inasmuch as within thee was born the
Manifestation of His glory. Be thou glad for this name that hath
been conferred upon thee-a name through which the Daystar of
grace hath shed its splendor, through which both earth and
heaven have been illumined. Erelong will the state of affairs
within thee be changed, and the reins of power fall into the
hands of the people. Verily, thy Lord is the All-Knowing. His
authority embraceth all things. Rest thou assured in the
gracious favor of thy Lord. The eye of His loving-kindness shall
everlastingly be directed towards thee. The day is approaching
when thy agitation will have been transmuted into peace and
quiet calm. Thus hath it been decreed in the Wondrous Book."
And likewise, in the Lawh-i-Fu'ad, and in the Tablet of the King
of Paris (Napoleon III), and in other Tablets, there hath been
revealed that which will lead every fair-minded person to
testify unto the power, and the majesty, and the wisdom of
God-exalted be His glory. Were men to observe with the eye of
justice, they would be made aware of the secret of this blessed
verse: "Neither is there a thing green or sere, but it is noted
in a distinct writing," and would comprehend it. On this day,
however, men's repudiation of the truth hath prevented them from
understanding what hath been sent down in truth by Him Who is
the Revealer, the Ancient of Days. Gracious God! Perspicuous
signs have appeared on every side, and yet men are, for the most
part, deprived of the privilege of beholding and of
comprehending them. We beseech God to bestow His aid, that all
men may recognize the pearls that lie hid within the shells of
the Most Great Ocean, and exclaim: "Praised be Thou, O God of
the world!"
O concourse of the fair-minded! Observe and reflect upon the
billows of the ocean of the utterance and knowledge of God, so
that ye may testify with your inner and outer tongues that with
Him is the knowledge of all that is in the Book. Nothing
escapeth His knowledge. He, verily, hath manifested that which
was hidden, when He, upon His return, mounted the throne of the
Bayan. All that hath been sent down hath and will come to pass,
word for word, upon earth. No possibility is left for anyone
either to turn aside or protest. As fairness, however, is
disgraced and concealed, most men speak as prompted by their own
idle fancies.
O God, my God! Debar not Thy servants from turning their faces
towards the light of certitude, that hath dawned above the
horizon of Thy will, and suffer them not to be deprived, O my
God, of the oceans of Thy signs. They, O my Lord, are Thy
servants in Thy cities, and Thy slaves in Thy lands. If Thou
hast not mercy upon them, who, then, will show them mercy? Take
Thou, O my God, the hands of such as have been drowned in the
sea of idle fancies, and deliver them by Thy power and Thy
sovereignty. Save them, then, with the arms of Thy might.
Powerful art Thou to do what Thou willest, and in Thy right hand
are the reins of all that is in the heavens and all that is on
earth.
In like manner, the Primal Point saith: "Behold ye Him with His
own eyes. Were ye to behold Him with the eyes of another, ye
would never recognize and know Him." This referreth to naught
else except this Most Great Revelation. Well is it with them
that judge fairly. And likewise, He saith: "The year-old germ
that holdeth within itself the potentialities of the Revelation
that is to come is endowed with a potency superior to the
combined forces of the whole of the Bayan." These glad-tidings
of the Bayan and of the Books of former times have been
repeatedly mentioned under divers names in numerous books, that
perchance men might judge equitably that which hath arisen and
shone forth above the horizon of the will of God, the Lord of
the Mighty Throne.
O Shaykh! Tell the people of the Bayan: "Ponder ye these blessed
words. He saith: 'The whole of the Bayan is only a leaf amongst
the leaves of His Paradise.' Be fair, O people, and be not of
such as are accounted as lost in the Book of God, the Lord of
the worlds." The blessed Lote-Tree standeth, in this day, before
thy face, laden with heavenly, with new and wondrous fruits.
Gaze on it, detached from all else save it. Thus hath the Tongue
of might and power spoken at this Spot which God hath adorned
with the footsteps of His Most Great Name and Mighty
Announcement.
And likewise, He saith: "Ere nine will have elapsed from the
inception of this Cause, the realities of the created things
will not be made manifest. All that thou hast as yet seen is but
the stage from the moist germ until We clothed it with flesh. Be
patient, until thou beholdest a new creation. Say: 'Blessed,
therefore, be God, the most excellent of Makers!'" And likewise,
He hath said regarding the power of this Revelation: "Lawful is
it for Him Whom God will make manifest to reject him who is
greatest on earth, inasmuch as such a one is but a creature in
His grasp, and all things adore Him. After Hin (68) a Cause
shall be given unto you which ye shall come to know."
And also He saith: "Know thou with absolute certainty, and
through the firmly established and most irrevocable decree, that
He-exalted be His glory, and magnified be His might, and
sanctified be His holiness, and glorified be His grandeur, and
lauded be His ways, maketh each thing to be known through its
own self; who then can know Him through any one except Himself?"
And further, He saith-exalted and glorified be He: "Beware,
beware lest, in the days of His Revelation, the Vahid of the
Bayan (eighteen Letters of the Living) shut thee not out as by a
veil from Him, inasmuch as this Vahid is but a creature in His
sight. And beware, beware that the words sent down in the Bayan
shut thee not out as by a veil from Him." And again, He-exalted
be He-saith: "Look not upon Him with any eye except His own. For
whosoever looketh upon Him with His eye, will recognize Him;
otherwise he will be veiled from Him. Shouldst thou seek God and
His Presence, seek thou Him and gaze upon Him." And likewise, He
saith: "Better is it for thee to recite but one of the verses of
Him Whom God shall make manifest than to set down the whole of
the Bayan, for on that Day that one verse can save thee, whereas
the entire Bayan cannot save thee."
Say: O people of the Bayan! Be fair, be fair; and again, be
fair, be fair. Be ye not of them who have made mention of the
Manifestation of the Cause of God in the daytime and in the
night season, and who, when He, through His grace, appeared, and
when the Horizon of Revelation was illumined, pronounced against
Him such a judgment as hath provoked the lamentations of the
inmates of the Kingdom and of the Realm of Glory, and of such as
have circled about the will of God, the All-Knowing, the
All-Wise.
Meditate upon these sublime words. He saith: "I, verily, am a
believer in Him, and in His Faith, and in His Book, and in His
Testimonies, and in His Ways, and in all that proceedeth from
Him concerning them. I glory in My kinship with Him, and pride
Myself on My belief in Him." And likewise, He saith: "O
congregation of the Bayan and all who are therein! Recognize ye
the limits imposed upon you, for such a One as the Point of the
Bayan Himself hath believed in Him Whom God shall make manifest,
before all things were created. Therein, verily, do I glory
before all who are in the kingdom of heaven and earth." By God!
All the atoms of the universe groan and lament at the cruelty
perpetrated by the froward among the people of the Bayan.
Whither are gone they who are endued with insight and hearing?
We beseech God-blessed and glorified be He-to summon them and
exhort them unto that which will profit them, and withhold them
from that which will harm them. He, in truth, is the Strong, the
All-Subduing, the Almighty.
And likewise, He saith: "Suffer not yourselves to be shut out as
by a veil from God after He hath revealed Himself. For all that
hath been exalted in the Bayan is but as a ring upon My hand,
and I Myself am, verily, but a ring upon the hand of Him Whom
God shall make manifest-glorified be His mention! He turneth it
as He pleaseth, for whatsoever He pleaseth, and through
whatsoever He pleaseth. He, verily, is the Help in Peril, the
Most High." And likewise, He saith: "Were He to make of every
one on earth a Prophet, all would, in very truth, be accounted
as Prophets in the sight of God." And likewise, He saith: "In
the day of the revelation of Him Whom God shall make manifest
all that dwell on earth will be equal in His estimation.
Whomsoever He ordaineth as a Prophet, he, verily, hath been a
Prophet from the beginning that hath no beginning, and will thus
remain until the end that hath no end, inasmuch as this is an
act of God. And whosoever is made a Vicegerent by Him, shall be
a Vicegerent in all the worlds, for this is an act of God. For
the will of God can in no wise be revealed except through His
will, nor His wish be manifested save through His wish. He,
verily, is the All-Conquering, the All-Powerful, the
All-Highest."
Briefly, in every instance He hath stated that which is
conducive to the conversion, the advancement, the exaltation,
and the guidance of men. A few unfair ones, however, have become
a veil, and an insurmountable barrier, and debarred the people
from turning towards the lights of His Countenance. We pray God
to cast them out by His sovereignty, and seize on them with His
seizing power. He, verily, is the Lord of Strength, the Mighty,
the All-Wise.
And likewise, He saith: "He-glorified be His mention-resembleth
the sun. Were unnumbered mirrors to be placed before it, each
would, according to its capacity, reflect the splendor of that
sun, and were none to be placed before it, it would still
continue to rise and set, and the mirrors alone would be veiled
from its light. I, verily, have not fallen short of My duty to
admonish that people, and to devise means whereby they may turn
towards God, their Lord, and believe in God, their Creator. If,
on the day of His Revelation, all that are on earth bear Him
allegiance, Mine inmost being will rejoice, inasmuch as all will
have attained the summit of their existence, and will have been
brought face to face with their Beloved, and will have
recognized, to the fullest extent attainable in the world of
being, the splendor of Him Who is the Desire of their hearts. If
not, My soul will indeed be saddened. I truly have nurtured all
things for this purpose. How, then, can anyone be veiled from
Him? For this have I called upon God, and will continue to call
upon Him. He, verily, is nigh, ready to answer."
And likewise, He saith: "They will even refuse unto that Tree,
which is neither of the East nor of the West, the name believer,
for were they so to name Him, they would fail to sadden Him."
Hath thine ear, O world, heard with what helplessness these
words were revealed from the dayspring of the will of Him Who is
the Dawning-Place of all names? He saith: "I have educated all
men, that they may recognize this Revelation, and yet the people
of the Bayan refuse to concede even the name believer to that
blessed Tree that belongeth neither to the East nor to the
West." Alas, alas, for the things which have befallen Me! By
God! There befell Me at the hands of him whom I have nurtured
(Mirza Yahya), by day and by night, what hath caused the Holy
Spirit, and the dwellers of the Tabernacle of the Grandeur of
God, the Lord of this wondrous Day, to lament.
Likewise, refuting certain disbelievers, He saith: "For none
knoweth the time of the Revelation except God. Whenever it
appeareth, all must acknowledge the Point of Truth, and render
thanks unto God." They that have turned aside from Me have
spoken even as the followers of John (the Baptist) spoke.
For they, too, protested against Him Who was the Spirit (Jesus)
saying: "The dispensation of John hath not yet ended; wherefore
hast thou come?" Now, too, they that have repudiated Us, though
they have never known Us and have been at all times ignorant of
the fundamentals of this Cause, knowing not from Whom it
proceeded or what it signifieth, have spoken that which hath
made all created things to sigh and lament. By My life! The mute
can never confront the One Who incarnateth in Himself the
kingdom of utterance. Fear God, O people, and peruse, then, that
which hath been sent down with truth in the eighth Chapter of
the sixth Vahid of the Bayan, and be not of such as have turned
aside. He, likewise, hath commanded: "Once every nineteen days
this Chapter should be read, that haply they may not be veiled,
in the time of the revelation of Him Whom God shall make
manifest, by considerations foreign to the verses, which have
been, and are still, the weightiest of all proofs and
testimonies."
John, son of Zacharias, said what My Forerunner hath said:
"Saying, repent ye, for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand. I
indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He that
cometh after Me is mightier than I, Whose shoes I am not worthy
to bear." Wherefore, hath My Forerunner, as a sign of
submissiveness and humility, said: "The whole of the Bayan is
only a leaf amongst the leaves of His Paradise."
And likewise, He saith: "I am the first to adore Him, and pride
Myself on My kinship with Him." And yet, O men, the people of
the Bayan have acted in such a manner that Dhi'l-Jawshan, and
Ibn-i-Anas, and Asbahi have sought and still seek refuge with
God against such deeds. This Wronged One hath, in the face of
all religions, busied Himself day and night with the things that
are conducive unto the exaltation of the Cause of God, whereas
those men have clung unto that which is the cause of humiliation
and injury.
And likewise, He saith: "Recognize Him by His verses. The
greater your neglect in seeking to know Him, the more grievously
will ye be veiled in fire." O ye among the people of the Bayan
that have turned aside from Me! Ponder upon these most sublime
words, that have proceeded from the wellspring of the utterance
of Him Who is the Point of Knowledge. Hearken ye, at this
moment, unto these words.
He saith: "On that Day, the Daystar of Truth will address the
people of the Bayan and will recite this Surih of the Qur'an:
'Say: O ye unbelievers! I worship not that which ye worship, and
ye do not worship that which I worship. I shall never worship
that which ye worship, neither will ye worship that which I
worship. To you be your religion, to Me My religion.'" Gracious
God! Notwithstanding these lucid statements, and these shining
and luminous tokens all are occupied with their vain imaginings,
and are unaware of, and veiled from, the Desired One. O ye that
have gone astray! Awake from the sleep of heedlessness, and give
ear unto these words of My Forerunner. He saith: "The tree of
affirmation, by turning aside from Him, is accounted as the tree
of denial, and the tree of denial, by turning towards Him, is
accounted as the tree of affirmation." And likewise, He saith:
"Should anyone lay claim unto a Revelation, and fail to produce
any proof, do not protest, and sadden Him not." Briefly, this
Wronged One hath, night and day, been uttering the words: "Say:
O ye unbelievers!", that haply this may be the means of
awakening the people, and may adorn them with the adornment of
fairness.
And now, meditate upon these words, which diffuse the breath of
despair, in His sorrowful invocation unto God, the Lord of the
worlds. He saith: "Glorified art Thou, O My God! Bear Thou
witness that, through this Book, I have covenanted with all
created things concerning the Mission of Him Whom Thou shalt
make manifest, ere the covenant concerning Mine own Mission had
been established. Sufficient witness art Thou and they that have
believed in Thy signs. Thou, verily, sufficest Me. In Thee have
I placed My trust, and Thou, verily, takest count of all
things."
In another connection He saith: "O Sun-like Mirrors! Look ye
upon the Sun of Truth. Ye, verily, depend upon it, were ye to
perceive it. Ye are all as fishes, moving in the waters of the
sea, veiling yourselves therefrom, and yet asking what it is on
which ye depend." And likewise, He saith: "I complain unto thee,
O Mirror of My generosity, against all the other Mirrors. All
look upon Me through their own colors." These words were sent
down from the Source of the Revelation of the All-Bounteous, and
were addressed to Siyyid Javad, known as Karbila'i.
God testifieth, and the world beareth Me witness that this
Siyyid stood by this Wronged One, and even wrote a detailed
refutation against them that turned aside from Me. Two
communications, moreover, in which he hath borne witness unto
the Revelation of the True One, and in which the evidences of
his turning away from all else but Him, are clear and manifest,
have been sent by Us to Haydar-'Ali. The handwriting of the
Siyyid is unmistakable, and is known unto everyone. Our purpose
in doing this was that perchance they that have denied Us might
attain unto the living waters of acknowledgment, and such as
have turned aside be illumined with the light of conversion. God
is My witness that this Wronged One hath had no purpose except
to convey the Word of God. Blessed are the fair-minded, and woe
betide them that have turned aside. They that have turned away
from Me have schemed many a time, and acted deceitfully in
divers ways. They have, on one occasion, secured a picture of
this Siyyid, and pasted it on a sheet with that of others,
surmounted by the portrait of Mirza Yahya. Briefly, they have
seized upon every means in order to repudiate the True One. Say:
"The True One is come evident as the shining sun; O pity that He
should have come into the city of the blind!" The
afore-mentioned Siyyid admonished the deniers, and summoned them
unto the Most Sublime Horizon, but failed to impress these
stones that can take no imprint. Concerning him they have said
things against which he sought refuge with God-exalted be His
glory. The supplications which he hath sent to this Holy Court
are now in Our possession. Happy are the fair-minded.
Ponder now upon the complaint of the Primal Point against the
Mirrors, that haply men may be awakened, and may turn from the
left hand of idle fancies and imaginings unto the right hand of
faith and certitude, and may be made cognizant of that wherefrom
they are veiled. It is indeed for the purpose of recognizing
this Most Great Cause that they have come out of the world of
non-existence into the world of being. And likewise He saith:
"Consecrate Thou, O my God, the whole of this Tree unto Him,
that from it may be revealed all the fruits created by God
within it for Him through Whom God hath willed to reveal all
that He pleaseth. By Thy glory! I have not wished that this Tree
should ever bear any branch, leaf, or fruit that would fail to
bow down before Him, on the day of His Revelation, or refuse to
laud Thee through Him, as beseemeth the glory of His
all-glorious Revelation, and the sublimity of His most sublime
Concealment. And shouldst Thou behold, O my God, any branch,
leaf, or fruit upon Me that hath failed to bow down before Him,
on the day of His Revelation, cut it off, O My God, from that
Tree, for it is not of Me, nor shall it return unto Me."
O people of the Bayan! I swear by God! This Wronged One hath had
no other intention except to manifest the Cause He was
commissioned to reveal. Were ye to incline your inner ears unto
Him, ye would hear from every limb and member and vein and even
from every single hair of this Wronged One that which would stir
and enrapture the Concourse on high and the world of creation.
O Hadi! The blind fanaticism of former times hath withheld the
hapless creatures from the Straight Path. Meditate on the Shi'ih
sect. For twelve hundred years they have cried "O Qa'im!", until
in the end all pronounced the sentence of His death, and caused
Him to suffer martyrdom, notwithstanding their belief in, and
their acceptance and acknowledgment of, the True One-exalted be
His glory-and of the Seal of the Prophets, and of the Chosen
Ones. It is now necessary to reflect a while, that haply that
which hath come between the True One and His creatures may be
discovered, and the deeds which have been the cause of protest
and denial be made known.
O Hadi! We have heard the moaning of the pulpits which, as
attested by all, the divines of the age of this Revelation have
ascended, and from which they have cursed the True One, and
caused such things to befall Him Who is the Essence of Being and
His companions as neither the eye nor the ear of the world hath
seen or heard. Thou hast now summoned, and art still summoning
the people, claiming to be His vicegerent and mirror, despite
thine ignorance of this Cause as a result of thy not having been
in Our company.
Every one of this people well knoweth that Siyyid Muhammad was
but one of Our servants. In the days when, as requested by the
Imperial Ottoman Government, We proceeded to their Capital, he
accompanied Us. Subsequently, he committed that which I swear by
God-hath caused the Pen of the Most High to weep and His Tablet
to groan. We, therefore, cast him out; whereupon, he joined
Mirza Yahya, and did what no tyrant hath ever done. We abandoned
him, and said unto him: "Begone, O heedless one!" After these
words had been uttered, he joined the order of the Mawlavis, and
remained in their company until the time when We were summoned
to depart.
O Hadi! Suffer not thyself to become the instrument for the
dissemination of new superstitions, and refuse to set up once
again a sect similar to that of the Shi'ihs. Reflect how great
the amount of blood which hath been spilt. Thou amongst others,
who hast laid claim to knowledge, and likewise the Shi'ih
divines, have, one and all, in the first and ensuing years,
cursed the True One, and decreed that His most holy blood be
shed. Fear God, O Hadi! Be not willing that men be again
afflicted with the vain imaginings of former times. Fear God,
and be not of them that act unjustly. In these days We have
heard that thou hast striven to lay hands on and destroy every
copy of the Bayan. This Wronged One requesteth thee to renounce,
for the sake of God, this intention. Thine intelligence and
judgment have never excelled, nor do they now excel, the
intelligence and judgment of Him Who is the Prince of the World.
God testifieth and beareth Me witness that this Wronged One hath
not perused the Bayan, nor been acquainted with its contents.
This much, however, is known and is clear and indubitable that
He hath ordained the Book of the Bayan to be the foundation of
His works. Fear God, and meddle not in matters which far
transcend thee. For twelve hundred years they that resemble thee
have afflicted the hapless Shi'ihs in the pit of vain fancies
and idle imaginings. Finally, there appeared, on the Day of
Judgment things against which the oppressors of old have sought
refuge with the True One.
Apprehend now the cry of Him Who is the Point as raised by His
utterance. He supplicateth God that if there should appear from
this Tree-which is His blessed Self-any fruit, or leaf, or
branch that would fail to believe in Him, God should cut it off
forthwith. And likewise, He saith: "Should any one make a
statement, and fail to support it by any proof, reject him not."
And yet, now, though supported by a hundred books, thou hast
rejected Him and rejoicest therein!
Again I repeat, and plead with thee to carefully scrutinize that
which hath been revealed. The breezes of utterance in this
Revelation are not to be compared with those of former ages.
This Wronged One hath been perpetually afflicted, and found no
place of safety in which He could peruse either the writings of
the Most Exalted One (the Bab) or those of any one else. About
two months after Our arrival in Iraq, following the command of
His Majesty the Shah of Persia-may God assist him--Mirza Yahya
joined Us. We said unto him: "In accordance with the Royal
command We have been sent unto this place. It is advisable for
thee to remain in Persia. We will send Our brother, Mirza Musa,
to some other place. As your names have not been mentioned in
the Royal decree, you can arise and render some service."
Subsequently, this Wronged One departed from Baghdad, and for
two years withdrew from the world. Upon Our return, We found
that he had not left, and had postponed his departure. This
Wronged One was greatly saddened. God testifieth and beareth Us
witness that We have, at all times, been busied with the
propagation of this Cause. Neither chains nor bonds, stocks nor
imprisonment, have succeeded in withholding Us from revealing
Our Self. In that land We forbad all mischief, and all unseemly
and unholy deeds. Day and night We sent forth Our Tablets in
every direction. We had no other purpose except to edify the
souls of men, and to exalt the blessed Word.
We especially appointed certain ones to collect the writings of
the Primal Point. When this was accomplished, We summoned Mirza
Yahya and Mirza Vahhab-i-Khurasani, known as Mirza Javad, to
meet in a certain place. Conforming with Our instructions, they
completed the task of transcribing two copies of the works of
the Primal Point. I swear by God! This Wronged One, by reason of
His constant association with men, hath not looked at these
books, nor gazed with outward eyes on these writings. When We
departed, these writings were in the possession of these two
persons. It was agreed that Mirza Yahya should be entrusted with
them, and proceed to Persia, and disseminate them throughout
that land. This Wronged One proceeded, at the request of the
Ministers of the Ottoman Government to their capital.
When We arrived in Mosul, We found that Mirza Yahya had left
before Us for that city, and was awaiting Us there. Briefly, the
books and writings were left in Baghdad, while he himself
proceeded to Constantinople and joined these servants. God
beareth now witness unto the things which have touched this
Wronged One, for after We had so arduously striven, he (Mirza
Yahya) abandoned the writings and joined the exiles. This
Wronged One was, for a long period, overwhelmed by infinite
sorrows until such time when, in pursuance of measures of which
none but the one true God is aware, We despatched the writings
unto another place and another country, owing to the fact that
in Iraq all documents must every month be carefully examined,
lest they rot and perish. God, however, preserved them and sent
them unto a place which He had previously ordained. He, verily,
is the Protector, the Succorer.
Wherever this Wronged One went Mirza Yahya followed Him. Thou
art thyself a witness and well knowest that whatever hath been
said is the truth.
The Siyyid of Isfahan, however, surreptitiously duped him. They
committed that which caused the greatest consternation. Would
that thou wouldst inquire from the officials of the government
concerning the conduct of Mirza Yahya in that land. Aside from
all this, I adjure thee by God, the One, the Incomparable, the
Lord of Strength, the Most Powerful, to carefully look into the
communications addressed in his name to the Primal Point, that
thou mayest behold the evidences of Him Who is the Truth as
clear as the sun. Likewise, there proceeded from the words of
the Point of the Bayan-may the souls of all else but Him be
sacrificed for His sake-that which no veil can obscure, and
which neither the veils of glory nor the veils interposed by
such as have gone astray can hide. The veils have, verily, been
rent asunder by the finger of the will of thy Lord, the Strong,
the All-Subduing, the All-Powerful. Yea, desperate is the state
of such as have calumniated Me and envied Me. Not long ago it
was stated that thou hadst ascribed the authorship of the
Kitab-i-Iqan and of other Tablets unto others. I swear by God!
This is a grievous injustice. Others are incapable of
apprehending their meaning, how much more of revealing them!
Hasan-i-Mazindarani was the bearer of seventy Tablets. Upon his
death, these were not delivered unto those for whom they were
intended, but were entrusted to one of the sisters of this
Wronged One, who, for no reason whatever, had turned aside from
Me. God knoweth what befell His Tablets. This sister had never
lived with Us. I swear by the Sun of Truth that after these
things had happened she never saw Mirza Yahya, and remained
unaware of Our Cause, for in those days she had been estranged
from Us. She lived in one quarter, and this Wronged One in
another. As a token, however, of Our loving-kindness, our
affection and mercy, We, a few days prior to Our departure,
visited her and her mother, that haply she might quaff from the
living waters of faith, and attain unto that which would draw
her nigh unto God, in this day. God well knoweth and beareth Me
witness, and she herself testifieth, that I had no thought
whatsoever except this. Finally, she --God be praised-attained
unto this through His grace, and was adorned with the adornment
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