=== START BH07981 ===

O Manzar, upon thee be the Glory of God! O thou who art named after the Most Sublime Vision! In the name of the Goal of all the worlds! O Manzar! Thou art mentioned in the Most Sublime Vision. Every mention among mentions and every thing among things shall be seized by the hand of extinction according to the exigencies of divine wisdom, save the Sun of the Word of God, exalted be His glory, which hath shone forth from the horizon of the Supreme Pen. It shall endure through the eternality of the kingdom and the realm above. If thou wouldst ponder on this Word, thou wouldst forever utter “Thine is the praise, O God of the worlds!” This is the day of service and the day of deeds. Blessed is the soul whom the clamor of the world hath not prevented from the Dayspring of light and the Dawning-place of revelation, who hath rent asunder the veils of idle fancies and hath arisen with complete steadfastness to reform the world. Such a one is accounted among the people of Baha in the Crimson Book by the Supreme Pen. Blessed is he! Blessed is he!

=== END BH07981 ===

=== START BH07982 ===

His honor Haji Mehdi, who has attained

He is the All-Seeing, the All-Knowing

O Mehdi! God willing, may you be assisted through the grace of the True One, exalted be His glory, and be adorned with the ornament of steadfastness. All on earth sought and yearned for the presence of this blessed Day, and when the dawn of the Day appeared, shining and radiant with the lights of the Divine Countenance, all turned away save a few souls. By the life of God, these souls were and are the most exalted of creation, and all are, in the sight of God, on the same plane. Were the station of faith to be made manifest today, all the sincere ones, the near ones, and the unitarians would perish from joy and gladness. The bounty for which all were waiting - while the learned ones, the mystics, and the princes of the earth remained heedless of it - you have attained through the grace of God, exalted be His glory, and time after time you have drunk from the Kawthar of reunion. Forget not this bounty. Thus does He command you, from Whose presence is the Mighty Book. Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH07982 ===

=== START BH07984 ===

O Nabil, upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness and My mercy which hath preceded existence. We have made mention of every name that was in thy book and have sent down for each one that which shall speak at the heart of the world. The All-Merciful hath come with manifest sovereignty. Be thou steadfast in the Cause and speak amongst the servants that which will attract them to My most exalted horizon and draw them nigh unto God, the Lord of what was and what shall be. The servant in attendance hath appeared before Us with letters from My loved ones, and in each one of them are mentioned names. Each one of them hath attained unto a token from My Most Exalted Pen and the choice wine of My beloved remembrance. Glory be upon thee, O thou who hast attained unto My presence and heard My call and drunk the water of immortality of My love and spoken in remembrance of Me amongst My servants. Verily thy Lord doth witness and behold, and He is the Truth, the Knower of the unseen.

=== END BH07984 ===

=== START BH07985 ===

He Who is the Compassionate, the Bountiful

O Himmat! We have made mention of thee with a mention before which all mentions bow down, and with an utterance around which circle the utterances of the chosen ones. Say: My God, my God! With what tongue can I recall Thy gifts and bounties? I was heedless - the breezes of Thy Revelation awakened me. I was asleep - the fingers of Thy grace pinched me and raised me up to Thy Cause. I was ignorant - Thou didst guide me to the ocean of Thy knowledge and learning. I was silent - Thou didst cause me to speak forth Thy praise. Thou art He Who, O my God, guided me to Thy path and made me know the Dawning-Place of Thy lights, the Source of Thy inspiration, and the Manifestation of Thy Self. I beseech Thee, O Thou in Whose grasp are the reins of all created things, to assist me in that which its fragrance will never cease to endure through the perpetuity of Thy dominion and kingdom, and Thy might and power. Then write down for me, O my God, my Goal and my Object of worship, the good of this world and the next. Verily Thou art the Lord of all mankind. There is none other God but Thee, the Most Exalted, the Most Great.

=== END BH07985 ===

=== START BH07986 ===

O Shirin, handmaiden of God, upon her be the Glory of God! He is the Hearer, the Answerer!

O my leaf! When the rapture of My call takes hold of thee, say: My God, my God! Thou seest one of Thy handmaidens turning toward the horizon of Thy prison and clinging to the cord of Thy bounty. I beseech Thee by the letters of Thy Book and by the Ha through which Thou didst manifest the station of pure Identity, to make me patient in the occasions of Thy decree and steadfast when the tempestuous winds blow. Verily Thou art the Creator of names and attributes. There is no God but Thee, the Mighty, the Powerful.

O my Lord! Thou seest me turning toward Thee, detached from all else but Thee, and beseeching the ocean of Thy bounty and the sun of Thy giving. I beseech Thee by the lights of Thy throne and the manifestations of Thy grandeur, and by the Tablet which none hath known save Thee, to make me in all conditions holding fast to the hem of Thy generosity, and speaking amongst Thy handmaidens in Thy remembrance and praise. Verily Thou art powerful over what Thou willest. There is no God but Thee, the Strong, the Mighty.

=== END BH07986 ===

=== START BH07987 ===

He is the All-Patient, the All-Concealing, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise

O My leaf! Upon thee be My Baha! Praise be to God that thou hast drunk from the hand of bounty the wine of everlasting life, and hast attained unto that which hath been the hope of them that are near unto God and of the sincere ones. The hands of divine grace and mercy have revealed from the Mother Book, in thy name, that which is adorned with eternal life. Every word that hath been revealed from the Mother Book is better than a hundred thousand children, both high and beloved. These children require no sustenance or clothing, existing as they do in the cities of praise and glorification, mentioned by thy name. Events affect them not. They have endured and shall endure as long as the kingdom of earth and heaven endureth. Give thanks unto thy Lord for this mighty remembrance, this manifest grace, and this exalted Word from God, the Lord of all mankind. The glory from Us be upon thee, O My handmaiden, and upon My handmaidens who have believed in the One, the All-Informed.

=== END BH07987 ===

=== START BH07988 ===

In My Name, the One Who calls in the Kingdom of Names! O My leaf and My handmaiden! Thou hast ever been and art remembered. Give thanks unto thy Lord, the Most Glorious, for this manifest bounty. Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God and the God of all names, my Creator and the Creator of the heavens! And glory be unto Thee, O God of the world and Lord of the nations! I beseech Thee by the ocean of Thy verses and the effulgences of the Sun of Thy grace to aid me to manifest great steadfastness before the faces of the handmaidens. O my Lord! Thou seest Thy leaf clinging to the Tree of Thy bounty and generosity. I beseech Thee not to disappoint her of that which is with Thee. Verily, Thou art the All-Bountiful, the Effusive, the Forgiving, the Generous. O My handmaiden! Thou hast mentioned that handmaiden of God who hath ascended to the Supreme Companion. We beseech God, blessed and exalted be He, to cause her to enter the Most Glorious Paradise, to send down upon her mercy from His presence and grace from His own Self, and to forgive her through His bounty which hath encompassed existence and through His generosity which hath encompassed all who are in the heavens and the earth.

=== END BH07988 ===

=== START BH07989 ===

He is the Rememberer and the Remembered One

O My Leaf, O My Afnan, upon thee be My glory and My mercy! Thy letter hath come before Us and from it We perceived the fragrance of thy love for thy Lord, the Mighty, the All-Bestowing. Rejoice, rejoice, O My Leaf, in that the Divine Lote-Tree remembereth thee from this spot wherein the call of God, the Lord of Lords, hath been raised. We have adorned thee with the ornament of My kinship and have made mention of thee in such wise that the near ones shall find from it the fragrance of thy Lord’s garment, the Lord of the Final Return. Say: My God, my God! The sweet fragrance of Thy utterance hath enraptured me and the choice wine of Thy Most Great Name hath intoxicated me. Thou seest me, O my God, turning toward Thee, gazing upon Thy horizon, and awaiting the wonders of Thy grace. I beseech Thee by the breathings of Thy Revelation and the lights of Thy countenance to ordain for me and for my son the good of this world and of the world to come. Then write down, O God of Names and Creator of heaven, from Thy Most Exalted Pen that which befitteth the ocean of Thy bounty and the heaven of Thy grace. Verily, Thou art the Mighty, the Glorious, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH07989 ===

=== START BH07990 ===

In the Name of the One Incomparable God! O Yari! The One Incomparable Friend declares: The whole world hath been created for the recognition of the Ancient Lord in this Most Great Announcement, and hath been brought from nothingness into being. Yet when the morn of the divine Day dawned from the horizon of Will, all were found to be debarred and deprived, save whom God pleased. Well is it with thee for having drunk the Choice Wine sealed with My Self-Subsisting Name, and for having turned toward the Supreme Horizon on a Day wherein the limbs of all names trembled. Verily thy Lord is the All-Witnessing, the All-Informed. We counsel thee to observe wisdom, for the people are weak. The Lord, exalted be His glory, hath shown forbearance out of pure grace. Therefore must all be mindful of wisdom and treat mankind with kindliness and compassion. He, verily, is the Compassionate, the Bountiful. The Glory rest upon thee and upon those with thee and upon them that have attained unto the days of God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH07990 ===

=== START BH07991 ===

Here is Yaqub, upon him be the Glory of God. He is the One Who speaks before all faces. O Yaqub! We have been with you and heard your cry regarding this irrevocable Cause. Hear the call from the Supreme Horizon: “Verily, there is no God but Me, the Single, the One, the Powerful, the Mighty.” His Holiness Moses conveyed the Word of God to the Pharaoh of his time, and in the early days a strong party secretly supported him. However, the King of existence and the Sovereign of the seen and unseen summoned all kings without any veil or barrier, and guided them to the Supreme Horizon, at a time when there was no helper visible and no supporter apparent. The might of the divines and rulers did not prevent Him from speaking the word of truth. He spoke that which was the cause of exaltation and ascension. We beseech God, blessed and exalted be He, to confirm you with a confirmation that the oppression of oppressors cannot prevent. Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH07991 ===

=== START BH07992 ===

In My Name, the Hearer, the Answerer

O Joseph! Your letter has come and been read by the servant who stands before the Throne. Verily your Lord is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. We have heard your call and answered you, and turned toward you from this exalted station. We found your letter sanctified from the allusions of those who have denied God, the Most High, the Most Great. Blessed art thou for having turned to Him from Whom the world has turned away, though it was created for His manifestation - to this testify the Books of God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy. We mentioned thee before with a mention through which the Concourse on High perceived the fragrance of My Most Glorious Robe. Rejoice thou and be of the thankful ones. Beware lest anything prevent thee from this Remembrance, through which all things and the Lord of Names have called out. God hath come with His wondrous Remembrance. Verily We remember Our loved ones and counsel them to steadfastness in this Day wherein the clamor of every remote oppressor hath been raised. Thus have We mentioned thee from the precincts of the Prison. Verily thy Lord is the Forgiving, the Bountiful.

=== END BH07992 ===

=== START BH07993 ===

He is the All-Seeing, the All-Informed!

The Wronged One makes mention of him who has turned to God, the Single One, the All-Knowing, Who has come with the truth and revealed that which lay hidden in God’s knowledge, the Lord of all worlds. Earthquakes have appeared and the tribes have lamented, and the people are in manifest agitation. Say: Fear ye God and follow not every distant barking dog. Break the idols with the arm of certitude - this is better for you, if ye be of those who know. Verily the Truth hath come with authority from His presence while the people inquire about prophethood and the like. Say: Perdition betide you and those who follow the vain imaginings of the heedless ones. Say: Cast aside every barking dog and hearken unto that which the Divine Lote-Tree uttereth amidst the Concourse of Creation: Verily there is none other God but Me, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. This is the Day of God, were ye of those who know. None is mentioned therein save Him - to this testifieth he who hath with him a perspicuous Book. The glory be upon thee and upon those who have held fast to My firm cord.

=== END BH07993 ===

=== START BH07994 ===

He is the Hearer, the Answerer

The Wronged One begs His Lord to assist His loved ones to remember Him, praise Him, and serve His Cause, the firm, the mighty, the impregnable. We have heard thy mention and have remembered thee, that thou mayest thank thy Lord, the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. When thou hearest the call from the Most Exalted Horizon, say:

My God, my God! Praise be to Thee for having awakened me through the breathings of Thy Revelation, made known to me Thy ancient bounty, and shown me Thy wondrous generosity. I beseech Thee by the waves of the ocean of Thy knowledge and the signs of Thy grandeur, and by Thy Prophets and Messengers whom neither the might of the oppressors deterred from drawing nigh unto Thee, nor the tyranny of the Pharaohs from turning toward the light of Thy countenance, to make me steadfast in Thy Cause and firm in Thy love. O Lord! Illumine my heart with the light of Thy knowledge, adorn my temple with the ornament of piety, and my head with the crown of virtuous deeds. Thou art the Judge on the Day of the Covenant and the Illuminator of the horizons. Then ordain for me the good of this world and the next. There is no God but Thee, the Omnipotent over whatsoever Thou willest through Thy word “Be” and it is.

=== END BH07994 ===

=== START BH07995 ===

What did it profit thee, and such as are like thee, to slay, year

after year, so many of the oppressed, and to inflict upon them manifold

afflictions when they have increased a hundredfold, and ye find yourselves

in complete bewilderment, knowing not how to relieve your minds of

this oppressive thought…. His Cause transcends any and every plan ye

devise. Know this much: were all the governments on earth to unite and take

My life and the lives of all who bear this name, this Divine Fire

would never be quenched.

=== END BH07995 ===

=== START BH07996 ===

Glory be unto Thee, O God, for Thy Manifestation of Love to mankind! O Thou, who art our Life and Light, guide Thy servants to Thy Way, and make them rich in Thee and free from all save Thee.

O God, teach them Thy Oneness, and give unto them a realization of Thy Unity; that they may see no one save Thee. Thou art the Merciful and the Giver of Bounty!

O God, create in the hearts of Thy beloved the fire of Thy Love, that it may burn away the thought of everything save Thee.

Reveal unto them, O God, Thy Exalted Eternity; that Thou hast ever been and will always be, and that there is no God save Thee. Verily, in Thee will they find comfort and strength!

=== END BH07996 ===

=== START BH07997 ===

In Thy Name, the Sufficer, the Healer, the Fulfiller, the Loftiest, the Supreme, the Baha-El-Abha!

I ask Thee by Thine Ancient Beauty, and I supplicate Thee by the manifestation of Thy Greatest Majesty, and Thy Name, around which the heavens of the Manifestations revolve; by which the waters of the oceans overflow, the full moons appear, the lights diffuse, and verily, the visible and the invisible, the mysterious and the celebrated; by which all sorrow will be turned into joy and all disease will be turned into health, and by which every sick, afflicted, unfortunate and constrained one may be healed, to suffice to heal this weary, sick-worn one of the seen and the unseen disease.

Verily, Thou art the Powerful, the Conqueror, the Mighty, the Living, the Forgiver!

=== END BH07997 ===

=== START BH07998 ===

He is God, exalted is He. O my sister! For a long time no news from you has reached this prisoner. Therefore in these days, since the honored Shaykh Muhammad was bound for that direction, these two words were mentioned, that if you wish to know the state of this exile, by God, neither am I able to recount it nor are you able to hear it. Thus has it been ordained for my soul from the heaven of God, the Mighty, the Powerful, the Self-Subsisting. And surely by now you have heard some of these matters, and if you have not yet heard them, you shall hear them. In any case, my circumstance is beyond the pen, and my tribulation beyond mention, and my afflictions beyond reckoning. None knoweth them save God, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. In any case, always write about your circumstances, and may his honor the Aqa ever remain preserved beneath God’s protecting shelter. And the glory be upon you.

=== END BH07998 ===

=== START BH07999 ===

O Gabriel Bey, upon him be the glory of God! In My Name, the Manifest One, Who standeth in the Kingdom of Utterance. The absolute Will of God hath revolutionized the world. Who is able to prevent His sovereignty? By the life of God! That which hath been made manifest in this Most Great Revelation is a mighty cause for the reformation of the world and the refinement of the souls of all peoples. O people of God! Hold fast unto means. As was formerly revealed: God hath refused to cause things to happen save through their means. O people of God! Let not the oppression of the oppressors sadden you. The Cause of God hath encompassed the world. Soon shall the standard of divine sanctification be raised through you and in your name throughout the world. We hope that all may be assisted to establish the word “God doeth whatsoever He willeth” in hearts and souls. Verily He aideth His loved ones and enableth them to achieve that which will exalt them in His lands amongst His servants. Verily He is powerful over all things.

=== END BH07999 ===

=== START BH08002 ===

In the Name of the One God!

The Hidden Name hath appeared from the Horizon of Revelation and is manifest, yet the heedless servants remain debarred and deprived of Him. Blessed is the eye that no veils of names nor clouds cast by the people of creation prevented from beholding the Most Exalted Horizon. By God’s life! Such a one is of the people of Baha who hath been inscribed by the Pen of the Ancient of Days in the Books of God. Well is it with him who hath attained unto this Day and hath done that which hath been commanded by God, the Lord of the worlds. We beseech God - exalted be His glory - to confirm all who have turned towards Him, that all may succeed in remembering Him, praising Him and serving His Cause. Verily, He is the Beneficent, the Generous. God willing, thou shalt take hold of the Book of God with the hand of might and drink from the choice wine of understanding that lieth concealed within its words. Verily thy Lord is the All-Bountiful, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.

=== END BH08002 ===

=== START BH08003 ===

In the name of the All-Glorious One! Hear what is revealed unto thee from the holy sanctuary by thy Lord, the Most High, the Most Exalted. Say: Verily, in this moment He calleth aloud from the Most Glorious Horizon betwixt earth and heaven unto all beings, declaring: By God! This is the Lord of the Last and the First! Say: He speaketh not out of desire, if ye be of them that understand. Say: Even were He to speak from desire, it behooveth you not to object to Him, O ye possessed of insight, for in His desire is seen naught save the desire of God, your Best-Beloved, the Most High, the Most Glorious, and in His Self naught save the Self of God, the Lord of the seen and the unseen. Joy be unto thee, O servant, in that thou hast ascended unto the Sadratu’l-Muntaha and attained the ultimate goal, which is none other than the recognition of God in the Manifestation of His Self, Who hath come yet again. And glory be upon thee and upon whosoever hath believed and been guided.

=== END BH08003 ===

=== START BH08004 ===

In the Name of the Mighty, the All-Wise! Praise be to God! Through the effulgence of the rays of the Sun of Truth, the realm of the heart is illumined and radiant, and all the atoms of creation are engaged in the glorification and sanctification of the beloved Lord. Yet not every ear is attuned to hear it. Say: O friends! Strive ye to adorn yourselves with the ornament of divine virtues. The praiseworthy conduct that is manifested by the loved ones of God serveth as the educator, teacher and guide of all people. Whosoever is adorned this day with the ornament of pure deeds hath been recorded by the Most Exalted Pen in the Crimson Book with the name of Baha - that is, they are mentioned as people of Baha in the Book. All must be manifestations and dawning-places of exalted attributes in the name of Truth. The days are passing like a breeze. God willing, may all be mindful of that which behooveth them and be sanctified from that which perisheth. This is the counsel of the Wronged One of the horizons.

=== END BH08004 ===

=== START BH08005 ===

He is the All-Seeing, the All-Knowing! Praise be to God! Thou hast been made the recipient of God’s infinite favors which are the cause of exaltation, ascendancy and salvation. Under all conditions be engaged in offering praise and thanksgiving to God, exalted be His glory, and be humble and lowly before His loved ones. This Wronged One conveyeth His greetings and salutations to all the friends and counseleth them to that which is seemly. All must adorn themselves with divine attributes and spiritual qualities, for the world and all that is therein are not worthy of attachment, as that which perisheth deserveth not to be loved. It is hoped that the hearts of all the pure ones may become sanctified from the murk of the world and turn wholly toward the Most Exalted Horizon. O friends! While time remaineth, arise to do that which beseemeth you. Ye were all created for this Most Great, this Most Holy Day. He, verily, speaketh the truth and guideth to the Way. Praise be to God, the Almighty, the Glorious, the Beautiful!

=== END BH08005 ===

=== START BH08006 ===

In the name of the one Friend! Praise be to God that through the infinite outpourings of divine grace, thou hast turned toward the realm of oneness and attained the waters of reunion. This, verily, is the goal set forth in the Books of God, the Self-Subsisting, the All-Compelling. Thou must, God willing, remain engaged in the remembrance of Truth in all conditions. This is a Day the like of which hath never been and shall never be. Blessed is the soul that hath been quickened by its breezes and hath arisen to serve His Cause. Give thanks unto thy Lord for having attained His presence at the Throne, for having circumambulated the sanctuary of God, thy Lord and the Lord of all worlds, for having dwelt in the pavilion of holiness, for having heard repeatedly the call of thy Lord, and for having drunk the choice wine of revelation from the chalice of His hallowed bounty, the Mighty, the Wondrous. At the end, We counsel thee to remain steadfast in His Cause, lest the affairs of earth prevent thee. He, verily, is the All-Wise Counselor.

=== END BH08006 ===

=== START BH08007 ===

O Mehdi! In the name of Him Who is the Goal of all humanity! Praise be to God that the horizon of manifestation is luminous and the heaven of utterance moves and flows upon the ocean of divine knowledge. Blessed is the state of one who has clung fast unto it. That which today is the most excellent of all deeds is steadfastness in the Cause of God and adherence to His commandments. God willing, may ye attain unto this. Fix not your gaze upon the world, for soon shall all that is therein perish and be no more, and for those souls who act aright hath been ordained that which no treasures of earth can equal. Therefore must the loved ones of God carry out His commandments with the utmost joy and fragrance, and shun that which He hath forbidden. This is the supreme counsel that hath issued forth from the Pen of the Lord of eternity. Blessed are they that act! That which thou didst send hath been presented before the Wronged One, and We have accepted it as a token of Our grace upon thee, that thou mayest be of those who are thankful.

=== END BH08007 ===

=== START BH08008 ===

In the Name of the Beloved of the World! Praise be to God that thou hast attained unto the recognition of the Purpose of all created things, and art honored in His days by the sweet savors of the All-Merciful. Thy mention hath been made before the Throne, and thy call hath been heard, and its fruits shall assuredly become manifest. He, verily, is the Ordainer, the Bountiful. He ordaineth for thee that which shall profit thee in this world and the world to come. Naught is hidden from His knowledge. He, verily, is the Ordainer, the All-Informed. The people are in need of a counselor and remembrancer. It behooveth one such as thee to counsel the heedless souls, that perchance they may detach themselves from their vain desires and turn their gaze toward the horizon of guidance. I swear by the Educator of the seen and the unseen! If those souls who claim adherence to the Truth were to act according to what God hath willed, thou wouldst now behold the entire earth as a single patch of the Most Exalted Paradise. The glory of God rest upon thee and upon those who are with thee.

=== END BH08008 ===

=== START BH08009 ===

O thou traveler! Upon thee be the Glory of God! In His Name, the Mighty, the Great! Praise be to God that thou hast been blessed with divine favors and turned thy face to the Most Exalted Horizon. We beseech God, exalted be His glory, not to deprive thee from the ocean of His bounty and to aid thee in that which He loveth and pleaseth. In these days the clouds of oppression have prevented the rays of the Sun of Justice from shining forth and appearing, inasmuch as most of the lands of the believers in divine unity have fallen under the control of the deniers. All must call out from the depths of their hearts unto the Self-Subsisting Lord and supplicate that perchance He may show mercy from the ocean of His grace and the sun of His bounty, and protect the believers in unity from the evil of the heedless ones. Verily He is the One with power over whatsoever He willeth and the Ruler over all who dwell in the kingdom of names. There is none other God but Him, the Forgiving, the Generous.

=== END BH08009 ===

=== START BH08010 ===

O Jalal, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the All-Seeing, the All-Knowing! Praise be to God that thou hast been favored with divine grace and hast turned unto the horizon of His Cause. God willing, thou wilt in all conditions hold fast unto that which God hath willed. This is not the Day of idle fancies, for the Sun of Certitude hath dawned and is manifest. Say: O people of Baha! Fix your gaze upon the Most Exalted Horizon and turn unto the Source of His Cause. Today, goodly words and righteous deeds are the manifestors and revealers of His Cause. Blessed is he who holdeth fast unto them. Woe unto the heedless! In all circumstances keep wisdom in view. Read thou what We have revealed unto him who was named Muhammad-Shafi’, that thou mayest be of them that are well-informed. Thy petition was presented before the Most Holy Court, and this answer hath been sent down from the heaven of grace. Be thou thankful unto thy Lord, the All-Bountiful. The Glory be upon thee and upon those who have attained unto His presence, and upon every steadfast and firm believer.

=== END BH08010 ===

=== START BH08011 ===

In the Name of my Lord, the Lord of all worlds! Praise be to God that thou hast attained unto the robe of faith in the days of the All-Merciful and hast been nourished by God’s everlasting bounty which, in its primal reality, is the mention of the Truth. Well is it with them that have attained thereunto, and blessed are they that have recognized it. God willing, thou shalt ever drink from the Kawthar of the All-Merciful’s praise and the choice wine of irfan of the Eternal Lord, and shalt at all times and seasons be occupied with the mention of the Beloved of all worlds. This is the treasure that hath not perished nor will ever perish; it shall endure through the eternality of God. Be thou thankful unto thy Lord for this manifest grace. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having made me to know Thy Self and for not depriving me of the fragrances of the robe of Thy grace in Thy days. My Lord! Number me and my son among those who have attained unto that which Thou didst desire on the day of Thy rising to establish Thy Cause. Then assist those who have been heedless of Thy remembrance to turn unto Thee. Verily, Thou art the Forgiving, the Merciful.

=== END BH08011 ===

=== START BH08012 ===

Sir

In the name of God and humanity we protest to you against the plight which we have been subjected to from the Turkish government. Six years ago we were invited at the Ottoman suggestion and we have accepted. Later, without having committed any fault and at the request of Persia we were sent from Baghdad to Constantinople. After a stay of 4 months, we were exiled to Adrianople.

Now, once again, we are being exiled from Adrianople without the knowledge of where we are destined and without any reason, all our possessions were disposed of. If the Turkish government does not welcome us any more, and as we are not of this country let us be free to go into a country of another power. It is to the sovereigns of Europe who like to help the oppressed that we plead, supplicating them to release us from this bondage.

Aug 9th 1868

signed: Hussein-Ali

=== END BH08012 ===

=== START BH08013 ===

CLXXIV

O God, my God! I beg of Thee by the ocean of Thy healing, and by the splendors of the Day-Star of Thy grace, and by Thy Name through which Thou didst subdue Thy servants, and by the pervasive power of Thy most exalted Word and the potency of Thy most august Pen, and by Thy mercy that hath preceded the creation of all who are in heaven and on earth, to purge me with the waters of Thy bounty from every affliction and disorder, and from all weakness and feebleness.

Thou seest, O my Lord, Thy suppliant waiting at the door of Thy bounty, and him who hath set his hopes on Thee clinging to the cord of Thy generosity. Deny him not, I beseech Thee, the things he seeketh from the ocean of Thy grace and the Day-Star of Thy loving-kindness.

Powerful art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee. There is none other God save Thee, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Generous.

=== END BH08013 ===

=== START BH08014 ===

O My God, My God! Thou seest how I am surrounded by a pack of wolves, and Thou hearest my cries and lamentations and my appeals by night and by day. By Thy might, O Beloved of the world and Desire of the nations! He who hath drunk the wine of Thy love doth not shrink from tribulation in Thy path and Thy good-pleasure, nor do the arrows of the enemies affect him. I beseech Thee, O King of kings and Lord of all who are possessed of sovereignty, to send down upon Thy servants that which will draw them to the horizon of Thy Revelation and the Dawning-Place of Thy signs. O my Lord! They have become heedless of Thy Cause through that which their hands have formerly wrought and through their following those whom they have taken as masters for themselves besides Thee. O Lord! Make known unto them that which hath appeared through Thy power and sovereignty. Verily Thou art He from Whose knowledge nothing whatsoever escapeth. Verily Thou art the All-Powerful, the Most Exalted, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08014 ===

=== START BH08015 ===

In the Name of our Most Holy, Most Great, Most Exalted, Most Glorious Lord! My God, my God! Thou hearest the lamentation of Thy chosen ones, and their cries in their separation from Thee, and their wailing at what hath befallen them from the enemies of Thy Self. I beseech Thee by the Lamp of Thy mercy wherewith Thou hast illumined the cities of wisdom and utterance, to assist the followers of all religions to justice and benevolence. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Glorious, the All-Bountiful. There is no God but Thee, the Overseer of all creation. O Lord! Thou seest him who hath turned toward Thee, submissive to Thy command and obedient to Thy decree. I beseech Thee to make his deeds radiant with the lights of Thy acceptance and adorned with the ornament of Thy bounty. Verily, Thou art the Single, the One, the Mighty, the Overseer, the Glorious, the All-Knowing.

He is the Helper! The remittance of Ustad Muhammad, upon him be the Glory of God, in the amount of thirty-eight (38) tumans, was received by this servant through His Honor the Trustee, upon him be the Glory of God and His favor, in the year 1305.

=== END BH08015 ===

=== START BH08016 ===

He is God, the One, the Single One!

My God, my God! Praise be unto Thee for having caused me to dwell in the land of exile and left me in the hands of the oppressors. And thanks be unto Thee for having enabled me to voice Thy praise while I was in the midst of the wicked ones. O my Lord! Thou seest me and my family among those who have found not the fragrance of justice, and at all times there befalleth us from them that which hath not befallen any other in the world. The weakest of servants hath risen against us, and he who was more contemptible than dust hath opposed us. For this do I thank Thee, O Thou Lord of those who know! Enable Thy loved ones, O my God, to be patient in Thy path and steadfast in Thy love. Verily, Thou art powerful over all things. Then write down for them that which will draw them nigh unto the sanctuary of Thy holiness, and send down upon them that which will preserve them from the promptings of the polytheists among Thy creation. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the Mighty, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08016 ===

=== START BH08019 ===

To Jinab-i-Muhammad-Sadiq in Lahijan:

In the Name of the One True God! In this Day it is incumbent and obligatory upon all to hold fast to the cord of divine wisdom and to draw the people, through loving counsels, to the court of oneness. O friends of God! I counsel you to pure deeds and praiseworthy conduct. Know this much: this fleeting world has never been, nor will ever be, worthy of either grief or joy. God willing, may you, through His grace, achieve such deeds as will cause their mention to endure eternally in the immortal Kingdom. Be not grieved at separation, for He is verily the Ordainer, the All-Knowing, the All-Bountiful. The call of the handmaiden of God was heard. Give her the glad-tidings of the wondrous remembrances of God and the lights of divine utterance. Gladden Asadu’llah with the sweet fragrances of the Best-Beloved of the worlds. Blessed is he for having believed in the early days of his life in God, the Forgiving, the Bountiful. Verily We have heard your call and have answered you through this exalted Tablet.

=== END BH08019 ===

=== START BH08020 ===

In the Name of the One True God

Today the veil has been lifted, and the exalted Truth, without any concealment or barrier, is calling out and summoning all to the highest horizon. If the ears of the people of the world were ready and receptive, this one Word would suffice them all and would draw them from the lowest depths of ignorance to the highest horizon of knowledge and wisdom. The first Word that appeared from the Dawning-place of utterance of the Lord of Oneness was “Thou shalt not see Me,” but now He saith “Behold and thou shalt see Me.” Where are the attentive ears that they may hear as they ought to hear, and where is the pure taste that it may savor the sweetness of the utterance of its Lord, the Lord of Names? The Lord of Days hath appeared and the Master of mankind speaketh with the most exalted utterance. Blessed is the one who hath attained to the recognition of the All-Merciful and hath drunk from the living waters. Be thou thankful unto thy Lord for this remembrance through which every mountain hath soared in its longing for the meeting with God, the Powerful, the Supreme, the All-Evident, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH08020 ===

=== START BH08021 ===

Leaf of Identity, upon her be the Glory of God, named “The Ocean” and “The Pearls of the Mother Book,” says: Today all things manifest a joy which pens are powerless and unable to describe, for they are present before the countenance of the Manifestation and are uttering praise and glorification. O My Leaf! We have mentioned thee before, and at this time with verses that rejoice the hearts of those near unto God. When thou dost inhale the fragrance of My utterance, say: “My God, my God! Unto Thee be glory for having guided me to Thy mighty Announcement, and unto Thee be praise for having ordained for me what Thou hast ordained for Thy sincere handmaidens and faithful servants. I beseech Thee by the Mount and Him Who conversed upon it to decree for me what Thou hast decreed for Thy handmaidens who circle round the throne of Thy grandeur and speak Thy praise. O my Lord! I am Thy handmaiden and the daughter of Thy handmaiden. I have desired from the heaven of Thy grace that which befits the Sun of Thy bounty and the Ocean of Thy generosity. Verily Thou art the All-Bountiful, the Powerful, the Mighty, the Bestower.”

=== END BH08021 ===

=== START BH08022 ===

In the Name of the One God! Today the ocean of bounty is surging and the Sun of Truth is shining forth and manifest from the horizon of the heaven of loving-kindness. Blessed are they whom the intoxication of self has not prevented from the Lord of all beings nor deprived of the supreme horizon. We beseech God - glorified be His majesty - to bestow from the hands of grace that which is the cause of eternal life and everlasting remembrance. Your letter arrived in the Most Great Prison. We have seen and heard. The world at every moment proclaims in most eloquent utterance its own change and transformation and evanescence. Nevertheless most are occupied with it and deprived of God’s eternal kingdom, save whom God wills. We beseech Him, exalted be He, to make you attracted by His verses, speaking His praise, and holding fast to His mighty cord. And praise be to Him, for He is the Goal of those who know.

=== END BH08022 ===

=== START BH08023 ===

In the Name of the All-Knowing, the One

Abadih. O Ata, upon him be the Glory of God, the Lord of Majesty and Bounty.

Today the attraction of divine unity is manifest and the fragrances of revelation are diffused in such wise that they have perfumed the world of existence. O people of God! You must be witnessed in such a manner that neither the might of the people nor the oppression of those tyrannical souls shall make you sorrowful. One transformation lies ahead, and that is God’s irrevocable decree. It has seized and continues to seize every soul. If this transformation, which they have called death, occurs for the sake of God, no excellence can match it and no station can compare with it. However, blessed art thou if at the time of ascension the spirit is detached and free from all else save God. Give thanks for having attained in this moment to this perspicuous Tablet, and be thou of them that render thanks.

=== END BH08023 ===

=== START BH08024 ===

O Mulla Ahmad! In the name of the Goal of all the worlds! Today all atoms are observed to be in a state of utmost attraction and excitement, for they have perceived the fragrance of the garment of Joseph of inner meanings. Yet most of the servants remain heedless and deprived of it, even though all who dwell on earth were created for this blessed and wondrous Day. The divine Books bear witness to this utterance and His tongue of will testifies to these words. At all times, night and day, render thanks unto God and occupy thyself with His praise with thy outer and inner tongue, for He hath made thee aware of a Cause of which the people of the world are unaware, save whom God willeth. Take hold of the divine Books with the hand of certitude, and with a mighty arm shatter and cast down the idols of vain imaginings. Thus doth the Wronged One command thee from His manifest prison. The decree belongeth unto God, the Powerful, the Wise.

=== END BH08024 ===

=== START BH08025 ===

Handmaiden of God, daughter of Salman, upon them both be the glory of God. He is the One Who gazeth from His Most Exalted Horizon. Today the proof crieth out, and the evidence proclaimeth “the All-Merciful hath come,” and reason pointeth the way. Yet no one with sight can be found, nor any with hearing discovered. Praise be to the Object of all desire, Who aided thee to recognize the Most Great Name in days when the divines and mystics of Persia rose up in opposition and issued decrees for the shedding of the blood of the sincere ones and those drawn nigh. O My handmaiden, upon thee be My glory! Thy name hath been mentioned and thou hast been rendered victorious through this Tablet. Give thanks unto thy Lord and say: “Praise be unto Thee, O Desired One of the world, and glory be unto Thee, O Worshipped One of the nations! I beseech Thee to ordain for me the reward of every handmaiden who hath circled round Thee, hearkened unto Thy call, and attained unto Thy presence. Verily, Thou art the All-Bountiful, the Generous. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.”

=== END BH08025 ===

=== START BH08026 ===

He is the Hearing, the Responding One!

Today the people of God are souls who have, with the strength of certitude, shattered the idols of vain imaginings. Neither the might of princes nor the clamor of divines could hold them back from the Lord of Names. The All-Knowing, the All-Informed, says: Today the world is illumined by the lights of Him Who conversed with God on Sinai, and the Divine Call is raised. Blessed is the eye that hath beheld it and blessed is the ear that hath heard it. Thy mention was made in the presence of the Wronged One, and these exalted words were revealed from the Source of verses: I swear by the Sun of knowledge which hath shone forth from the horizon of the world that all the earth and whatsoever is found therein cannot be compared to a single word from the divine words. Know thou the worth and station of the Word of God and preserve it with thine eye. These days are God’s days. Blessed are they who possess true knowledge, blessed are they who have attained, and praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH08026 ===

=== START BH08027 ===

In the Name of the peerless Lord! Great indeed is this Day, for the Mighty Announcement hath been manifested therein, and whatsoever was mentioned and promised in the divine Books of the past and present hath become clear and evident. All the peoples of the world, throughout the nights and days, beseeched to attain the presence of the Day of God; yet when the Sun of Revelation shone forth and the rustling of the Divine Lote-Tree was raised up, all arose in opposition save whom God, the Lord of the worlds, did will. While time remaineth and opportunity existeth, strive that perchance thou mayest attain to that which beseemeth the days of God. This is the counsel of the Wronged One unto the friends of God. Blessed is he who heareth and acteth, and woe unto the heedless. We counsel thee and thy brother to manifest the most great steadfastness in this mighty and exalted Cause.

=== END BH08027 ===

=== START BH08028 ===

In the Name of the One God! Today is a day when the gates of heaven are opened and the rain of mercy descendeth continuously, yet the people are seen to be deprived and veiled. The cause and reason for the veiling of the people hath been and will continue to be the most great veil, which is the ignorance that the ignorant ones of the earth have bound unto themselves in the name of knowledge. Therefore ask thou God, thy Lord, to protect His servants from those through whose tyranny the dwellers of the cities of names and the denizens of the Most Exalted Paradise have lamented. They have forbidden all servants from the Truth and have summoned them to the dawning-places of vain imaginings and their manifestations. Away with them and with those who have followed them without any clear proof or enlightening Book! God willing, thou shalt in all conditions hold fast to the hem of the grace of the Self-Subsisting Lord, remain turned toward His horizon, and act according to that which He hath revealed in the Book.

=== END BH08028 ===

=== START BH08030 ===

In the Name of the Mighty, the Powerful

Today the Tree of Knowledge in the highest paradise uttereth this most exalted Word: Today He Who conversed with Moses is seated upon the throne of Revelation. Blessed is the soul that hath hearkened unto His call and hath arisen to serve Him. O leaf and O fruit of the Divine Lote-Tree! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness. Thy remembrance was made mention of before the Wronged One, and this most holy, most sublime Tablet hath been sent down especially for thee from the heaven of God’s Will, that thou mayest rejoice and give thanks unto thy Lord, the Compassionate, the Bountiful. Today the Most Exalted Pen counseleth all to that which beseemeth His Day. The pilgrims have attained the honor of visiting the true House and have been blessed with loving-kindness, bounty, presence and reunion. We beseech God to assist His handmaidens to preserve that which He hath bestowed upon them. He is, verily, the Mighty, the Powerful. Glory be upon thee and upon those who are with thee and who love thee for the sake of God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH08030 ===

=== START BH08031 ===

He is the All-Hearing in His Most Luminous Station

Today the Voice of the Lord of Power is raised from the Most Great Horizon. Blessed is the state of the one who has attained recognition and received their portion from the ocean of utterance. O people of Baha, hear what the All-Merciful has revealed in the Qur’an. Concerning the Beloved’s ascension, He quotes one of the Prophets saying: “Verily, I have abandoned the religion of a people who believe not in God and who are disbelievers in the Hereafter.” Blessed is the one whose tongue of truth has uttered this most exalted word. By God’s life! Such a one will find himself detached and free from all else. Blessed art thou for having heard and responded to the call of thy Lord. We beseech God to protect thee from the evil of His enemies and to make thee among those who shall have no fear nor shall they grieve. Praise be to God, the Lord of what was and what shall be.

=== END BH08031 ===

=== START BH08033 ===

He is the Eternal, the Peerless One

I praise God and thank Him for having preserved thee in truth, and turned thee from the left hand of remoteness to the right hand of nearness, and caused thee to recognize the Manifestation of His Beauty and the Repository of His might and grandeur, and raised thee to a station wherein thou hast known God, thy Lord and the Lord of the first and the last. The barking of dogs, and the grunting of swine, and the howling of wolves, and the mewing of cats, and the yelping of foxes, and the hissing of serpents - they who have denied God and His signs - did not prevent thee. Blessed art thou for having turned toward God thy Lord and turned away from those who disbelieved and turned away. Be thou steadfast and be of those who are firm. Say: O my Lord! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name to make me steadfast in Thy love and to number me with such of Thy servants as have fulfilled their covenant with Thee and have cast behind them all else save Thee and have borne tribulations in Thy path for love of Thee and have detached themselves from all in Thy way.

=== END BH08033 ===

=== START BH08034 ===

O Karbala’i ’Abbas! The Most Great, the Most Glorious! Hearken unto the Call from the direction of Grandeur in the sacred white spot from the Sidrat’ul-Muntaha - verily there is no God but Him, the Lord of the First and the Last. When thou hast turned and heard from the direction of Glory His sweetest call, arise in the name of thy Lord amongst His servants and remind them of this Cause, by which the hearts of those possessed of understanding have been sorely troubled. Beware lest what exists in the worlds prevent thee from turning to God, thy Lord, the All-Merciful. Seize thou His days, then follow what hath been sent down from the right hand of the throne of thy Lord, the Cleaver of the seed and the stone. Thus have We inspired thee that thou mayest rejoice within thyself and be steadfast in the Cause of God, thy Lord, the Most High, the Most Glorious. By My life! Were all who are on earth to turn to the Word which the Tongue of Grandeur and Power doth speak, it would surely draw them unto God. Blessed is he who remembers and fears.

=== END BH08034 ===

=== START BH08035 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Manifest! Hearken unto the Call of God from the direction of Paradise. By God! Whosoever heareth it but once with the ear of innate nature shall be quickened once again with the spirit of eternity through the breathings of the Word of God, the Powerful, the Mighty, the All-Choosing. Stop thine ear from the call of them who have disbelieved and associated partners with God, then turn thy face toward the melodies of God, the Mighty, the Bestower. Be thou steadfast among the people in thy love for God such that they may witness from thy countenance the radiance of the All-Merciful, from thy heart the stirring of the Divine Lote-Tree, and from thy spirit eagerness and attraction. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having cut me off from all else but Thee and made known unto me that which caused the realities of them who disbelieved and associated partners with God to be perturbed, and guided me to Thy Most Exalted, Most High, Most Glorious Self. There is no God but Thee, the Powerful. Glory and splendor be upon Thee and upon them who have drunk the water of life from the hand of the Youth.

=== END BH08035 ===

=== START BH08036 ===

He is the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting

O handmaiden of God! Bear thou witness even as my tongue beareth witness that there is no God but Him, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved. Then bear thou witness even as my heart beareth witness that there is no God but Him, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. Then bear thou witness even as my spirit beareth witness that there is no God but Him, the Mighty, the Most Holy. Then bear thou witness even as God hath witnessed at the hub of eternity that this is verily the Divine Tree, and this is the Cause of Oneness, and this is the Spirit of Eternal Truth, and this is the divine mystery, and the divine essence, and the pure camphor, and the celestial lamp. Thus hath God borne witness unto us even as we have borne witness unto Him, and thus have We remembered Him with love even as He hath remembered us with affection. And thou, O handmaiden of God, render thanks unto thy Lord for having sent down unto thee this blessed leaf that thou mayest find joy within thyself and be numbered among the devout. And the Spirit be upon thee and upon the women who believe.

=== END BH08036 ===

=== START BH08037 ===

In commemoration of Muhammad who ascended unto God, in My Most Holy, Most Glorious Name. Verily the servant came to brew from the leaves of China that his Ancient Lord might drink thereof. He brewed and brought it into the presence. We took and drank it, for I am He who doeth whatsoever He willeth. Blessed is he who sent it, blessed is he who brewed and brought it, and grace be unto him who took and drank it and said: “Praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds.” This is the Day whereon the Tongue of Grandeur hath spoken: “There is none other God but Me, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.” Verily We record that which descendeth from the heaven of My grace, for I am the Gracious Bestower. How many a servant hath heard the call and turned away therefrom, and how many a servant hath heard and was attracted by the verses of his Lord. For each is a portion in My perspicuous Book. Blessed art thou for having turned unto God and been mentioned by His All-Knowing Pen.

=== END BH08037 ===

=== START BH08038 ===

In the name of Him Who speaketh forth in the kingdom of utterance

Verily the bird of heaven proclaimeth: This day is my day, and I sing forth in the name of God in the kingdom of creation, for He hath caused me to be associated with His throne, a throne which hath been manifested in the midmost heart of the world and upon which the countenance of the All-Merciful hath been established. He proclaimeth at all times: The Dayspring of Divine Revelation is come, endowed with a sovereignty that hath encompassed the worlds!

Verily the mystic dove calleth out, saying: This day is my day, for I warble upon the twigs of the Divine Lote Tree in the name of My Lord, the Most Glorious, conveying unto all people the glad tidings of this Revelation which hath shed its radiance upon all who are in heaven and on earth.

The pen sayeth: This day is my day, for I have been set in motion between the fingers of the All-Merciful, announcing unto all men the advent of this wondrous day.

Verily we say unto all who have turned their faces towards God: This day is His day. Blessed is he who hath hearkened to the call of God and turned unto Him with a pure and radiant heart.

=== END BH08038 ===

=== START BH08039 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great. Verily the Remembrance calls out between earth and heaven: “By God! He Who is remembered has come with a Cause before which all who are in the heavens and earth shall not stand.” Knowledge calls out: “He Who is known has come with His Name the Self-Subsisting. Blessed is he who has turned to Him, and woe to the heedless.” Hearing proclaims: “The All-Hearing has come, yet the people remain behind a manifest veil.” And sight cries out: “The Most Great Vision has been adorned through the manifestation of God, the Lord of destiny. Joy to those who have attained to witnessing and meeting, and woe to the deniers.”

Your remembrance was mentioned before the Wronged One, and this wondrous tablet was revealed for you. Beware lest anything prevent you from God, the Lord of all worlds. Take the Book with strength from Our presence and say: “Praise be to Thee, O Thou Goal of the mystics, for having turned to Thy servant and revealed unto him that which has diffused the fragrance of Thy utterance. Verily Thou art the Forgiving, the Bountiful.”

=== END BH08039 ===

=== START BH08040 ===

He is the Sanctified beyond mention and description! The Divine Lote-Tree calls out with the most exalted call and summons all unto God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. Among the people are those who cling to their vain desires, turning away from God, the Lord of all mankind, and among them are those who have turned toward the Supreme Horizon, saying “I believe in Thee, O Thou Who art imprisoned, and I acknowledge that which Thou art, O Thou Who art wronged!” He who is adorned with the robe of faithfulness between earth and heaven - upon him do the Concourse on High pray, while he who breaks the Covenant is cursed by the dominion of earth and heaven. Blessed is he who has held fast to the cord of steadfastness in this Cause whereby feet have slipped and hearts have been troubled. Be thou of such constancy that the affairs of the world sadden thee not, nor do the allusions of those who have disbelieved in God, the Mighty, the Loving, deter thee. We have remembered thee as a favor from Us, that thou mayest remember thy Lord, the Possessor of the seen and unseen.

=== END BH08040 ===

=== START BH08041 ===

He is the Witness from the horizon of the world! The Lamp proclaims amidst the nations, saying: By God! That which was treasured in God’s knowledge and inscribed in His perspicuous Book, which was named the Mother Book by God, the Lord of the worlds, hath been revealed. O thou who gazest toward the horizon of the Revelation! Hearken unto that which the Speaker of the Mount uttereth, Who was promised in the Books of God and mentioned by the tongues of the Messengers. He hath come with the truth, and through Him the pillars of polytheism have quaked, the edifice of unbelief hath been shaken, and the faces of those near unto God have been illumined. When thou findest the fragrance of My utterance, render thanks unto God for this most great favor and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Thou the Goal of them that know! Thus have We caused thee to hear My sweetest call and shown thee My [straight] path. The glory shining forth from the horizon of My Most Exalted Pen be upon the people of Baha who have cast behind them the books of the learned, holding fast to this mighty Book.

=== END BH08041 ===

=== START BH08042 ===

To him who is Fath-’Ali-Aqa, upon him be the Glory of God - He is the Most Holy, the Most Great

The trees lament, the clods cry out, and the stones weep for this Wronged One, Who hath suffered in the path of God that which no one before Him hath ever suffered. To this testifieth every fair-minded and discerning soul. We summoned the servants unto the Lord of all creation, yet they pronounced against Us with such tyranny as caused the dwellers of the all-highest Paradise and those who circle round [My] mighty throne to weep. The treasures have been revealed and the storehouses have appeared, yet most of the people remain heedless. They have clung to vain imaginings, turning away from Him through Whose name the gate of certitude was opened. Thy mention hath been made in the presence of this Wronged One, and this noble Book hath been sent down for thee. Read it with joy and fragrance, for verily it will guide thee to His straight path. Thus have the verses been sent down and the evidences appeared, yet most of the people remain heedless.

=== END BH08042 ===

=== START BH08043 ===

In My Name, the Self-Subsisting! The sun has been prevented from its shining, and verily it calls out and cries from behind the clouds, saying: “Praise be unto Thee, O Lord of the worlds, in that Thou hast made my light to proceed from myself, and verily it was set ablaze before it was touched by fire. Blessed are they that understand!” God hath manifested me through His grace, and caused me to speak that which the hearts of the doers and the accomplished ones are powerless to enumerate. We have testified to that whereunto God testified before the creation of the heavens and earth, and We have commanded all to testify even as He testified thereunto, whereat all upon the earth were thunderstruck save whom God willed, the Most High, the Most Great. Be thou gladdened by that which the Wronged One maketh mention of thee from this remote spot. We have remembered all who have turned unto God, the Peerless, the All-Informed. Among the people are they who have recognized their Lord, and among them are they who are in manifest doubt. When thou receivest this Tablet say: “Praise be unto Thee, O Beloved of the sincere ones!”

=== END BH08043 ===

=== START BH08044 ===

He is the One speaking from His most exalted horizon. Muhammad Husayn, upon him be the Glory of God. Verily the drop desired to prevent the ocean, and the atom sought to veil the sun with the clay of fancy and imagination. His power and the mustering of his forces have deluded him. Say: Soon shalt thou find thyself in manifest loss the like of which the eye of creation hath not seen. Thus doth the Mother Book inform thee. By God! The clamor shall not prevent Us. We speak from the kingdom of names and summon the servants unto the Lord of creation. Whoso turneth unto Him hath attained all good, and whoso turneth away is assuredly among the people of the fire. Grieve thou not at anything. Remember thy Lord at eventide and dawn. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having drawn me nigh unto Thee and caused me to speak Thy praise in days wherein the tongue of Thy grandeur hath spoken: The kingdom belongeth unto God, the One, the All-Compelling. The glory from Us be upon the people of Baha whom the craftiness of every deceiver hath not kept back.

=== END BH08044 ===

=== START BH08045 ===

He is the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most High!

Verily the Self-Subsisting hath appeared with the truth and hath arisen to fulfill His Cause with a sovereignty that neither doubts nor idle fancies can frustrate. He speaketh amongst the peoples that which He hath been commanded by God, the Revealer of verses. By God! The Hidden Mystery and the Treasured Secret have appeared, and that which was concealed from all eyes. Say: O peoples of the earth! Why do ye not arise from your seats, and by what proof have ye turned away from Him Who was promised in the Book? Behold ye and call to mind that which God revealed unto Muhammad, His Messenger, in the Furqan. By God! The Day hath come wherein He Who conversed upon Sinai speaketh forth verses that neither the veils of the people nor the clamor of the lands can withhold. The Cry hath appeared and that which was recorded in the Psalms and Scrolls and Books from God, the Lord of all men, hath been fulfilled. Thus have We mentioned thee as a favor from Us that thou mayest give thanks unto thy Lord, the Mighty, the Bestower.

=== END BH08045 ===

=== START BH08046 ===

O Mirza Ja’far the Most Great, the Most Exalted! The Beloved calls out: O people of the realm of existence! Hasten with your hearts to the sanctuary of your Lord’s mercy, the Everlasting, the Mighty, the Luminous. Grieve not for what has befallen you in the path of God. Soon will come the day of victory, and the sincere shall be in manifest joy. Those who doubted are wandering in the wilderness of heedlessness. Those who turned to Him have attained the lights of certitude. Blessed is he whom the attraction of the Almighty has seized, who has taken the cup of love from the fingers of the Chosen One, who has drunk and said: “Praise be to Thee, O Beloved of the worlds!” How many a learned one has stood at the gate, and how many an ignorant one has rent asunder the veils and entered the House through My Name, the Mighty, the Wise. Verily he is among the people of knowledge in the presence of the All-Knowing. His mention has been inscribed in a preserved Tablet. We have sent thee that which will gladden thee in My days and cause thee to remember thy Lord, the Mighty, the Powerful.

=== END BH08046 ===

=== START BH08047 ===

O handmaid of God, Hudhud, upon her be the Glory of God, He Who has dominion over the Kingdom of Names! The Wronged One makes mention of His handmaids who have heard the Call, turned to the Supreme Horizon, and testified to that which the Tongue of Grandeur has testified: that there is none other God but Me, the Truth, the Knower of the unseen. Recognize thou the value of these days and give thanks to thy Lord, the Almighty, over what was and what shall be. Various petitions have been received from the servants of God and His handmaids; We have answered them all with that which has diffused the fragrance of the loving-kindness of thy Lord, the Mighty, the All-Loving. Blessed is the handmaid who has arisen to serve My loved ones, and the servant whom the hosts have not frightened. Give thanks to thy Lord for having aided thee to turn unto Him and for having sent down for thee this blessed Book which calls out amidst the world and summons the peoples to God, the Lord of existence. We send Our greetings upon thee and upon the daughter named after Me who has attained My presence in this Forbidden Prison.

=== END BH08047 ===

=== START BH08048 ===

He is the One mentioned in the scriptures of the world. The Wronged One calls out amidst the world and commands the people to that which He was commanded by the Mighty, the Wise. Say: The ears were created to hearken unto My call and the eyes for My luminous horizon. We created hands to grasp My books and hearts for My love and minds for the recognition of Me, the Mighty, the Wondrous. Blessed is the breast that hath expanded in My days and the tongue that hath spoken forth this Name whereby the Concourse on High was illumined and every sinful remote one did lament. We have made mention of thee in the Tablet and have called thee from this glorious station. Rejoice in the bounty of thy Lord, then drink the choice sealed wine through this Name that dominateth the worlds. Soon shall every heedless one lament and every ignorant one moan and every oppressive base one cry out. He shall seize those who denied Him and chastise those who rejected that which appeared in the days of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH08048 ===

=== START BH08049 ===

O Mirza Baqir! He is the Most Holy, the Most Great! The Wronged One calleth aloud from the Most Great Prison and summoneth all to God, the Lord of eternity, yet most of the peoples remain heedless. We called them to the supreme Paradise, yet they have imprisoned Us in this mighty fortress. They have denied the Light and sought to extinguish it with their mouths. Thus have their evil selves seduced them in that they have followed every ignorant doubter. It behooveth every servant to render thanks unto God in this Revelation whereby the horizon of the world hath been illumined and all things have proclaimed: The Kingdom belongeth unto God, the Lord of all worlds! This is the Day which Muhammad, the Messenger of God, and before Him the Torah and the Gospel, did foretell. Soon shall they who have been heedless thereof bewail their plight, and they shall find for themselves neither protector nor helper. When thou hast attained unto the Tablet of the Wronged One, recite it with the denizens of Paradise, then give thanks unto thy Lord, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy.

=== END BH08049 ===

=== START BH08050 ===

He is the All-Mentioning, the All-Knowing. Verily My Most Exalted Pen desireth to make mention of one of the Afnan who hath chosen for himself a station beneath the shade of his Lord and hath attained to the presence and meeting, through the bounty of God, the Lord of all worlds. O Abu’l-Hasan! Give thanks unto God, thy Lord. Verily He hath aided thee to turn unto Him and guided thee to the Path wherefrom the feet of the heedless have slipped. We have mentioned thee aforetime in perspicuous verses and We make mention of thee at this time in this Clear Tablet. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having made me to know Thee and mentioned me and guided me to Thy station and honored me with Thy presence. I beseech Thee to open before my face the gates of blessing and bounties and favors. Then preserve me, O my God, from the evil of Thine enemies who have disbelieved in Thee and Thy verses and denied Thy right. Verily Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the Generous.

=== END BH08050 ===

=== START BH08051 ===

He is the Mighty, the Beloved!

O loved ones of God! The winds of tests have blown upon you from the direction of your Lord, the All-Merciful, in the year of shidad - and this is what We have informed you of in all the Tablets, and you know it. Blessed is he whom the winds did not move and who remained steadfast in the Cause. By God! They are honored servants upon whom the denizens of the Supreme Concourse shower their blessings, and for whom the people of Paradise pray morning and evening. Those who have wronged - they are the ones who sleep. By God! Were they to arise from the slumber of passion, they would lament and weep for their own souls. And you - do not grieve over anything, but trust in Him in all matters. There is nothing but that its treasuries are with Him, and He sends down upon whomsoever He wishes according to a measured decree. And the Spirit be upon you and upon those servants who are ever mindful of God’s remembrance. And praise be to the Praiseworthy Lord.

=== END BH08051 ===

=== START BH08052 ===

O Ahmad the carpenter, who art the dear and everlasting one! Hearken unto the call of Him Who summoneth thee from this Prison which lieth beyond a thousand towering mountains, which the hands of the polytheists and the monotheists can never reach, and which God hath made forbidden unto these two peoples. Find thou solace in the remembrance of God, then content thyself with Him alone and consort not with any rebellious satan. Remember thou My days, then My exile and My grief, then My banishment and My tribulation, then My sorrow and My trials at morn and at eventide. Stand thou firm then in thy love at the time when the breezes of hatred waft upon thee from every sinful polytheist, in such wise that thy feet shall not slip even should all the small and the great unite against thee. The Spirit be upon thee and upon those who walk with thee upon a straight path.

=== END BH08052 ===

=== START BH08053 ===

O My handmaiden! In the Most Wondrous, Most Wondrous Name of God! O My handmaiden, detach thyself from all else besides Me, then soar in the atmosphere of My nearness, that thou mayest witness the heaven of My majesty and the kingdom of My grandeur, and visit the House of My remembrance and the Kaaba of My knowledge, and behold My lights from the horizon of My appearance and My beauty, and journey through the realms of My holiness and the domains of My greatness and the heaven of My might and the pavilions of My glory and My splendor and the sanctuary of My mysteries and the tent of My grace and favor and the tabernacles of My power and sovereignty. Thus hath warbled the Dove of My Cause upon the Lote-Tree of My will and wisdom and purpose. Blessed is he who is attracted by that which hath been sent down from the heaven of My mercy and the atmosphere of My bounty upon all worlds. And peace be upon thee and upon whosoever hath purified himself from all else save Me and hath turned with his heart toward My face, the dawning-place, the mighty, the holy, the exalted, the wondrous, the luminous.

=== END BH08053 ===

=== START BH08054 ===

O handmaid of God, Gulbahar! In the Name of God, the Most Glorious! O My handmaid! Be not grieved at what hath befallen My Beauty at the hands of the oppressors among My creation and the rebellious ones among My creatures. By God! Tribulation preventeth Me not from My joy, nor doth destiny hold Me back from My delight and My rapture and My yearning. Indeed, the more My tribulation increaseth, the more doth My longing for God, My Beloved, My Purpose and My Lord, increase. Be thou not perturbed by the world and what occurreth therein. Turn thou unto the Most Great Shrine wherein hath been raised the call of the Lord of Eternity and Creator of nations. Then speak thou of My remembrance and that which hath been revealed from My Pen and uttered by the tongue of My grandeur upon the throne of My glory and majesty. By God! Wert thou to find the sweetness of My remembrance, thou wouldst sacrifice thyself in My path and arise among the handmaidens with My remembrance and praise. Thus doth the Pen of My Command make mention of thee that thou mayest rejoice within thyself and give thanks unto thy Lord, the Most High, the Most Great.

=== END BH08054 ===

=== START BH08055 ===

He is God, the Most Holy, the Most Holy

O handmaiden of God! Hearken unto the call of Him Who summoneth thee to God, the Mighty, the Powerful. Then rejoice in that thou hast been mentioned by the Pen of Command - and this, verily, is a great bounty. Detach thyself from the world, then make mention of thy Lord, the Most High, the All-Bountiful. There is no Beloved except Him, and no One to be remembered save His Own Self, the Mighty, the Beautiful. Every goodly mention returneth unto Him, and verily He is the Answerer of the prayers of those who are in distress. No praise riseth unto Him save the praise of Him Who is sanctified from the praise of all the worlds, and naught ascendeth unto Him except a goodly word. Thus hath the matter been decreed in a preserved Tablet. Free thyself from all things and turn thy face toward Him with an illumined heart. Thus have We commanded thee on this night, as a remembrance from One Who is mighty and wise. And the Spirit be upon thee and upon such handmaidens as God hath purified from the deeds of the polytheists.

=== END BH08055 ===

=== START BH08056 ===

O Baqir the Carpenter in the City! You are the dear one. O Baqir, bear witness within yourself that there is no God but Him and that Ali is His servant and His beauty and His radiance unto all who are on earth. God hath made him the throne of His manifestation and the seat of His concealment, that all may testify within themselves that He hath power over all things. O servant! Give thanks unto God for having caused thee to know His Self and bestowed upon thee the knowledge of His Cause and made thee to be numbered among those who are guided, as recorded in the Mother Book. Beware lest thou waver when the winds blow from near and far. Be steadfast in thy love for thy Lord and turn thy heart toward the holy and resplendent Beauty. Thus doth the Dove counsel thee and inspire thee with that which will gladden thy soul, if thou be possessed of insight. Then convey Our remembrance to all who have believed in God and His signs and who are well-pleased in God’s religion.

=== END BH08056 ===

=== START BH08057 ===

O Jafar! Have you paused after the Spirit hastened to the Dawning-place of the verses of thy Lord, the Mighty, the All-Knowing? This is the Day whereon the Rock crieth out with the loudest voice: “Hasten with your hearts to the direction of the Beloved, O ye who are endued with understanding!” If thou fearest for thy belief, preserve this Tablet. When thou art questioned in the presence of the Ancient One concerning belief in this Most Great Name, bring it forth saying: “By this Book which hath dawned from the horizon of the All-Knowing One, Who hath appeared with power and sovereignty.” Raise thy right foot, say “In the Name of God and by God,” then enter through the door with thy Lord’s leave, the Mighty, the Bestower. Say: “O my God! Praise be to Thee for having made me turn towards Thee and for having caused me to know the Purpose of all who are in the heavens and on earth.” Verily, We perceive the fragrance of certitude from thy house - is it thee or another? Thy Lord is verily the All-Knowing, the Concealer.

=== END BH08057 ===

=== START BH08058 ===

He is the Triumphant, the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting!

O Hasan! Bear thou witness within thyself that He is God, the Mighty, the Wise, and that He Whom He hath sent under the name of ’Ali is His proof unto His creatures, His evidence unto His creation, and His link between the heavens and the earth. Whoso cleaveth unto Him hath indeed been guided by the lights of God, and whoso turneth away hath strayed from the straight path. Say: O people! Believe in Him and in that which hath been sent down unto Him, and in this Servant Who speaketh of Him between the heavens and the earth. Say: We were concealed in a mystery that was, in truth, most beautiful, lest anyone should recognize Us and lest the eyes of the treacherous should fall upon Us. But when the idolaters transgressed beyond their bounds, We removed the veil and revealed the Face with radiant lights of sanctity. Thus have We sent down unto thee from the chronicles of truth, that thou mayest become acquainted with God’s Cause and be of them that are firmly established in His love.

=== END BH08058 ===

=== START BH08059 ===

O Seyyed Husayn! Hear thou the call of this Stranger, this Wanderer, who hath migrated unto God and then detached Himself from all created things, who hath turned to none except God, the Mighty, the Generous, and who hath feared no soul in His days and hath placed His trust in God at all times. And thou, remember thou His days after Him and be not of the heedless ones. Then walk thou in His footsteps and remind the people and be of them that remember. Beware lest thou overstep the bounds of wisdom, for this is the command of God, the Mighty, the Powerful. We beseech God to unite us with you in a seat of truth in the presence of a mighty King. Then remember from Us thy spouse and deal kindly with her with love that she may find tranquility within herself and be of the patient ones. And the Spirit be upon thee and upon the sincere ones.

=== END BH08059 ===

=== START BH08060 ===

O Abdullah! Hearken to My call, then be attracted by My melodies, then ascend with thy heart unto My heaven, then mention Me with My tongue, then rejoice in that which passeth over thee from before My throne, then grieve for that which hath befallen My beauty from My loved ones and My enemies, then drink the cup of holiness from the hands of My mercy, then occupy thyself with My praise, then be severed from all else save Me, then assist My Cause. Therefore keep My counsel and remember the days of meeting Me and attaining My presence and My nearness and My manifestation and My effulgence. Thus have We sent unto thee from the essence of utterance and the Pen the musk of wisdom and meanings that thou mayest find therefrom the fragrance of the All-Merciful and be attracted to the throne of certitude. Blessed art thou, O thou who art mentioned by the Pen of holiness in this inscribed Tablet and remembered in the holy presence, the seat of God, the Mighty, the Glorious, the All-Praising.

=== END BH08060 ===

=== START BH08061 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Great!

O servant! Hearken unto the call of the Lord of Names, then immerse thyself in the ocean of inner meanings and divine knowledge, that thou mayest behold what thou hast never beheld before and discover therein the pearls of thy Lord’s remembrance, the Mighty, the Bestower. All things have hastened unto God, the Lord of Names, yet We behold the people standing in the wilderness of idle fancy and error. Blessed is the stranger who hath found his native land this day, and blessed the weak one who hath laid hold on the cord of might. Say: O people! Fear ye God and follow not the desires of them who have disbelieved when the Promised One came with the standards of revelation and inspiration. Follow Him Who calleth you to a station round which circle the denizens of Paradise at eventide and at dawn. Be thou grateful that thou hast been mentioned by the tongue of the Beloved, and that this Book hath been sent down unto thee, whereunto nothing in the heavens and the earth can compare.

=== END BH08061 ===

=== START BH08062 ===

He is God, exalted be His sovereignty! O servant! Be trustworthy in the trust of thy Lord, which is the love of God and the love of His chosen ones. Withhold not thyself from bearing the trust which neither the heavens nor the earth could bear, save whom thy Lord willeth. Thus hath the matter been decreed, if thou be of them that know. Know thou that God hath made the hearts of His loved ones the treasury of the pearls of His love. Strive thou therefore to preserve them, and be thou faithful to the truth. Thus doth this Prisoner make mention of thee, that thou mayest be mindful of God, thy Lord, at morn and eventide. Beware lest thou forget the remembrance of thy Lord. Be thou intimate with Him, and be not of them that are deprived of the wonders of His grace. Soon shall the world and all that thou beholdest perish, and sovereignty shall remain with God, thy Lord and the Lord of all created things.

=== END BH08062 ===

=== START BH08063 ===

In His Name, the Eternal, the Ancient!

O ’Ali! Hearken unto the call of the Lord of Eternity from the precincts of His Most Great Prison. Verily, there is none other God but Me, the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful. He hath created all things for My meeting, and hath sent down all books for the mention of this Mighty Book. The Sacred Scriptures testify that there is none other God but Me, the Almighty, the Powerful, and the Holy Books proclaim this is He Who is mentioned in the Tablets and inscribed in a preserved Book. Then know thou that thy letter hath come before the Throne, and this glorious Tablet hath been revealed for thee. Read it by night and by day; verily it will draw thee to an exalted station. Blessed art thou for having turned unto God and turned away from every rebellious infidel. Beware lest the vain imaginings of those who have drunk the love of the calf keep thee back, or the veils of the deniers prevent thee. Hold thou fast unto the cord of steadfastness, detached from all created things. Thus doth thy Lord command thee, verily He is the Protector of the doers of good.

=== END BH08063 ===

=== START BH08064 ===

He is the Ever-Abiding

O Ali! May God break the necks of those who have rebelled against God and spread corruption in the Holy Land, such that the Beauty of the All-Glorious was forced to depart from among you and become an exile from His home once again. This is among the decrees that have been ordained by the Sovereign Authority upon preserved holy tablets. Be patient in separation from meeting your Lord, then beseech God to remove our anguish and bring us relief. Verily there is no God but Him. His is the creation and the command. All things are with Him preserved in a holy Book. O young one! Call upon your Lord, for We hear what you supplicate to your Creator. He will answer you and every destitute one who has become poor before his Lord, and every one who is denied and deprived. Thus has your Lord commanded you - the Manifest, the Evident, the Clear, the Known.

=== END BH08064 ===

=== START BH08065 ===

He is the Hearer, the Answerer

O Pen! Make mention of him who hath been named Muhammad, the son of him who turned towards My countenance and soared in Mine atmosphere and migrated with Me and heard My sweetest call when it was raised betwixt earth and heaven. We testify that he is among those near to God, the Lord of Hosts. Verily he hath a station and rank with his Lord. Blessed is he who maketh mention of him and reciteth what We have revealed for him in this praiseworthy station. O Muhammad! When thou hast attained to hearing Mine verses, say: Praise be to Thee, O my God, for having remembered me in Thy Most Great Prison and for having revealed unto me that which the knowledge of the peoples hath failed to comprehend. O Lord! I am Thy servant and the son of Thy servant. Aid me in that which beseemeth Thy days and enable me to perform such deeds as may win the honor of Thine acceptance. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH08065 ===

=== START BH08066 ===

The Most Holy, Most Great, Most Glorious

O Most Exalted Pen! Make mention of him who is the Desired One, that the remembrance of his Lord may draw him in such wise as to cause him to turn wholly unto Him Whom God hath made the Object of the desire of all the worlds. O servant! Take thou the cup of life in the days of thy Lord, the All-Merciful, then drink therefrom in His Name, the All-Powerful, the Almighty. Beware lest the conditions of vain imaginings withhold thee from thy Lord, the Mighty, the All-Knowing. Arise in His love with such steadfastness as cannot be shaken by the hosts of them that are lost in idle fancies. Turn not unto them that have violated God’s Covenant, and place thy trust in all conditions in the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Verily thy Lord sendeth His blessings upon those from whose hearts the sweet savors of love have been wafted when the Lord of all beings appeared with clear sovereignty. Hold fast unto the cord of His favors and cling to the hem of His Name, the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful. He is with those who love Him and remember Him in the Most Great Prison. His remembrance hath preceded all who are in the heavens and on earth.

=== END BH08066 ===

=== START BH08068 ===

O Asadu’llah, upon him be the Glory of God! In My Name, the One Who is manifest in the Kingdom of Creation! O My Most Exalted Pen! Make mention of the loved ones of God with supreme joy in this springtime of sorrows. This beseemeth thee at this hour when the All-Merciful hath established Himself upon the throne and hath called out with the most exalted call, summoning all to His luminous and radiant horizon. Thy name hath been mentioned before the Wronged One, Who remembereth thee through this Tablet that beareth witness to the everlastingness of the dominion and the Kingdom. Be steadfast in the Cause and speak forth in praise of thy Lord. By My life! The world shall pass away, and sovereignty shall remain with the Lord of Might. Give thanks unto God for this Most Great Remembrance, with which nothing can be compared. Blessed are the people who understand. When thou receivest My Tablet, place it upon thy head and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Thou in Whose grasp are the reins of all things, and O Thou before Whose Name all that was and shall be bow down in worship.

=== END BH08068 ===

=== START BH08069 ===

He is the Mighty! O Muhammad! May God reward thee from Us with the best of rewards and cause thee to attain unto a station wherein thou shalt be detached from all created things. Therefore, rejoice within thyself, then stand firm in the Cause and be not of the heedless ones. And grieve not over what hath escaped thee, and fear no one, but place thy trust in God, the Mighty, the Beautiful. Say: O people! Shame upon you and upon that which your hands have wrought in the days wherein the Countenance hath appeared from behind a luminous veil, and ye recognized Him not until the Beauty was concealed. Alas for you and for these heedless ones! And thou, render thanks unto God, thy Creator, for having guided thee unto His mighty, straight Path. Thus have We bestowed Our favor upon thee in truth and made mention of thee in a preserved Tablet of holiness. And the Spirit be upon thee and upon the patient servants of God.

=== END BH08069 ===

=== START BH08070 ===

O Siyyid Javad in the Land of Kaf, upon thee be the Glory of God!

He is the Most Exalted, the Most Holy, the Most High!

O Mirror of Bounty! Bear thou witness to that whereunto God Himself hath testified at the midmost heart of eternity, that verily I am alive in the Most Glorious Horizon. Say: By God! He doth in truth, at this very moment and from this Horizon, both hear and see, and He proclaimeth: “O people of the Bayan! Did We not promise you My manifestation? Yet when I revealed Myself, wherefore did ye turn away and become numbered with the idolaters? Did We not command you to cling to naught at the time of the Manifestation from amongst all that hath been created in the heavens and on earth? Did We not teach you that ye should not regard Him with your own eyes but with His eyes, and that whoso regardeth Him with any eye save His own shall never know Him, even should he ponder His Cause for as long as God, the Mighty, the Powerful, endureth?

“Therefore do I ask of you, O people, one word of pure truth - be ye fair in it and be not of the heedless. By what proof did ye believe in My Self on the Day when the clouds were cleft asunder and the Ancient Beauty came in My Most Great Name? If ye believed in My Self, by God, this is My Self come unto you with manifest sovereignty. And if ye believed in what was revealed unto Me of God’s verses, by God, that which hath flowed from His Pen hath filled the East and West of the earth with My verses, as ye yourselves have witnessed and are among those who bear witness.

“O people! Fear ye God, and make not your deeds null and void, and follow not in His Cause every rebellious satan, and make not His recognition dependent upon the testimony of any created thing, for all else besides Him hath been created by His Word, if ye be of those who perceive. Have ye not witnessed God’s sovereignty in His manifestation and His power in His arising against all who dwell on earth, in days wherein souls were troubled and the feet of the mystics did slip? By God! He is verily the Glory of God in the heaven of eternity, and His radiance unto all who dwell in the kingdom of names, and His manifestation and His grandeur unto all the worlds.

“Whoso denieth Him this day and writeth the Bayan - his own pen doth curse him, were he to hearken, and addresseth him in its inmost tongue saying: ‘O thou who associateth partners with God! By what proof dost thou write His verses while denying His Self, the Merciful, the Compassionate? I verily disavow thee and seek refuge with God that He may deliver me from thy wicked fingers, and I turn unto Him in repentance from having met thee, and I am the first of the penitent.’ And whoso readeth today the verses of God while believing not in this manifest, resplendent, luminous Revelation - his own tongue belieth him and curseth him with the tongue God hath ordained in its essence, saying: ‘O thou heedless one! Thou deniest the Ancient Beauty, yet readest what hath proceeded from His finger. Woe unto thee from the punishment of a grievous day!’

“By God! This is He through Whose manifestation the light of His radiance hath shone forth upon all things according to their nature. There is none other God but I, the Mighty, the Powerful, the Omnipotent. O people! Look ye this day with the proof whereby your faith and the mission of all the Prophets and Messengers is established. Were ye to purify yourselves from the defilement of self and desire, ye would surely find in all that appeareth from Him the fragrance of God, the Sovereign, the Powerful, the Exalted, the Wise.”

Thus hath your Lord, the Most High, spoken forth in the Most Glorious Companion, that perchance the people may become aware within themselves and make up for that which they have neglected in the Cause of God, and be numbered with those who have recognized God by His Self and who have detached themselves from all else.

Know thou moreover that the previous Manifestation complained unto thee concerning all the Mirrors, and I complain unto thee concerning all in this Mirror which hath opposed God and warred against His Self.

By God! She warred against My Person, disputed My verses, and sought to shed My sanctified, holy and luminous blood. By God! She looks upon Me with aspects which none can enumerate save God, thy Lord and the Lord of thy forefathers. By God! She hath done to Me what no one hath done to another, and were I to mention it, I would be unable due to the intensity of grief that overtakes Me at its remembrance. Then would weep for My wronged Self the Eye of God upon the thrones of all possible things, and My own Self sufficeth as witness to what I say. And if thou desirest to become aware of this, go forth from thy house, then proceed outside thy city to a place where thou findest thyself alone. Then turn thy face toward God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise, raise thy hands to God, thy Beloved and the Beloved of them that know, and say:

O Lord! I have come from the west of fancy that the lights of certitude might dawn upon me from the dawning-place of the sovereignty of Thy Most Great and Most High Name. O Lord! I am the one who hath fled from myself, from all that I had known before, and from all the worlds, for whatsoever Thou hast taught me of the knowledge of Thyself in one moment will not profit me in another, as I am certain that in every instant Thou art upon a new manifestation, and I know that Thou manifestest Thyself to all created things through Thy name, the All-Knowing, in every moment as Thou hadst not manifested before, for the manifestations of Thy creation shall never end, by the everlasting nature of Thy Self that standeth over all creation. And I, O my God, am he who hath not limited Thy manifestation by the limitations of myself nor by the indication of any existent thing, for I am certain that Thou canst not be indicated by any indication, nor limited by any limitation, for limitations are the attribute of Thy creation, while Thou hast ever been sanctified above the knowledge of every knowing one, and none can encompass Thy knowledge save Thyself. To this do my tongue, my being, my heart and my inmost heart bear witness, and I am possessed of clear certitude.

O Lord! I am he who hath confessed that Thou art not known save through Thyself, and I bear witness that Thou doest what Thou willest in Thy dominion. And whoso beareth witness to this word will never object to Thee in Thy Cause, nor will he hesitate in Thy wondrous and mighty Cause. O Lord! Purify my heart from the veils of all who are in the heavens and the earth, that there might be imprinted upon it the effulgences of Thy shining and luminous lights. O Lord! Sever me from all else save Thee, then inspire within me that which will draw me to the court of Thy holiness and cause me to soar in the atmosphere which Thou hast made sanctified from the cloying of the wings of the doubtful ones.

O Lord! Deprive me not of the breezes that waft today from the right hand of the throne of Thy mercy, and exclude me not from beneath Thy glances. Verily Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest, and Thou art the Forgiving, the Merciful. O Lord! Cause to shine forth upon me from the horizon of the Garment the Sun of glory and sanctification, that I might know Thee in this wondrous Garment. Make me not, O my God, of those who believed in Thee in the garment of one of Thy names, then, when Thou didst change the garment and didst manifest Thyself in the garment of another name, they dispersed from around Thee and were among the rejectors. Then do all things testify that they believed not in Thy Self but in the garment which is a name among Thy names. Had they believed in Thee, they would not have disbelieved in this Manifestation, the like of which hath not appeared in creation and whose lights have encompassed all who are in the heavens and the earth.

O Lord! Make me pure for meeting Thee, then honor me with visiting Thy Beauty, then send down upon me from the heaven of Thy mercy that which Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen ones, then make my feet firm upon Thy Path that is evident, manifest and straight.

Lower then thy hands in sublime submissiveness and humility, and with the ear of thine inmost nature hearken unto all things. By God! Thou wilt hear the lamentation of all created things, and then the sighing of the Concourse on High, for what hath befallen My soul at the hands of him whom We taught and supported throughout the nights and days. None is aware of this save God, the Most High, the All-Knowing. I shielded him with Mine own breast against the darts of the enemies, protecting him lest the arrows of the idolaters reach him, while he, in his innermost heart, lay in wait to slay Me. When God unveiled the hidden designs of his soul, he rose up against Me with calumnies, that he might instill rancor in the breasts of those who had taken vain imaginings as their lord instead of God, the True Sovereign, the Just, the All-Wise. Thou hast indeed associated with Me - didst thou ever find Me willing to harm any created thing? Be fair, then, and be of the equitable. Had I desired to harm My brother, was I not able to do so? Yet despite My power over him and My knowledge of his condition, I sheltered him beneath My wing for twenty years, while he would veil his face in fear of both friend and foe. When at last he felt secure, he emerged like a serpent to sting Me at every moment, until no spot remained on My body that bore not the mark of his venom, wert thou but of those who hear. Consider then, given My forbearance, tranquility, patience and concealment, what hath caused Me to cry out between the heavens and the earth. By God! Wert thou to reflect, thou wouldst know that which none among all the worlds hath known. Would that thou hadst been apprised of the root of this matter! We had desired aforetime to mention it to thee, but God decreed what He decreed, and verily He inspireth His servants with whatsoever He willeth, and He hath power over all things. Step forth, then, from behind the veil of silence and patience, and make mention of thy Lord, the Mighty, the All-Choosing. Fear no one, but put thy trust in God, the Mighty, the Beauteous. Say: O people! Board ye the Ark of Glory which saileth upon the crimson sea in the name of God, the Most High, the Most Exalted. By God! Whoso holdeth fast unto it hath attained salvation, and whoso turneth away is drowned and numbered among the perishing.

Glory, then light and radiance, be upon him who was named after the first letter of My name, and upon those who surround thee, whether female or male, young or old. We have heard that thy son hath ascended unto God. We share in thy sorrow and beseech God to cause him to dwell nigh unto His mercy, to give him to drink from the cups of His bounty, to purify him from transgression and clothe him in the robes of forgiveness - verily He is the Most Merciful of the merciful - and to place him in the highest companionship, in fellowship with His chosen ones and loved ones, and to send down upon him at every moment a mercy from His presence. Verily He is the All-Bountiful, the Ancient of Days. But grieve thou not. By God! If thou wert to look with the eye of the heart, thou wouldst behold him even now freed from all opposition, detached from those who disbelieved and associated partners with God, and in communion with those on whose faces thou findest the freshness of bliss. We beseech God to grant thee the reward for this and to aid thee to be patient. Verily He is the Rewarder of the patient. Verily unto God do we belong, and unto Him shall we return.

=== END BH08070 ===

=== START BH08071 ===

God is supremely great! O Hashim! Hearken unto the call of Him Who hath migrated unto God with His self and His loved ones, until He fell into the claws of the idolaters and there befell Him such trials as none can reckon save God, the Mighty, the Wise. By God! The Spirit hath been shaken by what the hands of the oppressors have wrought, and the Light hath been darkened by this grievous calamity. Yet in all this We render thanks unto God and remain in resignation and goodly patience. And ye, O concourse of the beloved! Forget not God’s covenant, neither break His testament, nor cast the Cause of God behind your backs, nor be of the heedless. Then be patient in what hath befallen Us and you, and verily He shall repay the reward of the patient ones. And the Spirit and the Light and the Glory be upon thee and upon the sincere ones.

=== END BH08071 ===

=== START BH08072 ===

In the name of Him who abideth after the passing of all things! O leaf of love! Thy letter hath come before the Throne, and this perspicuous Tablet hath been revealed for thee. We have heard that which thou didst call upon God, thy Lord, the Lord of all worlds. Immerse thyself in the ocean of joy, inasmuch as the Lord of Revelation remembereth thee in this mighty prison. Verily, He remembereth whoever hath uttered His praise, and loveth whoever hath turned towards His shining countenance. Blessed art thou, and thy father and mother, and whosoever hath believed in God, the Single, the All-Informed. Hold fast unto the Tree in such wise that the tempests of the allusions of the polytheists shall not move thee. We have ordained for each one of you a station which none knoweth save My Self, the All-Subduing over all who are in the heavens and earths. Thus hath My Most Exalted Pen moved to make mention of thee. This is of His grace unto thee. Be thou thankful, for verily He is the All-Giving, the Generous, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08072 ===

=== START BH08073 ===

He is the Rememberer, the Manifest, the Speaker, the Trustworthy! We sent forth ’Ali in truth to bring glad tidings to mankind of this Most Great Revelation, by which all who are in the heavens and on earth were thunderstruck, save whom thy Lord did choose, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. The pillars of the divines were shaken by this Youth, and the limbs of the peoples trembled at this Great Name. He spoke, while seated upon the Throne: “There is no God but I, the Most High, the Mighty, the Inaccessible.” Blessed art thou for having drunk the choice wine of everlasting life from the hands of the bounty of thy Lord, the Most Glorious, and for having heard this most sweet call which hath been raised from this Prison, which God hath made the Supreme Horizon amidst mankind and the Seat of the Throne, despite those who knew God’s bounty then denied it by following every remote divine. Give thanks unto God for having been mentioned at the Most Sublime Horizon, this noble station.

=== END BH08073 ===

=== START BH08075 ===

O Ali Akbar Bey! He is the Everlasting, the Eternal!

Verily, We have inclined Our hearing toward the realms of the Alif, whereupon We heard the croaking of the raven of tyranny and the cawing of him who hath arisen in oppression. Al-Baqir hath passed judgment upon the chosen ones of God and His trustees, and he hath been designated as the Wolf by the Pen of God, the Lord of creation. The she-serpent aided him in murder; nay, through her was laid the foundation of tyranny. Woe unto her and unto those who have taken her as a leader for themselves without any evidence from God, the Lord of Lords! She hath pierced the liver of the Apostle while imagining herself to be the protector of Islam. She hath seized their possessions and shed their blood without sin or proof. Thus hath the decree been fulfilled upon those through whom the horizon of divine knowledge was illumined.

We have expounded unto thee what hath befallen the chosen ones of God, that thou mayest recognize those who committed injustice on the day wherein was raised the shrill voice of the Most Exalted Pen, and the Tongue of Grandeur proclaimed: ’The Kingdom belongeth unto God, the One, the Chosen!

=== END BH08075 ===

=== START BH08076 ===

He is the Most Inaccessible, the Most Great, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise! We have made mention of those who have turned towards the Countenance and have held fast unto the Most Firm Handle, and We make mention of them in this Great Prison. Blessed is he who hath attained unto the remembrance of the All-Merciful and whose name hath been set down by His Most Inaccessible, Most Holy, All-Knowing, All-Informed Pen. They who have been given insight by God are such as would not exchange it for the treasures of the heavens and earth, could ye but know it. Were ye to know what hath been ordained for you, ye would soar on the wings of longing, and such joy would seize you that no harm from anyone on earth could sadden you. He, verily, is the Expositor, the All-Knowing. Be ye united in the Cause of God and differ not in anything. This is a clear counsel. Thus have We commanded you and taught you in diverse Tablets and in this glorious and wondrous Tablet. Be ye stars of guidance and steadfastness in this heaven, that through your lights those who are on earth may be illumined. This behooveth whosoever hath turned towards the horizon of God, the Dawning-Place, the Luminous.

=== END BH08076 ===

=== START BH08077 ===

O handmaiden of God, Fatimih Sultan, upon her be the Glory of God! He is the Most Great, the Most Glorious!

We have, at all times, made mention of Our male and female servants and summoned them to the straight path. Among My servants are those who have believed and turned towards God, and among them are those who have turned away and denied God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. And among the handmaidens are those who have heard and turned towards God, and have drunk from the Kawthar of utterance from the hand of the bounty of their Lord, the Most Merciful, and among them are those who have denied God, the Lord of all worlds.

O My handmaiden! Be thankful that the Wronged One hath remembered thee - He Who is seen at one time in prison and at another time above the world. He, verily, is the All-Wise, the All-Powerful. We send Our greetings from this spot upon the faces of My handmaidens and servants who have turned towards the Most Great Sea and have attained the recognition of their Lord, the All-Forgiving, the Most Merciful. By God’s life! If they but knew, they would hasten, but today they are veiled by a thick veil. The Glory be upon thee and upon those handmaidens who have believed in the Single One, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH08077 ===

=== START BH08078 ===

O Mirza ’Abdu’llah, upon him be the Glory of God, He Who is the Protector over all names! We have remembered thee and do remember thee at a time when sorrows have encompassed Us through that which the hands of the heedless have wrought. This is a day wherein the dwellers of Paradise lament because of the tyranny that hath appeared from the divines of the earth. They are indeed among the most lost in the Book of God, the Lord of the worlds. They have imprisoned and plundered and taken captive the friends of God with an injustice at which the rock hath cried out, the Divine Lote-Tree hath called aloud, and the Faithful Spirit hath struck his face in grief. Soon shall the evidences of wrath seize them from every direction, as testified by this mighty Book. Say: O people of Baha! Ye have attained unto tribulation in the path of God, the Lord of all names. We counsel you to patience and steadfastness. Verily your Lord, the All-Merciful, is the All-Wise Counsellor. Thus have the rains of My loving-kindness poured forth from the heaven of My bounty. Blessed are they that have attained, and joy be to them that have understood.

=== END BH08078 ===

=== START BH08079 ===

He is the One Who speaketh from the most exalted Station, the All-Knowing

We have adorned the heaven of knowledge with the stars of meaning and utterance. Blessed is he who hath witnessed and seen, and woe unto the heedless ones who have cast the Book of God behind their backs by following every remote ignorant one. Say: The Promised One hath come with the truth. Fear God, O people, and be not of the wrongdoers. Should your desires prevent you, cast them aside by a command from God, the Lord of all worlds. Say: By God! That which ye possess shall profit you not this day. He Who hath spoken before all faces beareth witness to this, that there is no God but I, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

Give thanks unto God for My remembrance of thee and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Thou Who hast remembered me and guided me to Thy straight path. I beseech Thee not to withhold from me the outpourings of the ocean of Thy bounty. Verily, Thou art the One Who hath power over whatsoever He willeth, and in Thy grasp are the reins of all who are in the heavens and on earth.

=== END BH08079 ===

=== START BH08080 ===

The Most Great, the Most Glorious! We have adorned the heaven of souls with the sun of trustworthiness and the moon of truthfulness and the stars of virtuous character, yet most of the people are heedless. Blessed is the soul who acts according to what was commanded by God, the Lord of the worlds. Say: Virtues are the stars of this heaven, and steadfastness is its sun and its sovereign, were you of those who know. O you who speak in praise of your Lord, hearken unto My call and My cry and My lamentation at what the hands of the oppressors have wrought. Verily, He Who created the world by a sign from His Pen - they say concerning Him what none of the ancients ever said. We commanded all to the Most Great Steadfastness, but when the croak of the croaker was raised, the feet of every heedless and remote one slipped. Be thou thankful to God for having caused thee to recognize the Manifestation of His Cause and guided thee to the straight path. Thus hath My Most Exalted Pen spoken when the Beloved was in evident sorrow.

=== END BH08080 ===

=== START BH08081 ===

He is God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise

O Karim-Dad Khan! We have heard your call and recognized your turning to the Face. We have remembered you in this Tablet which hath shone forth from the horizon of the favor of this Wronged One, the Exile, Who is imprisoned in this fortress for the sake of God, the Lord of all worlds. We thank Him for what hath befallen Us. To this beareth witness My joy and My gladness, then My patience and My fortitude, and this mighty, impregnable Book. Blessed is he who hath recognized this Day and turned unto God, the Mighty, the Beautiful. Whosoever today attaineth unto the recognition of God is accounted among the assured ones in the Book. Blessed is he who hath inhaled the fragrance of the Beloved and hath voiced His praise amidst His servants and His creation - he is of them that have attained. All the loved ones of God must occupy themselves in unison with the mention of the Divine Word. The glory be upon thee and upon every steadfast and assured one.

=== END BH08081 ===

=== START BH08082 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Glorious! We have indeed expounded the Book and set forth the verses in diverse ways, that perchance the people may acknowledge what they witness of God’s Revelation and His sovereignty that encompasses the horizons. We have not fallen short in mentioning God and that which I was commanded to manifest among the people. To this testifieth what I have endured in My days from those who have denied the beginning and the return. Among the people are those who turned away and denied after having testified, and among them are those who turned towards God and recognized Him, saying: “Praise be unto Thee, O God of the worlds, for having caused me to know Thee and made me one of those who have attained unto the lights of Beauty.” Say: O people! Fear God and follow not those who follow vain imaginings. Respond to Him Who calleth you to the Dayspring of lights. We have found from thee the fragrance of My love, and We have sent down verses unto thee that thou mayest recite them at eventide and at dawn. We counsel thee to be steadfast, lest any polytheist filled with doubt cause thee to slip.

=== END BH08082 ===

=== START BH08083 ===

In the name of God, the Exalted, the Most Great!

Verily, We were walking in the prison of ’Akka, detached from all created things, and speaking in remembrance of the Lord of Names, when I was bidden to make mention unto thee of that whereby God’s proof hath been perfected unto all else, and His testimony made manifest to all who dwell in earth and heaven. When the irrevocable decree came forth from the presence of the Ancient King, My limbs trembled with fear of God, the Omnipotent, the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise, and weeping overtook Me to such extent that all things wept at My weeping, and the Daysprings of Names cried out by reason of what I beheld of the people’s turning away from Him by Whom the Sacred Scriptures were adorned. Hearken unto the Call from the precincts of eternity, from the Divine Lote-Tree raised upon the white earth at the right hand of the luminous spot: “Verily, there is none other God but Him, the Almighty, the All-Choosing!”

By My life! It grieveth Me to see thee silent in this time of utterance, and seated in this time of rising up. Beware lest knowledge debar thee from the Known One. Abandon idle fancies through the Name of thy Lord, the Self-Subsisting, and arise amidst mankind with such steadfastness as cannot be followed by sitting, and say: “O people! The Promise hath come, and the Promised One hath appeared with such sovereignty as neither the might of princes nor the signs of the learned can withstand.” When asked by what proof, recite thou this Tablet from whose horizon hath shone the Sun of wisdom and utterance. We have desired to give thee to drink of the Living Waters from the hands of the bounty of thy Lord, the All-Merciful. This is not from Me, but from thy Lord, the Revealer of verses. The winds of the Divine Will move Me as they please. The Command is in His grasp; He doeth what He willeth through His sovereignty that encompasseth all lands.

We desired to show thee the Supreme Horizon and cause thee to hear the Call of God, the Lord of the latter and the former days, that it might attract thee to the most exalted Station. O thou who circlest round the Fire! Enter thou therein through the power of faith. Verily it is light and mercy from thy Lord, the Mighty, the Bestower. How many a great one hath been withheld from the Most Great Ocean, and how many a child hath drawn nigh and been immersed therein by God’s leave, the Transcendent, the All-High. Verily, he who hath attained today is among the most exalted of creatures before the Truth, and he who hath been withheld is but a brayer, though he be among the most learned of men.

O Most Exalted Pen! Move across the Tablet by the leave of the Creator of Heaven and the Lord of Names, then make mention of him whom thou wert commanded to remember, with verses whereby the fragrance of the garment of reunion hath wafted to all regions. Say: Look, then remember those days wherein the Sun of Truth shone forth from the horizon of Hijaz. The learned and the literary opposed Him until they spoke of Him that which rent asunder the heaven of knowledge and disturbed the hearts of the righteous, while those who had no standing among the people believed in Him. Thus was the matter decreed in the Book. Then observe when the Spirit came with clear signs, those possessed of mere learning opposed Him, and he who was deemed the most learned of his age denied Him, until God raised Him to a station whereunto the birds of hearts and imaginations cannot soar. Verily, all sacred Books were revealed for the knowledge of God. He who is debarred therefrom, neither the scrolls of earth nor devotions and prayers shall profit him.

Say: O concourse of divines! How long will ye remain slumbering upon the couch of heedless negligence? The inhabitants of the cities of divine names have been seized with yearning at the wafting of the fragrance of the Divine Presence, inasmuch as He Who was recorded in the books of your Lord, the Mighty, the All-Knowing, hath appeared. Say: Abandon what ye possess and hold fast unto that which ye have been given from the presence of Him Who is the Lord of all men. Cast aside oppression, then gaze with the eye of fairness: can any one of you soar with the bird of inner meanings in the atmosphere of knowledge and utterance? Nay, by your Lord, the All-Merciful! The Cause hath appeared in such wise that none can deny it save every heedless doubter. Beware lest the veils of glory prevent you from the All-Possessing, the Most High. Rend asunder the greatest veil through the power of your Lord, the Possessor of Destiny. By God, the Truth! The Hour hath passed and the mountains have been scattered. Blessed are they who are endowed with vision. We have neither studied the sciences nor perused the arts. To this beareth witness every fair-minded and discerning soul. I was seated when the Command of God raised Me up, and I was silent when He Who hath caused all things to speak forth the praise of His Self, the All-Subduing Lord of all horizons, gave Me utterance. Blessed is he who pondereth that which hath been revealed through truth and recognizeth that which lay concealed in the depths of allusions. He is of them that are possessed of insight in this Most Great Scene. To this testifieth the Lord of men, through Whom this Sealed Wine was unsealed and clear proof was made manifest. If thou wouldst ponder upon that which hath befallen the Dayspring of Divine verses in successive years, thou wouldst be assured that He speaketh not of His own desire, but rather through that which He hath been taught by Him Who sent Him with an evidence whereat every possessor of knowledge and understanding hath been confounded. We have summoned all unto God: among them are some who have turned away, and among them are those who have turned with humility and repentance toward the Most Great Ocean. By My life! If thou shouldst find the sweetness of utterance, thou wouldst arise to assist thy Lord, the All-Merciful, detached from all possibility, and would proclaim at the top of thy voice between earth and heaven, by this Name whereby all who are in creation were thunderstruck, save them whom God did rescue through power and sovereignty. Thus have We illumined the horizon of utterance with the sun of the remembrance of thy Lord’s name. Blessed is he who hath turned toward it; woe unto every froward deceiver. The glory from the people of glory be upon them who have been attracted by the breezes of revelation and whom no blame of any blamer among the infidels hath deterred from God.

=== END BH08083 ===

=== START BH08084 ===

He is the Hearer, the Answerer

We make mention of Baha’u’d-Din at this time and give him glad tidings of that which hath been sent down for him from the heaven of the will of his Lord, the Compassionate, the Generous. Hearken unto the call from the direction of sorrow from this Wronged One, Who hath borne tribulations in the path of God, the Lord of all worlds. We love to behold those who have turned towards the Countenance, but the idolaters have intervened between Us and them. To this doth testify the Book of God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy. Render thanks unto God for having mentioned thee and caused thee to know and hear, and made thee among those endowed with knowledge. Say: My God, my God! Praise be unto Thee for having guided me and taught me and made me to know. I beseech Thee by Thy generosity which hath encompassed the world to ordain for me the reward of those who have circled round Thee and stood before Thy gate and heard Thy call and beheld Thy horizon. Verily Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH08084 ===

=== START BH08085 ===

In His Name, the Most Holy, the Most Great! We make mention of the servants of God purely for His sake, and We desire from them no recompense in this world. God is sufficient as a witness. We have sacrificed Our very selves and Our spirits for the salvation of the world, and God is cognizant of what I say. Among the people are those who have turned away from the truth, and among them are those who have denied God’s proof and His signs, and among them are those who have said “This is naught but a man who desires to lead you astray from the path that was straight.” Thus did they speak when Muhammad, the Messenger of God, appeared, and before Him when the Spirit came with a Cause that encompassed all the worlds. Verily he who attains unto this Cause is numbered among the people of Paradise in the Book preserved in the pavilion of glory. Thus doth the Supreme Pen move and thus doth the tongue of grandeur speak in this station which hath been raised up in the name of God.

=== END BH08085 ===

=== START BH08086 ===

He is the One Who rules over all who are in the world through His Most Great Name! We make mention of him who has turned to the Countenance even as We mentioned those who cast away idle fancies and turned toward the horizon of certitude when the All-Merciful came with a sovereignty that encompassed all who are in the heavens and on earth. The proof hath appeared and the stream of paradise hath flowed, yet most of the people remain heedless. They have abandoned the choice wine, hastening to brackish water - verily they are from among the distracted ones. Blessed is he who hath forsaken the imaginary and held fast to His Name, the Self-Subsisting, through which the stars have fallen and the Straight Path of God hath appeared. Say: O people! Why do ye turn away from Him Who created you and turn to those who have disbelieved in God, the Lord of the worlds? Abandon the dawning-places of idle fancies - the Sun of proof hath risen from the horizon of the utterance of your Lord, the All-Knowing. Thus have We made mention of thee as a favor from Our presence, that it might draw thee to the Truth and cause thee to speak forth in His Great Name.

=== END BH08086 ===

=== START BH08087 ===

O Ahmad, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the Dawning Place, the Clear, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

We make mention of him whom We mentioned before, who was named Ahmad in the Kingdom of Names, that he may find assurance through the bounty of his Lord, the Forgiving, the Merciful. The ocean of divine knowledge hath surged, and the All-Merciful hath come with clear sovereignty. How many a servant hath turned and hearkened and attained this mighty bounty, and how many a learned one hath clung to knowledge and grown proud thereby against the All-Knowing, the All-Informed! Ask thou God to aid thee to remain steadfast in this Cause whereby the hearts of the mystics have been stirred. When thou attainest unto a trace from My Most Exalted Pen, be thankful and say: “Praise be unto Thee, O Thou in Whose grasp is the dominion of the kingdom of the heavens and earth!” Glory be upon thee and upon the leaf who hath held fast to the Divine Lote-Tree when it appeared in truth, and upon those who have attained unto that which God, the Lord of the worlds, hath willed.

=== END BH08087 ===

=== START BH08088 ===

O Aqa Musa, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the Hearer, the Answerer!

We make mention of him who is named Musa and give him the glad-tidings of this Most Great Announcement. O Musa! Hearken unto the Call from the Divine Lote-Tree: Verily there is none other God but Him, the Single One, the All-Informed. Through Him the ocean of knowledge has surged before the faces of all religions, and the fruits have spoken upon the trees. The Chosen One has come with clear sovereignty. Take hold of the Book of God with the power that is from Him. Verily He heareth and seeth, and He is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Shatter the idols of vain imaginings in the name of the Lord of all men. He will assist thee through His grace, and He is the Mighty, the Praiseworthy. Nothing can prevent Him from that which He willeth, nor can the might of the polytheists weaken Him. We counsel thee and those who have turned towards God to fear God, the Mighty, the Beautiful. Recite the Book of God; verily it will guide you to an exalted station. Thus hath the Pen spoken when the Wronged One was in this mighty prison.

=== END BH08088 ===

=== START BH08089 ===

He is the Witness and the Witnessed

We mention him who pioneered in My way and him who circumambulated around My prison and him who attended before Me and listened to My sweet voice. This is the place that all the inhabitants of the Kingdom of Names and the dwellers in the Highest Kingdom circumambulate. It was in such a manner that We revealed the Holy Verses, “We are the All-Knowing and We do mention.” Happy is he who witnessed the great words and happy is he who speaks what God commands him to speak. Verily, he is among the people of the Crimson Ark in a clear Book.

Take My tablet with your suppliant hands and then put it on your eyes and say:

“Praised be Thou, O Lord, the Lord of all the worlds. I beseech Thee by Thy Might which hath encompassed the entire creation and taken possession of all beings, to pour from the heaven of Thy bounty and the clouds of Thy grace what will lift Thy friends to the station wherein the Tongue of Thy Majesty speaks. The sovereignty belongs to God, the Single, the One, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.”

=== END BH08089 ===

=== START BH08090 ===

O Mahdi’s wife! In My Name, the All-Evident, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise! We send the fragrances of the All-Merciful from the Egypt of meanings and utterance to a handmaiden who has turned to God when He came with a sovereignty that has conquered all worlds. Blessed is the handmaiden who has inhaled the fragrance of the verses and turned to this luminous horizon. Give thanks for what God has bestowed upon you - one who speaks His praise and aided you to turn towards Him when every dubious learned one turned away. If you were to hearken with the ear of the heart, you would hear from the trees “The Chosen One has come!” and from the breezes “The Beloved of the worlds has appeared!” Blessed are you for having attained the days of God and heard His call from the direction of His mighty prison. Trust in God in all conditions, then remember Him with a remembrance by which are attracted the hearts of the devoted women who have believed in God, the Lord of the seen and unseen, and the Lord of the heavens and earths.

=== END BH08090 ===

=== START BH08091 ===

O Mir Taj’d-Din! He is the One dawning from the horizon of the Kingdom. We, from this most exalted station, bestow glory upon the faces of those who have turned and attained the pure wine which was unsealed through My Name, the Mighty, the Powerful. The proof hath appeared and the sun of evidence hath shone forth from the horizon of possibility, yet the people are in grievous error. They have cast aside the Lord of Names and followed every evil one who hath turned away from the All-Informed. Say: Fear God and follow not your desires. Follow Him Who hath come to you with a manifest sovereignty. Beware lest the ornaments of the world withhold you from the Lord of Names. Leave behind what ye possess by command of God, the Ordainer, the All-Wise. Soon shall the world and all that ye behold today perish, and there shall endure that which hath been ordained for you by the finger of your Lord’s will, the All-Knowing. Thus hath the Supreme Pen given glad tidings to the company of the Abha Kingdom who have arisen to serve the Cause of their Lord, the Mighty, the Inaccessible.

=== END BH08091 ===

=== START BH08092 ===

O Muhammad-’Ali! In the name of the All-Knowing, the One, may thou drink of the sealed wine which hath been unsealed by the Finger of the Self-Subsisting, and receive thy portion. For this wine diverse interpretations have been recorded by the Most Exalted Pen in the Crimson Book: in one place it is interpreted as the Most Great Word, in another as the Most Great Steadfastness, and likewise as the Most Exalted Pen, and as He Who speaketh between earth and heaven, and likewise as that which floweth and streameth forth from the Pen of the Lord of antiquity. In truth, whosoever drinketh thereof and attaineth unto it, the entire world shall be powerless to prevent him: he shall speak forth the truth, turn unto the truth, and arise to serve the Cause for the sake of truth. May thou drink of this wine in such wise that the braying of the wayward souls shall not hold thee back from the Lord of Oneness. Verily thy Lord is the Counselor, the Compassionate, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH08092 ===

=== START BH08093 ===

In the Name of the One God

May you be occupied with praise and remembrance in this divine day, and be engaged in that which He loves and with which He is well-pleased. In all that is witnessed there has not been and will not be permanence, as every person of reason and understanding has testified and continues to testify. Therefore, wise and assured souls have not and will not pay attention to it. Strive to attain to that which is everlasting and eternal. In all conditions, beseech God, glorified be His majesty, to assist you in serving His Cause and in that which is pleasing to Him, for if you attain to this station, you will possess an enduring rank. This is the counsel of the Wronged One. Act accordingly and be of the thankful ones. From this station We send Our greetings to Our male and female servants who have held fast to the hem of their Lord’s loving-kindness, the Mighty, the Powerful.

=== END BH08093 ===

=== START BH08094 ===

O brother, Muhammad-Qablih-Hasan! In the name of the Beloved of all horizons! God willing, may you be occupied at all times with the remembrance of God and drink from the Kawthar of divine knowledge. Know thou the value of these days. Strive that thou mayest attain unto that which will cause thy mention to endure in the divine Kingdom. Muhammad-Qablih-Hasan attained the presence of the Most Great Horizon and his deeds were adorned with the ornament of divine acceptance. Blessed is he and happy is he, inasmuch as he hath been honored with this supreme testimony which hath been revealed from the Most Exalted Pen. All the deeds of the world are dependent upon the acceptance of the Ancient King, and this station was and shall ever be the most exalted of all stations. Blessed is he who hath attained unto this mighty station. Give thanks unto God for having enabled thy brother to attain His presence and hearken unto that which the Tongue of Grandeur and Glory uttereth from His mighty and impregnable station.

=== END BH08094 ===

=== START BH08095 ===

O Khadijih Sultan! He is the Most Holy, the Most Great! May you be engaged in the remembrance of the Lord of all beings throughout the nights and days, and be focused on His Cause. O handmaiden of God! Strive that you may drink from the hand of grace the cup of steadfastness, for this Cause is most mighty, and its mightiness is such that mention of it hath been revealed in the divine Books of the past and future. How many souls claimed steadfastness but with the slightest wind returned to fire. O handmaiden of God! Be intimate with the Name of Truth, speak His praise, gaze toward His horizon, act according to His command, and be assured of His sovereignty. Blessed is every handmaiden who hath attained unto this most glorious, most exalted station. She is indeed among those who are assured in the perspicuous Book. The Glory be upon thee and upon every handmaiden who hath turned and believed in God, the Mighty, the All-Knowing. Praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH08095 ===

=== START BH08096 ===

God bears witness that there is no God but Him, the Most Exalted, the Most Great. God willing, may you ever drink from the heavenly wine of divine knowledge and the choice nectar of the All-Merciful’s love, and remain occupied with the remembrance of the One True God. Whatever exists in the visible world will perish, but whatever appears from any doer for the sake of God will remain eternal, enduring and everlasting. Say: O God of Hosts and Sovereign of the seen and unseen! I beseech Thee by the Dawning-Place of Thy wisdom and the Manifestation of Thy signs to ordain for me that which will benefit me in this world and the next, and make me steadfast in Thy love amidst all created things. Thou art the One Who, O my God, called me unto Thee and I answered through Thy grace and loving-kindness. I beseech Thee to make me in all conditions turn my gaze toward Thee and speak in Thy praise. Verily Thou art the All-Powerful, the Supreme, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH08096 ===

=== START BH08097 ===

In the Name of the God of Mercy!

May you ever remain, and to eternity continue to be, firm in your attachment to the Dawning-Place of God’s Cause and the Dayspring of His Divine Revelation. The world and all that is therein are ever-passing, and that which shall endure and last is faith in God and deeds performed in accordance with His commandments. Strive thou to remain steadfast in the path of His Cause and to become detached and freed from all else but Him. Most people, through satanic imaginings, remain deprived of the horizon of divine unity, following their own desires while supposing they follow the truth. Soon shall they face the consequences of their deeds. Thou shouldst, with the utmost joy and gladness, be occupied with the remembrance of the Lord of Revelation. Glory be upon those who have stood firm in the Cause and followed God’s mighty and unshakeable Command.

=== END BH08097 ===

=== START BH08098 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory, the One with power and might

O son of his honor Haji Hasan, who ascended unto God! May you ever be and continue to be blessed through divine favors and illumined by the light of His countenance. Strive in these days, when the Most Great Luminary is shining from the horizon of the world, that you may attain His good-pleasure and act according to what He has commanded. Blessed art thou and blessed is thy father who attained the presence of God, drank from the Kawthar of immortality, and ascended unto God, the Lord of Names. We testify that he is among those who have attained. The world has never had, nor has it now, any worth. Under all conditions hold fast unto God and fix your gaze upon the horizon of His grace. Verily He takes and He gives, and He is indeed the Forgiving, the Generous. The glory be upon you and upon those who have turned toward God, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Praise be to God, the Mighty, the Generous.

=== END BH08098 ===

=== START BH08099 ===

He is the Ever-Abiding, the Everlasting

God willing, may you ever abide joyous and at rest beneath the shade of the divine Lote-Tree of the Lord of all names. His name Mahdi hath made mention of you in his letters. Blessed art thou for having turned thy face unto the Countenance and directed thyself towards God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Be thou occupied at all times with the remembrance of God and detached from all else besides Him. Be not saddened by the differences in newly-arisen matters in the world. For every matter there is a time. When it cometh to pass it shall appear as God, the Sovereign, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy, hath willed. Thy sister hath attained the presence of the Countenance and desired to meet with thee. We have therefore granted thee permission to proceed to this exalted quarter. In any case, shouldst thou desire to journey to this quarter, thou art permitted. Thus hath God, thy Lord, the Lord of all worlds, decreed. The glory be upon thee and upon whomsoever hath attained unto the Cause of God, the Mighty, the Beauteous.

=== END BH08099 ===

=== START BH08100 ===

HE IS THE MIGHTY, THE WISE

God willing, may you ever abide beneath the shade of the blessed divine Lote-Tree and remain steadfast in His Cause. The heedlessness of the people hath reached such a pass that after searching far and wide, they have imprisoned the Purpose of the world, and they perceive it not. Blessed art thou for having turned to God in the early days of thy life. We beseech Him, exalted be He, to assist thee to remain steadfast in His love and to bestow upon thee in His service that which shall cause thy remembrance to endure in His kingdom. Verily thy Lord is the Powerful, the Mighty. Exert thy utmost effort that thou mayest be adorned with such deeds and character as will cause the elevation of God’s Cause. Not hidden from His knowledge is the deed of any one, nor shall he who hath grasped His holy and luminous hem be forgotten. Glory be unto those who have been faithful to God’s Covenant and followed that which they were bidden by the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH08100 ===

=== START BH08101 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Glorious! He consoles the one upon whom befell, in the path of God, that which caused tears to flow and hearts to grieve. Afflictions have seized him in the days of God. We verily commanded him, and do command him, to patience from God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. Grieve not for those who have forsaken this world and advanced to a praiseworthy station. Be immersed in the ocean of contentment. Thus have you been commanded by God, the Mighty, the Loving. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having caused me to turn towards the horizon of Thy Cause, to be assured of Thy signs, and to acknowledge that which Thou hast sent down from the heaven of Thy Will. I beseech Thee by Thy Self to protect me from whatsoever is abhorrent to Thy good-pleasure. Thou art the One with power, to Whose might and sovereignty all atoms bear witness. Ordain for me, O my God, that which will solace mine eyes and gladden my heart. Thou art verily the Bestower, the Mighty, the Gracious.

=== END BH08101 ===

=== START BH08102 ===

Verily I am God! There is no God but Me, the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate. Verily I am God! There is no God but Me, the Sovereign, the Most Great. Verily I am He Who created all beings through My command and brought all contingent things into existence through My grace, and I am the Almighty over whatsoever I desire, and I am the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Through My command did the sun shine forth from the horizon of heaven, and the Nightingale of Holiness sang out that this is the Beauty of God in the human realm of beginning, and the Manifestation of God in the heavenly kingdom on high, and the Concealment of God in the realm of might and immortality, and the Essence of Eternity in this radiant, snow-white garment. Thus have I been from the beginning of every beginning - God the Single, the One, the Unique, the Self-Subsisting, the Everlasting, the Ever-Abiding, the Ever-Living, the All-Willing, the All-Powerful, the Almighty, the Self-Sufficient. And I shall ever remain the Sovereign, the King, the Judge, the All-Knowing, the Omnipotent - from all eternity unto all eternity, Ever-Living, Ever-Abiding, Ever-Existing, the One Worshipped.

=== END BH08102 ===

=== START BH08103 ===

[The] People of the Bayan, in their own estimation, broke the chains of imitation and turned with perfect freedom to the horizon of divine unity. But when God’s touchstone appeared and the Word of God was made manifest, they were found to be more veiled than all other peoples. They occupied themselves with worthless and unprofitable words in opposition to God, and are seen to be debarred and deprived from the Mother Book. Fie upon them and upon those who led them astray! God willing, thou wilt be numbered among those whom the braying of the heedless, the clamor of the deniers, and the croaking of the polytheists did not prevent from the Manifest Truth nor hold back from the Straight Path. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O God of the seen and unseen, for having aided me to recognize the Dawning-Place of Thy Revelation and the Dayspring of Thy signs! I testify that Thou art the All-Powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH08103 ===

=== START BH08104 ===

O Rahim! He is the One Who speaks in the Tree. The beginning of the Cause is the recognition of God, exalted be His glory, and its end is steadfastness in His love. Thus has the Pen spoken from before the presence of the Lord of eternity - verily He is the Mighty, the All-Knowing. We have commanded all in the Book to be trustworthy and steadfast. Blessed is he who acts according to what hath been commanded by God, the Lord of all men. Thy name was mentioned in the presence of the Wronged One, and there was revealed for thee that which will draw thee nigh unto God, the Lord of lords. They who have turned away, these are among the people of error in the Book. When thou attainest unto thy Tablet, read what hath been revealed therein and say: Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having enabled me to turn towards the Dayspring of Thy mighty signs. I beseech Thee, O Sovereign of earth and heaven, by this Wronged One Who is imprisoned in the fortress of Akka, to make me steadfast in Thy Cause. Verily Thou art the Almighty, the Exalted, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08104 ===

=== START BH08105 ===

In the Name of the One True God!

O Ahmad! Thy name was mentioned in the presence of this Prisoner, and the fragrance of thy love for the Best-Beloved of the worlds was inhaled. Blessed art thou for having attained, in the first days of thy life, to the recognition of the Dawning-Place of God’s Revelation and the Dayspring of His firm and mighty Cause. How many of the great ones, the divines and princes, who in the nights and days would supplicate and seek after the appearance of the Truth, and when the Most Great Luminary rose above the horizon of the world, they all remained veiled by the veils of their own idle fancies, save whom thy Lord willed. If thou wouldst ponder on this matter, thou wouldst witness the bounty of God towards thee, in that He confirmed thee in the early days in recognizing the Manifestation of His Self and the Dawning-Place of His verses. Rejoice thou and be of them that are thankful. Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH08105 ===

=== START BH08106 ===

O handmaid of God who has migrated, upon her be the Glory of God! In the name of the merciful Lord! O handmaid of God! Praise be to God that thou hast drunk from the ocean of divine knowledge and hast turned to the horizon of His Manifestation and after hearing the call of “Am I not?” thou hast been blessed with saying “Yea!” Strive that thou mayest attain unto His enduring grace. This is the day wherein every soul can attain a station that will endure throughout the past and future eternities. Be grateful with a hundred thousand tongues, for God, exalted be His glory, hath manifested from thee souls who are adorned with the ornament of faith and are engaged in the service of His Cause. How many are the people of the earth who are deprived and veiled from the Object of their desires, while you are attracted and turning towards Him. This is a great station. May it be preserved, God willing, in His Name. We counsel all the women of that land to sanctification and detachment and whatsoever the All-Bountiful hath sent down in the Book.

=== END BH08106 ===

=== START BH08107 ===

In the Name of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise!

O handmaiden of God! Divine Tablets have been revealed especially for thee in most of the years when this Wronged One of the horizons was imprisoned in the Most Great Prison. Thou shouldst appreciate the value of this bounty and preserve it with thy sight and soul, and act in accordance with that which beseemeth this blessed Day. God willing, mayest thou be ever enkindled with the fire of the love of God and illumined by the lights of His countenance. Soon shall the carpet of the world be rolled up, and all that is visible therein shall vanish into nothingness. Thou shouldst speak forth the remembrance of God with the utmost eagerness and longing, for He is the lasting bounty. Blessed is the soul that hath attained unto it and remained steadfast therein. And glory be upon thee and upon thy daughters who have turned unto God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH08107 ===

=== START BH08108 ===

O handmaiden of God, sister of his honor Shaykh S, upon him be the Glory of God! In the name of the Peerless Beloved! O handmaiden of God! God willing, thou shalt be enkindled by the fire of divine love on this spiritual day and be occupied with His remembrance and praise. Withdraw not the hand of seeking from the hem of the Desired One. With the eye of the spirit, gaze upon the Beloved of all worlds, that perchance thou mayest not be deprived of the ocean of His bounty nor be forbidden from the heaven of His grace. His mercy hath encompassed all creation, and His loving-kindness hath embraced the entire realm of being. Bereft indeed is the heart that hath not attained to His love, and deprived is the ear that hath not heard His call. O ye who seek the eternal and flowing Kawthar! Drink ye of His love through that Divine Pen and shut your eyes to all the worlds. Verily, glory be upon those who have remained faithful to God’s Covenant and His Testament, and upon those handmaidens who have remained faithful, for they are indeed among the triumphant ones in the Preserved Tablet.

=== END BH08108 ===

=== START BH08109 ===

In the name of the one true Friend! O handmaid of God! In all nights and days thou shouldst be occupied with the praise and glorification of the Lord of all beings, for from His infinite bounties He hath bestowed upon thee a son who emigrated in His path, attained to faith in Him, drank from the Kawthar of His presence, and now dwelleth in His vicinity. Know thou the value of this bounty, for if a soul should possess all the treasures of the earth and expend them all in the path of God, he would still not attain to this station except through the will of God. Be thou steadfast in the love of God and firm in His Cause. Verily We make mention of every handmaid who hath believed in God in that place and We send Our glorification upon their faces from Our presence, and I am verily the Generous, the Bountiful.

=== END BH08109 ===

=== START BH08110 ===

He is the Ever-Abiding, Manifest and Visible from the Most Glorious Horizon

Many sublime Arabic Tablets have been revealed. Now the wondrous holy words of God are being uttered in the Persian tongue. Blessed are they that hear them! The Truth, exalted be His mention, hath ever been and shall forever remain sanctified above manifestation and appearance - an unknowable Mystery, an unfathomable Concealment, an unrevealed Inner Reality, an unhidden Treasure, and an unwitnessed Secret. For the term “mystery” holdeth true only when it remaineth unwitnessed; in such case it is not manifest and thus cannot be known. And after it becometh witnessed, the designation “mystery” no longer existeth whereby it might be known. Therefore, the Mystery hath been and shall ever remain unknowable. Blessed is the soul that pondereth this perfect, firm and divine Word, and attaineth unto the gem of its meaning treasured within. Should anyone claim to know the Mystery in its essence as Mystery, he hath been and shall ever be among the falsifiers. That Most Ancient Beauty is too exalted to be known except through Himself, and too sublime to be described save through His own holy Being. For whatsoever the created ones comprehend at the utmost degree of their understanding is but a fancy they have themselves conceived for themselves. Exalted is He above being known by that which is contingent!

And since the gates of knowledge and comprehension were closed, and the ultimate degree of the servants’ understanding rejected, the Sovereign of existence, through His grace and bounty, caused the Manifestations of Oneness and Daysprings of Divine glory to appear from the horizon of “Verily, I am He Who is manifest above all things,” so that all people might attain unto the knowledge of God through recognition of these Suns dawning from the horizon of truth, and might be blessed with obedience to God and submission to His will through obedience to these holy Beings. And in accordance with justice and the manifestation of grace, He bestowed upon each of these eternal and glorious Manifestations a proof and testimony, that no soul might find cause for turning away or making excuses, and that God’s proof might be complete and perfect unto all. The purpose of this supreme favor is that they might educate souls so that perchance they may enter the kingdom of the Divine Countenance and attain unto the station wherein “the Face of thy Lord endureth” - which is the ultimate goal of human existence - and may abide forever. I swear by the Ancient Beauty that if a soul should but once become pure and detached from this world and ascend unto the Supreme Companion, it shall never perish but shall attain from existence unto existence, and neither extinction nor annihilation shall ever find their way unto such existence and immortality. Yet what benefit is there when these people, with their impure hearts, fail to comprehend this divine melody?

These Manifestations of transcendent oneness have appeared from time immemorial until the time culminated in the first wondrous Manifestation in the final Vesture, and the Primal Point - exalted be His grandeur, sublime be His traces, and glorious be His majesty - arose from the Most Exalted Horizon and guided mankind to the pathway of immortality. Yet all the people clung to their religious leaders from among the divines and turned not to that Essence of Divine Unity, although He appeared with such compelling proof that all found themselves powerless to produce the like thereof. Then they arose in opposition and demanded supernatural signs. That Ancient Being composed the treatise of proofs known as the Seven Proofs, wherein He showed that all evidence and proof culminate in verses. From His sanctified Pen flowed that today these verses which descend from the clouds of glory are a proof to the East and West of the world, and there hath been and shall be no greater proof than this. Thus when the Crown Prince summoned that Essence of Eternity to his court and demanded proof, that Ancient Beauty declared that verses are the proof today. Yet in the end they accepted it not, and all gave verdict for the death of that Essence of Pre-existence, save a few who became assured through the divine verses and turned from the west of unbelief and error to the east of faith and recognition.

And thereafter that Ancient Being gave in all His revealed Tablets the glad tidings of this Most Great Manifestation, such that not a single line was revealed in the Bayan except that this most glorious mention was recorded therein, and He counseled all lest at the time of His appearance they remain veiled from the Beauty of the All-Merciful by the letters of the Bayan and the words revealed therein, as did the people of the Qur’an. Despite these admonitions, and this Most Great Manifestation and Most Holy Dawning which hath appeared with all divine power and with all the proofs of the Manifestations of eternal glory, all have turned away. Would that they had been content with what the people of the Qur’an perpetrated, for the people of the Qur’an merely gave verdict for the death of the Beauty of the All-Merciful, but this people have striven to cut down the Divine Tree. Finding themselves powerless to do so, they loosened their tongues in calumny. Assuredly by now the clamor of the idolaters hath reached that land. Yet praise be to God that they have attributed to this Most Pure Essence such things that any soul possessing the least grain of discernment or the tiniest particle of insight would perceive that these calumnies have issued from the source of rancor, the treasury of envy, and the mine of hatred. Therefore do the tongues of all atoms proclaim: “The curse of God be upon the first oppressor who wronged the Primal Point in His latter Manifestation, who warred against Him, who disputed His verses, who denied His presence, and who slandered Him.”

Yea, O servant! Such is the station of these unseemly and immature servants that for twenty years the Ancient Beauty was in the hands of His enemies in such wise that at every moment He was in peril of destruction - now in the prison of His foes, now in chains and fetters, and now at the mercy of the wicked. Yet despite this they have attributed worldliness and love thereof to this Essence of Spirit, even though the whole world and all that is therein were His creation. And if His Temple, the Throne itself, were to rest upon a ground of diamonds, it would be befitting - nay, worthy of His threshold’s servants. Yet I swear by the Ancient King that they who circle round His court have been and ever shall be sanctified from the world and all that is therein. Indeed, were one to observe, not a farthing of the world and its trappings would be found with the emigrants. Praise be to the Beloved that He hath created all patient and thankful, and they have uttered not these words and their like save to cast doubt in hearts. They are heedless that the deed of God is manifest and evident as the sun, and every possessor of sight hath perceived and will perceive it.

O servant! With spiritual wings soar to the holy heaven of God, and having purified thyself from the hints of all else but Him, gaze upon the Most Great Scene. I swear by the Truth that My affliction is greater than can be mentioned, and My tribulation mightier than can be recorded by the pen. I do but complain of my grief and sorrow unto God, and verily He is the best Lord and the best Helper. God willing, in these days ye shall not be deprived of the wondrous favors of the eternal King, nor be forbidden the peerless wine of the All-Glorious. And the Glory be upon thee and upon all who are with thee among the steadfast, patient, thankful and assured believers.

=== END BH08110 ===

=== START BH08111 ===

O handmaiden of God! Praise the Beloved of the worlds that through His grace you have entered the Divine Law and attained the outpourings of the All-Merciful which have been sent down from the heaven of will. Blessed art thou and blessed are those men and women who have attained. Your mention was made at the Divine Throne and this Tablet, which is the dawning-place of divine favors, was revealed and specifically sent to that handmaiden, that she might inhale the sweet fragrance of the All-Merciful from this spiritual Tablet and with complete love become occupied with the remembrance of the Beloved of all possibility. Know ye the value of these days and the favors dawning from the horizon of grace, for their like hath not appeared in creation. God willing, drink ye forever and eternally from the cup of steadfastness and remain free and detached from the mention of aught else but the Friend. The glory be upon you, O My handmaidens.

=== END BH08111 ===

=== START BH08112 ===

O handmaiden of God! You have been mentioned before the Wronged One. Through the grace of God, exalted be His glory, you have attained. Give thanks to the Beloved of the worlds that He enabled you to turn to the Most Exalted Horizon and there appeared from you a soul who emigrated in the path of God and attained the presence of the Beloved of the world, which was the cause of creation. Verily the grace is in His hands - He bestoweth it upon whomsoever He willeth, and He is the All-Bountiful, the Generous. We convey greetings to the handmaidens of God and give them the glad-tidings of God’s grace. This is the day of mention and praise. Blessed is the servant who turned and the handmaiden who faced the horizon of the Cause. The Glory be upon you and upon them and upon every handmaiden whom the clamor of the ignorant ones did not prevent - they who denied the right of God and His verses and turned away from Him when He came with manifest light.

=== END BH08112 ===

=== START BH08113 ===

In the Name of the One Friend! O handmaiden of God! We have sent a drop from the outpourings of the mercy of the All-Merciful, which flows from the fountainhead of the Divine Pen, that through the grace of the Most Great Name thou mayest attain unto drinking thereof and remain steadfast upon His path. Today is the dawning-point of days and the beginning of times, and likewise praiseworthy deeds which proceed from souls that are well-pleasing and accepted shall be the beginning of deeds, inasmuch as that deed hath taken place in the Days of God and appeared in its proper place. Therefore it hath been and shall be superior to all deeds. Today is the day of mention and praise, but wisdom requireth that it be manifested in its proper time. Praise be to the Ancient Lord that thou hast received a portion of the outpourings of His mercy and attained unto the Tablet of God. Blessed are the women who give thanks, then blessed are the men who give thanks.

=== END BH08113 ===

=== START BH08114 ===

In the Name of the Beloved of the Worlds! O handmaiden of God! The favoring glance of the Lord of Names hath ever been and shall continue to be directed towards His servants and handmaidens. The Most Exalted Pen hath, at all times, been occupied with the mention of His loved ones. How blessed is the state of those souls who, in this Day which is the Lord of Days, have drunk from the ocean of divine knowledge and attained unto the station of certitude. How many were the souls who laid claim to steadfastness, yet were unsettled by the croak of a raven, to such degree that they turned away from the Mother Book of God. O My handmaiden and daughter of My handmaiden! Blessed art thou and blessed is thy mother who hath ascended unto God, the Lord of all worlds. We make mention of her at this moment from My Most Exalted Pen, that the sweet fragrance of thy Lord’s loving-kindness, the Forgiving, the Bountiful, may be diffused. The glory rest upon thee and upon her and upon thy father and thy brother and upon those who have quaffed the choice wine in the name of their Lord, the Compassionate, the All-Forgiving, the Merciful.

=== END BH08114 ===

=== START BH08115 ===

O Handmaid of God! In the name of the One Beloved Friend! O handmaid of God! Your cry has reached the Most Great Throne, and the Lord of Eternity has heard it and says: Seek assistance from God, exalted be His glory, at all times, and ask for steadfastness, for His Cause is mighty - none can bear it save those who have cast away the world and have partaken of the wine of detachment from the hands of His mercy that has preceded all worlds. Be engaged in His remembrance with utmost joy and delight, and be gladdened by His love. His grace has been made manifest to such a degree that although He is afflicted in the hands of the polytheists and imprisoned in this Most Great Prison, He has not forgotten His servants and handmaidens, and calls all to His grace and mercy and summons them to the highest horizon. Verily He is the Forgiving, the Generous; verily He is the All-Bountiful, the Ancient of Days. There is none other God but Him, the King, the Truth, the Manifest.

=== END BH08115 ===

=== START BH08116 ===

In the Name of the All-Seeing, the All-Knowing! O friends of Truth! That which was recorded in God’s Book and mentioned in His Scriptures is this day manifest and visible. Blessed is the eye that hath seen and the ear that hath heard. This is the day of humility and submissiveness, and the time of praise and glorification. Strive that ye may not be deprived of the rays of the Sun of Truth and be not barred from the ocean of mercy. Today the Hand and the divine hands of the Kingdom of all things have emerged from the sleeve of power. Hearken unto the Voice of the Wronged One and act in accordance with that which is beloved. Today is the springtime of mention and utterance, and the time of the appearance of the All-Merciful. Blessed is the soul that hath attained unto Him and become detached and free from all else. The glory be upon thee and upon thy brethren. Convey My greetings to their faces and give glad tidings to My loved ones of this wondrous remembrance.

=== END BH08116 ===

=== START BH08117 ===

O Ghrabit! He is the One manifest in His great glory! O Son of Man! The Pen of the All-Merciful in the Most Great Prison makes mention of thee and says: We gave the glad-tidings of the coming of the Lord of Power to all the children of men in the former Book, as is recorded therein where He says “I go away and come again.” But when He came, the people of the earth denied Him, save those who were endowed with insight from God, the Lord of all worlds. The Most Great Glory, the power and might and sovereignty and inner grandeur, belongs to that Lord of the world and Pride of Adam, which was and is and ever shall be with Him. But the heedless and ignorant souls have interpreted this word according to their own imaginings, and thus remained deprived of the Kawthar of certitude and forbidden from the manifestation of God. Blessed art thou and blessed is he who hath acknowledged this Most Great Glory and believed in God, the Knower of the hidden and the manifest.

=== END BH08117 ===

=== START BH08118 ===

In the name of the one God! O Husayn, We heard thy call and thy petition was read before the Throne. God willing, through the outpourings of the clouds of divine favor and the drops from the ocean of heavenly bounty, thou shalt remain steadfast in the Cause of God. For every precious and valuable thing has its thieves lying in wait. The love of God is more desirable and valuable than all the jewels of the earth, such that all the pearls of the world’s seas and precious stones and mines, both known and unknown, cannot and will never compare with it. This unique gem, which is the love of God, must be preserved from thieves and traitors through His Most Great Name. For in most lands, clamor has been raised and the croaking of the ravens has become manifest and evident. God willing, may all be preserved from the craft and deception of the satans of the earth.

=== END BH08118 ===

=== START BH08119 ===

O friends! Today is the Day which was promised to all the peoples of the earth from different parties, even as this matter hath been recorded and mentioned in the divine Books, Scriptures and Psalms. Yet after its appearance the heedless people are seen to be deprived, as though they had never heard mention of the Day of God. Woe unto them, then woe unto them! Being hath come into existence from the realm of nothingness for the purpose of recognition. Were it not for this purpose, this mighty edifice would not have been raised up and these things would not have been witnessed. Blessed is the soul whom the oppression of the oppressors hath not prevented from the Temple of Justice. The world shall pass away and its people shall pass away, but God - exalted be His glory - and that which is with Him shall endure. Hold fast to His Name and cling to the hem of steadfastness in this Most Great, Most Mighty Cause.

=== END BH08119 ===

=== START BH08120 ===

In the Name of Him by Whom the unitarians have hastened to the horizon of manifestation!

O friends! The verses have been sent down, the evidences are manifest, and the Book is visible in such wise as to encompass the realm of hearts and understanding. Blessed are they who arise to aid the Cause and who, through the hosts of wisdom and utterance, take possession of the citadels of hearts. Contention, conflict and corruption are characteristics of beasts - we have left these to them. Love, fellowship, wisdom and utterance are characteristics of man. Take what behooveth you, placing your trust in God, the Single, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. The beginning hath ever been and will continue to be the recognition of God, exalted be His glory, and its end steadfastness therein, in such wise that the doubts, intimations and expressions of the peoples of the world withhold and deprive one not from the Most Great Name. This is the luminary of utterance which hath shone forth from the horizon of the heaven of the Lord of men and spirits. Blessed are they that hear and blessed are they that act!

=== END BH08120 ===

=== START BH08121 ===

He is the Speaker in the Kingdom of Utterance! O friends! The world hath never had, nor doth it now possess, any constancy. At all times it hath borne and continueth to bear witness to its own transience. Yet those endowed with hearing and sight have been, and still are, few. Beseech ye God that He may, with the finger of His power, rend asunder the veils that have hindered men, and withhold them not from beholding the lights of the Sun of Revelation. A hundred thousand regrets that they have deprived themselves of His infinite bounties and occupied themselves with worthless trifles that neither nourish nor satisfy. Ere long they shall testify to their own loss. Thus hath the Most Exalted Pen spoken, as a token of His grace. He, verily, is the All-Bountiful, the Generous. Yet God hath had, and will continue to have, such servants as are not prevented by the defenses of the world from the Most Great Name, nor by the hosts of earth from the Lord of the seen and the unseen. He, verily, is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Praise be to God, the Almighty, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH08121 ===

=== START BH08122 ===

O Jinab-i-Aqa Siyyid Husayn, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the Most Holy, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious! O friends! Hearken unto the Divine Call in the Persian tongue, that perchance ye may become aware of the Will of God and drink from the ocean of knowledge and vision. The seeing mystic perceiveth from a single blessed and decisive Word that appeareth from the Dayspring of the Divine Will all that is befitting this Day. Gaze with penetrating vision and hearken with attentive ear. Verily He seeth not through any eye save His own, nor can He be known except through Himself. I swear by the Sun of the ocean of Divine Unity that whosoever is enabled to hearken unto this Word is recorded and inscribed as one of the denizens of the Most Exalted Paradise in the Crimson Book. Take thou the Most Great Word and leave all else beside it. Thus doth He command thee from Whose presence is the Preserved Book and the Guarding Tablet.

=== END BH08122 ===

=== START BH08123 ===

He is the Hearer, the Answerer

O my Lord! Thou seest me gazing toward the horizon of Thy bounty and awaiting the wonders of Thy generosity. I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Signs and the manifestations of Thy grandeur in the kingdom of creation to make me content with whatsoever Thou hast ordained for me through Thy generosity and prescribed for me through Thy grace. By Thy might, O Thou Goal of the world and Beloved of the nations! My tongue desireth naught save Thy mention and praise, my heart loveth naught save Thy love and nearness, and mine eyes choose naught save to behold the horizon of Thy Revelation and the traces of Thy Most Exalted Pen. I beseech Thee, O Creator of all things, to ordain for me that which I have desired from the ocean of Thy bounty and the heaven of Thy generosity and the sun of Thy bestowal. O Lord! Thou seest the poor one hath turned toward the ocean of Thy riches. I beseech Thee by Thy grace not to disappoint him. Verily Thou art the All-Bountiful, the All-Generous. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Forgiving, the All-Merciful.

=== END BH08123 ===

=== START BH08124 ===

In the Name of the Peerless Lord!

O Rida! This name hath come from the realm of the unseen into the world of being, that all servants might attain to that which is intended by this name. Today, whosoever hath not attained unto the good-pleasure of God hath not received and shall not receive his portion from the knowledge of this name, and the good-pleasure of the Best-Beloved of the worlds shall not be attained except through recognition of the Dawning-Place of His Revelation, the Dayspring of His knowledge, and the Recipient of His inspiration. Blessed is the soul that hath drunk from the ocean of true understanding and hath turned toward the horizon of the appearance of the Lord of Religions. Such a one is among the companions of the Crimson Ark which hath been mentioned and recorded by the Most Exalted Pen in the Book of Names. God willing, ye must strive with utmost endeavor that perchance ye may attain to the recognition of this most exalted and most high station. We beseech Him, exalted be He, to aid thee and ordain for thee that which shall profit thee. Verily He is the Almighty, the Mighty, the Bountiful.

=== END BH08124 ===

=== START BH08125 ===

In the Name of the Peerless, the All-Powerful

The True Physician speaketh: Strive ye to protect humankind from the disease of ignorance and heedlessness through the power of the Lord of Destiny, and heal them through this supreme remedy which is the recognition of the Lord of all peoples. The horizon of the world is illumined by the Sun of the Most Great Name, yet veils prevent eyes from beholding it. Beseech ye God to sanctify the eyes of His servants from the ophthalmia of vain imaginings, that they may not be deprived or prevented from witnessing the lights of His Face in this blessed Day which is, in truth, the Day of vision. Verily, bounty is in God’s hand - He giveth and withholdeth as He pleaseth. He is indeed the Ever-Bountiful, the Ancient of Days. We beseech God to aid all to turn towards His Most Exalted Horizon and to acknowledge that which the Tongue of Eternity hath acknowledged among the peoples. He is, verily, the Mighty, the All-Bestowing.

=== END BH08125 ===

=== START BH08126 ===

O Abdullah ibn Ali! In the name of the one incomparable Friend! O Abdullah! That which flowed from your tongue in praise of the Lord of creation - My name Mahdi forwarded it to the Most Holy Court. It was mentioned in the Most Great Presence. Behold the divine bounty which has not been and will never be confined within limits. How many eloquent ones, men of letters and literary figures who considered themselves as stars in the heaven of eloquence have never attained to that which you have attained. Most poets today unknowingly occupy themselves with praising the manifestations of pride, while you, in your early youth, are engaged in praising the Lord of Lords. God guides whomsoever He willeth and bestows from His all-encompassing bounty upon whomsoever He desireth. God willing, may you remain firm in His Cause and steadfast in His love in such wise that no matter may prevent you from the Lord of Command. The glory be upon you.

=== END BH08126 ===

=== START BH08127 ===

In the Name of the One Friend! O ’Izzatu’llah! May you ever gaze toward the One Beloved Friend and remain detached and sanctified from all else. The glory of all today lies in the glory of God, which is the recognition of Him. And this recognition is not complete except through acknowledging His oneness and confessing His singleness, in such wise that no likeness, peer, similitude or equal be seen for Him. For if any likeness were to be seen for the Ancient Being and the Dawning Place of the Most Great Name, such a truth would be like creation and ever remain so. Hearken unto the counsel of the Faithful Counselor and strive that thou mayest attain unto the most great gift, which is the good-pleasure of the One Friend, and become free and independent of all else. This is God’s counsel to His loved ones. Hold fast unto it, detached from all the worlds. Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH08127 ===

=== START BH08128 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great. O ’Ali! The Pen of God hath made mention of thee in recent years. God willing, thou must succeed in accomplishing such a deed as will cause thy remembrance to endure in the divine Kingdom. Fear not, neither be thou grieved by anyone. Act with wisdom, for verily He will protect thee in truth. Thy Lord is, in truth, the All-Protecting, the Almighty. In this Day, should any soul manifest a deed purely for the sake of God, it is better than the deeds of a thousand years. Thus doth the All-Merciful teach thee that thou mayest be among them that know. The drops from the ocean of forgiveness have ever been and shall continue to be directed towards the friends. However, all must fix their gaze upon the divine commandments and act in accordance with that which they have been bidden. Thus doth the Most Great Announcement inform you. Verily, He is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Grieve not at separation, for He ordaineth for whomsoever He willeth the reward of attaining His presence. Verily thy Lord is the Almighty, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH08128 ===

=== START BH08130 ===

O handmaid of God! In the name of the Kind Friend! O divine maidservant! God willing, may you be occupied at all times and under all conditions with the remembrance of the Dawning-Place of the revelation of the All-Merciful, and be focused on the horizon of His good-pleasure. For today it is binding and obligatory upon everyone, whether female or male, that their deeds be in accordance with the divine good-pleasure. The Truth has, in most of His Tablets, commanded His maidservants and servants to perform praiseworthy deeds, for through goodly acts and pleasing conduct has the Cause of God been and continues to be made manifest among His servants. Give thanks to the Beloved of the world that your name has flowed from the Pen of the Most Great Name, and the thanks for this bounty is that you act according to what He loves and is pleased with. From this station We send Our greetings upon the faces of My maidservants who have believed in God, the Powerful, the Exalted, the Mighty, the Wise.

=== END BH08130 ===

=== START BH08131 ===

O [Zahra] Nahri the Most Great, the Most Great! O handmaiden of God! I pray that thou mayest be engaged with utmost yearning and attraction in the remembrance of the Luminary of the horizons, and remain firm and steadfast in His love with perfect sanctity and detachment, and drink at all times from the living waters which flow from the Finger of the Will of the All-Merciful. I swear by the Most Great Name that the birds soaring in the atmosphere of longing and attraction regard all who are on earth as more insignificant than the black speck in the eye of a lifeless ant. Therefore, whosoever in these divine days hath turned toward the Most Holy and Most Glorious Horizon must not become saddened by the transient occurrences of this mortal world, and must at all times be attracted and enraptured by the praise of the Beloved Lord, in such wise that the people of the earth may perceive and recognize from him the warmth of divine love. Blessed art thou for having believed in God and turned toward His Holy and Luminous Horizon.

=== END BH08131 ===

=== START BH08132 ===

The Most Holy, The Most Glorious

O My handmaiden! Hearken in this luminous morn unto the Divine Call from the Most Glorious Horizon, and with heart and soul occupy thyself with the remembrance of the All-Merciful. Thy remembrance is mentioned before the Throne, and from the Dayspring of the All-Merciful utterance this most holy, most exalted Tablet hath shone forth and been sent unto thee. May it be that thou shalt at all times be occupied with the remembrance of the True One and be detached from all else. Let not the happenings of the world cause thee grief. Soon all shall perish and the True One shall endure. Melt away the darkening clouds of the world through the heat of His remembrance and walk in the expansive atmosphere of His will, in such wise that each of the handmaidens may witness in thee the signs of the love of God. This is the foundation and source of all good. Previously a Tablet was specifically revealed and sent to that handmaiden, and this is yet another time, as a grace from His presence. Verily, He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.

=== END BH08132 ===

=== START BH08133 ===

In the Name of the Lord of all worlds!

O handmaidens of God! Mention of you hath been made before the Throne and this Tablet hath been revealed in response. May ye be occupied at all times with the remembrance of the Beloved of all worlds. The call of those men and women who have turned unto Him hath been and continues to be heard. Not an atom escapeth His knowledge - verily He is the All-Knowing, the All-Encompassing. And this very Tablet beareth witness that the grace of God hath encompassed and will continue to encompass His loved ones. Blessed are ye both, for ye have attained unto that which most men have failed to attain. How many were the souls who claimed knowledge of God yet remained deprived of this exalted and glorious Cause. Well is it with you both and with whosoever hath attained unto this Cause, before which all who are in the heavens and on earth have bowed down in submission. Be not grieved at anything, for that which shall profit you hath been ordained for you. Verily, He is the Ordainer, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08133 ===

=== START BH08134 ===

In the Name of the one true God!

O Muhammad! Your mention hath been made in the presence of the Wronged One. Therefore, the Most Exalted Pen hath turned toward thee and doth make mention of thee through these sublime and wondrous words, that perchance the heedless ones among men may inhale the sweet fragrances of the utterance of the Best-Beloved of all possibility and may turn toward the horizon of the All-Merciful. O Muhammad! Most mighty is this Cause - the Lord of “Were it not for Thee” hath declared “It hath turned me grey” and the command “Be thou steadfast” was revealed unto Him. Hold thou fast unto the cord of grace with firmness and cleave thou with utmost resolution unto the hem of bounty, lest the tempests of the deniers and the storms of the idolators should move thee. Praise be to God that thou hast attained unto the Word of God and hast been honored with the Tablet of Him Who is the Desired One, which is even as the Water of Life unto the world. Thou must preserve it through the Name of the true Sovereign and at all times take refuge in Him. He is the Helper, and He is the Giver, and He is the Protector. The splendor from God rest upon the people of Baha, from God, the Mighty, the Bestower.

=== END BH08134 ===

=== START BH08135 ===

O Muhammad, son of Nabil, formerly Husayn, who has ascended unto God! In the name of the Lord of all names! O Muhammad! Thy letter was seen and mention of thee was heard. God willing, through the outpourings of the Lord of Lords thou shalt be focused on decisive utterance and hold fast unto it in such wise that the people of the earth shall have no power to prevent thee or deprive thee from the Most Holy Court. Turn thy face toward the Truth and be independent and detached from creation. The grace of God hath been with you and, God willing, shall continue to be. At all times be occupied with the remembrance of the Lord of all possibility and attain unto the perfumed breezes of the days of God. Blessed is thy father, for he drank the wine of reunion when the horizon of Iraq was illumined by the Light of the horizons. Convey to all thy relatives - mother, brother, siblings and others, female and male, young and old - the Most Great, Most Holy greetings from the True One.

=== END BH08135 ===

=== START BH08136 ===

The Most Holy, Most Impregnable, Most Great

O thou who hast turned thy face towards God! Give praise unto Him Who is the Goal of all worlds, that in His days thou hast attained unto His knowledge and partaken of the choice wine of His love. His favors have ever been and shall ever continue to be. Among His favors is His remembrance of His servants, though some today perceive not the fruits of the Tree of Remembrance and know not the effects of divine remembrance. Yet there shall come a time when it will be made manifest from the divine Treasury of Time, and in that hour all shall become aware and informed thereof. Blessed are they who today have attained unto the Most Great Remembrance and have arisen to serve the Cause. We beseech the Exalted True One that He may guide all to the river of His mercy and nourish them from the springs of submission. Verily, He is the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful. And the glory be upon thee and upon those who have believed in God, the Help in Peril, the Mighty, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08136 ===

=== START BH08137 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Glorious

O Hadi! God willing, mayest thou be guided by the light of guidance which hath risen and shineth forth from the horizon of the heaven of God’s Will. O Hadi! Sever the cord of relationship with creation and hold fast unto the cord of relationship with God. The glance of His favor hath been directed towards thee - fix thine eyes upon it and turn away from all else. Drink of the wine of divine knowledge through the splendors of His divine countenance, and becoming intoxicated with this spiritual wine, speak forth with utmost longing in the gathering of the lovers in praise of the Day-Star of the horizons. With thine own eye of insight, gaze upon the Sun of Truth, that thou mayest perchance be illumined by its rays which today shine forth from the horizon of the prison, and mayest say with all thy being: “Praise be unto Thee, O Thou Who hast caused me to know Thyself while I was imprisoned by the hands of the idolaters. I am content, O my God, with the cord of relationship with Thee, having severed myself from relationship with every idolater who turneth away from Thy luminous beauty.”

=== END BH08137 ===

=== START BH08138 ===

He is the Hearer, the Seer, the Answerer

O ’Ali-Rida, upon him be the Glory of God! In these days, despite the sorrows that have befallen the Beauty of Oneness, at all times We are occupied with the remembrance and praise of His sanctified Being. Blessed is the soul that has heard the divine call and has arisen with perfect steadfastness to serve His Cause. O friends! Know ye the value of the days of God, and in His Day remain not deprived of the outpourings of the true Bestower of bounty. This day is the sovereign of days, and deeds performed therein are the sovereign of deeds. Strive ye that there may appear from you such service as will diffuse the fragrance of eternity and be adorned with an everlasting ornament. Thy mention hath come before the Wronged One, and He hath revealed for thee this perspicuous Book. Give thanks unto God for this most great favor. Verily He heareth and seeth, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH08138 ===

=== START BH08139 ===

O Leaf of the Divine Lote-Tree, sister of another Leaf, upon thee be the Glory of God and His loving-kindness! He is the All-Encompassing, the Sovereign over all names. This Wronged One hath at all times beseeched the Almighty God to protect the Branches and Leaves. The purpose of this protection hath been and is the protection of the true understanding. The protection of physical bodies in these days hath not been and is not of any worth. Blessed is the soul that sacrificeth itself in His path, and blessed is the blood that is shed in His love. Were the hidden mysteries to be revealed, all would hasten to the place of sacrifice, but the veils remain drawn through His wisdom. He, verily, is the Ordainer, the All-Wise. Say: Praise be unto Thee for having remembered me in Thy prison while Thou wert in the hands of the oppressors among Thy servants. I beseech Thee to forgive me and to ordain for me from the wonders of Thy bounty that which will draw me nigh unto Thee. Verily, Thou art the Single, the One, the Mighty, the Powerful, the Beloved.

=== END BH08139 ===

=== START BH08140 ===

From among the correspondence of the Name 66 [Allah]: Regarding what you wrote about Jinab Aqa Mirza Muhsin, upon him be 9 66 [Baha’u’llah], after being submitted to the Most Holy and Exalted Presence, this prayer was revealed from the heaven of divine will:

O my God, my God! Thou seest me and hearest my cry and the yearning of my heart. I beseech Thee by the glances of the eyes of Thy loving-kindness not to deprive me of the fragrances of Thy remembrance in Thy days. O my Lord! I have turned with my whole being to Thy horizon, and mine eyes are fixed in expectation of the wonders of Thy mercy, and my heart is turned toward the heaven of Thy bounty. I beseech Thee by the Word through which Thou didst create all beings and didst manifest all existence to send down upon me from the clouds of Thy gifts that which will profit me in Thy worlds. Verily, Thou art the All-Powerful Whom neither the conditions of creation nor the clamor of those who have denied Thee and Thy signs hath frustrated. Verily, Thou art the All-Powerful, the Most Exalted, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08140 ===

=== START BH08142 ===

In His Name, the Ever-Abiding, the All-Wise!

The heaven of human dignity is illumined by the light of truthfulness. O people of Baha! The All-Knowing, the All-Powerful hath ordained the earth as a scroll wherein the deeds and words of the children of Adam are to be recorded. And since this is so, pure must be the words and praiseworthy the deeds that befit it. Strive ye that like unto the morning star ye may shine forth from the horizon of the heaven of wisdom. A human being without influence is observed to be like a tree without fruit. At all times doth the Pen of the All-Merciful counsel those who drink of the wine of utterance to that which is the cause of tranquility for all and the means of exaltation of the Cause. God willing, may it be accepted by those who have turned unto Him. We beseech the One True God to gather all beneath the canopy of oneness in perfect unity, and to confirm them in His Cause. He is the Powerful, the All-Knowing, and He is the Subduer, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH08142 ===

=== START BH08143 ===

In the name of God, the Almighty! The Sun of Truth is risen and manifest, and the Speaker of Sinai is speaking and visible. Blessed are they who have attained unto this most great bounty and supreme joy, and woe unto him who hath turned away from God and denied His signs and disputed His proof. He is assuredly among the most lost in the Book of God, the Lord of all worlds. We convey Our greetings to the friends of God and guide them to the highest horizon. All must arise to serve the Cause with perfect unity - an arising that no disturbance can affect and no wavering can approach. O friends! These are the days of the All-Merciful, and the nightingales of mystic knowledge are warbling upon the branches. Beseech ye God that He may graciously grant you the blessing to arise with complete steadfastness to serve the Cause of the Lord of all beings. He is the Powerful, the Mighty. All created things have testified to His power, and all contingent beings to His sovereignty.

=== END BH08143 ===

=== START BH08146 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory, the Most Great, the Most Glorious

O ’Abdu’r-Rahim! Divine verses have been revealed in such wise that the writers of the world and the possessors of the pen are incapable and powerless to enumerate them. And whosoever hath turned toward the Most Exalted Horizon, the Countenance of the Ancient King hath turned toward him, and in the Most Holy and Sacred Station his mention hath been uttered by the tongue of Truth. Blessed is he who hath attained to the mention of God. That which is of paramount importance today is steadfastness in the Cause of God, inasmuch as the satans of the earth have been and are engaged in misleading and seducing the people. The people of Baha must needs be so firm in the Cause that no one may be able to utter a word. O Rahim! We have made mention of thee as a token of Our grace. Be thou firm in the Cause and steadfast as the mountain in the love of God, the Lord of this resplendent Day.

=== END BH08146 ===

=== START BH08147 ===

O Mirza Aqa, upon him be the Glory of God! In the name of the one incomparable Lord, verses have been revealed and evidences made manifest, yet the servants remain heedless and veiled, occupied with that which is transient and deprived of the presence of the Eternal One. This is the day of remembrance and praise. Blessed is the soul whom the doubts of the world have not prevented or deprived from the lights of certitude. Glory be to God! The ornaments and ephemeral colors of the world have made people heedless of the divine eternal Kingdom. Soon He will seize all according to their deeds. Verily thy Lord is the Just, the Wise. Today the Self-Subsisting Lord is manifest and the sealed wine is witnessed. Say: O servants, hasten that ye may attain to that for which ye were created from nothingness. This is the counsel of the Wronged One to the people of earth. Blessed is he who hath heard and turned towards it, and woe unto those who turn away. Praise be to God, the Lord of the Worlds.

=== END BH08147 ===

=== START BH08148 ===

In the Name of the Beloved of the worlds! He is called by the name of the Beloved, yet the Named One is observed to be in the prison of the heedless - sometimes in the prison of enemies and at times in the hands of the wicked. They have done what they desired, to this every just and discerning one bears witness. In the midst of tribulations and afflictions We summoned the servants to the most exalted horizon, and when the Light of God’s Cause shed some of its radiance, certain flies began to buzz from behind the veil and prevented the people of unity from the wine of detachment. However, by God’s grace, neither the conditions nor the doubts nor the allusions of the world can prevent those souls that are strong and possessed of penetrating vision. They are as ensigns in the days of their Lord, the Mighty, the Powerful. Today is the day of steadfastness. Blessed is the soul that has attained unto it. Verily the Truth speaks and guides the way. Praise be to God, the Mighty, the Beautiful.

=== END BH08148 ===

=== START BH08150 ===

In the Name of the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing

After recognition of the Manifestation of Divine Revelation and the Dawning-Place of the Divine Inspiration, Who is the Sovereign of beliefs, all must act according to that which hath been sent down in the Book, for it is the Sovereign of deeds. Say: O friends! The touchstone in your midst distinguisheth the truthful from the false. Mere claims were not and are not sufficient. God willing, the deficient and imperfect souls must become perfect through the loving counsels of those who seek the Ka’bih of their heart’s desire, and they must not transgress the divine commandments. They must still the fire of self and passion with the water of God’s remembrance, and with perfect certitude and assurance turn their gaze toward the horizon of guidance. I beseech God to assist His servants in that which He loveth and is pleased with, to make known to them that which will profit them in the world to come and in this world, and to strengthen them in this Remembrance through which the greatest idol hath lamented and the hearts of the sincere ones have been made glad. Say: All praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH08150 ===

=== START BH08151 ===

In the Name of the one God! Say to the divines on behalf of Baha: According to your opinion We are guilty. What was the guilt of the Primal Point - may the spirit of all else but Him be sacrificed for Him - that made Him the target of your bullets? What manifest guilt had the Primal Point committed against the Seal of the Prophets - may the spirit of all worlds be sacrificed for Him - that you arranged a consultative assembly for His execution? What guilt and calumny was evident from Christ against the Seal of the Prophets that you crucified Him? According to your vain belief, Christ was false to Moses - what falsehood and calumny was apparent that you testified to His falsehood? According to your vain belief, Moses was false and guilty against Abraham - what guilt was manifest that you cast Him into the fire? If you say “We are not those people,” We say your words are the same words and your deeds are the same deeds. And peace be upon whoever follows guidance.

=== END BH08151 ===

=== START BH08154 ===

He is the Ever-Abiding Who passeth not away!

Blessed is He Who hath sent down the Book and made it a proof from His presence unto all who are in the heavens and on earth. Verily it is the Fountain of Life unto all who are in the realm of creation, and the Sign of the Ancient of Days amidst the peoples, and the Ocean of Knowledge for all, whether young or old. Work ye according to God’s ordinances and His ways, and be not of the transgressors. Those who abandon the commandments of God - they are of the heedless. He hath created creation for His knowledge and commanded them with that which draweth them nigh unto God, the Lord of all worlds. The first is not realized except through the second, as testifieth His preserved Tablet. Blessed is he who hath been mentioned this Day by the Most Exalted Pen; he is of them who have attained unto all good in the days of God, the King, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Give thanks unto God that thou hast found the fragrance of the Garment and turned unto Him, when every heedless and remote one turned away.

=== END BH08154 ===

=== START BH08155 ===

O My God, Thou seest Thy chosen ones under the talons of Thine enemies, and Thy loved ones in the grasp of the wicked among Thy creatures. O Lord, Thou seest their eyes turned toward the Dayspring of Thy revelation and the Dawning-Place of Thine inspiration, their hearts anticipating the wonders of Thy grace and loving-kindness. How many are the faces that have been changed by the buffetings of the infidels among Thy creatures, and how many the breasts that have been pierced by the arrows of the deniers in Thy path! I beseech Thee, O King of names and Creator of earth and heaven, by Thy clouds of mercy to send down upon Thy loved ones that which will draw them nigh unto Thee and cause them to dwell near Thy mercy in every world of Thy worlds. Then accept from them what they desired in Thy love and good-pleasure, and ordain for them the good of this world and the world to come through Thy bounty and favors and care and loving-kindness. Verily Thou art the Powerful over what Thou willest, and Thou art the Forgiving, the Merciful.

=== END BH08155 ===

=== START BH08156 ===

In His Name, Who is manifest above all things! Glorified is He Who hath adorned the Tablets with the name of this Revelation, through which the fountains of wisdom have gushed forth amongst all created things, and the Divine Lote-Tree hath called out from the blessed spot: “Verily, there is none other God but Him, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting.” Those who have turned away are as ones asleep, comprehending nothing, and are numbered among the ignorant. Among the people are those who cling to words while turning away from the Munificent One, and those who grasp at learning while remaining heedless of God, the Lord of what was and what shall be, and those who were stirred by the stirring of the breezes of the All-Merciful throughout creation and drew near, saying “I believe in Thee, O Lord of the seen and unseen!” Say: O people! Answer Him Who calleth you unto truth, and associate not with God, your Lord, the Mighty, the Beloved. We remind you for the sake of God - follow ye Him Who guideth you unto this extended Path.

=== END BH08156 ===

=== START BH08157 ===

He is the Mighty. These are the verses of the Spirit sent down in truth from the presence of One mighty and powerful. They speak the truth in the kingdom of command and creation, and call the people to the holy and exalted Ridvan. O servant! Do not grieve over anything, fear no one, and pay no heed to any sinful deceiver. Then turn to God thy Lord, detach thyself from those in whom thou perceivest the stench of death, avoid them and draw nigh unto a holy and luminous seat. Know thou that We have not forgotten thee and make mention of thee now, that thou mayest rejoice in thy soul and be filled with great gladness. And the Spirit be upon thee and upon whosoever hath turned toward the court of sublime glory. Then make mention from Us to thy brother and give him glad tidings of a mighty and glorious station.

=== END BH08157 ===

=== START BH08158 ===

In the Name of God, the Mighty, the Beautiful!

These are the verses of God, the King, the True, the Manifest, which have been sent down in truth from the heaven of ancient glory. O youth! Hear My call, for verily He is none other than the Mighty, the All-Knowing. Grieve not for thy father. He hath ascended unto God and attained a station from which the hands of the idolaters are cut off. He hath then taken up his seat in the Most Glorious Paradise, a sacred and generous station. Blessed art thou, inasmuch as God hath brought thee forth from his loins and guided thee through His grace and confirmed thee in this Cause whereby the feet of those who deemed themselves the most exalted among men have slipped when the Truth came unto them with manifest sovereignty. Thus doth God reveal that which is hidden in the breasts, for He hath power over all things. And the Spirit be upon thee and upon thy mother and upon those who have held fast to this firm and mighty handle.

=== END BH08158 ===

=== START BH08160 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

O God, my Goal, my Beloved, the All-Bountiful, the All-Merciful! Thou art He Who knoweth all things, from Whom no matter hath been or shall ever be concealed. Thou art He Who is aware of all things, Who hath been and shall ever be cognizant of the secrets of all hearts and souls and breasts. Every pure deed returneth unto Thee like unto light. Thy will causeth dust to transcend the heavens, and Thy might transformeth solid rock into water. O All-Knowing Lord! Thy servant hath desired to offer Thee a feast - accept it from him and grant it Thy favor. Thou art the All-Bountiful, from Whose heaven of grace none among the first or the last hath ever been deprived. Adorn this service of Thy servant Muhammad-Hasan with the ornament of Thy acceptance. Thou art the Protector of all things and the Encompasser of earth and heaven. There is no God but Thee, the All-Bestowing, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH08160 ===

=== START BH08161 ===

O Javad, upon thee be the Glory of God!

He is the Most Holy, Sanctified from all mention!

Hearken unto the Call from the Alif standing between the two Vav’s! Verily, there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Most Exalted, the Most Great. Let not the words of those who have turned away grieve thee, nor the veils of the heedless. Aid thy Lord under all conditions. Verily, He is with His remembering servants. Grieve not for him who hath ascended unto God. Verily, he is in the Most Glorious Horizon, as attested by My Most Exalted Pen, through which every wondrous command hath been adorned. We have abbreviated the Tablet, and shall send unto thee afterward that which shall gladden the hearts of them that are endued with understanding. Convey My greetings unto My loved ones and unto those who have held fast to the cord of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. They are amongst the people of Baha in the Tablet of Eternity - the Lord of Names maketh mention of them from this resplendent Dawning-Place. And the Glory be upon thy son and upon those who are with thee from among the people of this mighty Paradise.

=== END BH08161 ===

=== START BH08162 ===

O Karbila’i Muhammad-Salih! In the name of the Best-Beloved of all worlds! We gave glad tidings of this blessed Day to all peoples in the former Books, and all were expectant. Yet when the Sun of verses dawned from the horizon of the divine Tablet and the morn of reunion broke, all were found to be veiled and deprived, save those souls who shattered the idol of vain imaginings through the power of the name of Truth and, having detached themselves from all else but God, turned toward the supreme horizon. I swear by the ocean of the All-Merciful’s utterance that such souls possess a station which the Book of the world and the pens of nations are powerless to describe. O friends! Strive to attain unto that which is the cause of the perpetuation of spirits, bodies and names. Thus doth the Wronged One counsel you from His prison. Praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH08162 ===

=== START BH08163 ===

O Mirza Aqa Jan, upon him be the Glory of God! In the name of the one true God! All the peoples of the world believe themselves to be gazing toward the Truth and to have attained His knowledge, yet the Truth hath not acknowledged this, nor doth He accept these claims, for today the Truth is manifest and the Kingdom of Utterance is present before all faces, yet all remain heedless and veiled. Blessed is the party that hath separated itself from all parties and hath been designated in the Tablets as the Party of God. Today all ties are severed. Blessed is the soul that hath attained the tie of the Truth - such a one is accounted as one of the gems of existence in the presence of Him Who is the Ever-Living. O Aqa Jan! We have previously made mention of thee. The glance of Our loving-kindness hath ever been directed toward His loved ones. We beseech Him to aid thee at all times in that which will cause the elevation of God’s Cause. Convey the greetings of the Wronged One to the friends, that perchance this remembrance may draw them nigh unto God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH08163 ===

=== START BH08164 ===

He is the All-Seeing, the All-Informed

The whole world hath been created to serve this blessed Day. O peoples of the earth! Know ye the value of these days and be not deprived of that which is with God through that which is with you. These days shall pass away and whatsoever appeareth therein shall likewise pass away. Strive that ye may attain unto that which is with God. He is the Ever-Abiding. Blessed is the soul that in this transient world hath attained unto that which is everlasting - that is, such deeds as shed forth the fragrance of eternity, and these have been and ever shall be the Word of God. Hearken unto the divine counsel and act in accordance with that wherefrom the sweet-smelling savor of His good-pleasure may be inhaled. If thou attainest unto this exalted and most high station, thou shalt be blessed with the word of His good-pleasure from the Lord of Names. The glory be upon thee and upon them that have believed in God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH08164 ===

=== START BH08165 ===

He is the Most Ancient, the Most Great, the Most Glorious

The whole world hath been created for this Divine Day, and God, exalted be His glory, hath through the tongues of the Prophets and Messengers given the glad-tidings of this wondrous and sublime Day. In all the sacred Scriptures and Tablets this Day hath been designated as the Day of God. Nevertheless, all are seen to be occupied with their selfish desires and are heedless thereof, save those whom God hath willed. Whosoever hath attained unto the recognition of this most august, most holy, most exalted Day, he is mentioned and recorded among the chosen servants in the Perspicuous Book. Know ye the value of this lofty, this most exalted station, preserve it, and be ye in all conditions thankful unto God, glorified be He, inasmuch as He hath enabled you to attain this greatest of bounties. Verily thy Lord is the All-Bountiful, the All-Generous.

=== END BH08165 ===

=== START BH08166 ===

O Aqa Asadu’llah! He is the Most Great, the Most Ancient, the Most Glorious! The whole world was gladdened by the mention of this wondrous Day and longed for its appearance, beseeching in the nights and days that they might not be deprived of attaining the presence of this Day. Yet when the divine Morn arose from the horizon of the world and the Most Great Luminary unveiled its countenance, all were found to be perturbed, wavering, turning away and denying - save for a few souls who, with the arm of certitude, shattered the idols of vain imaginings and, through the Name of the Self-Subsisting, rent asunder the veils of idle fancies. Upon them be My glory, My mercy and My loving-kindness that have preceded all the worlds. The friends of God must, God willing, manifest such deeds and character that all may inhale from them the fragrance of the love of God. Glory be upon thee and upon whosoever hath acknowledged that which the Supreme Pen hath spoken from its most exalted station.

=== END BH08166 ===

=== START BH08170 ===

O Mir Muhammad Khan, upon him be the Glory of God! In the name of the Everlasting Speaker! God, exalted be His glory, has bestowed the world upon kings who are the manifestations of His power. Through visible armies they have protected and continue to protect the visible cities. But the hosts that are specially reserved unto the Ancient Being, exalted be His utterance and His remembrance, have ever been and still are goodly deeds and praiseworthy character. The friends of God must, through the fear of God, conquer hearts and keep breasts purified from whatsoever is unseemly. Blessed is he who, through wisdom and utterance, through spirit and fragrance, remindeth the servants and draweth them unto the horizon of awareness. We have heard thy call and have remembered thee with these sublime words. This remembrance is the king of remembrances and this call is sovereign over earth and heaven. Blessed are they that advance and woe unto those that turn away.

=== END BH08170 ===

=== START BH08171 ===

To Hussein son of Ibn-i-Dakhil, upon them both be the Glory of God! In the name of the One Incomparable Speaker! God, exalted be His glory, has counseled all to gaze with their own eyes toward the horizon of Revelation and hear with their own ears the divine call. Yet the servants have done that which caused the very essence of justice to weep and the liver of equity to melt. Instead of acknowledging, they denied Him, and in place of confession they rejected. The signs have encompassed the world and the evidences are more manifest than the sun - it is not known by what proof they believed in the Point of the Bayan and to what testimony they cling. It behooveth Us at this point to mention what the All-Merciful hath revealed in the Qur’an: “Say: God; then leave them to their vain disputations.” Blessed art thou for having turned and believed in God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. We beseech God to confirm thee even as He confirmed thy father, and through you both to open the doors of hearts. Verily He is the Powerful, the Mighty, the All-Bestowing.

=== END BH08171 ===

=== START BH08172 ===

He is the One Warbling upon the Branches

Praise be to God Who hath illumined the world of the kingdom and of the realm above with His brilliant and resplendent light, and from the chalice of bounty hath bestowed a sufficient portion upon the dwellers of earth and heaven. Blessed is the soul that hath detached itself from the world and all that dwell therein, and hath turned toward the Most Exalted Horizon. He is the Guide of the Way and the Master of the Proof. He doeth whatsoever He willeth and ordaineth whatsoever He pleaseth. He is the Mighty, the Praiseworthy.

O ’Aziz Big! Thy letter of love was sent unto the Most Holy and Exalted Court, and this Most Wondrous and Most Exalted Tablet hath been revealed in reply. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O Thou the Goal of the world! And glory be unto Thee, O Thou the Beloved of the hearts of them that are nigh unto Thee! At this moment the ocean of forgiveness hath surged before the faces of all religions and hath encompassed thy father and mother, as a grace from God, the True One, the Manifest. Praise be to God, the Lord of the mighty throne!

=== END BH08172 ===

=== START BH08175 ===

In the Name of the One Knowing God! In numerous Tablets We have summoned the servants of God to steadfastness, and the greatness of this Cause hath been recorded and set down by the Most Exalted Pen in numerous passages. Nevertheless, because of the word of the lowliest of servants, a soul hath been deprived of the dawning of the Sun of inner meanings and hath returned to darkness upon darkness. Such is the station of the people and the steadfastness and knowledge which they claim to possess. He shunned the Most Great Ocean and turned to the turbid and bitter spring. Evil is that which he hath wrought! Soon shall he find himself in manifest loss. O friend! Call thou them who drink the choice wine of utterance to steadfastness, and give them to drink from the spring of steadfastness, that they may pass beyond the Guide and the Guided One and all names, and turn toward the Sun of Truth, and receive their portion from the ocean of vision. Blessed art thou for having believed in God and turned away from those who have denied this wondrous Day.

=== END BH08175 ===

=== START BH08176 ===

In the Name of the Kind Friend! O handmaiden of God, upon thee be the Glory of God! In most years the fragrances of the favors of the Lord of the Worlds have wafted over that region, and most of the men and women have been blessed with the outpourings of the Divine Pen of Command. We have enjoined upon all to observe sanctity and detachment. Blessed are they who have hearkened to the call of Truth and acted according to that which they were commanded. We beseech God not to withhold anyone from the Most Great Ocean and to aid them in that which is pleasing unto Him. Rejoice thou in My remembrance of thee, then act according to that which thou hast been commanded in the Tablets. Verily He aideth whomsoever turneth unto Him, preserveth him from that which He detesteth, and bestoweth upon him in this world and the next that which beseemeth His sovereignty. He, verily, is the All-Bountiful, the All-Generous. The Glory be upon thee and upon thy son from before One Who is All-Knowing, All-Wise.

=== END BH08176 ===

=== START BH08177 ===

He is God

In this most manifest, wondrous and impregnable Revelation, We have forbidden all the servants of God from murder, corruption, tyranny and enmity, and all have been commanded to wisdom and utterance. Nevertheless, some have transgressed the divine bounds and have defiled the fortress of divine commands and prohibitions with the clay of their carnal desires. The deed of one ignorant one has caused all corruption to be attributed to this Wronged One by its perpetrators. And afterwards, such anxiety overwhelmed the assured souls that they became utterly deprived of the breaths of the Lord of Lords. Perhaps other breezes will waft from the direction of the All-Merciful and bestow new life upon the dead. In any case, transgression of divine bounds has been and will be the cause of loss in this world and the next.

=== END BH08177 ===

=== START BH08178 ===

In the Name of the One God!

At all times hath God, exalted and glorified be He, made mention and doth continue to make mention of His loved ones. This is among His great favors, for verily every word that hath issued from the mouth of the Divine Will and been recorded by the Most Exalted Pen shall endure and remain forever. Rejoice ye in the loving-kindness and bounty of God. He, verily, is the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful. It is binding and incumbent upon every soul to adorn himself with such virtues and deeds as would cause people to turn towards and draw nigh unto the Source, and through which all may inhale from him the sweet fragrance of sincerity. The world is transient, but that which hath been ordained for the loved ones of God shall endure and remain forever. Thus have We imparted unto thee that thou mayest remind the people of that which hath been sent down from the heaven of thy Lord’s Will, the Speaking One, the Mighty, the Supreme, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH08178 ===

=== START BH08179 ===

Write to Mirza Muhammad ’Ali Khan, upon whom be God’s favors: Praise be to God, through divine grace and heavenly bounty he has attained to the station of his desire and achieved that which God intended. His request was presented, and He said: We beseeched God for confirmation and divine assistance on his behalf, and We gave him glad tidings in Iraq. Convey greetings from the Wronged One. We beseech God, blessed and exalted be He, to ordain for him from His Most Exalted Pen that which He desires from His grace, generosity and favors, and to decree for him the good of this world and the next. Verily He is the Lord of all beings and the Sovereign of the throne and earth. Be confident through the grace and favor of God, glory be to Him, and if there is some delay due to God’s consummate wisdom, be not grieved. The hand of God has been and will continue to be your helper. Verily He has power over all things.

=== END BH08179 ===

=== START BH08180 ===

In the Name of the One Incomparable God! His honor Siyyid Aqa Jan, upon him be the Glory of God. Concerning the affliction of the [divine] party in that land, the sun lamented and the lamp wept, the earth was troubled and the heaven grieved and the cloud was sorrowful. Yet the [ignorant] servants remained heedless of all. Soon shall they witness the requital of their deeds. Where is the wolf, and where is the serpent, and where is the one who lied in the land of Sad? God hath seized them for their sins and He will seize those who have wronged you without any proof or book from God, the Lord of all worlds. Those souls are in loss, while in this hour the Pen of the [All-Merciful] maketh mention of you. He is the Helper of the oppressed ones and the Succourer of those who are in distress. By the life of God! Verily He is with you - to this all things bear witness, yet the people remain in evident blindness. The Glory be upon thee from God, the One, the Single, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH08180 ===

=== START BH08181 ===

He is God.

Two leaves arrived on Wednesday. Every word therein testified to the oneness of the Divine Essence and the sanctification of God’s Being from likeness and similitude. Blessed be your pen and ink and the paper honored by your mention. We beseech God to cause His servants through you to enter the depths of the ocean of His oneness, and to give them to drink, through your mention, the Kawthar of life, and through your utterance, the choice wine of divine knowledge, and to aid you with the hosts of knowledge and wisdom in such wise that through you the cities of the horizons and of hearts may be opened. There is no God but Him, the Mighty, the Beloved.

O Thou Who art the apple of Mine eye! My glory, the ocean of My loving-kindness, the sun of My bounty, the heaven of My mercy rest upon Thee. We pray God to illumine the world through Thy knowledge and wisdom, to ordain for Thee that which will gladden Thine heart and impart consolation to Thine eyes. He is, verily, potent over all things. Glory, mercy and praise be upon Thee, and upon whosoever circleth around Thee.

=== END BH08181 ===

=== START BH08182 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Wondrous, the Most Inaccessible! God makes mention of one of His loved ones, that he may stand firm in the Cause of his Lord and soar on the wings of detachment to the atmosphere of transcendent glory, and that he may sever himself from those who have disbelieved and turn with his heart toward the seat of resplendent glory. O Salih, blessed art thou inasmuch as thou hast recognized the Manifestation of the Self of thy Lord and hast held fast unto that handle which God hath made the link between Him and His creation. Verily, He is powerful over all things. Fear God, then turn thy face toward the Most Holy, the Most Great. Say: O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Perfect Name not to leave me cast down at the seat of self and desire. Then cause me to ascend, through Thy bounty, to the heaven of immortality that I may attain, through Thy grace, to such a station wherein I speak naught except Thy remembrance and move not save through Thy love and good-pleasure. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Supreme, the Glorious, the All-Forgiving.

=== END BH08182 ===

=== START BH08183 ===

Tablet of Baha’u’llah to Abdul-Ali, upon him be the Glory of God. He is the All-Witnessing, the All-Informed. The Wronged One makes mention of one of His loved ones in the prison, that he may be assured through God’s loving-kindness, the Lord of all worlds. Your letter was presented and read before His face. We have answered you with this clear Tablet. Give thanks to God that He has aided you and drawn you near, such that He has sent down for you from the heaven of bounty that which brings tranquility to the hearts of those who have turned towards Him. We have remembered you, and this is yet another time. Verily your Lord is the Compassionate, the All-Bountiful. Say: Praise be to Thee for having guided me and answered me from Thy Most Great Prison while Thou wert in the hands of the heedless. I beseech Thee, O Lord of all names and Creator of the heavens, by the lights of Thy throne and the attraction of Thy call and the influence of Thy utterance, to assist me to be steadfast in Thy Cause and to ordain for me the good of this world and the next. Verily Thou art the Lord of all beings and the Lord of the throne on high and of the dust below.

=== END BH08183 ===

=== START BH08185 ===

O Ahmad, upon thee be the glory of God! He is the All-Seeing, the All-Informed! The mention of God – exalted be His glory – and His verses and clear proofs are manifest and evident before the faces of the peoples of the world. However, the doubts of the skeptics and the might of the oppressors have prevented the people from turning to God’s perspicuous Book. This Wronged One, at a time when sorrows have encompassed Him, is engaged in mentioning and speaking of the loved ones of God. We beseech God to assist all to hold fast unto that which is conducive to unity and concord, and to turn away from that which causeth difference. We convey Our greetings to the loved ones and counsel them with that which God hath revealed in His Book. Verily, He is the Compassionate, the Generous, and He is the Forgiving, the Merciful. Blessed art thou for having hearkened unto the Call and turned toward God, the Lord of all creation, at a time when every heedless and sinful transgressor turned away from Him.

=== END BH08185 ===

=== START BH08187 ===

O Nabil Before ’Ali! The Most Holy, the Most Glorious! A mention from Us to him who hath cast away vain imaginings and taken that which shone forth with the light of certitude, that the breath of God might pass over him from this exalted horizon. We have seized the spirits by a word from Us, then given them life. Verily thy Lord is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Look not at those who have disbelieved and what they possess, but look at Him Who, at the center of tribulation, summoneth all unto God, the Lord of the worlds. Those who have turned away are in manifest error, and those who have hesitated are wandering distraught in the wilderness of doubt. Say: O people! The Self-Subsisting hath come, and this Day is God’s, the Mighty, the Praised. Cast away what ye possess and turn unto the Singular, the All-Informed. On this Day, no soul’s belief shall profit it except after its acceptance. Thus hath the matter been decreed in a preserved Tablet. Thus have We sent down the verses unto thee and dispatched them to thee, that thou mayest be of those who are assured.

=== END BH08187 ===

=== START BH08188 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Glorious

A mention from Us to a handmaiden among the handmaidens of God, that she may thank her Lord at all times. Give thanks to thy Lord for having aided thee to turn towards Him after all the learned ones who held in their grasp the reins of men had turned away. Verily, he who hath not heard today the call of the All-Merciful is more abject than the animal. To this beareth witness the tongue of the Wronged One in the highest Paradise. By the life of God! He who tendeth sheep in the valleys and upon the mountains is, in the sight of God, superior to those who have perused the books of the world in the evenings and the mornings and during the nights and days. Thus have the mountains been leveled and the trees been felled by the command of God, the Lord of all men. Blessed is the handmaiden who hath believed and attained, and woe unto every learned one who doubteth. Thus hath moved the Supreme Pen and revealed that which was commanded by One mighty and all-knowing.

=== END BH08188 ===

=== START BH08189 ===

O Mulla Baba! In the Name of God, the Possessor of all things! A mention from Us unto those whom God hath related to him who attained My presence, appeared before My throne, heard My call, and spoke My praise amongst My creatures, that they may be assured that He is verily the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate. Nothing whatsoever escapeth His knowledge. He ordaineth what He willeth for whomsoever He pleaseth, and remembereth whom He desireth in His mighty, impregnable and wondrous Book. Rejoice in that ye have been mentioned by the Pen through which every wise command hath been revealed. Grieve not for your brother, for he is in great joy. Rather, grief is for those who followed their desires in this world - they are indeed among the perishing ones. Be thou steadfast in the Cause through God’s might and power, in such wise that the utterance of no expounder nor the mention of any who make mention shall cause thee to slip. Thus hath thy Lord, the Ancient One, commanded thee. The glory be upon you from the presence of One mighty and wise.

=== END BH08189 ===

=== START BH08191 ===

He is the Helper, the Succourer!

This is a mention from Us to him who hath turned unto God, the All-Possessing, the Self-Subsisting, that it may draw him nigh unto the Most Exalted Horizon and cause him to witness that which the Tongue of Grandeur hath witnessed: that there is none other God but Me, the Truth, the Knower of things unseen.

We have heard thy call and have answered thee, and have beheld thy turning unto Us, and have sent down for thee the verses that thou mayest give thanks unto thy Lord, the Sovereign of all sovereigns. We counsel thee to be steadfast in this Most Great Cause, whereby the limbs of every heedless and veiled one have quaked with fear. Be thou eloquent in thy Lord’s praise and arise to serve His irrevocable Cause.

Verily God hath forgiven those for whom thou didst seek forgiveness from the heaven of His bounty. He is verily the Mighty, the All-Forgiving. The glory be upon thee and upon thy son and thy wife and her mother and upon those women who have believed in God, the Lord of all worlds. We send forth from this spot Our glorification upon the faces of My loved ones and We give them the glad-tidings of My mercy which hath preceded all who are in the heavens and on earth.

=== END BH08191 ===

=== START BH08192 ===

Memory from Us to one who hath attained and won - He is the Mighty, the Praiseworthy. A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath turned towards God, the Lord of the worlds. The Most Exalted Pen beareth witness to thy turning, thy devotion and thy arrival in the Most Holy Court. Blessed art thou and joy be unto thee, for thou art among those who have attained unto the Book of God and His verses, and entered the Prison, and heard the call of the Wronged One. Give thanks unto God for this most great favor and be thou of the thankful ones. All these stations are dependent and conditioned upon steadfastness. Blessed are they that have attained thereunto. How many souls failed to attain unto this most exalted and glorious station. Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God and the God of all, the Sender of the Messengers and the Revealer of the Books! I beseech Thee by the lights of Thy countenance that Thou disappoint me not from steadfastness and from that which is with Thee. Verily Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the Forgiving, the Generous.

=== END BH08192 ===

=== START BH08193 ===

The Most Great, Most Holy. A mention from Us to one who has turned to God, the Lord of the worlds, that the sweetness of the Merciful’s utterance may draw him to a station from which the hands of the polytheists are cut off. O servant! Thy name hath been mentioned before the Throne and this perspicuous Tablet hath been revealed for thee. Ask thou God to grant thee that which is therein and to assist thee in that which He loveth and approveth. This verily is a great bounty. Make mention of the Lord of Names amidst the concourse of creation and hold fast with supreme steadfastness to this Wise Cause. Beware lest the vain imaginings of souls disturb thee. Cling to the hem of thy Lord’s mercy, the Forgiving, the Bountiful. Praise God for having enabled thee to turn toward Him and for having shown thee this straight and manifest path. Verily He seeth whosoever turneth toward Him and heareth the call of them that remember Him. Follow that which thou hast been commanded in the Book from the presence of One mighty and all-knowing.

=== END BH08193 ===

=== START BH08194 ===

O Muhammad, He Who shines forth from the horizon of the heaven of utterance! This is a mention from Us to one who has turned toward the Kingdom when most of the servants turned away from it. Thus does God reward those who turn to Him, as a grace from His presence, and He is the Mighty, the All-Bountiful. Bear thou witness to that which God did testify before the creation of the heavens and earth, and glorify the praise of thy Lord, the Self-Sufficient, the Most High. He hath testified to His Own Self by His Own Self that there is none other God but Him, and He Who proclaimeth is indeed the Hidden Mystery and the Treasured Secret, and He is the One Who was mentioned in the Books of God, the Lord of Lords. We counsel thee to manifest great steadfastness and that whereby the Cause of God, the Lord of creation, may be exalted. Hold fast to the cord of thy Lord’s loving-kindness and place thy trust in Him under all conditions. Verily He witnesseth and seeth and heareth the call of those who have turned unto Him with humility and contrition.

=== END BH08194 ===

=== START BH08195 ===

KERMANSHAH

O Siyyid Asadu’llah, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the One Who speaketh the truth. A mention from Our presence unto him who hath turned unto the Countenance and believed in God, the Lord of all worlds, that he may find assurance through the bounty of his Lord and utter at all times that there is none other God but Him, the Peerless, the All-Informed. Take hold of the Book of God with the power bestowed by Him, then act according to that which beseemeth His days. He, verily, is the True Counsellor, the Trustworthy. Be thou steadfast in that which is good and act in accordance with that which thou hast been commanded in the Book of God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy. We counsel thee to perform pure deeds for God, the Truth. This shall profit thee in the world to come and in this first life. He beside Whom is the Clear Book beareth witness unto this. Beware lest anything hold thee back from God or the threat of the oppressors frighten thee - they who have turned away from the Truth and followed every ignorant remote one. Thus hath the Mighty in Strength taught thee from the direction of the Ultimate Tree that thou mayest be among them that hearken.

=== END BH08195 ===

=== START BH08196 ===

In the Name of the Most Mighty, the Most High

This is a mention from Us unto him who hath turned towards Our countenance, after the Tongue of Grandeur did proclaim: “The Kingdom belongeth unto God, the Single, the One, the Chosen One!” The Day of God hath come, and the Balance hath been set up, and the Trumpet hath been blown, and the Lord of Revelation hath spoken; yet the people are in strange doubt. Doubt hath so seized them that they have disbelieved in God, the Lord of all beings. When the Promise came to pass, the world was overturned. How many a light was darkened, how many a learned one became heedless, how many a knower was debarred from the Known One! Thus was the matter decreed in the Mother Book. Blessed is he who hath turned towards the Most Sublime Horizon; he is indeed of the people of Baha in the Scriptures and Tablets. Thus doth God make clear unto you what He desireth, as a grace from His presence. He is verily the Mighty, the All-Bountiful. We found thee turning unto Us, whereupon We sent unto thee that which caused the mountains to soar aloft.

=== END BH08196 ===

=== START BH08197 ===

He is the All-Bountiful, the All-Knowing. A mention from Our presence unto him who hath believed in God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting, that the rapture of My remembrance may take hold of him and draw him nigh unto a station wherein the conditions of the peoples shall not withhold him from Him Who holdeth within His grasp the reins of the Kingdom of earth and heaven. This is a day whereon the Ancient Beauty hath gone forth from the garden, proceeding unto another place. He, verily, is the One Who ruleth through His word “Be” and it is. We have sent down all things in the Book and have commanded all to observe that whereby the Cause of God, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved, may be exalted. O people of Baha! Arise to serve your Lord, then remember Him through that which He hath taught you in a perspicuous Tablet wherein hath been inscribed by the Most Exalted Pen the knowledge of what hath been and what shall be. Say: Rejoice, O people, in the appearance of God and His sovereignty, then act in accordance with that which shall profit you in the world to come and in the first one. He, verily, is the Mighty, the Best-Beloved.

=== END BH08197 ===

=== START BH08198 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great

A mention from Us to him whose letter appeared before the face of his Lord, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. We make mention of him through this Tablet that he may give thanks to his Lord, the All-Forgiving. Rejoice in the Book of God and His mention, for the treasures of the world cannot compare with it. Verily thy Lord is the Truth, the Knower of the unseen. Hold fast to the cord of loving-kindness and say: O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy mercy and Thy grace and the tenderness that hath preceded existence to make me in all conditions one who uttereth Thy mention, who gazeth toward Thy horizon, who moveth by Thy will, and who standeth firm in Thy service. Thou art He Who doeth what He pleaseth through His sovereignty and ordaineth what He willeth through His command. Thou art the Mighty, the Powerful, the Omnipotent. At the end of this Tablet We make mention of Our servant Al-Baqi and give him the glad-tidings of God’s mercy and His grace, and We make mention of him through this wise remembrance. The glory be upon thee and upon him and upon those who have attained to the mention of this praiseworthy station.

=== END BH08198 ===

=== START BH08199 ===

In His Name, the Wronged One, the Stranger

A mention from Us to him who hastened with his heart to the Qiblih of the world and testified to that which God had testified before the creation of the heavens and earth and before the letter K was joined with its pillar N, that My call might repeatedly draw him to My Kingdom. He, verily, is the King, the Mighty, the Kind. Hearken unto what the idolaters have said regarding My rights after the river of life flowed from the fountain of My words, and Paradise was stirred by the breezes of My verses, and the Sun of Power shone forth in My name in My days. Say: If ye deny Him Who speaketh the truth and what He hath, have ye any proof to establish your cause? Produce it then, and be not of those who denied God’s grace and His evidence by following every vain imagining. Thus have We sent down unto thee from the verses that which consoleth the eyes after they had shed tears. Thy Lord, verily, is the Revealer, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH08199 ===

=== START BH08200 ===

He is the Manifest, the Hidden

A mention from Us unto him who hath heard the Call and answered his Lord, the Speaking, the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. Blessed is the one who hath arisen with strength to serve the Cause, and woe unto every man whom the might of the mighty and the power of princes hath weakened - they who have cast the Book of God behind their backs and have uttered that which hath caused the denizens of the most exalted Paradise to lament. And they who aid the Cause of their Lord at morn and eventide. Beware lest the affairs of men sadden thee. Hearken unto the Call of thy Lord - verily He calleth thee from the precincts of the Prison with a call whereby the hearts of them that have recognized Him have been attracted. Take My Book in My Name, as bidden by Me, and I am verily the Ancient Commander. By My Word were the heavens raised up, and by My Name was the Throne established upon this glorious, wondrous station. Thus hath the Tongue of the Wronged One spoken while He was in the hands of the heedless. The glory from Us be upon thee and upon every upright servant.

=== END BH08200 ===

=== START BH08201 ===

O Muhammad-Husayn Navv, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the Most Ancient, the Most Great, the Most Glorious! A mention from Us to him who has attained the lights of the Bayan when the All-Merciful came, and believed in God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting, that My remembrance may draw him to a station that the conditions of men cannot shake, nor can the veils of those who have disbelieved in God, the Lord of existence, prevent him. We have heard your call and have answered you through Our grace. Verily your Lord is the Mighty, the Loving. Give thanks to God for having aided you to recognize the Dawning-Place of His Revelation and the Dayspring of His verses, Who was imprisoned because He summoned all to the supreme horizon, the Station wherein surged the ocean of knowledge. We have remembered all who have turned to the Countenance and aided those who have turned to My extended path. The Glory from the Lord of eternity be upon you and upon those who have turned with illumined hearts to the praised Station.

=== END BH08201 ===

=== START BH08202 ===

He is the All-Witnessing, the All-Informed

A mention from Us to him who hath attained unto the lights of recognition when the All-Merciful came with a Cause at which every idol wailed and every confident and discerning one rejoiced. Hearken thou unto the Call from the precincts of the Prison, then bear witness to that whereunto God did bear witness ere the creation of the heavens and the names, that there is none other God but Him, the Single, the All-Wise. Blessed be the face that hath turned this day toward the Countenance of God and the heart that hath set itself toward His luminous horizon. We have found the fragrance of thy love and have remembered thee in this perspicuous Tablet. Be thou ablaze with the fire of My love, soaring in Mine atmosphere, speaking My praise and glorification, arising to serve My Cause, and steadfast in My straight Path. Thus hath the living waters flowed from the Supreme Pen. Blessed is he who hath drunk thereof and hath said: “Praise be unto Thee, O Thou the Goal of them that know!”

=== END BH08202 ===

=== START BH08203 ===

He is the One Who dominates all names! A remembrance from Us to the one who has found the fragrance of the Garment when the All-Merciful came with a sovereignty that encompassed all who are in the heavens and earths, that the breezes of revelation might draw him to the Supreme Horizon, the station wherein the Lote Tree of the Furthermost Boundary proclaims: “There is no God but Him, the Expositor, the All-Knowing.” Your mention has been made before the Throne, and this manifest Tablet has been sent down for you. Read it with the melodies of the birds of Paradise - they will draw you to a station wherein you will hear the Call from all things in remembrance of this blessed and luminous Horizon. Remember your Lord in such wise that neither the turning away of any ignorant one nor the objection of any hypocrite shall hinder you. Verily your Lord aids whoever aids Him and remembers whoever remembers Him amongst His heedless servants. Give thanks to God for having been mentioned before the Wronged One, and for having been sent down that by which your name shall endure through the eternity of His exalted and inaccessible Kingdom.

=== END BH08203 ===

=== START BH08204 ===

O Mirza Mu’min! He is the One Who rules over all names. This is a mention from Us to him who fulfilled the Covenant of God when the Promised One appeared and the appointed time was completed, that he may rejoice in his Lord’s loving-kindness and remember Him at eventide and at dawn. The Divine Lote-Tree hath called aloud, yet the people are in strange delusion. Blessed is the ear that hath been privileged to hear My most sweet call, and woe betide him whom veils have kept back. Say: Exchange not the verses of God for vanities, nor follow every doubting idolater. They have cast behind their backs the Kawthar of God, hastening to the foulest of waters in all directions. Say: This is the Day wherein the proof hath been perfected, the Word hath appeared, and the evidence hath shone forth. When thou adornest thy head with this Tablet which God hath made the crown of utterance, say: Praise be unto Thee, O Thou Who hast caused me to know the Dayspring of Thy verses while the people were in doubt and schism.

=== END BH08204 ===

=== START BH08205 ===

He is God, exalted is He

A mention from Us to him who hath remembered Me and attained unto My presence and heard My call and appeared before My face by My leave. He hath been named Husayn in My perspicuous Book. Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness. Thou hast ever been remembered at the Most Holy Court and continue to be so. Arise with utmost dedication to serve the Cause, that perchance the heedless servants may become aware and arise to do what behooveth them. As for what thou didst write regarding the Unity Company, the Most Great Branch presented it and it was graciously accepted. We beseech God, blessed and exalted be He, to open before the faces of His loved ones the gates of His bounty and mercy and loving-kindness. Verily He is the Almighty, the All-Powerful. The glory shining forth from the horizon of the heaven of My utterance be upon thee and upon him who loveth thee for the sake of God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH08205 ===

=== START BH08207 ===

In the Name of Him by Whose utterance the tongues of all created things have spoken! This is a mention from God unto her who hath heard the call of her Lord and turned unto God, the Lord of all worlds, that the call of the All-Merciful may draw her nigh unto the station which God hath sanctified from the mention of every mentioner and the description of every describer. He, verily, is the Expositor, the All-Knowing. We have heard thy call and witnessed thy turning unto the horizon of Revelation. We make mention of thee in this wondrous Tablet. Give thanks unto thy Lord, the All-Merciful, for this mention whereby the hearts of them that are endued with understanding have been attracted, and all things have turned towards God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy. This is the Word which the Interlocutor heard aforetime, and it is verily the Sun whereby the horizon of Divine Unity hath been illumined. Give thanks unto thy Lord for this bounty, then make mention of Him. Verily, thy Lord is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. Blessed is the servant who hath believed, and the handmaiden who hath attained unto this wise Remembrance.

=== END BH08207 ===

=== START BH08208 ===

Baku. Karbala’i Dadash, upon him be the Glory of God.

He is the All-Knowing Witness.

A mention from the Wronged One to him who hath believed in God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. We have heard thy call and have remembered thee in a Tablet from whose horizon hath shone the luminary of thy Lord’s loving-kindness, the Mighty, the Loving. Give thanks unto God for this most great favor and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Lord of existence, for having caused me to recognize the Dawning-Place of Thy verses, the Dayspring of Thy clear tokens, and the Manifestation of Thy Will, and for having given me to drink, by the hand of Thy bounty, the Kawthar of Thy love, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved. I beseech Thee, O Mystery of existence and Sovereign of the seen and unseen, by Thy Name, the Manifest, the Hidden, and by Thy resplendent and treasured Secret, to aid me to remain steadfast in Thy love in this Day wherein one of Thy Names hath been imprisoned due to the turning away from Thee of most of Thy creatures. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest, and within Thy grasp is the kingdom of creation. There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the Powerful.

=== END BH08208 ===

=== START BH08209 ===

In the Name of Him Who is sanctified from all names. A remembrance from the Wronged One unto the people of God in the lands, that the wine of utterance may attract them to the horizon of inner meanings, from which the call hath been raised betwixt earth and heaven: “The Kingdom belongeth unto God, the Possessor of all things.” We make mention of thee and of them who have believed, and We counsel you with that which beseemeth the days of God. Say: Fear God and be not in doubt and schism. We have sent down from the heaven of grace that which no books of the past can equal, to this He Who hath with Him the Mother Book doth testify. Follow not those in whom ye find not that which God loveth. Follow that which ye have been commanded in the Book of God, the Lord of lords. We have sent down the verses and revealed the clear tokens, yet the people are in heedlessness and behind a veil. And at the end of the Book We counsel thee and those who have believed to be steadfast with the Most Great Steadfastness, lest those who have denied the Beginning and the End cause you to slip.

=== END BH08209 ===

=== START BH08210 ===

He is the Most Ancient, the Most Holy, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

This is a mention from the Wronged One to him who hath acknowledged what God Himself hath acknowledged on a Day whereon every hidden secret was revealed and every wise command was made manifest. Verily, We give glad-tidings unto all of the days of God and of meeting Him. To this testifieth the Pen of God in whatsoever hath been asked of it, and this perspicuous Tablet. How many a servant hath been kept back by vain imaginings from the All-Knowing, the Mighty, and how many a servant hath hastened until he drank the wine of certitude from the hand of the bounty of his Lord, the Generous. Rejoice, O My loved ones, in that God hath aided you to recognize Him Who remained hidden from the learned and the mystics, save him whom the hand of thy Lord’s loving-kindness did preserve. Rejoice thou in that thou hast been mentioned in the presence of the Wronged One, and in that this mighty and glorious Book hath been sent down unto thee. Thus hath the Tongue of Grandeur spoken in this mighty Prison. Praise be unto God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH08210 ===

=== START BH08211 ===

He is the Most Wondrous, the Most Glorious

A remembrance from the Wronged One unto him who hath turned towards God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. Say: Fear ye God, and cast not trustworthiness behind your backs, nor reject the truth knowingly. Verily My Most Exalted Pen counseleth all who are in the kingdom of creation to observe the Most Great Trustworthiness. By the life of God! Its light is more manifest than the light of the sun in the heaven of commandments. Every light hath been eclipsed before its light, its radiance and its effulgence. Thus doth He Who hath with Him the Preserved Tablet make clear unto you. Verily, he who adorneth himself with the ornament of trustworthiness is remembered by the Concourse on High, and upon him do the denizens of the realms of dominion and kingdom offer prayers. Thus have We taught thee that thou mayest teach the people that which hath shone forth and gleamed from the horizon of the will of thy Lord, the Protector over what was and what shall be. Read thou My verses and ponder that which hath been sent down from the heaven of My Will and that which every heedless and veiled one uttereth.

=== END BH08211 ===

=== START BH08214 ===

In the Name of the One Beloved! Your mention hath been made in the Most Great Prison, and the glance of divine favor hath been directed toward those who seek the Kaaba of their Goal. Whosoever in this Day hath turned unto the Dawning-Place of divine verses and the Manifestation of the evidences of the All-Merciful, he is accounted before God as the most exalted of all creation. Blessed is the soul that hath attained unto this sublime and impregnable station. This is the Most Great Day, and the highest horizon hath been adorned and illumined with the lights of the countenance of the Lord of Names. Yet the people remain heedless thereof, occupied with their own idle fancies. Praise be to the Ancient Beauty that thou hast attained unto His recognition and perceived this most great favor. Preserve it and be thou of them that render thanks. We beseech God to assist thee to serve His Cause and to aid thee at all times to remember and praise Him. Verily He is the Almighty, the Exalted, the Most High, the Great.

=== END BH08214 ===

=== START BH08215 ===

O Ahmad, who has attained to the name of the One Friend! Your mention has been made before the Throne, and this exalted Tablet has been revealed in Persian that thou mayest inhale the fragrance of the Robe time and again. His favor has been and will continue to be with you. Be not grieved by the vicissitudes of affairs. Verily He will set them right through His grace. Assuredly, whatsoever is good and conducive to the welfare of the loved ones has been and will be made manifest. With the utmost joy and fragrance, occupy thyself with the remembrance of the Goal of all the worlds. Excellent is that whereunto thou hast been engaged through the command of the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Praise be to God that in the early days thou didst quaff from the cup of recognition and attain the presence of the Desired One, and became free and detached from the idle fancies of the deluded ones. This hath been among the great divine bounties. And the Glory rest upon thee and upon those who are with thee.

=== END BH08215 ===

=== START BH08216 ===

O Ghulam-Husayn, upon him be the Glory of God! I am the All-Knowing Speaker. Your mention hath been made before the Countenance and We have made mention of thee in this Tablet, which is the Dawning-Place of God’s remembrance amongst His creation, that it may be a treasure for thee with God, the Lord of the worlds. Whosoever hath been adorned with the ornament of steadfastness and hath been honored by God’s Word beholdeth that Word in all the worlds like unto a lamp shining and radiant before his face. Exalted is this most high station, which the pens are powerless to describe. We send greetings to sanctified and steadfast souls, and We bid them to that which beseemeth the days of God. All must hold fast to the cord of patience and resignation, though the heedless be in manifest error. God will assist His Cause and seize upon them even as He seized before. Verily He is the Strong, the Triumphant, the Almighty.

=== END BH08216 ===

=== START BH08218 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Wondrous, the Most Exalted! This is a remembrance of the handmaidens of God who have believed in God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting, that they may, through the remembrance of God, detach themselves from all else save Him, and that the call of their Lord may sanctify them from whatsoever is repugnant to His good-pleasure. Verily, He is the One Who has power over whatsoever He willeth, and He, verily, is the Truth, the Knower of things unseen. It behooveth everyone who hath believed in God in this Most Great Revelation to restrain and refine his soul. Thus hath the matter been decreed from the presence of One Who is All-Knowing, All-Wise. And He commandeth all to sanctification that they may enter His Kingdom and stand before His presence. This is of His grace unto His servants, would that they might know. Blessed is the handmaiden who hath believed in God and attained unto that which God hath desired for her, whom the winds of passion have not moved and whom the conditions of self have not overturned. She is indeed of the people of Paradise. Thus hath it been inscribed by the Pen of Command in a mighty and glorious Tablet. And praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH08218 ===

=== START BH08219 ===

He is the Most Great, the Most Holy, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

My remembrance be upon My maidservant who believed in God when she heard His sweetest call, who turned to Him and attained to His wise remembrance. We perceive from you the fragrance of your love for your Lord, the Forgiving, the Generous. Give thanks, inasmuch as thou hast been mentioned before the Throne time and again. He verily remembereth whomsoever turneth unto God. He is indeed the One Who informeth, the All-Knowing. We have witnessed thy face turn toward the Most Exalted Horizon when the earth shone with the light of thy Lord, the Protector, the Holy, the Mighty, the Inaccessible. Blessed art thou for having remained steadfast in thy love for thy Lord, and for having occupied thyself with His remembrance, His praise and His service. He is verily the All-Seeing, the All-Informed. We behold thee and hear from thee that wherewith thou dost praise thy Lord. We give thee glad tidings of the bounty of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Beauteous. The glory of God rest upon thee and upon those who are with thee, from God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH08219 ===

=== START BH08220 ===

O Muhammad! In the name of God, the Ever-Abiding, the All-Sufficient, the Mighty, the Invincible. Our remembrance of Our servant, that he may follow guidance in the days of his Lord, the King of the throne and earth, and that He may protect him from the intimations of those who have denied God, the Lord of the last and the first. Turn with thy most pure heart unto the Most Great Horizon. Say: I believe in Thee, O Thou Who rememberest me with Thy sweetest utterance. We have commanded the people in the Book not to follow their idle fancies. Among them are those who turned away and resisted, and those who believed and were guided. O people! Follow not your own selves, but follow the ways of God which have been sent down in the Book from your Lord, the Most High, the Most Glorious. Those who commit indecent acts, steal the property of others, and backbite My servants - their deeds shall be rendered vain in this futile life and they are among those who have gone astray and been misguided. Cast away vain imagination and hold fast unto certitude. Verily He is the Truth, there is no God but Him, the Most High, the Most Exalted.

=== END BH08220 ===

=== START BH08221 ===

He is the Most Generous, the Most Great

A remembrance from Me unto him who hath loved Me, that it may draw him unto My horizon and bring him near unto My ocean which surgeth through My Name, the Mighty, the Wondrous. He who cleaveth unto vain imaginings is accounted among the worshippers of idols in the sight of God, the Lord of all worlds, and he who hath quaffed the choice wine of revelation is reckoned among those who have drawn nigh in a perspicuous Tablet. O ye who are the beloved of the All-Merciful throughout all possibilities! Hearken unto that which God commandeth you in the Book, and follow not the way of the mischief-makers. He commandeth you to observe justice, even as He commanded you aforetime. He, verily, is the Mighty, the All-Knowing. He hath revealed unto you that which shall profit you. Verily your Lord, the All-Merciful, is the All-Loving, the Most Compassionate. Act ye according to that which ye have been commanded in the Tablets of God, the Lord of the mighty Throne. Render thanks unto God for having acquainted thee with the Dawning-Place of His Cause and for having mentioned thee in His Book. Glory be upon thee and upon them that have believed in the One, the All-Informed.

=== END BH08221 ===

=== START BH08222 ===

In My Name, the Speaking One, the Trustworthy!

This is a remembrance for one who hath heard My call and turned to My horizon and spoken My beauteous praise, that this remembrance may draw him nigh unto God, the Lord of the worlds. We have heard thy call, We make mention of thee and have turned toward thee from the precincts of the Prison, that thou mayest give thanks unto thy Lord, the Mighty, the All-Wise. We created the world for My meeting and the recognition of My Self, but when I came unto them with the standards of signs and the banners of clear proofs, they turned away from Me and opposed Me with manifest injustice. They denied the favor of God and rejected His proof and His evidence, inasmuch as they followed every ignorant remote one. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having strengthened me and taught me and caused me to know Thee and given me to drink from the Kawthar of Thy utterance and the Salsabil of Thy knowledge on a day wherein the servants have risen up to harm Thee and shed Thy most pure and radiant blood. I beseech Thee by the lights of Thy countenance and the waves of the ocean of Thy utterance to make me steadfast in Thy Cause and firm in Thy love. Verily Thou art the Almighty, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH08222 ===

=== START BH08223 ===

O Haji Nasir! The springtime of divine mercy hath appeared in these days, and the Sun of heavenly bounty hath dawned from the horizon of the prison. Some have attained His presence, while others yearn for it from afar. The fire of separation hath consumed hearts, and the flame of remoteness from the Ancient Beauty hath melted both horizons and souls. O friends! The most tender and sensitive heart hath endured all grievous trials, that perchance some souls might be sanctified from the allusions and veils of all who dwell in the realms of creation and turn toward the All-Merciful. O friend! Behold all things save Him as transient, and hold fast unto the Eternal Beauty. Strive that thou mayest cause a soul to drink from the Salsabil of divine knowledge and lead it to the Most Great Horizon, for this deed is accounted as the king of deeds before the presence of the Almighty. Upon thee be the glory of God.

=== END BH08223 ===

=== START BH08224 ===

He is the All-Commanding, the All-Wise

O H.S.! This is a day of joy and delight - joy from what? From the wine of divine love. In this luminous morn thou hast indeed drunk thereof through His remembrance and His wondrous Name. Thou hast ever been mentioned, and wilt continue to be mentioned, in the gathering of lovers, and it is observed that throughout all regions thy mention is exalted. Rejoice thou in this word which no possession of kings can equal - to this doth this Truthful, this Faithful One bear witness.

Be not grieved by events. Soar with the wings of detachment in this atmosphere. Verily He will assist thee and aid thee through His power and sovereignty. He is the Almighty, the All-Powerful. Preserve what hath been revealed unto thee at this time, then give thanks unto God, thy Lord and the Lord of the mighty Throne. Peace and glory be upon thee and upon those with thee and upon every steadfast, firm and faithful one.

=== END BH08224 ===

=== START BH08225 ===

Here is the He Who Abideth Forever. Glorified be He Who hath come with the truth and revealed Himself as He pleased, that all may know that He, verily, is the One with power over whatsoever He willeth. Neither bounds nor hosts nor the intimations of those who have disbelieved in God, the Exalted, the Great, can restrain Him. The divines assembled to harm Us, but God seized them with justice - verily He is the Mighty, the Powerful. And when their time came and they returned to their abode, there arose after them one named Baqir who committed such oppression as caused the eyes of those who circle round the Throne to weep. He, verily, is the All-Knowing, the All-Recording. We have cast him down, and We shall seize him as We please and return him to a place from which even hell itself will flee. Say: Verily, He is the One with power over whatsoever He willeth. He doeth in His dominion as He hath ordained. He, verily, is the Mighty, the Sovereign, the Powerful, the All-Wise. Give thanks unto God that the Supreme Pen hath turned toward thee from this luminous station.

=== END BH08225 ===

=== START BH08227 ===

He is the Mighty, the Powerful, the Bestower!

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses and manifested the clear proofs. He is the Truth, there is no God but Him. He giveth life and causeth death, He taketh and giveth, and He is the Mighty, the Powerful. O Qurban-’Ali! Hear the call from this Lofty Tree raised up in the luminous spot: Verily, there is no God but Him, the Commander, the All-Wise. He hath created creation for His knowledge and ordained for them that which draweth them nigh unto Him. He is verily the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous. When thou hearest the call from the Prison of ’Akka, say: “My God, my God! Praise be unto Thee for having caused me to recognize the Dawning-Place of Thy verses and the Dayspring of Thy clear proofs, and for having guided me unto Him Whose advent Thou didst herald in Thy Books, Thy Scriptures and Thy Tablets. I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by the pearls of wisdom and utterance which Thou hast caused to appear from the treasuries of the Supreme Pen, to ordain for me that which Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen ones. Verily, Thou art the All-Bountiful, the Compassionate, the Forgiving, the Merciful.”

=== END BH08227 ===

=== START BH08228 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great

Glorified is He Who hath sent down the verses and taught His servants that which profiteth them in the Kingdom. He is, verily, the Mighty, the Loving. Thy mention hath been made in the presence of the Countenance while thy Lord, the Self-Subsisting, the All-Compelling, was walking, and He hath answered thee out of His mercy and as a token of His grace. He is, verily, the All-Bountiful, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved. Be thou steadfast in the Cause and put thy trust in Him in Whose hand is the dominion of the heavens and earth, and in Whose grasp lieth […] created by His command “Be, and it is.” Beware lest the opposition of the divines or the allusions of any polytheist outcast withhold thee. Consider when Muhammad, the Apostle of God, appeared - the divines turned away from Him and every wicked reprobate opposed Him. Thus doth My Most Exalted Pen move that thou mayest rejoice within thyself and arise to serve thy Lord, the Possessor of the seen and unseen.

=== END BH08228 ===

=== START BH08229 ===

He is the Most Inaccessible, the Most Holy, the Most Great!

Glorified is He Who hath sent down the Book in truth and made it a proof for all who are in the heavens and on earth. Verily He it is Who speaketh at this moment: “There is none other God but Me, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.” Verily this is the Preserved Tablet and the Hidden Secret and the Concealed Mystery and the Source of Eternity for all who are in the heavens and on earth. Rejoice, O people, in the appearance of God and His sovereignty! He hath appeared in truth and come with an evidence that none can deny save those who have disbelieved in God from all eternity. To this testifieth the Tongue of God, the Mighty, the Beauteous. Say: Verily the Mother Book calleth unto you on the Day of Return, and verily it is this Exile, this Prisoner. Beware lest ye regard the before and after. Rather, look to the days of your Lord, the Manifest, the Mighty, the Generous. Thus hath the Cock of the Throne crowed before the Face with the verses of God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH08229 ===

=== START BH08230 ===

He Who is Sovereign over all Names

Praised be He Who hath revealed in the Book whatsoever He desired. He is, verily, the Mighty, the Bestower. He hath set forth therein all things in detail. He is, verily, the Mighty, the All-Knowing. He hath made it the Lamp of Guidance amongst all created things and the Light of Salvation unto all who dwell within the realm of possibility. Blessed is he who hath been illumined in this Day and hath turned toward the Station which God hath made the most exalted of stations. Woe unto him who hath turned away and hesitated when the Tongue of Eternity proclaimed: Hasten with your hearts, O ye who are endowed with understanding! Be thou stirred by the breezes of thy Lord’s will, the All-Merciful, and speak forth that which hath been sent down from the Pen of Revelation, and act according to what hath been set forth in the Tablets. We have perceived the fragrance of thy love and have sent down for thee that which bringeth solace to the eyes. Give thanks unto God, then stand firm in the Cause through the sovereignty of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH08230 ===

=== START BH08231 ===

In His Name, through Whom surged the ocean of divine knowledge!

Glorified be He Who hath appeared and made manifest His straight Path, Who hath spoken and caused all things to speak that there is none other God but Him, the Single One, the All-Informed. O people of the earth! Hearken unto the call of the Lord of Heaven, for verily it will draw you nigh unto the supreme horizon, that station wherein the Divine Lote Tree proclaimeth: The kingdom belongeth unto God, the Single, the One, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Blessed is the servant who hath taken the choice sealed Wine through My Self-Subsisting Name and hath drunk through this wise Remembrance. And woe unto them whom veils have withheld from the Lord of Lords - they are assuredly among the perishing ones. Blessed is the heart that hath turned, and the tongue that hath spoken, and the eye that hath beheld this luminous horizon. Even thus have We adorned the horizon of the heaven of the Book with the sun of knowledge and wisdom. Blessed is the servant who hath read and said: “Praise be unto Thee, O Thou the Beloved of the worlds, and glory be unto Thee, O Thou the Desire of them that have recognized Thee!”

=== END BH08231 ===

=== START BH08232 ===

O Karbila’i Muhammad-Baqir, upon thee be the Glory of God! He is the All-Seeing, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing! Glorified be He Who hath appeared and revealed that which was hidden behind the veils of the Unseen and concealed throughout all eternity. They who in this Revelation have attained unto the recognition of God are, in all the Sacred Scriptures and Tablets, accounted among the denizens of the Most Exalted Paradise. From those who have turned away, the Concourse on High and they who circle round the Throne at eventide and at dawn do wholly dissociate themselves. Blessed art thou for having been mentioned before the Wronged One, and there hath been revealed for thee that whereby the horizon of proof hath been illumined. Render thanks unto God for having made thee recognize this Cause, from which most of the servants remain veiled. Be thou steadfast in the Cause and say: Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having made me recognize the Dayspring of Thy Cause and the Fountainhead of Thine inspiration, and for having enabled me to attain unto a Book through whose revelation the decree of beginning and end hath been made manifest.

=== END BH08232 ===

=== START BH08233 ===

He is God, the Most Manifest, the Most Manifest!

Glorified be He Who sendeth down the verses with truth, and verily He hath power over all things. The thunder praiseth Him in fear, and the heavens tremble in awe of Him, and the winds are subdued by His command. There is no God but Him, the Almighty, the Mighty, the All-Choosing. Before Him prostrate themselves all who are in the heavens and the earth, and all who are in the kingdoms of Command and Creation. He ordereth what He pleaseth for whom He pleaseth, and taketh away what He pleaseth from whom He pleaseth. Verily He is severe in chastisement and great in bounty. There is no God but Him, and verily He is mighty in power. O servant! Arise and glorify thy Lord in the depths of the oceans of divine knowledge, then remember Him at eventide and at dawn. Thus doth the Manifestation of God’s Self command thee in this Dayspring which hath shone forth from the horizon of this Beauty. And praise be to the Self of the Beloved, the One possessed of power and might.

=== END BH08233 ===

=== START BH08234 ===

The Most Great, the Most Glorious! Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses and made them clear evidences for those who have turned toward the Face and said: “We believe in Thee, O Thou around Whom circle the proofs!” We testify that through Thee the proof hath been completed, and the evidence and argument circle at all times around the Glorious One. O Hadi! Hearken unto the call from the Tree which hath been raised up in the name of thy Lord, the Most Glorious: “Verily, there is none other God but I, the Almighty, the All-Choosing!” Grieve not at what hath befallen thee. Be content with what God hath pleased and what He hath decreed in the Book. Turn with thy whole being unto God. Beware lest there appear from thee that which beseemeth not thy connection to Our Name through which We have delivered the Cause throughout the lands. Acquire My manners and My characteristics. By My life! Ye are under the gaze of your Lord, the Mighty, the All-Bestowing. It behoveth all to honor and exalt you purely for the sake of God, the Originator of creation. The glory be upon you from the Mighty, the All-Forgiving.

=== END BH08234 ===

=== START BH08235 ===

He is the Helper. The missive of Mulla ’Abdu’r-Razzaq and his sister, upon them be the Glory of God, and Haji ’Ali, upon him be the Glory of God, and the handmaiden of God and the handmaiden of God Rubabih, and the wife of the late Aqa Husayn-Quli, upon him and upon them be the Glory of God, was received by this servant through the beloved of hearts, His Holiness the Trustee, upon him be the Most Glorious Glory of God, in the year 1304.

Great God! In this glorious Dispensation the treasures laid up by kings and queens are not worthy of mention, nor will they be acceptable in the Presence of God. However, a grain of mustard offered by His loved ones will be extolled in the exalted court of His holiness and invested with the ornament of His acceptance. Immeasurably exalted is His bounty, immeasurably glorified is His majesty. And yet, when an offering was adorned with the glory of His acceptance and reported by Jinab-i-Amin, twice that amount was ordered to be paid out to the poor and the needy. Unto this beareth witness every fair-minded man of insight, and those that are truthful and trustworthy.

=== END BH08235 ===

=== START BH08236 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory, the Most Great, the Most Glorious!

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name which dominates all names, and by the Most Great Word through which Thou hast subdued all things, and by the ships of Thy Cause and the seas of Thy knowledge and the dawning-places of Thy revelation and the daysprings of Thy inspiration, to assist Thy servant who hath turned toward Thee, who hath remained steadfast in his love for Thee and gazed toward Thy horizon. Make him then to be known through Thy Name and to arise to serve Thy Cause. He is the one, O my God, who hath clung to the hem of the robe of Thy grace and held fast to the cord of Thy bounty and favor. I beseech Thee not to disappoint him of that which Thou hast ordained in Thy Book for Thy loved ones. Send down then, O my God, upon him from the heaven of Thy generosity a blessing from Thee. Then protect him from every affliction and hardship through Thy power, Thy might and Thy sovereignty. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest and in Thy grasp are the reins of all things. There is none other God but Thee, the Almighty, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH08236 ===

=== START BH08237 ===

He is the Announcer, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise

Glorified art Thou, O my God, the God of existence and Lord of the seen and unseen! I testify that through Thee the ocean of knowledge hath surged within creation, and through Thy name the sun of certitude hath shone forth from the horizon of the heaven of Thy name, the All-Merciful. I beseech Thee by Thy mighty signs and by Thy Most Holy, Most Great, Most Exalted, Most Glorious Name, to ordain for me from Thy Most Exalted Pen that which will comfort mine eyes and gladden my heart. O Lord! Thou seest me standing before the gate of Thy bounty, awaiting the wonders of Thy grace. I beseech Thee to send down upon Thy Afnan, from the clouds of Thy mercy, that which will raise him up in Thy name amongst Thy servants. Then open before his face the doors of Thy blessings and riches. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the All-Compelling, the Commander, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. My Most Great Branch hath appeared at the Most Luminous Horizon, and We have mentioned thee as thou didst mention Him, in such wise as to draw mankind nigh unto God, the Lord of the worlds. The dominion, the kingdom, the might and the power belong to God, the Lord of the Day of Judgment.

=== END BH08237 ===

=== START BH08238 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Glorious!

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by that Name through which Thou didst rend asunder the veils of all created things and burn away the coverings of all beings, and by which the birds of the hearts of the sincere ones soared to the atmosphere of Thy nearness and meeting, and the breasts of them that are nigh unto Thee were set ablaze with the fire of Thy love and yearning, that Thou mayest cause me to be detached from all else save Thee and enable me to attain unto the station wherein I may tear apart the veils that have come between me and the lights of Thy Most Glorious and Most Exalted Countenance. O Thou by Whose command the Supreme Pen moveth upon the tablets of destiny and through Whose will the decree of fate appeareth in the kingdom of creation! I moreover beseech Thee, O my God, that Thou cast me not out, deprived, from the gate of Thy grace, nor exclude me from the outpourings of the clouds of Thy mercy. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the All-Forgiving. All praise be unto Thee, O Thou Who art the Beloved of the hearts of the righteous ones!

=== END BH08238 ===

=== START BH08239 ===

O Mother of Muhammad-Mahdi who was martyred in My Most Great, Most Glorious Path! Glory be to Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which earthquakes seized all the tribes of the earth and the dwellers of the cities of creation were struck with terror, to protect Thy male and female servants beneath the shadow of Thy grace and favors, lest their desires prevent them from turning towards the Kaaba of Thy Cause and the Dawning-Place of Thy inspiration. Then ordain for each one of them that which befitteth Thy presence in Thy days and beseemeth Thy sovereignty. Verily, Thou art the Almighty over what Thou willest. Verily, Thou art the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. O Lord! Have mercy upon every maidservant who hath turned unto Thee, heard Thy call, and responded to the Manifestation of Thy Self. Then write down for her what Thou hast written for Thy chosen ones and Thy loved ones. O Lord! Thou art the Generous, possessed of great bounty. Thou doest what Thou willest by Thy command and decreest what Thou desirest by Thy sovereignty. There is no God but Thee, the Almighty, the Exalted, the Mighty, the Loving.

=== END BH08239 ===

=== START BH08240 ===

CVII

I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by that Remembrance of Thee through which all things have been raised to life, and through which all faces have been made to shine, not to frustrate the hopes I have set on the things Thou dost possess. Cause me, then, by Thy mercy, to enter beneath Thy shadow that shadoweth all things.

Be Thou, O my Lord, my sole Desire, my Goal, mine only Hope, my constant Aim, my Habitation and my Sanctuary. Let the object of mine ardent quest be Thy most resplendent, Thine adorable, and ever-blessed Beauty. I implore Thee, O my Lord, by whatsoever is of Thee, to send, from the right hand of Thy might, that which will exalt Thy loved ones and abase Thine enemies.

No God is there beside Thee, Thou alone art my Beloved in this world and in the world which is to come. Thou alone art the desire of all them that have recognized Thee.

Praised be God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH08240 ===

=== START BH08241 ===

O mother of Dhabi?! In the Name of God, the Most Unapproachable, the Most Holy, the Most Wondrous! Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which the treasuries of Thy knowledge were manifested and the storehouses of Thy Command emerged and the wonders of Thy verses were sent down and Thy beauty appeared and the suns of Thy grace shone forth and the throne of Thy mercy was established amongst Thy creatures, to aid those who have turned toward Thee and detached themselves from all else besides Thee and occupied themselves with Thy remembrance and tasted Thy love. O my God and my Beloved! Thou seest Thy chosen servants in the hands of the wicked ones, and Thou knowest what hath befallen them at the hands of the oppressors among Thy creation and the transgressors among Thy creatures. O Lord! Protect them through Thy generosity and favors, then cause them to enter the fortress of Thy protection. O my God! I am one of Thy maidservants who hath turned toward Thee and drawn nigh unto Thy sanctuary. Disappoint me not, O my Beloved, of what lieth with Thee, and drive me not from the door of Thy mercy. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the Mighty, the Helper.

=== END BH08241 ===

=== START BH08242 ===

XL

Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! I implore Thee, by Thy Name which none hath befittingly recognized, and whose import no soul hath fathomed; I beseech Thee, by Him Who is the Fountain-Head of Thy Revelation and the Day-Spring of Thy signs, to make my heart to be a receptacle of Thy love and of remembrance of Thee. Knit it, then, to Thy most great Ocean, that from it may flow out the living waters of Thy wisdom and the crystal streams of Thy glorification and praise.

The limbs of my body testify to Thy unity, and the hair of my head declareth the power of Thy sovereignty and might. I have stood at the door of Thy grace with utter self-effacement and complete abnegation, and clung to the hem of Thy bounty, and fixed mine eyes upon the horizon of Thy gifts.

Do Thou destine for me, O my God, what becometh the greatness of Thy majesty, and assist me, by Thy strengthening grace, so to teach Thy Cause that the dead may speed out of their sepulchers, and rush forth towards Thee, trusting wholly in Thee, and fixing their gaze upon the orient of Thy Cause, and the dawning-place of Thy Revelation.

Thou, verily, art the Most Powerful, the Most High, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08242 ===

=== START BH08243 ===

The Truth! Glory be to Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by the yearning of the hearts of the lovers and the sighs of the hearts of the longing ones, and by Thy Name through which the pavilion of polytheism was destroyed and the canopy of divine unity was raised up, to preserve him who hath believed in Thee and in Thy signs, and hath held fast unto the cord of Thy bounty, and hath turned toward the direction of Thy mercy and Thy good-pleasure. O my Lord! Ordain for him, by the Pen of Thy Command and Thy decree, that which Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen ones. Then clothe him in the armor of Thy protection, and preserve him from every disease and hardship and calamity and ailment and pain, that he may aid Thee in Thy dominion and make mention of Thee amidst Thy creatures. Verily, Thou art powerful to do what Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful. Then preserve him, O my God, and those who are with him, both male and female, and send down upon them the good of this world and the next. Verily, Thou art the Powerful, the All-Choosing.

=== END BH08243 ===

=== START BH08244 ===

CXXXII

Glorified be Thy name, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy power that hath encompassed all created things, and by Thy sovereignty that hath transcended the entire creation, and by Thy Word which was hidden in Thy wisdom and whereby Thou didst create Thy heaven and Thy earth, both to enable us to be steadfast in our love for Thee and in our obedience to Thy pleasure, and to fix our gaze upon Thy face, and celebrate Thy glory. Empower us, then, O my God, to spread abroad Thy signs among Thy creatures, and to guard Thy Faith in Thy realm. Thou hast ever existed independently of the mention of any of Thy creatures, and wilt remain as Thou hast been for ever and ever.

In Thee I have placed my whole confidence, unto Thee I have turned my face, to the cord of Thy loving providence I have clung, and towards the shadow of Thy mercy I have hastened. Cast me not as one disappointed out of Thy door, O my God, and withhold not from me Thy grace, for Thee alone do I seek. No God is there beside Thee, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Bountiful.

Praise be to Thee, O Thou Who art the Beloved of them that have known Thee!

=== END BH08244 ===

=== START BH08245 ===

XCIX

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I pray Thee, by Him Who is the Day-Spring of Thy signs and the Manifestation of Thy names, and the Treasury of Thine inspiration, and the Repository of Thy wisdom, to send upon Thy loved ones that which will enable them to cleave steadfastly to Thy Cause, and to recognize Thy unity, and to acknowledge Thy oneness, and to bear witness to Thy divinity. Raise them up, O my God, to such heights that they will recognize in all things the tokens of the power of Him Who is the Manifestation of Thy most august and all-glorious Self.

Thou art He, O my Lord, Who doeth what He willeth, and ordaineth what He pleaseth. Every possessor of power is forlorn before the revelations of Thy might, and every fountain of honor becomes abject when confronted by the manifold evidences of Thy great glory.

I beseech Thee, by Thyself and by whatsoever is of Thee, to grant that I may help Thy Cause and speak of Thy praise, and set my heart on the sanctuary of Thy glory, and detach myself from all that pertaineth not unto Thee. No God is there beside Thee, the God of power, the God of glory and wisdom.

=== END BH08245 ===

=== START BH08246 ===

He is the One Who standeth before all faces! Glorified art Thou, O my God! I bear witness to that whereunto the Tongue of Thy grandeur hath testified before the appearance of Thy creation, that Thou art God, no God is there but Thee. Thou hast ever been One, Single, Alone, Self-Subsisting. Thou hast taken unto Thyself neither peer nor partner nor helper, and Thou wilt ever be as Thou hast been from all eternity. There is no God but Thee, the Self-Sufficient, the Most Exalted. O Lord! Aid Thy loved ones and Thy branches in that which beseemeth them in Thy days, then write down for them the reward of those who have circled round Thy Will and quaffed the choice wine of revelation from the hand of Thy bounty. O Lord! Thou seest how the wolves have seized Thy sheep, through whom the rain of Thy mercy hath poured forth from the clouds of Thy generosity. I beseech Thee to assist Thy party through the hosts of the seen and the unseen. Verily Thou art God, the Almighty, the All-Compelling, the Mighty, the All-Choosing.

=== END BH08246 ===

=== START BH08247 ===

O Lord my God! Thou art He Who hath attracted the hearts of Thy servants and handmaidens through the wondrous melodies and strains of Thy songs, and then left them in the wilderness of separation through what was ordained by the Pen of Thy decree. Thou hast made them drink from the fountain of Thy love and made them to be among those who are kept far from the paradise of Thy presence and are forbidden from entering the sanctuary of Thy nearness and meeting with Thee. I testify, O my God, that whatsoever descendeth from Thee and shineth forth from the horizon of Thy Command and Will is best for Thy servants and creatures. I beseech Thee, O Thou Who causeth the winds to blow and cleaveth the dawn, to make me one who is assisted to remember Thee amongst Thy creation and enabled to praise Thee in Thy lands. Verily Thou art the Almighty Whom nothing can frustrate and the Sovereign Whom no decree can hinder. Thou doest what Thou willest through Thy power and ordainest what Thou pleaseth through Thy Will. Verily Thou art the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08247 ===

=== START BH08248 ===

The All-Glorious, the Most High, the Most Splendid

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou seest me in the hands of those who have denied Thy mighty signs, who have turned away from the Dawning-Place of Thy most excellent names, and who have opposed Him through Whom Thou didst create earth and heaven. By Thy glory, O my God! Were I not to look upon Thy name, the All-Merciful, I would speak a word that would cause the heavens of existence to be rent asunder. But how can this be after I witness the waves of the ocean of Thy generosity and favors, and the breezes of the winds of Thy grace and bounties? O Lord! I beseech Thee by Thy Name which none hath known save Thine own Self, the All-Knowing, to raise up through Thy sovereignty one who will arise to aid Thy Cause, to exalt Thy Word, and to manifest Thy dominion amongst Thy creatures. O Lord! Thou seest the weakness of Thy loved ones, even after they have acknowledged that Thou art the Mighty, the Powerful. Therefore reveal unto them from the horizon of power that which will assure their hearts and attract the minds of them that have recognized Thee.

=== END BH08248 ===

=== START BH08249 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Exalted!

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou seest Thy loved ones in the land of exile and their abasement among the people, though the abasement of Thy loved ones in Thy path is glory unto them. Nevertheless I beseech Thee, O my God, by the sovereignty of the Names through which Thou hast adorned earth and heaven, to send down upon Thy male and female servants that which will make them signs of Thy glory amongst Thy creation and evidences of Thy power amongst Thy servants. O Lord! Hearts have been inflamed with hatred of Thee, and every soul hath risen up against Thy loved ones. The matter hath grown so grave that the people show no mercy to young or old, and whenever they hear anyone make mention of Thee, they rise up against him. I beseech Thee, O Revealer of verses and Manifestor of clear signs, to purify the earth from these reprobates. Verily Thou art the Almighty, the All-Choosing. There is no God but Thee, the Mighty, the Generous.

=== END BH08249 ===

=== START BH08250 ===

He is the Mighty, the All-Bountiful

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou seest one of Thy Afnan circling round Thy will and turning unto Thee when most of Thy servants have turned away from Thee. I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by Thy Name through which Thou hast subdued all created things, to transform his sorrow into supreme joy and his loss into greatest gain. Thou beholdest him, O my God, clinging fast unto Thee in the earliest of Thy days and serving Thy Cause before the creation of Thy creatures. I implore Thee to make manifest his station amongst Thy servants and his remembrance amidst the mentions of Thy creatures. Verily, Thou art powerful to do what Thou willest through Thy binding and wise command. Light and glory be upon thee and upon those who have quaffed the wine of steadfastness from this cup, whereof whosoever drinketh will turn and arise and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Beloved of those who are in the heavens and on earth.

=== END BH08250 ===

=== START BH08251 ===

O my God! Thou seest how the Wronged One is imprisoned in the most ruined of lands because He summoned the servants unto Thee and commanded them to pure piety in Thy days, and to gaze toward the horizon of Thy glory and to turn to the court of Thy grace. And for this there befell Him that which hath not befallen anyone in Thy realm. Thus dost Thou behold Him, O my Lord, the Chosen One, among the wicked ones from among the enemies of Thy Self. The matter hath become so grievous for Him that the gate of meeting with Thee hath been shut and the Face hath been veiled according to what was ordained in Thy tablets. I beseech Thee, O Cleaver of the dawn and Sender of winds, to assist Thy servants to turn unto Thee and to recognize the Manifestation of Thy Cause and the Dawning-Place of Thy signs. Then assist her who hath believed in Thee and turned toward Thy direction to attain Thy love and good-pleasure. Verily Thou art the Lord of the worlds and the Ultimate Goal of them that know.

=== END BH08251 ===

=== START BH08253 ===

O Lord my God! Thou seest that one of Thy maidservants hath turned unto the Dayspring of Thy Cause and the Dawning-Place of Thy loving-kindness, and hath acknowledged Thy unity and confessed Thy oneness. I beseech Thee, O Lord of Names and Creator of earth and heaven, to ordain for her that which Thou hast ordained for Thy handmaidens who circle round the sanctuary of Thy presence and are blessed by gazing upon Thy beauty. O Lord! Decree for her that which shall gladden her eyes, then shelter her within the pavilion of Thy protection and the tabernacle of Thy safekeeping. Verily, Thou art the Generous One, possessed of the Most Great Name. Look upon her with the eyes of Thy mercy and illumine her heart with the light of Thy knowledge, in such wise that nothing shall prevent her from turning toward the court of Thy bounties. O Lord! Since she hath laid hold on the cord of Thy grace, do not, through Thy bounty, deprive her. Deal with her according to that which befitteth Thy majesty and beneficence. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the Most Great.

=== END BH08253 ===

=== START BH08254 ===

In His Name, the Most Exalted, the Most Great!

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou seest Thy servants in the hands of those who have forgotten Thy remembrance and have removed themselves from the shore of Thy nearness, and Thou hearest the sighing of Thy loved ones in Thy lands and the cry of Thy chosen ones in Thy realms. I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou hast gained ascendancy over all else, to send down from the heaven of Thy grace that which will purify Thy servants from the dross of self and passion, that all may turn toward the direction of Thy favors and face the Dayspring of Thy signs. O Lord! Aid Thy servants to recognize Thy Self and that which Thou hast willed through Thy power and sovereignty. Then enable them to act in accordance with what Thou hast commanded them in Thy Scriptures and Thy Tablets. Verily Thou art He Who hath ever been powerful over whatsoever Thou hast willed and will ever be even as Thou hast been from time immemorial. There is no God but Thee, the Most Exalted, the Powerful, the Single, the One, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH08254 ===

=== START BH08255 ===

IX

Magnified be Thy name, O Lord my God! I know not what the water is with which Thou hast created me, or what the fire Thou hast kindled within me, or the clay wherewith Thou hast kneaded me. The restlessness of every sea hath been stilled, but not the restlessness of this Ocean which moveth at the bidding of the winds of Thy will. The flame of every fire hath been extinguished except the Flame which the hands of Thine omnipotence have kindled, and whose radiance Thou hast, by the power of Thy name, shed abroad before all that are in Thy heaven and all that are on Thy earth. As the tribulations deepen, it waxeth hotter and hotter.

Behold, then, O my God, how Thy Light hath been compassed with the onrushing winds of Thy decree, how the tempests that blow and beat upon it from every side have added to its brightness and increased its splendor. For all this let Thee be praised.

I implore Thee, by Thy Most Great Name, and Thy most ancient sovereignty, to look upon Thy loved ones whose hearts have been sorely shaken by reason of the troubles that have touched Him Who is the Manifestation of Thine own Self. Powerful art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee. Thou art, verily, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08255 ===

=== START BH08256 ===

In the name of Mirza Ja’far He is the Most Holy, the Most Glorious

Glory be to Thee, O my God! This is a day among the days of Thy Ridvan wherein one of Thy servants invited the Manifestation of Thy Self and the Dayspring of Thy sovereignty, and adorned a place among the places of the prison for Thy Most Glorious Beauty. O God of earth and heaven! How wonderful was that hour wherein the Dayspring of Thy Self-Subsistence went forth from His dwelling, turning toward another place in the prison. I beseech Thee, O King of Names and Creator of earth and heaven, to ordain for Thy loved ones who have been prevented from entering the precincts of Thy mercy and from attaining the presence of the throne of Thy grandeur, the reward of those who have attained Thy presence and beheld Thy Beauty. O Lord! Thou hearest their sighs in their separation from Thee and their cries in their remoteness from Thee. I beseech Thee to ordain for them every good thing from Thy presence. Verily, Thou art the Almighty to do what Thou willest. There is no God but Thee, the Mighty, the All-Praised.

=== END BH08256 ===

=== START BH08257 ===

LXIV

Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God, my Master! Thou hearest the sighing of those who, though they long to behold Thy face, are yet separated from Thee and far distant from Thy court. Thou testifiest to the lamentations which those who have recognized Thee pour forth because of their exile from Thee and their yearning to meet Thee. I beseech Thee by those hearts which contain naught except the treasures of Thy remembrance and praise, and which show forth only the testimonies of Thy greatness and the evidences of Thy might, to bestow on Thy servants who desire Thee power to approach the seat of the revelation of the splendor of Thy glory and to assist them whose hopes are set on Thee to enter into the tabernacle of Thy transcendent favor and mercy.

Naked am I, O my God! Clothe me with the robe of Thy tender mercies. I am sore athirst; give me to drink of the oceans of Thy bountiful favor. I am a stranger; draw me nearer unto the source of Thy gifts. I am sick; sprinkle upon me the healing waters of Thy grace. I am a captive; rid me of my bondage, by the power of Thy might and through the force of Thy will, that I may soar on the wings of detachment towards the loftiest summits of Thy creation. Thou, verily, doest what Thou choosest. There is no God but Thee, the Help in Peril, the All-Glorious, the Unconstrained.

=== END BH08257 ===

=== START BH08258 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious!

Glorified art Thou, O my God! O Thou Who hast, in Thy days, revealed what lay hidden in the breasts of the treacherous among Thy servants and the calumniators among Thy creatures! Thou hast spoken a word whereby Thou hast distinguished between those of the right hand and those of the left. I testify that Thou art the Almighty, the Self-Sufficient, the Most Exalted. I beseech Thee, O Thou through the attraction of Whose verses the sincere hastened to the place of sacrifice and they who are nigh rushed to the assistance of Thy Cause when the clamor was raised - I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name, through which the limbs of the nations trembled, to assist Thy loved ones to stand firm in Thy Cause and in Thy love. Then send down, O my God, upon him who hath turned toward the lights of Thy countenance and followed Thy practice which existed aforetime, the rain of Thy bounty and generosity from the heaven of Thy grace. Verily, Thou art the Lord of existence and the Sovereign of the seen and the unseen. There is none other God but Thee, the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the All-Powerful, the All-Loving.

=== END BH08258 ===

=== START BH08259 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

Glorified art Thou, O my God! O Thou in Whose grasp is the dominion of all names and by Whose will all things are moved! I beseech Thee by Thy Word through which Thou didst quicken Thy servants and illumine Thy lands, and by which the gate of utterance was opened unto all who are in the realm of creation, to ordain for Thy loved ones that which will draw them unto Thee and preserve them from all else besides Thee - those who consumed the bounty and denied it, who attained unto the heavenly table and rejected it. O Lord! Thou seest how the wayward have encompassed Thy chosen ones from among Thy pure ones and have risen against them with an oppression at which the dwellers of Thy kingdom and Thy dominion have lamented. I beseech Thee by the Daysprings of Thy verses and the Sources of Thy commandments and laws to make the deeds of those who have turned unto Thee adorned with the ornament of Thy acceptance, and ordain for them the good of this world and the world to come through Thy will and purpose. Verily Thou art God, there is none other God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08259 ===

=== START BH08261 ===

In the Name of God, the One Who has power over whatsoever He pleaseth! Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou seest how I have been imprisoned in this city wherein none dwelleth save its inhabitants, and which is the most hideous and ruined of all the cities of the world. The heedless ones have prevented us from leaving it and have shut all doors before our faces. By Thy glory! I am not dismayed by this, for I have accepted all tribulations in Thy love and have chosen all ordeals in Thy path. But what perplexes me is certain of Thy decrees and ordinances - how Thou hast unsealed the musk-vessel among those who know not its fragrance but rather flee from it. I bear witness, O my God, that in every one of Thy deeds there is wisdom upon wisdom, and mystery upon mystery, which Thou revealest in its time and manifesteth in its season. I beseech Thee by Thy Self not to withhold from those who love Thee this musk whose sweet scents have been wafted abroad. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Supreme, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH08261 ===

=== START BH08262 ===

The Most Holy, the Most Glorious! Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou seest Thy chosen servants in the hands of the wicked ones who have disbelieved in Thee and in Thy signs. O Thou in Whose hands is the kingdom of names! Thou hearest, O my God, the cry of them that cry out in their separation from Thee, and the lamentation of them that yearn for Thee in Thy lands. Such is the extent of oppression that whenever anyone seeketh Thy presence, he is prevented from attaining unto the court of Thy mighty oneness, and whenever a soul turneth toward Thee, he is cast out by the idolaters who have denied the Manifestation of Thy Self. I beseech Thee, O God of Names and Creator of heaven, to send down upon them that which will gladden their hearts and give peace to their beings. Thou knowest that the fire of separation cannot be quenched save by the waters of Thy reunion and presence, and their agitation cannot be stilled except by beholding Thy beauty. I beseech Thee by Thy sovereignty established upon the throne to open before their faces, through Thy power, the gates of Thy presence, then cause them to enter before Thy countenance. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Exalted, the Mighty, the Wise.

=== END BH08262 ===

=== START BH08263 ===

XIII

Lauded be Thy name, O my God! Thou beholdest how the tempestuous winds of tests have caused the steadfast in faith to tremble, and how the breath of trials hath stirred up those whose hearts had been firmly established, except such as have partaken of the Wine that is life indeed from the hands of the Manifestation of Thy name, the Most Merciful. These are the ones whom no word except Thy most exalted word can move, whom nothing whatever save the sweet smelling fragrance of the robe of Thy remembrance can enrapture, O Thou Who art the Possessor of all names and the Maker of earth and heaven!

I implore Thee, O Thou Who art the beloved Companion of Baha, by Thy name, the All-Glorious, to keep safe these Thy servants under the shadow of the wings of Thine all-encompassing mercy, that the darts of the evil suggestions of the wicked doers among Thy creatures, who have disbelieved in Thy signs, may be kept back from them. No one on earth, O my Lord, can withstand Thy power, and none in all the kingdom of Thy names is able to frustrate Thy purpose. Show forth, then, the power of Thy sovereignty and of Thy dominion, and teach Thy loved ones what beseemeth them in Thy days.

Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious, the Most Great.

=== END BH08263 ===

=== START BH08264 ===

L

Glory be to Thee, O my God! Thou hearest Thine ardent lovers lamenting in their separation from Thee, and such as have recognized Thee wailing because of their remoteness from Thy presence. Open Thou outwardly to their faces, O my Lord, the gates of Thy grace, that they may enter them by Thy leave and in conformity with Thy will, and may stand before the throne of Thy majesty, and catch the accents of Thy voice, and be illumined with the splendors of the light of Thy face.

Potent art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee. None can withstand the power of Thy sovereign might. From everlasting Thou wert alone, with none to equal Thee, and wilt unto everlasting remain far above all thought and every description of Thee. Have mercy, then, upon Thy servants by Thy grace and bounty, and suffer them not to be kept back from the shores of the ocean of Thy nearness. If Thou abandonest them, who is there to befriend them; and if Thou puttest them far from Thee, who is he that can favor them? They have none other Lord beside Thee, none to adore except Thyself. Deal Thou generously with them by Thy bountiful grace.

Thou, in truth, art the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Compassionate.

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=== START BH08265 ===

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Praised be Thou, O my God! This servant of Thine testifieth that naught else except Thee can ever express Thee, nor canst Thou be described by any one save Thyself. The thoughts of them that have recognized Thy reality, however much they may ascend towards the heaven of Thy praise, can never hope to pass beyond the bounds which, by Thy behest and decree, have been fixed within their own hearts. How can the creature who is as nothing comprehend Him Who is the Ancient of Days, or succeed in describing the full measure of His sovereignty, His glory, and His grandeur? Nay, and to this Thou Thyself dost witness, O Thou Who art the Governor of nations! Every created thing hath recognized its own impotence, and the power of Thy might, and hath confessed its own abasement and Thy great glory.

I beseech Thee by Thy Lastness which is the same as Thy Firstness, and by Thy Revelation which is identical with Thy Concealment, to grant that they who are dear to Thee, and their children, and their kindred, may become the revealers of Thy purity amidst Thy creatures, and the manifestations of Thy sanctity amongst Thy servants.

Thou art, verily, powerful to do Thy pleasure. Thou art, in truth, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.

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=== START BH08266 ===

In the name of God, the Most High, the Most Exalted!

Glorified art Thou, O my God! This is Thy servant whom Thou hast chosen for the Manifestation of Thyself, and whom Thou hast kindled with the fire of Thy love, and whom Thou hast caused to know the path of Thy good-pleasure, and whose name Thou hast inscribed in the Tablet of Thy decree. I beseech Thee, O my God, by Thy Name through which Thou hast distinguished between all things created between earth and heaven, that Thou preserve him in this world from turning to any but Thee, and in the world to come cause him to dwell nigh unto Thy mercy. Then send down upon him at all times goodness from Thee and a blessing from Thy presence. Illumine his face, O my God, with the lights of Thy countenance, and make him one who remembers Thee amongst Thy creatures and extols Thy Being amidst Thy creation. Verily, Thou art the Powerful over what Thou willest and the Ordainer of all who are in earth and heaven. There is none other God but Thee, the Everlasting, the Powerful, the Most High, the Forgiving, the Generous. And praise be to God, the Lord of the heavens and earths.

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=== START BH08267 ===

In the Name of our Most Holy, Most Great, Most Exalted, Most Glorious Lord! Glory be to Thee, O my God! This, Thy servant, beareth witness to the richness of Thy Being and the poverty of Thy servants, and to the greatness of Thy Cause and Thy sovereignty. I beseech Thee, O Thou Who causeth the rivers to flow and sendeth forth the winds, by Thy Name through which Thou didst open the gates of bounty before the faces of all peoples, to aid him who hath turned toward Thee and hath voiced Thy praise on a day wherein most of Thy creatures have turned away from Thee. Then write down for him, O God of the worlds, that which beseemeth Thy generosity and Thy bounty. Verily, Thou art the One Who hath power over whatsoever Thou willest, and within Thy grasp are the reins of all who are in the heavens and on earth. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

The letter of his honor Aqa Mirza Muhammad-Baqir and the leaf his wife, upon them both be the Glory of God, together with nineteen (19) tumans through his honor the Trustee, upon him be the Glory of God and His loving-kindness, reached the servant in the year 1305.

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=== START BH08268 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the All-Powerful, the Overseer of all who are in the heavens and on earth! Glory be to Thee, O Thou through Whose Name the gates of hearts were opened and by Whose Finger of might the veils of souls were rent asunder! I beseech Thee by Thy most sweet Call whereby the Kingdom of creation and the realities of names were attracted, to send down from Thy Most Exalted Pen upon the people of Baha that which will preserve them from the promptings of self and passion and draw them nigh unto the Most Glorious Horizon. O Lord! Thou seest Thy loved ones turning unto Thee and clinging to the hem of Thy mercy. Ordain for them what Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen ones who have cast away what is with the world in Thy days and soared on the wings of detachment in the atmosphere of Thy love and nearness. Verily, Thou art the Almighty over what Thou willest. There is no God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. The sum of fifteen tumans was received by this servant through His Holiness Afnan, upon him be all the most glorious Glory of God, in the month of Dhi’l-Qa’dih 1299.

=== END BH08268 ===

=== START BH08269 ===

O honored Seyyed Muhammad, who hath attained! He is sanctified from the knowledge of aught else save Him. The Sun of Divine Knowledge from the horizon of the Pen of the All-Merciful was in truth witnessed. The eye of whoso turned unto it was solaced and attained unto its lights on a Day which was mentioned in the Book by the name of God. Verily He appeared in truth and spoke that which guideth the servants unto the Kawthar that was inscribed in the Tablet. We have remembered the servants and summoned them unto God. Among them are those who turned away and disbelieved, and among them are those who took God as their guardian. Thy mention hath been made before the Wronged One, and this Book hath been sent down unto thee, which was revealed from the direction of the Throne. When thou attainest unto it say: “Praise be unto Thee, O Lord of the worlds, and glory be unto Thee, O Thou Who hast caused me to turn toward a station which was in truth praiseworthy.” Thus have We remembered thee and caused thee to hear as a favor from Us. Verily thy Lord doth encompass all the worlds.

=== END BH08269 ===

=== START BH08271 ===

In the Name of the Educator of the World! We have heard thy call and hearkened unto the lamentation of thy heart in separation from the Best-Beloved of all worlds. All creation hath been brought into being for the knowledge of the Ancient King. Blessed are they who have attained unto this most exalted station. O thou who seekest reunion with the peerless Beloved! The people of error, He saith, have become a barrier between God and His creatures. The transgressions of the aggressors and the oppression of the tyrannical have held back the servants from the Lord of the Day of Judgment. Grieve thou not at this, for He ordaineth what He willeth for whomsoever He pleaseth, as a token of His grace. He, verily, is the Forgiving, the Bountiful. And He recordeth for the sincere ones the reward of those who have attained His presence. He, verily, is the Bestower, the All-Bountiful, the All-Knowing. It behooveth every soul to acknowledge that which thou hast acknowledged in thy letter. We have forgiven thee, delivered thee, and made thee to be of those who remember. Rejoice thou in what hath been sent down unto thee from My Most Exalted Pen, and be thou of the thankful ones.

=== END BH08271 ===

=== START BH08272 ===

He is the Witness from His most exalted horizon

The Most Exalted Pen beareth witness to thy turning and devotion to God, the Lord of all beings. This is a testimony that walketh before thy face like the sun in all the worlds of thy Lord, the Compassionate, the Generous. Be thou trusting in Him, confident in His grace, and holding fast to the cord of His Name, the Powerful. Be not grieved at what hath come to pass. By the life of God, it hath been and is pure good. Soon shall appear that which is hidden from sight. What behooveth thee is steadfastness in the Cause. What behooveth God is compassion and grace and glory and exaltation. We counsel thee to be steadfast, for He is the Ordainer, the All-Knowing. Should a malicious one bring thee news, leave it behind thee, as bidden by God, the Exalted, the Great. May the glory shining from the horizon of My Kingdom be upon thee and upon those with thee who love thee for the sake of God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH08272 ===

=== START BH08273 ===

Tablet of Mirza Ayat, upon him be the Glory of God. He is the Speaker in the Prison. The Book beareth witness that there is none other God but Me, the Mighty, the Wise. The heaven hath testified that there is none other God but Me, the Single, the All-Informed. And every thing beareth witness that there is none other God but Me, the One, the Mighty, the Great. Every leaf and stone and clod hath testified to the appearance of God and His sovereignty, yet the people deny and perceive not. The fragrance of the Beloved hath wafted throughout the world, yet the people detect it not. The mysteries have been revealed and the signs have appeared, yet the servants understand not. The earth hath been illumined by the lights of the Face and the heaven hath been adorned with the stars of wisdom and utterance, yet the people behold not. Thus hath the Sun of Knowledge shone forth from the horizon of the Pen of thy Lord, the Merciful. When thou hast understood and attained, shun the wicked and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Lord of existence!

=== END BH08273 ===

=== START BH08274 ===

He is the Most Ancient, the Most Glorious. God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. I bear witness that verily He is God, there is none other God but Him, the Munificent, the Generous. Glorified be He Who hath sent down whatsoever He willeth, and verily He is the Ancient Revealer. He doeth what He pleaseth and ordaineth as He desireth. He is indeed the All-Wise, the All-Seeing. Blessed is he who hath recognized My path, and blessed is he who hath acted according to that which was ordained by the All-Wise. We have commanded all to follow that which the All-Wise hath revealed in His perspicuous Book. Among the people are those who have turned away and those who have turned towards Him, and he who hath turned and attained hath verily become one of those drawn nigh. We make mention of every one who maketh mention of Us, and We behold every beholder, and We answer every seeker who turneth unto Us. The glory of God rest upon those who have sought the Ultimate Goal and have turned towards the horizon which hath been illumined by His shining countenance.

=== END BH08274 ===

=== START BH08275 ===

O handmaid of God, upon whom Baha’u’llah hath showered His blessings, in My Name, the Most Ancient, the Most Glorious! God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the Almighty, the Self-Subsisting. Behold, O my God, Thy handmaid who hath turned toward the horizon whence hath shone the Sun of Thy favors, and who hath desired to circumambulate the Kaaba of Thy manifestation. O Lord! Deprive her not, through Thy bounty, and disappoint not her hopes, through Thy grace. Ordain for her, O Thou Who art the Ruler of all names, from the Supreme Pen that which will gladden her heart. Verily, Thou art He Whom nothing whatsoever can frustrate from the ocean of Thy will, nor can any matter distance Thee from the heaven of Thy purpose. Thou hast ever been the Sovereign of all names and their Ruler, and Thou wilt ever continue to be what Thou hast been from time immemorial. All things have testified to Thy power and might, and every possessor of a tongue to Thy greatness and sovereignty. I beseech Thee, O Thou Who art the Hope of the worlds, to forgive me and have mercy upon me. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH08275 ===

=== START BH08276 ===

In the Name of our Most Holy, Most Great, Most Exalted, Most Glorious Lord

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is the creation and the command. He guideth and withholdeth, giveth and taketh away, causeth to die and quickeneth to life, and He is the Ever-Living, the Manifest, the Articulate, established upon the throne. He doeth what He willeth and ordaineth what He pleaseth. He is the Mighty, the All-Praised.

Glory be unto Thee, O my God! Aid Thou Mahdi, who hath emigrated from his homeland out of love for meeting Thee and standing before Thy gate. O Lord! Ordain for him what Thou hast sent down in Thy Book for those who are nigh unto Thee among Thy creatures. Verily, Thou art the Mighty, the Powerful, the All-Bountiful.

9 He is the Helper

The letter of Aqa Mirza Mahdi, upon him be the Glory of God […] was received by the servant in Jamadiyu’l-Avval 1308 [A portion of the receipt which is marked with […] in the text of the Tablet has been erased in the original copy of the blessed Tablet]

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=== START BH08277 ===

?, O son of Jinab-i-Mahdi, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the Most Holy, the Most Great. God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath come with the truth is indeed the Promised One mentioned in the Books of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. Blessed be the countenance that hath turned toward My countenance, and the eye that hath beheld My most exalted horizon, and the ear that hath heard My most sweet call, and the tongue that hath confessed that which the Tongue of Grandeur hath uttered - the Kingdom belongeth unto God, the Possessor of the seen and the unseen. Be thou thankful that We have remembered thee time and again. Then remain steadfast in the Cause through this Name before which all created things have bowed down in submission. Beware lest the affairs of men hold thee back from the Truth or the allusions of those who have disbelieved in God, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved. We send from this spot Our glorification upon thee and upon My loved ones in that place who have acted in accordance with that which they were bidden by God, the Lord of what was and what shall be.

=== END BH08277 ===

=== START BH08278 ===

He is the All-Seeing, the All-Knowing

God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and that He Who hath come with the truth is indeed the One promised in the books of the past. Blessed is he who hath turned unto Him, and woe betide them that have turned away. Thy letter hath arrived and was presented by the servant who was present. We have answered thee through this perspicuous Tablet. Take hold of the Tablet with a strength from Us and a power from Our presence. Verily thy Lord is the Almighty, the All-Wise. Beware lest the affairs of the world sadden thee or prevent thee from Him Who speaketh the truth in the Most Great Prison. There is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Great. Place thy trust in God in all matters. He is with those who have turned toward Him with radiant faces and who have answered when the Call was raised on a Day whereon the hearts of the learned were troubled, save whom God wished, the Lord of all worlds. Thus have We sent down the verses and dispatched them unto thee that thou mayest rejoice and be of them that are thankful.

=== END BH08278 ===

=== START BH08279 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Ancient, the Most Glorious

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath come upon the clouds is, verily, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful.

Praise be to God! Thy letter was received and through the intermediary of him who is present it attained unto the hearing of the Wronged One. A hundred thousand blessings upon the one who hath in this Day arisen with supreme steadfastness to make mention and sing the praises of the Lord of all beings, and hath remembered the Wronged One of the horizons in the Most Great Prison. All matters have been and shall be held within the claws of extinction, save that which appeareth for the sake of God and is adorned with the ornament of His acceptance. Say: O people of the earth! Strive ye that ye may attain unto this most exalted station. The Supreme Pen doth make mention of the friends at morn and eventide, and doth summon them unto that which will draw them nigh unto God. Blessed is the soul that hath heard and turned unto Him and responded. Woe unto every heedless one who doubteth.

=== END BH08279 ===

=== START BH08280 ===

He is the Expositor, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise

God testifies that there is none other God but Him, and that He Who has appeared is the Beloved of the world and summons all peoples unto God, the Single, the All-Informed. Whoso turns to Him has attained unto the Day of God and His presence, and whoso turns away is accounted among the deprived ones. Blessed is the mighty one whom vain imaginings have not withheld from his Lord, the All-Knowing, and who has turned to the Face with an illumined heart. We make mention of the loved ones of the All-Merciful at all times, and send down upon them in every moment that which causes the hearts of them that have recognized Him to soar. Joy be to him who has adorned himself with the ornament of steadfastness in this momentous Cause. The Kawthar and Salsabil have flowed, and the Path has appeared through this Name that holds sway over all the worlds. Thus has the Sun of Revelation shone forth from the horizon of thy Lord’s will, that thou mayest turn toward it with thy heart. This is of His grace upon thee - render thanks and be of them that praise.

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=== START BH08281 ===

He is the Rememberer, the Observer, the All-Informed

To Mir Hashim

God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath appeared in truth is verily the Dawning-Place of His verses and the Dayspring of His favors. The conditions of earth do not prevent Him, nor do the allusions of creation veil Him. He doeth whatsoever He willeth through His sovereignty. He, verily, is the Speaker in the kingdom of creation. There is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Praised One. Give thanks unto God that the Wronged One hath turned toward thee from His Most Great Prison and remembereth thee with that which God hath made a light unto the world, a lamp unto the nations, and a flowing spring unto every thirsty one who is endowed with insight. Praise God for this bounty, with which nothing on earth can compare. He, verily, is the Expositor, the All-Knowing. Glory be upon the people of Baha who were not prevented by all things from this Remembrance, before which, when it appeared, every wise remembrance bowed down in submission.

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=== START BH08282 ===

O son of Ahmad, upon him be the glory of God! He is the Expositor, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and He Who speaketh with truth is indeed the Mother of the Book in the Kingdom of Command, and the Mother of the Bayan in the Heaven of Eternity, and the Temple of Pre-existence in this Perspicuous Name. Whoso hesitates concerning Him for less than what can be counted hath followed vain desire and turned away from the Lord of all mankind. To this doth testify this Faithful Pen. Blessed is he who hath turned toward the ocean of God’s mercy and faced His luminous horizon. Beware lest the affairs of the world hold thee back. Leave the world behind thee and arise to serve thy Lord, the Ancient One, Who remembereth the loved ones of God in His Most Great Prison and calleth them to the sublime station. Read thou the verses of God by night and by day. By My life, they draw the sincere ones unto God, the Lord of the worlds.

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=== START BH08283 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the Overseer of all names! God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who speaketh with truth is verily the Wronged One amidst the world and the One who is grief-stricken by that which the hands of the oppressors have wrought. By God! The clouds have wept for My grief and the heaven for this great anguish. The brilliant stars have vanished from the land of Sad, whereby hearts have melted and the eyes of the sincere ones have wept. The people have denied the bounty of God and His sovereignty, to the extent that they committed that which caused the Faithful Spirit to cry out. When thou attainest unto this Tablet of the Wronged One, render thanks unto God for having revealed unto thee this Clear Book and enabled thee to recognize the Dayspring of His Cause in days wherein darkness hath encompassed all created things save those whom God, the King, the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise, hath willed. Be thou steadfast in My Cause, speaking My praise, turning thy face toward My luminous horizon.

=== END BH08283 ===

=== START BH08284 ===

God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and that the Point of the Bayan is His servant and His splendor, and that the guides of the Living One are the Letters of His Self, and all are created by His command. O Abraham! The Wronged One loveth him who hath loved Him, and desireth him who hath desired Him; nay, He loveth the world by virtue of its connection to the word that must be obeyed. However, the people of idle fancy have come between Me and those who desired to attain the presence and meeting. They speak according to their vain imaginings that which the ancients never uttered, and thus hath appeared the decree of prohibition. We beseech God to assist thee in that which He loveth and approveth, and to ordain for thee the good of the hereafter and of this world, and to write down for thee from His Most Exalted Pen that which shall profit thee. Verily He knoweth what is with Us while We know not what is with Him, and He is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. We send greetings from this station upon thee and upon God’s righteous and sincere servants. And praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH08284 ===

=== START BH08285 ===

In the Kaf: Verily He is living in this Most Glorious Horizon. God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and that this is indeed ’Ali in the Most Glorious Horizon, then Muhammad in the heaven of grandeur, then the Spirit in the heaven of destiny, then He Who conversed with God in the cities of names, then the Friend in the Supreme Concourse, then Husayn in the fields of origination, then the Wronged One before God, the King, the Mighty, the Great, the All-High. And thou, O servant, bear witness to that which hath flowed from the tongue of God. By God! Whoso attaineth unto this testimony, God shall raise him up on the Day of Resurrection with a mighty sovereignty and shall make him to sit with the Prophets and Messengers, and shall send down upon him at every moment a mercy that no created thing between the heavens and the earths can equal. We beseech God to enable thee to accomplish that which thou hast been commanded. Verily He is the All-Forgiving, the All-Merciful.

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=== START BH08286 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Glorious

God testifieth that verily He is He and there is none other God but Him. And He Who speaketh with truth is verily the Ocean of My Will and the Heaven of My Purpose and the Rain of My Grace and the Sun of My Loving-kindness and the Repository of My Revelation and the Dayspring of My Inspiration and the Dawning-Place of My Cause and the Treasury of My Knowledge and the Source of My Salsabil and the Fountain of My Kawthar. Whoso hath known Him hath known Me and whoso hath denied Him hath denied Me from time immemorial. To this beareth witness My Messengers and My Chosen Ones whom We sent to give glad tidings unto My servants of this Day wherein the Trumpet hath sounded and the Bugle hath been blown and the Cock hath crowed and the Dove hath cooed that there is none other God but Him, the Manifest, the Commanding, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Thy letter hath indeed reached this Most Great Prison and We have answered thee with this perspicuous Book. Take it with strength from Our presence, then give thanks unto thy Lord, the Forgiving, the Bountiful.

=== END BH08286 ===

=== START BH08287 ===

He is the Eternal

God hath testified to the fact that I am indeed one that hath believed in He at Whose Remembrance those who are nigh unto God quaffed the choice wine of eternal life. So too such of the sincere ones as were not diverted from comprehending Him be they in the heavens or on the earth; save that is, such as thy Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise hath willed.

O Diya’! Be patient in tribulation and content with thine affairs. Be certain about the True One and hasten towards the good [the Good] (al-khayr). Be humble before God and conceal the shortcomings of the people. Be inclined away from base passion and one that speedeth towards the True One (Al-haqq)! Before the servants of God be a cloud of bounty. Be compassionate towards the wayward and forgiving nigh the sinful! Be upright in the covenant and tread the straight Path of the Cause of God.

Wherefore doth this Wronged One counsel thee unto the fear of God. He directeth thee unto trustworthiness and sincerity. Be characterized by this twain; embrace these two qualities. Blesssed be thou and whomsoever loveth thee for the sake of God. But woe betide such as are hateful of thee and causeth thee to turn aside from that unto which thou hast been commanded in the Book of God.

=== END BH08287 ===

=== START BH08288 ===

In the Name of Him Who giveth life to all creation!

God hath, of His own Self, borne witness unto His own Self, ere the creation of His heaven and His earth, that there is none other God but Him. He Who hath appeared is verily the Manifestation of the Hour, and through Him the Cry hath been raised, creation hath been shaken, the Resurrection hath come to pass. He is, in truth, the Dawning-Place of divine revelation, the Dayspring of inspiration, the Quickener of bones, and with Him lieth the final word. Blessed is he who hath turned unto the heaven of His grace, the ocean of His knowledge, the sun of His beauty, and the moon of His grandeur. He maketh mention of the people of Baha in the Concourse on High, and of the companions of guidance in the Kingdom of Names. The tongue of My grandeur hath testified to that which hath been sent down in this wondrous Tablet. As for him who hath turned away, he hath not answered My call in the days of My manifestation, nor hath he turned his face toward My countenance in any age, and he shall be mentioned as the rebellious one in the presence of God, the All-Compelling, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08288 ===

=== START BH08289 ===

In the Name of the Most Ancient One! The Wronged One testifieth that there is none other God but Me, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. Verily He speaketh amidst the world and summoneth the peoples unto God, the Lord of existence. We have indeed made clear Our proofs and sent down Our verses, yet the people understand not. He who hath found and recognized My utterance, nothing whatsoever shall deter him from God, even should all the peoples of the world assail him with arrows and swords. Say: O people! Shun grievous sins and hold fast unto what is right. Thus doth the Wronged One counsel you from this well-known station. All good is unto him who acteth in accordance with that whereby the Cause of God, the Lord of the seen and unseen, is exalted. When thou art carried away by the fragrance of utterance, turn thy face toward the All-Merciful and say: O my God! I beseech Thee to make me steadfast in Thy love and detached from all else but Thee. Verily Thou art the All-Powerful, the Mighty, the All-Loving.

=== END BH08289 ===

=== START BH08290 ===

In My Name, through which the horizons have been illumined! All things have testified to the Lord of Names, and the Tongue of Grandeur hath testified in the Kingdom of Utterance, yet most people are heedless. O My Afnan! The Most Exalted Pen beareth witness that thou hast turned unto God, the Creator of the heavens, and hast testified to that which the Tongue of Grandeur hath testified - that there is none other God but Me, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. Rejoice thou in My mention and My testimony. By the life of God! Nothing in the world can equal these two. Verily thy Lord is the All-Explaining, the Almighty, the Glorious, the All-Loving. From the Most Exalted Horizon He verily heareth and seeth your condition. Give thanks unto God and place your trust in Him in all matters. Thus hath the Pen spoken when the Wronged One was in the Most Great Prison. He, verily, is the Truth, the Knower of things unseen. The glory be upon thee and upon those who are with thee and who hold fast unto the path of God that hath been stretched forth.

=== END BH08290 ===

=== START BH08292 ===

He is God, the Most High

The seekers are in Haifa and the Sought One is in Akka. Glory be to your Lord, the Most High! The root of the Tree is in Akka and its branch is in Haifa. Glory be to your Lord, the Most High! We send greetings to the travelers in the realms of the All-Merciful and the leaves of the Tree of Glory. God willing, may they be engaged in the remembrance of the Friend with utmost joy and expansion, with spirit and delight, and be happy and content in His remembrance. May Zia’u’llah and Badi’u’llah act according to what God has willed and be sanctified, detached and purified from childish behavior. Convey greetings to all, young and old, female and male. May Majd and Abdi be occupied with reading books and writing. The Glory be upon you.

That which is befitting is not present in Our presence to be sent. Be grateful without having partaken, and render praise without having seen. In this station, intention is what counts, for He is the best of those who intend.

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=== START BH08293 ===

In the Name of the One Peerless God! The Beauty of Hijaz addresses His handmaidens in the Persian tongue, that they may become intoxicated with the Kawthar of divine remembrance and arise to make mention of the Friend. Though He hath ever been and will forever remain sanctified from all directions, and though He hath attributed Himself to the Hijaz, or to Iraq, or other places, this is but in consideration of the understanding of created things within the bounds of contingent being; else He is and hath ever been the Creator of all and sanctified above all. O handmaiden of God! May you be, God willing, gladdened and made joyous through the fragrances of the Days of God and the gentle breezes of His favors, and may you walk in the pleasant atmosphere of trust and assurance, of devotion and certitude. Thy mention was made at the Divine Throne, and thus hast thou been blessed with the remembrance of the Beloved of the worlds. Praise be to God in all conditions.

=== END BH08293 ===

=== START BH08295 ===

He is the Hearer, the Answerer

Blessed are they who in the Day of His Manifestation have attained unto the Word of God. All that is treasured in the coffers of kings and rulers cannot be compared with a single word from the divine utterances, for worldly ornaments, adornments and riches are transient and will return to nothingness, while that which floweth from the Most Exalted Pen endureth throughout the dominion of earth and heaven. Know thou the station of the Divine Tablet and preserve it as thou wouldst thy life. Say: Praise be unto Thee for having guided me unto Thy path and caused me to hear Thy call. I beseech Thee to make me steadfast in Thy Cause, firm in Thy religion, and immovable in Thy love. Ordain for me through Thy Most Exalted Pen the good of this world and the world to come. Verily Thou art the Omnipotent over what Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08295 ===

=== START BH08296 ===

O handmaid of God! He is the Most Holy, the Most Great. Blessed is the nation that has heard the call of God and turned to Him - verily it is among the people of Paradise in the clear Book. The world has been honored by the call of My Name, the Self-Subsisting, yet the people remain behind a thick veil. How many learned ones have turned away from God, how many heroes have opposed Him, and how many veiled ones have believed in the One, the All-Informed! Verily all bounty is in the grasp of thy Lord’s power - to this testifies every insightful mystic. Ask thy Lord to grant thee the pure wine of steadfastness. By My life, it is among the greatest of deeds in My Preserved Tablet. Be thankful that thou hast been mentioned before the Countenance and hast attained this glorious Tablet. He sendeth down what He willeth to whom He willeth - there is no God but He, the Mighty, the Wise. Thus hath the Tongue spoken in the Kingdom of Utterance - verily He is the Speaker, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH08296 ===

=== START BH08297 ===

O Ustad Rida the Carpenter, upon him be the Glory of God - Request for prayer

He is the Hearer, the Answerer

Blessed art thou, O Rida, for thou hast held fast to thy craft. The craft of carpentry hath been practiced by those nigh unto God and His Messengers. Today the craftsman of a praiseworthy craft is loved in the sight of God and attaineth unto the glory of acceptance. Thy name was mentioned before the Wronged One, and there was revealed for thee that whose fragrance shall never cease to endure throughout the kingdom of God, the Lord of the worlds. Blessed is the soul that is engaged in a craft or profession. By the life of God! The practitioners of crafts have been and continue to be remembered before His countenance. Say: My God, my God! Praise be unto Thee for having remembered me when I was among the heedless. I beseech Thee by Thy Fig which was raised up in the Most Exalted Paradise, and by the Olive Tree which stood tall before the crimson chambers, and by Thy binding command which subdued the world, to assist me to remember Thee and praise Thee and to stand firm in Thy Cause. Verily Thou art the Almighty, the Powerful, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH08297 ===

=== START BH08298 ===

In the Name of God, the Most High, the Most Glorious! Blessed is he who hath believed in God and soared in the atmosphere of His good-pleasure and drunk from the cup of His eternity and heard His call with his inner and outer ear and turned wholly unto Him and turned away from all else and was illumined by His lights and stood firm in His love and spoke in His remembrance and was enkindled with the fire of His love and arose to serve His Cause amidst His servants and whom tribulations did not prevent from His path nor calamities from His good-pleasure. By God! He shall be present in My presence and shall circle round My majesty and shall soar with My Self in the atmosphere of My heavenly dominion and might and the cities of My grandeur and power. Thus hath it been inscribed by the Most Exalted Pen in this Fortress which hath been built of solid rock. Verily thy Lord is the Doer of what He willeth, and He is, verily, powerful over all things. And praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH08298 ===

=== START BH08299 ===

In accordance with your request, in the name of the All-Knowing God: The servants and handmaidens of the earth were brought from nothingness into being for the purpose of serving the Cause after recognizing the Sacred Being, and with lamentation and wailing they beseeched God, exalted be His glory, for attainment to the presence of the Day of Manifestation. Yet when the luminous horizon appeared and the divine Gate was opened, all turned away. Reflect upon this matter: Shaykh Muhammad Hasan Najafi, who was the most learned of Iran’s divines, was deprived of recognition of the Dawning Place of the verses of God, exalted be His glory, while the handmaidens of God - who were mentioned in no gathering and were considered by the heedless to be without station or rank - through God’s grace attained the light of recognition and reposed upon the throne of certitude. Give thanks to thy Lord for this great bounty, O my handmaiden! Be not heedless of this station, and preserve it through the Name of the Lord of all beings.

=== END BH08299 ===

=== START BH08301 ===

In the Name of the peerless Lord!

The fragrance of the All-Merciful’s garment is wafting, and the spring rain of divine grace is flowing and spreading. O friends! Strive with all your hearts that perchance ye may drink this heavenly Kawthar from the hand of divine favors, for it hath ever been and shall remain the quickener of hearts and the gladdener of souls. Whosoever attaineth unto it and drinketh a draught thereof is numbered among the people of eternity in the Kingdom of Names, and whosoever remaineth deprived thereof is accounted among the dead. Blessed is the soul that hath cleansed and freed itself from its own idle fancies and vain imaginings and hath turned toward the realm of certitude and the manifest horizon. Praise be to the Ancient Lord that thou hast attained to this supreme honor. Now must thou strive to remain steadfast upon the path of His Cause and to be free and detached from all else.

=== END BH08301 ===

=== START BH08302 ===

In the Name of the Beloved of the worlds!

The fragrance of the garment of Revelation hath perfumed the world, yet most of the people are afflicted with such a cold that they remain deprived of inhaling its sweet-scenting aroma. How many among men arose to oppose and contend at the time of the dawning of the Sun of Beauty, and were thus forbidden from the ocean of the All-Merciful’s mercy and the clouds of the All-Glorious One’s bounty. And certain handmaidens attained unto the recognition of the Lord of Names and fixed their gaze upon the most exalted horizon. I swear by the Sun of inner meanings that the mention of these handmaidens in the divine Tablets […] and shall endure forever, while those men shall become lost and perish and shall return to the lowest depths of the fire. Bounty and grace have ever been within God’s mighty grasp - He bestoweth them upon whomsoever He willeth. Rejoice thou in the Tablet of thy Lord and glorify the praise of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH08302 ===

=== START BH08303 ===

In the Name of Him at Whose fear the thunder trembleth! Know thou that the heedless drove Us from the land of mystery, seeking thereby to extinguish God’s light amidst all else. But God frustrateth what they desire, and the Youth hath gone forth with such radiance as hath illumined all lands, such that no city among the cities of all peoples remaineth wherein the traces of thy Lord, the Mighty, the All-Knowing, have not been diffused. Can anyone extinguish what the hand of thy Lord’s power hath kindled? No, by His very Self, the Truth! Soon shalt thou find the lights of the sun therein. Thus hath the matter been decreed by the Ordainer, the All-Knowing. Blessed art thou for having attained unto the recognition of thy Lord. Soon shalt thou find thy reward from the Rewarder, the All-Wise. Grieve not for what hath befallen Us, though afflictions assail Us in their fullness and intensity, and We find Ourselves in evident constraint. Yet We find Our soul in such joy as cannot be equaled by the gladness of all the worlds. And praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH08303 ===

=== START BH08304 ===

He is the Mighty One! Glorified be He Who hath ordained for His servant such tribulations as none in all the worlds hath been decreed. He hath passed judgment upon Us as hath not been passed in the empire of the highest heavens. Twenty years have elapsed, and We have not found a moment of security. Each day renewed tribulations have descended upon Us, and thou thyself art witness to what I say. Each time I raised my head from my bed in the morning, I beheld a fresh calamity, as though it had lain in wait through the night until I should arise. Such was ordained in the preserved Tablets of imperishable holiness. I thank Thee, O my God, for all of this with every truthful and mighty tongue. Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having made us the targets of Thy decree. Verily Thou art the Well-Beloved in all that Thou desirest. And the Spirit be upon Thee and upon whosoever remembereth this Lonely One in his remote exile.

=== END BH08304 ===

=== START BH08305 ===

Qa’in Karbala’i ’Abbas. In the name of our Lord, the Most High, the Most Exalted. Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses and made them a shining lamp! O people, illumine yourselves with its light and deprive not your souls of the lights of the Cause. Await ye at all times the grace and mercy of God, for His mercy hath ever preceded all creation. Know then, O servant, that those who have believed in God and His verses and have sought His presence - verily We shall raise up their spirits in the most beauteous form before the Throne at the time of their heedlessness thereof, for We have ever been powerful over all things. And We shall manifest unto them from the lights of Beauty and cause them to hear wondrous melodies and provide them with sublime fruits of knowledge. And thou, O servant, recognize thou the grace and mercy of God upon thee and upon those who have held fast to the mighty, unfailing handle.

=== END BH08305 ===

=== START BH08306 ===

Beloved One, glorified art Thou, O my God! This is Thy handmaiden whom Thou hast made to be owned within Thy dominion and whom Thou hast attributed to this servant of Thine. At this moment I testify before Thee, O my God, that the servant is naught but one owned by Thy Self, and Thou art none other than the Owner of Thy servant and the Sovereign over Thy creation. Whosoever claims otherwise is among the most wretched of servants in all lands. And verily her master, as people call him, is owned by Thy Self and is a servant before Thy Countenance. How befitting would it be for one who is owned to become an owner, or to become a master? Glorified art Thou, glorified art Thou, above what the servants attribute from one to another! I seek Thy forgiveness for what they imagine. Nay, all are Thy servants and within Thy grasp. Thou hast lifted up pride and lineage save for those who have entered the fortress of Thy Cause and the shadow of Thy providence. Thus hast Thou been powerful over Thy deed, and verily Thou art the Mighty, the Powerful, the Compelling.

=== END BH08306 ===

=== START BH08307 ===

He is God, the Mighty, the Most High!

Glorified art Thou, O my God! At this moment I desire to remember Thee with the remembrance of them that are sanctified, and praise Thee with the praise of them that are near unto Thee, though I know that whatsoever remembrance proceedeth from any save Thee will never reach unto Thee, nor ascend to the court of Thy eternal might, nor mount unto the heaven of Thy transcendent majesty. And though I know that none can praise Thee with praise wherewith Thou hast not praised Thyself aforetime, yet glorified, glorified art Thou above every unique remembrance and every beauteous praise! Send down Thy blessings upon the First Light that shone forth from Thy Essence, and gleamed from the Core of Thy Being, and beamed from the Sun of Thy Oneness, and radiated from the Moon of Thy creation, and upon them that have believed in Thee and in Thy signs and have done all that Thou lovest, for in Thy grasp is the kingdom of all things and Thou art, verily, powerful over all things.

=== END BH08307 ===

=== START BH08308 ===

CLXIX

Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! Abase not him Whom Thou hast exalted through the power of Thine everlasting sovereignty, and remove not far from Thee him whom Thou hast caused to enter the tabernacle of Thine eternity. Wilt thou cast away, O my God, him whom Thou hast overshadowed with Thy Lordship, and wilt Thou turn away from Thee, O my Desire, him to whom Thou hast been a refuge? Canst Thou degrade him whom Thou hast uplifted, or forget him whom Thou didst enable to remember Thee?

Glorified, immensely glorified art Thou! Thou art He who from everlasting hath been the King of the entire creation and its Prime Mover, and Thou wilt to everlasting remain the Lord of all created things and their Ordainer. Glorified art Thou, O my God! If Thou ceasest to be merciful unto Thy servants, who, then, will show mercy unto them; and if Thou refusest to succor Thy loved ones, who is there that can succor them?

Glorified, immeasurably glorified art Thou! Thou art adored in Thy truth, and Thee do we all, verily, worship; and Thou art manifest in Thy justice, and to Thee do we all, verily, bear witness. Thou art, in truth, beloved in Thy grace. No God is there but Thee, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH08308 ===

=== START BH08309 ===

Salman the Arab, he is the remaining one. Glorified art Thou, O my God, my Lord, my Hope, my Shelter, my Refuge, my Dwelling-place, my Abode, my Glory, my Abasement, then my Ease, my Hardship, then my Wealth and my Poverty! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thy sovereignty was exalted, Thy grandeur elevated, and Thy power raised above all who are in the heavens and the earth, to assist those who have recognized none but Thee, who have turned to none except Thee, and who have clung to none other than Thee. Verily, Thou art the Answerer of the distressed and the Helper of the poor. Then I beseech Thee, O my God, by the wonders of Thy names and the beauty of Thy attributes, to make this servant among those who tread no path except the path of Thy good-pleasure and who walk only in the footsteps of Thy contentment. Verily, Thou art the Fulfiller of the needs of the seekers, and Thou art powerful over all things.

=== END BH08309 ===

=== START BH08310 ===

In the Name of the Self-Subsisting, the All-Powerful! Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou art He Who created all contingent beings through a word from the Book of Thy Command, and brought forth all existing things through a drop from the cloud of Thy power. Thou hast ordained no cause for existence save itself, and decreed no attribute for being save its own essence, such that Thou hast placed within its rank no mention of aught else. And this is but a drop from the oceans of Thy Self-Subsistence and an outpouring from the rains of Thy sanctity, that the sovereignty of Thy power might be manifested in the kingdom of identities and the dominion of Thy might might shine forth in the realm of infinitude. And none knoweth how this is save him whom Thou hast acquainted with the repositories of Thy Oneness and the treasuries of Thine eternity. How then can such praise as this befit that Lord? Glorified, glorified art Thou! Thou art the All-Powerful, the All-Glorious, and I am the poor one possessed of poverty. And I am among those who remember Thee and the first of the worshippers. And send Thy blessings upon Him Whom all shall seek, the Essence of Identity, from God, the Lord of all the worlds.

=== END BH08310 ===

=== START BH08311 ===

O Karbila’i Baba of Zarqan! He is the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Glorious!

At the outset of speech, cast aside what is with men and take what hath come from God, the Lord of all worlds. By God! This is the Day whereon the Mother Book speaketh and the Balance proclaimeth among all possibilities: O peoples of all religions! The Promised One hath come and through Him the horizon of the world is illumined. Turn ye unto Him and be not of the heedless ones. This is the Day wherein that which lay hidden in God’s knowledge hath been revealed. Rejoice ye, then draw nigh unto Him with radiant faces. He, verily, is the All-Seeing, the All-Knowing. Blessed is the servant who hath turned to the Countenance, and woe betide them who have turned away from God, the Mighty, the Wise. Thus have We sent down the verses and dispatched them unto thee as a grace from Our presence, that thou mayest give thanks unto thy Lord, the Bestower, the Generous. The glory shining from the horizon of the heaven of thy Lord’s loving-kindness, the Lord of Names, rest upon those who have shattered the idols of vain imaginings and turned to the horizon of certitude.

=== END BH08311 ===

=== START BH08312 ===

O handmaid of God! He is the Ever-Abiding, the Everlasting, the Eternal. At all times doth the All-Merciful call out: “Unto Me, unto Me, O My servants! Unto Me, unto Me, O My handmaidens!” Blessed is the one who hath heard His call and was of those who advanced. Whoso hath acknowledged His oneness in this Revelation is assuredly among the most exalted of servants in a preserved tablet. They who have deprived themselves of this most great favor are truly counted among the dead. Blessed art thou, O My handmaiden, for having attained unto the recognition of God and turned toward Him while every remote idolater turned away. It behooveth thee to remain steadfast in such wise that the affairs of the heedless shall not perturb thee. Follow what We have enjoined upon thee in the Tablets, then turn away from those who follow the dictates of their own selves - these are assuredly among the most lost. Hold fast to the hem of thy Lord’s grace. Verily His mercy hath preceded all created things and His grace hath encompassed the worlds. Thus have We sent down the verses and dispatched them unto thee. He is verily the Forgiving, the Bountiful.

=== END BH08312 ===

=== START BH08313 ===

He is the One Who speaketh in the Kingdom of Utterance

The Truth hath come, yet the people remain behind a manifest veil. The Promise hath appeared, yet mankind abideth in strange delusion. The horizon of divine knowledge hath dawned with the Day-Star of certitude, yet most men remain heedless. They have cast aside that which is with God, clinging to that which they possess, and verily they are accounted among the most lost in the Book of God, the Lord of all worlds. We counsel thee and those who have believed to that whereby the Cause of God, the Mighty, the All-Praised, may be exalted. This is a Day in which the sweet savors of past ages have been wafted abroad. Blessed is he who hath turned towards it and discovered it; woe unto every heedless doubter. We beseech God to assist thee and reinforce thee with the hosts of the seen and the unseen, to draw thee nigh unto Him, and to aid thee to serve His binding, mighty and wondrous Cause. The glory from Us be upon the people of Baha who have not broken God’s covenant and His testament, who have turned with radiant faces toward the horizon of their Lord’s mercy, the All-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.

=== END BH08313 ===

=== START BH08314 ===

O Mulla ’Abdu’l-Asad!

In My Name, the All-Wise! The Ridvan has come, yet the All-Merciful is in manifest sorrow. We turned toward the garden while the banners of grief passed before My luminous countenance. Were it not for His mercy that preceded all else, He would have seized the world with but a single word from Him. Verily, He is the One who has power over whatsoever He willeth, and He is the Ruler over whatsoever He desireth.

O loved ones of the All-Merciful in all lands! Hold fast to the cord of your Lord’s loving-kindness and be not of the heedless. Beware lest the might and oppression of the people prevent you from God, the Lord of all worlds. Soon will God seize those who have acted unjustly and make them a lesson to all who are on earth. Verily, He is the All-Powerful, the Almighty.

Be grateful to thy Lord for what He hath sent down unto thee from His Most Great Prison - that through which the fragrance of utterance hath been wafted throughout all creation. Verily, thy Lord is the All-Forgiving, the Most Generous. From this station, We send Our greetings upon thee and upon those who have believed in the One, the All-Informed.

=== END BH08314 ===

=== START BH08315 ===

O Muhammad-Karim son of ‘Ata’, upon both of them be the Glory of God! He is the One Who warbleth upon the branches. The Day of Resurrection hath come, and in it the Self-Subsisting One of Names hath arisen with a sovereignty that encompasseth all who are in the heavens and on earth. When the trumpet was blown and the tombs arose, the people were shaken: among them were those who were bewildered, those who swooned away, and those who took wing in their longing for the appearance of God, the Lord of the worlds. Joy hath seized those who have perceived the fragrance of the garment, while sorrow hath overtaken every malicious sinner. Blessed is he who hath cast away what the people possess and hath taken the Book of God through His Name, the Protector, the Powerful. The face of the Wronged One hath turned toward thee from this place which hath been named the Most Great Prison by the Pen of God, the Single One, the All-Informed, that thou mayest rejoice and give thanks to Him at Whose remembrance all things have spoken forth wondrously. Thus have the rains of remembrance and knowledge been sent down from the clouds of thy Lord’s mercy. He, verily, is the Powerful, the Wise.

=== END BH08315 ===

=== START BH08316 ===

O Siyyid Hasan! He is the Ever-Abiding, the All-Knowing!

Sorrows have encompassed Us through what the hands of those who disbelieved in the All-Merciful have wrought - those who found not the fragrance of justice and perpetrated manifest tyranny. We have forsaken the community of a people who cast God behind their backs, turning instead to every remote oppressor. Did Husayn, My namesake, suffer loss through what befell him in My path, or did those who wronged him without any clear proof or manifest evidence? Blessed is the soul that hath been martyred in My path. By God! The denizens of the highest Paradise glory in that soul and circle round it, as ordained by One Who is All-Knowing, All-Wise. Say: O oppressor! Dost thou imagine that the world will endure for thee while perishing for others? Nay, by My life! Thou art in grievous error. We have adorned Our head with the crown of forbearance and Our temple with the armor of patience in this Straight Path. Be thou thankful unto God for having been mentioned before the Face and for this wondrous Tablet that hath been sent down unto thee.

=== END BH08316 ===

=== START BH08317 ===

O Mirza ’Abd!

He is the Expositor, the Mighty, the Powerful, the Great!

The vibration of the Word of God hath so seized all things that the leaves on the trees have been set in motion, yet the people understand not. We have adorned the heaven of utterance with the stars of Our Lord’s will, the Mighty, the Wise. Among the people are those who walk in perplexity and grief, and among them are those whom joy hath so seized that they have detached themselves from all things seen and unseen. They walk upon the earth with the dignity and tranquility of God, such that the hosts of those who have denied God, the Lord of the seen and unseen, cannot hinder them. Thy mention hath been made before the Wronged One while He was in this forbidden place, and He hath revealed for thee that whereby thy remembrance shall endure throughout the kingdom of earth and heaven. Be thou steadfast in the Cause, for the clamorer raiseth his clamor throughout the land. This is what We had previously informed the servants. Verily thy Lord is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH08317 ===

=== START BH08318 ===

The Most Holy, The Most Glorious

The call hath been raised from the prison-quarter of Him Who is the Lord of Names upon the luminous spot: There is none other God but Me, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting. Blessed is the countenance that hath been illumined by the lights of the face of its Lord, and the heart that hath been enlightened by this light which hath shone forth from the horizon of the Will of its Lord, the Mighty, the Loving. They who are veiled this Day - these have no mention in the Tablets save that they are dead servants. And they who have drunk the living waters - these are the people of Baha, and by them hath the Kingdom of eternity been adorned. Blessed are the people who know. Beware lest the affairs of creation veil thee from the Truth. Cast aside idle fancy and hold fast unto the Name of thy Lord, the All-Protecting over all that witness and are witnessed. Thus doth the Lord of all mankind teach thee whilst imprisoned in the prison of the enemies, that thou mayest rejoice in His remembrance and be of them that act. Verily the glory is for the people of glory, from One Who is All-Knowing, All-Informed.

=== END BH08318 ===

=== START BH08319 ===

He is the Herald in the world in the Name of the All-Merciful! The buzzing of flies hath risen high when the All-Bestower came with mighty sovereignty, and all who dwell in creation were shaken when the Most Exalted Word of God appeared in this manifest Temple. Say: O concourse of polytheists! Die in your wrath! By God, the Preserved Tablet and the Hidden Book have appeared, and He doth speak in the Most Great Prison: “There is none other God but Me, the Forgiving, the Generous.” The hosts of earth did not prevent Him, nor the might of those who were heedless of God’s Cause, the Lord of the worlds. He summoneth all to the supreme horizon and the uttermost abode. He, verily, is the Powerful, the Wise. The conditions of the world do not frustrate Him, nor the gathering of nations. By His sovereignty He doeth what He willeth. He, verily, is the Self-Sufficient, the Bountiful, the Mighty, the Powerful. When thou attainest unto the Tablet of God, give thanks to Him and say: “Praise be to Thee, O Lord of the mystics!”

=== END BH08319 ===

=== START BH08320 ===

The Most Ancient, the Most Great. We have sent unto thee a breath of holiness from this Garment which hath been crimsoned with the blood of Baha through that which the hands of the wicked have wrought, they who have disbelieved in God, the Revealer of verses. Blessed is he who hath inhaled its fragrance and turned unto it with his heart. He is, verily, of the righteous. The denizens of the Supreme Paradise make mention of him, and upon him do the angels and the Spirit shower their prayers, from the presence of the Mighty, the All-Bestowing. O servants of the All-Merciful! Hearken unto the call of God from this Quarter from which hath shone forth the Sun of certitude. Beware lest anything withhold you from God, the Creator of all possibilities. Leave those who have disbelieved to their vain disputations, and take firm hold of this Cord whereby all religions have been strengthened. They who have turned away, these are the companions of error, and they who have turned towards it, these are in a state of joy and delight. Ask ye God to aid you in His Cause and to ordain for you that which will gladden the hearts and solace the eyes.

=== END BH08320 ===

=== START BH08321 ===

In the Most Glorious Name! We sent down the Revealer of the Bayan to give glad tidings to all contingent beings of this Day wherein the Rock hath cried out: “The Kingdom belongeth unto God, the Almighty, the Self-Subsisting!” Yet when the horizon of the world was illumined and the Self-Subsisting appeared with My Most Great Name, they denied Him save those whom the hand of divine power rescued and numbered among such as have believed in God, the Lord of what was and what shall be. Say: O people of Baha! Rejoice in My manifestation, My dawning, and My sovereignty that hath encompassed all in the seen and unseen realms. Say: This is a Tablet that at times soars and at times circles round, moved by the attraction of the call of its Lord, the Mighty, the All-Forgiving. When thou dost witness and hear God’s call, arise and say: “Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having enabled me to gaze upon the horizon of Thy manifestation. I beseech Thee to make me steadfast in this Cause which hath caused hearts to lament.”

=== END BH08321 ===

=== START BH08322 ===

In His Name, the One Who rules over all names! We have wafted the fragrances of the verses to all directions. Among the people are those who were stirred and turned to God, the Lord of the worlds, and among them are those who clung to what they possessed, turning away from the One, the All-Informed. Say: The treasures of the world will not profit you today, nor will what you possess of idle fancies and images avail you. Cast aside vain imaginings in the name of the Lord of all beings and turn to God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. The Lord of the nations and Educator of the world has come. Fear God and be not of the heedless ones. Turn with your hearts to the Dawning-Place of grace and follow not those who have turned away from the Face when it shone forth from this manifest horizon. We have found from you the fragrance of the love of God. We have sent down to you this wondrous Tablet that you may thank your Lord at all times and remember Him among the servants with a remembrance befitting Our Name, the One Who rules over the worlds.

=== END BH08322 ===

=== START BH08323 ===

O Ali, upon him be the Glory of God, He is the Everlasting One

In His Name, the Self-Subsisting! We have manifested the Cause and sent down the verses, but the people, except those whom God, the Lord of what was and what shall be, has willed, denied them after their revelation. The world hath been honored by the appearance of the Most Great Name, yet the people remain veiled in manifest delusion. The Light walketh before the face, and the Spirit proclaimeth: The Day is come, and this is the Beloved of the worlds. How many a servant hath heard and turned away, and how many a servant hath hastened, turning toward the All-Informed One. We have commanded all to act with wisdom and with that which profiteth the servants in the days of God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy. When thou hearest My call and attainest unto My Tablet and My traces, render thanks unto God for having adorned thee with the ornament of His novel remembrance and honored thee with His days, and for having sent down for thee that which the treasures of the heavens and earth cannot equal.

=== END BH08323 ===

=== START BH08324 ===

He is the Speaker in the Kingdom of Utterance! We have sent down the verses and manifested the clear proofs, yet the people remain in evident error, save those who have detached themselves from vain imaginings and turned unto God, the Lord of the sincere ones. We have adorned the heaven of knowledge with the lights of argument and proof. Blessed is he who hath drawn nigh; woe unto every heedless and remote one. The eye of the world hath been gladdened by the appearance of the Ancient King, yet most of the people are among the heedless. Blessed art thou for having won the lights of the Throne and turned toward the Supreme Horizon in this radiant morn. Despair not of thy Lord’s grace. Act in accordance with what behooveth this Day wherein the All-Merciful hath come with mighty sovereignty. Thus have We sent down for thee that which shall gladden thine eyes and the eyes of those who have drawn nigh unto the Great Sea. Remember what thou hast heard and seen of the signs of thy Lord, that haply the people may turn unto God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH08324 ===

=== START BH08325 ===

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O handmaiden who hast clung to the Most Great, Most Holy, Most Ancient Branch [Ghusn], upon both of you be the Glory of God! We have sent down a Tablet at the Throne in thy name, and We have read it and answered thee through this clear Book. Verily thy Lord seeth thee and heareth what thou mentionest, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. Let not the affairs of the world grieve thee. Be thou steadfast in the Cause, then rejoice in My beauteous remembrance. Thou hast borne hardships in the path of God. Verily thy Lord is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. The glory of every glorious one shall not endure, nor the power of any powerful one, nor the might of any stubborn oppressor. What endureth is that which hath been sent down for thee from My holy and exalted dominion. Blessed art thou for having heard and turned to God when most men turned away from Him. This sufficeth thee, by the Lord of all worlds. Be thou assured through the grace of thy Lord, then remember Him throughout thy days. Verily He loveth His handmaidens who remember Him and His servants who remember Him.

=== END BH08325 ===

=== START BH08326 ===

HE IS THE MOST GREAT, THE MOST GLORIOUS

The spheres of the heaven of the world have been set in motion by this utterance which the Tongue of Grandeur hath spoken. The proof belongeth unto God, the Sovereign, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. This is He Whose proof is His verses and Whose manifestation is His evidence, would that ye might know. Say: This is He but for Whom no Divine Messenger would have been invested with the robe of prophethood, nor would any of the sacred scriptures have been revealed. To this bear witness all created things, though the hypocrites remain in manifest doubt. Give thanks, O thou who art mentioned before the Throne, for that which hath been revealed unto thee, whereby the fragrance of the divine garment hath been wafted throughout the world. Thy Lord is, verily, the Mighty, the Loving. Hold fast unto the Book of God and whatsoever hath been revealed therein, and leave those who have denied God when He came unto them in His Name, the Protector of all things seen and unseen. Thus hath the Pen spoken when it was between the fingers of the will of the Lord of eternity. He is, verily, the Protector of all in the realm of the visible and invisible.

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=== START BH08327 ===

O Abdullah! The Most Ancient of the Most Ancient hath advanced from among those who dwell in the Kingdom of Glory, even though He appeared later in manifestation. Verily, He is the Ever-Abiding, the Ancient of Days. He was first in the unseen and last in the visible realm, that the word might be fulfilled that He is the First and the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden, and that He encompasseth all things. Say: Were He to pronounce darkness to be light, or light to be darkness, none hath the right to object. Whoso objecteth or hesitateth is among the most lost. Say: Faith is to accept whatsoever hath flowed from the Pen of Revelation. Thus hath it been ordained by the Mighty, the Powerful. Say: O people! Look not upon your own conditions, but upon the condition of God, if ye be of them that know. Turn not to your own desires, but to that which the Purpose of the worlds hath desired. Thus hath the Supreme Pen spoken, that thou mayest rejoice within thyself and be of the thankful ones.

=== END BH08327 ===

=== START BH08328 ===

In His Name, the Manifest, the All-Knowing!

The fragrance of God hath wafted toward thee through this Tablet whereby every soul hath turned, every one that sat hath arisen, every sleeper hath awakened, every sluggard hath hastened, and every speechless one hath spoken. Verily, there is no God but Him, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Those who have attained today unto the tablets of their Lord and have held fast unto them are numbered among those nigh unto God, and through them their names shall be remembered throughout the duration of the kingdom and the heavenly realm. The Tongue of Grandeur beareth witness to this from this far-distant station. Those who were persecuted but did not persecute - these are of the people of Baha. Upon them rest My mercy which hath preceded all worlds. By the life of the All-Merciful! The contingent world shall pass away, but that which hath been ordained for whosoever hath turned with a pure and luminous heart toward the horizon of certitude shall endure. Thus hath the Dove warbled and the Divine Lote-Tree called out from this glorious station.

=== END BH08328 ===

=== START BH08329 ===

He is the Mighty! The decree hath come from God, the Powerful, the Mighty, the All-Knowing, for My departure from that land, and We are in great thanksgiving. And We departed in such glory as the eyes of them that are nigh unto God had never beheld the like. Thereupon did the eyes of the denizens of Paradise weep, and the dwellers of heaven and earth were thunderstruck. Say: In this are signs for them that are discerning and clear proofs for them that know. Thus do We impart unto thee what hath befallen Us through God’s decree, and this hath been inscribed by a holy and luminous Pen. And when thou hearest this, render thanks unto thy Lord and be not of them that grieve. Through this shall the standards of guidance be raised up, despite the will of the idolaters. Do thou remind the servants and fear no one, and be of them that place their trust in God. The Spirit and glory rest upon thee and upon the women who have believed in God, then upon His sincere servants.

=== END BH08329 ===

=== START BH08330 ===

He is the One manifest from the Most Glorious Horizon! The river of life has flowed through the contingent world. Blessed is he who has drunk thereof and given thanks to his Lord, the Bestower, the Generous. They who have turned away from the fragrance of the Robe in the days of God - these are they who have deprived themselves of His mercy and favors. To this My glorious Book bears witness. When darkness had encompassed all created things, We manifested Our Self, the Truth, as a token of grace from the Mighty, the All-Wise. Among the people are those who cling to darkness, and among them are those who have set their faces toward the Ultimate Goal and have attained the lights of their Lord’s countenance, the All-Informed. Say: O people of the earth, come forth and then judge fairly concerning the Cause of God, the Lord of the worlds. If you deny this Most Great Revelation, by what proof do you uphold that which you follow? Produce it, if you be truthful. Thus have We mentioned thee that thou mayest say: “Praise be unto Thee, O God of the worlds!” The splendor from God, the Goal of the mystics, rest upon the people of Baha.

=== END BH08330 ===

=== START BH08331 ===

The Letter Kaf in Sad is the Mighty One. Your letter hath come before Us and We have read it in the pavilion of holiness among the Concourse on high, and thereby hath God forgiven all that thy hands have wrought, that thou mayest be numbered among them that are steadfast. And We have answered thee with this holy, transcendent and luminous Tablet, that thou mayest be well-pleased with God, thy Lord, and remember Him with a refined heart. When thou hearest that the breezes of holiness have returned to the paradise of nearness, grieve not, but be patient within thyself, for the ultimate victory belongeth to the patient ones. The Cause of God shall be made manifest in truth, and thereupon shall the hearts of the hypocrites be troubled. Say: O company of the hateful ones! Rejoice not in what hath befallen the Bird, for God shall turn your joy to grief and your pleasure to sorrow. Thus hath it been inscribed upon the preserved tablets of holiness. And the Spirit be upon thee and upon those who have found rest in the seat of a mighty name.

=== END BH08331 ===

=== START BH08332 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great

Your letter, O Abraham who is related to Kalb-’Ali, has arrived and was presented by the servant who is present before the Wronged One, and We have answered you with this wondrous and mighty Tablet. Say: Glory be to Thee, O God of all beings and Master of all created things! I beseech Thee by the splendors of the lights of the Sun of Thy Manifestation and by the pearls of the ocean of Thy utterance, to make me in all conditions steadfast in Thy love, turned toward Thy horizon, and speaking in Thy remembrance. O my Lord! Write down for me, through Thy great favors, that which Thou hast written for Thy chosen ones who have spent all they possessed in Thy path. O my Lord! I am the poor, the helpless, the lowly, and Thou art the Powerful, the Generous, the Forgiving, the Bountiful. I beseech Thee, O God of Names, by the Most Great Word, to forgive me and absolve me of my offenses, and assist me in that which Thou lovest and approvest. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is no God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08332 ===

=== START BH08333 ===

He is the Most Great, the Most Glorious!

Your letter hath come before Our face, and We have answered you with that whereby your remembrance shall endure throughout the eternity of God, the Lord of the worlds. Blessed are ye for having turned towards the Most Glorious Horizon and believed in God, the Single One, the All-Informed. We have read the letter and have sent down these verses which are incomparable with whatsoever existeth in the heavens and earths. Ye must at all times render thanks unto the Best-Beloved of the worlds, that He hath enabled you to turn towards Him and aided you to mention and praise Him. How many souls are today veiled from the Truth and deprived of this most exalted station! Praise be to God that ye have attained thereunto and have drunk from the sealed wine. At all times beseech ye God for steadfastness. Verily He ordaineth for you whatsoever ye have desired from Him and guardeth you from those who have denied God, the Mighty, the Wise.

=== END BH08333 ===

=== START BH08334 ===

Muhammad-Qabil-Baqir, upon him be the Glory of God 152

He is the Glorious, the Most Glorious

In the Name of God, the Most Great, the Most Glorious

Thy letter hath been presented before the Throne and We have taken note of its contents. We shall ordain for thee that which shall profit thee. Verily thy Lord is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Thus have We ordained for thee in the Tablet an exalted station. By My life! If thou didst know, thou wouldst soar with longing and be detached from all the worlds. Blessed is he who hath found the fragrance of the garment and turned unto God, the Mighty, the Wise. Guard thou thy station, then recite the verses of thy Lord whereby the hearts of the sincere ones are attracted. Let nothing grieve thee. Be thou steadfast in the love of thy Lord, then make mention of Him amongst His servants. He maketh mention of thee in His hallowed Kingdom, the Mighty, the Inaccessible. Blessed art thou for having attained unto the recognition of thy Lord in His days and believed in Him after His servants who were created by His transcendent, mighty and wondrous command denied Him.

=== END BH08334 ===

=== START BH08335 ===

TABLET TO MIR ’ALLAM OF BAKU

He is the One Who calleth betwixt earth and heaven! That which thou didst send hath been received, and the servant present before the Wronged One hath presented it. We have heard it and respond to thee through this perspicuous Tablet. Say: Glory be unto Thee, O Thou before Whom the learned have confessed their powerlessness to soar into the atmosphere of Thy knowledge, and the mystics have acknowledged their inability to befittingly praise Thee! I beseech Thee by the Dawning-Place of Thy Revelation, and the Dayspring of Thy Most Great Signs, and the Manifestation of Thy Most Exalted Attributes, to make me in all conditions steadfast in Thy love. O my Lord! I am he who hath turned to Thy most exalted horizon when he heard Thy sweetest call. I beseech Thee not to disappoint me of that which is with Thee and which Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen ones through the hands of Thy Command. Verily Thou art He Whom the conditions of the world cannot frustrate, nor can the clamor of the nations prevent Thee. Thou doest what Thou willest through Thy power and ordainest what Thou pleasest through Thy will. There is none other God but Thee, the Almighty, the All-Conquering, the All-Powerful, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08335 ===

=== START BH08336 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Great. He hath released the garment of the body from prison, and renewed the spirit with the adorning of remembrance. Take heed, O ye who are endowed with insight! Say: Tribulation is an ornament of the Glory in the path of God, the Lord of Names. Know this, O ye who are endowed with vision! Do the threats of monarchs frighten Him? Nay, by the Lord of all religions! The more tribulation increased, the more did the Glory increase in the love of God, the Cleaver of the Dawn. Blessed is he who hath lit the lamp of the heart with the oil of remembrance of the name of his Lord, the Mighty, the Bestower. By My life! The heart of the Glory rejoiceth in what hath befallen Him of tribulation in the love of God, the Creator of earth and heaven. This beseemeth every seeker who hath turned to the Dawning-Place of lights. Arise to remember thy Lord and say: By God! The veils have been rent asunder and the All-Bountiful hath come, riding upon the clouds. May the Glory rest upon thee and upon every steadfast believer.

=== END BH08336 ===

=== START BH08337 ===

He is the Witness, the Hearer, the All-Knowing!

We have seen thy turning unto Us, and We have turned unto thee, and We have heard thy call and have called unto thee from behind the Most Great Ocean at the Spot wherein was raised the shrill voice of My Most Exalted Pen, that thou mayest give thanks unto thy Lord, the Beneficent. Say: Glory be unto Thee, O Thou through Whose Name the hearts of the Messengers soared in the atmosphere of Thy love and the hearts of them who are nigh unto Thee turned toward the horizon of Thy glory! I beseech Thee to ordain for me from the wonders of Thy grace that which will profit me in Thy worlds. O my Lord! I have turned unto Thee and have placed my trust in Thee. I implore Thee by Thy greatness and Thy sovereignty and Thy might and Thy power not to deprive me of that which Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen ones and Thy trusted ones. Verily Thou art He Whom the conditions of creation cannot frustrate, nor can the might of those who have denied Thy Self and turned away from Thy sacred Cause, the Mighty, the Wondrous. May the Glory rest upon thee and upon thy brother and upon those who have believed in the One, the All-Informed.

=== END BH08337 ===

=== START BH08338 ===

He is the Ever-Abiding, the All-Sufficing

O Shaykh ’Abdu’llah! The banner of generosity hath been raised upon [the heights]. To this beareth witness My Pen and My inscribed Tablet. Know thou the value of My days. By God! Eyes have not witnessed their like, nor have minds comprehended their parallel. To this beareth witness the Lord of Eternity and, beyond Him, My preserved Book. We have, with the hands of power, unsealed the choice sealed wine of immortality - drink thou of it in My Name, the All-Powerful. We have sent down from the heaven of divine knowledge the rains of utterance. Blessed is he who hath drawn nigh and attained, and woe unto them that turn aside! They read the verses yet deny Him Who revealed them. They are assuredly among the companions of the fire. Thus doth the Pen move when the Tongue of Eternity speaketh. He, verily, is the Single One, the All-Knowing. From this Most Great Station We send greetings unto those who have turned towards God, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. He prayeth for them, and beyond Him the dwellers of Paradise and they who circle round My mighty Throne.

=== END BH08338 ===

=== START BH08339 ===

In the Name of Him Who abideth after the passing of all things! We have adorned the books of heaven with this Book which hath shone forth from the sun of the Revelation of thy Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. We have made it a lamp of guidance amongst creation and the Most Great Sign for all who are in the heavens and on earth. Blessed is he who draweth nigh unto it and taketh hold of it with the hand of might and power. He is indeed among the most exalted of beings in this noble scene. O Most Exalted Pen! Make mention of My sister’s daughter who hath been named after her, then gladden her with this wondrous remembrance that she may rejoice within herself and thank her Lord Who hath caused all things to speak in praise of His Self, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. Thou art one of the leaves of the Tree of the Command. Hold fast unto it lest the winds of doubts cause thee to fall or the signs of the wayward move thee. Rejoice thou in the Most Great Name, then prostrate thyself and be thou submissive before God, the Lord of all worlds. Thus have We sent down the verses unto thee as a grace from Our presence. Verily thy Lord is the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH08339 ===

=== START BH08340 ===

O Husayn! He is the One manifest and dominant over all names. We have heard your call and have answered you, for We are the Answerer. We have seen your turning to Us and have turned to you, for We are the All-Seeing. God willing, may you be blessed by divine grace and act according to what has descended from the heaven of God’s will in His Book. Verily He makes mention of you and of him who spoke on your behalf. Be thankful and be among those who are firm. Strive that you may act as befits the days of God. He makes mention of you and those who have believed, and makes mention of him who was named Nasru’llah. Verily your Lord is the All-Mentioning, the All-Informed. God willing, may all attain to what is recorded and inscribed in God’s Book. Be not grieved at anything, but put your trust in God, the Lord of all worlds. We make mention of your handmaiden whom you mentioned in your letter, and give her the glad tidings of My remembrance, My grace and My mercy which have preceded all worlds.

=== END BH08340 ===

=== START BH08341 ===

He is the Interpreter, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise

We have heard your call and witnessed your turning to the Most Exalted Horizon, and We have answered you with that which has diffused the fragrance of God throughout the kingdom of creation. Glorify thy Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Be thou steadfast in the Cause through His Name, the Guardian over the worlds. Verily, We make mention of everyone who has turned towards the Countenance and give him glad-tidings of that which is ordained for him in the Kingdom of God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy. O Ali! Hearken unto the call from the precincts of My Most Great Prison - verily there is no God but Him, the Mighty, the Great. Hold fast unto the cord of God and the handle of His Cause that He may protect thee from those who have denied the Day of Judgment. Be thou so firm in the love of God that the croaking of every accursed satan shall not prevent thee. Verily, He inspires His loved ones as He inspired in the ancient centuries. Shun it and place thy trust in the All-Forgiving, the Most Generous.

=== END BH08341 ===

=== START BH08343 ===

O Ghulam-Rida, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the All-Seeing Witness. The Book hath testified that there is none other God but Him, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. The verses have testified that there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Loving. The gate of heaven hath been opened, and the angels and the Spirit have descended, yet the people see not. The hidden treasure hath appeared, yet the people understand not. We have heard thy call and have remembered thee in this Sealed Tablet, and have aided thee to turn towards God, and have sent unto thee that which draweth hearts unto itself. Rejoice thou in My remembrance of thee, and place thy trust in the Truth, the Knower of things unseen. Be thou in such wise that neither the veils of the world shall withhold thee, nor the doubts of them that have disbelieved in God, the Lord of all kings. Thus hath the Tongue of Grandeur spoken in this spot which God hath made the point round which circle both the seen and the unseen.

=== END BH08343 ===

=== START BH08344 ===

I will analyze this Tablet revealed by Baha’u’llah for Aqa ’Ali-A?ghar of Sar-Chah.

O ’Ali-A?ghar - upon him be the Glory of God - He is the Manifest, the Speaker, the Witnessed One. My Most Exalted Pen hath testified that there is none other God but Him, and the Tongue hath testified in its Most Glorious Station that the Promise hath been fulfilled and the Promised One hath come with manifest sovereignty. All things have testified to that which the Lord of Names hath testified, yet most of the people remain heedless. They hear the verses and deny them, and they behold the lights of the Countenance yet conceal them, having followed every doubting learned one. How many learned ones have veiled themselves, and how many ignorant ones have turned to God, the Lord of all worlds! Say: Glory be to Thee, O Thou through Whom the Dove of the Cause hath warbled upon the branches, and through Whose Name the religions have been raised up! I beseech Thee to make me steadfast in Thy Cause in such wise that neither the doubts of the learned nor the allusions of the mystics shall keep me back. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the Forgiving, the Bountiful.

=== END BH08344 ===

=== START BH08345 ===

O Ali-Basmi of Zarqan of Karbila! The books have testified to the Book of God, the Lord of all worlds. All things have testified to the Day of God, but the people are heedless. Verily, he who turned away has said that which none in the world has ever said - to this every just and discerning one bears witness. O people of the earth! We desire for you naught save that which draws you nigh unto the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Say: Whether ye acknowledge or deny, verily He hath come and speaketh: “There is no God but I, the Manifest, the Speaking, the All-Knowing.” Say: By God! The tongue was created for this Day and sight for this noble vision. O thou who art mentioned! Say: O people! By God, that which was never manifest in creation hath appeared. Fear ye God and be not of the wrongdoers. If they hear, it shall be to their benefit, and if they turn away, verily thy Lord is the Self-Sufficient, the All-Bountiful. The glory be upon thee and upon whoso hath turned toward the Mighty, the Beautiful.

=== END BH08345 ===

=== START BH08346 ===

He is the One Who standeth through His own Name, the Self-Subsisting! The Bell hath pealed out in the name of the Lord of Paradise, and the Law hath come from God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. He, verily, is the One promised in the Torah and mentioned in the Qur’an and the Gospel. He hath promised all peoples the Most Great Law, and He hath appeared in truth with a manifest balance. Among the people are those who have accepted Him through a power from Us, and among them are those who have cast Him away, following their own imaginings. Say: Beware lest ye deprive yourselves of this most great favor. Turn unto Him, and be not of the fearful. He, verily, is the sanctuary of peace for all who are in the heavens and on earth, and the dawning-place of bounty for every small one and great. Behold ye the Dayspring of Revelation and hold fast unto that which hath been sent down from God, the Lord of all worlds. Read ye the verses of God by night and by day; verily they will draw you unto a glorious station.

=== END BH08346 ===

=== START BH08348 ===

Muhammad-Baqir of Fath-Abad

O Thou All-Wise! Such tyranny hath appeared that the pens are powerless to recount it. Justice hath lamented on account of it, and darkness hath enveloped all creatures save those whom God, the Lord of all men, hath willed otherwise. Through it the teeth of ruin have been bared, and prosperity hath wept throughout the nights and days. That which hath befallen the trustees of God hath caused the hearts of the righteous to be consumed. Those who claim to have faith have risen up to wage war against the All-Merciful, imagining themselves to be adherents of the Qur’an. Say: The Qur’an disavoweth you, and all religions lament because of your tyranny. Thus doth My Pen recount and My heart bewail, yet the people remain heedless and astray. I beseech God to assist thee to serve His Cause and to ordain for thee that which will draw thee to the most exalted station. Glory be upon thee and upon thy wife who hath believed in God, the Lord of Lords.

=== END BH08348 ===

=== START BH08349 ===

In the Name of the Mighty, the All-Bestowing! The decree of God which was inscribed by the Finger of Power in His hidden Book hath been revealed. This is the Day whereon the Mother Book speaketh, yet the people understand not. They have cast behind their backs the Ocean of Knowledge, hastening unto every rejected ignorant one. They behold the Kawthar of Revelation before their faces, yet turn away therefrom. Blessed is he who hath rent asunder the veils in the name of his Lord, the Lord of all kings, and woe unto him who hath cast the Book of God behind his back, clinging to the desires of those who have turned away from God on His promised Day. Thy mention hath been made before the Wronged One, and these verses have been revealed for thee which speak forth in the world: “The Creator of the heavens hath come with manifest sovereignty.” Take thou the Tablet with the power bestowed by Us, then recite it in the presence of those who have drawn nigh, who have arisen and declared: “God is our Lord and the Lord of all who have been adorned with the garment of existence.”

=== END BH08349 ===

=== START BH08350 ===

In My Name, the Most Holy, the Most Glorious

The Book of Dawn hath appeared, wherein hath been inscribed by the Supreme Pen: “Sovereignty belongeth unto the Lord of all mankind.” Verily, He proclaimeth: “There is none other God but He, the Almighty, the All-Powerful.” God hath sent down the Books for this Day, and dispatched the Messengers for this blessed and wondrous Cause. We have manifested the Cause concerning which the world hath been powerless to make mention, save him who hath come with a clear authority. Say: Verily, He is the One Who hath appeared, and He is the One Who hath come with the truth, with a sovereignty that hath subdued all who are in the heavens and on earth. He is, verily, the Mighty, the All-Knowing. We make mention, at all times, of them that are in the realm of possibility, purely for the sake of God, the Lord of all worlds. Thus have We sent unto thee oceans of inner meanings, that thou mayest drink therefrom in My Name, the Mighty, the Inaccessible. When thou hast attained and visited, say: “Praise be unto Thee, O God of all who are in the heavens and earths!”

=== END BH08350 ===

=== START BH08351 ===

The Most Ancient, Most Great, Most Bountiful! The gate of heaven hath been opened in the name of thy Lord, the Most Glorious, and there hath come forth from it He Who hath proclaimed unto mankind this Message whereby the trees have been set ablaze and the seas have overflowed. They that have turned unto Him have attained unto all good, and they that have turned away are verily among those who have gone astray. Had men recognized the excellence of this Day, they would have cast blame behind their backs, turning unto God, the Lord of all mankind. Say: O people! Associate not partners with God. He hath borne witness unto His Own Self by His Own Self that there is none other God but Him, the Single, the One, the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting. Turn ye unto the Qiblih of all existence, and follow not every idolatrous infidel. He desireth for you naught save that which profiteth you in this world and in the world to come. Seize ye the time, O ye that are endued with insight! Thus hath the horizon of Remembrance shone forth with the sun of the utterance of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Bestower.

=== END BH08351 ===

=== START BH08352 ===

The Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Glorious

The gate of meeting hath been opened and the Dayspring of Names proclaimeth: Enter ye with illumined hearts, O people of insight! The ocean of attainment hath surged and the Dayspring of Beauty calleth: Drink ye, O concourse of loved ones! My most exalted Paradise and the Ridvan have appeared, saying: Enter ye therein with peace and tranquility! The Kingdom of Utterance hath stirred in the days of the All-Merciful, and the Spirit proclaimeth: Behold, O people of clear vision! The Call hath been raised from the direction of Sinai, and the Lord of Names proclaimeth: Hearken, O concourse of companions! The horizon of Revelation hath been illumined by the lights of the Countenance, and the Bird of the Throne calleth out: Turn ye towards it, O people of understanding! Thus hath the Dove warbled on this darksome night, as a grace from His presence upon thee. Verily thy Lord is the Mighty, the Bestower. Grieve thou not at anything, but put thy trust in God. Verily He aideth whom He willeth, and He, verily, is the All-Knowing, the Helper.

=== END BH08352 ===

=== START BH08354 ===

He is the All-Witnessing, the All-Informed

We were seated upon the mountain when the servant in attendance appeared with the names of My loved ones, and We revealed for each one of them that which God hath made to be the Water of Life for all who dwell in the realm of possibility, and the Lamp of the Cause for the followers of all religions. Blessed is he who hath seen with clear vision, and blessed is the thirsty one who hath drunk in His Name, the Self-Subsisting. O ’Abdu’l-’Ali! The Lord of the world maketh mention of thee upon this most great mountain. Be thou grateful and say: “Praise be unto Thee, O Thou Who art the Lord of the invisible and the visible! I testify that Thou hast appeared and hast manifested that whereby every seated one hath arisen, every blind one hath seen, every tongueless one hath spoken, every prostrate one hath stirred, and every soul that hath turned unto Him hath been drawn forth on this promised Day.” Take hold of God’s Tablet with a power from Him and cleave unto that which will elevate thy station before God, the Lord of existence. Verily, He heareth and seeth, and He is the Truth, the Knower of the unseen.

=== END BH08354 ===

=== START BH08355 ===

He is the One with power over whatsoever He willeth! The horizon of bounty hath dawned, yet the peoples have turned away therefrom, having followed every carved idol. The call hath been raised from the most exalted horizon: “Verily, there is none other God but Me, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.” The evidence hath appeared and the cry hath gone forth and the Tongue of Grandeur hath spoken amongst creation: “The appointed time hath come and the Promised One hath appeared.” The Kingdom circleth round the Throne, yet most of the people understand not. The ocean surgeth and the fragrance wafteth - blessed is he who hath drunk and found, and woe unto every heedless one who is rejected. Take hold of the hem of grace and say: “O my God! I beseech Thee by the Source of Thy signs and the Dawning-Place of Thy clear tokens to make me steadfast in Thy love and firm in Thy remembrance and praise. Verily Thou art the One with power over whatsoever Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the Beloved.”

=== END BH08355 ===

=== START BH08356 ===

He is the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting!

Months and years have passed while the Ancient Beauty was in manifest imprisonment. We accepted sorrows for the joy of all created things, and hardship for the ease of the worlds. When the Cause appeared and the horizon of Revelation became illumined, the people arose in opposition: some violated the veil of sanctity, some denied God, the Lord of the sincere ones, some declared the verses to be his own fabrication, and some pronounced judgment against their Revealer. Thus did the hosts of the heedless assail the Wronged One. We found the fragrance of thy love and have remembered thee in this wondrous Tablet that thou mayest drink therefrom the choice wine of thy Lord’s love and make mention of Him among His slumbering servants, that they may make good what hath escaped them in the days of God and draw nigh unto this mighty ocean. Thus have We lit the lamp of utterance in the niche of creation. Blessed is he who hath been illumined by its light, and woe unto them that remain far distant.

=== END BH08356 ===

=== START BH08357 ===

He is the Single, the One, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy

The Book hath been sent down in truth - verily it is a revelation from One Who is All-Knowing, All-Informed. Whoso acknowledgeth it hath acknowledged all the Books of God, the Supreme, the Most High, the Most Great. And whoso denieth it hath denied all the Scriptures and whatsoever hath been revealed from the heaven of divine revelation by One Who is Mighty, Trustworthy. Blessed is he who hath attained unto confession of faith when the Chosen One came with sovereignty and power. Woe unto the proud! Rejoice, O concourse of creation, in the manifestation of the All-Merciful, and be not of them that hesitate. They who have attained unto the verses of God and His recognition - these are they who are numbered among the guided ones in a mighty tablet. And they who have turned away or hesitated - these are among the most lost. Give thanks unto God for having remembered thy name before the Throne and revealed unto thee that which hath enraptured the hearts of the sincere ones.

=== END BH08357 ===

=== START BH08358 ===

In the Name of Him Who rules over all who are in the heavens and on earth! The Book hath been sent down and the All-Bountiful hath come, yet the people remain behind a manifest veil. The Trumpet hath been sounded when the Dawning-Place of Revelation appeared, but the people are in grievous dissension, save those who have quaffed the choice wine of the Bayan in the name of the All-Merciful and have cast the world behind them, turning unto God, the Single, the All-Informed. The laws have been ordained when the ocean of utterance surged through this Name that ruleth over the worlds, and the Way hath appeared when the Guide came. Blessed is he who hath turned, and woe unto them that have turned aside! They who turned away from God and the Manifestation of His Cause have lost, while he who turned to this resplendent Dawn hath gained. Blessed is he who hath been awakened by the breeze of God and hath arisen to aid His Cause on this wondrous Day. We make mention of thee in truth, that thou mayest mention thy Lord amongst His slumbering servants.

=== END BH08358 ===

=== START BH08359 ===

O Muhammad-Rida! He is sanctified from all that hath been and shall be! The verses were sent down when the signs appeared and the Spirit speaketh between the world and giveth glad-tidings unto the nations of the Most Great Name, whereby all who are in the heavens and earth were illumined. Blessed is the ignorant one who hath turned toward the horizon of the Cause, and woe unto the learned one who hath turned away from God, the Lord of the worlds. He who hath recognized God and the Dawning-Place of His Cause is accounted among the learned ones, though he be the most ignorant of men; and he who hath turned away is reckoned among the ignorant, though he produce all the knowledge of the first and the last. Thus doth My Most Exalted Pen remind thee that thou mayest remember thy Lord with manifest humility. Beware lest anything sadden thee or the veils of those who have cast guidance behind their backs and followed the desires of every heedless and remote one prevent thee. Verily the glory be upon the people of Baha who have held fast unto the Crimson Ark and drawn nigh unto God, the One, the All-Informed.

=== END BH08359 ===

=== START BH08360 ===

He is the One manifest through His Name, the All-Compelling over all names. Every stone and clod hath spoken that which the Book hath spoken, yet the people remain in doubt and dissension. When the Call was raised, they turned away and clung to their own idle fancies and vain imaginings. The ocean of divine knowledge hath surged in the days of their Lord, the Most Merciful, yet they turned away from it and advanced toward every doubting idolater. The Path crieth out in My Name, and heaven lamenteth for what hath befallen Us through that which the hands of the wicked have wrought. O thou who gazeth upon the Face! Hearken unto the call of the Wronged One, then remember what hath befallen Him from those who disbelieved in the Lord of Lords. Among the people are those who said: “He hath repudiated the divines.” Say: “Yea, by My Lord! I, in very truth, was the One Who abolished the idols!” Thus hath the fragrance of musk been wafted from this ink which hath flowed from My chosen Pen.

=== END BH08360 ===

=== START BH08361 ===

In My Name which abideth forever! The Tongue of Morning hath spoken: There is none other God besides Me, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. All things bear witness that there is none other God besides Me, the Almighty, the Powerful. When the Light appeared and the Lord of Manifestation came, the people turned away from Him save whom God, the Lord of the worlds, willed. The intoxication of forbidden things seized them in such wise that they forsook the Purpose and clung to one who was in manifest error. Say: O people! Abandon what ye possess and turn toward the Most Exalted Horizon, if ye be of them that know. This is a Day wherein the Most Exalted Pen proclaimeth: Hearken, and be not of the heedless ones. Thus have We sent down the verses and dispatched them unto thee that thou mayest be of the thankful ones. When thou hast attained unto My Book and been attracted by My Call, make mention of My servants and My creation that they may turn unto My countenance and recognize that which lay within the treasury of their Lord’s wisdom, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH08361 ===

=== START BH08362 ===

He is the One, the Eternal! The breezes of opposition from those who walk upon the shifting sands of heedlessness and negligence have wafted over the meadows of thy bountiful Lord, that what was recorded in the Tablets might be fulfilled. Say: The Youth hath grown so intimate with tribulations even as infants are intimate with their mothers’ breasts. Whenever tribulations and trials touch Him, His love for God, the Mighty, the Trusted, the Knower of the seen and unseen, increaseth. Grieve not that I have become a captive in the hands of the enemies and that My family are prisoners in the land of falsehood. The Youth shall soon appear with the adornment of the All-Merciful amidst all existence. He shall be recognized by those who knew Him not, and shall be seen by those who saw Him not. On that day the heedless shall lament while the sincere shall rejoice. Blessed is he who is steadfast today and aideth his Lord and spreadeth His verses among His servants. He is indeed of the people of Baha in the Kingdom of eternity, and the Concourse on High shall assist him. Thus hath it been sent down from the heaven of God, the Exalted, the Great.

=== END BH08362 ===

=== START BH08363 ===

XLIII

O God, Who art the Author of all Manifestations, the Source of all Sources, the Fountain-Head of all Revelations, and the Well-Spring of all Lights! I testify that by Thy Name the heaven of understanding hath been adorned, and the ocean of utterance hath surged, and the dispensations of Thy providence have been promulgated unto the followers of all religions.

I beseech Thee so to enrich me as to dispense with all save Thee, and be made independent of any one except Thyself. Rain down, then, upon me out of the clouds of Thy bounty that which shall profit me in every world of Thy worlds. Assist me, then, through Thy strengthening grace, so to serve Thy Cause amidst Thy servants that I may show forth what will cause me to be remembered as long as Thine own kingdom endureth and Thy dominion will last.

This is Thy servant, O my Lord, who with his whole being hath turned unto the horizon of Thy bounty, and the ocean of Thy grace, and the heaven of Thy gifts. Do with me then as becometh Thy majesty, and Thy glory, and Thy bounteousness, and Thy grace.

Thou, in truth, art the God of strength and power, Who art meet to answer them that pray Thee. There is no God save Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08363 ===

=== START BH08364 ===

O Samandar, upon him be the Glory of God! He is God, the Ever-Abiding, the Everlasting, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise! Say: O my God! I have committed my affairs unto Thee and have entrusted the reins of all matters into the grasp of Thy Will and the right hand of Thy Purpose. Thou knowest, O my God, that I have turned to Thee, detached from all else but Thee, until I attained Thy presence and beheld Thy Beauty and partook of the cup of reunion through Thy grace and favors. I beseech Thee not to withhold from me this bounty, and to ordain for me in my physical separation from Thy presence that which Thou didst ordain for me when I stood before Thee and appeared before the throne of Thy grandeur. O my God! I am he who hath taken Thee as his Guardian by Thy leave and Thy will, and verily Thou art the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful. O Samandar! We have forgiven thy sister as a token of Our grace, and in this hour the favors of thy Lord and those outpourings of which none is aware save His All-Knowing Self have encompassed her.

=== END BH08364 ===

=== START BH08366 ===

He is the All-Commanding, the All-Wise! Say: My God, my God! I testify to Thy oneness and Thy singleness, and I acknowledge that which Thou hast sent down in Thy Book. I beseech Thee by Thy Name, the Manifest, the Hidden, to assist me to act according to that which Thou hast commanded me therein. O my Lord! Thou seest me turning unto Thee and confessing Thy grandeur and Thy sovereignty. I beseech Thee by the pearls of the ocean of Thy mercy and the dawning lights of the sun of Thy grace to assist me in Thy remembrance and praise among Thy servants with the wisdom which Thou hast sent down in Thy Scriptures and Thy Tablets. I furthermore beseech Thee by the power of Thy Word and the sovereignty of Thy Will and the all-encompassing nature of Thy Purpose to forgive me through Thy bounty and generosity and to ordain for me that which will make me steadfast in Thy Cause and firm in Thy love. Thou art He Whom the contingencies of the world cannot frustrate, nor can the might of the nations weaken. Thou doest what Thou willest through Thy sovereignty. There is none other God but Thee, the Single, the One, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08366 ===

=== START BH08367 ===

In the Name of Him through Whom the Sun of Utterance has dawned forth from the horizon of contingent being!

Say: O my God, my God! I am Thy servant and the son of Thy servant. I bear witness to that which the tongue of Thy utterance hath testified in the heaven of Thy knowledge, and to that which Thou hast sent down in Thy Books and Thy Scriptures and Thy Tablets. I have turned toward Thee in Thy days and have desired the wonders of Thy grace and the traces of Thy Pen. I beseech Thee by the suns of the heavens of Thy gifts and favors, and by the pearls hidden in the sea of Thy knowledge and wisdom, to ordain for me that which will solace mine eyes, gladden my heart and dilate my breast. O Lord! Change my weakness into strength through Thy power, and my agitation into tranquility through Thy assurance, in such wise that the mutterings of the oppressors and the clamoring of the deniers may not hold me back. Then I beseech Thee by the lights of Thy countenance to ordain for me what Thou hast ordained for Thy trusted ones and Thy chosen ones. Verily, Thou art the One Who hath power over whatsoever Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the Single, the One, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH08367 ===

=== START BH08368 ===

He is the One Who speaks the truth. Say: My God, my God! Praise be to Thee for having given me to drink, from the cup of Thy bounty, the living waters of Thy utterance, and for having made me to know the Dawning-Place of Thy verses and the Source of Thy clear tokens - He from Whose Pen has flowed the water of life throughout all creation. I beseech Thee by the mysteries of Thy Book and the lights of the horizon of Thy Revelation to make me steadfast in Thy Cause, firm in Thy love, clinging to the cord of Thy grace, and arising to serve Thy Cause. Then ordain for me, O my God, that which will draw me nigh unto Thee and that which befits the ocean of Thy generosity and the heaven of Thy bounty. Verily Thou art the Munificent, the Generous. I beseech Thee to make me detached from all else but Thee and soaring in the atmosphere of Thy love in such wise that the hosts of kings and rulers will not hinder me. O Lord! Aid them to turn unto Thee and to exalt Thy Word and make manifest Thy Cause. Verily Thou art the Powerful, the Commander, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08368 ===

=== START BH08369 ===

Say: O My loved ones and My chosen ones! Hearken unto the call of this Prisoner Who is confined in this Most Great Prison. Should you find anyone who showeth the least sign of aversion, turn away from him and shun his company. This is what We have enjoined upon you in all the Tablets, and to this do all things bear witness, both from the unseen realm and from the visible world, and beyond them the Beauty of matchless glory. For they are the manifestations of Satan in this day. By God the True One! The name of God floweth not from their tongues except to turn the servants of the All-Merciful away from the shore of resplendent glory. Beware, O loved ones of God! Draw not nigh unto these people, nor associate with them in any place. Hold fast unto the cord of God, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the All-Knowing. Sanctify your souls from the love of aught else but God, then detach yourselves from those who follow naught but the paths of the deluded ones.

=== END BH08369 ===

=== START BH08370 ===

He is the One Who is manifested to all who are in the heavens and on earth! Say: Glory be to Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by the ocean of Thy knowledge, and the heaven of Thy bounty, and the sun of Thy bestowals, to make me in all conditions one who looks unto Thee and speaks forth Thy praise. Then assist me to serve Thy Cause in Thy days. O Lord! I have turned toward the horizon of Thy favors and have clung to the hem of Thy grace. I beseech Thee not to leave me to myself, nor to deprive me of the Kawthar of Thy recognition and the Salsabil of Thy knowledge. Verily Thou art the One Who hath power over whatsoever Thou willest. The circumstances of the oppressors cannot prevent Thee, nor can the hints of those who have disbelieved in Thy Self render Thee powerless. There is no God but Thee, the Powerful, the Forgiving, the Generous. O Lord! Ordain for me that which will benefit me in every world of Thy worlds. Then immerse me in the ocean of Thy good-pleasure. I testify that Thou art verily the Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08370 ===

=== START BH08371 ===

O Sheikh Abu’l-Qasim, He Who dawns from the horizon of the world! Say: Glory be to Thee, O God of the nations and the One manifest through the Most Great Name! I beseech Thee by the ocean of Thy Will and the heaven of Thy grace and the penetrating power of Thy decree to assist me in that which Thou hast commanded me in Thy Book. O my Lord! I am he who was sleeping when the hand of Thy loving-kindness awakened me, and was heedless when Thy most sweet call, which was raised between earth and heaven, roused me. I beseech Thee by the grace which hath encompassed me and all who are in the kingdom of earth and heaven to make me in all conditions turned toward Thee, directing myself to the horizon of Thy bounty, speaking Thy praise and beholding the manifestations of Thy handiwork and the evidences of Thy might. O my Lord! Illumine the eye of my heart with the light of Thy knowledge and my outward eye with the vision of the signs of Thine oneness. Verily Thou art the Powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08371 ===

=== START BH08372 ===

Here’s my translation of this prayer:

Say: Glory be to Thee, O my God, my Lord, my Support, my Beloved, and my Heart’s Desire! My outward and inward tongue both testify that Thou hast ever been One God, Single, Sole, Self-Subsisting, and wilt ever continue to be even as Thou hast been. There is no God but Thee, the Mighty, the Dominant, the Powerful, the Omnipotent. O my Lord! Thou seest me turning toward the gate of Thy grace, hoping for the wonders of Thy bounty and generosity. I beseech Thee by the Name through which the tribes were shaken and earthquakes appeared, through which the heaven was cleft asunder and the mountains were moved, to ordain for me that which Thou lovest and with which Thou art well-pleased. I implore Thee to make me detached from my own will and desire, abiding in Thy will, acting according to Thy desire, and hoping for that which Thou lovest. And I beseech Thee by Thy all-encompassing favor and Thine ancient bounty to ordain for me that which is best in Thy sight. Verily, Thou art God, the Giving, the Bountiful.

=== END BH08372 ===

=== START BH08373 ===

Say: The Book of God hath appeared and His proof hath come, and His beauty hath dawned, and His light hath shone forth, and His evidence hath been perfected, and His balance hath been set up, and His countenance hath become manifest, and His splendor hath been revealed, and His face hath been illumined between the heavens and the earth. And verily He is possessed of mighty sovereignty. His is the command and the creation. He quickeneth whom He willeth and causeth to die whom He willeth, and manifesteth whom He willeth through a sovereignty of might transcendent and a dominion of ancient and bountiful holiness. Glorified be He Who sendeth down the verses in truth as He sent them down before and before that, and verily He doth encompass all the worlds. And He shall manifest the Cause as He willeth through His grace, even as He manifested it before and before that, and verily He hath power over a mighty and wondrous sovereignty and a dominion of transcendent glory. Thus do We cast upon all created things the verses of Divine unity.

=== END BH08373 ===

=== START BH08374 ===

O Mirza Muhammad-Rida, upon him be the Glory of God!

In the Name of Him Who shineth from the horizon of the world!

Say: Praise be unto Thee, O God of all beings and Educator of all created things, for having caused me to hear Thy most sweet call and shown me the surging waves of the ocean of Thy utterance, O Lord of all men, and guided me to Thy straight path, and illumined my heart with the light of Thy mighty announcement whereby the limbs of the polytheists who denied Thy manifestation and broke Thy covenant and disputed Thy signs were made to tremble. O my Lord! I am Thy servant, acknowledging Thy oneness and singleness and that which Thou hast sent down in Thy Book. I beseech Thee by the lights of Thy countenance and the mysteries of the ocean of Thy knowledge to confirm me in such steadfastness as shall not be prevented by the doubts of the learned nor the signs of the divines nor the power of rulers. Verily Thou art the Almighty Whom the happenings of the world cannot weaken, nor the clamor of the nations. There is none other God but Thee, the Strong, the Dominant, the Powerful.

=== END BH08374 ===

=== START BH08375 ===

In honor of His Excellency Abdul-Ahad. He is the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious.

Say: O God of existence and Lord of the seen and unseen! I beseech Thee by the Sun of the heaven of Thy knowledge, and the Ark of the sea of Thy wisdom, and the breezes of the paradise of Thy loving-kindness, to ordain for Thy loved ones that which befitteth Thy generosity and bounty. O Lord! I am he who hath fled from his own self, turning unto Thy Self, and detaching himself from his own will, clinging to Thy Will. I beseech Thee by the Word through which earth and heaven were revolutionized to inscribe for me by Thy Pen that which shall profit me in every world of Thy worlds. O Lord! I am he who hath hastened to the pavilions of Thy grandeur and the canopy of Thy mercy, and have turned toward Thee after Thy creatures turned away, and have sought from Thy grace that which shall make me steadfast in Thy love. Thou art He Whom no limitations can confine and no armies can prevent. Thou givest and withholdest, and Thou art indeed the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH08375 ===

=== START BH08376 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory, the Most Great, the Most Glorious

Say: O my God and the God of all names, my Creator and the Creator of the heavens! I beseech Thee by the Name through which all things were humbled and the Ark of loving-kindness sailed upon the sea of grandeur, and through which the waves of the ocean of Thy knowledge appeared among Thy creatures and the lights of the Sun of Thy wisdom shone forth from the horizon of Thy will, to make me one of those whom the clamor of the people hath not prevented from turning unto Thee, O Lord of creation! My Lord! Thou seest this weak one who hath clung to the cord of Thy power and raised his hands in supplication toward the heaven of Thy bounty and grace. O my Lord! Deny him not the fragrances of Thy verses and that which Thou hast ordained for Thy trusted ones who have arisen to serve Thy Cause and who have spoken in Thy praise and glorification. Verily, Thou art the One Who hath power over whatsoever Thou willest, and through Thy Name was raised the standard of “He doeth what He willeth.” There is none other God but Thee, the Forgiving, the Bountiful.

=== END BH08376 ===

=== START BH08377 ===

O Muhammad Hasan Bey! He is sanctified above mention and utterance! Say: O my God and the God of creation, my Beloved and the Beloved of all who are in the heavens and on earth! I beseech Thee by Thy Branches whom Thou hast made the Daysprings of the lights of Thy countenance, to assist me to love Thee and to gain Thy good-pleasure, and to remember and praise Thee in such wise that the clamor of Thy creatures and the hints of those who have disbelieved in Thee and Thy signs may not silence me. Glory be unto Thee! O Thou in Whose grasp are the reins of the affairs of the world! I beseech Thee to inscribe me among those who have turned unto Thee and cast behind their backs all vain imaginings, directing their hearts to the court of Thy gifts, and whom the rapture of Thy utterance hath so seized that they have detached themselves from all else but Thee. Verily Thou art the Almighty from Whose knowledge nothing escapeth and Whose decree nothing can frustrate. Thou art God, the Powerful, the All-Willing, the Mighty, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08377 ===

=== START BH08378 ===

He is the One speaking from the Most Great Prison

Say: O Lord of destiny and Sovereign of humanity! I beseech Thee by the Most Great Scene - the station wherein every hidden matter was revealed more swiftly than the twinkling of an eye - to make me one of those who have attained unto the Kawthar of Thy utterance and have drunk the choice wine of steadfastness from the hands of Thy bounty. O my Lord! Thou art He through Whose Name all things have spoken, and through Whose Manifestation the Cause was revealed in the kingdom of creation. All things have testified to Thy sublimity and power, Thy transcendence and authority. Do with me, O my God, as befitteth Thy generosity and grace. Then write down for me by Thy Most Exalted Pen that which befitteth Thy days, O Lord of the Throne and the dust, Sovereign of the hereafter and of former times. Then assist me in that whereby my remembrance shall endure through the permanence of Thy celestial and earthly dominion. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Powerful.

=== END BH08378 ===

=== START BH08379 ===

In the Name of the Merciful Lord

The Most Exalted Pen in the hours of nights and days counsels with loving advice all who are on earth, yet all remain heedless save those whom thy Lord willeth. Not every soul hath been or shall be worthy of the Kawthar of inner meanings and receptive to the choice wine of divine love, as is evident when, despite the dawning of the Sun of bounty from the horizon of the world, most remain veiled from it. O people of Baha! By the Lord of Names I swear, a station hath been ordained for you the like of which no one hath understood or shall understand. This station requireth guardians and protectors, and these have been and shall ever be goodly deeds and virtuous character. Say: O friends! Know ye the value of the days of the All-Merciful and act according to that which ye have been commanded in the Book. Verily, He is the Protector of them that act and the Guardian of the sincere ones. Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH08379 ===

=== START BH08380 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great. The Supreme Pen states in the Hidden Words: The people of knowledge and insight strived for years but attained not unto the presence of the All-Glorious, and ran for ages but reached not the meeting with the All-Beauteous. Yet thou, without any effort, hast achieved the goal, and without any search hast obtained the object of thy quest. And after all these stations and ranks, thou didst remain so veiled by the veils of self that thine eye beheld not the beauty of the Friend, nor did thy hand touch the hem of the Beloved. Now observe ye how great would be the reward and recompense ordained by God for one who would rend asunder these veils through the power of His Name. Today the people are seen to be blind and deaf, save the soul who, through the breezes of the grace of the Dawn of Manifestation, lifted its head from the couch of heedlessness and turned toward the supreme horizon. Verily, such a one is of the people of this glorious station.

=== END BH08380 ===

=== START BH08381 ===

In the Name of the All-Knowing, the All-Seeing! The Most Exalted Pen proclaims: Whatsoever was recorded and hidden in all the divine Books concerning the Divine Manifestation has in this Day become manifest and evident. No excuse remains for anyone, unless they speak from the promptings of idle fancy. This is the Day wherein all things have turned towards the Lord of Names, save such souls as have been prevented from the Straight Path by the drunkenness of the wine of vainglory. Should anyone observe with the eye of insight in the Books of old, they would witness that which hath been sent down from God shining forth in this Day from the horizon of the Prison. Blessed is the soul that hath attained unto the fragrances of these days and hath turned unto the Truth.

=== END BH08381 ===

=== START BH08382 ===

He Who is named after the Desired One is manifest and visible. The Most Exalted Pen proclaims: Thy turning to the Kaaba of the Divine Purpose hath been accepted, and the reward of attainment unto His presence hath been inscribed in thy letter. I say in truth, thy reward for not entering the Most Holy Court without permission and for returning with the consent of the Beloved is greater than the reward of those who entered without permission and attained His presence. Verily thy Lord is the Most Great Rewarder. Praise the Sovereign of existence, Who from the ocean of bounty and grace accepted thy deed and revealed and sent down this Tablet especially for thee, which maketh manifest that which God hath willed, that thou mayest with complete joy be occupied with the remembrance of the Lord of all beings. Say: His is the praise and the favor, and His is the bounty and the majesty. There is none other God but He, the Forgiving, the Bountiful.

=== END BH08382 ===

=== START BH08383 ===

The Supreme Pen, in the name of the Lord of the Kingdom, makes mention of one of the handmaidens, that she may voice the praise of the Ancient Lord with supreme joy and greatest delight. Most of the queens of the world who were engaged in the remembrance of God during the nights and days, and were awaiting the days of the Manifestation - when the dawn of the Day of God broke forth, all were observed to be veiled and deprived, while thou didst attain thereunto. I swear by the Sun of utterance which shineth from the horizon of the prison, should a soul sacrifice his life a hundred thousand times in the path of the Friend, verily it would be seen as non-existent and as naught compared to this most great bounty. Rejoice thou in this bounty. Verily thy Lord is the All-Bountiful, the Generous.

=== END BH08383 ===

=== START BH08384 ===

I will translate and analyze the prayer written in Persian/Arabic.

He is God, blessed and exalted!

Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I bear witness to Thy power and Thy majesty and Thy sovereignty, and that Thou art God and there is none other God but Thee. From everlasting Thou hast been sanctified beyond the comprehension and understanding of all beings, and the birds of the hearts of them that are nigh unto Thee and of the sincere ones have never soared into the atmosphere of Thy knowledge. Thou shalt ever be as Thou hast been from time immemorial. There is none other God but Thee, the Self-Sufficient, the Most Exalted.

O Lord! I beseech Thee by Thyself and by Thy Prophets and Thy Messengers through whom Thy commandments and Thy laws were manifested, and by Him through Whom Thou didst raise the standard of unity among Thy servants and the banner of remembrance and praise amidst Thy creation, to aid me in that which Thou lovest and art pleased with. Verily Thou art the Lord of all mankind and the Ruler of the kingdoms of earth and heaven. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Merciful, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH08384 ===

=== START BH08385 ===

He is the Ever-Abiding, the Everlasting, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise! The Book of God, in the form of man, proclaimeth throughout all creation: O peoples of the earth! The All-Merciful hath come with sovereignty and power. Fear ye God, and abandon that which ye possess. Take hold of that which ye are commanded by God, the Almighty, the Powerful, the Bestower. The books of the learned profit you not, nor do your ancient tales. Cast them behind you and hold fast unto this Book. Reflect, then consider the generations of old and what they wrought in their vain life. God seized them for their sins. He, verily, is the Mighty, the Compelling. Beware lest the affairs of the world withhold you from the Lord of all names. Thus doth the Most Exalted Pen counsel you from God, the Revealer of verses. We have inhaled the fragrance of thy love and beheld thee turning toward God, and We have remembered thee in this Tablet whereby the horizons have been illumined. Take it with the hand of power, then recite it by night and by day.

=== END BH08385 ===

=== START BH08386 ===

O handmaiden of God, Hajar, upon her be the Glory of God, He is the Protector, the Self-Subsisting! The Book of God today calleth out amongst the servants and commandeth all to that which behoveth the days of God. However, one who heareth and acteth is as rare as red sulfur - existing in name but in truth non-existent and lost. O my handmaiden! The Day is the Day of God. Beseech thou the True One in the nights and days that He may guide and direct the handmaidens of the earth to the highest horizon. Blessed is the heart that is sanctified from the conditions of the world and its ornaments, and blessed is the tongue that is purified from falsehood and that which beseemeth it not. The All-Compelling One hath appeared after the Qa’im and is seated upon the throne of the Bayan. Blessed is the handmaiden who hath recognized and attained and witnessed that which God hath witnessed. She is, with God, the Lord of all beings, among the people of Paradise.

=== END BH08386 ===

=== START BH08387 ===

To Mirza Muhammad-’Ali, upon him be the Most Holy, Most Exalted, Most Great, the All-Knowing Glory of God - We have sent down this Book in truth that those who have believed in God, the Lord of the worlds, may rejoice through it. Blessed is he who holdeth fast to Our Most Holy Book and followeth that which hath been sent down therein from the presence of One Who is All-Knowing, All-Informed. Those who have cast the ordinances of God behind their backs - these shall have no portion of this mighty grace. Say: We desire naught from it save your turning unto God and your drawing nigh unto the exalted station. Rejoice thou in that thy name hath been mentioned before the Throne and this perspicuous Book hath been revealed unto thee. Ask thou God to lift the veils that have fallen over the faces of the servants and to make them recognize the Dawning-Place of His Cause Who speaketh in the world: “There is none other God but Him, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.” We love those who have turned towards the Countenance and We make mention of them with that which shall cause their names to endure in the Kingdom of their Lord, the Mighty, the Bountiful.

=== END BH08387 ===

=== START BH08388 ===

O Muhammad-Ibrahim, upon him be the glory of God! In My Name, through which the Ark of the Bayan was set in motion. This is a Book sent down by the All-Merciful to whomsoever is on earth. Verily He is the One with power over whatsoever He pleaseth. He giveth and withholdeth, and He is the Single One, the All-Informed. O thou who hast turned thy face towards the Countenance! Thy mention hath come before Us. We have remembered thee and, beholding thy turning unto Us, We have turned unto thee as a token of Our grace. Verily thy Lord is the All-Forgiving, the All-Merciful. By the life of God! All the deeds of the world and all the morals of the nations cannot equal one word from Him. To this testifieth every fair-minded and clear-sighted one. He hath appeared and made manifest His Cause for the sake of God. Among the people are those who have cast aside vain imaginings, turning unto Him, and among them are those who have returned to the lowest of the low. Say: He calleth all in the evening and at sunrise, and at dawn and at eventide. Blessed is he who hath heard and responded, and woe unto the heedless ones.

=== END BH08388 ===

=== START BH08389 ===

He is the Most Great, the Most Glorious

A Book sent down by the All-Merciful in the Garden to him who hath attained unto the days of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise, and who hath turned toward the Supreme Horizon when the wretched among His servants turned away from it - they who cast the ordinance of God behind their backs and accepted the rule of every remote transgressor. O thou who drinkest the choice wine of My loving-kindness! Observe My servants: they have turned away from the Dayspring of My countenance and the Dawning-Place of My verses, and have followed him who hath cited My words which We sent down aforetime unto Muhammad, the Apostle of God, and who hath arisen in opposition in such wise as hath caused all things to lament, and beyond them the denizens of Paradise in this glorious station. Grieve thou not. Rather give thanks unto God for having revealed unto thee that which delighteth the eyes and causeth the hearts of them that are nigh to soar. Glory be upon thee and upon all who have turned toward this luminous Horizon.

=== END BH08389 ===

=== START BH08390 ===

He is the Dawning-Place from the horizon of the Kingdom of Utterance! This is a Book which the All-Merciful hath sent down in days wherein the raven hath croaked, and the snouts of swine have been raised, and the barking of dogs hath been heard, by reason of that which the hands of the oppressors have wrought. The Wronged One hath stood before all faces and summoned all unto God, the One, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Among the people are those who have turned away, and those who have denied, and those who have unjustly pronounced His death-sentence, whereat every discerning soul hath lamented. By God! Neither the denial of the divines, nor the turning away of the doctors of law, nor the might of princes hath deterred Us, and of this doth the Book that is with Him bear witness. When thou hearest the scratching of My Pen and perceivest the fragrance of Mine utterance, say: Praise be unto Thee, O Lord of the Kingdom and Sovereign of the Realm of Might, for having remembered me in Thy Most Great Prison. I beseech Thee to assist me to be steadfast in Thy Most Great Cause and Thy Mighty Announcement.

=== END BH08390 ===

=== START BH08391 ===

Muhammad Ja’far, who hath appeared from the horizon of proof! This is a Book which the All-Merciful hath sent down for him who desireth to turn unto the Countenance when he heard the cooing of the Nightingale upon the branches. Blessed is he who hath cast away the people and their vain imaginings and hath turned with a luminous heart unto the Dawning-Place of certitude. Hold fast unto that which thy Lord hath commanded thee in His Book, and leave those who have denied the Beginning and the Return. Beware lest the affairs of men veil thee from the Truth. Leave them to themselves, then turn with thy heart unto God, the Lord of lords. Verily He heareth the call of every rememberer and seeth the deed of every doer. Nothing whatsoever escapeth His knowledge, to this the Tongue of Grandeur beareth witness, and behind it all atoms. Blessed is he who hath heard the Call and hath answered his Lord, the Self-Sufficient, the Most High. Thus have We sent unto thee that which shall gladden thy heart and whereby those possessed of understanding may remember.

=== END BH08391 ===

=== START BH08392 ===

In His Name, Who is sanctified above mention and utterance!

This is a Book sent down by the All-Merciful unto him who hath believed in God when He came with the truth with such sovereignty that the foundations of the earth trembled thereat, and behind them every contumacious doubter. Verily He hath appeared with the truth and hath manifested that which lay hidden in the knowledge of God, the Lord of all worlds. Blessed is the servant whom the veils of the world have not withheld and who hath held fast unto the Most Great Name, through which the horizon of eternity was illumined and the Sun of bounty shone forth from the heaven of the loving-kindness of God, the Lord of this mighty Day. Thus hath My Most Exalted Pen moved as a token of God’s grace, He the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. The glory from Us be upon thee and upon those who have heard the Call and responded unto their Lord, the Kind, the Bountiful.

[In the margin of the above Tablet there appears a partially illegible note which appears to be from the scribe indicating inability to read the rest of the Tablet]

=== END BH08392 ===

=== START BH08393 ===

HE IS THE ONE MANIFEST FROM THE HORIZON OF THE CAUSE

This is a Book which the All-Merciful hath sent down unto him who hath believed in God, the Revealer of verses, that the attraction of his Lord’s call may seize him and bring him to the station of nearness and holiness and glory. Blessed is he who hath on this day attained unto the hearing of his Lord’s call and hath answered Him in such wise as to cause them endowed with understanding to be enraptured thereby. Blessed is the hearer who hath on this day won victory through the call of the Self-Subsisting, and blessed is the seer who hath turned unto the Dayspring of lights. Thy mention hath been made before the Wronged One, and there hath been sent down for thee this Book whereby the kingdom and the dominion have proclaimed: The kingdom belongeth unto God, the Almighty, the All-Bestowing. Know thou this most exalted station, then preserve it in the name of thy Lord, the Possessor of the Final End. Say: O my Lord! I beseech Thee to preserve me from the arrows of idle fancies and vain imaginings, then cause me to drink from the Kawthar of certitude by Thy bounteous hand, O Thou in Whose grasp lieth the kingdom of the realms of earth and heaven.

=== END BH08393 ===

=== START BH08394 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great

This is a Book which the All-Merciful hath sent down to all who are in the realm of possibility, that the fragrances of utterance might be diffused between the heavens and the earth. He, verily, hath power over whatsoever He willeth, through His Name, the Almighty. How many a speaker to whom the decree of silence applieth, how many a learned one who is judged ignorant, and how many an ignorant one who hath drunk from the ocean of knowledge in the name of his Lord, the All-Forgiving, the Most Generous. Hold fast to the cord of thy Lord’s generosity and cling to His luminous hem. We counsel thee and those who have believed in that whereby the Cause of God shall be uplifted amongst His heedless servants. Blessed is he who holdeth fast to righteousness and restraineth his soul from desire. The Lord of all beings and the Creator of the throne on high and of earth below doth testify that he is of the people of Baha in a preserved Tablet. Thus hath the Tongue of Grandeur spoken, that thou mayest read and be of them that are firmly rooted.

=== END BH08394 ===

=== START BH08395 ===

O Mirza Badi’! He is the Most High, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise! This is a Book which the All-Merciful hath sent down for all who are in the realm of possibility, that it may draw all to God, the Lord of all worlds. Whoso believeth in it hath believed in all the Books of God, and whoso turneth away from it is accounted among the deniers. Say: This is He, one word of Whose Book cannot be equaled by all that was revealed aforetime. To this hath testified He Who announced unto the servants My advent and spoke of My Name, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. How many a soul, upon hearing the Call, hath turned to the Most Exalted Horizon, and how many a soul hath turned away and followed every envious opponent. When thou attainest unto thy Lord’s Book, read it with joy and fragrance. Verily it will draw thee to God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy. Then thank Him for having caused thy name to flow from His Most Exalted Pen. This indeed is a great bounty - recognize it and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Thou the Beloved of the worlds!

=== END BH08395 ===

=== START BH08396 ===

O Aqa Jan! He is the One dawning from the horizon of utterance! This is the Book which the All-Merciful hath sent down for all who are in the realm of possibility. Verily it is the Kawthar of life for those who have turned toward the Supreme Horizon and have acknowledged that which the Lord of all beings hath acknowledged. These are the servants whom God hath described in the Scrolls and Tablets. Blessed is every one who hath turned toward Him, whom the veils of the people have not deterred, and who is strong, having rent asunder the veils of those who disbelieved in God, the Lord of lords. Be thou grateful to God for having turned toward thee the face of the Wronged One and mentioned thee in such wise that thy mention shall endure throughout centuries and ages. O My loved ones! We counsel you to fear God and to manifest supreme steadfastness in this Cause whereby souls have been perturbed and idols have lamented. Should the evil whisperer come unto you with the scroll of the wicked, leave it behind you and speak forth that whereby the luminary of proof shineth resplendent throughout all creation. Thus hath the Wronged One spoken that thou mayest rejoice and render thanks unto thy Lord, the Possessor of all names.

=== END BH08396 ===

=== START BH08397 ===

O Abbas! Upon thee be the Glory of God! In My Name, the Warbler upon the Branches! This is a Book which the All-Merciful hath sent down to all who are in the realm of possibility. Therein hath He guided all unto His straight Path. Verily it is the Kawthar of Life to them that thirst, and a healing to every ailing servant. Verily it is the Table sent down from heaven to all created things, and the Lamp of the Command to the dwellers of earth. Blessed is the servant who hath recognized and arisen to serve the Cause of God, and woe unto them that hesitate! Say: This is the Day of the Bayan, were ye of them that hear, and this is the Day wherein the Herald proclaimeth from every direction that which lay hidden in God’s knowledge. Rejoice, O people, and be not of them that turn away! Thus hath been sent down from the Pen of the Bayan that which every discerning soul will find redolent with the fragrance of God, the Mighty, the Wise. Hold thou fast unto My Tablet and recite it before myriads of them that are nigh. Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds!

=== END BH08397 ===

=== START BH08398 ===

In the Name of the Most Merciful! This is a Book sent down by the Ancient One to him who hath believed in God, the Single, the All-Knowing, that he may rejoice in the remembrance of God and be numbered among those who have attained. How many a servant hath heard the Call and turned away, following every ignorant remote one. O ’Ayn! Hearken thou unto the Call of Husayn. Verily, He remembereth thee even as He remembered thee before, as a bounty from His presence. He, verily, is the All-Bountiful, the Generous. Thy letter hath arrived and the servant present hath read it. Verily thy Lord is the Hearing, the Answering. Rejoice thou in My turning toward thee and My remembrance of thee, and say: O God of all existence! I beseech Thee by Thy patience and Thy forbearance to render me confirmed in Thy remembrance and Thy praise. Thou art He Who, O my God, hath made me to know Thy Manifestation, caused me to hear Thy Call, and taught me to turn toward Thy horizon. There is no God but Thee, the Powerful, the Exalted, the Bestowing, the Forgiving, the Merciful.

=== END BH08398 ===

=== START BH08399 ===

In the Name of the Manifest, the Hidden

This is a Book sent down by the Self-Subsisting to whoever has cast away vain imaginings, turning unto God, the Lord of what was and what shall be. Blessed is he who has drunk the choice wine of certitude from the hand of the bounty of his Lord, the Most Merciful, and has turned away from those who follow idle fancies. Blessed is the soul that has attained unto the days of its Lord. Woe unto every heedless and veiled one! Say: Where is the might of those who entered therein, and where is their power and dominion, and where their wealth and glory and grandeur? They have returned to dust, alone, solitary, fearful, helpless, abject, humbled. Thus do We set forth the verses and make mention of that which shall be remembered by honored servants. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having enabled me to recognize the Dawning-Place of Thy Revelation and to act according to what Thou hast commanded me in a preserved Tablet. The splendor shining forth from the horizon of the tender mercies of the Most Merciful be upon those who have drunk the choice wine of certitude in the name of their Lord, the Possessor of existence.

=== END BH08399 ===

=== START BH08400 ===

O Ali-Qabli-Akbar, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the Compassionate, the Forgiving, the Bountiful! This is a Book sent down by the Wronged One in the prison of Akka to him who hath turned unto the Dawning-Place of Revelation and believed in God, the Single, the All-Knowing. O Ali-Qabli-Akbar! Hear the Call from the Most Exalted Horizon - verily it guideth thee and draweth thee and bringeth thee nigh unto the Dayspring of God’s Cause, the Lord of all worlds. When thou hearest My call, turn thy face toward My direction and say: “My God, my God! I beseech Thee by the blood of Thy lovers which was shed in the land of Ya, and by their patience and steadfastness and submission and contentment, and by the mysteries of Thy Book and the fragrances of Thy verses, to ordain for me that which will preserve me through Thy hosts and guard me by Thy sovereignty. O my Lord! Thou seest me turning unto Thee and detached from all else but Thee. I beseech Thee to open before my face the doors of Thy mercy and Thy bounty. Verily Thou art the Almighty, the Glorious, the All-Bountiful.”

=== END BH08400 ===

=== START BH08402 ===

He is the Hearer from His Most Exalted Horizon

This is a Book sent down by the Mother Book in this praiseworthy station, wherein is mentioned he who hath turned unto God, the Lord of existence. Blessed is the servant who is attracted by the verses of God, the Mighty, the Loving. When thou hast drunk the choice wine of revelation from the hand of My bounty and hast attained unto My traces, say:

My God, my God! Thy separation hath brought me to nothingness and my deeds have kept me far from Thee in Thy days. I beseech Thee by Thy Cause through which the fragrance of Thy mercy was wafted throughout creation, and by Thy loving-kindness whereby the ocean of forgiveness surged before the faces of all peoples, that Thou forgive me and those who have believed in Thee and in Thy verses. O my Lord! Thou seest me detached from all else but Thee, turning unto the horizon of Thy manifestation. I beseech Thee not to disappoint me through Thy grace and favors. Verily Thou art the One with power over whatsoever Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH08402 ===

=== START BH08403 ===

He is the Mighty, the Beautiful

Your letter was noted and spiritual melodies from the mystic nightingale were heard. The people’s turning away from God and their attachment to vain desires is evident and manifest. To whatever extent they can maintain outward appearances, it is permissible and acceptable. That is, if it is possible to return home in utmost joy and fragrance, that would be best. Otherwise, let not grief enter your noble being, and be exceedingly happy that you have migrated to God and journeyed unto Him. To abandon life and seek solitude with the Beloved in the realm of placelessness is the way of those near to God and the manner of the detached ones. In love, if my blood is spilled according to love’s law, I have not betrayed - rather I have kept faith when I fulfilled my pledge. The law of love has another decree. And the Spirit be upon you and upon all who are with you.

=== END BH08403 ===

=== START BH08404 ===

He is the One sanctified from all names

O Mirza Yusuf, upon him be the Glory of God! A gracious Book hath been sent down from the presence of God, the Lord of the worlds. Verily it guideth the servants to the most exalted Paradise and leadeth them to His straight Path. Blessed art thou, inasmuch as thy letter hath come before Us and We have heard from it that which the Tongue of Grandeur had previously uttered. Verily thy Lord is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. Say: Glory be unto Thee, O Thou by Whose Name all things were subdued and by Whose Will the names were transformed! I beseech Thee by the penetrating power of Thy might and the manifestation of Thine authority, to protect me from the venom of Thine enemies and the sting of the wicked ones among Thy servants. O my Lord! Thou seest me clinging unto Thee, turning unto Thee, and placing my trust in Thee. Preserve me, then, through Thy grace and favors, and ordain for me from Thy Most Exalted Pen that which shall profit me in all the worlds of Thy worlds. Verily Thou art the Almighty over whatsoever Thou willest, and within Thy grasp are the reins of all names. There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the All-Compelling, the Omnipotent.

=== END BH08404 ===

=== START BH08405 ===

M.R. to his honor Mir Sayfu’d-Din, upon him be the Glory of God

In My Name, the Protector over all names

A Tablet to him who has turned to My horizon and spoken My beautiful praise. When thou hast attained unto My Tablet and found the fragrance of My loving-kindness, say: My God, my God! Praise be to Thee for having enabled me to turn towards the Dayspring of Thy Revelation when most of Thy servants turned away from it, and for having made known to me the Dawning-Place of Thy verses when the learned ones of Thy lands were heedless of it. I beseech Thee, O Thou Who hast subdued the world and given life to the nations through the lights of Thy Kingdom and the splendors of the Sun of Thy bounty, to assist me in that which Thou lovest and art pleased with. O Lord! Thou seest me turning towards Thee. I beseech Thee to make me detached from all else save Thee and speaking Thy praise amongst Thy servants. Verily Thou art He Whom the might of the world cannot weaken, nor can the power of the nations frustrate. Thou doest what Thou willest and ordainest what Thou pleasest. Thou art, in truth, the Single One, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy.

=== END BH08405 ===

=== START BH08406 ===

He is the One Who has dominion over all who are in the Kingdom

This is a Book inscribed by the finger of the Will of the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. Verily it is the Preserved Tablet, and it is that which has been sent down in this unfurled Parchment, and from it appeared the Written Book. Say: Through it were all books sent down and every Messenger dispatched, and verily He is the One established upon the Throne in His frequented House. He is the Truth, beholding creation from this Praiseworthy Station. Verily He is the One Who stands through the Truth, and verily He is the Self-Subsisting. By His Name was the Trumpet blown and the seal of the Choice Wine broken - none has attained unto it save those who have held fast to this Extended Cord. Can anyone draw nigh unto God? Nay, by My Self, except whom God willeth, the Lord of what was and what shall be. We beseech God to ordain for every one who turns towards Him this Forbidden Station.

=== END BH08406 ===

=== START BH08407 ===

A Tablet from Our presence to him who hath attained unto the days of his Lord, the Mighty, the Chosen One, and hath hearkened unto the Call which was raised in truth from this Tree that speaketh in the midmost heart of the world: ‘Verily, there is none other God beside Me, the Mighty, the Bountiful.’

Blessed art thou inasmuch as the Most Exalted Pen remembereth thee whilst in the clutches of the oppressors. Ye are beneath the pavilion of My loving-kindness; guard ye this sublime station.

It behooveth thy script to be presented before the Throne. Thy Lord, verily, is the Educator, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

Make mention, on My behalf, of him who hath been named ‘Alí-before-Nabíl, saying: ’Blessed art thou inasmuch as thou hast hearkened unto the command of thy Lord and art of those who are set ablaze.’

We cherish those who have held fast unto the cord of means, placing their trust in God, the Powerful, the Almighty.

Then make mention of the other and gladden him with the remembrance I have made of him. Verily, My grace hath encompassed the worlds.

May the glory of God rest upon you all from the presence of One mighty and praiseworthy.

=== END BH08407 ===

=== START BH08408 ===

THE MOST HOLY, MOST MIGHTY, MOST GREAT BOOK from Us to him who hath turned towards the Most Exalted Horizon when he appeared with My Most Glorious Name and believed in God, the Lord of the worlds. Verily, one word from Him cannot be equaled by whatsoever existeth in the heavens and the earth. We seized creation through a word from Us and raised them up again through it, for verily We are powerful over all things. Blessed is he who hath recognized the Word of God and its Source, and hath attained unto the lights of His Face, the Shining, the Luminous. Verily it speaketh at all times through My Name, the All-Subduing Lord of Names, and summoneth all unto this Luminous Horizon. Those who are heedless, they are assuredly the people of the Fire, and those who have believed, they are assuredly the people of Paradise - to this doth the Tongue of God, the Mighty, the Great, bear witness. Be thou steadfast in the Cause of thy Lord in such wise that neither the veils of the divines nor the promptings of the evil ones shall hold thee back.

=== END BH08408 ===

=== START BH08409 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

A Book from Us unto him who hath believed in God, the Lord of the worlds, and hath heard the Call when it was raised in truth, and hath turned unto the Most Sublime Horizon when it shone forth with this resplendent Light. Verily doth the Desired One make mention of thee in these days which We have specially ordained for Our Most Great and Most Glorious Name, and which have been designated in the Tablets of thy Lord, the Almighty, the All-Powerful, as the Days of Ha. Rejoice thou in this supreme bounty, then make mention of this Wronged One, the Lonely One. Let not the affairs of men grieve thee. Remember thou the Truth with such remembrance as shall awaken the hearts of them that slumber. Say: The Desired One is come and the Sovereign Lord of all worlds is made manifest. He, verily, is the One promised in the Books of God aforetime. Turn ye unto Him and be not of the heedless ones. Say: Beware lest the clamor of the divines prevent you from turning unto the Most Sublime Horizon. Leave them to their vain imaginings, then turn ye unto the Dawning-Place of the revelation of your Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH08409 ===

=== START BH08410 ===

ATABAH. O ’Ata’u’llah! He is the Most Holy, the Most Great. This is a Book from Our presence, and verily it is a perspicuous Book, calling all unto God, the Lord of the worlds. Verily it is the Most Great Sign amongst all created things, and the Mightiest Key to the treasure of God, the Mighty, the Praised One. Through it is every matter revealed and that which was hidden in the knowledge of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed, is made manifest. O ’Ata! Take thou the chalice of bounty from the hand of the Bounty of thy Lord, then drink therefrom in His Name, the Mighty, the Wondrous. Say: Verily the chalice is this Book, and the Kawthar is that which floweth therein of wisdom and utterance. Verily He is the All-Informed, the Trusted One. When thou art illumined by the lights of the Tablet and hearest that which the Spirit hath spoken, arise and say: Praise be unto Thee for having made Thyself known unto me and for having sent down unto me that which hath brought solace to mine eyes. I beseech Thee to provide me with the Kawthar of steadfastness, that my feet slip not from this Momentous Announcement.

=== END BH08410 ===

=== START BH08411 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Ancient, the Most Generous

A missive from the Wronged One to him who desires to turn towards the sublime and most exalted Horizon and hear the Call of God, the Lord of Names, that it may draw him to the station which God hath mentioned in a preserved Tablet. O servant! Hearken unto the Call from the direction of thy Lord, the Most High. He verily speaketh the truth: There is no God but Him, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Be steadfast in the Cause of thy Lord, forsake all else and take what thou art commanded by Him. He is verily the All-Bountiful, the Ancient of Days. Beware lest things prevent thee from the Creator of heaven or the clamor of the heedless turn thee aside from the Path. Hold fast to the hem of thy Lord’s mercy and say: O God of the world! I beseech Thee by the Most Great Name to make me in all conditions one who uttereth Thy praise, who taketh refuge in Thy presence, who seeketh protection at Thy threshold, who remaineth firm in Thy love and steadfast in Thy Cause. Thou art He Who doeth what He willeth through His sovereignty. The hosts of the world and the concourse of nations cannot withhold Thee. Thou art verily the Almighty, the Exalted, the Powerful, the Omnipotent.

=== END BH08411 ===

=== START BH08412 ===

The Most Great, Most Holy

A Book sent down in truth from God, the All-Powerful, the Self-Subsisting. Verily it summoneth mankind unto the most exalted horizon - that horizon from which hath shone forth the Sun of Glory and Majesty. Blessed is he who hath advanced towards it, and woe unto every hesitating one who is veiled. Those who have rent asunder the veils are numbered among the people of this praiseworthy station, and they who have turned away are cursed by honored servants. Give thanks unto God for having aided thee to recognize the Dayspring of His Cause and given thee to drink of this Sealed Wine. He, verily, is the Almighty Who doeth as He willeth through His sovereignty. He, verily, is the All-Powerful, the Most Exalted, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved. Hold thou fast unto the hem of steadfastness and grasp the cord of God, the Lord of what was and what shall be. Arise to promote the Cause, then remind the people in the days of thy Lord, that perchance they may arise from the couch of heedlessness and turn towards God, the Master of the seen and unseen.

=== END BH08412 ===

=== START BH08413 ===

O Abul-Hasan!

He is the Glorious, the Most Glorious! This is a Book sent down in truth, and from it wafts the fragrance of the Garment to the people of holiness, and the breath of the All-Merciful to all who dwell in the realm of possibility. Verily it is God’s proof unto all who are in the heavens and on earth, could ye but perceive it. Were ye to look with My eye, ye would behold it as the Dawning-Place of My most excellent names and the Manifestation of My most exalted attributes. All that ye have heard concerning the Day of Resurrection and its conditions - thus doth inform you One Who possesseth a protecting Tablet. Hold fast unto the cord of steadfastness in the path of God and cling to His luminous hem. Say: O people of the Bayan! Fear ye the All-Merciful, and commit not that which would cause the clamor of nations to be raised. Do that which I have commanded you in My wondrous Tablet. We have forbidden all from the promptings of self and passion, and have enjoined upon them that which shall profit them in the world to come and in this world. To this testifieth that which hath been sent down in the Books of God, the Help in Peril, the Mighty, the All-Praised.

=== END BH08413 ===

=== START BH08414 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the All-Compelling over all names

This is a Book sent down through grace from God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, that He might guide the people to the Euphrates of His mercy, from whose murmuring can be heard that the gate of heaven hath been opened and the Lord of the Kingdom of earth and heaven hath come. Blessed is he whom vain imaginings have not weakened, and blessed is he whom the veils of every barking dog have not caused to sit idle - one who hath denied God. When thou hearest the call from Mine all-highest horizon, say:

Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by the ocean of Thy power and the law of Thy commandments, and by the sea of Thy mercy and the Euphrates of Thy grace, and by Him through Whom the idols of vain imaginings were cast down in Thy realm and the banners of divine signs were raised up amongst Thy servants, to make me a helper of Thy Faith, steadfast in Thy service, hastening to do that which pleaseth Thee, and an aid to Thy loved ones. Verily Thou art powerful to do what Thou willest, and within Thy grasp are the reins of all who are in the heavens and on earth.

=== END BH08414 ===

=== START BH08415 ===

O sister of him who is named Mahdi, upon him be the Most Holy, Most Glorious Beauty of God! This is a Book sent down from the heaven of Revelation unto her who believed when she heard the call of her Lord, the Mighty, the Wise, that the Word of God might draw her nigh unto a station wherein naught is seen save the lights of His face, the Mighty, the Generous. Verily, We make mention of him who hath turned among the servants and then of her who hath turned among the handmaidens. He, verily, is the Forgiving, the Merciful. Verily, he who hath attained unto the days of God is assuredly among the people of Paradise in a mighty tablet, and she who hath recognized her Lord is assuredly among those who have attained in the presence of the mighty Throne. O My handmaiden! The Tongue of Grandeur maketh mention of thee from this far-distant horizon. Be thou thankful for this bounty and make mention of Him in the nights and days. Thy Lord, verily, is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. Thus hath been sent down unto thee from the heaven of grace that which God hath made the Kawthar of life for all who are in the heavens and on earth.

=== END BH08415 ===

=== START BH08416 ===

Your letter was received in prison and the Wronged One, Who called all unto God, the All-Possessing, the Self-Subsisting, turned toward it. Its opening was adorned with this blessed verse: “O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy most glorious glory [Baha].” Observe the heedlessness of the people of the Furqan [Muslims], although they had previously said that God’s Most Great Name was mentioned in this prayer. To those possessed of insight it is most clear and evident that the station of mentioning the Most Great Name is at the beginning, since it precedes all names and is the source and dawning-place of all remembrances, and it appears at the opening of the aforementioned prayer. Despite this, all denied and failed to recognize its truth. Rather, they issued a decree for His death, save those whom God preserved through truth and delivered from the sea of idle fancies. Verily He is the All-Powerful, the Ancient of Days.

=== END BH08416 ===

=== START BH08417 ===

O ’Azziyyih, upon her be the Glory of God! He is the All-Knowing Answerer! We have seen thy letter and heard thy call. Though thou mayest not be physically present in this land, thou art considered as being from this place. God willing, thou shalt be assisted in that which is pleasing to the Friend. The sun shineth and beameth forth from the heaven; its influence pervadeth all lands. I swear by the peerless Gem of the Ocean of Knowledge that this Wronged One hath at all times desired thy glory, exaltation and comfort, and I counsel thee to that which beseemeth thee. In truth I say: that which is thy companion and helper hath been and shall ever be the Word of Truth. O ’Azziyyih! Hold thou fast unto it, then give thanks unto thy Lord, the Forgiving, the Merciful. Be not distressed. Assuredly after hardship ease shall come, and divine joy shall be made manifest. Thus doth He Who speaketh with pure love for the sake of God, the Lord of the worlds, remind thee.

=== END BH08417 ===

=== START BH08418 ===

O handmaiden of God! The letter of Lutf-’Ali has arrived before the Throne in the name of the Goal of the world. That which was submitted in remembrance of the Beloved of the worlds was heard. May thou ever gaze toward the most exalted horizon and hold fast to the cord of His favors. Today no glory can be conceived greater than for one to be mentioned in the Most Holy Court and attain the recognition of God and His remembrance. Praise be to God that through divine benevolence thou hast attained this most great bounty. Strive to act according to His good-pleasure. Know all save Him to be non-existent and consider it non-being. At all times be engaged in His remembrance. Verily He is with His remembering handmaidens. Two persons were mentioned in thy letter and both were mentioned before His Countenance. God willing, may all not be deprived of the outpourings of the divine days and act according to what He loves and is pleased with.

=== END BH08418 ===

=== START BH08419 ===

O Bahiyyih, daughter of Javad! In the name of the One Beloved Friend, thy letter hath been received before the Throne and hath attained unto the lights of His countenance. God willing, in all conditions occupy thyself with the remembrance of God and be detached from all else besides Him. The foundation of all deeds is the good-pleasure of God, and His good-pleasure is not attained except through acting according to what He hath commanded in His Book. O handmaiden of God! Hearken unto the divine call and act according to that which is His good-pleasure - and that is to purify thyself from all else save Him and to sanctify thy being from the mention of aught besides Him. Praise be to the Ancient Lord that thou hast attained unto His recognition in His days, and thy mention hath been recorded before the Throne, and thou hast been provided with this exalted Tablet which hath flowed from the Pen of the All-Merciful. And the glory be upon thee and upon those women who have believed in God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH08419 ===

=== START BH08420 ===

He is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed! Thy letter was presented before the Throne, and its heading was adorned and embellished with the crown of divine remembrance, that it might bear witness on thy behalf and testify that thou hast attained unto the days of God and been honored with the recognition of the Beloved of the world, of Whom most of the peoples are heedless. Be thou grateful unto God for this manifest grace. The Most Exalted Pen counseleth all to observe wisdom, lest that which would cause the weak to falter be revealed. He is verily the Forgiving, the Merciful. Blessed art thou for having voiced the praise of thy Lord and mentioned His name before the Throne, and thy Lord hath answered thee with this wondrous Tablet. Verily the glory be upon thee and upon him who moveth his pen in remembrance of God and upon him who was mentioned in thy letter. We beseech God to aid and assist you in that which He loveth and pleaseth, and to ordain for you that which shall profit you in the world to come and in this world.

=== END BH08420 ===

=== START BH08421 ===

In the Name of the One, the Most High! Your letter hath been presented at the Divine Throne, and the sweet fragrances of thy love are wafting from it. That which thou didst request hath already been granted from before. His bounty hath encompassed all things and His mercy hath preceded the worlds. Praise be to God that thou hast turned unto the Most Exalted Horizon and found the fragrances of the Robe of the All-Merciful. God willing, thou shalt be so gladdened by the breezes of revelation that no sorrow shall overtake thee and no grief shall follow. The glory of existence hath been and ever shall be the knowledge of God, and after that, what is essential is to act according to the divine commandments and to remain steadfast in the love of the King of Oneness, for thieves lie in wait and devils stand ready at their posts. Beseech ye God, exalted be His glory, that ye may be protected at all times from the evil of corrupt souls. The glory be upon thee and upon those who are with thee.

=== END BH08421 ===

=== START BH08422 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory, the Most Great, the Most High

Whatsoever God hath willed, verily He shall manifest it in truth, and it is best for Us and for such of His servants as draw nigh unto Him. And He, verily, is the Ruler over whatsoever He willeth. Through their oppression the countenance of justice hath been illumined, yet they remain in wondrous stupor. That which they have wrought shall cause you no harm, for He is the Mighty, the All-Bestowing. We have enjoined wisdom solely due to the weakness of some, while others possess might and power. These latter are not saddened by anything, nor are they hindered by any matter. Thus hath the decree been ordained in the Book. It behooveth thee to bid the loved ones to observe wisdom in all conditions. This is what beseemeth most of the loved ones. We have informed thee of this on the night when thou wert present before the Countenance. Thy Lord, verily, is the Mighty, the All-Knowing. My Splendor be upon thee, O Muhammad, and My remembrance be upon thee, O Mustafa. Thou art among those who have borne the Trust and sacrificed thyself in the path of God, the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH08422 ===

=== START BH08423 ===

He is God, exalted is He! The more tribulation increases, the more does my yearning for God increase. Through it God distinguishes between the assured and the doubtful, between the heedless and the penitent. Through it ever has the garden of steadfastness been made verdant and the fountain of mercy and loving-kindness has overflowed. Whoso regards all things with an eye that is not veiled by displeasure and reflects upon their transience, their transformation and their alteration, will never grieve and will be content with what God has ordained for him. Can anyone distinguish between the bones of kings and subjects, or between the wealthy and the poor? No, by the Lord of kings! Since this is so, it behooveth every person of understanding to take heed, and every heedless one to awaken. We beseech God to aid His loved ones to do what He loveth and is pleased with, to detach them from this world and all that is therein. Verily, He is the Mighty, the Supreme, the All-Glorious.

=== END BH08423 ===

=== START BH08424 ===

In the Name of the Beloved of the Worlds! The Divine Word, which in one station is interpreted as the Most Pure Wine, was sent time after time. However, these penetrating influences and effulgences, these attractions and intoxications, and that whereby the world and all therein are transformed - you must, God willing, remain so steadfast in the Cause of God that neither fear nor perturbation shall seize you. Walk among the people with utmost uprightness and wisdom. In such case, whatsoever may befall you will be in the path of God. What bounty is greater than this? What grace is mightier than this? What light is more luminous than this? What glory is more glorious than this? Praise ye the Beloved of the world, that the Supreme Pen hath once again made mention of you. Be steadfast, O people, and be not of those whom fear hath seized in the Cause of God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH08424 ===

=== START BH08425 ===

In the name of the one God! The Kawthar of life is flowing in the world and the Sun of knowledge has appeared and risen from the horizon of divine bestowal, and the Ocean of vision is manifest and evident through perfect grace. Yet the seeker is missing and the thirsty one deprived, for he knows not the way to the Ocean and has not recognized nor knows the Guide. The ancient sayings of people have prevented them from the fresh and wondrous Salsabil. They measure that Cause which has had no likeness, equal or similitude by the stories of the first and the last ones, and in their own estimation consider themselves cautious in religion, unaware that all the Concourse on High and dwellers of the pavilions of the Most Exalted Paradise seek to be free from such souls. Woe unto them for what they have earned in their vain life! Woe unto them for having turned away from Him Who has spoken at the hub of the world: “Verily there is no God but Me, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise!”

=== END BH08425 ===

=== START BH08426 ===

O Mirza Ja’far-Quli!

Grieve not over what hath come to pass. Should He wish it, He would transform hardship into ease and ordain whatsoever He willeth. He, verily, is the All-Powerful, the Almighty. Be not saddened by what hath occurred. Loss in this world and the next shall return to the treacherous souls, and continueth to do so. That which they have taken shall profit them not; rather, humiliation shall descend upon them in this world and in the next, and a grievous chastisement shall afflict them.

Be thou occupied at all times with the remembrance of the All-Merciful, and strive in outward matters according to thy capacity. This is thy duty, and thy Lord, the All-Merciful, is the Ruler over what He willeth. Praise God that thou art mentioned in the Most Great Scene and art remembered in the Most Luminous Presence. And the glory rest upon thee.

Convey sublime greetings to his honor Nasir, whom God hath aided. God willing, may he ever drink from the cup of nearness to the Lord of Majesty and be sustained by the goodly fruits of remembrance.

=== END BH08426 ===

=== START BH08427 ===

Be not grieved at anything. We beseech God to make the crescent moon of thy hope into a full moon, and the star of thy desire into a radiant sun. He is, verily, the Protector of the sincere ones. Say: He Who hath come was promised in the Book and mentioned in hearts and minds. Those who turned away from Him turned away from the Hidden Mystery and the Treasured Name, but they understand not. When the Dawn of Manifestation unfurled His banner, the people arose in opposition. Among them were those who said He came to corrupt the world. Say: Nay, by God, rather for its reformation, did ye but know! Even were My corruption better than your reformation, by God, My oppression would be better than the justice of the world, and My death the cause of life for the nations, would ye but understand! Say: Though the outward appearance of My oppression be as fire, yet its inner reality is light. Fear God, O people, and say not that which ye know not.

=== END BH08427 ===

=== START BH08428 ===

In the Name of the Everlasting Speaker!

The attention of the All-Possessing Lord has ever been directed toward those who have turned unto Him, both men and women. This is the Day for the manifestation of the gems of existence. Blessed is the soul that hath clung to the Will and Purpose of God, to such degree that it hath claimed no will or purpose of its own. Such a one is immersed in the ocean of divine submission. Well is it with the man-servant who hath attained, and with the maid-servant who hath attained, unto this most exalted, most holy, most glorious station. O leaf! Fix thy gaze upon the Lord of eternity, that thou mayest find thyself detached and free from the world and all that is therein. If thou shouldst drink of this wine, such joy shall possess thee that the troubles and sorrows of the world will never seize thee. Rejoice thou in this Most Great Remembrance, then render thanks unto thy Lord, the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful. He hath made mention of thee through that which nothing can equal. To this thy Lord, the All-Informed, doth testify.

=== END BH08428 ===

=== START BH08429 ===

In the name of the one unrivaled God! The tongue of grandeur hath in the nights and days been occupied with the mention of the friends from among both men and women, whereunto every possessor of ears and every possessor of illumined sight beareth witness. Today the ocean of grace is surging and the sun of bounty is shining. Blessed is the one who hath heard the divine call and recognized Him in the garment of His manifestation. This is the day of the rejoicing of the leaves, for the Tree hath appeared, and the Day of Resurrection, for the Self-Subsisting One hath arisen. God willing, may that leaf dwell beneath the shade of the Tree’s loving-kindness and be occupied with His remembrance. Blessed art thou for having chosen to serve thy brother whom We chose for the service of Our Cause, the Mighty, the Great. We, from this station, send Our greetings upon thee and upon thy sisters who have turned unto God, the Lord of the worlds. The glory be upon you all from the presence of One powerful and ancient.

=== END BH08429 ===

=== START BH08431 ===

In My Name, the Most Great

Praise be to Thee, O God of the worlds, for having caused me to know Thy Self, and given me to drink from the Kawthar of Thy knowledge, and shown me the horizon of Thy Revelation, and made me to hear Thy most sweet call whereby the Concourse on High and the dwellers of the Kingdom of Names were attracted! O my Lord! Wilt Thou deny me after having called me, and keep me far after having drawn me nigh, and render me deprived after having taught me the scrolls of Thy bounty and the tablets of Thy grace? O my Lord! Thou seest him who standeth at the gate of the city of Thy favor, and him who subsisteth, gazing toward Thy horizon. I beseech Thee to enable me to remember Thee and serve Thee, and to assist me in that which beseemeth Thy Manifestation and Thy days. I testify that Thou art sanctified above all mention and holy beyond all thought. Before Thy face have prostrated themselves the people of the Kingdom and the dwellers of the Realm of Might, and those whom God hath purified from all that is repugnant - as befitteth His blessed Day.

=== END BH08431 ===

=== START BH08432 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the Mighty, the Most Glorious! Praise be unto Thee, O our God, our Sovereign, our Lord, for having awakened us through Thy sweetest call, and made us recognize Thy Most Glorious Beauty and Thy most exalted horizon. We beseech Thee, O Creator of the heavens and Lord of all names, by the Most Great Word which hath proceeded from the mouth of Thy Will and the Pen of Thy Purpose, to assist us in remembering and praising Thee and in arising to serve Thy Cause. O Lord! We are Thy servants and in Thy grasp. We have heard Thy call and turned toward the horizon of Thy bounties. We implore Thee by the ocean of Thy knowledge and the heaven of Thy generosity to make us detached from all else save Thee, and to enable us to arise to teach Thy Cause and to act according to that which Thou lovest and approvest. Verily, Thou art the Ruler over whatsoever Thou willest, and Thou art, in truth, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. The sum of one hundred rupees which had been sent through His Holiness Khalil, upon him be all glory most glorious, reached this evanescent servant.

=== END BH08432 ===

=== START BH08433 ===

LXXI

Magnified be Thy name, O my God, for that Thou hast manifested the Day which is the King of Days, the Day which Thou didst announce unto Thy chosen Ones and Thy Prophets in Thy most excellent Tablets, the Day whereon Thou didst shed the splendor of the glory of all Thy names upon all created things. Great is his blessedness whosoever hath set himself towards Thee, and entered Thy presence, and caught the accents of Thy voice.

I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by the name of Him round Whom circleth in adoration the kingdom of Thy names, that Thou wilt graciously assist them that are dear to Thee to glorify Thy word among Thy servants, and to shed abroad Thy praise amidst Thy creatures, so that the ecstasies of Thy revelation may fill the souls of all the dwellers of Thine earth.

Since Thou hast guided them, O my Lord, unto the living waters of Thy grace, grant, by Thy bounty, that they may not be kept back from Thee; and since Thou hast summoned them to the habitation of Thy throne, drive them not out from Thy presence, through Thy loving-kindness. Send down upon them what shall wholly detach them from aught else except Thee, and make them able to soar in the atmosphere of Thy nearness, in such wise that neither the ascendancy of the oppressor nor the suggestions of them that have disbelieved in Thy most august and most mighty Self shall be capable of keeping them back from Thee.

=== END BH08433 ===

=== START BH08434 ===

In the name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Glorious! Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having kindled the lamp of Thy oneness between Thy heaven and earth, and for having nourished it with the oil of Thy wisdom and Thy command, and protected it with the glass of Thy power and might. O Lord! The lamp, with the tongue of its inner reality, declares: “O my God! Thou seest me and knowest what lies within my secret being. I have not revealed myself in all regions except that Thy creation and Thy creatures might be illumined by me, as all those possessed of insight witness the manifestations of my light. Despite this, the winds of discord have surrounded me from every direction, and Thou seest me, O my God, in the hands of the wicked. I know not how long Thou wilt leave me in Thy domains, after which it desires to ascend from Thee to the repository of the glory of Thy oneness and the source of the light of Thy singleness. I beseech Thee, O Sender and Controller of the winds, to illumine the world through it. Verily, Thou art the All-Powerful, the Most Exalted, the Mighty, the Omnipotent.”

=== END BH08434 ===

=== START BH08435 ===

The Most Holy, Most Great, Most Glorious. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having enabled me to recognize the Dayspring of Thy Revelation and the Dawning-Place of Thy knowledge, and for having given me to drink of the wine of Thy bounty in such wise that I have turned my face unto Thy face and been honored by Thy favors to such extent that Thou hast mentioned me in Thy Most Great Prison. I beseech Thee, O Lord of Names and Creator of heaven, to cause me, in all Thy worlds, to be one who maketh mention of Thee and of Thy praise, who gazeth toward the horizon of Thy beauty, who moveth according to Thy will, and who soareth in the atmosphere of Thy nearness. Verily, Thou art the Gracious, the Possessor of ancient bounty. O Lord! Look with the glance of Thy mercy upon this handmaiden who hath stood before the door of Thy grace and clung to the cord of Thy bounty. Then ordain for her that which is best for her, and grant her the privilege of serving the Dayspring of Thy Cause in the worlds which Thou hast ordained. Verily, Thou hast power to do what Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08435 ===

=== START BH08437 ===

O handmaiden of God, beloved aunt, upon her be the Glory of God!

In My Most Holy Name

You may say: O my leaf! O God of the realm of might and Sovereign of the Kingdom! I beseech Thee by Him through Whom the greatest terror seized all humanity and every hidden matter was revealed, to send down from the heaven of Thy grace that which will draw Thy handmaidens and leaves near to the ocean of Thy nearness and the Divine Lote Tree of Thy manifestation. O Lord! I am she who hastened to the seat of Thy throne with heart and soul, answered Thy call, turned toward Thy horizon, and spoke Thy praise. O Lord! Aid Thy leaf to remember Thee amongst Thy handmaidens and ordain for her that which will bring joy to her eyes and gladden her breast. O Lord! Thou art the All-Bountiful and Thy handmaiden stands at Thy door. I beseech Thee to ordain for her that which will cause her to circle round Thy will and speak Thy name in all Thy worlds. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08437 ===

=== START BH08438 ===

O Jinab-i-Karbila’i Muhammad! He is the All-Knowing Speaker from time immemorial and unto everlasting. The false one hath misled the people in the name of truth. O ye who drink from the wine of inner meanings, be ye aware, for thieves lie in ambush, waiting and watching, and have appeared with utmost cunning and guile, that perchance they may hold back the servants from the supreme horizon and deprive them of the ocean of divine mercy. Blessed is the servant whom the intimations of the people have not withheld from God, the Lord of what was and what shall be. All the friends must manifest perfect unity and harmony, and must stand so firm in the Cause of God that neither the books of the world nor the tongues of the nations shall hold them back from the Dayspring of Divine Inspiration and the Dawning-Place of Utterance. How excellent is this for them that know, and how pleasing for them that hear! The glory be upon thee and upon them that are with thee among those who have believed in the One, the All-Informed.

=== END BH08438 ===

=== START BH08439 ===

In the Name of the One Beloved!

Blessed is the soul who in these wondrous and exalted days has drunk from the chalice of recognition and has turned toward the All-Merciful. How many souls were occupied day and night with the remembrance of God, yet when He rent asunder the veils and appeared from the horizon of grace and bounty, they all became occupied with their own desires and were deprived and kept back from Him, save those whom thy Lord wished. Give praise to the Ancient Lord that through the blessedness of the Most Great Name thou hast attained unto His recognition and drunk from the cup of His love. For this bounty there hath been no likeness or parallel, nor shall there be. Blessed is the soul that hath turned unto Him, and woe unto the heedless. Beseech God that thou mayest remain steadfast in this mighty Cause and straight path, and be occupied with the remembrance of the Friend.

=== END BH08439 ===

=== START BH08440 ===

The Desire of the world speaks in the Persian language. It would be praiseworthy to Him, if His loved ones also converse and write in this language. Your letter arrived and your call was heard at a time when the torrential rains were pouring and flowing from the heaven of the grace of the Most High. Divine mercy has taken precedence and the lights of the Sun of His favor have encompassed all, yet most are found to be heedless and turning away from it. All sacred books are adorned with the mention of this Day, and all the chosen ones and holy ones hoped for and worked towards this Day. Nevertheless, the people remain veiled and remote. Thank God for having caused you to recognize the Manifestation of His Self and enabled you to praise Him after all the doubting world turned away from Him. He ordains for whomsoever has desired to attain His presence the recompense thereof. Verily your Lord is the Generous Bestower. Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH08440 ===

=== START BH08441 ===

In the Name of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. The Beloved of the worlds declares: O servants! The first matter that leads to faith, certitude, sanctification and detachment is My oneness, free from all peers and equals. Whosoever attains to this station is accounted among the sincere believers before the Divine Throne and their name is recorded in the divine tablets. God willing, through divine grace you shall attain to this station and partake of this choice wine. And when the heart and soul are purified from attachment to all else but God, you must act according to what has been revealed in the tablets, so that the temples of the servants may also become outwardly pure and sanctified. This is the station where the outer is identical with the inner, and the inner identical with the outer. This station is beloved, and anything less is rejected. Convey My greetings to the people of that place, from the One Who was imprisoned aforetime.

=== END BH08441 ===

=== START BH08442 ===

In the Name of the one true God! The Dawning-Place of divine revelation, appearing in human temple, calleth aloud and bestoweth the water of life. Blessed is he who, through the outpourings of God, hath attained unto life everlasting, and deprived is he who hath been forbidden this eternal, spiritual Kawthar. Not every ear is worthy of this call, and not every cup is fit to receive this holy wine. Pure and illumined hearts have been and shall ever be the chalices of this eternal and everlasting wine. Give praise unto the Best-Beloved of the worlds, that thou hast attained unto the water of life and, through the grace of the Most Great Name, hast turned toward the divine Sanctuary. Beseech the True One, exalted be His glory, that thou mayest be steadfast with supreme steadfastness and be adorned with the ornament of praise and glorification in the celestial kingdom of creation. Verily He is the Ruler over whatsoever He willeth. He giveth unto whomsoever He pleaseth that which He desireth. He, verily, is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08442 ===

=== START BH08443 ===

In the Name of the one incomparable God! The Wronged One of the horizons, despite the tribulations that descended and calamities that befell Him, summoned all the peoples of the world to God, exalted be His glory. In some of the blessed divine utterances, He spoke in such moving terms that souls willingly sacrificed themselves in the path of the Friend with the utmost joy and delight, and at the altar of sacrifice they spoke the divine Name. I swear by the Most Great Name, those souls in the highest Paradise eternally enjoy God’s infinite bounties through His most beautiful names. O friends! Strive ye, for the Nightingale of Revelation warbles upon the branches of the Tree of Life, speaking with most eloquent utterance. Blessed is the one who in this blessed Day has attained to that which God has willed. Such a one is numbered among the people of Baha in the Book of Names. Verily He speaks the truth and guides to the Way. There is no God but Him, the Single, the Mighty, the Beautiful.

=== END BH08443 ===

=== START BH08444 ===

O handmaid of God! In the name of the one true God! The Wronged One at this moment makes mention of one of the handmaidens of God and gives her the glad-tidings of God’s grace. Today the ocean of divine mercy is surging and the Luminary of bounty is shining from the horizon of the world. Blessed are those servants and handmaidens whom the colors of the world and the doubts of the nations have not prevented or deprived from the lights of the Most Great Luminary.

Praise be to the Goal of all worlds Who confirmed thee and granted thee success in turning toward Him. Thou didst set thy face toward the Most Exalted Horizon and didst attain unto the verses and words of God, exalted be His glory. Know thou the station of this bounty. Most of the people of the earth today are heedless and veiled, while thou, through God’s grace, art assured and turning toward Him. Guard this station as the pupil of thine eye. There is no God but Him, the Most High, the Most Exalted.

=== END BH08444 ===

=== START BH08445 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the Goal of all peoples! The Wronged One of the world calleth out from the Most Great Prison unto all nations: O people! Behold ye, then listen! By God! The Speaker on Sinai and the Lord of Resurrection and the Manifestation of Revelation hath appeared. Come ye, and hasten, O people of fidelity among the concourse of creation! By God! The White Hand hath passed round the crimson cups containing the purest wine. Drink ye, O people of My Kingdom, at one time in My Name the Gracious, and at another in My Name the Beauteous, then again in My Name, the Almighty over all who are in the heavens and on earth. Thus hath He cast forth from the ocean of knowledge the pearls of utterance. Gather ye, O people of Baha, in My Name, the All-Conquering, the Powerful. Blessed is he whose vision no veil hath hindered from beholding the Most Sublime Horizon, and whose ear the world hath not distracted from My Most Glorious Name, and whose strength enabled him to arise in My remembrance upon My Straight Path.

=== END BH08445 ===

=== START BH08446 ===

In the Name of the Beloved One! The divine fire hath appeared from the Blessed Tree and the light of oneness shineth resplendent from the horizon of the Countenance. This is the Day of mention and praise - whosoever attaineth unto it is reckoned before God among the denizens of Paradise. O friends! The Pen of the All-Merciful moveth at all times and summoneth the people to the straight Path of God. The Way is manifest and the Guide is radiant as the sun, yet most of the people are seen to be without eyes and ears. Render thanks unto the Purpose of the world that He hath aided thee in that which most of the people remain veiled from. Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Self to enable me to do what Thou desirest in Thy love. Then send down for me and for my brothers and my mother and my sister that which Thou lovest and with which Thou art well-pleased. Verily, Thou art the Almighty over what Thou willest. There is no God but Thee, the Mighty, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08446 ===

=== START BH08447 ===

He is the All-Seeing Speaker! The fire of self and passion hath afflicted most of the people of the earth and kept them back from drawing nigh unto God, glorified be His majesty. Night and day they are consumed by the fire of greed and deprived of the light of detachment. With all their soul they strive after wealth and glory, heedless of to whom this wealth shall revert the following day and who shall inherit this glory. We beseech God that He may assist thee and the sons of Khalil and the heirs of Kalim in that land to achieve that which is befitting. Make mention of each one on behalf of this Wronged One. His honor the Trustee, upon him be My glory, hath made mention of each one and hath been blessed with the sacred verses from the Supreme Pen. We beseech God, exalted be He, to preserve you and ordain for you the best in this world and the next. Verily He is the Lord of all creation. There is none other God but Him, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08447 ===

=== START BH08448 ===

Q. ’Ali-Qabli-Akbar: In the name of the Beloved of the world! Thy letter hath been received in the Most Holy Presence and thy supplications were heard. Praise be to God that in these spiritual days thou hast been attracted by the fragrance of the merciful Robe unto the direction of the Friend and hast attained unto His recognition. This is among the great bounties of thy Lord, and whosoever hath attained unto this most great bounty must needs stand with complete steadfastness among the people in the Cause of the Lord of Days, in such wise that no matter may withhold him from the direction of the Most Great Oneness and the divine path. Say: O my God and my Beloved! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou didst subdue the signs and reveal the clear evidences, to aid me to act according to Thy good-pleasure and to avoid that which Thou hast forbidden in Thy Book. Then ordain for me that which shall profit me in this world and the next, for verily I know not anything and Thou art the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH08448 ===

=== START BH08449 ===

O friend! In the name of the Friend, thy letter was present before My face and what was written therein was observed. Praise the Beloved of the worlds that thou hast attained unto the recognition of His Self and drunk from His Kawthar of “Am I not?” God willing, thou must at all times be engaged in the remembrance of the All-Merciful and detached and free from aught else. Thou hast attained unto the Most Great Pilgrimage and arrived at the Most Great Scene and hearkened unto the melody of the All-Merciful from the right hand of the Throne. God willing, thou must conduct thyself with godly attributes so that all may inhale from thee the fragrances of sanctity and holiness, inasmuch as thou hast entered the House and become aware, according to thy capacity, of the sanctity and holiness of the Lord of the House. God willing, through the loving-kindness of the All-Merciful, thou shalt at all times drink from the Kawthar of love and be sustained by the fruits of the Tree of Ridvan. And the glory be upon thee.

=== END BH08449 ===

=== START BH08452 ===

O Muhammad Husayn! He is the Most Holy, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Thy call was heard and thy turning toward the Most Holy Court was evident and known before God. We have accepted thy deed in the path of God. Be thou thankful and among those who praise. Blessed are those souls who today move by the will of God and walk in the path of His good-pleasure. Although those souls who turned toward the Most Holy Court without permission attained the presence, yet the Supreme Pen hath paused in their mention. We have pardoned them as a bounty from Us. Verily thy Lord is the Forgiving, the Generous. Thy deed was more acceptable before God, for today all must be occupied with service to the Cause and hold fast to the divine commandments. Blessed are they that act! And hereafter whosoever shall turn without permission, verily he is of the heedless. And praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH08452 ===

=== START BH08453 ===

Baku. O Aqa Rida-Quli, upon him be the glory of God. He is the One Who speaks between earth and heaven. Thy call hath been heard and thy turning unto God is evident. We beseech God that He may aid thee in a matter that shall endure and abide and never be effaced from the pages of time. This Day was promised in the divine Books and all were awaiting it, yet when it dawned from the horizon of God’s Will, all were found heedless save a few who turned with faces illumined unto thy Lord, the Almighty, the Powerful. The ones who have turned unto God must know their worth and recognize their station. Blessed is the soul that heard the blessed words “Am I not your Lord?” and attained unto “Yea.” Blessed art thou for having turned unto God and hearkened unto the call of the Wronged One from the precincts of this mighty Prison. The glory of God, proceeding from God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise, be upon thee.

=== END BH08453 ===

=== START BH08454 ===

His Honor Professor Ali Salmani, upon him be the Glory of God

The Request of a Spiritual Youth

He is the One Who dawns from His most exalted horizon

The Call has been raised, the Mother Book revealed, the Path made manifest, yet the people are witnessed to be in evident error. Blessed art thou for having turned and believed in God, the Single, the All-Informed. Guard this station through the Name of the Lord of Names, for the cawing ones have been and are lying in ambush. Say: My God, my God! Protect this Thy servant from the doubts of the cawers and the intimations of the infidels. I am the one who, O my God, have clung to the service of Thy loved ones out of my longing for Thy good-pleasure. I beseech Thee by Thy Cause that hath encompassed the world and by Thy sovereignty that hath subdued the nations, to make me in all conditions firm and steadfast in Thy Most Great Cause, whereby the hearts of the world were shaken except for those whom Thou didst preserve through Thy ancient grace and Thy mercy that hath preceded all who are in the heavens and the earth.

=== END BH08454 ===

=== START BH08456 ===

O Mulla Aqa Baba, upon him be the Glory of God! In the name of the One incomparable, All-Knowing God. The fragrances of divine revelation have permeated the world, yet the servants remain heedless and veiled therefrom. All that was recorded by the Supreme Pen in previous Books has become manifest and evident, yet the doubts of the suspicious ones and the opposition of the deniers have prevented people from drawing near and deprived them of the fragrance of eternity. Today, whosoever attains to the effulgences of the lights of the Sun of Revelation is accounted among those near to God. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having guided me and directed me and provided me with Thy path, Thy meeting, Thy nearness and reunion with Thee. I beseech Thee to make me steadfast in Thy love, firm in Thy Cause, and dedicated to serving Thy loved ones. Verily Thou art the All-Bountiful, the Generous. There is no God but Thee, the Forgiving, the Merciful.

=== END BH08456 ===

=== START BH08457 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great

My Most Great Remembrance calls all contingent beings unto God, Lord of all religions. We have sent it forth in human form - exalted be the All-Merciful Who has sent down every command in the Book. That which was inscribed has appeared, and that which was hidden in the Tablets has come forth. Say: The horizon of utterance has been illumined by the Sun of My Name, the All-Encompassing over all who are in earth and heaven. By God’s life! We have not fallen short in remembrance and utterance, but the people remain in doubt and behind a veil. When thou hast attained unto this Tablet, arise to serve thy Lord, the Wronged One, through Whom most of those on earth were thunderstruck and the mountains were crushed to dust. Make mention of thy Lord through that which God hath taught thee, as a grace from His presence. He is verily the Mighty, the All-Knowing. Glory be upon the people of Baha, whom God hath mentioned in the Book with the most excellent of remembrances.

=== END BH08457 ===

=== START BH08458 ===

In the Name of the All-Loving Friend! Blessed is the state of one who, in this divine Day, has attained unto the hearing of His call and has turned toward the horizon of His Cause. All the peoples of the earth were engaged, throughout the days and nights, in lamentation and weeping, that perchance the pitch darkness of those days might be illumined by the light of the appearance of the King of all mankind, so that the possessors of insight might turn toward the Most Great Horizon and become illumined by the rays of His countenance. When the morn of His manifestation dawned and the breeze from His raiment wafted, He found them all sunk in the slumber of heedlessness, nay rather, found them lifeless and dead, save those souls who held fast to the firm cord and clung to the hem of His bounty. The friends of the Beloved of the worlds must, at all times, beseech and implore the manifest Truth to keep them steadfast in His Cause and not to deprive them from the shelter of His mercy. Verily, He is the Bestower, the Mighty, the Bountiful.

=== END BH08458 ===

=== START BH08459 ===

In the name of the Most Learned, the Most Glorious! This is a wondrous remembrance from God, the Lord of the worlds, that through it may be drawn the hearts of such servants as have been held back from God, the Most High, the Most Great, by their desires. Say: O people of the earth! Hearken unto the call of God, for it hath been raised graciously from its resplendent station. Turn ye unto Him with attentive ears, that haply the breaths of revelation may seize you and draw you nigh unto the Mighty, the Generous. How many a night did Baha not sleep, calling all unto God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy, and how many a day did He speak until the sun did set - to this every discerning soul doth testify. By God! In My actions I desired naught save to draw people nigh unto God, the Peerless, the All-Knowing. We wished for them naught save what would profit them in this world and the next. Verily, My Most Exalted Pen is the Witness. We have seen thee turning unto God, and have therefore revealed for thee this Book and sent it to thee, that thou mayest rejoice and be among those who render thanks.

=== END BH08459 ===

=== START BH08460 ===

This is a Book of holiness in this Paradise which hath been sent down by God’s leave. God hath made it from His presence a proof, and from His realm a testimony unto all creation. O Muhammad! Bear thou witness within thyself to that which the Most Exalted Pen doth testify in the Most Glorious Paradise, that there is none other God but Him, and that ’Ali is His light and His splendor between the heavens and the earth. Thus hath the promise been fulfilled and the decree hath been inscribed by this Hand which hath emerged from behind the veils of light and hath seized all created things with the sovereignty of might with a mighty seizure, then doth He extend it unto whomsoever He willeth through His grace, and thus hath the decree been recorded in the Tablet. Give thanks unto God, thy Lord, for having sent down unto thee the verses through divine nature that He might cause all worlds to be fashioned according to the nature of God. And the Spirit be upon thee and upon those who are with thee in an exalted station of glory.

=== END BH08460 ===

=== START BH08461 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory, the All-Wise, the All-Eloquent!

This is the Book of God which draweth mankind nigh unto Him, and this is the Light of God which moveth before the faces of them that are near unto Him, and this is the Sun of God which guideth men unto His straight path. Blessed is the eye that hath beheld the signs and the ear that hath heard the call of the Mighty, the Wondrous One. Thy name hath been mentioned in the presence of the Wronged One. We have remembered thee as a token of Our grace, for verily I am the All-Knowing Rememberer. Glorify the name of thy Lord, then make mention of Him amongst His servants. Verily thy Lord is He Who hath ever commanded from ancient times. He aideth them that turn towards His good-pleasure and seizeth them that denied Him when He came with manifest sovereignty. Say: My God, my God! Praise be to Thee for having illumined mine eyes with the lights of Thy utterance and honored mine ears with hearkening to Thy call and strengthened my hands to take hold of Thy Book and adorned my heart with the radiance of Thy knowledge. I beseech Thee to make me steadfast in Thy Cause and vocal in Thy praise. Verily Thou art the All-Powerful, the Almighty, and worthy to grant this prayer.

=== END BH08461 ===

=== START BH08462 ===

He is the Rememberer and the Remembered! This is a Book for whosoever hath turned unto God, the Mighty, the Bestower. Behold naught save My luminous and exalted Beauty, and utter naught save My praise, if thou be of them that know. Praise beseemeth the Lord of Names, and remembrance this Supreme Remembrance, and tribulation the Dayspring of Decree - verily this resplendent Horizon. Beware, O My loved ones, lest ye exchange that which ye possess for that which hath been ordained in the worlds. The love of God is greater than every good and more glorious than whatsoever hath been created on earth. Preserve it through My Name, the Mighty, the Wise. Be ye brethren of purity amidst the concourse of creation and companions of fidelity in this manifest Cause. Ye are the mirrors of My attributes - polish your hearts from the rust of vain imaginings. Thus doth the Lord of all men command you, and He is the Commander, the All-Knowing. Blessed is he who hath known My Self in My days and heard My call from this noble Prospect.

=== END BH08462 ===

=== START BH08463 ===

Muhammad-Qabli-Taqi

He is the Most Manifest Beloved

This is a letter from one servant to another servant that he might be stirred by what hath been revealed therein and be numbered among the steadfast. Blessed is he who is stirred by the breezes of God’s Will which come at every moment and awaken those servants who sleep upon their couches. Say: These are His signs, were ye of those who know. Verily those who have taken for themselves a friend other than God - these are the heedless ones and shall be numbered among the dead. Say: The Youth is like none among you. He is the One for Whose presence the denizens of the highest Paradise yearn and by Whose melodies the hearts of the mystics are entranced. O servant! Find solace in the remembrance of thy Lord, for through His remembrance mercy descendeth upon His servants, and verily His mercy hath preceded all worlds. Thus have We imparted this unto thee in this Prison that it might be a sign from Us unto thee and unto God’s assured servants.

=== END BH08463 ===

=== START BH08464 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Glorious! This is a Book from the Lord of Names to him who hath hearkened unto the Call of his Lord and responded, that he may rejoice in God’s remembrance of him and stand firm in the Cause in such wise that the hosts of the oppressors shall not frighten him. O thou servant who hast turned unto God! Wert thou to taste the sweetness of the remembrance of God, thou wouldst assuredly detach thyself from all that was and is, speaking forth the name of thy Lord, the All-Merciful, amidst all creation. This, verily, is a certain truth. They who have heard with the ear of the heart have soared in the atmosphere of longing and yearning - to their acceptance testifieth the Pen of God, the Mighty, the Wise. Can anyone be sorrowful after the Sun of Joy hath dawned from the horizon of the Command of his Lord, the Gracious, the Bountiful? Rejoice ye in this Name! By God, through it have the horizons been perfumed, would ye but know. Through it hath God distinguished between His servants. He, verily, is the Almighty, the Powerful. Take thou the cup of utterance in My Name, the All-Merciful, then drink therefrom through this wise remembrance.

=== END BH08464 ===

=== START BH08465 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Great! This is a Book from Us unto thee, that the breathings of revelation may draw thee unto God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. Turn unto God with thy heart, then make mention of Him amongst His servants, that from thee may be wafted the sweet fragrance of the remembrance of My Name, the Mighty, the Well-Beloved. Beware lest anything withhold thee from God, the Lord of all names. Leave aside all else and hold fast unto this Cord which hath been outstretched. Be thankful unto thy Lord, inasmuch as thou hast been mentioned before the Throne, and that which shall gladden the eyes hath been revealed unto thee. Drink thou the living waters from the traces of thy Lord’s Pen, the All-Merciful, and say: Praise be unto Thee, O God of the seen and unseen! We, while in prison, make mention of thee with pure intent before God, that thou mayest know that the mercy of thy Lord hath encompassed all created things and His bounty hath surrounded existence itself. Know thou the worth of this bounty which hath encompassed thee, then recite the verses of thy Lord. He shall assist thee in that which He desireth. He, verily, is the Truth, the Knower of things unseen.

=== END BH08465 ===

=== START BH08466 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the Supremacy over all names! This is a Book from Us to her whom God hath related unto Our servant Muhammad, who hath attained unto the light of the Countenance and who hath been present at this noble Scene, and unto whom We caused to hear that which the Interlocutor heard, and showed him from among the greatest signs of his Lord, and made him to be of them that have prospered. O My handmaiden! Rejoice thou in My remembrance of thee. By God! Naught on earth can equal it. Blessed is the one who hath turned unto God on this wondrous Day. We make mention of every servant who hath turned, and every handmaiden who hath turned unto God, the One, the All-Informed, that the utterance of the All-Merciful may draw them to a station wherein they shall behold themselves in the most exalted station. He, verily, is the Munificent Giver. Grieve thou not over anything. Place thy trust in God, the One, the All-Informed. He is with those handmaidens who have believed in God and who make mention of Him at morn and eventide.

=== END BH08466 ===

=== START BH08467 ===

This is a book from Us to those who have attained today unto that which God desired for them and have quaffed the choice sealed wine which was unsealed by the finger of the might of their Lord, the Mighty, the Loving, that they might take the chalice once again and drink thereof time after time in remembrance of Me, despite those who have denied God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. Rejoice in that which hath been sent down unto thee from the heaven of grace. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O God of the seen and the unseen! Those who are heedless this day - these know not. Erelong shall the breezes of chastisement seize them from every direction, and they shall not be helped. Thus have We sent down unto thee from the heaven of the Tablet the rains of wisdom and utterance, that there might grow from thy heart the plant of certitude in thy Lord’s Cause, and that thou mayest be of those whom the tempests move not in the days of God and who remained steadfast in such wise that the tongue of the Kingdom and the dominion falls short of describing it.

=== END BH08467 ===

=== START BH08468 ===

In My Name which shineth forth from the horizon of the heaven of bounty. This is a Book from Us unto the Leaf of the Divine Lote-Tree, a grace from Our presence and a mercy from before Us. Blessed is he who hath heard and attained, and woe unto the heedless. O My Leaf and O My Afnan! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness and My mercy. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having given me to drink, from the hand of Thy bounty, the Kawthar of Thy knowledge. And unto Thee be glory and favor, for having caused me to dwell near unto Thee and having made me to hear Thy call. My God, my God! I beseech Thee by Thy most great signs and by Thy mercy which hath preceded all things, to ordain for me what Thou hast ordained for Thy handmaidens who circle round the throne of Thy grandeur. O Lord! Withhold not from Thy handmaiden the wonders of Thy generosity and favor, and the gems of Thy bounty and bestowals. Thou art, verily, the Most Merciful of the merciful ones and the Fulfiller of the needs of them that supplicate Thee. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Bountiful, the All-Forgiving, the Merciful.

=== END BH08468 ===

=== START BH08469 ===

Here is a tablet revealed by Us for him who desires to drink from the Kawthar of life in the days of the All-Merciful, that he may rejoice in the remembrance of the Lord of the worlds and be of those who are at peace. O ’Ali-Akbar! Blessed is thy father who believed in God when every ignorant one turned away from Him. Beware lest anything prevent thee from the remembrance of God. Hold fast unto that which thou art commanded in the Book and cling to His mighty cord. We have adorned the horizon of the world with the Most Great Name, whereupon all things proclaimed: “He Who is the Lord of Names hath come with a sovereignty that the hosts of evil ones and the might of the oppressors could not withhold.” He alone speaketh at the midmost heart of creation, saying: “O people of creation! Turn ye toward the Countenance with illumined hearts. He hath appeared from the most exalted horizon after the passing away of all things, and He is in truth the One promised in the scriptures of God, the Most High, the All-Glorious.”

=== END BH08469 ===

=== START BH08470 ===

In the Name of Him Who speaks the Truth. This is a Book from the True One to those who have turned and believed in God, the Single, the All-Informed. This is the year wherein Hasan sacrificed himself in the path of God, the Lord of the worlds, and after him Husayn, who attained the most great martyrdom. By the life of God, all things wept for them both and for those who preceded them, yet the people are in evident joy. They denied the right of God and His chosen ones, having followed every ignorant one who turned away from God, the Exalted, the Great. Whoso ponders what befell the family of the Messenger would weep with the weeping of the bereaved, or like one who has lost his father and mother and son. This speaking, all-seeing Book bears witness to that. Blessed art thou for having drunk the wine of everlasting life from the hand of thy Lord, the Most Glorious, when most of the people turned away from Him - they whom vain desires kept back from the most exalted horizon and who were, in the days of profit, among the losers.

=== END BH08470 ===

=== START BH08471 ===

In the Name of God, the Ever-Abiding, the Everlasting! This is a letter from the Prisoner to him who hath chosen for himself a path unto God and believed in the Manifestation of His Self in these days wherein most of the servants remain veiled from Him, save those who have quaffed the Kawthar of divine favor and have detached themselves entirely from every remote idolater. O servant! Take thou the chalice of eternity in My Most Glorious Name, then drink what hath been ordained therein, and tarry not even for a moment. Thus have We addressed thee and commanded thee in truth, and He is, verily, over all things wise. Follow thou the ways of God, then cast behind thee the ways of men. This, verily, is My bidding unto thee and unto every sincere soul. And the glory be upon thee and upon whosoever hath heard the call of God and hath answered it with a pure heart and an eloquent tongue, and hath turned toward the Dayspring of the Cause with a sanctified soul.

=== END BH08471 ===

=== START BH08472 ===

O handmaiden of God, Mother Andalib, upon her be the Glory of God! He is the Most Great, the Most Glorious!

This is a Book from the Wronged One to one of the leaves and one of the handmaidens, that she may rejoice in the verses of her Lord, the Forgiving, the Generous. Verily We have remembered every servant who hath believed in God and every handmaiden who hath turned unto the All-Knowing, the One. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O Sovereign of the world and Ruler of the nations, for having made known unto me the Dawning-Place of Thy Revelation and the Tree which hath encompassed all who are in Thy heaven and on Thine earth. And thanks be unto Thee for having given me to drink of the Kawthar of Thy knowledge and for having taught me the path of Thy good-pleasure. O my Lord! Deprive not Thy handmaiden of the ocean of Thy bounty and drive her not from the door of Thy grace. O my Lord! Thou seest that she hath turned unto the Kaaba of Thy knowledge and asked for the wonders of Thy gifts. I beseech Thee to ordain for her from Thy Most Exalted Pen that which beseemeth Thy sovereignty. Verily Thou art the Bountiful, the Generous.

=== END BH08472 ===

=== START BH08473 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Wondrous, the Most Wondrous! This is a Book sent down in truth from the presence of One mighty and powerful. Verily it is the Greatest Cause among all created things, and through it the fire is kindled in the breasts of the righteous, and the Dove of Utterance warbleth upon the branches of the Chosen Lote-Tree with wondrous melodies. Arise thou to the Cause of God amongst His servants, then remind them of this Mystery which was inscribed in the Mother Book as something momentous. Say: O people! This is He Whose meeting ye were promised. He hath come from the heaven of the Cause with holy adorning. Fear God and follow not every ungrateful tyrant. Turn ye unto Him, O people, with pure hearts and shining faces. Stand firm in the Cause, then leave behind thee the mention of all the peoples. And upon thee be the glory from this Glory which hath shone forth from the Dayspring of the Cause with brilliant lights.

=== END BH08473 ===

=== START BH08474 ===

O Muhammad-Hashim in Shin! He is God, the Most Wondrous, the Most Glorious! This is a Book sent down in truth wherein mention is made of Our servant who was named Muhammad before Hashim, that he may rejoice within himself and be of those who draw nigh unto the Sanctuary of Beauty and then the Kaaba of Glory, and be detached from all else save God. O servant! Call to mind this Prisoner Who hath fallen into the pit of darkness through that which the hands of the oppressors have wrought, and upon Whom at every moment there descendeth tribulation and ordeal. Yet in all conditions He rendereth thanks and is among the thankful ones. Guard thyself lest the odors of discord stir thee, for this is My counsel unto thee and unto Our seeking servants. Remember thy Lord with thy heart and tongue, and place thy trust in Him in all matters, for verily He loveth those who place their trust in Him. And the glory rest upon thee and upon those who have held fast to the cord of the love of God in these grievous days.

=== END BH08474 ===

=== START BH08475 ===

In the name of God, the Ever-Abiding. This is a Tablet from Us to him who hath believed and been guided, and hath attained unto the recognition of God, the Lord of the former and latter worlds. Therein hath been revealed from the Most Exalted Pen that which will draw him unto God, the Almighty, the Most High, the Most Glorious. O servant! Detach thyself from self and desire, and incline with the ear of thine inmost heart unto that which the Dove warbleth upon the twigs of the Divine Lote-Tree, that thou mayest be among those who have heard the verses of their Lord, the Most Great, from the direction wherein was established the Most Great Name and wherein He shed His radiance upon all who are in the heavens and the earth and beneath the soil. Be thou steadfast in the Cause and turn thy heart at all times unto God, the Lord of the visible and invisible. And the glory rest upon thee and upon him who hath turned unto God and detached himself from him who disbelieved and turned away.

=== END BH08475 ===

=== START BH08476 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

This is the Day of God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. The Ancient Beauty hath seated Himself upon His most great throne, while the angels circle round about Him. They who were held back by vain imaginings are truly the worshippers of idols, though they perceive it not. Break the idols by the command of your Lord, the Lord of all mankind. Arise to assist the Cause of your Lord, the Mighty, the Loving. Say: He hath appeared in such wise that nothing in creation can prevent Him. He doeth what He willeth through His sovereignty from His presence. He is, in truth, the All-Knowing, the Knower of things unseen. O loved ones of God! Grieve not over the world and what hath befallen you in My path. Rather, behold what hath befallen this Wronged One. We have borne all tribulations for your salvation, as attesteth whosoever dwelleth in the realms of the seen and unseen. Put your trust in God, then remember your Lord, the All-Merciful. He is with you in all conditions. There is no God but Him, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved.

=== END BH08476 ===

=== START BH08477 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Glorious

This is the Day wherein the Hour proclaimeth and saith: O God of the Kingdom and the Dominion! I beseech Thee by the power through which Thou didst subdue the world, to protect me from the terror of this Day. Verily, Thou art the Truth, the Knower of things unseen. Such agitation hath seized me that my heart hath melted from fear of Thee. Have mercy upon me through Thy grace and bounty, then preserve me from the hosts of the doubters. By the life of God! This is a matter at which the Most Great Trump was thunderstruck - how much more the servants who have clung to every ignorant doubter. Verily, thou hast held fast to the Most Mighty Cord by God’s leave, the Lord of ancient days, and hast clung to His luminous hem. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having made known unto me and taught me and revealed unto me that which hath gladdened my heart and cheered my eyes and dilated my breast. I testify that Thou art the Lord of all worlds, the Goal of them that know Thee, and the Beloved of all who are in the heavens and on earth.

=== END BH08477 ===

=== START BH08478 ===

O Mirza Ibrahim! He is the Most Holy, the Most Exalted. This is a Day wherein the Tree uttereth: “There is none other God besides Me, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting.” He it is Who hath spoken and caused all things to speak in praise of His Own Self, the One Who dominateth over all that is seen and unseen. Say: O people, hold fast unto trustworthiness. I swear by the Lord of Names that had the city of ’Akka attained unto it, the face of the Cause would not have been clouded, nor would the hearts of them who are nigh have been saddened. Say: Hold ye fast unto it and cling to its hem, and be not of the ignorant ones. Through it is the Cause exalted among creation and all things bear witness that there is none other God besides Me, the Manifest, the All-Knowing. O My chosen ones, counsel My servants and teach them My attributes and My straight path. He that hath a sense of smell will inhale My fragrance, and he that hath discernment will cry out and say: “The Day of Judgment hath come and the Promised One hath appeared with mighty sovereignty!”

=== END BH08478 ===

=== START BH08480 ===

O Zabih! He is the Hidden One! This is a leaf We have sent unto thee. Verily, at all times it singeth within itself that there is none other God but Him, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. Were all created things to hear its melodies, they would surely detach themselves from whatsoever they possess and draw nigh unto a praiseworthy station. Say: O people! This is the servant of God in your midst who calleth you unto everlasting life, yet ye slay His loved ones. What aileth you that ye understand not? We summon you unto the light in this Revelation, yet ye burn Our loved ones with fire. What aileth you that ye perceive not? As to thee, be thou assured through thy Lord’s grace, then seek His help, for He assisteth whomsoever He willeth through the hosts of the unseen. He, verily, is the Truth, the Knower of things invisible. Ere long He shall send down upon His loved ones that which shall make them victorious over all things, and after they have been overcome they shall triumph. And the Spirit be upon thee and upon those who are turned towards God.

=== END BH08480 ===

=== START BH08481 ===

In the name of the one peerless God! Every word that proceedeth from the tongue of grandeur is even as the water of life unto the dead, and a manifest path unto those who have gone astray. Well is it with him who hath drunk of this water which hath streamed forth from the heaven of the bounty of the Lord of Bounties. He attaineth unto life everlasting. To this beareth witness He with Whom is the knowledge of the Books, the Scriptures, the Psalms and the Tablets. Blessed is the soul that hath attained unto the lights of the Kingdom and believed in God, the Self-Subsisting, the All-Compelling. O people of Baha! The Lord of Names remembereth you at all times, and every letter of this remembrance is even as a sun in the heaven of meanings. Strive ye that ye may attain unto this most great remembrance. By the life of God! It hath no peer in all creation. To this beareth witness the Tongue of Grandeur from His exalted and glorious station.

=== END BH08481 ===

=== START BH08482 ===

In His Name Who shineth from the horizon of utterance!

Hath the Book appeared in truth? Say: Yea, by the Lord of the worlds! Hath the Call been raised through grace? Say: Yea, if thou be of them that know! Say: The appointed time hath passed and the Promise hath come, and the Promised One calleth from His glorious station. Yet the people remain in manifest remoteness. They behold the Kingdom and turn away from it, they hear the verses yet remain heedless thereof. Thus hath the Pen raised its shrill voice and the Tongue of Eternity spoken. Blessed is he who, having cast the world behind him, hath heard, and blessed is he who, having seen, hath turned toward the horizon of his Lord’s gracious favor. The glory shining from the horizon of eternity be upon them who have turned to the Lote-Tree beyond which there is no passing and have attained unto that which was promised them in the Book of God, the Mighty, the Wise. We have heard thy call and witnessed thy turning to Us. We make mention of thee as a bounty from Us, that thou mayest be of the thankful ones. Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds!

=== END BH08482 ===

=== START BH08483 ===

He is the All-Knowing

As the eye of the faithful weeps for the martyrs in the path of Baha, it seems as though it has freshly heard the news of those who were wronged. Praise be to God in all conditions! Reflect upon the grace of God: though the servants deserved punishment, He bestowed favor and sent mercy. Justice stands bewildered at the greatness of this grace. He doeth what He willeth and ordaineth what He pleaseth. News was received of the extinguishing of the fire in the furnace, the descent of water from the ceiling, winter’s encroachment upon summer, the blowing of freezing winds, and the falling and dropping of oranges in the great garden. God willing, compensation for what was lost will come through the grace of the Revealer of verses. Verily, He has power over all things. ’Abdu’s-Salih was sent with scant provisions to deliver and bring back news. You are all beneath the shelter of your Lord’s grace. The condition of the Most Exalted Leaf is, God willing, good. We send greetings to all.

=== END BH08483 ===

=== START BH08485 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the Guardian over all names!

The leaf, daughter of that honored lady, intended the ultimate goal and the most exalted horizon. Praise be to God, divine grace assisted her and His will granted her success. She arrived at the station which had been the hope of the chosen ones, heard the divine call, and attained the presence of the Horizon. We beseech God to assist her in preserving that which He has bestowed. He is the Powerful, the Mighty. Praise thou the Goal of all beings, that thy mention hath flowed from the Most Exalted Pen and been sent down from the heaven of will. This is the most exalted station and the most glorious rank, and this greatest bounty and mightiest grace depends on that which hath been revealed in God’s Book of commands and laws. Blessed is the maidservant who hath done what she was bidden in the Book of God, the Lord of the worlds. Glory be upon every maidservant who hath believed in the All-Knowing, the One.

=== END BH08485 ===

=== START BH08486 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory, unto Whom belongeth grandeur and majesty

O Abu’l-Qasim! We make mention of thee from the Prison, and give thee the glad-tidings of God’s loving-kindness, the Lord of all worlds. We counsel thee with that which beseemeth man and that which will cause the Cause of God, the Almighty, the All-Powerful, to be exalted. In all conditions fix thy gaze upon the Most Sublime Horizon and drink from the chalice of steadfastness. How many kings and sovereigns who were expecting the days of the Revelation yet attained not unto its fragrance and were not enabled to hearken unto a single word. The same is true of the divines of the earth, save whom God hath willed. But thou, through God’s infinite grace, glory be to His majesty, hast recognized His days and drunk from the cup of His love. This is a great station. We beseech God to preserve thee and grant thee that which will strengthen thee to remain steadfast among all peoples. Verily He is the Helper, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH08486 ===

=== START BH08487 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Glorious

O Ibrahim! The Friend of God and He Who conversed with God have returned and bear witness and see. And the Mount is once again perfumed by the fragrances of revelation. Thus speaks the Lord of humanity - verily He is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. The Tree that has spoken has sealed the gate of the tongue and opened the gate of ears to hear this sweetest Call raised between earth and heaven. Rejoice in what thy Lord, the King of the throne and dust, relates unto thee what was hidden from every heedless and remote one. How many who stood were seized with bewilderment, and how many who sat still heard and hastened with their hearts to the Dawning-Place of the verses of God, the Lord of the worlds. The earth has been transformed and the mountains have passed away and another heaven has been raised up, yet most among the people remain heedless. Blessed is the soul that has turned and woe unto those who have turned away.

=== END BH08487 ===

=== START BH08488 ===

His honor Ibrahim, upon him be the Glory of God. In the name of the All-Knowing Bestower! O Ibrahim! Praise be to God, thou hast been and art beneath the glance of divine favor. In days when the peoples of the world turned away, thou didst turn toward Him and didst drink the choice wine of recognition from the cup of bounty of the Lord of Religions. Well is it with thee and happy art thou! We beseech God to assist thee even as He assisted thy father and thine uncle. By the life of God! Ye are all remembered in the presence of the Wronged One and have attained to the grace of God. Say: My God, my God! Adorn my heart with the ornament of Thy love, my tongue with Thy remembrance and praise, mine eye with beholding Thy horizon, and my face with turning toward the lights of Thy countenance. O Lord! I beseech Thee by the ocean of Thy knowledge and the sun of Thy grace to aid me in all conditions to be steadfast in Thy Cause. Verily Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is no God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08488 ===

=== START BH08489 ===

O Son of Abhar! O thou who gazest upon the Most Great Scene! The Lord of Destiny maketh mention of thee from this station wherein every hidden thing hath been made manifest, quicker than the twinkling of an eye. Verily thy Lord is the Mighty, the Generous. Say: O concourse of divines! We have ordained knowledge that it might guide you to My path, yet ye turned away therefrom and waxed proud before the All-Wise One. Beware lest learning debar you from the Self-Subsisting or vain imaginings veil you from God, the Lord of all worlds. We created hearts for My love, and eyes to behold the signs of My power, and tongues to make mention of My beauteous praise. Say: Consider ye the greatness of God and His signs, then aid Him through wisdom and utterance. Thus doth command you He with Whom is a mighty Book. From this station We send greetings to My loved ones who observed the right of God concerning His friends and followed that which the All-Merciful hath revealed in a perspicuous Tablet.

=== END BH08489 ===

=== START BH08490 ===

HE IS THE MOST GREAT, THE MOST GLORIOUS

O children of the Friend and heirs of Him Who conversed with God! It behooveth you to cast away all that existeth in the world, taking hold of that which hath come to you from God, the Lord of all names. Ye are they who have attained unto the Most Sublime Horizon when the people of creation turned away therefrom. Soon shall the gates of the mercy of your Lord, the Compassionate, the All-Bountiful, be opened unto your faces. Cast ye away names and take hold of Him Who remembereth you in this exalted and glorious station. Beware lest the conditions of earth prevent you from the Creator of heaven. Ye are they who have attained unto the authoritative Word of God through which was revealed that which lay hidden within the knowledge of God, the Mighty, the Loving. Preserve ye your stations through the name of your Lord, the All-Merciful, and glorify Him with praise. Verily, He is with you and will show you that He is the Truth, the Knower of things unseen. May the glory rest upon you and upon those men and women who are with you, and upon every devoted soul who hath arisen to serve the Cause of his Lord, the Sovereign of all sovereigns.

=== END BH08490 ===

=== START BH08491 ===

In the Name of God, the One with power over whatsoever He willeth! O loved ones of God! Be ye in such a state and condition that the affairs of the world shall not prevent you from the Lord of earth and heaven. We revealed in a Tablet which We sent to one of the servants in Iraq aforetime that which hath been ordained and cannot be altered by change of mind, nor prevented by ransom, nor repelled by the powers of creation. With your Lord is the knowledge of what hath been and what shall be. Ponder on that which was revealed aforetime from God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting, and that wherein We are in these days, though they be dark and gloomy. The servants whose gaze is fixed upon the Most Sublime Horizon and whose faces are turned to the Most Resplendent Vision shall not be grieved thereby. We beseech God to make you steadfast in His Cause in such wise that the whisperings of the deniers shall not cause you to slip, and to make you mindful of His Cause among the peoples of the world.

=== END BH08491 ===

=== START BH08492 ===

Sister of Ali-Qabil-Akbar, upon them both be the Glory of God

He is the All-Seeing, the All-Informed

O sister of Ali! I swear by the effulgent rays of the Sun of inner meanings before the Divine Throne, thou art remembered among the people of Paradise and in the Crimson Book this most exalted station hath been bestowed upon thee by the Most Exalted Pen. Know thou the bounty of thy Lord and be thou grateful to Him by night and day. O sister of Akbar! Blessed is thy brother. God beareth witness that from the beginning of the Cause he turned towards it, in days when all were seen to be deniers, hypocrites and apostates, save whom God willed. Thy deeds are accepted before the Divine Countenance and adorned with the imperishable ornament. The denizens of the Supreme Paradise are occupied with thy mention. We counsel thee to love thy brother and preserve thy station through the Name of God, the Most Glorious. Glory be upon him and upon thee and upon those women from whom the Supreme Concourse perceived the fragrance of steadfastness in this Most Great Announcement.

=== END BH08492 ===

=== START BH08493 ===

He is God, exalted is He!

O Asad! Upon thee be My peace! A ray of My loving-kindness is present, and from the Ocean of the bounty of God, exalted be His glory, he hath beseeched pearls of wisdom and utterance. His request hath been granted, and from the mighty treasury which lay concealed and hidden within the Most Exalted Pen there hath appeared that which the treasuries of kings and the riches of earth cannot equal. O Asad! God willing, thou shalt appear even as a lion in the jungle of divine power and shalt, through wisdom and utterance, deliver the servants from the doubts and allusions of the Shi’ihs of Iran, that all may turn with detached hearts, pure souls, expanded breasts, penetrating vision and radiant countenance unto the light of His Face, and drink from the Euphrates of the All-Merciful’s mercy which floweth from the right hand of God’s throne. Blessed are they that drink thereof, and woe unto the heedless!

=== END BH08493 ===

=== START BH08494 ===

O My Name! Well have you called upon God, your Lord and the Lord of the worlds. We beseech God to cause you to speak His mention at all times and to assist through you those who have turned to His countenance in accordance with what He loves and is pleased with. O My Name! You have become aware of a drop from the ocean of My grief and what has befallen Me from those possessed of hatred. Soon there shall appear in the city that which was sent down in the Tablets. Your Lord is verily the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. What has befallen Me cannot be mentioned in utterance nor can the pen of possibility flow upon it. Call upon your Lord that He may deliver Me from the wrongdoers. All joy is a sacrifice for My grief, all rest is a sacrifice for My hardship, and all laughter is a sacrifice for My weeping, by virtue of what has befallen Me in the path of God, the Master of the Day of Judgment. Indeed, mercy and glory be upon you and upon those who are with you there. Give them glad tidings through the mention of My Name, the Wronged One, the Unique One.

=== END BH08494 ===

=== START BH08496 ===

O Afnan, His honor Aqa Mirza Aqa, upon him be the Most Glorious Beauty of God! He is the One manifest and speaking before all faces. O My Afnan! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness. This Wronged One, in the midst of sorrows, hath summoned and continueth to summon all created things unto the Truth.

My grief - the least portion thereof Jacob did not recount,

And all the afflictions of Job are but part of My tribulation.

Despite encompassing sorrows, on the right hand is seen the adorned banquet hall and on the left the battlefield. The tyranny of the oppressors and the croaking of the croakers have been and are as the buzzing of flies. Before the faces of the world We stand, speaking that which God hath willed. The tongue of utterance hath not been prevented by the cruelty and harm of the people of the contingent world. Blessed be God, Lord of the mighty throne and the elevated seat! The glory from Us be upon thee and upon them that are with thee and who love thee for the sake of God and hearken unto thy word concerning His Great Announcement.

=== END BH08496 ===

=== START BH08497 ===

O Muhammad-’Ali-Qibl-Khan! The All-Glorious, the All-Glorious! O my God! Illumine the eyes of hearts with the light of Thy countenance, O Thou the Beloved of those who dwell in the earth and the heavens! Then make Thy servants so steadfast that no veils shall prevent them from turning toward the horizon of Thy Name, the All-Bestowing. How many servants, O my God, have sought the Desired One but failed to reach Him through that which the hands of the wicked have wrought. O Lord! Ordain for every soul who turns toward Thee that which Thou hast ordained for those who have attained Thy presence, visited Thy Beauty, and heard Thy verses after ears were forbidden from hearing them. Thou seest, O my God, what I have borne for the liberation and salvation of Thy servants. I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name to draw them nigh unto what Thou hast desired for them through Thy bounty and favor. Verily Thou art the Almighty, the Glorious, the All-Bountiful. Then write down for each one of them the good of this world and the next. I testify that within Thy grasp lies the kingdom of all things and in Thy right hand the empire of might.

=== END BH08497 ===

=== START BH08498 ===

In His name, the Ever-Abiding, the Self-Subsisting

O my God! Thou knowest and seest what hath befallen Thy chosen ones and trusted ones in Thy lands, who have voiced Thy remembrance and have arisen by night and day to teach Thy Cause and exalt Thy Word. O Lord! The winds have assailed the lamp of Thy justice and the waves have beaten against the ark of Thy Cause. I beseech Thee by the blood that hath been shed in these days in Thy path and for love of Thee, and by the body which the idolaters have torn limb from limb because it believed in Thee and turned toward Thy horizon, to ordain for Thy loved ones that which shall protect them from the evil of Thine enemies, and to decree for them that which shall gladden their eyes and bring joy to their hearts. O Lord! Sorrows have seized the manifestations of Thy name, the All-Merciful. I beseech Thee to transform them through Thy Most Great Joy. Verily, Thou art the Ancient King and the Sovereign of nations. There is none other God but Thee, the Giving, the All-Sufficient, the Mighty, the Generous.

=== END BH08498 ===

=== START BH08499 ===

In the Name of the One Who is the Remembering, the All-Knowing

O my God and the God of all names, my Creator and Creator of heaven, my Maker and Maker of all things, my Helper and Helper of the weak ones, my Beloved and Beloved of whosoever hath turned toward Thy most exalted horizon! Thou hearest the sighing of my heart, the groaning of my pen, the lamentation of my soul, and the crying out of my being in Thy days wherein Thou didst establish Thyself upon the throne of Thy mercy and called all unto the ocean of Thy knowledge and the heaven of Thy bounty. O Lord! There hath befallen Thy loved ones at the hands of the enemies of Thy Self that which the tongue is ashamed to recount and the pen to record. O Lord! Thou seest them beneath the talons of the idolaters and in the clutches of the oppressors. I beseech Thee, O King of Kings and Mover of the celestial sphere, by Thy Most Great Name, to send down from the clouds of Thy grace that which will manifest the station of Thy chosen ones among the nations. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Powerful.

=== END BH08499 ===

=== START BH08500 ===

He is the Helper, the All-Knowing! O my God and the God of all things seen and unseen! I beseech Thee by the Word which Thou didst bring forth from the mine of Thy utterance, and by the Name through which, when Thou didst lift its veil, Thy creation and the dwellers of Thy realm were enraptured, to ordain from Thy Most Exalted Pen, for him who hath entered prison for Thy name and borne hardships in Thy path, the reward of one who hath been martyred in Thy good-pleasure. Then write down for him what Thou hast written for Thy chosen ones who have forsaken the world in their love for Thee. O Lord! These are Thy servants and Thy creatures who have turned unto the Dawning-Place of Thy Cause when the great terror seized the people of Thy lands and realms. O Lord! I beseech Thee by the imprisonment of Him Who is the Manifestation of Thy signs, and by His exile and sorrow and tribulation, to bestow through Thy bounty upon all who have been tried in Thy name that which shall make them steadfast in Thy Cause and abiding through the perpetuity of Thy kingdom and dominion. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH08500 ===

=== START BH08501 ===

O Amanullah, upon thee be the Glory of God! He is the Witness from His most exalted horizon. O Amanullah! Blessed art thou, and blessed is he who reared thee, and blessed is he whom God hath aided to show kindness unto thee. We beseech God to assist thee and the dear one to that which He loveth and is pleased with. Verily He is the All-Powerful, the Almighty. Hearken in the Persian tongue: Give thanks unto the Purpose of the world and the Sovereign of nations Who hath confirmed thee and guided thee. Thou didst hearken unto His mention and attained unto His recognition. Know thou the value of this great bounty and recognize the station of thy teacher. Verily He hath made mention of thee in this Tablet that thou mayest render thanks unto Him at eventide and at dawn. Know thou the worth of God’s favor and speak forth His praise. Verily He created thee and revealed thee and guided thee. Verily He is the Compassionate, the Generous. The Glory be upon thee and upon him who reared thee from the presence of One Who is Powerful, Mighty.

=== END BH08501 ===

=== START BH08503 ===

Handmaiden of God Haji Bibi, upon her be the Glory of God! He is the All-Forgiving, the All-Merciful! O My handmaiden! Your name was mentioned in the presence of the Wronged One, and the Tongue of Divine Evidence in the Kingdom of Utterance mentioned you with these exalted words: Give thanks unto your Lord and glorify His Name, for verily He is the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous. We have made mention of all the handmaidens of the earth and summoned them to the Most Exalted Horizon, yet none attained except a few. Beseech God that He may assist His handmaidens and not deprive them of the Kawthar of divine knowledge. He is the Powerful, the Mighty, and He is the Kind, the Merciful. When thou dost inhale the fragrance of My loving-kindness, say: Praise be unto Thee for having remembered me in the prison of ’Akka, and thanks be unto Thee for having enabled me to turn towards Thy Most Glorious Horizon. I beseech Thee to ordain for this handmaiden of Thine the good of this world and of the world to come. Verily, Thou art the Lord of the throne above and of the earth below. There is none other God but Thee, the Most Exalted, the Most High.

=== END BH08503 ===

=== START BH08504 ===

O My handmaiden! The Most Holy, the Most Glorious! O My maidservant! Hearken unto My call. By My majesty and glory, the Voice that riseth from the mouth of Baha is not on account of what hath befallen Him at the hands of the wicked ones. Rather, it riseth solely out of His longing and yearning to make mention of thy Lord, the Mighty, the All-Wise. Be thou patient and grieve not over what hath befallen thee in My path. God hath ordained for thee and His handmaidens the reward of those who have attained His presence and beheld His beauty. He, verily, is the Protector of those who do good, the Lord of the beneficent. Be thou thankful unto thy Lord in hardship and ease. By My life! All who are on earth shall perish, while sovereignty remaineth with thy Lord, the Almighty, the All-Powerful. Rejoice thou in My Name, then make mention of thy Lord in the watches of the night and at the break of day. Thus hath thy Lord, the All-Choosing, commanded thee. There is none other God but He, the Mighty, the All-Wise. And praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH08504 ===

=== START BH08505 ===

Handmaiden of God, Shirin, upon her be the Glory of God! He is the All-Seeing, the All-Hearing! O My handmaiden! We have remembered thee with a remembrance whose fragrance shall endure throughout the duration of the Kingdom and the heavenly Realm. Bear thou witness to that which God Himself hath testified - that there is none other God but Him, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. He hath sent forth the Messengers and revealed the Books and made manifest that which was hidden in the treasuries of infallibility and concealed from eyes. Take thou the chalices of success in the name of thy Lord, the Cleaver of Dawn, then drink in remembrance of Me, the Mighty, the Beloved. Know thou that the chalice is My Word, and the Water of Life is that which lieth concealed within it of meanings which none hath understood save God, the Lord of existence. Glorify the name of thy Lord, then remember Him at eventide and at dawn. Thus hath the murmur of the Water of Life been raised from the Book of the All-Merciful. Blessed is he who hath heard and hath said: “Praise be unto Thee, O Thou Who art the Goal of all desire!”

=== END BH08505 ===

=== START BH08506 ===

O My handmaiden! The Most Exalted Maiden who dwelleth in a palace of rubies in the Most Exalted Paradise speaketh these words: O handmaidens of the earth! Know ye the value of these days. The eye of the world hath never seen their like. Today the Most Exalted Horizon is radiant and the call of the One Beloved is raised. Deprive not yourselves of seeing and hearing. Today the All-Bountiful Lord is present and the heavenly feast is descending. Partake of it in His name and remember Him as ye eat. Praise be unto Him! Ye have attained to that which most of the peoples of the world are deprived of. Give thanks to the Desired One of the world Who hath enabled thee to attain and guided thee to the Most Exalted Horizon. His is the grace and praise, His is the bounty and bestowal. There is no God but Him, the Giving, the Generous.

=== END BH08506 ===

=== START BH08507 ===

In the name of the peerless Lord

O My handmaiden, upon thee be My glory! My Name “Beauty” hath made mention of thee and hath beseeched from the Most Holy Court that which would cause thy remembrance to endure in the Crimson Book. His wish was accepted and attained the honor of His good pleasure and confirmation. Therefore, this Most Holy, Most Exalted Tablet hath been sent down from the divine holy heaven that thou mayest drink from its letters the Kawthar of the utterance of the Goal of all the worlds and be illumined by the lights of the Day-Star of unity. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O Lord of all beings, and glory be unto Thee, O Thou Who art the Goal of earth and heaven, for having guided this handmaiden of Thine to Thy path and for having made mention of her in the Most Great Prison - a bounty from Thy presence. I beseech Thee to ordain for me that which will assist me to remain firm in Thy love and Thy Cause. Thou art, verily, the Single, the One, the Mighty, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08507 ===

=== START BH08508 ===

Mother of Abdullah who emigrated in My Most Great, Most Holy Name! O My handmaiden! Mention of thee hath been made in My presence, and the tongue of My loving-kindness doth mention thee in the kingdom of My manifestation, the Mighty, the Wondrous. Give thanks unto thy Lord for having brought forth from thee one who turned toward the Seat of the Throne and entered the pavilion of grandeur and heard the call of his Lord, the Most Glorious. He, verily, is the Ancient Bestower. What bounty is greater than My remembrance of thee? Hold fast to the cord of the favors of thy Lord and follow thou My straight path. Beware lest the veils of those who follow every vain imagining prevent thee. Rejoice thou in having attained unto the Most Great Joy that draweth people unto the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Blessed art thou, and blessed is thy son who attained the presence of the Prison, and blessed are they who have turned unto God, the Peerless, the All-Informed. We beseech God to aid all to serve His Cause and to do that which He loveth and is pleased with. He, verily, is the Mighty, the Praiseworthy.

=== END BH08508 ===

=== START BH08509 ===

He is the Confirmer, the Powerful, the All-Knowing

O My handmaiden and My leaf! Verily the Divine Lote-Tree remembereth thee and hath revealed for thee that which shall endure throughout the kingdom of earth and heaven, and hath ordained for thee that which none knoweth save God, thy Lord and the Lord of the mighty Throne. He hath confirmed thee in turning unto Him and caused thee to be present through the agencies of the heavens and earth at a station whereon was established the throne of thy Lord’s loving-kindness, and made thee to hear His most sweet call, and showed thee that which was withheld from all in the realm of creation. Be thou thankful unto thy Lord and say:

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Praise be unto Thee for having awakened me and made me aware of Thy mighty announcement and Thy straight path. I beseech Thee by Thy Most Exalted Word whereby Thou hast guided Thy servants and drawn them nigh unto Thee, that Thou write down for me the good of this world and the world to come. Verily Thou art the Lord of all mankind. There is none other God but Thee, the Overseer, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH08509 ===

=== START BH08510 ===

He is the All-Witnessing, the All-Informed! O my handmaiden! O Sitarih! We had a sister who was under the shelter of divine favor. Seeking nearness to the wealthy and the affluent, she turned away from her brother. She sent to the house of the enemy one who was related to the Friend. Beseech God that He may sanctify all from excessive love of the world. He is the Powerful, the Mighty.

Say: O my God, my God! I beseech Thee by Thy sanctification of Thine Essence from all similitudes and Thy protection of Thy Self from all likenesses, to assist Thy handmaidens in Thy remembrance and praise, and ordain for them that which will draw them nigh unto the shore of the ocean of Thy sanctification and the depths of Thy bounty and generosity. I beseech Thee, O God of Names and Creator of heaven, by the lights of Thy countenance and the Word whereby Thou hast subdued the hearts of Thy servants, to inscribe for Thy devoted handmaidens from Thy Most Exalted Pen that which will draw them nigh unto Thee in all conditions. Verily, Thou art the Self-Sufficient, the Most Exalted.

=== END BH08510 ===

=== START BH08511 ===

Khadijih Sultan, daughter of paternal aunt, upon both of them be the Glory of God

He is the All-Speaking, the All-Knowing

O My handmaiden, O My leaf! We have heard your call. God is witness and He is the One Who testifies that your mention has ever been and continues to be in the presence of the Wronged One. Your petition was received and in response this reply has been bestowed from the heaven of the loving-kindness of the Goal of all the worlds, as a token of His grace, for He is the All-Bountiful, the All-Generous. We convey Our greetings to the handmaidens and leaves in that land and counsel them to that which befits the days of God. Give glad-tidings to all the kindred of the grace and loving-kindness of God, exalted be His glory, and make mention of them on behalf of the Wronged One. The Glory from Us be upon you and upon My handmaidens who have believed in God, the Single, the All-Informed. We make mention of Muhammad-’Ali, upon him be My Glory, and give him the glad-tidings of God’s loving-kindness, exalted be His glory.

=== END BH08511 ===

=== START BH08512 ===

O handmaiden of God, daughter of Ismu’l-Asdaq, upon him be the Glory of God, the Most Glorious!

In the name of the peerless Lord! O my handmaiden, O leaf of Ismi! The tongue of My grandeur makes mention of thee and gives thee the glad tidings of My mercy and loving-kindness and grace which have preceded all who are in the heavens and on earth. The favor of God hath ever been and will continue to be directed towards Ismu’l-Asdaq. Praise be to God that he turned, by permission, and arrived, and stood at the gate, and hearkened to the call of God, and was illumined by the light of His countenance. Blessed is he, and joy be unto him! His kindred are remembered before the Throne. They must, God willing, manifest such virtues as befit this divine Day. Hearken unto the voice of the true Counsellor and act in accordance with that which is worthy of the Day of God. Ye have been and are beneath the glance of God’s mercy. Be thankful unto thy Lord for this supreme bounty.

=== END BH08512 ===

=== START BH08513 ===

In My Name which shineth forth from the horizon of the world! O handmaiden of God, Fatimih, daughter of Siyyid ’Ali-Naqi, upon both of whom be the glory of God! Hearken thou unto the call of the Wronged One. He hath heard thy cry and hath answered thee from the precincts of His Most Great Prison, as a token of grace from God, the Lord of all worlds. The servant who attaineth Our presence hath presented that which thou didst send unto him. We have heard it and answer thee through this perspicuous Tablet. Render thou thanks unto thy Lord for having enabled thee to recognize Him Whom most of the world hath failed to recognize, save those whom the hand of Divine power hath delivered. Thy Lord is, verily, the Almighty, the All-Powerful. Rejoice thou, then be glad, then make mention of thy Lord Who hath mentioned thee with His mighty and praiseworthy remembrance. We make mention of thy cousin and give her the glad-tidings of God’s grace, the Most Exalted, the Most Great. We counsel her and My handmaidens with that which beseemeth them in the days of God, the Lord of the mighty throne.

=== END BH08513 ===

=== START BH08514 ===

In the Name of the One True Friend! O handmaiden of God! Strive thou to be content, and for God to be well-pleased with thee. If thou art enabled to attain unto the word of contentment, by My life, thou shalt possess all things, for it is the crimson sulphur, and it is the greatest elixir, and it is that precious pearl whose value no assessor or appraiser can determine. Blessed is thy son, for he hath soared and ascended. Thank thy Lord in all conditions. He is verily the All-Wise, the All-Seeing. Be not sorrowful - the world is evanescent. Ere long all the friends shall drink from the sea of reunion and attain unto the presence of their loved ones who have ascended. Praise be to God that the Truth exists, and verily He was and ever shall be nearer and more merciful. He is assuredly the Protector of patient women and patient men, of thankful women and thankful men.

=== END BH08514 ===

=== START BH08515 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory, the Most Great, the Most Powerful

O Amin! Upon thee be the peace of God, the Lord of all worlds. The Wronged One is not the Tree that spoke forth on Mount Sinai. He is but a servant who hath believed in God and His verses. By My life! I observe prayer and fasting and follow what the All-Merciful hath revealed in the Qur’an. Beware lest thou be of those who have cast the deeds behind their backs and clung to mere words. We counsel thee with what God hath revealed in His perspicuous Book. Say: My God, my God! Aid me in that which Thou hast commanded me. I beseech Thee by the Beloved (Muhammad) - concerning whom the tongue of Thy power spoke “Were it not for Thee, I would not have created the celestial spheres” - and by His family and companions, to ordain for me that which shall profit me in this world and the next. Verily Thou art the Lord of the throne and the dust, and within Thy grasp is the reins of all who are on earth and in heaven. There is none other God but Thee, the Single, the One, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08515 ===

=== START BH08516 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the All-Powerful, the All-Compelling over the world! O people of the earth! Abandon what ye possess, for He hath come with manifest sovereignty. Nothing shall profit you today save through His bidding, the Mighty, the Wondrous. The world hath been adorned with His Most Great Name. Blessed is he who hath turned towards Him, and woe betide them that have turned away! This is He Who was promised unto you in the Books of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Ponder, O people, then read what We have sent down in truth. Verily it guideth you unto My Straight Path. Hold fast unto the cord of your Lord’s loving-kindness and abandon that which ye were commanded by every ignorant doubter. By God’s life! Those who lay claim to knowledge are in manifest error. The ocean of knowledge hath surged before your eyes. Turn ye towards it by the command of God, the Single, the All-Informed. He will aid you even as He aided His loved ones before you, and will ordain for you that which no reckoner, however learned, can reckon.

=== END BH08516 ===

=== START BH08517 ===

In My Name which is sanctified above all names

O people of earth and heaven! By God, He hath come through whom the eye of the world is illumined, yet the nations are in manifest doubt. They have cast aside their God in following their divines who broke God’s Covenant in previous ages and in this age which hath brought joy to the eyes of all ages. When thou hast attained unto My Tablet and found the fragrance of My utterance, give thanks unto God Who hath sent down unto thee this preserved Book. I testify that it was preserved in God’s knowledge and concealed from all eyes. Then when the time came, We sent it down as a grace from Our presence and made it manifest as a mercy from Us, yet most of the people perceive not. They see yet deny, they hear yet understand not. Blessed art thou for having attained unto it, and We counsel thee to preserve it in My Name, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH08517 ===

=== START BH08518 ===

He is the Exposition in the Kingdom of Divine Utterance! O people of Baha! Hearken unto the Call from the luminous Spot, from God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise, and hold fast unto the cord of faithfulness in such wise that the promptings of them that have disbelieved in God, the Lord of all worlds, shall not prevent you. This is a garden beneath whose shadows flow rivers from this Tree which hath been raised up in truth - verily He is the Speaker, the All-Seeing. A river named Faithfulness - whoso drinketh therefrom hath indeed attained unto the most great steadfastness. To this My glorious Pen doth testify. And verily he findeth himself in such a station that the Names prevent him not from their Owner, nor what is named from His straight path. He is of them unto whom the All-Merciful hath testified in His mighty Book. He hath spoken, and His word is the truth: The mention of the Prophet preventeth him not from Him through Whose word the Prophets and Messengers were created. Thus have We adorned the Book with this wondrous remembrance that thou mayest find from it the fragrance of God’s loving-kindness and be of them that are firmly established.

=== END BH08518 ===

=== START BH08520 ===

O Ye People of the World! There hath befallen the most excellent of nations that which hath caused the lamentation of weeping to be upraised among the Concourse on High, and from this glorious station. The oppressors have wrought upon Kazim that which hath caused all things to cry out, and the Maids of Heaven to beat their faces in their exalted habitation. They have torn him limb from limb in the path of God. By God! Through him have the horizons been perfumed, yet the people remain in evident darkness. Through him hath the breeze wafted, and the Law of God, the Lord of all worlds, been manifested, and through him hath the Ark of the love of God sailed upon the sea of names, and the horizon of faithfulness hath shone forth. To this beareth witness the Lord of all things in this Luminous Book. Remember thou those who have martyred themselves in the path of God, even as thy Lord, the All-Informed, hath made mention of them. Blessed is he who draweth nigh unto them and seeketh intercession through them with God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08520 ===

=== START BH08521 ===

In the Name of the One Utterance

O My leaves and My handmaidens! Today the divine breeze is passing by and the Spirit of God is in motion and manifestation. All things, with utmost joy and excitement, are delighted by the appearance of Him Who conversed on Sinai. A mighty celebration is established. Blessed are the leaves who have clung to the Sacred Tree and who move by Its movement. Glory be to God! The fragrances of revelation of the Lord of Names and Attributes have perfumed the worlds of the unseen and the visible, yet most remain heedless and veiled. Blessed art thou for having attained unto My days, and for having heard My Revelation and My establishment upon the throne of My utterance. We beseech God to preserve thee from the harm of every heedless one and the oppression of every oppressor. O my Lord! Thou seest me turning toward Thee and hoping for the wonders of Thy grace and favor. I beseech Thee not to disappoint Thy handmaiden from that which is with Thee and from that which Thou hast ordained for those who have believed in Thee and Thy verses and who have circled round the throne of Thy grandeur. Verily Thou art the Almighty, the Glorious, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH08521 ===

=== START BH08522 ===

In the Name of Him Who is Sovereign over what was and what will be!

O My loved ones! I see My Name, the Wronged One, and My loved ones in the prison of the Land of Ta, inasmuch as they summoned the servants unto God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. They counseled the servants to trustworthiness, religiosity and faithfulness, yet they rose against them with an injustice at which the dwellers of Paradise and they that circle round God’s exalted and magnificent Throne have wept. They recited unto them the mightiest of what they possessed of God’s Books, yet they seized them with grievous tyranny. God, however, protected them in truth and sent down upon them tranquility from His presence - He is the Mighty, the Powerful. Thus did the Pen speak when the Lord of Eternity was in this sublime station. When thou attainest unto it, render thanks and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Thou the Goal of the worlds!

=== END BH08522 ===

=== START BH08523 ===

O Abu-Zafar! He is the One Who gazeth from His most exalted horizon. O My loved ones! The meaning of steadfastness is to hold fast to the Most Great Announcement in such wise that neither the tempests of allusions nor the hurricanes of doubts shall deter them. They shall regard as false and worthless those who lay claim to the Cause thereafter. In the Bayan it is stated that false claimants shall appear in every land. Such souls are the cause of contention, dispute and corruption in the world. Blessed is the one who hath held fast to the Most Great Name and found himself detached and free from all else but God. By the life of God! He is of the people of Baha and among those souls whose mention hath been recorded in the books of the past and future, and inscribed by the Pen of God’s Will. Remember thy Lord, detached from all else but Him, and give glad tidings unto the servants with wisdom and utterance of this mighty Cause and this perspicuous Book.

=== END BH08523 ===

=== START BH08525 ===

O Iman! We have mentioned thee before and sent unto thee that from which the sincere ones perceived the fragrance of the loving-kindness of their Lord, the Self-Subsisting. Praise be to God that thou hast attained unto the Day of God and turned unto the Most Exalted Horizon. The reward of this deed is now concealed. By the lights of the Divine Countenance! Soon will all the world pine for the station of one of the friends of God. Most of the people of the world are seen to be unconscious, in the stupor of heedlessness and pride. All the divine Books testify to this Revelation, yet the sightless ones of the world strive with utmost hatred and rancor to extinguish the light. Blessed is the strong one who hath cast the world behind him, turning unto God, the Lord of eternity, Who speaketh in the Most Great Prison: “Verily, there is none other God but Me, the Single, the One, the Mighty, the Wise.”

=== END BH08525 ===

=== START BH08526 ===

O thou who journeyest through the lands to serve thy Lord, the Possessor of all creation! Praise be to God, thou art confirmed and successful. Thou hast spent thy precious life in service. This testimony of the Most Exalted Pen concerning thee is better and more desirable than a hundred thousand treasures, for from this Word the fragrance of His eternal and everlasting favor is diffused. Rejoice and be of those who are thankful. Blessed art thou, and blessed is he who loveth thee, and blessed is he who hath hearkened unto thy words concerning this manifest News. Remember on behalf of the Wronged One Jinab-i-Faraj, upon whom rest My Baha and My peace. We beseech God to assist him, to grant him success, and to make him one of those through whom God hath aided His Cause. Verily He is the Almighty, the All-Powerful. The glory from Us be upon you and upon those who love you and upon every hearing, seeing one.

=== END BH08526 ===

=== START BH08527 ===

By the light of My Cause whereby earth and heaven were illumined! O thou who drinkest the choice wine of My utterance, hearken to My call. Verily it draweth thee unto a horizon from which hath shone forth the Day-Star of God’s loving-kindness, the Lord of all worlds. Remember thou the days wherein thou wert present before the Throne and didst hear what the Tongue of Grandeur did speak. Verily there is no God but Him, the Single, the One, the Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by the mysteries of Thy knowledge which none hath known save Thee, and Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name which hath spoken that there is no God but Thee, and Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by this perspicuous Book which moveth in this glorious and wondrous station, to ordain for me from the Pen of destiny that which will draw me nigh unto Thee and cause me to speak forth Thy beauteous praise. Verily Thou art God, there is no God but Thee, the Powerful, the Mighty, the All-Praised.

=== END BH08527 ===

=== START BH08529 ===

He is God, exalted be His station, the Grandeur and the Power! O thou who standest before the Kaaba of God, the All-Possessing, the Self-Subsisting! This standing shall not be overtaken by sitting, nor shall slumber nullify its decree. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O God of all beings and Educator of all created things, for having caused me to be enkindled with the fire of Thy love and illumined with the light of Thy knowledge. O my Lord! Here before Thy face I have brought my frame, my body, my form, my sight, my hearing, my spirit and my heart, and I desire to entrust them into the hands of Thy loving-kindness. Everything, O my God, beareth witness to Thy bounty, Thy protection, Thy generosity and Thy bestowals, and calleth upon Thee in this moment by Thy name, the Preserver, the Faithful. O my Lord! Strengthen my limbs to arise in Thy service and to act according to what Thou hast commanded me in Thy perspicuous Book. There is no God but Thee, the Single, the One, the Commander, the Ruler, the Mighty, the Great.

=== END BH08529 ===

=== START BH08530 ===

He is the Forgiver, the Ever-Relenting

O thou who hast turned thy face toward the Countenance! We have heard thy cry and thy lamentation, and thy confession of thy sins. Verily thy Lord is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. We have, of Our grace, forgiven thee and remitted thy transgressions, as a mercy from Our presence, inasmuch as We found thee turning unto God, the Lord of all worlds. It behooveth thee and those who believe not to approach except by His leave, nor to speak save that which hath been revealed in His mighty Tablet. Say: O peoples of the earth! Cast away your own wills and hold fast unto the Will of God, the Possessor of this resplendent Day. Cast behind your backs your desires and cleave unto the desire of God, the One, the Single, the All-Informed. Rejoice thou that from the horizon of the heaven of thy Lord’s mercy the sun of forgiveness hath shone forth, and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Beloved of hearts, and glory be unto Thee, O Goal of them that know Thee! The splendor rest upon thee and upon them that have cast away idle fancies when the light of certitude did shine forth.

=== END BH08530 ===

=== START BH08531 ===

O Professor Isma’il, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the Witness from the horizon of utterance! O thou who art mentioned before the Wronged One! Hearken unto that which the Tongue of Grandeur hath spoken: Verily there is no God but I, the Truth, the Knower of the unseen. We have created creation for My days and sent the Messengers to give them the glad-tidings of this Revelation, through Whose mention the Books of God, the Self-Subsisting, the All-Compelling, have been adorned. But when the Day came and the Cause was made manifest, the divines rose up in opposition, whereat the denizens of the realm of might cried out and every Messenger who came with the truth from God, the Lord of existence, lamented. Pride hath so seized them that they have denied God’s favor after its descent. Nay, they perceive not! Soon shall they behold themselves in the darkness of their deeds and shall say: “Oh, what regret that we neglected our duty to God, the Lord of the Kingdom!” Thus have We made mention of thee that thou mayest rejoice and give thanks unto thy Lord, the Mighty, the Loving.

=== END BH08531 ===

=== START BH08532 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Ancient, the Most Holy! O thou who gazest upon God and drinkest from the cup of faithfulness! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord, the Most Exalted, the Most High, from the direction of ’Akka, that there is none other God but Him, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious. Say: Verily, divine decree doth reinforce this Cause, and tribulation doth assist this Revelation, yet the people remain veiled and imagine they can extinguish this Light. Nay, by Him Who holdeth my soul in His hand! God shall soon reveal from this Prison what He hath purposed. He, verily, hath power over all things. Guard thyself lest the winds of differences pass over thee. Remind the people in these days wherein the fire of sedition hath been kindled and its darkness hath encompassed the servants. We beseech God to assist thee in His Cause, to sanctify thee from all else save Him, to ordain for thee that which will draw thee nigh unto Him, to shelter thee in the precincts of His mercy, and to give thee to drink from the Kawthar of His bounties. He, verily, is the All-Powerful, the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH08532 ===

=== START BH08533 ===

In the Name of the Lord of the Unseen and the Seen! O Baqir! This Wronged One hath accepted the tribulations of the world for the preservation of its peoples. By the life of God! He hath had no purpose except to quench the fire of hatred and animosity which blazeth in the hearts of the peoples. Yet the deniers have uttered that which befitteth their own souls. The justice of this Wronged One hath shone forth even as the sun from the horizon of equity. For forty years We protected him whom they had seized, setting God aside, and those who were with him. Not the slightest harm befell any one of those souls. Doth this incident not bear witness to the grace of God? The deed is manifest and His grace evident, and yet the people persist in obvious falsehood. Well is it with him who hath heard and responded, and woe betide the heedless ones.

=== END BH08533 ===

=== START BH08534 ===

O Muhammad-Baqir the Draper! He is the One manifest, speaking with truth. O Baqir! Gaze with the eye of truth upon the Most Great Horizon, and with a pure and sanctified ear hearken unto the call of the Peerless Beloved. Be thou so steadfast in the Cause of God that the buzzing of flies shall not debar thee from the Lord of all beings. How numerous were the souls who made claim to faithfulness, steadfastness and certitude, yet when divine tests appeared, they turned away from the eternal nectar at the croaking of that which perisheth, contenting themselves with a mirage that neither nourishes nor satisfies, forsaking the stream of divine mercy. God willing, thou shalt stand firm in His Cause with legs of steel. This is the station whose mention hath been revealed in the divine Books, Tablets and Scriptures, both of old and more recently. By the life of God! The dog of the Jews is better than those who have turned away from this Most Exalted Horizon and have turned to every remote barker.

=== END BH08534 ===

=== START BH08535 ===

O son of Babi, upon thee be My loving-kindness and My mercy! God, exalted be His glory, hath greatly loved this name, for within each letter thereof is concealed the Most Great Mercy, inasmuch as the letter B was the source of the creation of all things, were one to reflect upon this throughout the kingdom. None can comprehend this save to a limited degree. This blessed name is composed of two B’s and one A. Were I to reveal the mystery of the A standing between the two letters, all who dwell in the kingdom of heaven would swoon away, how much more those who dwell in the realm of dust. Praise be to the Intended One of the world that thou hast attained unto that which most of mankind are deprived. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O God of Names and Creator of heaven, for having aided me to recognize the Dayspring of Thy Cause and the Dawning-Place of Thy testimonies, and for having made me one of those who have attained.

=== END BH08535 ===

=== START BH08536 ===

In the Name of the Beloved of the World! O daughter of my aunt! The Most Exalted Pen testifies to the love, devotion and attraction of that leaf. God willing, thou art enkindled with the fire of the Word - an enkindlement whose effects shall appear in the world. Blessed art thou for having attained unto the heavenly spiritual feast, and joyful art thou for having drunk the choice wine of the love of the Most Merciful in the realm of creation. Convey wondrous and sublime mention to all the handmaidens of God in that land who have quaffed from the choice wine of utterance and who are turned toward the horizon of the Most Merciful, and say: The mention of each one of you hath been made in the Most Holy Court. Strive ye, that through the name of the Beloved of the World, ye may preserve the pearls of the love of the Ancient Lord in the treasuries of hearts from thieves and robbers. This is the counsel of this Wronged One unto His leaves and handmaidens. The glory be upon thee and upon them.

=== END BH08536 ===

=== START BH08538 ===

In His Name through Whom the Gate of Utterance was opened to all who are in the realm of possibility! O people of God! This is the day of steadfastness, for from every direction some matter appears and from every quarter some commotion arises. The enemies have desired to extinguish the light of the Bayan and this Lamp through which the contingent world and all existence have been illumined. All must occupy themselves with the utmost steadfastness and with wisdom and utterance in capturing hearts. We have heard thy cry, have remembered thee, and commanded thee and My loved ones with that whereby the Cause of God shall be exalted throughout His creation. Let not what hath befallen the chosen ones in the Land of Ya sadden thee. Leave vain imaginings to their inventors and take up that whereby your station shall be exalted in this praiseworthy position. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having given me to drink from the chalice of utterance from which the fragrance of Thy loving-kindness was wafted among Thy servants. Verily Thou art the All-Powerful, the All-Bountiful, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.

=== END BH08538 ===

=== START BH08539 ===

He is the One Who expoundeth, the All-Knowing

O Hasan! Hearken unto the Call. Verily, He maketh mention of thee with that which shall bring solace to the eyes of them who have turned towards the Most Exalted Horizon and have quaffed the choice wine of revelation from the hands of the bounty of their Lord, the Protecting, the Self-Subsisting. This is a Day wherein every seeker hath attained unto his Goal, and every one endowed with sight who desired to behold the Dayspring of his Lord’s signs, the Mighty, the Loving, hath attained. Recognize thou the value of these days, then strive that there may appear from thee that whereby thy name shall endure in the Book of Names and thy mention in My Preserved Tablet. Thy remembrance was mentioned before the Face, and there was sent down unto thee this irrevocable Book which speaketh with truth amidst the world and summoneth all unto God, the Lord of the unseen and the seen. Take hold of the Tablet with the power of thy Lord, then stand firm in the Cause through this Name at Whose appearance the Concourse on High rejoiced while the people of tyranny lamented.

=== END BH08539 ===

=== START BH08540 ===

In the Name of the Mighty, the All-Knowing! O Hasan! Rejoice in what God hath graciously bestowed upon thee, then thank Him for having sent down unto thee this perspicuous Book. We have called all men unto God, the Single, the All-Informed. Among the people are those who have cast aside the Lord of all creation by following their desires, and among them are those who have rent asunder the veils through My Name, the Mighty, the Powerful. Blessed is he who hath spoken the truth and arisen to serve His Cause, and woe unto them that sit idle. O concourse of the earth! By God, the Promise hath come to pass and the Promised One hath appeared with manifest sovereignty, calling out to mankind in all conditions while they turn away from the Truth and follow every heedless doubter. They hearken unto the croaking, turning aside from the Nightingale. Thus have their souls enticed them, and they are among the abased. Beware lest the affairs of the earth withhold thee from turning toward this Heaven which hath been raised up through the command of thy Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08540 ===

=== START BH08541 ===

He is the Rememberer and the Remembered One

O Hasan! The Wronged One hath turned toward thee, He Who hath been made a target for the arrows of the oppressors. There hath befallen Me that which hath caused the Faithful Spirit to lament. We desired salvation for them, yet they have committed that which hath caused every informed one to cry out. He who knoweth not his right hand from his left hath perpetrated that which hath given rise to the most great terror on this blessed and luminous Day. We have sent down the verses and manifested unto the servants that whereby the eyes of them that are nigh unto God have been solaced. We desired naught save the exaltation of their stations, as He in Whose possession is a perspicuous Book doth testify. We beseech God, blessed and exalted be He, to assist His servants through the hosts of revelation and inspiration, and to draw them nigh unto Him at all times. The glory from Us be upon thee and upon thy brother and upon all who are steadfast, firm and upright.

=== END BH08541 ===

=== START BH08542 ===

In the Name of the one true God! O Hassan! The Lord of the hidden and the manifest summons all who are on earth today to the straight path of God. Blessed are they who, through this call, have found their way to the Most Exalted Horizon and have drunk the wine of immortality from the cup of utterance of the Lord of Names. Such souls are recorded and inscribed as the people of Baha in the Crimson Book. Strive that thou mayest attain unto the most great steadfastness and be illumined with the lights of the Day of God. The Most Great Joy hath appeared among the peoples, and likewise the Most Great Terror. Guard yourselves through the Name of your Lord, the Almighty, the All-Powerful. God willing, be ever focused on truth and speaking in His remembrance. Verily He heareth and seeth, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. The glory be upon thee and upon thy wife who hath believed in God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. Convey my greetings unto her and gladden her with My wondrous remembrance.

=== END BH08542 ===

=== START BH08543 ===

In the Name of the one God! O Husayn! May you ever abide beneath the shade of the Tree of Divine Providence of the Eternal Beloved, and partake, each morn and eve, nay at every moment, of the Kawthar of grace and the pure wine of His bounty. At this hour, which is Wednesday morning, the glance of the Ancient Lord is turned toward you and He makes mention of you. Beseech and implore God, glorified be His majesty, that He may enable you to serve His Cause even as He enabled your father to make mention of Him, to praise Him and to serve Him. This is the most exalted station, the highest rank, and the ultimate purpose. Blessed are they who have attained unto this bounty and been enabled to achieve this matter. They are indeed among the people of this noble station. The glory of God rest upon you and upon your father and mother and those who are with you, from God, the Mighty, the Wise.

=== END BH08543 ===

=== START BH08544 ===

O Husayn, upon him be the Glory of God! In My Name, the Sorrowing, the Stranger! O Husayn! The Wronged One makes mention of thee from this Most Exalted Station which hath been built for the Lord of Names. Rejoice thou in this bounty and be of the thankful. He hath turned unto him who hath turned unto Him, and hath remembered him who hath remembered Him, through that which hath been sent down in His perspicuous Book. Beware lest the clamor of the world debar thee from the Lord of Eternity. Leave behind what the people possess and take hold of the Book of God with the strength that proceedeth from Him. Verily, He is with His servants who have turned unto Him. Beware lest earthly affairs and their variations hold thee back. Be thou steadfast in the Cause in such wise that the doubts of the suspicious ones who whisper in the breasts of men and speak according to their own desires shall not cause thee to slip. They are, verily, of the most lost ones in the Book of God, the Lord of all worlds. Hold fast unto the cord of thy Lord’s loving-kindness and place thy trust in Him at all times.

=== END BH08544 ===

=== START BH08545 ===

In His Name, the One Who rules over all names!

O Hamid! The Lord of the worlds remembers you from the Most Great Prison and gives you glad tidings of what has been ordained for the chosen ones of God in a clear Book. Give thanks to God for having been mentioned before His presence and for this mighty Tablet being revealed for you. Say: O concourse of the chosen ones! The day of wisdom and utterance has come. Fear the All-Merciful and be not of those who remain silent. Convey the Cause of your Lord with wisdom and associate with the loved ones of God, the Lord of the worlds. The Hour has come and the Dove coos upon the branches of the Tree. Verily, there is no God but Me, the Single, the All-Informed. This is not the day to sit still. Arise in My Name and remind the people of what has been revealed from My Most Exalted Pen which moves by My wondrous command. Thus has the Tongue of Grandeur spoken in the Most Great Prison as a token of His grace, and He is the Mighty, the Powerful.

=== END BH08545 ===

=== START BH08546 ===

In His Name, the Most Glorious

O Haydar-Qabli-’Ali, upon thee be My glory and loving-kindness! That which hath been decreed by His Eminence Haydar-Ba’di-’Ali, upon him be My everlasting glory, concerning Ibn-i-Ashraf, upon them both be the glory of God and His loving-kindness, hath been accepted. Blessed is he and joy be unto him! We testify that he hath attained unto that which was inscribed by the Pen of Command in the Books of God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy. And blessed is he who hath loved him and hearkened unto his call and remembered him in this Cause, the irrevocable, the mighty, the great. Likewise, the intention of a male and female servant in the path of God hath been crowned with the glory of His good-pleasure. Happy are they and blessed are they! However, the second deed sufficeth, therefore in every year His Eminence the aforementioned one, upon him be the fragrances of Him Who conversed on Sinai, shall set aside one vahid in his name. Thus hath the Command gone forth from the Dayspring of God’s wisdom, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08546 ===

=== START BH08547 ===

He is the Speaker, the All-Knowing!

O Khudadad! Today is the Day of Justice, yet the demons of tyranny have oppressed the angels of justice.

The world is the abode of demons, and its course is crooked through their influence

O wayfarer! Be thou in fear of the demons of this demon-haunted world

However, this oppression shall not endure. Ere long the light of the Sun of Justice shall illumine the darkened world. The hand of God is above their hands, and the will of God is above their wills. The Most Exalted Pen beareth witness that thou hast turned unto God at a time when most of the people have turned away from Him, and hast responded to thy Lord when most of the people were numbered among the silent ones. Rejoice thou in My testimony unto thee, in My turning unto thee, and in My mention of thee in this perspicuous Tablet. Convey My greetings unto My loved ones and give them the glad-tidings of My mercy and My bounty. Verily thy Lord is the Forgiving, the Generous. The glory be upon thee and upon them and upon whosoever hath held fast unto the cord of God, the Strong.

=== END BH08547 ===

=== START BH08548 ===

In the name of God, the One!

O Khusraw! Give ear to the voice of God issuing from all directions. Praise be to God! The dark and gloomy winter hath passed and the springtide of divine mercy hath adorned the world in a new raiment. Strive to obtain a share and portion from the rose garden of inner meanings. I swear by the Ancient Beauty! There hath never been another day like unto this preeminent Day, notwithstanding that the smoke of the envy of Our foes hath encompassed the Friend. But if a sanctified eye would turn away from the ashes of vain imaginings, it would behold the Daystar of this Revelation shining resplendently above the highest peaks of the mountain of true understanding. Well is it with him who hath attained unto this sublime and exalted station and become illuminated with the lights of this Revelation. Blessed is he who hath quaffed from the living waters of utterance proffered by the hand of the bounty of his Lord, the All-Merciful, and woe betide those who have turned away. Praise be to God, the Lord of all the worlds.

=== END BH08548 ===

=== START BH08549 ===

In My Name, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious!

O thou who makest mention of Me and art the herald of My Cause! Thou hast called all to My Self and informed all of My manifestation and My dawning and My effulgence and My sovereignty, and counseled them to attain unto My presence and acknowledge My Cause and confess that which proceedeth from Me. Yet thou seest them turning away and denying Him at Whose name the Tree hath cried out and the tongue of Oneness hath spoken: “The Kingdom belongeth to Him Who hath appeared and come with the Most Great Name.” Thou didst counsel them in every book and on every page and leaf, nay in every line and word, to bow down before the Throne, yet they turned away, and if they turned, they turned with their arrows and their swords, as He Who is the Lord of all nations doth testify.

O thou who art mentioned! Give thanks unto the Beloved in that He hath sent unto thee this Tablet through which the fragrance of the Divine Garment hath been wafted and the Standard hath been raised by the Lord of ancient days.

=== END BH08549 ===

=== START BH08550 ===

Jinab-i-Rahim, upon him be the Glory of God. In My Name, the All-Subduing above all names! O Rahim! Thy mention hath been made in the presence of the Wronged One, therefore have We made mention of thee. Strive thou that perchance thine eyes may be enabled to perceive that for which they were created, and likewise thine ears to hearken unto the Call that is raised. The whole world maketh mention of the Truth, each according to their own measure offering praise, yet when the time of His manifestation came, all were found to be heedless and turned away. We beseech God that He may aid thee to make mention and to offer praise, and to remain steadfast. The barking ones and the hypocrites are occupied with leading the servants astray, and likewise the divines and the doctors of law. Say: My God, my God! Protect Thy servants from the evil of the barking ones and the hypocrites who have taken for themselves lords besides Thee. Then I beseech Thee to make me steadfast in Thy love and firm in Thy Cause. Verily Thou art the Mighty, the Powerful.

=== END BH08550 ===

=== START BH08551 ===

He is the Healer, the All-Sufficing, the Almighty, the All-Powerful

O My Spirit! Upon thee be the peace of God, the Lord of all beings and Lord of the throne on high and of earth below. We have sent unto thee a Tablet from whose horizon shineth the light of thy Lord’s mercy, the Compassionate, the Bountiful. We beseech God to rain down upon thee from the heaven of grace the rains of healing, to cleanse thee from every ailment, to cure thee of every malady, and to give thee to drink from His ocean of healing and heaven of bounty and sun of grace. Verily He is powerful over whatsoever He willeth through His word “Be” and it is. Rejoice in thy Lord’s loving-kindness. Thine is the praise, O Lord of all names, and Thine the glory, O Desire of earth and heaven, for having remembered Me and revealed unto Me that which hath brought solace to the eyes of all beings in their chambers. Thou art He in Whose grasp is the control of all names and attributes. There is none other God but Thee, the Ever-Forgiving, the All-Merciful.

=== END BH08551 ===

=== START BH08552 ===

He is the All-Mentioning, the All-Knowing.

O Zayn! We wish to make mention of thy son who ascended unto Us and attained unto Our horizon and drank the choice wine of Our Revelation and immersed himself in the ocean of Our mercy which hath preceded all created things. Blessed art thou, O son, for having been in a house wherein was raised the remembrance and praise of God. This, verily, is a great bounty. Thou art he upon whom We shed the lights of Beauty when thou didst sacrifice thy spirit for God, the One, the Peerless, the All-Informed. We, verily, visit thee, O son, from this station and say: Upon thee be the glory of God and the glory of the Concourse on High and My remembrance and the remembrance of them that circle round the pavilion of grandeur. O thou who didst drink the milk of faith from thy mother’s breast and the Kawthar of exposition from thy father’s hand - he who arose by himself to serve this wronged exile. Thus hath spoken the Tongue of Grandeur and there hath flowed from the Most Exalted Pen that which hath caused the fragrance of the garment to waft among the worlds.

=== END BH08552 ===

=== START BH08553 ===

He is the All-Choosing in whatsoever He willeth

O Salar! Thy Lord, the All-Choosing, remembereth thee from the precincts of His Most Great Prison, wherein the lamentation of all things hath been raised, every learned one hath wailed, every mystic hath cried out, and tears have flowed from all eyes. This is a Tablet that hath been sent down in truth and calleth the servants unto God, the Mighty, the Loving. We desire naught but reformation, as doth testify He with Whom is the preserved Book. When thou didst discover the fragrance of the utterance of Him Who conversed on Sinai in this Revelation, and didst hear the Call from the Supreme Horizon, turn and say:

Praise be unto Thee, O my God, and thanksgiving be unto Thee, O my Creator, and glory be unto Thee, O Thou in Whose grasp are the reins of all things and in Whose right hand are the destinies of all affairs! I beseech Thee to ordain for me that which shall profit me and draw me nigh unto Thee. Verily, Thou art the Almighty over whatsoever Thou willest through Thy word “Be” and it is.

=== END BH08553 ===

=== START BH08554 ===

He is the One Who speaks in the Kingdom of Knowledge! O Sakinih, handmaiden of God, consort of Ruh, upon both of whom be the Glory of God! Repeatedly hath mention been made of thee and thou hast attained unto the divine verses. Vain imaginings and idle fancies have prevented the handmaidens of the land from the Most Great Sea and withheld them from God, exalted be His glory. Every handmaiden who, through the grace of the Lord of Names, hath rent asunder the veil, she is accounted as among the men in the sight of the Self-Sufficient, the Most High, and is recorded by the Most Exalted Pen. Blessed is the handmaiden who hath adorned her temple with the ornament of detachment and her head with the fear of God, the Lord of this wondrous Day. We make mention of My handmaidens and My leaves, and beseech God to aid them to remember and praise Him and to remain steadfast in His Cause. Verily, He is powerful over all things. The glory shining from the horizon of the heaven of My mercy be upon My leaves who have held fast to the Divine Lott-Tree, the Lord of the mighty throne.

=== END BH08554 ===

=== START BH08555 ===

O Samandar! Upon thee be the glory of God and His grace. We bear witness that from the beginning of the Cause thou didst turn to it and hast been occupied in service. Thy service and mention and praise have reached such a station that it is likely the noble scribes have become powerless to record it. This is a great bounty. The letter which thou didst write to the Greater Branch attained the honor of being heard, and these few words have appeared from the divine ocean of knowledge concealed within the Most Exalted Pen, and it hath testified and doth testify on thy behalf. Convey greetings to all the friends of that land on behalf of the Wronged One and give them the glad-tidings of the loving-kindness of the Beloved of the worlds. The glory be upon you from God, the Lord of the worlds. Ahmad, son of Shaykh Balqa, hath attained and now dwelleth beneath the shade of the Tree. Verily thy Lord is the Compassionate, the Generous.

=== END BH08555 ===

=== START BH08556 ===

O Karbala’i Shukru’llah, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the Compassionate, the All-Bountiful! O Shukru’llah! There hath befallen the Wronged One that which hath caused the rock to cry out, and the Divine Lote-Tree to lament that which hath been inflicted upon Me by the hosts of the oppressors. How many a servant hath claimed to love Me and to stand firm in My Cause, yet when the test came through a command from My presence, he denied Me and committed that which caused the dwellers of My glorious Kingdom to weep. Say: My God, my God! Aid Thy servants to assist Thy Cause through the wisdom which Thou hast sent down in Thy perspicuous Book. When Thou dost inhale the fragrance of the garment of My utterance, say: My God, my God! I beseech Thee by the lights of Thy countenance and by the light which hath shone forth from the horizon of the heaven of Thy Revelation, to ordain for me and for those who have believed in Thee and Thy signs every good thing which Thou hast ordained for those of Thy servants who are nigh unto Thee and for those of Thy creation who are sincere. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Exalted, the All-Praised.

=== END BH08556 ===

=== START BH08557 ===

In His Name Who holdeth dominion over all who are in earth and heaven!

O Sadiq! Reflect upon the power of the Supreme Pen which, despite the opposition of the divines, the objections of the doctors of law, and the rebellion of princes, hath summoned all to the horizon of Revelation by night and by day. No oppression hindered it, no opposition prevented it. The might of the world did not diminish its strength, nor did the dissension of nations hold back its radiance. I swear by the waves of the ocean of meanings, were anyone to reflect upon that which hath been manifested, they would utter the blessed words “Thine is the greatness and the power” and would remain occupied throughout all their days in the remembrance and praise of the Lord of all mankind. Praise be to God, exalted be His glory, that thou hast attained unto that for which existence itself came into being. Preserve this most exalted station through My Name, the Mighty, the Powerful.

=== END BH08557 ===

=== START BH08558 ===

O young in years yet great in station! In thy childhood thou hast attained to a station wherein the Lord of all beings maketh mention of thee. Blessed art thou, and blessed is thy father who hath attained unto the recognition of God, the Mighty, the All-Knowing.

Say: O my God, and my Lord, and my Creator, and my Master! I beseech from the ocean of Thy bounty that Thou wouldst cause this tender sapling in the garden of Thy love to drink from the living waters, and protect it from the autumn winds. Thou art the Powerful, Thou art the All-Knowing. O my God! I have turned to Thee and make mention of Thee, and through the blessedness of Thy Name am I freed and detached from all else. O God! We are looking unto Thee and we beseech Thee to manifest through us that which is worthy of Thee. The days are Thine. Thou art the Bestower, the Bountiful One.

=== END BH08558 ===

=== START BH08559 ===

He is the Hearer, the Answerer

O Samad! Thou hast been mentioned before the Wronged One in verses at whose revelation the verses themselves have bowed down in humility. Thy letter hath come before the Wronged One and from it We have inhaled the fragrance of thy love and thy turning unto God, the Lord of the worlds. Blessed art thou and blessed is he who hath guided thee to the straight path of God. Having quaffed the choice wine of understanding from the cup of My utterance, say: O people! Fear ye God and be not of the heedless ones. Do that which the All-Merciful hath revealed in the Qur’an. He will, through His power and sovereignty, protect you and guard you. He, verily, is the most able of the able ones. Grieve not over anything. In all matters place thy trust in God, the Almighty, the Powerful. We beseech Him to assist thee in that which He loveth and is pleased with, and to ordain for thee that which will draw thee to His luminous horizon. Blessed is he who hath turned in devotion, and he who, being endowed with vision, hath witnessed, and he whose countenance hath been set towards God, the One, the All-Informed.

=== END BH08559 ===

=== START BH08560 ===

He is the Silent, the Speaking One! O Abdul-Karim! The purpose of this Revelation is the purification of hearts from hatred and rancor, that perchance the peoples of the world may be illumined with the light of unity. We beseech God - exalted be His glory - not to deprive the people of the earth from the Kawthar of the utterance of the All-Merciful which floweth from the Supreme Pen. This is that Water whereof He hath said: “And from water We made all things living.” For this Water there are meanings beyond counting. This is that Water which bestoweth eternal life and everlasting existence, and illumineth hearts with the light of divine knowledge. Blessed is he who hath recognized and partaken of it. O Muhammad-Mahdi! The Wronged One calleth thee from the precincts of the Prison, and counseleth thee with that which will exalt the Cause of God. Set aside what is with the people, and hold fast unto that which is with God, the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH08560 ===

=== START BH08561 ===

O servant! Give thanks to God thy Lord, for thy name hath been brought into His presence and the gaze of thy Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise, hath been directed towards thee. Didst thou but know the station of this place, thou wouldst soar with longing and cry out with this Name amongst the worlds. When We commanded the people to wisdom, We concealed from them certain stations lest the fire of yearning wrest from their hands the reins of choice. Verily thy Lord is the Ruler over whatsoever He willeth. Remember God thy Lord, then thank Him for having sent down unto thee that whereby thy mention shall endure throughout the kingdom of earth and heaven. He, verily, is the Forgiving, the Merciful. O My loved ones! Rejoice in My Name, then make mention of your Lord, the Mighty, the All-Praised. Be not grieved by those who have turned away. God shall soon seize them with a mighty wrath from His presence. Verily He destroyed the generations of old and shall exalt your names in truth. He, verily, is the Powerful, the Mighty.

=== END BH08561 ===

=== START BH08562 ===

In the Name of God, the Eternal, the Ever-Abiding!

O ’Abdu’l-Khaliq! The people of the world have been brought from nothingness into being for the knowledge of God, exalted be His glory. However, their rejected deeds and actions have become a barrier and deprived them of drawing nigh unto the ocean of divine knowledge. Blessed is the one whose tongue is occupied with teaching and whose limbs are firmly holding fast to submission and contentment. Say: My God, my God! Praise be unto Thee for having made me to speak Thy praise amongst Thy servants and to arise to serve Thee. O my Lord! I beseech Thee by Thy most great signs and by the lights of Thy throne, O Lord of all beings, to make me speak Thy praise and to illumine me with the lights of Thy countenance and to soar in the atmosphere of Thy love. Then write down for me, O my God, that which Thou hast written for Thy chosen ones. Verily Thou art the One Who hath power over whatsoever He willeth, and in Thy grasp are all things. There is none other God but Thee, the Lord of the hereafter and of the former times, and the Lord of the throne on high and of the dust beneath.

=== END BH08562 ===

=== START BH08563 ===

O Abdullah! The Wronged One of the world summons all peoples at all times and seasons unto truth. The purpose of this Revelation is that the clouds of oppression may be lifted away and the Sun of Justice may shine forth from behind the veil, that all the peoples of the world may abide in the cradle of security and peace. O friends! Be as lamps unto the darkened world and as light unto its gloom. Consort with all the peoples of the world with utmost love. All conflict, contention and corruption are forbidden in this Most Great Revelation. Divine assistance has been and ever will be through goodly deeds and praiseworthy character. Hold fast with supreme steadfastness to the Cause of your Lord, the Lord of all beings, then act according to that which ye have been commanded in the Book of your Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08563 ===

=== START BH08565 ===

O ’Ali! Previously thou wert blessed with divine favor and His mention. This is another time, a bounty from God, the Lord of all beings. At all times ask and beseech the Desired One of the worlds, that He may aid thee to accomplish that which is pleasing unto Him. The world and all that is therein shall soon return to nothingness, while that which hath been revealed from the Supreme Pen concerning the loved ones, the chosen ones, and the sincere ones shall endure as long as His most beautiful names endure. How excellent is the state of the soul who in this day attaineth unto the most great steadfastness, in such wise that the imaginings of the peoples of the world shall not withhold him from the Ancient King. Thus have We made mention of thee as a bounty from Us, that thou mayest give thanks unto thy Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. The glory be upon thee and upon those who have quaffed the sealed wine in the name of their Lord, the Bestower, the Generous.

=== END BH08565 ===

=== START BH08566 ===

He is the All-Witnessing, the All-Hearing!

O ’Ali! The Wronged One desires to make mention of thee with that which will attract thee to the Most Exalted Horizon and […] the Lord of all worlds. Say: My God, my God, my Lord, my Support, and the Desire of my heart! I beseech Thee by the waves of the ocean of Thy utterance and the lights of the sun of Thy grace to aid me in rending asunder the veils that have come between me and Thee and have prevented me from turning to the light of Thy countenance and from arriving at the shore of the ocean of Thy bounty. O Lord! Thou seest me turning toward Thee and hoping for that which lieth with Thee. I beseech Thee not to disappoint me of that which hath been ordained by the Most Exalted Pen for Thy chosen servants who have, through Thy power and might, shattered the idols of vain imaginings and idle fancies. Verily Thou art the One Who hath power over whatsoever He pleaseth, and in Thy grasp is the kingdom of creation. There is none other God but Thee, the Almighty, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH08566 ===

=== START BH08567 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory in wisdom and utterance!

O Ali-Haydar, upon thee be My glory! The honored Amin, upon him be My glory, arrived and made mention of you and the friends of that land. Repeatedly have the receptive ones been blessed with the favors of the Supreme Pen. We beseech God not to deprive any from the heavenly feast and eternal bounty, that all may attain to that for which they were brought from nothingness into being. The laws and commandments of God have been and ever shall be the cause of the tranquility and comfort of the peoples of the world. We make mention of the friends of that land and remind them of the verses shining forth from the horizon of the Supreme Pen, that they may all soar in the atmosphere of divine love on the wings of eagerness, longing, joy and detachment, and teach all to fly. Great is the Cause and great is this Day. We beseech God to adorn the receptive ones with that which befits this Most Great Cause.

O Ali-Haydar! The letters of the honored Abu’l-Fadl, upon him be My glory, which thou didst send to the Most Holy Court, all attained the honor of being heard. Blessed is he who hath held fast to the assistance of My Cause, clung to the hem of My loving-kindness, and circled round My commandments and laws. One Most Holy, Most Exalted Tablet hath been revealed for him from the heaven of grace - deliver it unto him that they may drink from the living waters of divine utterances and the everlasting Salsabil. By God’s life! The seas of inner meanings lie concealed in his words and hidden in the treasuries of his knowledge. Blessed are they who, despite the peoples of the world, turned unto him and drank therefrom. The sealed wine is the divine utterances which none had attained unto until this Revelation, but the Finger of Power in this Most Great Revelation hath unsealed it that all may drink thereof and attain unto it. In these days the Wronged One is afflicted by the fire of hatred and malice of the idolatrous souls, yet tribulations in the path of the Lord of Names are beloved to the soul and are the desire of the hearts of the people of certitude. O My loved ones in Ta! The Supreme Pen is moved at all times to make mention of you, and likewise to make mention of the loved ones in the cities and regions. This is a great bounty - know ye its station. Verily, He is with you, He seeth and heareth. Goodly deeds bring Him joy, and from praiseworthy conduct boundless delight is obtained. We beseech Him, exalted be He, to assist you in that which He loveth and is pleased with. Verily, He is the Lord of the Hereafter and of the former life. He aideth whom He willeth through His grace, and He is the Mighty, the All-Bountiful. Say: […]

My God, my God! Thou seest me turning toward Thee, gazing upon Thy horizon, and awaiting the wonders of Thy bounty. I beseech Thee by Thy prevailing Will and Thine all-encompassing Purpose to aid me under all conditions to serve Thy Cause and to achieve that whereby my remembrance may endure in Thy Book. O Lord! Strengthen me through Thy power to serve Thy Cause in such wise that the words issuing from the mouths of Thy servants may not deter me, nor the doubts of Thy creatures and the intimations of the people of Thy realm sadden me. O Lord! I am weak and have turned toward the direction of Thy strength and Thy might. I beseech Thee by the breezes of the morn of Thy Revelation, whereby Thou didst quicken them that lay in their graves through Thy bounty and favor, to make me under all conditions vocal in Thy remembrance and praise, aflame with the fire of Thy Sacred Tree, and active in that which Thou hast commanded me in Thy Book. Verily, Thou art the Lord of the world and the Sovereign of the nations. Thou doest what Thou willest and ordainest what Thou pleasest. Thou art, verily, the All-Powerful, the Almighty, and worthy to grant prayers.

=== END BH08567 ===

=== START BH08568 ===

O Ali, upon thee be My glory! He is the All-Commanding, the All-Wise! Today the eye of justice is blind and the hand of tyranny upraised. We have guided them with the light of guidance, yet they point to the fire of error, and their call leadeth but to perdition. Although the fragrance of springtime is clearly distinguished from autumn, and the scent of the rose is manifestly different from all else - His signs are not hidden from those possessed of vision, and the Greater Perspective is not concealed, and the sweet breezes of His days are not to be confused with aught else - nevertheless the people have forgotten the Day and have turned away from that which is with God, cleaving to that which is with them. The True One, exalted be His glory, with power remaineth patient, and with utterance silent. Well is it with thee, for thou hast been faithful to God’s Covenant, the Lord of all worlds. Glory be unto thee, inasmuch as thou hast inhaled the fragrance of My robe, and hearkened unto My call, and hast testified to that which the Tongue of Grandeur hath testified in My mighty prison.

=== END BH08568 ===

=== START BH08569 ===

O ’Ali-Akbar! This Wronged One hath made mention of thee at the Most Great Horizon, and continueth to do so. We beseech God to aid thee to assist His Cause. When thou dost inhale the fragrance of My utterance, say: My God, my God! Praise be to Thee for having guided me and made me aware. I beseech Thee by the Kawthar of Thy utterance and the waves of the ocean of Thy bounty to assist me in all conditions to celebrate Thy praise and glorification and to serve Thy Cause. Thou art He Who, O my God, hath caused me to attain in Thy days, to turn toward Thy horizon, and to voice Thy praise. I beseech Thee to ordain for me all the good Thou hast sent down in Thy Manifest Book and Thy Mighty Tablet. O Lord! Thou seest me clinging to Thee and to Thy Cause, taking refuge with Thy presence, and holding fast to the hem of Thy garment. Deprive me not of that which Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen ones and Thy trusted ones. Verily Thou art the Almighty, the All-Powerful, and worthy to answer prayer.

=== END BH08569 ===

=== START BH08570 ===

O ’Ali-Akbar! Upon thee be the Glory of God, He is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

O ’Ali before Akbar! Give thanks to the Lord of Power, that He confirmed thee and deprived thee not of the outpourings of His ocean of knowledge. The divines of Iran throughout ages and centuries clung to vain imaginings and held fast to idle fancies, for they became manifestations of that which the All-Merciful had not sent down in the Qur’an. His blessed and exalted Word states: “And if there be the weight of a mustard seed and it be in a rock, or in the heavens, or in the earth, God will bring it forth.” The heedlessness and darkness that lay concealed in the innermost reality of those souls became manifest in the days of the dawning of the Sun of Truth, and that darkness turned to lead and descended upon the Lord of the world. We take refuge with God from the deeds of those who broke the Covenant and committed that which caused the Faithful Spirit to lament.

=== END BH08570 ===

=== START BH08571 ===

O Ali-Muhammad! In the name of the Best-Beloved of the worlds! O ’Ali-Qabli-Muhammad! The clamor of the opposers hath been raised, and the machinations of the plotters have become manifest, and the fire of the mischief-makers hath become evident and apparent from beneath the ashes. God willing, thou wilt fix thy gaze upon the truth and remain steadfast in the divine Cause in such wise that the utterances of the wicked and the words of the evil ones will not debar thee from the Most Exalted Word and the Supreme Horizon. Hearken unto the call of the Perspicuous Book, and beseech God, exalted be His glory, at all times, that He may preserve thee and thy friends from the book of the froward. Verily He is the Almighty, the Powerful. Praise be to God that thou didst turn toward the prison and didst attain unto that which was recorded and inscribed in the divine Books of the past and of the future. Blessed art thou for having advanced and received the choice wine of reunion from the hand of thy Lord, the Self-Sufficient, the Most Exalted, and for having drunk in remembrance of Him, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08571 ===

=== START BH08572 ===

In the Name of Him Who has power over what was and what will be!

O ’Ali! A letter has come from him who has turned to God, and therein was thy mention. We make mention of thee with this wondrous mention. Blessed is he who attains unto the traces of his Lord’s Pen and witnesses to that which God has witnessed - that there is none other God but Him, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. We have sent down unto thee this Tablet that thou mayest thank thy Lord with manifest humility. Beware lest the doubts of the world hold thee back from the Most Great Name. Leave behind what the people possess, taking hold of that which hath been sent down in the Book of God, the Lord of all worlds. Thus have We remembered thee and expounded the verses as a grace from Our presence. Verily thy Lord is the All-Bountiful, the Ancient of Days. Blessed be thy brother and thou, and they who have hastened with their hearts unto the Divine Lote-Tree which speaks forth in the kingdom of creation that which it spoke before creation itself: “Verily there is none other God but I, the Truth, the Mighty, the Wondrous.”

=== END BH08572 ===

=== START BH08573 ===

O Ali ibn Kamal, upon both of you be the glory of God! He is the Hearer, the Answerer! O Ali! Thy letter hath attained unto the presence of the Ancient King in the Most Great Prison and been heard by Him. The fragrance of divine love was wafted therefrom. We beseech God that He may illumine and gladden the hearts of them that inhabit Nun and Ra with the lights of the Morn of His Revelation, that all may occupy themselves with the remembrance of the Lord of all beings in complete unity. O people of God! Illumine the horizons of the world with the light of concord and, guided by the rustling of the Most Exalted Pen, attain unto the fruits of the Divine Lote-Tree. The world hath never been, nor will it ever be, faithful. Aid the Cause of God through the hosts of goodly character and refined conduct. O Ali! Convey My greetings to the kindred who have turned from creation unto the True One. This is the Day of mention and service. Blessed are they that have attained! The glory from Us be upon thee and upon them that have turned unto God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH08573 ===

=== START BH08574 ===

O Ali, upon whom be the Glory of God! He is the One Who gazeth from the Kingdom of Utterance. O Ali! Hearken unto the Voice of the Wronged One and know thou of a certainty that this is that Voice which Moses heard from the Sinai of divine knowledge. The Most Exalted Pen beareth witness that the ears of the world were created for these days and the eyes of the nations were brought forth from sheer nothingness into the realm of existence specifically to behold the signs of this Revelation. We beseech God to aid thee to stand firm with supreme steadfastness, for the barking ones have aimed and continue to aim at the divine dominion. Verily thy Lord is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Say: My God, my God! I beseech Thee by the lights of Thy countenance and by Thy Name through which Thou hast guided Thy servants unto Thy path, to make me detached from all else save Thee and to hold fast unto Thy cord, that the tempests of the allusions of them that have turned away, who have disbelieved in Thee and in Thy signs, may not move me. There is no God but Thee, the Almighty, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH08574 ===

=== START BH08576 ===

He is the One Who rules over all names! O Forgiver! When thou hast gained the presence of thy Lord’s Tablet, the Chosen One, arise and say: My God, my God! I testify that Thou hast appeared and revealed that which lay hidden in Thy knowledge and treasured within the repositories of Thine infallibility. I beseech Thee by the breathings of Thy Revelation in Thy days and the manifestations of Thy power in Thy lands to ordain for me through Thy Most Exalted Pen that which shall profit me in the world to come and in this life. O my Lord! Thou knowest what I possess while I know not what Thou possessest. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. I implore Thee, O my God and God of earth and heaven, to cause my will to be wholly merged in Thy Will, and my desire to be completely submerged in Thy Desire, that I may will naught except what Thou hast willed for me through Thy bounty, and seek naught save what Thou hast ordained for me through Thy grace. Verily Thou art the One with power over whatsoever Thou pleasest. There is none other God but Thee, the Supreme, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH08576 ===

=== START BH08577 ===

In My Name, the All-Encompassing over all names! O Ghulam-Husayn! The Wronged One makes mention of thee while seated upon the throne of prison through that which the hands of the heedless have wrought. By the life of God! We have given thanks for that which hath befallen Us in His path. To this beareth witness My Most Exalted Pen and those who circle round the Throne with great yearning. This is a Day wherein the Light hath appeared and the Speaker of Sinai hath spoken, yet most of the people remain sunk in slumber. They have cast away the All-Glorious and taken hold of their vain desires. Verily, they are of the abased ones. Give thanks unto God for having been mentioned before the Wronged One, Who hath sent down for thee that whereby thy remembrance shall endure throughout the eternity of My most beautiful names. Verily thy Lord is the All-Bountiful, the Ancient of Days. He who loved Me and sought My presence and soared in My atmosphere hath made mention of thee. We have remembered thee as a token of My grace, that thou mayest be of those who are firmly established. Glory be upon him and upon those who hearken unto his word concerning the Cause of God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH08577 ===

=== START BH08578 ===

He is the All-Conquering, the Almighty

O Ghulam-i-Rida! Let not that which hath appeared from the dayspring of tyranny frighten thee, and let not the clamor of every remote ignorant one sadden thee. God hath seized the liar who was named Sadiq, and after him He seized the other one. Verily, He is the Seizer, the Mighty. And soon will He seize him who led the people astray and barred them from the straight path of God. Convey My greetings to the faces of My loved ones and remind them of My Cause and what hath appeared in My days, lest the conditions of the powerful ones who have turned away from God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy, weaken them. Hold fast unto the cord of wisdom in all circumstances, lest there appear that which would sadden the hearts of those who have turned towards God. The glory shining forth from the horizon of My will be upon thee and upon those who have attained unto that which they were promised in the sure Books of God, the Truth.

=== END BH08578 ===

=== START BH08579 ===

He is the Most Great, the Most Ancient, the Most Holy, the Most Glorious

O Ghulam! The book was present and the servant was present before the Countenance. He made mention of thee. Blessed art thou, for thy book was purified from doubts and sanctified from allusions. We heard thy sighing and lamentation in the love of God, and We have made mention of thee in this Most Impregnable, Most Holy Tablet. Blessed is the eye that hath beheld the Most Great Sign, and the ear that hath heard My Most Sweet Call, and the tongue that hath spoken My praise amidst the concourse of creation. God willing, thou shalt speak forth the mention of the Truth with the greatest steadfastness and with the utmost joy and fragrance, and arise to serve Him in such wise that the chains of the polytheists and the clamor of the deniers shall not deter thee from the Straight Path. Know thou the station of this Most Great Remembrance and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Thou Who art wronged throughout all lands, and glory be unto Thee, O Beloved of them that have recognized Thee!

=== END BH08579 ===

=== START BH08580 ===

He is the Speaker

O Fatimeh! The divines of the earth today are debarred from the Most Exalted Horizon, while you have attained unto it. Throughout ages and centuries they proclaimed from pulpits “O Qa’im!”, yet when He was made manifest they martyred Him. You have attained to the recognition of Truth through the ocean of divine bounty and the lights of the Sun of Reality, and have drunk from the Kawthar of His utterance. Today vision is for beholding the Greatest Scene and hearing is for hearkening to the call of the Lord of Destiny. Glory be to God! The one who dwelt in the desert attained the outpourings of the All-Bountiful, while he who was in the mosque remained deprived. Yea, all relationships are severed and all names are struck down, until the Call seizes whom it will and leads from obliteration to consciousness - that is, from heedlessness to awareness. Blessed is he who hath heard and attained, and woe unto the deniers.

=== END BH08580 ===

=== START BH08581 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Glorious! O Pen! Make mention of him who has turned to the Dawning-Place of Eternity, that the fragrances of the Lord of nations may attract him on this Day wherein the Spirit has been diffused and bodies have taken flight, and bring him to a station wherein all mention is cut off. Rejoice in My remembrance of thee, then illumine thy heart with this Name through which hearts have been turned unto God, the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting. Whoso fulfilleth God’s covenant, verily he is of the people of Baha, and he who breaketh it hath this day no protector before Us. Blessed is the face that hath been illumined by the dawning-rays of the Countenance, and the heart that hath been made radiant by the Dayspring of lights. Say: Through the mention of Truth are revealed the stations of creation. Thus hath the matter been decreed in the Tablets. Through piety doth the light of Baha appear - hold fast unto it, O concourse of companions! Grieve thou not over anything. Place thy trust in God in all circumstances. Verily He is with those who have turned unto the Dawning-Place of inspiration.

=== END BH08581 ===

=== START BH08582 ===

He is the Book, the Radiant, the Manifest

O Most Exalted Pen! Make mention of them who are in creation, that they may abandon what they possess and turn unto God, the Lord of all worlds. This is the Day whereon the hearts of the Pharaohs have trembled, and the skins of the tyrants have shuddered, and the faces of those who have turned to God have been illumined. The choice wine hath flowed, and the pure water hath appeared, yet the people remain in evident drunkenness, following vain imaginings and turning away from Him Who speaketh amongst mankind that there is none other God but Him, the Single, the All-Informed. We desired for them the good of this world and the next, yet they desired for Us that which would harm Us. They are indeed among the heedless. Turn thou not unto them that have wronged, and put thy trust in God, the Mighty, the All-Wise. Blessed is he who hath attained unto the days of God and hath drunk the choice wine from this cup which calleth out saying: “Joy be to them that drink!” Thus have We remembered thee in the Most Great Prison that thou mayest thank thy Lord, the Forgiving, the Bountiful.

=== END BH08582 ===

=== START BH08583 ===

O Most Ancient and Most Great Pen! Move in remembrance of him who has turned to God and found the fragrance of the Garment when it was wafted throughout the worlds, that the utterance of the All-Merciful may draw him to a station which God has sanctified from the mention of every knowing rememberer. Remember thy Lord with wisdom, that perchance the servants who wander in the wilderness of heedlessness and are among those who are bewildered may be awakened thereby. We, in all conditions, summon the servants unto God, the Single One, the All-Informed. Among them is he who has found the sweetness of utterance, and among them is he who has turned away from the All-Merciful, having followed every ignorant doubter. Say: Seize ye these days! By God, the eyes have not seen their like, as attested by him who possesses a preserved tablet. Thus has the Sun of Revelation shone forth from the horizon of grace, that thou mayest give thanks unto thy Lord, the Forgiving, the Merciful. Verily, glory be upon those who have turned to God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy.

=== END BH08583 ===

=== START BH08584 ===

He is the Single, the One, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed

O Tongue of Grandeur! Make mention of him who circumambulated around Thy House and stood before all faces in service to Thy Cause - he whom the veils of the divines did not withhold, nor was he prevented by the sources of idle fancies of those who denied the proof of God and His evidence, who disbelieved in His signs and disputed His Cause. Thus did the Pen speak when the Ancient Beauty was established upon His mighty throne. The greatest terror hath appeared, and the people are in manifest loss. They have taken vain imaginings as their lord instead of God. Thus did their souls entice them. Verily, they are accounted among the idolaters in the Book of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Grieve thou not over anything, for thou hast attained unto My verses which cannot be equaled by the treasures of the earth nor by that which the kings and rulers possess. The splendor shining from the horizon of the heaven of My mercy be upon thee and upon him who loveth thee for the sake of God, the Lord of the Throne and of the dust, the Master of the Hereafter and of the former times, and the Speaker in this resplendent station.

=== END BH08584 ===

=== START BH08585 ===

In the name of the one Friend, O Lutfullah, upon whom be the Glory of God!

O Lutfullah! God willing, may you be occupied with the remembrance of God, exalted be His glory, throughout the nights and days, in such wise that the affairs of the world shall not make you heedless of the Most Great Cause. You have been and continue to be remembered before the Wronged One. You are mentioned by the Most Exalted Pen as being among the people of the prison. Give thanks to your Lord for having enabled you to recognize the Manifestation of His Self at a time when every heedless and remote one turned away from Him. Say: My God! I beseech Thee by Thy signs and Thy clear tokens to make me in all conditions hold fast unto Thee and gaze toward Thy horizon. Then ordain for me what is best in this world and the next. Verily Thou art the Lord of the throne on high and of the earth below.

[His likeness] abides safe, tranquil and at rest beneath the shadow of loving-kindness. We send greetings to the loved ones of that land and give them the glad-tidings of divine favors. The Glory be upon thee.

=== END BH08585 ===

=== START BH08587 ===

O Muhammad! When thou hearest My call and attainest unto My Book and findest from it the fragrance of My utterance, say: O Thou in Whose grasp are the reins of all names and in Whose right hand are the controls of all things! I beseech Thee by the lights of Thy countenance and the fire of the Tree of Thy Cause to assist me to be steadfast in Thy Cause, whereby the hearts of Thy servants have been shaken. O my Lord! I am the ignorant one who hath turned to the ocean of Thy knowledge, and the distant one who seeketh from Thee the Kawthar of Thy nearness. I beseech Thee by the providence that hath encompassed the world and by the Most Great Name not to disappoint me from what Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen ones, and not to deprive me of the breezes of Thy Revelation. Thou art He Whom the power of kings cannot frustrate, nor can the clamor of the subjects prevent. Thou doest what Thou willest and ordainest what Thou pleasest. Verily, Thou art the Mighty, the Triumphant, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH08587 ===

=== START BH08588 ===

He is the All-Knowing, Speaking Witness

O Muhammad-Qablil-Husayn! Today is the day of acceptance and turning to God and of mention and praise and service. May you be fresh and verdant through the springtime breezes of God and speak forth in remembrance of the Beloved of the worlds. I swear by the Sun of the horizon of manifestation that one mention today is more glorious in the sight of God than the mention of a multitude of people occurring in days other than these. Hold fast to the cord of thy Lord’s loving-kindness and place thy trust in Him. Verily He aids whomsoever He willeth through a command from His presence, and He is the All-Bountiful, the Generous. Beseech God, exalted be His glory, that He may protect thee and the people of that land from the cawing of the crows and the clamor of the liars and deceivers. Verily He is the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. We send from this spot Our greetings upon thee and upon My loved ones who responded when they heard My wondrous, mighty Call.

=== END BH08588 ===

=== START BH08589 ===

In the Name of Him through Whom surgeth the ocean of utterance! O Muhammad-Husayn! All books and scriptures and every fair-minded learned one have lamented with My lamentation. We beseech God, blessed and exalted be He, to transform the sorrow of His loved ones into manifest joy. Grieve not for what hath befallen you at the hands of the armies of the oppressors. God shall soon seize those who have wronged, for He is the most severe in retribution. Nothing escapeth His knowledge. He heareth the sighing of the oppressed and the wailing of the oppressors. Say: Praise be to Thee, O my God, for having guided me to Thy sheltering shade and to Thy mighty announcement. I beseech Thee by Thy resplendent signs and Thy decisive verses to protect me and Thy loved ones from the evil of those who have denied Thee and Thy signs. O Lord! Thou seest me detached from all else but Thee and turning unto Thee. I beseech Thee not to disappoint me of the wonders of Thy gifts and favors. Verily Thou art the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH08589 ===

=== START BH08590 ===

O Muhammad-Rida! He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. O Muhammad-Rida! The Wronged One makes mention of thee from the Most Exalted Horizon and draws thee nigh unto Him in all conditions. Blessed is he who hath attained unto the days of God and hath appeared before His Book with joy and radiance. Render thou thanks unto God for having led thee out of darkness into light and for causing thee to hear His most sweet call while the people were in a strange slumber. Blessed art thou and blessed is he who speaketh in His praise and glory and who giveth the glad-tidings of this News unto the servants - the News wherewith the Books of God have been adorned throughout the ages and centuries. Thus hath My Most Exalted Pen spoken in this spot which God hath made the point round which circle the denizens of Paradise and they who circle round the Throne at eventide and at dawn. The Glory shining resplendent from the heaven of grace be upon thee and upon them who have turned unto God, the Lord of Lords.

=== END BH08590 ===

=== START BH08591 ===

O Muhammad-’Ali, upon him be the Glory of God, He is the All-Remembering, the All-Knowing! O Muhammad-Quli! The world hath been encompassed by tyranny, and the clouds of hatred have prevented the lights of the Sun of Justice from shining forth. Calumnies have gained currency, and the oppressor claimeth to be oppressed. Glory be to God! Such heedlessness hath seized upon the servants that they have forsaken the imperishable kingdom for the sake of two fleeting days, and are occupied with transgression and wickedness. Say: My God, my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Light which shone forth before the creation of the sun and its radiance, and by Thy Mercy which hath preceded the earth and the heaven and all that is therein, to make me steadfast in Thy love and firm and immovable in Thy Cause. O my Lord! Ordain for me that which will draw me nigh unto Thee and will be with me in every world of Thy worlds. Verily Thou art the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise, and the Supreme, the Mighty, the Great.

=== END BH08591 ===

=== START BH08592 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great

O Muhammad-Karim! Your letter was presented before the Wronged One and the servant present read it. Verily your Lord is the Hearing, the Responding One. Say: Glory be to You, O You by Whose name the rivers flow, the fruits appear, and the mysteries emerge! I beseech You by Your Most Exalted Self and the Manifestations of Your power in the kingdom of creation to ordain through Your Most Exalted Pen that which will enable me to remain steadfast in Your Cause - the Cause that has shaken the foundations of Your creation. O my Lord! I am the weak one who has clung to the cord of Your power, and I am the poor one who has held fast to the hem of Your riches. I beseech You not to withhold from me the appearance of Your grace. Verily You are the Powerful, the Most High, the Mighty, the Great. O Karim! Read what has been sent down to you from the Kingdom of Utterance, then give thanks to your Lord, the Generous One. The Glory be upon you and upon your wife who has believed in God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH08592 ===

=== START BH08593 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Knowing, the Most High, the Most Exalted! O Muhammad! We have heard thy call, and the cry of thy heart, and the yearning of thy soul in thy love for thy Lord, unto Whom is thy return and thy final abode. The servant who is present hath come and read what thou hast spoken and called out and whispered and praised - the One Who is the Goal of all who are in the heavens and on earth. We have taken account of the fire of thy longing and the light of thy turning unto God, the Lord of all worlds. His bounty toward thee is great. Be thou assured and grieve not. By the True One! This is the Most Great Day of Joy, wherein the Lord of Eternity doth speak: “Rejoice and be glad, O My loved ones! That which none save the All-Knowing, the All-Informed hath comprehended hath been ordained for you.” Give thanks unto thy Lord for this Tablet from which thou dost inhale the fragrance of My good-pleasure, the Mighty, the Inaccessible. Then preserve it in My Name, the All-Encompassing, the All-Powerful, the Mighty, the Wondrous.

=== END BH08593 ===

=== START BH08595 ===

O Muhammad! He Who is single and alone makes mention of thee from the land of exile, from the spot which hath been named the Most Great Prison, through My Most Exalted Pen - yet the people do not understand. The verses have been sent down and the signs have appeared, but most of the people do not perceive. They have cast the Book of God behind their backs, having followed the manifestations of idle fancies and vain imaginings. Arise in My Name, take the cup of mystic knowledge by My command, and drink thereof through My wondrous remembrance. Let not the conditions of the world sadden thee, nor the doubts of the nations who have turned away from God and denied the Witness and the Witnessed prevent thee. Say: By God! This is the Day of Rising, did ye but know it, and in it hath appeared the Purpose of all mankind, would ye but judge with fairness. Thus hath the light appeared and the fragrance of the All-Merciful hath been wafted throughout the realm of possibility, yet most of the people do not perceive.

=== END BH08595 ===

=== START BH08596 ===

O God! O All-Bountiful! O All-Merciful! These are my eyes before Thy face, beseeching from Thee that which befitteth Thy bounty, and declaring: O my God! Thou didst create me to behold Thee; I implore Thee not to deprive me. And these are my ears, declaring: Thou didst bring me forth from nothingness to hearken; O All-Bountiful One, deny me not the power to hear. All created things testify to Thy munificence. A handful of poor ones stand before the Kingdom of Thy riches, and a company of sinners stand before the waves of the ocean of Thy forgiveness, yearning and supplicating for Thy boundless grace. O Lord! Thy generosity hath made them bold, and Thy bounty hath caused Thy servants to persist. Deprive them not; both forgive and bestow Thy bounty. Thou art the Powerful, the Mighty.

=== END BH08596 ===

=== START BH08597 ===

O Morteza, upon thee be the Glory of God, Lord of all beings. The Herald of this Most Great Revelation hath spoken: All existence is for the sake of being mentioned but once in His presence. Today the treasures of the world cannot be compared to the Word of acceptance which hath been sent down from the Supreme Pen. Blessed are they who have attained unto the Word and become possessors of the divine Tablet. All that hath befallen His loved ones hath been recorded and inscribed in the blessed Crimson Tablet. The profit of the world belongeth to His loved ones, and its loss is the portion of the oppressors and transgressors. Erelong the enemy shall return to the fire, and the friend to the Most Great Scene. Give thanks to the Goal of all beings, Who assisted thee and caused thee to attain unto the revelations of the Supreme Pen. Verily, He is powerful over all things.

=== END BH08597 ===

=== START BH08598 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory, the All-Wise, the All-Eloquent!

O thou who art intoxicated! God willing, thou shalt be reckoned among the men of the divine garden of fruits. Praise be to God, thou art illumined by the light of unity and art a believer in, and dost acknowledge, that which hath been revealed in the Book. Say: My God, my God! Thou seest me detached from all else save Thee and holding fast to the cord of Thy bounty. I beseech Thee by Thy Beloved, through Whom the light of unity hath shone forth from the horizon of the world and the decree of justice hath been established among the nations, to assist me to act according to that which Thou hast commanded me in Thy perspicuous Book. O my Lord! Thou seest the poorest of Thy servants turning to the horizon of Thy riches, and the most abject of Thy creatures facing the heaven of Thy glory and power. I beseech Thee not to disappoint him of that which Thou hast ordained for them that are nigh unto Thee among Thy servants and for the sincere ones among Thy creation. O my Lord! Open before my face the doors of Thy generosity and bounty. Verily, Thou art powerful to do what Thou willest through Thy binding command, the All-Wise. Praise be to Thee, O God of the worlds!

=== END BH08598 ===

=== START BH08599 ===

In My Name, Who warbles upon the branches

O peoples of the earth! The gate of divine knowledge has been opened and the All-Merciful has come with the kingdom of utterance, yet the people remain heedless and astray. Your letter has arrived and from it We perceived the fragrance of your love for God, the Mighty, the Glorious, the Bestower. We have heard your call and have answered you with a Tablet that no other tablets can equal. Read what has been sent down to you from the heaven of bounty - it will draw you nigh to the most exalted station. You behold the Wronged One in the midst of enemies, yet He summons all to God, the Subduer of verses. Neither the mention of the divines, nor the word of the jurisprudents, nor their clamor has deterred Him. I have manifested My Cause before the faces of My creation with a power that has shaken the pillars. Give thanks to your Lord, for He has remembered you with that whose fragrance shall not cease throughout centuries and ages. The glory be upon you from Us and upon those whom the oppression of them that denied the Beginning and the Return has not hindered.

=== END BH08599 ===

=== START BH08600 ===

Already translated for the first portion. Here is the translation of the remaining portion:

O Lord! I am he who hath turned his face unto Thee, hoping for the wonders of Thy grace and the manifestations of Thy bounty. I beseech Thee not to deny me from the gate of Thy mercy nor leave me among the polytheists among Thy creation. O my God! I am Thy servant and the son of Thy servant. I have recognized Thee in Thy days and have turned to the shore of Thy oneness, acknowledging Thy singleness and submitting to Thy unity, hoping for Thy pardon and forgiveness. Verily, Thou art the Almighty over whatsoever Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the All-Forgiving.

=== END BH08600 ===

=== START BH08601 ===

He is the Most Exalted, the Most High! O Thou Who hast made the Point the ornament of Beauty on the Tablet of Manifestation, and suspended the threads of darkness upon the sphere of light, whereby Thou hast adorned the page of light with the darkness of night, and made the fountain of sweet water to flow in the abode of fire, and ordained the spring of life to be in the treasury of flames, and joined them together in such wise that they shall never be separated throughout all ages! Reflect upon the wondrous handiwork of your Creator, O ye who are endued with understanding! Glorified art Thou, O my God! When I beheld this wondrous creation of Thine eternal power, I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou art the Self-Subsisting over the manifestations of Thy names, that Thou unite Thy servants even as Thou hast united light and darkness, and fire and water. Then gather them together on the shore of Thy Most Great Ocean even as Thou hast gathered these upon the shore of the Kawthar of Thy utterance. Verily Thou art the Mighty, the Glorious, the Bountiful.

=== END BH08601 ===

=== START BH08602 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Wondrous, the Most Impregnable, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

O Thou Whose mercy hath preceded all created things and Whose grace hath encompassed all who dwell on earth and in heaven! Through Thy Name the Tree of the Bayan hath yielded the fruits of divine knowledge, and through Thy remembrance the hearts of them that are detached have been adorned with the ornament of certitude. I beseech Thee by Thy Name, the Most Merciful, to clothe me with the robes of Thy mercy and loving-kindness, and to number me among such handmaidens as have turned unto Thee and have detached themselves from all else besides Thee, whom neither the intimations of the polytheists nor the words of the wayward have prevented from Thy love and Thy good-pleasure. O Lord! Illumine my heart with the light of Thy knowledge and my eyes with the collyrium of Thy recognition, that I may know Thee through Thine own Self and stand firm in Thy love and good-pleasure. Thou art He Who hath ever been powerful over whatsoever He willeth. There is none other God but Thee, the Most High, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the All-Bountiful. Praise be unto God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH08602 ===

=== START BH08603 ===

O handmaid of God in the letter Ta, Fatimah! In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Glorious! O Thou the nearness of Whom is my hope, and union with Whom is my desire, and remembrance of Whom is my aspiration, and entry into the court of Whose might is my goal, and Whose direction is my quest, and Whose name is my healing, and Whose love is the light of my breast, and standing in Whose presence is the ultimate aim of my seeking! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou caused them that know Thee to soar in the atmosphere of the glory of Thy recognition, and elevated them that are nigh unto Thee to the sacred carpet of Thy favors, that Thou make me to turn toward Thy countenance, and to gaze upon Thy direction, and to speak forth Thy praise. O my Lord! I am she who hath forgotten all else save Thee and hath turned toward the horizon of Thy grace, and hath abandoned whatsoever is besides Thee in hope of nearness unto Thee. Therefore may I turn toward the station wherein shineth forth the lights of Thy face. Send down then, O my Beloved, upon me that which will make me steadfast in Thy Cause, lest the doubts of them that join partners with God prevent me from turning toward Thee. Verily Thou art the Powerful, the Supreme, the Mighty, the Omnipotent.

=== END BH08603 ===

=== START BH08604 ===

CIV

O Thou Whose nearness is my wish, Whose presence is my hope, Whose remembrance is my desire, Whose court of glory is my goal, Whose abode is my aim, Whose name is my healing, Whose love is the radiance of my heart, Whose service is my highest aspiration! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, through which Thou hast enabled them that have recognized Thee to soar to the sublimest heights of the knowledge of Thee and empowered such as devoutly worship Thee to ascend into the precincts of the court of Thy holy favors, to aid me to turn my face towards Thy face, to fix mine eyes upon Thee, and to speak of Thy glory.

I am the one, O my Lord, who hath forgotten all else but Thee, and turned towards the Day-Spring of Thy grace, who hath forsaken all save Thyself in the hope of drawing nigh unto Thy court. Behold me, then, with mine eyes lifted up towards the Seat that shineth with the splendors of the light of Thy Face. Send down, then, upon me, O my Beloved, that which will enable me to be steadfast in Thy Cause, so that the doubts of the infidels may not hinder me from turning towards Thee.

Thou art, verily, the God of Power, the Help in Peril, the All-Glorious, the Almighty.

=== END BH08604 ===

=== START BH08608 ===

O Mashhadi Nasru’llah, upon him be the glory of God! He is the Witness from His most exalted horizon. O Nasru’llah! Your name was present before the Wronged One, Who made mention of you with the verses of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. When you attain unto the fragrances of revelation and drink the choice wine of utterance from the cup of mystical understanding, say: “Praise be unto Thee, O my God, my Purpose and my Beloved, for having guided me to Thy straight path and made me aware of Thy mighty announcement. I beseech Thee, O Lord of the world and Educator of the nations, by Thy irrevocable Command which hath encompassed earth and heaven, to ordain for me through Thy Most Exalted Pen that which shall profit me in all the worlds of Thy worlds. O Lord! Thou seest me standing firm and steadfast at the door of Thy bounty. Ordain for me that which Thou hast ordained for Thy trusted ones, through whose deeds Thy signs were spread abroad and through whose attributes Thy attributes were made manifest. Verily, Thou art the Omnipotent over whatsoever Thou willest, and through Thee was revealed that which was hidden throughout all eternity.”

=== END BH08608 ===

=== START BH08610 ===

In the Name of the Most Holy, the Most Mighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed! O Hashim! Hearken unto My call which hath been raised from this Prison - this Spot round which circle the Concourse on High and hosts of favored angels. We have summoned both sovereign and subject unto God, the Lord of all worlds. Blessed is he who hath heard the Call and turned with his heart toward the Most Exalted Horizon, and woe unto him who hath turned away and denied the signs of God, the Mighty, the Wise. Hold thou fast to the cord of steadfastness and grasp the hem of thy Lord’s gracious favor. Blessed is he who hath attained unto the fragrances of My days and drunk the choice wine of My love from the hand of My bounty, and hath spoken My praise and glorification amongst My servants. He is of them who have fulfilled My covenant and My testament. To this beareth witness My Pen and My Tongue and whatsoever hath been created by the Word of God, the Powerful, the One, the Single, the Mighty, the Inaccessible. The glory be upon thee and upon her who hath believed in God, the Mighty, the Beautiful.

=== END BH08610 ===

=== START BH08611 ===

O Leaf, wife of His Honor Siyyid-i-Qabla Hasan, upon both of you be all My most glorious Glory! He is the Kind, the Forgiving. O My Leaf! Hearken unto the rustling of the Tree of My loving-kindness. It consoles thee in what hath befallen thee through the decree of God, thy Lord and the Lord of all worlds. By My life! From its rustling is heard: “Husayn hath attained the ultimate goal, the most exalted summit, and the Supreme Companion.” Let not separation grieve thee, O Leaf, for he drinketh from the ocean of nearness and reunion, and hath attained that which cannot be mentioned in words. Thy Lord is verily the Self-Sufficient, the Most Exalted. We counsel thee to be patient and steadfast. In all conditions thou shouldst gaze toward the horizon of thy Lord’s Will and hold fast to the cord of resignation in whatsoever God hath willed and willeth. He is verily the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. The Glory shining forth from the horizon of My loving-kindness be upon thee and upon the leaves of My Tree who are moved by the winds of God’s Will, the Mighty, the Forgiving, the Merciful.

=== END BH08611 ===

=== START BH08612 ===

O Handmaiden of God, Fatimih Sultan, upon her be the Glory of God! In My Name, the Rememberer and the Remembered! O My leaf! Bear thou witness unto that which God hath testified in the Most Great Prison - that there is none other God except Me, the Truth, the Knower of the unseen. There hath come before Us a letter from one who hath turned towards My horizon, set his face towards My countenance, spoken My praise, appeared before My throne, and heard My call, and hath drunk the choice wine of reunion from the hands of My bounty. Therein was thy mention, wherefore We make mention of thee in this Tablet through which the fragrance of the All-Merciful hath been wafted throughout all creation, and the Nightingale of Utterance hath warbled upon the branches, that there is none other God but Me, the Speaker, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Thus have We adorned thy head with the crown of utterance and illumined the horizons of hearts with the light of proof. Verily thy Lord, the All-Merciful, is the Bestower, the Generous, the Bountiful. Blessed be thy tongue for having uttered My remembrance, and thy heart for having borne My love, the Mighty, the Wondrous.

=== END BH08612 ===

=== START BH08613 ===

In the Name of Him through Whom the fragrance of the All-Merciful has wafted throughout all lands! O My handmaiden! Upon thee be My glory. Hearken unto My call from the direction of My prison. He, verily, is the Truth, the Knower of things unseen. Today the fragrances of divine bounty and generosity are wafting, and the ocean of giving is manifest before all faces. He has confirmed His handmaidens and caused them to attain unto His recognition in days when most men and heroes, divines and scholars, are seen to be deprived of the ocean of knowledge […] This station has been and remains lofty and exalted in the sight of the Lord of all beings. Were the believing handmaidens to become aware of this most exalted station and most glorious rank, they would be occupied with praise and glorification throughout all their days. O My handmaiden! Strive diligently to preserve that which hath been bestowed. This Wronged One counseleth all to sanctification and detachment, and to that which beseemeth the days of God, the Mighty, the All-Praised.

=== END BH08613 ===

=== START BH08614 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the Goal of all the worlds!

O My Leaf! Upon thee be My Baha! Today the effulgences of the Sun of Truth have illumined the world. The Most Exalted Horizon hath appeared, the Ocean of Knowledge is surging, the Heaven of Revelation is upraised, and the Speaker on Sinai is giving utterance. Blessed is the soul whose hearing hath been blessed with the ability to hearken and whose sight hath been honored to witness these days. Convey My greetings to the handmaidens in that land and give them all the glad-tidings of the bounties of God, exalted be His glory. Perchance they may turn from what they possess to that which is with God and act according to that which hath been revealed in the Book. Every leaf that hath held fast to the Divine Lote-Tree on this day hath attained unto all good and is recorded and inscribed by the Supreme Pen in the Crimson Tablet. Blessed are they that have attained, and joy be to them that are steadfast. The glory that proceedeth from Us rest upon thee, O My Leaf, and upon those women who have believed in the One, the All-Informed.

=== END BH08614 ===

=== START BH08615 ===

Leaf of Paradise, Hajar, daughter of the Minister, upon her be the Glory of God. In the Name of the One God. O My Leaf! Upon thee be My Glory! The Glance of Divine Providence has ever been turned towards that direction. Today is the Dawning-Point of Days and the Dayspring of Times. Blessed is the soul that has attained unto the Purpose and perceived the fragrance of the Divine Verses. Existence has come forth from nothingness into the realm of being for the recognition of this Day. Whosoever has attained unto recognition is reckoned with God and is mentioned by the Supreme Pen in the Book of God. Praise thou the Purpose of all worlds that thou hast attained unto His signs and art adorned with His kinship. Know thou the worth of this station and preserve it as thou wouldst thy life. We convey Our greetings to the handmaidens of God and give them the glad-tidings of God’s grace, exalted be His Glory. The Glory be upon thee and upon every handmaiden who hath turned, hearkened and responded in the Days of God, the Lord of the worlds. Praise be to God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08615 ===

=== START BH08616 ===

He is the One Who gazeth from His Most Exalted Horizon

O My leaf! Upon thee be My Baha! A single word from thee was presented at the Most Holy Court, before the face of the Wronged One, and that word found acceptance. We heard thy mention and made mention of thee. We beheld thy turning unto Us and turned unto thee from the direction of the Prison, and We give thee the glad-tidings of God’s loving-kindness, the Lord of all the worlds. How many are the men, divines and princes who are deprived this day, while thou, through His infinite bounty, hast turned unto Him and attained unto that which hath been recorded in all the divine Books, both past and present. Blessed art thou, and blessed are thy father, thy mother, and thy brother who attained unto the presence of his Lord and quaffed the choice wine of reunion from the hands of the bounty of his Lord, the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful. The glory be upon thee from Us, and upon them that have turned unto God and hearkened unto the call of God, the Mighty, the All-Praised.

=== END BH08616 ===

=== START BH08617 ===

O my leaf! Thou hast attained unto My mention and My traces, both before and after. Give thanks unto thy Lord for this most great favor, this supreme providence, and this mighty gift, and say: “All praise be unto Thee for having guided me in Thy days and given me to drink of the cup of Thy knowledge. I beseech Thee by the station wherein Thy call was raised and which Thou didst make Thy Most Sublime Vision, and by the mountains whereon the tabernacle of Thy glory was upraised and which were honored by Thy footsteps, to make this Thy handmaiden steadfast in Thy Cause and turning her gaze toward Thy horizon, in such wise that neither the incidents of the days nor the hatred of those who have denied Thee, O Lord of all beings, may prevent her. O my Lord! Ordain for me through Thy bounty that which will draw me nigh unto Thee and strengthen me to act according to what Thou hast revealed in Thy Book. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.”

=== END BH08617 ===

=== START BH08618 ===

In My Name, the All-Subduing above all names! O Most Exalted Leaf! The Supreme Pen hath testified for thee in the kingdom of creation that thou didst hear the Call and didst turn unto the Lord of Names on a day wherein hearts and pillars trembled. O thou who art the Greatest Cry! Rejoice in that the Lord of all humanity hath remembered thee with a remembrance that surpasseth all the treasures of earth and heaven. Thus hath the Tongue of Grandeur spoken as He turned toward thee from the Most Exalted Station. O thou blessed fruit! Give thanks that the Lord of creation hath turned toward thee from this Prison which hath adorned the Books and Tablets. Blessed art thou, and joy be unto thee, and happiness be unto thee, and delight be unto thee from God, the Lord of lords. The glory of God rest upon thee and upon those who are with thee and who serve thee for love of God, the Lord of the beginning and the end.

=== END BH08618 ===

=== START BH08619 ===

O Leaf and mother of ’Ali, upon both of you be the glory of God! In the name of the Goal of all the worlds! O Leaf, you have been and are remembered before the Wronged One. Remember those days when you were present before His face in the Most Great Prison, when you heard the Call of God and beheld the Most Exalted Horizon with your outward eye. The whole world has awaited and still awaits these days. Many were the divines and princes, none of whom attained His presence or drank from the ocean of reunion, but you did attain and did drink from the cup of divine favor. We beseech God to set you ablaze with the fire of His Word - a blaze that will cause the handmaidens of the earth to become enkindled. Verily He is powerful over all things. The glory be upon you and upon those who are with you and who serve you for the sake of God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH08619 ===

=== START BH08620 ===

O Judah, upon him be the glory of God! He is the All-Knowing Rememberer. O Judah! Verily the Mount discourseth, yet the people hear not. Verily the Tree calleth aloud, yet mankind comprehend not. Hearken unto the call of the Lord of creation and hold fast unto guidance, as bidden by Him Who is the Commander, the Mighty, the Powerful, the All-Loving. Say: O people of the earth! The Promise hath appeared and the Promised One hath come, calling all unto God, the Sovereign Lord of existence. Thou hast been mentioned by Him Who hath cast away all else and held fast to My Extended Cord. We make mention of thee in this Tablet which proclaimeth: The Kingdom is God’s, the Lord of what was and what shall be. Cast aside this day what is with the people and say: I beseech Thee, O Lord of existence and Sovereign of the seen and unseen, by Thy Name through which Thou didst subdue hearts and minds, to make me steadfast in Thy Cause and firm in Thy love. Verily Thou art the Almighty, the Exalted, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH08620 ===

=== START BH08621 ===

He is the Speaker and He is the Hearer. O Joseph! There hath befallen the Wronged One that which no eye in the world hath ever seen. He brought forth proofs, yet they rejected them. He manifested clear evidence, yet they denied it. And when the fire of hatred and malice was kindled in their hearts and souls, His friends delivered Him to His enemies. He who We desired his life rose up against the Wronged One, and when he failed, he cried out and proclaimed his own oppression. We beseech God to adorn His servants with the ornament of justice and fairness, that they may see with their own eyes and hear with their own ears. He, verily, is the Helper, the All-Bountiful. The splendor from Us be upon thee and upon those whom nothing whatsoever, nor the oppression of the wicked ones, could deter - they turned unto God and said: “We believe in God, the Lord of this wondrous Day.”

=== END BH08621 ===

=== START BH08622 ===

O Mulla Ibrahim! He is the Most Holy, the Most Great! My tongue beareth witness that there is none other God but Me, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. And His tongue beareth witness that He Who speaketh is indeed the Truth, there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved. By God’s life! He guideth men unto the most exalted Paradise, yet they turn away therefrom. They cling to vain imaginings and turn aside from the station named the Praiseworthy Station. Say: O people of names! By God, the Creator of the heavens hath come. Turn ye with radiant faces, thus hath God commanded you in a preserved Tablet. Do ye worship the calf and leave behind you the Lord of eternity? Ye are but in manifest error. Say: Take what ye are commanded in the Book and be not of them that lose. Thus hath My tongue spoken in the kingdom of Mine utterance. Blessed art thou for having turned thy face unto My countenance and drunk the choice wine of My love from the hand of My bounty, the Mighty, the Inaccessible.

=== END BH08622 ===

=== START BH08623 ===

O Haji Nasru’llah! He is the Expounder between earth and heaven! It behooveth thee to render thanks unto God with the tongues of all created things, inasmuch as He hath aided thee to acknowledge the Dawning-Place of His Revelation and the Dayspring of His Cause, at a time when most of His servants have turned away from Him. By the life of God! Wert thou to discover that which God hath ordained for them that have turned unto Him, thou wouldst soar upon the wings of joy and cry out, saying: “Praise be unto Thee, O God of the world, and glory be unto Thee, O Lord of all nations!” O Nasru’llah! When thou hast attained unto the Tablet of thy Lord, read it again and again, that thou mayest inhale the fragrance of the verses of thy Lord and be of them who have detached themselves in His love from all directions. Thus doth My Most Exalted Pen make mention of thee and give thee glad-tidings, whilst thou wert wronged at the hands of such as were heedless of this Cause whereby the horizons have been illumined. Beseech thou God that He may vouchsafe unto thee the Kawthar of steadfastness and draw thee nigh unto Him under all conditions.

=== END BH08623 ===

=== START BH08624 ===

My sister Fatimih

He is God!

Take up the exalted Pen, O Servant, move it on the snow-white tablet

and call to remembrance Thy sister, Fatimih, that the bounty upon her and

upon all who dwell on earth may be complete.

O My Fatimih! We have verily sent thee this garment from this

Announcer of good news that thou mayest inhale therefrom the fragrances

of holiness and be recorded in the Mother Book by the Manifestation

of Attributes. Rejoice thou for seeing Paradise in the days of God, soar

towards the magnificent abode mentioned in the Tablet, then recognize the

blessings that God hath vouchsafed to thee. He hath singled thee out from

amongst most handmaids for His favour, and He hath caused thy name to

be mentioned with sanctity in the mighty Tablets. Verily, He is the True

One. No God is there but Him. He bestoweth dominion on whosoever He desireth, and the decree hath been firmly established in the foundation

of destiny from the Dawning-place of Command. May the light of God

shine upon thy face and upon those who are in thy company.

=== END BH08624 ===

=== START BH08625 ===

To Ibrahím, whom God confirmed!

Verily, We heard your supplications, and granted them to you with such remembrance, whereby the hearts will be attracted unto thee. We command thee and My redeemers (those who redeemed themselves) to be charitable, upright and pious, holding fast to that which will draw you nearer unto God your Lord, and the Lord of all the worlds.

Say: Praise be to thee, O God my Lord; I ask of Thee, by Thy prophets, Thy chosen and Thy redeemers, to send down upon me, from the heaven of Thy Bounty, Thy special Providence and Thy particular Mercy; and open, before my face, the doors of Thy gifts and blessings.

=== END BH08625 ===

=== START BH08626 ===

In the name of our Lord, the Most Exalted, the Most High!

Wouldst Thou, O my God, deprive him who hath turned toward the sanctuary of Thy Being? Wouldst Thou, O my Beloved, cast away him who hath sought refuge in the city of Thy nearness? Wouldst Thou, O my Hope, forsake him who hath clung to the cord of Thy glory? Wouldst Thou, O my Purpose, deny him who hath entered the stream of Thy bounty? Wouldst Thou, O my Adored One, impoverish him who hath held fast to the hem of Thy riches? Wouldst Thou, O my Object of worship, cause to perish him whose heart Thou hast quickened with the light of Thy recognition? Wouldst Thou, O Thou Who art praised, render deaf him whom Thou hast made to hear Thy wondrous verses? Nay, by Thy glory! Thou wilt not deprive him who hath turned to Thee, nor cast out him who hath come to Thee, nor reject him who hath descended into Thy court. For verily Thou art the Most Exalted above all things, the Giver unto all things, and the Ruler over all who are in the heavens and on earth. Thou art, verily, the Mighty, the Inaccessible, the Holy One.

=== END BH08626 ===

=== START BH08627 ===

The Most Great, Most Great missive was present before and witnessed by the Lord of Eternity. Thou hadst made mention of being unlearned. All are and have been unlearned before the Ocean of knowledge, but thou art learned, for praise be to God, thou hast recognized the Known One and hast clung to the Self-Subsisting. Whosoever attaineth unto this station hath attained unto the source and beginning of all knowledge. All infinite letters branch forth from the Ocean of the Primal Point, and unto it do they return and find their end. And whoso knoweth the Point is enriched above the knowledge of aught else, and in the inmost of the inmost essence, whoso knoweth the Point knoweth that whereof the outer letters are composed and that which brancheth forth from them. Strive thou to remain firm upon the straight path of Truth. This sufficeth thee, if thou be of them that comprehend.

=== END BH08627 ===

=== START BH08628 ===

He is the Dawning One from the horizon of eternity! From the rustling of the Most Exalted Pen this most sublime word was heard: “The King, the Kingdom belongs to God, has come through His manifestation. That which was hidden in knowledge and concealed from eyes has appeared. Blessed is he who cast away what the people possess, taking what is with God, the Lord of Lords.” Thy name was present before the Wronged One. He makes mention of thee with that which caused spirits to soar. Give thanks to thy Lord for having aided thee in His Day and guided thee to the Path. Grieve not over anything, trust in all matters in the Powerful, the All-Choosing. Verily He assists whom He willeth through power and sovereignty, and writes for whosoever turns to Him that which pens are powerless to describe. The glory from Us be upon thee and upon those who prostrated when the Orb of the Command shone forth from the horizon of the Will of God, the Lord of all mankind.

=== END BH08628 ===

=== START BH08629 ===

Sarchah. O Darvish ’Ali-Asghar, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the Most Ancient, the Most Great! The Tongue of Grandeur hath spoken this word: “And from water We made all things living.” That water in these days floweth from the Most Exalted Pen. By the life of God! This is that Kawthar whose description was sent down aforetime in the divine Books, and this is that Choice Wine for which the divines and mystics waited. This water hath been called by all names - at times thou seest it as fire, in such wise that its roaring flame is heard; at other times thou beholdest it as light, kindled and shining. O people of Baha! God willing, through the bounty of the Lord of Names, ye shall attain unto it and drink therefrom. Whosoever attaineth unto it hath attained unto everlasting life. Blessed are they that know, and woe unto the heedless! Praise be to God, the Speaker, the Rememberer, the Mighty, the Trusted One!

=== END BH08629 ===

=== START BH08631 ===

O handmaiden of God, wife of J.T.! In the name of the Purpose of all worlds, thy name was mentioned before the Wronged One and the gaze of favor was directed towards thee. Today the handmaidens of God must remain steadfast in the Cause of God with perfect sincerity, unity, sanctity and detachment, and be engaged in His remembrance. Praise be to God, thou hast been blessed with His grace and honored with faith in God. How many men remained deprived of the ocean of recognition of the Self-Sufficient, Exalted One, while thou wert enabled to attain thereto. If thou shouldst spend thy entire life offering thanks to the Ancient Lord in all the languages of the peoples of the world, thou wouldst not fulfill its due. Therefore give thanks to thy Lord for this bounty and be of those handmaidens who have believed and acted according to what they were commanded in the Book of God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH08631 ===

=== START BH08632 ===

He is the Mighty, the All-Glorious! Hearken unto the call of Him Who summoneth thee at this time when the breezes of separation blow from the direction of Iraq, and the nightingales of yearning warble, and the unitarians are in great sorrow, while thou art not grieved by anything. Put thy trust in God, the King, the Mighty, the Powerful. Then remember the servants with the most excellent remembrance, then gather them together unto the Cause of thy Lord, and be thou of the thankful. Say: O people of the Bayan! Hearken unto My call, then put your trust in God, the Powerful, the Supreme, the Mighty. God will assuredly exalt His Cause in truth and aid His oppressed servants, and the light shall appear from the dawning-place of nearness, whereby the foundations of the idolaters shall be demolished. Be thou assured through thy Lord’s grace and fear not anyone, even should the hypocrites all unite against thee, for God will suffice thee against them and against all who are in the heavens and on earth.

=== END BH08632 ===

=== START BH08634 ===

O Karim-i-Ardibili! In the name of the One Bountiful God! The effulgences of the Light of the Manifestation of Him Who conversed on Sinai are manifest and resplendent from all the horizons of the world, and the verses of grandeur are descending from the heaven of favor like a copious rain. However, the recompense of men’s deeds has prevented them from turning to the Self-Sufficient, the Most High. Blessed is the soul who has taken the chalice of utterance in the name of the Goal of all the worlds and has drunk from the sealed wine. Such a one is among the people of Baha in the Book of God, the Lord of all worlds. He who loved Me hath mentioned thee. We make mention of thee in this wondrous Tablet. Verily He guideth the servants unto His straight path. We beseech God to assist thee in that which will draw thee nigh unto Him, to make mention of thee through His verses, and to illumine thy heart with the light of faith in His days. Verily He is the Mighty, the Powerful.

=== END BH08634 ===

=== START BH08635 ===

I testify unto Thy singleness and Thy oneness, O Thou Who art my God, my Master, my Support, my highest Hope and Aspiration. Nothing whatsoever can be likened unto Thee, nor any partner ascribed to Thee, nor assistance rendered unto Thee, nor is there any who could ever supplant Thee. Thou hast created the creation in order to reveal Thy grace and manifest Thy munificence and bounty. Thou hast made known to Thy creatures the path of Thy good-pleasure, hast enabled them to recognize Thy guidance, and hast led them unto Thy straight path and glorious proclamation.

I beseech Thee by Thy Prophets and Holy Ones, Who have rendered aid unto Thy Cause by Their substance and by Their own persons, and I entreat Thee by the ocean of Thy knowledge and the heaven of Thy grandeur, to ordain for Thy handmaiden that she observe what Thou hast sent down in Thy book. Illumine her heart with the light of Thy knowledge, O my God, and write down for her such as Thou hast ordained for the maidens of Thy highest paradise.

Thou art, in truth, the Lord of all men and the King of the throne above and of earth below. None other god is there but Thee, the Forgiving, the Merciful, and the Omnipotent, the Omniscient, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08635 ===

=== START BH08636 ===

O Haji Abdul-Karim! He is the One Who rules over all who are in the heavens and on earth. Upon him be My glory! He has attained unto Our presence and been illumined by hearing the verses. From the earliest days, he and his family have, for the sake of God, drunk from the cup of tribulation. Verily, We love him and beseech God to assist him with the hosts of the unseen and the visible world. He, verily, is the Almighty, the All-Wise. O Karim! Upon thee be My glory! We beseech God to aid thee in that which will cause thy remembrance to endure in the world among the peoples. Verily, He is the Hearer, the Answerer. And We beseech Him to unite the hearts of His loved ones and strengthen them through the handle of love and unity. He, verily, is the Strong, the Triumphant, the Almighty. Glory be upon thee and upon thy son and upon those with thee and upon the loved ones of God who are there, who have not violated My perspicuous Covenant and My firm Testament.

=== END BH08636 ===

=== START BH08637 ===

In His Name, the Most Holy Above All Names

Most of the people of the world have claimed and continue to claim knowledge of the Pre-existent Lord. However, after the rending of veils and removal of clouds it became clear and evident that the diverse parties of the world were walking in the wilderness of vain imaginings and the desert of idle fancies, remaining far and veiled from the straight path and mighty way of God. Blessed is the state of the soul who today has held fast to the cord of divine love and has drunk from the choice wine of heavenly knowledge. Such a one is indeed among the essence of creation in the sight of the Truth. Upon him be the glory of God, the Sovereign, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy. God willing, that honored one may be illumined by the dawning lights of the morn of inner meanings and occupied with the remembrance of the Beloved of all horizons. He is verily the Protector of whoever turns to Him and the Illuminator of the hearts of the sincere ones.

=== END BH08637 ===

=== START BH08638 ===

He is God, the Most Holy, the Most Glorious

Although the darkness of oppression hath encompassed all regions and the hand of tyranny of the oppressors hath been stretched forth against the oppressed, yet praise be to God that from the holy divine horizon the Sun of the Most Great Remembrance hath dawned forth and ere long its radiance shall prevail and consume the veil of darkness. Although today the people are deprived of beholding the lights of the Sun due to the clouds of fancy and imagination, yet ere long the fingers of destiny shall rend asunder the intervening veil and the rays of the Sun shall encompass all. Then shall they say: “Would that we had not been negligent in our duty to God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting!” O friends of Truth! Today ye must be detached from all save God and, with complete certitude and perfect assurance, turn toward the All-Merciful. And peace be upon you.

=== END BH08638 ===

=== START BH08640 ===

O son of Muhammad who was martyred in the path of God! In the name of the one incomparable Friend! Praise be to God that thou hast attained unto the lights of the morn of utterance and hast quaffed the choice wine of the love of the Lord of all possibilities. Blessed art thou and blessed is thy father who was often in My presence and drank from the Kawthar of meeting Me and was martyred in My path and ascended on two wings of detachment unto the heaven of My grace and the horizon of My loving-kindness. We testify that he is among those who have attained. God willing, thou wilt follow his example in all matters, that is, in attention to God, steadfastness and love. Give thanks unto thy Lord for having been mentioned before the Throne and for having attained unto the remembrance of the Remembered One through Whose aid all in the heavens and earth seek assistance. We beseech Him, exalted be He, to ordain for thee that which shall profit thee in this world and the next. Verily He is the Almighty, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH08640 ===

=== START BH08641 ===

In the Name of the One Friend

Praise be to God that thou hast attained to the recognition of the All-Merciful and hast drunk from the Living Waters which are His love. How many were the great ones and the learned who for nights and days yearned and longed for such a day, yet attained it not, while thou hast attained, arrived, beheld and heard. Know thou the station of this great bounty and occupy thyself with the remembrance of the Peerless Friend. The world and all that is therein shall pass away, and what shall endure for thee is that which the Tongue of Grandeur hath spoken, as a grace from His presence. Verily, He is the Ancient Bestower. We beseech Him, exalted be He, to assist His loved ones to love Him and to please Him, and to ordain for them that which shall profit them and preserve them. Verily, He is the Generous, the Beneficent. Praise be to God, the Goal of all who have known Him.

=== END BH08641 ===

=== START BH08642 ===

O handmaid of God! In the name of the one beloved Friend! Praise be to God that the effulgences of the lights of the divine countenance have cast their rays upon the Sinais of the hearts of those men and women who have turned towards Him. How exalted is the station of the soul who in this day has become illumined by the lights of His countenance and has attained unto the most great steadfastness. O handmaid of God! The station of steadfastness is very great in the sight of God. All men and women servants must fix their gaze upon it and supplicate God that He may strengthen them all and give them to drink from the cup of steadfastness. How many a man has stumbled and how many a woman has stumbled! We beseech God to assist thee and the handmaids who are there, and to ordain for thee and for them the best of this world and of the world to come. Verily He is the Ruler over whatsoever He willeth. There is no God but Him, the Giving, the Most High, the Mighty, the Generous.

=== END BH08642 ===

=== START BH08643 ===

He is the One Who dominates all names

Praise be to God that the realm of existence hath been illumined and brightened by the Sun of the Divine Name, and the Call of the Divine Tree hath been raised. Blessed is the state of the one who hath heard His Call and turned towards His horizon and hath been confirmed in serving His Cause. I swear by the Sun of Manifestation that this Day hath no like or equal. Strive ye and attain unto lofty stations. Let not the opportunity slip from your grasp, and arise to that which beseemeth the station of man. With the utmost joy and fragrance, occupy yourselves with the remembrance of the Beloved of all possibility, and hold fast unto the Divine Book. By the life of God! Verily it will guide you to His straight path and draw you nigh unto Him through His grace. Verily He is the Forgiving, the Generous.

=== END BH08643 ===

=== START BH08644 ===

He is the Living One. Praise be to God that the Holy Countenances of Glory and the Sacred Visages of Intimacy have purified the body of the Eternal Mystery from the veils of otherness and the shrouds of opposition, and stripped bare and free from the allusions of the heaven of ego and the veils of blind imagination, they have arrived at the pavilions of eternality and the hiding places of glory, and they circle round according to the will of God, and thus did God will what He willed, and verily He doeth what He pleaseth, and He is the Mighty, the Kind. Yea, when the feet of the heart are cleansed from the sandals of vain imaginings, they will surely journey from the valley of darkness to the blessed spot of glory and exaltation. This is a truth like unto the existence of God, there is no doubt therein, were the people to be patient in the days of God and ponder His signs.

=== END BH08644 ===

=== START BH08645 ===

In the Name of the One True Friend!

Praise be to God that the Luminary of the Most Great Name hath risen and shone forth from the horizon of eternity, and the Ocean of bounty is manifest and billowing. O friends of the All-Merciful! Turn ye with perfect certitude and assurance, that perchance ye may drink from this Ocean and receive your portion from this bounty. How many souls there were who claimed to love God and bore countless afflictions in His path, yet when the Truth Itself appeared and shone forth from the manifest horizon, most remained heedless of Him, while some engaged in conflict and disputation. Such is the state of the servants and all who dwell in the land. The gaze of God hath ever been and will ever be fixed upon His loved ones. May ye ever abide, God willing, beneath the shade of the Tree of the All-Merciful, in peace and tranquility, speaking His praise and remembering Him.

=== END BH08645 ===

=== START BH08646 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory, the All-Wise, the All-Eloquent. Praise be to God, and peace and blessings be upon His Prophets who carried out what they were commanded by Him. He is verily the All-Commanding, the All-Wise. And furthermore, regarding the matter of not wearing the veil that you mentioned - the claimant brought a letter to prove his claim, and since the letter was from another person it was burned. This action is not pleasing, for you must follow the example of God, exalted be His glory. Today, moral character is among the hosts of God. It is hoped that through this you will render assistance to God’s Cause. We beseech God in all circumstances to aid you and enable you to do what He loves and is pleased with. Verily He is the Protector of the sincere ones and does not allow the reward of the doers of good to be lost. It would have been more pleasing in the sight of God if you had informed him in a loving manner.

=== END BH08646 ===

=== START BH08647 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory, the Most Great, the All-Powerful

O my God, my God! The fragrance of Thy knowledge hath attracted me, and the river of Thy utterance hath intoxicated me, to such extent that I have become heedless of myself and of all else besides Thee, and of all who dwell on earth and in heaven. I beseech Thee, O Lord of all names, by that Name through which every idolater hath lamented, every heedless one hath cried out, and every atheist hath been struck with fear, to ordain for me in Thy Kingdom that which shall endure through Thy perpetuity. O Lord! I am the supplicant and Thou art the One Who answereth; I am the needy and Thou art the All-Possessing; I am the weak and verily Thou art the Strong, the Trusted One. Praise be unto Thee, O Thou in Whose hand is the Kingdom of the dominion of the heavens, and thanksgiving be unto Thee, O Thou in Whose grasp is the reins of all worlds. All praise be unto Thee, O Beloved of the mystics, Goal of the sincere ones, and Hope of them that have recognized Thy unity.

=== END BH08647 ===

=== START BH08648 ===

In the Name of our Most Holy, Most Great, Most Exalted, Most Glorious Lord! My God, my God! Withhold not Thy chosen ones from the oceans of Thy bounty and generosity. Transform, O my God, their transgressions into forgiveness, their weakness into strength, their agitation into tranquility, and their silence into remembrance and utterance, through the wisdom Thou hast ordained through Thy Most Exalted Pen. O Lord! Assist them with the hosts of Thy power and might, then ordain for them what Thou hast ordained for them that are detached among Thy trusted ones. Verily Thou art the One Who chooseth through Thy will, Who is manifest through Thy Manifestation, and Who speaketh in Thy prison. There is no God but Thee, the Almighty, the All-Compelling, the Mighty, the Most Bountiful.

He is the Helper

The letter of his honor Aqa Mirza Musa, upon him be the Glory of God, together with the sum of ten tumans, was received by this servant through his honor the Trustee, upon him be the Glory and Grace of God, in the year 1305.

=== END BH08648 ===

=== START BH08649 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory, the Most Great, the All-Powerful

My God, my God! Thy light calls me unto Thee, and Thy fire keeps me back from Thee. I testify that the light hath appeared and shone forth from Thy face, while the fire is from mine own deeds, though it is attributed to Thee for Thou didst create and manifest it. I beseech Thee, O Cleaver of the Dawn and Sender of the Winds, to transform the fire through Thy light. O my Lord, I have turned to Thee, set my face toward Thee, and hastened unto the horizon of Thy grace. Ordain, O my God and God of all names, through Thy Most Exalted Pen for Thy chosen servants that which will preserve their tongues from mentioning aught but Thee and their hearts from loving any save Thee, and will cause them to be numbered among those who have quaffed the wine of certitude from the hands of Thy bounty. O Lord, withhold not from me that which is with Thee. I testify that Thou art the Most Merciful of the merciful. There is no God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08649 ===

=== START BH08650 ===

He is the Hearer, the Answerer!

My God, my God! This is a handmaiden among Thy handmaidens and a leaf among Thy leaves who hath inhaled the fragrance of Thy Revelation and hath testified to that which the Tongue of Thy Grandeur hath testified, that verily Thou art God, and there is none other God but Thee. O Lord! I beseech Thee by the days wherein the breezes of Thy grace have wafted over all who are on earth through Thy bounty and favors, and by the breathings of Thy Revelation in Thy days, to strengthen me in Thy remembrance and praise and in service to Thy Cause. O Lord! Thou seest me clinging to the hem of Thy generosity and holding fast to the cord of Thy loving-kindness. I beseech Thee to ordain for me the good of this world and the next, and to decree for me the reward of Thy handmaidens who circle round the throne of Thy grandeur. Verily Thou art He through Whose generosity all created things have testified, and through Whose power all beings bear witness. Thou doest as Thou pleasest and ordainest what Thou willest. Verily Thou art the Commander, the All-Wise. There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the Great.

=== END BH08650 ===

=== START BH08651 ===

O leaf of divine tree, Afnan, Mr. Mirza Aqa, upon him be the glory and favors of God! He is the Hearer, the Answerer!

My God, my God! This is a fragrance from the fragrances of the garden of inner meanings that has turned to Thee on a day wherein the divines of Thy age and the clergy of Thy lands have turned away. I beseech Thee by Thy Beauty that hath appeared amongst Thy creatures, and by the power of Thy Pen and the penetrating influence of Thy Cause, to ordain for her through the pen of Thy bounty that which will draw her nigh unto Thee. Then I beseech Thee, O God of all beings and Goal of all created things, by the fragrances of Thy days through which the mountains were moved and the Cry was raised and the earth shone with Thy light, to ordain for her from Thy Most Exalted Pen the reward of attaining Thy presence and standing before Thy countenance. O Lord! Thou art the Generous One. Thy grace hath preceded and Thy mercy hath preceded. There is no God but Thee, the Forgiving, the Generous.

=== END BH08651 ===

=== START BH08652 ===

He is the Compassionate, the All-Bountiful!

My God, my God, my Lord and my Support! Thou seest one of Thy handmaidens who hath turned toward the horizon of Thy Revelation, after most of the men of Thy earth turned away. I beseech Thee by the Treasure which Thou hast manifested through Thy power, and by the Horizon which Thou hast illumined with the light of Thy grace and bounty, and by the Sun that hath shone forth from the heaven of Thy wisdom, to aid her to remain steadfast in Thy love. Verily, Thou art the All-Bountiful, to Whose bounty all created things have testified, and to Whose mercy all contingent beings bear witness. O Lord! Ordain for her from the Pen of Destiny what Thou hast ordained for the leaves of the Tree of Thy Utterance, then write down for her what Thou hast written for Thy leaves who circle round Thy good-pleasure and hold fast to the cord of Thy bounty. Verily, Thou art the One Who hath power over whatsoever He willeth, and in Thy grasp are the reins of all women and men. And verily, Thou art the Almighty, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH08652 ===

=== START BH08653 ===

In His Name, the Protector over all names! Today the Sun of Truth has risen and the Mount of Knowledge speaks forth through the manifestation of the One Who converses. Blessed are they whom the mentions of the world have not prevented from the remembrance of the Ancient King. Throughout ages and centuries, the Twelver sect continually made mention of the Qa’im, yet after the dawning rays of His manifestation appeared, they issued the decree for His death and martyred Him. Today every soul must reflect upon the words and deeds of that sect, lest they be deprived of the eternal outpourings by the crowing of new roosters. We have heard thy mention and have answered with these exalted words. We counsel thee to that which today will cause the elevation of God’s Cause and the steadfastness of heedless souls. This mighty Cause belongs to God, the King of the Day of Judgment.

=== END BH08653 ===

=== START BH08654 ===

He is God, exalted be His station. Today the utterance is speaking, and the stations of the lovers are, in God’s sight, above the stations of all the people of the visible world. Attraction and fervor have appeared from the lovers in the City of Detachment. Glory be to God! The polytheists cling to oppression, knowing and believing it to be the means of extinguishing the Light. Yet they are heedless of the fact that the Hand of Divine Power will transform it into oil and thereby increase the brightness of the Lamp. Glorified be the Generous One, the Possessor of Great Resolve, Who does what He pleases through His firm and mighty Command. O ’Ali-Qabli-Muhammad! My Branch has mentioned you before My face. We have remembered you in this clear Book. We beseech God to assist you in all conditions to serve the Cause and to serve the Branches. He is the Hearer, the Answerer, and He is the Powerful, the Mighty.

=== END BH08654 ===

=== START BH08655 ===

O My servant Mirza Aqa who hath attained My presence and gained victory - He is the All-Commanding, the All-Wise. Today the attraction of the deeds of the lovers hath seized all regions, and all things speak in praise and remembrance of them who are detached. In the City of Love there are melodies and voices. Blessed is he who hath attained unto hearing and hath been illumined with the light of piety and detachment. The Most Great Glad-Tidings which hath been revealed and sent down from the Most Exalted Pen is that “but He is the Apostle of God and the Seal of the Prophets” hath been fulfilled by the blessed words “the Day when mankind shall stand before the Lord of the worlds.” O friends of God and His party! Let not the might of the oppressors nor the tyranny of the aggressors grieve you. Soon shall pass away all that is seen and witnessed, and there shall remain for you what hath been revealed from the Most Exalted Pen in Haifa. Blessed are ye and blessed is he who loveth you for the sake of God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy.

=== END BH08655 ===

=== START BH08656 ===

In the Name of Him Who shineth from the horizon of eternity!

Today all things are engaged in the remembrance and praise of God, and are crying out with the most exalted call in these supreme words: By God the Truth! The door of the treasury hath been opened, and the hidden mystery hath been revealed, through a Cause unlike all causes, through a remembrance unlike all remembrances, through a path unlike all paths, and through a thought unlike all thoughts of the servants. Blessed is the soul whose will hath been submerged in the Will of God and whose volition hath been dissolved in His good pleasure. We have heard thy call and witnessed thy turning unto Us. This Most Holy, Most Exalted Tablet hath been sent down as a token of grace that thou mayest inhale the sweet fragrances of the All-Merciful and remain firm and steadfast in His Cause with supreme steadfastness. Glory shining from the horizon of My Kingdom be upon thee and upon those who have held fast to the Strong Cord.

=== END BH08656 ===

=== START BH08657 ===

In the Name of the All-Knowing Speaker! This Day hath been mentioned and is known in all the divine Scriptures and Books as the Day of God. Blessed is the soul whom vain desires have not kept back from the Dayspring of the light of oneness, and who hath rent asunder the veils of idle fancies with the arm of certitude. Reflect upon former ages: whenever the Dayspring of Light dawned above the horizon of manifestation and appeared, all arose to oppose and object, except whom God, thy Lord, willed. And now the Manifestation of the Cause, while imprisoned, turneth toward thee and summoneth thee, purely for the sake of the Lord of Names, unto the most exalted horizon. Praise God, then thank Him, for having revealed unto thee that which was hidden from most of mankind. Verily, He is the All-Hearing, the Answering.

=== END BH08657 ===

=== START BH08658 ===

O Muhammad-Baqir of Zarqan! He is sanctified above mention and description.

Today is a day when the horizon of the world is illumined and bright with the lights of the Sun of Manifestation. Yet the birds of night remain heedless of it, nay, turn away from it, for they were not and are not worthy to behold it or capable of facing it. They are of the essence of darkness, returning to it and intimately associated with it. There has been and will be no remedy for divine wrath. By their own deeds they have become deserving of discord and opposition and darkness and ignorance. Otherwise, the Truth created all through one Word and called all through one Call. Verily He is the Just, the Wise. God willing, may you be confirmed and remain firm and steadfast in the Cause of the Beloved of the worlds. This has been and will ever be among the greatest of deeds. Blessed are the steadfast ones, and woe unto the wavering ones.

=== END BH08658 ===

=== START BH08659 ===

O Mirza Hasan-i-Qannad! In the Name of the All-Powerful One! This is the Day whose mention hath flowed from the Most Exalted Pen in the Books of old. None save God, exalted be His glory, is aware of the greatness of this wondrous Day. Whosoever desireth to attain unto the recognition of the Lord of this Day must needs detach himself from all that he hath seen and heard, and must, with an eye sanctified from the film of vain imaginings, observe within the very Essence of Truth, and ponder upon His signs. Then will he find himself upon the straight path. Blessed is he who, for the sake of God, acteth in accordance with that which hath been mentioned. He is assuredly among those who have attained in the perspicuous Book. The glory rest upon thee and upon those who have acted according to that which the Lord of all mankind hath taught them in His mighty Prison.

=== END BH08659 ===

=== START BH08660 ===

In the Name of the Peerless Lord

Today is a day when the clamor of the objectors has been raised and inflammatory papers are being circulated. Blessed are those souls whom the doubts of the antagonists have not prevented from the Kingdom of utterance, and who with complete steadfastness stand firm in service and speak His praise. Know thou the value of these days. By the life of God! The sun hath never risen upon their like. Strive thou to attain to that which will cause its mention to endure throughout the kingdom of earth and heaven. Verily We have mentioned thee before and in this Clear Tablet. By the life of God! All the treasures of earth cannot equal one word thereof. Thus hath spoken the Tongue of the Wronged One when He was imprisoned through that which the hands of the oppressors had wrought. Glory be upon thee and upon whosoever hath turned with his heart unto the countenance of God, the Almighty, the All-Compelling, the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH08660 ===

=== START BH08661 ===

He is the One Who gazeth from His Most Exalted Horizon

O Handmaiden of God, wife of Mirza Muhammad-Dar-Bagh, upon both of you be the Glory of God!

Today and always, the highest adornment for the women of the earth hath been the blessed word “O My Handmaiden.” Every handmaiden who attaineth unto this word is recorded as one of the denizens of the highest Paradise in God’s Book. Blessed is the handmaiden who attaineth unto it and unto the chastity which God hath made the ornament of His accepted handmaidens.

Say: My God, my God! I render thanks unto Thee for having remembered Thy handmaiden in the Most Great Prison and for having revealed for her that which no mention among mentions can equal. I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by the effulgences of the lights of the Sun of Thy Revelation, to aid Thy male and female servants in that which Thou lovest and art pleased with. Thou art, verily, the Lord of all beings and the Lord of the Throne on high and of earth below.

=== END BH08661 ===

=== START BH08662 ===

In the Name of the one true God! Today the fragrance of the garment of the All-Merciful is wafting, and the breeze of God is passing by. Blessed is the soul whom the doubts and intimations of the peoples of the world have not withheld from the Ancient King. On this day the Hand of Divine Bounty of the Self-Subsisting Lord bestoweth the sealed wine - take it in His Name and drink thereof. Today the horizon of the world is illumined by the Most Great Name, and the ocean of grace is surging. Blessed are they who have turned unto Him - those souls whom the veils of the divines and the obscurities of the jurisprudents have not prevented from the Lord of Names nor deprived thereof. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having enabled me to turn towards Thee. I beseech Thee to make me steadfast in Thy Cause under all conditions. Verily Thou art the Self-Sufficient, the Most Exalted. There is none other God but Thee, the Ruler in the beginning and in the end.

=== END BH08662 ===

=== START BH08663 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Glorious!

Hearken unto My voice from the precincts of My prison, that it may acquaint thee with what hath befallen My Beauty at the hands of the manifestations of My majesty, and thou mayest discover My forbearance despite My power, and My patience notwithstanding My might. By My life! Shouldst thou come to know that which hath descended from My Pen, and discover the treasures of My Cause, and the pearls of My mysteries hidden in the seas of My names and the vessels of My words, thou wouldst, in thy love for My name and thy longing for My glorious and sublime Kingdom, lay down thy life in My path. O My servant! My body is beneath the swords of Mine enemies, and My flesh suffereth trials without number, yet My spirit is filled with a gladness with which all the joys of the earth can never compare. Turn with thy heart towards Him Who is the Kiblih of all horizons, and say: O peoples of the earth! Have ye denied Him in Whose path He Who came with the truth, with the announcement of your Lord, the Most High, the Most Great, suffered martyrdom? Say: This is an Announcement whereat the hearts of them that were endowed with…

=== END BH08663 ===

=== START BH08664 ===

In My Name, the Mighty, the All-Knowing! Rejoice, O My handmaiden, in that My Most Exalted Pen remembereth thee in the prison of ’Akka, through which the fragrance of the All-Merciful hath been wafted throughout all lands. O My handmaiden! This is the Day which God’s Prophets and His chosen ones have heralded. Blessed is the servant who hath attained, and the handmaiden who hath recognized Him. Praise be to God that thou hast attained to the recognition of the Dawning-Place of His names, which is greater than all other bounties. Preserve this station through the name of the One Beloved. Today the Lamp of the world is lit and the Sun of glory is risen. God willing, may the handmaidens of God who dwell in that land attain unto its light and receive their portion from the effulgences of the Sun of Truth. The glory of God rest upon thee.

=== END BH08664 ===

=== START BH08665 ===

O Abu’l-Qasim! He is the All-Knowing! The learned one is he who hath recognized the Known One when He came with His Name, the Self-Subsisting. And the mystic is he who hath hastened unto the Recognized One when He appeared with clear sovereignty. Blessed is he who, trusting in God, hath rent asunder the veils of the people, and blessed is he who hath shattered the idols through this Most Great Name. They behold the signs yet turn away from them, and they witness the clear proofs yet say: “This is naught but evident sorcery.” They have denied God’s favor after its revelation and turned away from the Face after its appearance from the horizon of their Lord’s will, the Forgiving, the Generous. Heedlessness hath so seized them that they have cast the laws of God behind their backs and taken that which they were bidden by every heedless doubter. Blessed is he who hath attained unto the Day of God and recognized that which was promised in a Preserved Tablet. The glory be upon thee and upon him who hath turned unto the One, the All-Informed.

=== END BH08665 ===

=== START BH08666 ===

He is the Most Great, the Most Glorious!

O Mr. M. Ibrahim! Verily the Book itself proclaimeth and saith: “O people! The All-Bountiful hath come upon the clouds. Behold ye the countenance of God, the Lord of all worlds! He hath appeared from the most exalted horizon after the passing away of all things. Turn ye unto Him and be not of them who denied the signs of God when they were sent down in truth and turned away from His mighty proof.” By God’s life! The vibration of the Word hath seized all things, yet the people remain in manifest lethargy. They witness the signs of God yet deny them - verily they are among the most lost. When thou hast quaffed the choice wine of utterance from the cup of the bounty of thy Lord, the Most Merciful, then render thanks and say: “Thine is the bounty, O Possessor of Names, and Thine is the grace, O Thou through Whom every mighty cause hath appeared!”

=== END BH08666 ===

=== START BH08667 ===

He is the Expositor, the All-Wise! The Wronged One proclaims and says: O people! Fear God and deny not His signs and His proof. He has appeared in truth from this luminous horizon. He is indeed the Preserved Book and the Inscribed Tablet and the Name through which the limbs of all names have trembled. Hasten unto Him with your spirits and hearts. They who have turned away from the Countenance, these have denied God and His sovereignty, and they who have turned towards Him, these are among the people of Paradise in God’s Book, the Self-Subsisting, the All-Compelling. We have turned Our face from the Prison and found thee among those who have turned to the Countenance, therefore have We mentioned thee in this wondrous mention. Remember the Wronged One amongst the servants with the wisdom which God hath sent down in the Book, that perchance the people may turn unto God, the Lord of what was and what shall be.

=== END BH08667 ===

=== START BH08668 ===

He is the Most Luminous Expositor! Verily the Point of the Bayan heralded unto all who dwell within the realm of contingent being the Revelation of the All-Merciful in every scripture, psalm and book. Yet when the Gate was flung open and the All-Bestowing appeared, every doubting idolater turned away. They violated God’s Covenant and His Testament, and uttered that which caused the dwellers of Paradise to lament, and likewise He in Whose possession is the Mother Book. They cast behind their backs the counsels of God and seized upon that which the Idol of Vain Imaginings had whispered in their breasts. Thus did Satan make their deeds seem fair unto them. When thou hast attained unto My Book and hast read My verses, and the Kawthar of Mine utterance hath taken hold of thee, turn thy face towards God, the Lord of the Final End. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O Thou Who hast caused me to know Thy Self and shown me Thy horizon and enabled me to remember Thee! I beseech Thee to make me steadfast in Thy Cause. Verily Thou art the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious, the All-Choosing.

=== END BH08668 ===

=== START BH08669 ===

O Handmaiden of God, Gulbahar!

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Exalted, the Most High!

O My handmaiden! Hearken unto My call from the direction of the Prison, then make mention of thy Lord at eventide and at dawn. Cast behind thee all else besides Him - thus doth the Luminary of the horizons command thee. Grieve not over anything, but place thy trust in God. Verily, He is with His steadfast handmaidens. Remember thou the Youth and what hath befallen Him morning and evening. They who have denied God - these are they who dwell in heedlessness and error. Blessed art thou for having drunk the water of life from the hands of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Most High. Take comfort in Him - verily He sufficeth thee above all women and men. God shall soon send down that which shall gladden the hearts of His chosen ones. He is, in truth, the Almighty, the Glorious, the All-Bountiful. And the Glory rest upon whosoever hath turned unto the Countenance and detached himself from all earthly hopes.

=== END BH08669 ===

=== START BH08670 ===

In the name of Him Who sendeth the winds! O My handmaiden! Grieve not for that which hath befallen Us. We have ordained whatsoever hath appeared in the Tablets. Verily thy Lord is powerful over all things. The hosts of earth and heaven cannot frustrate Him. He hath decreed for Us the Most Great Prison, wherein lieth a wisdom which none knoweth save thy Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Remember thy Lord in the hours of night and at the break of day, and He remembereth thee through His grace, and verily His remembrance of thee is better for thee than the kingdom of the worlds. Stand firm in the love of God and His Cause, for soon shall the world and all that is therein pass away, and there shall remain unto thee that which hath been ordained for thee. Verily thy Lord is the All-Bountiful, and all praise be to God, the King, the Compeller, the Almighty, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH08670 ===

=== START BH08671 ===

O handmaid who has been afflicted with the separation of her most ancient, most ancient son! O handmaid of God! Do you weep at the separation from your son when the Son of God remembers you in truth? Be fair - does grief befit after that? No, by My life! Rejoice in this remembrance from which the fragrance of grace has been wafted between the heavens and the earths. It suffices you in truth. He is verily the Mighty, the Generous. Be not disturbed regarding your son. He is in an exalted station. O my handmaid, be not grieved at the separation from your son. He is present in the abode of security and the seat of truth. As recompense for this separation, the Son of God and the Father of your son calls out to you. Say: What I have is sacrificed for Your sake, O Bestower of bounty to the worlds! Now is the time for thankfulness. Be grateful to your Ancient Lord.

=== END BH08671 ===

=== START BH08672 ===

In His Name, the All-Glorious, the All-Glorious!

O Beauty of the Ancient Days! Remind the servants of what hath been sent down from the heaven of grace and power, that they may remain steadfast in Thy love in such wise that the oppression of the tyrants may not shake them in these days wherein the Worshipped One hath come and the faces of the wicked have been darkened. Arise and say: O people! Fear not those who have disbelieved and associated partners with God while walking in His path. Rather, sacrifice yourselves in His path with joy and free will. Say: whosoever desires to protect himself, let him read this verse at night and at morn: “O God, my God, I ask Thee by Thy name whereby Thou didst protect Abraham from the fire and Moses from Pharaoh and Baha from Yahya, to guard me from the wicked ones among Thy creatures. Thou, verily, art the Powerful, the Mighty, the Forgiving.”

=== END BH08672 ===

=== START BH08673 ===

O Mirza Ja’far-Quli! Rejoice thou in what hath been revealed from the Pen of the Wronged One, and be thou of them that render thanks. That which thou didst send unto Him Who beareth My name, both thy poetry and prose, hath been presented before Our face. We beseech God that through thee He may bring order to scattered affairs and scatter abroad the pearls of the remembrance of His Name, the Mighty, the Wondrous. Grieve thou not over anything. Be as thou hast been in the remembrance of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy. Convey My greetings unto the loved ones who are there, and unto those who have attained and returned, and give them the glad-tidings of God’s good-pleasure and of a noble station. Hold thou fast unto wisdom in all things. This is what all have been commanded in this mighty Revelation. The glory rest upon thee and upon those who have stood firm in the Cause and whom the clamor of the idolaters hath not kept back from His love.

=== END BH08673 ===

=== START BH08674 ===

In His Name, He is the Most Holy, the Most Holy! O Hasan! Grieve not over anything, but be content with whatsoever God hath ordained for thee, for He ordaineth for His servants only that which causeth them to remember His remembrance, the Inaccessible, the Mighty, the Wondrous. Call thou to mind the days when thou wert in Our presence, and We were revealing unto thee, at every moment, the verses of God, the Mighty, the Invincible. Beware lest thou forget the favor of thy Lord. Arise to make mention of Him and to praise Him amongst all created things. Take heed lest thou forget what We counseled thee when thou wert in Our presence, for it is better for thee than all that hath been created in the heavens and on earth. Show kindness unto those whom God hath made thy kindred, then do that which the God-fearing servants of God would love. Thus have We commanded thee that thou mayest be of those who act. And the Spirit be upon thee and upon those who are with thee and upon God’s sincere servants.

=== END BH08674 ===

=== START BH08675 ===

In the Name of the Most Glorious! O David! We have made thee one who mentioneth Our Name in the earth. Remember thy Lord in the evening and at dawn. Cast the Most Great Remembrance upon thyself and upon the souls of the servants. Thus hath the decree shone forth from the horizon of the Will of the Lord of all horizons. Cast aside all created things and take what hath been sent down from the presence of the Sovereign of Names and Attributes. Shun the hypocrites who have denied God and taken the calf as their lord instead of God. Their efforts have gone astray and they are among the people of discord. The glory from before the Glory be upon thee and upon thy wife and thy sister and upon those with thee who have believed in God in these days wherein leg is entwined with leg. And praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH08675 ===

=== START BH08676 ===

He is the One in truth! O messenger! Hear My call at all times, that verily there is none other God but He, and He Who hath appeared is indeed His Glory unto all the worlds. Then know thou that Al-Baqir is with Us and hath attained the lights of the countenance and been honored with the presence of God, his Lord and the Lord of all who are in the heavens and earths. And verily his rib which God attributed to thee, We have in truth raised to an exalted and impregnable station, and now she dwelleth joyfully in the Most Glorious Paradise with her daughter. Rejoice thou in this, then give thanks unto thy Lord, for He hath ever been vigilant over His servants. He raiseth up whomsoever He willeth through His sovereignty and power, and verily His mercy encompasseth all the worlds. Thus hath it been sent down at this time from the glorious and resplendent Kingdom on high. And the Spirit be upon thee and upon all who are with thee, whether female or male.

=== END BH08676 ===

=== START BH08677 ===

Abdul-Karim from the people of Sad, He is the Mighty. O Abdul-Karim! Hearken unto what the Dove inspireth thee with words of transcendent holiness, and remembereth thee with the remembrance of God, and draweth thee nigh unto the all-glorious and exalted canopy. Then know thou that We have not differed in Our utterance, but the polytheists have differed and were in manifest treachery. They violated the Covenant of God after its confirmation and cast the Testament of God behind their backs and were engaged in great deception and guile. And thou, be patient in thyself, then show forth patience in what hath befallen thee, then be content with what hath been ordained from the glorious and resplendent Pen. Then beseech God that He may make firm thy feet upon this Path and raise thee up in the form of an upright human temple. And glory be upon thee and upon those who were endowed with clear vision in the Cause.

=== END BH08677 ===

=== START BH08678 ===

O Ali, who hast appeared before the holy seat in the Land of Peace! He is the Mighty. O Ali! Bear thou witness in thyself, even as God did testify before the creation of the heavens and before all things appeared in the vestures of being, that there is none other God but Him, and that He Who hath appeared from the horizon of the Unseen is verily the Sovereign of existence in both the unseen and visible realms. And thou, give thanks unto God for having blessed thee with His presence and caused thee to attain unto a station of praiseworthy nearness, and made thee to hear His melodies, and to know His beauty, and hath sent down upon thee His words that there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Loving. Thus doth God cast upon thee that which shall transform thee from thy self and shall bring thee to a shore of manifest glory. And the Spirit be upon thee and upon all who walk upon God’s manifest and extended Path.

=== END BH08678 ===

=== START BH08679 ===

In the Name of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed, the All-Kind, the All-Bountiful! O ’Ali! We have learned of thy return to the City of God. Say: Glory be to Thee, O my God! All praise be to Thee for having caused me to return unto it. I beseech Thee by Thy Name which Thou hast made as a fire unto the deniers and a paradise unto them that have recognized Thy unity, to take my hand with the hand of Thy power and sovereignty and deliver me from the depths of the imaginings of them that harbor doubts. Then cause me to be sincere before Thy face and to inhale the fragrance of the garment of Thy Cause, that I may be wholly detached from all else save Thee, and arise to serve Thy Cause, and aid Thy religion. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. Ordain for me that which Thou hast purposed, then send down upon me that which Thou hast loved and decreed, O Thou Who art the Beloved of the hearts of them that know Thee, and the Object of desire of the hearts of them that love Thee, and the Ultimate Goal of them that long for Thee, and the Hope of them that place their hopes in Thee.

=== END BH08679 ===

=== START BH08680 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

O servant! Hearken unto the call of this Youth, through Whose countenance the heavens and earth were illumined - though, if thou shouldst inquire about Him, by God at this very moment He hath been cast into a pit and speaketh at all times saying: “O people of the Bayan! Detach yourselves from whatsoever hindereth you from God and from recognizing the Manifestation of His Self, and turn unto Him with faces radiant and resplendent.” And thou, O servant, arise to serve the Cause and turn not thy face to anyone among all who have been created between the heavens and the earth, for the Cause hath appeared in truth, and every possessor of knowledge, however learned, hath been thunderstruck thereby. Ascend on the wings of holiness to that station which hath been illumined with the lights of sanctity. Thus doth thy Lord command thee, that thou mayest find for thyself a path unto God and remain steadfast in the Cause.

=== END BH08680 ===

=== START BH08681 ===

He is God, the Most Manifest! O servant of God! Hearken unto the call of this Youth Who speaketh from the branches that there is no God but Him, and He hath ever encompassed all the worlds. Grieve not for thy father, for he hath been martyred in the path of God and now sitteth upon a throne of ruby, while the maidens of Paradise circle round about him at all times, and upon his head is set a crown whereon is inscribed in the Most Glorious script: “This is he who hath been martyred in the path of God and was mentioned in the Tablets as being among the people of Baha.” Thou shouldst not grieve over anything, for verily thy Lord, the All-Merciful, is with thee and will aid thee with truth, and He doth ever keep watch over thee. And the Spirit be upon thee.

=== END BH08681 ===

=== START BH08682 ===

O Pasha! O My Pen! Make mention of him whose name was present before the Face, that he may glory in the remembrance of God amidst His servants and be of those who have stood firm in the Cause and acted according to what they were commanded by God, the Revealer of verses. O Pasha! Hearken unto the call of the Wronged One from the precincts of ’Akka. He summons thee unto God, the Lord of the Final End. He hath appeared and desireth to purify the world from the defilement of treachery, falsehood and hypocrisy, yet the peoples of the earth have turned away from Him, having followed every doubting idolater. Thus hath the Tongue of Ancient Days spoken forth in the Most Great Prison, from God, the Lord of all men. Take hold of the cord of thy Lord’s loving-kindness, then enter beneath the canopies of grandeur through His Name, whereby God hath subdued the cities of the hearts of them that are endued with understanding.

=== END BH08682 ===

=== START BH08683 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great! O My Pen! How many a day hast thou heard My lamentation for My tribulations and thy cry for Mine afflictions! Dost thou desire to record in the Tablet that which would sadden the hearts of My loved ones, or that which would gladden every pure heart? By thy life! I do not wish to behold them in sorrow, as attesteth My Name, the All-Merciful, if thou be of them that understand. By My life! Were I to recount unto them all that hath befallen My Soul in My Path, My servants would lament and cry out in My dominions until their spirits would depart from their bodies. My Tongue in the Kingdom of My utterance beareth witness to this, if thou be of them that understand. Thou, O servant soaring in Mine atmosphere, when thou hearest the scratching of My Pen, grieve not at its mention, but place thy trust in God, the Mighty, the One, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08683 ===

=== START BH08684 ===

He is God. O Kalim! Hear My call, then soar in the atmosphere of the spirit and grieve not over anything. Then assist the Cause with an impregnable steadfastness. Today it is incumbent upon you to remain steadfast in the Cause and to assist it, for the polytheists have stood firm in their dissension and are at all times occupied with new schemes. God willing, you must, through the breaths of glory from the All-Merciful and the holy favors of the Eternal, arise at all times with utmost effort to assist the Cause. Furthermore, a Tablet was sent in reply to Sulayman. Consider it carefully. Thus have We commanded thee in truth, that thou mayest be among them that act. And the spirit and glory and splendor be upon thee and upon those who are with thee and who love thee for the sake of God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH08684 ===

=== START BH08685 ===

O Karbila’i Pasha! O Tongue of Grandeur! Make mention of the Pasha in such wise as will draw him to the Most Exalted Horizon and bring him nigh unto the Most Great Sea which hath appeared in the world through this Name, whereby every seated one hath stood up, every mute hath spoken, every remote one hath drawn nigh, and every perceiving believer hath attained. Rejoice thou in My remembrance of thee, then stand firm in the Cause. Verily, He heareth and seeth, and He is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. When the Dayspring of divine favors appeared, every denier who was deprived of God’s grace, the Lord of all worlds, denied Him. O concourse of earth! Fear God and be not of the heedless ones. By God! He Who was recorded in God’s Books, the Ancient of Days, hath appeared. Cast aside vain imaginings through the power of the Lord of all men, and hold fast unto certitude through this manifest Name.

=== END BH08685 ===

=== START BH08686 ===

O Muhammad! Rise to serve God and His Cause, and be a crimson flame unto the enemies of My Most Glorious Beauty and a white light unto the manifestations of My Most Exalted Name. Thus hath it been ordained for you from the heaven of mighty glory. Hold fast to a branch of this Tree which hath been raised up in truth, lest thou fall from the storms of days. Be steadfast in the Cause of thy Lord in truth, and be mindful in all thy days of the wondrous remembrance of thy Lord, that thou mayest find in thyself great joy. For the remembrance of God removeth all darkness from the hearts of His servants and rendereth them sanctified from all else besides Him. Thus have We remembered thee and commanded thee in this Tablet which is, in truth, wondrous.

=== END BH08686 ===

=== START BH08687 ===

In the Name of God, the Exalted, the Most Great! O Hashim! Blessed art thou, blessed art thou, inasmuch as thou hast shattered the idol of vain imaginings and desire, and hast attained unto the lights of thy Lord, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious, and art numbered among them that have attained. Be thou steadfast in My love, then make mention of Me amongst My servants. Verily silence is better, except in making mention of Me, the Mighty, the Wondrous. And grief is forbidden, save for that which hath befallen My own Self at the hands of these idolaters. Be thou at peace through the mercy of thy Lord, which hath preceded all worlds. Were He to will it, He would send down from the clouds of His mercy that which would purify all created things. Verily He hath power over all things. But He hath ordained for every soul its turning unto God. Thus hath it been inscribed by the Pen of Holiness on a preserved tablet. The Spirit and Glory be upon thee and upon such servants of God as are assured.

=== END BH08687 ===

=== START BH08688 ===

In the Name of God, the Luminous, the Most Luminous! O leaf! This is a leaf We have sent unto thee that thou mayest discover from it the fragrance of God and be among the devout ones. Whoso findeth from it what hath been ordained therein, he verily turneth not unto the world and what hath been ordained therein. Thus hath the command been sent down from the heaven of verses. Give thanks unto thy Lord for having caused thee to recognize the Manifestation of His Self in days wherein the Manifestation of Manifestations hath appeared. Every handmaiden who hath arisen in love of her Lord is better in the sight of thy Lord than a thousand men and than His heedless handmaidens. Blessed is she over whom the breezes of God have wafted and awakened her from her slumber and made her among the pure ones. The Spirit and Glory be upon thee and upon the handmaidens who have sanctified themselves from sins.

=== END BH08688 ===

=== START BH08689 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory! We have desired to make mention of him who was named Muhammad before Husayn and give him glad tidings of the Wronged One’s acceptance of him from this far-distant shore. We beseech God, blessed and exalted be He, to protect him with His hosts and guard him by His sovereignty and aid him in His remembrance amongst His servants. He is verily the Powerful, the All-Choosing. And We make mention of Nasir Aqa that he may rejoice and be among the thankful. O Nasir! The All-Informed has come while the people are in evident heedlessness. We have adorned the world with this Revelation which was promised in the Books of God, the Lord of the worlds. We counsel its people to be steadfast in this mighty Cause whereby the faces of the ignorant have been darkened and the faces of the knowing have been illumined. Thus has the Pen spoken in this Prison through which God has manifested His Cause despite every ignorant doubter.

=== END BH08689 ===

=== START BH08691 ===

Correct. O Siyyid Muhammad, upon him be the Glory of God, in My Name the Manifest in this Station. We have mentioned in the Book that which draweth men nigh unto the straight path. Whoso attaineth unto justice hath attained unto that which God, the Lord of all beings, hath desired. Verily he who denieth and turneth away, he is recorded in the Book as one of the denizens of the fire. God hath heard the words of those who have uttered His praise and turned toward His most exalted horizon. He, verily, is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. He doth witness and behold, and His is the Most Great Sign, and the Ultimate Dwelling, and the Most Exalted Station. There is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the All-Knowing. Thus hath the Tongue spoken what the All-Merciful hath sent down that thou mayest read and be of them that render thanks in the Mother Book. We, from this Station, send Our greetings upon thee and upon them who have quaffed the choice wine of utterance from the hand of the bounty of their Lord, the All-Bestowing.

=== END BH08691 ===

=== START BH08692 ===

With Him Who is the Most Ancient, the Most Glorious

To Aqa Rida, upon him be the Glory of God

We have remembered, throughout the nights and days, the chosen ones of God and His loved ones who were not held back by any book nor prevented by the scrolls of the world. They arose from their graves, heard the trumpet call, and turned toward the horizon of the Manifestation, detached from the world and whatever it contains of ornaments and colors. My Most Exalted Pen testifies that they are among the people of this most resplendent station, and the Ancient Beauty sends blessings upon them morning and evening. When you attain unto My letter and drink the Salsabil of My utterance, remind My loved ones with My beautiful remembrance. Beware lest the conditions of the world sadden you or the hints of the deniers prevent you. Hold fast unto wisdom and say: “Praise be unto Thee, O God of the worlds, for having caused me to turn toward Thee and to gaze upon Thine horizon, the Dawning-Place, the Mighty, the Luminous.”

=== END BH08692 ===

=== START BH08693 ===

O Mirza Rafi’, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the One manifest from My most glorious horizon! We have adorned the heaven of ordinances with the sun of wisdom that every person of insight might hold fast unto it. He who hath cast wisdom behind him hath indeed neglected that which was enjoined upon him by the One, the All-Informed. Say: O people! Hold fast unto wisdom in all matters, for it profiteth you in all conditions, and I am the All-Knowing. It is the lamp of God among you and the light of justice for you, were ye of those who remember. Say: Contend not with anyone, nor deny any soul’s rights. Consider ye the justice of God and His mercy which encompasseth the worlds. Thus have We made mention of thee that thou mayest remind the people in the days of God and recite unto them this wondrous Tablet. And praise be to the One, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH08693 ===

=== START BH08694 ===

O Muhammad Husayn of Mashhad, upon him be the Glory of God! In My Name, the Most Great! We have heard the call of those who turned when they heard the Call from the Supreme Horizon, and I am verily the Compassionate, the Generous. O people of Baha! The croaking has risen from one direction and the braying from another, and I am verily the All-Knowing Reckoner. We informed you of this when the Light was shining from the horizon of Zawra. Blessed is the ear that heard and the eye that beheld this luminous scene. Grieve thou not over anything. In all matters place thy trust in God, the Lord of the worlds. He is with His loved ones - He heareth and seeth, and He is the Powerful, the Mighty, the Omnipotent. Thus have We remembered thee with that which thou wilt find to be the fragrance of My loving-kindness. Be thou grateful and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Thou in Whose grasp is the dominion of all who are in the heavens and on earth.

=== END BH08694 ===

=== START BH08695 ===

O Bibi Gawhar! The Most Holy, Most Great, Most Glorious! We make mention of her who hath inhaled the fragrance of God and turned towards the horizon of His luminous Cause. O My handmaiden! Know thou that We have read thy letter and perceived from it the fragrance of thy love for thy Lord, the Wronged One, the Stranger. We have granted thee what thou didst desire before thy asking, for He is verily the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful. We have made thee to know the Dayspring of My Cause and have given thee to drink the Kawthar of My bounty with the hand of My loving-kindness - and I am the All-Knowing, the All-Witnessing. We have guided thee to My path and have drawn thee nigh unto the ocean of My mercy that hath encompassed all worlds. Speak thou My praise amongst My handmaidens. We shall assist thee through Our grace. Verily thy Lord is the Helper, the All-Informed. Verily, she who hath been set ablaze with the fire of My love and hath attained unto the Kawthar of My revelation - there shall appear from her that which shall cause the hearts of the handmaidens to soar. Thy Lord, the All-Bountiful, the Ancient of Days, beareth witness unto this.

=== END BH08695 ===

=== START BH08696 ===

Concerning the handmaiden of God, the daughter of Bibi, upon her be the Glory of God. He is the Ever-Abiding, the Everlasting. We make mention of those who have turned towards the Countenance and We aid them in their love of God and the Manifestation of His Cause. Verily, He does not allow to be lost the reward of them that act. We have called all mankind unto God. Among the people are those who have heard the Call and turned towards it, and among them are those who heard and turned away, and among them are those who did not hear. Thus has the matter been detailed in a Clear Tablet. Those who denied the Proof of God and His evidence, and turned towards every distant idolater, have indeed suffered loss. Blessed is every handmaiden who has drunk the choice wine of life in the days of her Lord, the Most Merciful, and woe unto her who remained heedless of God, the Lord of all worlds. Thus has the Tongue of Grandeur spoken, when the seat of the Throne was in His Great Prison.

=== END BH08696 ===

=== START BH08697 ===

He is the One manifest above all things. We make mention of those who have attained unto the days of God and His knowledge, and turned unto Him when every idolatrous infidel turned away. We promised those on earth this Most Great Manifestation, but when He came and appeared in truth, the peoples turned away from Him save those whom God, the Mighty, the Bestower, willed. Arise to serve the Cause and remind the people through this Tablet whereby the cock of the Divine Throne crowed and the nightingale of utterance warbled upon the branches. Beware lest anything prevent thee from thy Lord’s path or any matter frighten thee in these days. Leave what the people possess and take what thou art commanded in the Book. By the life of God! He will protect thee and guide thee to a station whereof the pens are powerless to make mention.

=== END BH08697 ===

=== START BH08698 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Glorious

We make mention of those who have believed in God and followed what they were commanded in the Book. Blessed is the servant who has turned to God and the handmaiden who has attained unto this Day wherein the Tongue of Grandeur hath spoken: “There is none other God but I, the Mighty, the All-Forgiving.” O My handmaiden! Hearken unto My call from the direction of My prison, then thank thy Lord for having acquainted thee with the Dawning-Place of His Cause and for having made mention of thee while He was among the wicked. Praise God in all conditions and hold fast unto the Sure Handle, lest the intimations of those who have disbelieved in the Lord of Lords cause thee to slip. We give glad tidings unto those who have turned to the Countenance and [attained?] that which none knoweth save the Mighty, the All-Knowing. Thus have We made mention of thee as a favor from Our presence. When thou hast attained unto it, render thanks and say: “Praise be unto Thee, O Lord of all mankind!”

=== END BH08698 ===

=== START BH08699 ===

In My Name, the All-Encompassing over all who are on earth and in heaven! We make mention of Our handmaiden who hath heard My call, attained unto My recognition, and drunk the choice wine of My love from the hands of My firm and mighty Command. We have heard thy mention and make mention of thee, and have witnessed thy turning and turn unto thee from this Most Exalted Station, this Spot wherefrom every wise command hath appeared. Hold thou fast unto the cord of God’s tender mercy, and make mention of Him in such wise as to cause the hearts of the handmaidens to be attracted. Verily thy Lord is the All-Knowing Teacher. Let not the affairs of the world grieve thee. In all matters place thy trust in the All-Seeing, All-Hearing Witness. The glory of God rest upon thee and upon every handmaiden who hath turned and hath said: “Praise be unto Thee, O Thou the Desire of the worlds and the Beloved of them that have recognized Thee and the God of all who are in the heavens and on earth!”

=== END BH08699 ===

=== START BH08700 ===

O Mother of Muhammad who has attained, he is the Mighty, the Holy, the Inaccessible. We make mention of My handmaiden who has turned towards God and drunk the choice wine of divine knowledge when most of the people of the realm of possibilities turned away from it. Be thou thankful unto thy Lord for this bounty which hath shone forth from the horizon of the Tablet and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Lord of all beings. God willing, may you be occupied at all times with the remembrance of the True One, gazing toward His horizon and turning unto His countenance. Ask thou of God, exalted be His glory, for steadfastness, for this has been and shall ever be of the highest station with God. Blessed art thou and blessed is every handmaiden who hath believed in God, the Lord of the Throne and of the earth, and the Lord of the seen and the unseen, and the Lord of this mighty and wondrous station. Moreover, blessed is thy daughter who hath attained unto this glorious station.

=== END BH08700 ===

=== START BH08701 ===

He is the Most Exalted, the Most High

We make mention of him whom the attraction of his Lord’s verses so seized that he cast away idle fancies and turned to the horizon of certitude. Blessed art thou in that thou hast attained unto the days of thy Lord after they were denied by every learned one who claimed knowledge without proof from God, the Lord of all worlds. Behold the divines of this age who worship their own desires while imagining they worship the One, the All-Informed. He testifies with the tongue of His dawning Revelation that they have denied God when He came with the truth with mighty sovereignty. They pronounced judgment against those who attained the lights of the Face, shed their blood and plundered their possessions. By the life of God! They are in manifest loss. When thou didst discover the fragrance of the garment from thy Lord’s utterance, praise Him and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Thou Who didst remember me when I was among the ignorant ones.

=== END BH08701 ===

=== START BH08702 ===

O Baqir, upon him be the Glory of God! He is God, exalted be His station in bounty and grace. We make mention of him who hath made mention of Us, and We give glad tidings unto them that have believed in God, the Lord of the worlds. That which was hidden from eyes hath been revealed, and that which was treasured in God’s knowledge, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise, hath appeared. He who hath attained unto My call and acted according to what was commanded in My Book, verily he is of the inmates of the pavilion of My glory. Upon him be the Glory of God, the Almighty, the All-Powerful. Say: My God, my God! Thou seest Thy servant clinging to Thy presence, seeking from the wonders of Thy grace that which will draw him nigh unto Thee, honor him with Thy presence, and adorn him with the ornament of Thy loving-kindness. I beseech Thee by the pearls of the ocean of Thy oneness and the movement of Thy Pen to ordain for him that which shall profit him. Verily, Thou art the Powerful over what Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH08702 ===

=== START BH08703 ===

He is the One Who abideth through His Own Being

We counsel him who hath turned towards the Most Sublime Horizon to observe the Most Great Trustworthiness and that whereby the lights of justice may shine forth among all the tribes of the earth. Thus doth the Mother Book command you from His presence. O thou who gazest towards My horizon! Hearken unto My call from the precincts of My throne: Verily, there is none other God but Me, the Mighty, the Bestower. The denizens of the Kingdom are astonished at those who have cast God behind their backs, turning instead to every idolatrous infidel. They have taken what the people possess and cast aside what God, the Lord of all men, hath brought. Thus have We recounted unto thee that thou mayest become aware of what hath befallen Us at the hands of the people of error. When thou findest and attainest unto the lights of the Tablet, say: Praise be unto Thee, O Revealer of verses!

=== END BH08703 ===

=== START BH08704 ===

He is the One Who rules over the world!

We found man asleep; We awakened him. And We saw him distant; We drew him near. And We found him mute; We caused him to speak, that he might speak before the face of the world through the Most Great Name. Has he acted according to that for which he was created, or has he been among the heedless? We have adorned the tree of man with the fruits of steadfastness, trustworthiness, truthfulness and faithfulness. Blessed is the soul that hath been adorned with that which was ordained for it. Woe unto the deniers! We name each thing by every name. Beware lest ye object to God. He, verily, is the Ruler over whatsoever He willeth. At one time We name friendship an ornament for the temple of man, and at another time a crown for his head and a light for his countenance. Thy Lord, verily, is the All-Choosing, the All-Wise. Say: I testify, O my God, in this my station, that Thou art the One Who is praised in what Thou hast done and wilt do, and art obeyed in what Thou didst command aforetime and wilt command hereafter. Thou art He to Whose power and sovereignty all things have testified, and to Whose grandeur and might every great one hath borne witness. Thou art the Most Exalted, the Mighty, the Great.

=== END BH08704 ===

=== START BH08705 ===

O Aqajan! He is the Mighty, the Beloved! God willing, may you be illumined by the divine bounty through the effulgent rays of the Sun of Truth. This is the Day wherein the Sun of the Will of the Sovereign Lord of being hath shone forth upon the Sinai of hearts. How blessed is the state of that soul who hath hearkened unto the Divine Call from the blessed Tree and beheld the manifest lights. From all things riseth the cry “Show me Thy beauty!” Blessed is the eye that hath seen, the ear that hath heard, the heart that hath understood, and the tongue that hath spoken in praise of God, the Lord of all worlds. Beseech ye God to preserve the eye of the world from the ophthalmia of desire, that all may attain unto that which is intended. O friend! The True Friend maketh mention of thee in the prison-land. Be thou thankful to God for this and be of them that are steadfast.

=== END BH08705 ===

=== START BH08706 ===

In His Name, the One Who has dominion over all names! God willing, with the power of Abraham mayest thou shatter the idols of vain imaginings that have caused men to be veiled from the Dawning-Place of the Light of Divine Unity, and mayest thou soar in the atmosphere of the love of the All-Merciful on the wings of detachment. O Khusraw! Hearken with the ear of the spirit unto the divine words, that thou mayest perceive the sweetness of the choice wine of utterance and become occupied with the remembrance of God, detached from all else but Him. Blessed is the soul that in this Day remaineth not veiled by the veils of the people of the contingent world and turneth with pure vision toward the Most Luminous Horizon. Grieve not at what thou hearest and seest. The day shall come when the heedless will lament their lot and the idolaters will supplicate for what hath escaped them in the days of their Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. God willing, mayest thou hold fast to the cord of the divine Command and cling to the hem of the bounty of the Lord of all being.

=== END BH08706 ===

=== START BH08707 ===

O Muhammad-Hasan, upon him be the Glory of God, He Who rules over all names! In His Most Glorious Name! God willing, may you attain in this precious and wondrous Day to the fragrances of the divine Robe. These fragrances are mentioned in one instance that has flowed from the Most Exalted Pen. By the sighs of this Wronged One! If anyone truly attains unto them, he will find himself detached and free from the world and all who dwell therein, and will arise to promote the Cause with perfect strength, power and steadfastness, occupying himself with the remembrance of the Beloved of all possibility through wisdom and utterance. Give thanks to thy Lord for having aided thee to recognize the Dawning-Place of Revelation and for having made thee among those who have turned unto Him. The first duty is the recognition of God, exalted be His glory, and after this steadfastness in this mighty Cause. Praise be to God, the Mighty, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH08707 ===

=== START BH08708 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great. O Abu’l-Qasim! He commanded all to appear and turn toward the Throne of Revelation, yet when the Day of God dawned, every heedless deceiver turned away from it. Every fraudulent one clung to vain imaginings and denied Him Who possessed the Mother Book. We called unto all from the right side of the Most Holy Station, yet most of the people remained among the heedless. Whosoever is seized by the wine of doubt is assuredly among the losers, and whosoever is awakened by the Call is of the essence of creation in God’s Tablet, the Lord of the Day of Judgment. How many seekers attained their goal, and how many learned ones were prevented due to following every remote idolator. Grieve not over anything, but place thy trust in God in all matters. Verily, He is the Helper of those who trust in Him. Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH08708 ===

=== START BH08709 ===

In His Name, the Mighty, the Great! He sends blessings upon those who hold fast to trustworthiness and remembers those who fulfill what they have covenanted. He is, in truth, the Guardian of those who act. How many a servant cast behind him God’s covenant and pledge, and how many a hero remained steadfast therein until he ascended unto God, the Single, the All-Informed. We commanded all to that whereby their stations might be elevated, yet they did that which rent asunder the veil of sanctity among creatures. God bears witness to this, and I am the All-Knowing Witness. Say: O people, hearken unto My call and turn towards My mighty kingdom. When the attraction of My verses seizes thee and the wine of My praise intoxicates thee, turn with thy radiant heart toward My Most Great Horizon and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Thou Wronged and Exiled One.

=== END BH08709 ===

=== START BH08710 ===

In His Name, Who heareth and seeth! The lights of revelation have encompassed the world, and He Who conversed on Sinai is singing upon the Divine Lote-Tree with most wondrous melodies. Yet sight and hearing are lacking and non-existent, save for the sight and hearing that are illumined by the light of divine grace. O friends! Strive that perchance through His grace you may remain steadfast upon the straight path. His way is other than all ways, His path is other than all paths, and His will is other than all the wills of the people of the world. Blessed is the soul that hath clung to the cord of His grace and held fast to the hem of His bounty - such a one is among the denizens of the highest Paradise. Grieve thou not over anything. Rather, rejoice in My remembrance of thee and say: “Praise be unto Thee, O Thou Who art wronged throughout all lands, and glory be unto Thee, O Thou Who art imprisoned and estranged!”

=== END BH08710 ===

=== START BH08711 ===

O Jinab-i-Aqa Husayn-’Ali, upon him be the Glory of God! In My Name, the All-Knowing Speaker! The lights of the Divine Day have illumined the world and the signs of His Manifestation, through His grace, have become evident from all directions. Nevertheless, the people remain heedless, veiled and deprived. Would that they had been content with this alone! Rather, they soar on the wings of passion and cling to the insistent self. Those souls who for years were mentioned by the name of Truth and dwelt secure and at rest beneath His shade have now appeared with utmost hatred. Say: O friends! Be not heedless of the Truth, but at all times hold fast and cling unto Him, that He may preserve you through the hosts of the seen and the unseen. Great is the Cause, and tests have ever been and shall ever be. Say: Guard yourselves through the name of your Lord and hold fast to His firm cord. Praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH08711 ===

=== START BH08712 ===

O Handmaiden of God! In the name of the All-Seeing Lord! O handmaiden of God! God willing, mayest thou be successful through divine bounty and act according to that which is acceptable in His presence. Today all the friends must fix their gaze upon the Supreme Horizon and hold fast unto that which God hath ordained in the Book. Be thou thankful unto thy Lord, the All-Merciful. Verily He hath turned toward thee from His Most Great Scene and His Most Luminous Prison, and remembereth thee with that which hath caused the fragrance of utterance to be diffused throughout contingent being. We send greetings to all the handmaidens in that land. The glance of God is directed towards all, and they must, with utmost sanctity and detachment, be engaged in the mention of the Peerless Friend. Verily He answereth whosoever calleth upon Him and turneth unto whosoever hath turned unto Him. He, verily, is the Near One, the Watchful. Glory be upon thee and upon My handmaidens in that place, from Him Who is the imprisoned Stranger.

=== END BH08712 ===

=== START BH08713 ===

In the Name of the Kind God! O handmaiden of God, spouse of Muhammad-Qabil-Rahim! The ocean of divine bounty is manifest and the sun of generosity is shining upon all existence. Strive that thou mayest receive thy portion and take thy share of the outpourings of these divine days. That which is lost by any soul in this day can never be regained, and this truth is attested by every person of wisdom and insight. Say: O handmaidens! The cloud of mercy is raised high, and from the heaven of grace the rains of generosity are flowing down and descending. How excellent is the state of the one who hath recognized it and drunk therefrom. Thus have We sent down from the heaven of utterance the water of wisdom and explanation. Blessed is he who hath recognized it and hath said: “Praise be unto Thee, O God of all the worlds!”

=== END BH08713 ===

=== START BH08714 ===

O Handmaiden of God, sister of Javad, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the Most Holy, the Most Great!

O handmaiden of God! Thy mention hath been made before the Throne and this Tablet hath been sent down from the heaven of favor that thy heart and vision may be illumined by beholding it. If thou wouldst reflect a little, thou wouldst testify with complete certitude that no greater bounty than this bounty hath existed or shall ever exist in creation. Be thou thankful unto thy Lord for having remembered thee in this mighty Prison. Grieve not over anything. Place thy trust in God in all matters. Soon shall the world and that which causeth the hearts of servants to be saddened pass away, and sovereignty and dominion shall remain with God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. Glory be upon thee and upon those who have drunk the choice wine of life in the name of God, the Mighty, the Loving.

=== END BH08714 ===

=== START BH08715 ===

O handmaiden of the Most Great and Most Glorious Sanctuary! O maidservant of God! Your mention hath been made before the Throne, and from the Dawning-Place of the Divine Finger these revealed words were sent down and dispatched, that thou mayest arise with heart and soul to commemorate the Best-Beloved of the worlds, regard all else as non-existent, hold fast to His Name, the Self-Subsisting, and manifest goodly conduct and praiseworthy character, so that all handmaidens may witness in thee the signs of God. Every soul who in this Day manifesteth spiritual qualities is accounted among the people of Baha. Strive, while time remaineth, not to be deprived of the remembrance of God. Consider the all-encompassing favor, that the Ancient Beauty hath remembered thee in the Most Great Prison - and this through the grace that hath encompassed all the worlds, though He was indeed independent of all creation.

=== END BH08715 ===

=== START BH08716 ===

O handmaid of God! He is the One manifest through His Most Great Name! O handmaid of God! Your petition was received and the servant present submitted it, and this response has descended from the heaven of the Will of the Lord of Lords that you may be purified from the troubles and conditions of the world and gaze toward the highest horizon and act according to that which God loves. Your mention, all of you, has repeatedly flowed from the Most Exalted Pen. Blessed is your father who attained My good-pleasure and entered the kingdom of My love and acted according to that which was commanded by God, the Lord of the worlds. You mentioned Ahmad-’Ali in your letter. We make mention of him with grace and counsel him to pure deeds and to that whereby the Cause of God, the Exalted, the Great, may be uplifted. We send Our greetings upon you and upon him and upon My handmaidens who have believed in the One, the All-Informed.

=== END BH08716 ===

=== START BH08717 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great

O handmaiden of God! Your letter has attained unto the Most Great Horizon and been honored with the glance of the Lord of Names. Your call was heard and your letter was seen. Concerning what you wrote about Muhammad-Baqir - verily We know his place, his station and his rank. None should grieve for him. The True One, exalted and glorified be He, knows all things. Today is the day of joy and gladness. All servants and handmaidens must fix their gaze upon the True One and rejoice in His manifestation. His grace and loving-kindness have precedence over all who are on earth. Give thanks to your Lord for having aided you to recognize the Dawning-Place of His Revelation and the Dayspring of His verses, and say: Praise be unto Thee, O God of the worlds and Beloved of those who are in the heavens and on earth.

=== END BH08717 ===

=== START BH08718 ===

He is God, exalted is He! His are the Command and Creation! O handmaiden of God! Your letter was received, and as the fragrance of love for the One Beloved Friend wafted from it, the glance of loving-kindness was directed toward you. We make mention of you through these exalted words, which are like the sun for the world of knowledge and like trees for the garden of inner meanings. If you comprehend this bounty and become aware of it, you will manifest such joy and gladness that the cares and sorrows of this ephemeral realm will not affect it. God willing, you will fix your gaze upon the divine commandments and hold fast to that which is in the Book. We make mention of Dhabih in this station and counsel him with that whereby the Cause of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting, may be exalted. Verily we are God’s and to Him we shall return.

=== END BH08718 ===

=== START BH08719 ===

O Handmaiden of God, Darvish Khuda! In the name of the one peerless God, the All-Seeing! O handmaiden of God! Your prose was heard and the verse you sent also attained the honor of being heard. Blessed are those souls whom today the veils of glory did not prevent from the Beloved Who never perishes. Take hold, with the hand of certitude, of the hem of thy Lord’s mercy, the Almighty, the All-Powerful. How many were the divines and princes who remained deprived of the Water of Life, while thou, praise be to God, didst attain unto it and drink therefrom. It behooveth thee to thank Him with a remembrance that will endure throughout the duration of the Kingdom and the heavenly Dominion. The glory be upon thee and upon those women who have heard and turned with their hearts toward a station round which circle the Concourse on High and the dwellers of this glorious station. He verily recordeth for whomsoever He willeth the reward of attaining His presence. Thy Lord is, verily, the Almighty, the All-Compelling.

=== END BH08719 ===

=== START BH08720 ===

In the name of God, the One!

O Jamshid! God grant that thou mayest be blessed by God’s manifold bounties and drink deeply from the ocean of the knowledge of the Beloved of all the worlds. Thy letter hath reached the Most Great Prison and come to the attention of this Wronged One. The perfume of thy love was inhaled therefrom. God grant that, under all conditions, thou mayest be engaged in the remembrance of Him Who is the All-Possessing, the Most Exalted. Make thou an effort that there may appear from thee during the days of God that which will perpetuate thy name for as long as the kingdoms of earth and heaven will last. This is what thy Lord, this wronged exile, enjoineth upon thee.

Deliver My greetings to the friends in that land and bid all to rejoice by reason of the illimitable divine bestowals, for the glance of His loving-kindness is and will continue to be directed towards His true friends. May providence itself be a sacrifice for His providence, and may the essence of bounty be a ransom for His bounty. The glory of God rest upon thee and upon those who turn towards God with a sanctified heart.

=== END BH08720 ===

=== START BH08721 ===

Muhammad-’Ali, son of Jinab-i-Najaf-Quli! In the name of the One Friend! O youth! God willing, through the loving-kindness of the All-Merciful mayest thou be blessed with the infinite bounties of the divine days and be nourished and sustained by the fruits of the celestial Tree. Thou wert mentioned in His presence, and these few words have dawned from the Dawning-Place of the Pen of the All-Merciful, that thou mayest be illumined by the lights of the words of the Dawning-Place of names and attributes, in such wise that the traces of that light shall endure forever. Blessed is thy father, for he attained recognition of this Cause when We were in those regions, and to this the Revealer of verses beareth witness. Strive thou to remain steadfast in the Cause of God, for Satan hath been and shall ever be lying in wait. Under all conditions hold fast unto the Lord of all worlds and be detached from aught else but Him.

=== END BH08721 ===

=== START BH08722 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory! O aunt! Praise God that thou hast returned from the north of sorrow to the right hand of joy, and hast transformed the darkness of error into the light of guidance. Thou hast purchased the Joseph of faith with thy very soul, and hast sold the Pharaoh of unbelief for naught. Therefore must thou remain steadfast in faithfulness, that thou mayest drink of the chalice of eternity and taste of the fountain of divine presence. What sorrow remaineth, and what grief persisteth? So long as the rose is in the market, the nightingale is wrapt in the remembrance of the Beloved. The lover hath no sorrow save separation, and the yearning one groweth not dispirited save through remoteness. Praise be to God that the Sun of Beauty is manifest, and the Beloved is beheld without door-keeper or guard, and is visible without veil or covering. And the Spirit be upon thee.

=== END BH08722 ===

=== START BH08723 ===

He is the Possessor of the world! O friend! We counseled all in the Bayan to see with their own eyes and hear with their own ears in this Most Great Revelation. However, when the horizon of the world was illumined with the light of the Manifestation, most forgot the divine command and heavenly counsel, becoming occupied with their own vain imaginings. The countenance of the Sun of Justice remained veiled and concealed behind the clouds of the vain imaginings of the ignorant. In such circumstances, if the movements of the bat should become manifest, it would not be strange. In the name of the Friend, summon receptive souls to the court of the Divine Unity, that they may not be deprived of the Kawthar of the All-Merciful. He is indeed the Kind, the Forgiving. The True One, glorified and exalted be He, has ever been and will ever be directing His glances of favor toward His friends. He is indeed the Remembering, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH08723 ===

=== START BH08724 ===

The light of the world is the remembrance of the One Friend. O friends! The earth of the knowledge of the All-Merciful was observed to be ruined and desolate. We therefore sent forth the Mature Cultivator and Wise Physician to cut away, through perfect remedies, the corrupt roots and worthless weeds, and to nurture that earth through the rains of divine commandments, that it might become a place for the growth of goodly plants and fruit-bearing trees. This is the purpose of sending forth the Messengers and revealing the Books. O friends! Strive to educate the wayward and ignorant, that perchance the saplings of human existence may become verdant and flourishing through the springtime of divine grace. With pure ears hear My call, and with pure eyes turn toward My horizon. Sightless is he who is deprived of this bounty, and blind is the one who recognized not the All-Powerful Lord.

=== END BH08724 ===

=== START BH08725 ===

In the name of God! O handmaiden of God, Khan Bibi, named “Sun of Inner Meanings”! O divine friends, be occupied with her remembrance and be joyful in thoughts of her. For joy and gladness were created in their primal reality for the loved ones of God, and all others have been and shall remain in sorrow, even if they enjoy all the bounties of earth. They are poor, even if they possess all treasures. In God’s sight, the wealthy one is he in whose heart’s treasury the pearl of divine love lies concealed, and joyful is he who, in remembrance of Him, becomes detached from all the worlds. In truth, the All-Merciful Himself has borne the sorrows of His loved ones, as He is imprisoned in this remote prison and afflicted in the hands of enemies. Drink ye with perfect joy and assurance from the Fountain of Glory and become those who describe His attributes.

=== END BH08725 ===

=== START BH08726 ===

In the Name of the one God! O friends! These are the days of the All-Merciful and the manifestation of human ranks. Strive that ye may, in the name of the Beloved of the worlds, drink from the Kawthar of unity and harmony and arise to serve the Wronged One. Today, whosoever hath turned towards Him is accounted before God as one of the people of Paradise. Thy letter was received and the servant present before the Face presented it, and these exalted words were sent down from the Source of verses that ye might discover the fragrance of loving-kindness from the traces of the Most Exalted Pen and remain steadfast in His Cause. By My life! Thou hast attained unto that which hath had and hath no likeness or similitude. Be thou thankful unto God, thy Lord, and place thy trust in Him in all thine affairs. Verily, He is with thee, He heareth and seeth, and He is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08726 ===

=== START BH08727 ===

He is the Speaker, the Expositor, the All-Knowing!

O friends! It is the springtime of the All-Merciful, and the breezes of divine favor are wafting and diffusing. Strive ye, that through these spiritual breezes ye may cause the withered trees of humanity to become verdant and flourishing, that they may be adorned with the fruits of divine knowledge and the blossoms of heavenly and conclusive wisdom. The withered trees are fit only to be cut down, while the nurtured trees are the ornament of gardens and orchards. God willing, through the grace of God, may ye become so engaged in serving the Cause that mention of it shall endure in the Book of God as long as the kingdom of earth and heaven shall last. Verily, He aids whoever aids Him and regards whoever turns toward Him. There is no God but Him, the Single One, the All-Informed. Glory be upon thee and upon those who have cast away what they possessed and taken what they were commanded in a perspicuous Tablet.

=== END BH08727 ===

=== START BH08728 ===

In remembrance of the One Friend: O friends! Behold the world as a book. Every matter, every ordinance, and every event hath been clearly recorded therein by the Pen. It is a Book from God which at all times counseleth and admonisheth all the peoples of the world. Yet rare hath been and still is the ear that attaineth unto hearing, or the eye that beholdeth. If hearts were illumined with the lights of the Name of the Beloved, and likewise eyes and ears were sanctified and purified from the dark dust of the world, all would turn with their souls toward the direction of the Throne of the All-Merciful. Thus hath spoken the Pen when the Ancient Beauty was seated upon the Most Great Throne. Blessed is every seeing one who hath seen, and every hearing one who hath heard, and every soul that hath attained unto this mighty station.

=== END BH08728 ===

=== START BH08729 ===

In the Name of the one God! O friends! The fragrance of the Merciful’s garment is wafting in all times, the heaven of grace is upraised, and the sun of bounty is shining. Strive that ye may attain to that which shall endure and remain forever. Ere long the world and whatsoever is therein shall perish and become non-existent, as ye can observe. Ye are counted among the people of the immortal Kingdom. Ye must, through the assistance of the Lord of Names, sanctify and purify yourselves from unpleasing conditions and selfish limitations. Blessed is the state of one whose mention hath flowed from the Most Exalted Pen and who hath attained unto that which God hath desired. We beseech God to assist all to serve Him and obey Him, and to ordain for His loved ones that which shall profit them in this world and the next. Verily, He is the Protector of those who do good.

=== END BH08729 ===

=== START BH08730 ===

In the Name of the one true God! O friends, hear with your inner ears the call of the Wronged One of the world. He is the Kawthar of reunion for the lovers, and the sealed wine for the people of the horizons. I swear by the Sun of the heaven of utterance that whoso truly attaineth unto the hearing of this call shall not be seized with agitation and wavering, nor shall the trials of the earth prevent him from turning unto God. Most blessed and precious is this time; let it not slip from your grasp. Deprive not yourselves of the everlasting fruits through attachment to things that perish. This is the true counsel that hath flowed from the Pen. Thus have We made mention of thee that thou mayest rejoice and be among the thankful ones.

=== END BH08730 ===

=== START BH08732 ===

In the Name of the One True Friend! O Ali! God willing, in these most excellent days thou art occupied with the remembrance of the Lord of all beings, detached and free from people who are as cattle. Divine favors and heavenly bounties have encompassed and will continue to encompass thee, for thou art reckoned as being of the root of the Tree and art mentioned by His name. Strive thou, in this springtime of youth, to adorn thyself with the ornament of goodly character and conduct, with benevolent deeds and praiseworthy actions. The criterion of human beings is the manifestation of humanity, which is the expression of those spiritual perfections that lie hidden within. Assuredly, neglect not, throughout thy days and nights, the acquisition of spiritual and outward perfections, that the fruits of existence may be made manifest through thee. This is the counsel and testament of a faithful counselor.

=== END BH08732 ===

=== START BH08733 ===

O Ghulam-’Ali, upon thee be the Glory of God! In the name of the Beloved of the worlds! O servant! Thou didst previously attain unto the Tablet of the Lord of all names, and now too, as a token of grace unto thee, this Most Holy, Most Exalted Tablet hath been revealed that thou mayest arise with heart and soul to serve the Cause of God and manifest complete steadfastness. In this day it is incumbent upon every soul to engage, according to his capacity and with consummate wisdom, in promoting the Cause. Blessed is he who hath attained, and woe unto them that remain veiled. The fruit of human existence hath ever been the recognition of God and the promotion of His Cause. Whoso hath attained thereunto hath attained unto all good. And the service of teaching the divine Cause must be rendered with pure wisdom, even as hath been revealed in all the Tablets. God willing, mayest thou ever drink of the imperishable wine and remain turned toward the sanctified direction of God.

=== END BH08733 ===

=== START BH08734 ===

O Fatimih, handmaiden of God, daughter of him who ascended unto God! In the name of the Beloved of the world! Your letter was received and attained unto the hearing of the Lord of Ancient Days. Blessed art thou and blessed is thy father who turned his face toward the Countenance until he presented himself at the Gate and heard the call of his Lord, the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. God willing, may you speak forth the praise of the Beloved of all possibility at all times and conduct yourself with complete sanctification and detachment. The world hath never had and will never have any constancy. Be not grieved by any affairs that occur therein. Make firm the cord of turning unto God. By My life, He sufficeth thee - to this every fair-minded and discerning one doth testify. God willing, may you attain unto that which God hath willed and be observed as sanctified, detached and purified from the varied hues of the world.

=== END BH08734 ===

=== START BH08735 ===

O Moon crowned with light! He is the One Who standeth over the Command! O Moon! Thy letter hath come before the Most Great Scene, and that which was mentioned therein was observed. Praise be to God that thou hast attained to the love of the Beloved of the world and art remembering Him. Strive thou to remain adorned with this ornament at all times. Pain suffered in the love of the Beloved is desirable, and illness endured in His path is highly favored. The remembrance of Him hath ever been the healing of all ills, and His Name shall be the physician for all ailments. Grieve not over anything. Put thy trust in God, the Almighty, the Mighty, the Beloved. Then give thanks unto thy Lord for having sent down unto thee this praiseworthy Tablet. Can anything in all creation be compared with it? Nay, by thy Lord, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting! Hold fast unto the cord of His bounty - this will suffice thee in all that was and that shall be.

=== END BH08735 ===

=== START BH08736 ===

O Hakimih, handmaiden of God! In the Most Holy, Most Glorious Name of God! O divine maidservant! God willing, may you ever be and continue to be occupied with the remembrance of the Beloved of the world. The mention of God is the companion of souls and the quickener of hearts. Strive to become free from mention of aught else through His remembrance, and with perfect steadfastness and detachment find rest beneath the shadow of His mercy. Today the manifestations of Satan are occupied with all manner of schemes to prevent the people from drawing near to the shore of oneness. Hold fast to the hem of the Friend and cling to the Divine Lote Tree, lest contaminated winds sever that leaf from the Tree of the Cause. This is a Day wherein the Beloved speaks “We have known thee” and Moses declares “Verily we have seen thee.” Strive that you may not lag behind those who seek the Abha City. This is God’s counsel to His male and female servants.

=== END BH08736 ===

=== START BH08737 ===

In the Name of God, the Speaker

O handmaiden of God! Fierce winds are blowing and the tempest of polytheistic souls is evident and manifest. Beseech the Almighty Friend with utmost humility and supplication to protect you and other maidservants and handmaidens of God beneath the shade of the Tree of Providence. O maidservant of God! Hold fast to the strong cord of steadfastness, for it hath been observed that certain men who counted themselves among the most exalted of servants were, through an ignorant utterance, deprived of the ocean of knowledge and forbidden from the sun of insight. Thus hath spoken the Tongue of Grandeur in this noble station, counseling His servants and handmaidens to supreme steadfastness in this Cause whereby the feet of the mystics and the learned and the jurists have slipped, save whom God, the Lord of the worlds, hath willed.

=== END BH08737 ===

=== START BH08738 ===

In the name of God, the Peerless! O bondsmaid of the True One, the purified hem is soiled with the dust of the calumny of the accusers, and the lamp of the world is prevented from shedding light and illumination by the blowing of the winds of dissension. What a great regret for the people who circumambulate idols and worship fancy imaginations!

Though thou art a woman, arise like unto a man and break the deity of idle imagination with the might of Abraham; render asunder the intervening veils with the power of the All-Glorious One; receive the Kawthar of meaning from the hand of the divine Youth and quaff it, and close thine eye to the whole world, for sight is created to behold the beauty of the Beloved, and heart has been brought into being for His recognition. If they do not attain that great honour, they would be fruitless, and like unto a dark lamp they would be useless and without any worth.

=== END BH08738 ===

=== START BH08739 ===

He is the Most Holy

O handmaiden of God! Your letter reached the presence of the Beloved. Be confident, for His gaze of loving-kindness has ever been upon the weak and the strangers. God willing, may you be strong in the divine religion. In this case, you are accounted among the strong ones in God’s sight. Be not disheartened by exile - look to the exile of the Wronged One. The hardships of exile are easy to bear. We beseech God to assist His loved ones to protect you and those like you. As for what you asked about, its ruling was previously revealed. We have commanded the servant present before the Throne to send you a copy thereof. Act accordingly and be among the thankful ones. Verily your Lord is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. O handmaiden! Today there are many strong ones, mighty ones and wealthy ones on earth who are deprived due to heedlessness, while you are mentioned in the presence. This suffices you and your Ancient Lord.

=== END BH08739 ===

=== START BH08740 ===

In the Name of the One Friend! O handmaiden of God! I have not and will not acknowledge your loneliness, for if you were alone your letter would not have been presented before the Most Great Countenance. The presence of your letter testifies that you are with Someone, and under the shadow of Someone - but what Someone! The King of all beings and the Creator of earth and heaven. Had He not been with you, you would not have attained to His recognition nor would you have been speaking His praise. Since He is with you, all existence is with you. Had you been without Him, We would have acknowledged your loneliness. And you further mentioned estrangement - this too is your glory. The Truth has been afflicted in the land of exile, in the Most Great Prison. Thus in your estrangement you have followed the example of the Truth. This is a station of thankfulness, and it behooves you to be among the thankful ones.

=== END BH08740 ===

=== START BH08741 ===

In the Name of the One and Only! O handmaiden of God! The Ancient Beauty is confined in the Most Great Prison, and twenty women, out of their love for God, have entered this prison with the Manifestation of the All-Merciful Spirit, as have a number of men. Praise be to the Beloved of all horizons that in the Ridvan, with the utmost joy and fragrance, they have attained the presence of the Beloved of all worlds. No tribulation can prevent the faithful from the Most Glorious Horizon. O handmaidens, arise with manly courage to serve the Cause of God! Many women are today remembered before God as being superior to men, and some men who are counted as women. As the glance of mercy hath concealed this, therefore is the distinction hidden. Verily thy Lord is the Concealer, the Forgiving, the Merciful.

=== END BH08741 ===

=== START BH08742 ===

O Mahmud! May you not remain distant from the cloud of mercy of the Lord of existence and the Sovereign of the unseen and seen, and may you drink from the Kawthar of nearness and assurance. Strive to make firm the cord of relationship, and its firmness depends upon steadfastness in the Cause of the Lord of possibilities. Whosoever attains to this station, no harm ever was or shall be for him, and he shall attain to the good of this world and the next. Every soul who today turns to the Luminary of the horizon of inner meanings is accounted among the living before the Divine Countenance, and whoso remains deprived is reckoned among the dead. Praise the Absolute Truth Who assisted thee and caused thee to attain His recognition.

=== END BH08742 ===

=== START BH08743 ===

O thou who journeyest unto God and emigratest toward Him! Praise be to the Eternal Beloved that thou hast reached the shore of the Most Great Sea and arrived at the abode of immortality, and art numbered among those souls who, at the end of their journeys, discovered the True Ka’bah and ultimate Goal. How many souls rushed forth into deadly wildernesses and were consumed by the heat of deprivation, never tasting a drop of the wine of reunion from the hand of the Cup-bearer of attainment, while you, through the favor of the Most Glorious Beloved, have entered beneath the sheltering shade of the Tree of the Uttermost End. This is a bounty that hath ever been the ultimate desire of the denizens of the Supreme Concourse. Therefore, speak forth in praise of thy Ancient Lord for what He hath bestowed upon thee through His grace and favor, for indeed His favor toward thee is great.

=== END BH08743 ===

=== START BH08744 ===

O emigrant servant Husayn! In His Name, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious! O emigrant! Though thou art far from the seat of the Throne, yet thou art near. Nearness and remoteness in one sense are considered, and in another sense are not considered. However, spiritual nearness hath ever been and will continue to be beloved in the presence of the Self-Sufficient, the Most High. Praise be to God that thou hast drunk from the ocean of attainment and achieved the presence of the Manifestation of Glory and Majesty. Whatever befell thee in the path of God hath not been and will never be lost in His sight. The essence of all good hath been the meeting with God - praise be to God that thou wert honored with this distinction. The highest of all virtues hath been submission and contentment - through God’s grace thou wert adorned with that garment. Neither will your love be erased from the Tablet nor your mention from the Most Great Scene. Verily thy Lord is the Forgiving, the Merciful.

=== END BH08744 ===

=== START BH08745 ===

He is the All-Knowing, the Forbearing

These are the days of farewell, and grief hath seized the people of God, for the Fast, which was the cause of refinement and the means of reformation and spirituality of souls, hath come to an end. This separation consumeth the lovers and demolisheth the pillars of patience. In any case, we beseech patience and composure from the Lord, for verily He hath power over all things, and He is the Single, the One, the All-Wise, the All-Informed. O thou who art mentioned! Do thou likewise seek aid from the Lord and beseech from the ocean of His grace. Perchance thou mayest be enabled to observe the Fast in the coming year and add prayer unto it as well. How excellent was that which was said, and how excellent was he who said it:

The year hath passed, and would that I knew

Whether anyone hath achieved that which pleaseth Thee.

=== END BH08745 ===

=== START BH08746 ===

O Mother of the Sun of the World! In the name of the Peerless Beloved! For some time now, the inhabitants of the heavens and earth have been intoxicated, and the splendors of the Sun of trial and test have shone forth upon all things. O friends of God! Be ye detached from the mention of the world through His remembrance, and be free from the remembrance of all in the realms of creation through His memory. Be not grieved by the tribulations that have befallen you. Ere long will the sun of joy dawn from the horizon of divine victory, and the breezes of might shall pass, and the pavilion of glory shall be raised up, and the sign of God’s triumph shall encompass all creation, and the point of tyranny shall be erased from the tablet of existence. This is a promise that shall not prove false. God willing, may you ever dwell beneath the shade of His loving-kindness and repose in the shadow of the Tree of His mercy. And the glory be upon you.

=== END BH08746 ===

=== START BH08747 ===

He is the All-Seeing, the Witness, the Just One! In the days when the pillars of the world were trembling and quaking from the onslaught of the oppressors, this Wronged One arose to promote the Cause, without any helper or assistant - an arising that left most people bewildered. And when, through divine power and might, the Sun of Truth shone forth from behind the veil, the buzzing of flies emerged from behind the curtains as they arose to object and oppose. And now they have set about to lead astray pure and tranquil souls. Hearken unto the call of the Wronged One and let not the buzzing of flies make you heedless of the Lord of Lords. Drink of the sealed wine in the name of the Self-Subsisting and fix your gaze upon the Most Glorious Horizon. Glory be upon you and upon those who have attained unto the supreme steadfastness in this mighty Cause.

=== END BH08747 ===

=== START BH08748 ===

O Leaf of the Divine Lote-Tree, My other sister, upon thee be the glory of God and His loving-kindness! In the name of the One God! In these days the fire of sedition hath been kindled from every direction. The people of tyranny and the companions of wickedness have wrought that which hath caused the sun and moon to lament, and to weep over the oppression of the Wronged One. But the Hand of Divine power shall manifest that which He hath willed. The might of the world and the clamor of the nations and the oppression of the oppressors shall neither prevent nor forbid it. Verily He is the All-Powerful, the Strong, the Triumphant, the Almighty. Rejoice, O My Leaf, in My remembrance of thee, and say: Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having given me to drink of the Kawthar of Thy knowledge and enabled me to turn toward Thee in Thy days. I testify that Thou art the One Who hath power over whatsoever He willeth through Thy word “Be” and it is.

=== END BH08748 ===

=== START BH08749 ===

He is the Eternal, Who passes not away!

At this moment, from the rustling of the morning breezes, this clear remembrance hath become manifest and apparent: Verily God sufficeth His loved ones, and maketh their good deeds in this Cause a treasure for them, and preserveth it through the hosts of revelation and the hands of power. We have heard thy mention and have remembered thee, and have revealed for thee that which the hands of centuries and ages shall fail to alter. We beseech Him, exalted be He, to assist thee and confirm thee in that which will cause thy mention to be exalted among the righteous ones. The world and whatsoever is therein shall pass away, and that which hath been revealed from the Supreme Pen shall endure. He Who possesseth the knowledge of the Book beareth witness unto this. The glory shining forth from the horizon of the heaven of grace be upon thee and upon him who hath heard and responded.

=== END BH08749 ===

=== START BH08750 ===

O Professor [Hassan] Banna! He is the All-Knowing Speaker. The fire of suppositions and idle fancies has encompassed the world, and supreme abasement has seized the people, yet none are aware of it. Justice, like the phoenix, naught remaineth of it save its name, and equity hath taken flight to the pavilions of glory, seeking refuge from the talons of the birds of darkness. The heedless people pass their days in hopes whose fulfillment is impossible. Beseech ye God that He may illumine the world with the light of insight and grant all a portion from the chalice of wisdom. Blessed art thou and happy art thou in that thou hast heard My call and drunk the wine of revelation from the cup of My bounty. These are words wherewith every perspicuous tablet should be adorned. The glory be upon thee and upon whosoever hath recognized this supreme Day.

=== END BH08750 ===

=== START BH08752 ===

In the name of the peerless Lord. That which was mentioned in thy letter attained the presence of the Wronged One. God’s loving-kindness hath been with you from the beginning. Be not grieved by the conflicts of this transient world. Verily He extendeth sustenance unto whomsoever He willeth. God willing, this difficulty shall be transformed into ease. Grieve not over anything, but place thy trust in God, the Lord of all worlds. His honor Sulayman Khan hath gone to the regions of India and thus far two letters from him have reached the Most Holy Court and been answered. Be not downhearted. Affairs have proceeded and continue to proceed according to the requirements of divine wisdom. The world hath had and hath no value. We convey greetings to all the souls mentioned in thy letter. We beseech God to assist them to remember and praise Him, and to ordain for them that which shall profit them. Verily He is the Protector of the patient ones.

=== END BH08752 ===

=== START BH08754 ===

O handmaid of God, Muhammad-Qabil-Hasan, upon him be the Glory of God! In the name of the Peerless Friend, thou shouldst with thy tongue, spirit and heart render thanks unto the Best-Beloved of the worlds, inasmuch as He hath manifested through thee one who, by leave of the Best-Beloved of the world, turned towards the horizon of revelation and, arriving at the seat of the Throne in this Most Great Prison, hearkened unto the voice of the Wronged One, and drank the water of knowledge from the hands of the bounty of the Lord of all beings, and hath been and is, night and day, engaged in service. The favor that hath been shown him is this: that his services have been accepted. Give thanks unto thy Lord for this manifest grace. Verily, the glory be upon thy son, O handmaid of God, and upon those whose deeds have been accepted before God, the Self-Subsisting, the All-Compelling.

=== END BH08754 ===

=== START BH08755 ===

In the Name of the one incomparable God! Fix thy gaze upon this blessed word which, like unto the Most Great Luminary, hath shone forth from the horizon of the Mouth of the Will of the Lord of eternity: “Be thou for Me that I may be for thee.” Well is it with thee for having attained unto this exalted word which hath been uttered by My Most Exalted Pen. Thy Lord is, verily, the All-Forgiving, the Most Bountiful. How excellent is the state of him who hath quaffed the Kawthar of inner meanings from the chalices of words and utterances revealed by Him Who revealeth the verses. By the Most Great Name! The conditions and troubles of this earthly world shall not sadden him, nor shall they withhold him from the Day-Star of Revelation. Strive thou to attain unto that which shall endure as long as the Kingdom of earth and heaven endureth. Thy Lord is, verily, the Rememberer, the Counselor, the Ordainer, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH08755 ===

=== START BH08756 ===

In the Name of the Ever-Abiding Speaker! Say: O servants! The Morn of Divine Manifestation hath dawned, and the fragrance of His garment is diffused, and the breeze of the All-Merciful wafteth from the direction of the Best-Beloved. Seek ye confirmation from God, that perchance ye may not be deprived in these wondrous, exalted and novel days from the ocean of inner meanings, nor be forbidden from the effulgences of the lights of the Sun of loving-kindness. Great is this Day and mighty this Cause! Hold ye fast unto the Name of God, glorified be His majesty, and cling ye to His sanctified hem. Verily He will deliver you from the torment of a barren day. Blessed is the one whom doubts and allusions did not prevent or deprive from the Most Exalted Horizon. And woe unto every heedless one who accepted then turned away, who believed then denied. Verily he is among the companions of the Fire.

=== END BH08756 ===

=== START BH08758 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great! By God! The Lote Tree of the Far Boundary hath been stirred by the breezes of the revelation of Him Who is the Lord of Names, and the remembrance of the Most Remote Mosque hath been raised up through this Remembrance whereby all things have proclaimed: The sovereignty belongeth unto God, the Lord of all worlds. Verily the mountains remember their Lord, the Self-Sufficient, the Most High, and the trees give voice in praise of the Chosen One, yet most of the people remain heedless. They who have cast away desire and turned unto guidance - these are the people of Paradise inscribed in a perspicuous Book. Blessed is he who hath cast aside the people and what they possess, and taken what was given him from God, the Forgiving, the Generous. Thy remembrance hath been mentioned in the prison, and this Tablet hath been revealed for thee that thou mayest find from it the fragrance of the mercy of thy Lord, the Kind, the Merciful. Make mention of thy Lord among the servants, that perchance they may awaken and turn unto God, the Mighty, the Praised One.

=== END BH08758 ===

=== START BH08759 ===

In honor of Ghulam-’Ali Beg

He is the One Who standeth supreme over the Cause, in His name, the Self-Subsisting

By God! That which lay concealed within the veil of grandeur hath been made manifest, and that which was hidden in the knowledge of God, the Lord of all worlds, hath appeared. This is the Day whose mention caused the Messengers of old to rejoice, as attested by every Book which the All-Merciful hath sent down from His wondrous kingdom. Blessed is he who, endowed with vision, hath beheld the Most Great Panorama and followed that which was ordained by the Ancient Commander. Hearken unto the Call of God from this Tree which hath been raised up in truth - verily He teacheth you that which shall profit you in all the worlds of your Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Cast aside doubts and idle fancies, and take hold of that which the Lord of all beings hath, out of His all-encompassing grace, sent down for you. Thus hath flowed from the Pen that which was ordained by the Lord of eternity, that thou mayest render thanks unto thy Lord, the Munificent, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH08759 ===

=== START BH08760 ===

He is the Expositor, the All-Knowing! Blessed be the Day wherein all things speak forth: “The Kingdom is God’s, the Lord of all names!” Yet the people remain in evident obscurity. The Word of God hath attracted all created things, and from the horizon of immortality hath shone forth the Sun of My Most Glorious Name. Blessed is he who hath recognized and attained, and woe unto them that deny! The world hath been adorned with the ornament of the Most Great Name, yet most of the people remain heedless. We have commanded all to that whereby the Cause of God, the Lord of all worlds, may be exalted. How many a servant hath held fast to justice and acted according to that which was commanded by One mighty and faithful! And how many a servant hath acted in such wise as caused the Concourse on High to lament! For each is a portion ordained in the Book. He, verily, is the Reckoner, the All-Knowing. Blessed art thou for having fulfilled God’s covenant and His testament. Be thou grateful unto thy Lord, the Bestower, the Bountiful.

=== END BH08760 ===

=== START BH08761 ===

O Most Holy, Most Great, Most Glorious One! Thou seest, O my God, Thy loved ones in dire abasement through that which the hands of the wicked have wrought. O Lord! They have turned toward Thee and acknowledged Thy oneness, and for this there hath befallen them that which hath caused the dwellers of the pavilion of Thy grandeur to lament, and those who abide within the tabernacles of Thy glory and majesty to weep. O Lord! Strengthen them through Thy sovereignty; then rend asunder the veils that stand between Thee and Thy creatures, that they may behold what Thou hast ordained for them through Thy bounty and favor. Draw nigh, O my God, unto them that desire Thy reunion and presence, then cause them to enter the precincts of Thy mercy. O Lord! Deprive them not of the fragrant breezes of Thy nearness and the sweet savors of Thy verses. Then preserve them, O my God, beneath the shade of Thy mercy, and illumine their eyes with the light of Thy knowledge and their hearts with the lights of Thy throne. Thou, verily, art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest, and Thou art the Protector, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH08761 ===

=== START BH08763 ===

In His Name, the One, the Single! These are the verses of the Book which have been sent down in truth from God, the Mighty, the Bestower. Verily it is the Ancient Sign amongst the nations and the Lamp of Guidance for whoso is in the earths and heavens. Verily it is the Water of Life for the life of all who dwell in the realm of possibility, and the Proof of the All-Merciful to every discerning mystic. Draw nigh unto Him, O peoples of the earth, and follow not every idolatrous deceiver. Say: This is the Path which you were promised in the Book, and the Balance whereby all things are weighed - know this, O ye who are endued with insight! Beware lest the affairs of creation veil you from this Cause whereby the horizons have been illumined. Give thanks unto God for having been mentioned before the Throne, and for that which God hath sent down unto thee, making it an ornament of the Book of Creation.

=== END BH08763 ===

=== START BH08764 ===

In His name, the Ever-Abiding after the passing away of all things! The Beauty of the Cause hath been witnessed rising from the horizon of justice with grace. Blessed is he who hath cast away desire and laid hold on guidance in these days wherein the Book of Dawn hath been seen from the horizon of might. Say: O people! Follow not your desires. Follow Him Who speaketh with truth, for He, verily, hath knowledge of all things. Beware lest the intimations of the people hinder you. By God! They wander in the wilderness of error and find no path for themselves. The breezes of revelation have wafted and the fragrances of the All-Merciful have been diffused throughout creation. Blessed is he who hath chosen Him as his helper. Rejoice ye in the joy of My Most Great Name, for He hath appeared through a Command that hath encompassed the worlds. Thus have We lit the lamp of utterance in the niche of wisdom and exposition that thou mayest thank thy Lord and be steadfast in the Cause.

=== END BH08764 ===

=== START BH08765 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Glorious! All things today are engaged in glorification and praise, for the Hidden Mystery is established upon the throne of manifestation. Blessed is the eye that hath been illumined by the light of His countenance, and blessed is the ear that hath been honored to hear the divine call. Today the Speaker of the Mount is speaking that which was foretold: “Await ye the appearance of Him Who conversed with Moses from the Tree upon the Mount.” All must in this blessed Day act in accordance with that which will exalt the Cause of God. While time remaineth, strive ye that ye may attain unto infinite bounties. We have made mention of thee before, and in this Book, that thou mayest render thanks unto thy Lord and be of them that are steadfast. The glory be upon thee and upon My handmaidens and loved ones in that land who have believed in God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH08765 ===

=== START BH08766 ===

He is manifest and evident. The entire world has been promised the manifestation of the Truth, exalted be His glory, and the previous Books bear clear witness to this most exalted matter. However, when the call “Verily I am God” was raised from the blessed, lofty Divine Lote-Tree of Oneness, all turned away and even issued the decree for His death, except for those souls who, in this divine morn, drank of the true wine. They were and are among the stars of the wondrous heaven who were raised up in the name of Truth, and in the vast wilderness of certitude they utter “Here am I, O Lord of the worlds!” Blessed are they and joy be unto them. Beseech ye God that all the peoples of the world may attain to this most great bounty. Verily He is the Compassionate, the Generous.

=== END BH08766 ===

=== START BH08767 ===

Remind Mr. M and S to succeed in paying the Huquq, for some have not succeeded and do not succeed, therefore God has made and makes their rights subject to strangers or to children who have preference over them, to the end of His sweet utterance. When I reminded them, they said: “Let these six hundred ashrafis be held in trust with you, and give fifty tumans from it as a draft to Haji Amin.” Since I had previously endowed the crystal shop next to the mosque and the property of Zaman-Abad and others, and according to the law of the Kitab-i-Aqdas all endowments revert to the Huquq, therefore you must be content with this. I submitted that these endowments would revert later, and now something must be done that will serve the needs of the Cause today.

=== END BH08767 ===

=== START BH08768 ===

He is the Ever-Abiding

O Mirza Mahdi! God willing, may you ever remain steadfast upon the straight path of love and find repose in the seat of affection. Close your eyes to the world and detach your heart from aught else save the Beloved, and with perfect composure rest upon the cushions of certitude. It was intended to write a detailed letter, but the breath of divine decree became a hot wind and remained suspended in the heaven of God’s will. Convey my countless remembrances to the members of the household and in all days seek forgiveness on my behalf. Your letter that you sent to Kalim was noted. May you ever abide in the proximity of your Lord’s mercy among those who are at rest. The subject was not completed, but as the weather is hot and its heat affecting, therefore these few words will suffice. Adorn all the loved ones with the fresh and wondrous garments of remembrance.

=== END BH08768 ===

=== START BH08769 ===

He is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise

We send greetings to his honor the Supervisor. We beseech God to unite what has been separated from him and to grant him good in the hereafter and in this world. We wrote two letters regarding his people, but both before and after, his honor the Trustee and Mirza Mehdi gave news of disappointment, and according to Mirza Mehdi’s letter they have turned towards Yazd. That same letter was sent, but his honor the Supervisor should not be grieved. Firstly, because no relationship is worthy of mention in relation to the Truth, and secondly, they can still return from Yazd. We beseech the Truth to manifest that which is the cause of the greatest joy. Verily He is the Powerful, verily He is the Commander, the All-Wise. The Glory be upon you and upon those with you.

=== END BH08769 ===

=== START BH08770 ===

He is the Dawning One from the horizon of the heaven of wisdom! Strive that thou remain not deprived and portionless of that which is with God. All the peoples of the earth were expectant, seeking from the exalted Truth the encounter of this wondrous Day. Yet when the ocean of knowledge appeared and the Sun of Revelation dawned forth, all arose in denial and turned away, save whom God willed. Today is the day for the manifestation of goodly deeds and spiritual qualities. Blessed is the soul that hath attained unto that which leadeth to the exaltation of the Word of God. And woe unto the heedless ones who have disputed the signs of God and denied His Most Great, His Mighty Cause. Grieve thou not over anything. Hold fast unto the cord of thy Lord’s loving-kindness. Verily, He is with His servants who have turned unto Him. Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH08770 ===

=== START BH08771 ===

In the Name of the Kind Friend! How excellent is the remembrance of God for His creation, and how sweet is the mention of the Lord for His servant, the remembrance of the Beloved for His lover! It hath been and shall ever be, for the sincere seeker, the capital of eternal life and an everlasting bounty. The word of the Desired One is better than both worlds, more delicate than the spirit and more life-giving. Praise be to God, thou hast attained through His grace unto this eternal bounty, inasmuch as the Beloved of the world in the Most Great Prison is occupied with thy remembrance. This is of His grace which hath encompassed all the worlds. With the tongue of the soul, be thou grateful to the Beloved of all possibility and render praise, for thou hast attained unto this bounty and art mentioned before the Throne.

=== END BH08771 ===

=== START BH08773 ===

O Aqa Mirza Asadu’llah, son of the Master Carpenter, upon him be the Glory of God! In the name of the One True Friend! God, exalted be His glory, calls the peoples of the world to everlasting life, yet His servants remain wrapt in idle fancies and vain imaginings. To such a degree has heedlessness encompassed mankind that they occupy themselves night and day with aught save God, and are unaware. At every moment they prepare for themselves a manifest chastisement. Ere long shall they witness the fruits of their deeds and bear witness to their own loss. Blessed is the soul whom neither the vanishing ornaments, nor the varied colors, nor the might of tyrants have withheld from the Dayspring of the Light of Oneness. He hath clung to the Truth and held fast unto Him. We beseech God not to deprive His servants and to grant them their portion of the choice sealed Wine.

=== END BH08773 ===

=== START BH08774 ===

He is God!

In the name of the benevolent Friend

The gracious and almighty God saith: O my handmaiden! Thou hast been called to remembrance before the Throne of Glory and the Tongue of God giveth utterance to this Tablet that thou mayest rejoice in the wondrous effusions of His all-embracing grace and rest assured of His unfailing providence. Make thou mention, at all times, of the Well-Beloved of the world and be wholly detached from aught else save Him. The purpose underlying all creation is to know God. Praise be to Him thou hast attained His knowledge and quaffed thy fill of the ocean of His loving-kindness. Treasure thou so precious a favor and belittle not its worth. Guard it from the thieves, the deniers and the evil ones, inasmuch as the thief is lying in wait on every side, ready to rob thee of so priceless a gem. We fain would hope that through the assistance of God’s Most Great Name thou wilt succeed in protecting it.

=== END BH08774 ===

=== START BH08776 ===

O Mirza Rahim! In the name of the Peerless Knower! In these days when the Kingdom of knowledge and utterance is illumined and radiant with the Luminary of possibility, all must arise to serve the Cause in such wise that souls caught in vain imaginings - namely those who speak contrary to God’s good-pleasure - may not be barred from the straight path nor remain deprived of the countenance of the Ancient One. Praise be to the Beloved of the world that thy letter was presented before the Throne and thou didst attain unto that which God desired. Hold fast to two commands: first is turning unto God, which thou hast already attained, and second is steadfastness in the Cause of God, and this matter hath been and will ever be the foundation of the Cause. We beseech God to assist thee and ordain for thee that which is best for thee. Verily He is the Ever-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH08776 ===

=== START BH08777 ===

His Honor Haji Mulla Kazim, upon him be the Glory of God

In His Name, the Most Glorious of the Most Glorious

In this spiritual dawn, from the rustling of the breezes of the garden of inner meanings, this exalted Word was heard: “The Hidden One hath come with a Cause before which nothing can stand. The might of the mightiest weakeneth Him not, nor doth the power of sovereigns make Him afraid. He hath spoken and continueth to speak before the face of the world: ‘There is none other God but Me, the Single One, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.’ We have sent unto thee a Tablet from which the fragrance of thy Lord’s gracious favor hath been wafted, and another wherein the Most Great Announcement hath bidden thee to make mention of this mighty Cause. Blessed is he who hath hearkened unto thy word concerning this Cause, and woe betide the heedless ones. Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds. The light shining from the horizon of the heaven of My grace be upon thee and upon every servant who hath arisen to serve the Cause of his Ancient Lord.”

=== END BH08777 ===

=== START BH08778 ===

Regarding the carpet, a prominent Christian whose house is now the seat of the Throne has requested that this carpet be obtained for him, and he will pay for it himself. Therefore, the measurements were given to Haji Mirza Ali Akbar to give to Haji Amin so that he could purchase it when traveling to the Most Holy Court and bring it back, receiving payment from the aforementioned person. This is the essence of the matter, but Haji Ali Akbar took it upon himself to complete this service and was unsuccessful, and this delay did not sit well with the Christian gentleman. The purpose is that these details should be known to you.

=== END BH08778 ===

=== START BH08779 ===

O Haji Muhammad-Ibrahim, upon him be the glory of God, who has dawned from the horizon of possibility! At all times the Pen of the All-Merciful is occupied with the remembrance of friends. Some heard and acted upon it, attaining unto it, while others clung to the vain imaginings and idle fancies of men and were thus deprived and shut out from the ultimate goal, the most exalted horizon and the furthermost Lote-Tree. And some heard and claimed steadfastness, yet when the test appeared they turned away from God, exalted be His glory, because of the censure of the people, and were veiled from the Mighty, the Bestower by the buzzing of a fly. Such is the condition of souls who have not attained unto the Kawthar of faithfulness nor received their portion from the ocean of fairness. Now God summons thee unto steadfastness. God willing, thou shalt attain unto it and be observed as firm in His love.

=== END BH08779 ===

=== START BH08780 ===

In the name of God, the All-Knowing Lord of the worlds! During the nights and days the Pen of the Lord of all beings has not been still. In all conditions it has been moved to mention the friends and has uttered that which leads to the exaltation of the Cause, the upliftment of souls, and the tranquility of people. God willing, all must act according to what they have been commanded and detach themselves from aught else. Blessed is the maidservant who has attained in the days of God and acted according to what she was commanded in His glorious Book. In all conditions hold fast unto God and fix your gaze upon the horizon of His good-pleasure. Nothing has been or will be sweeter to the taste of lovers than the good-pleasure of God. Blessed is the servant who has attained, and the maidservant who has attained unto this exalted station. Glory be upon the people of Baha from God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH08780 ===

=== START BH08781 ===

In the Name of the Goal of all the worlds

The Peerless Friend declares: Praise be to God that thou hast been favored with divine grace and art soaring in the atmosphere of His love. In the first year, from the rustling of the Most Exalted Pen was heard this blessed word: “Blessed are they who have recognized this wondrous Cause and have turned towards this wondrous Path.” This exalted and most glorious station cannot be attained except through the effacement of all that was before, and through attentive ears. How excellent is he who hath attained unto this most mighty, most glorious station! Blessed art thou, inasmuch as thy letter hath reached the presence of the Wronged One, and He hath revealed for thee this perspicuous Book. Under all conditions fix thy gaze upon the Supreme Horizon and hold fast unto the cord of grace. Be thou assured of the favor of thy Lord. He will manifest unto thee that which He hath willed. Verily, thy Lord is the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous. Praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH08781 ===

=== START BH08782 ===

In the Kaf [is contained] a mention of Muhammad-’Ali, brother of Ibrahim, who emigrated with God - He is the Most Holy, the Most Exalted - a mention from Baha unto His servant, that He might detach him from all who are in the heavens and on earth and draw him nigh unto a Beauty wondrous indeed. O servant! Be thou steadfast in the Cause of thy Lord, and deprive not thyself of the shores of eternity, from whose every sandhill there calleth out: “There is none other God but Him, and verily He hath appeared with a mighty sovereignty.” Leave the kingdom behind thee, then ascend unto this heaven which was, in truth, exalted high. Arise to serve the Cause, then make mention of it to them that have sought the countenance of the All-Merciful, that perchance the breaths of the Cause may attract them to a holy and resplendent spot. And the Spirit be upon thee and upon every faithful soul.

=== END BH08782 ===

=== START BH08783 ===

In the Kaf. His honor Muhammad Hashim, the brother who emigrated with God. In the Name of God, the Most Unapproachable, the Most Holy, the Most Glorious. God makes mention of His servant in the heaven of eternity, that he may remember through the remembrance of God in these days wherein all have turned away from the Beauty Who hath appeared in the heaven of creation and Who speaketh at every moment saying: “There is no God but Me, the Mighty, the Glorious, the All-Forgiving.” O servant! Bear thou witness even as thy Lord hath borne witness, and turn not unto those who have disbelieved in God and whose souls are veiled by veils and coverings. Be thou steadfast in the Cause and turn not unto anyone, and in all matters place thy trust in God, thy Lord. Verily He will protect thee from the wicked. Beware lest thou forget God’s favor upon thee; rather remember Him in the evening and at dawn.

=== END BH08783 ===

=== START BH08784 ===

In the Name of the One Friend!

The remembrance of God hath been raised from the prison, and His call hath been lifted up in such wise that all the peoples of the earth have heard it - that is, those souls who regard themselves as sources of influence, and certain others besides. However, the agony of death hath prevented most from partaking of the water of immortality. They are intimate with the infernal tree and have turned away from the living waters. Though possessed of sight, they are debarred from beholding, and though endowed with hearing, they are deprived of hearkening. This is not strange, for the bat hath ever fled from the sun and ever shall, having deemed darkness superior and preferable to light. Such is its nature, and such is the nature of those who have taken it as their lord instead of God. Through the grace of the All-Merciful, thou must needs bestow the water of life upon receptive souls, that all may be adorned with the ornament of steadfastness.

=== END BH08784 ===

=== START BH08785 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Exalted, the Most High

A mention from Us to her who hath believed in God and hath turned with a luminous countenance toward the Dayspring of grace, that the words of the Lord of Names and Attributes may attract her and may cause her to turn unto the Dawning-Place of verses. Thus hath it been inscribed by the Pen of the Ancient of Days upon a sublime and wondrous Tablet. O My handmaiden! Know thou that We have found in thy heart the love of God, the Manifestation of His Essence, and We have sent unto thee this Tablet that thou mayest find therein that which will rejoice thy heart and solace thine eyes. Verily, the grace of thy Lord hath encompassed the worlds. We have ordained for thee in the All-Glorious Paradise a station such as none have attained among those who have tasted the sweetness of love in this Most Great, this Most Mighty Revelation. Grieve thou not over anything. Verily, thy Lord is with thee. He, verily, sufficeth thee, and He, verily, is powerful over all things.

=== END BH08785 ===

=== START BH08786 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Glorious

A mention from Us to her who, when she heard the call of God, turned with her whole being unto Thee and believed in God, the Single, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. O My handmaiden! Blessed art thou for having recognized the Beloved and turned toward the Most Great Ocean, and attained the presence of the Wronged One in His mighty prison. Praise be to the Beloved of the worlds through Whose grace thou hast attained unto the Most Great Bounty and the Most Great Favor, and didst bear the hardships of travel until thou didst attain unto the Kaaba of the world and the Qiblih of existence and the Throne of Sinai. I swear by the Sun of Revelation that the mention of this shall never be erased from the Tablet of creation, and its effects shall appear and become manifest even as the sun from the horizon of divine grace. The glory be upon thee and upon thy son and upon those women who have believed in God, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH08786 ===

=== START BH08787 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

A mention from Us to her who hath believed in God, the Single, the All-Informed. We hear the call of those who have turned to the Countenance, and We behold those women who have believed in God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy. O handmaiden of God! The True One, exalted be His station, hath at all times made mention of His loved ones and continueth to do so, for His grace is abundant and His generosity transcendeth the description of all who dwell in the realm of possibility. Blessed is the soul that hath attained unto the sweetness of the divine remembrance and hath, with complete detachment and sanctity, spoken His praise and glory. A goodly station befitteth a goodly word. God willing, thou shalt occupy thyself with the remembrance of the Lord of all beings with complete sincerity. Verily, He is with those women who remember their Lord at eventide and at dawn. There is no God but Him, the Self-Sufficient, the Most Exalted.

=== END BH08787 ===

=== START BH08788 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted

A remembrance from Us to those who have turned towards the Throne of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. Say: Verily the Throne is My Temple whereon the All-Merciful is seated. Rejoice ye at this and be of them that are thankful. Say: This is the heaven of the Cause from whose horizon hath shone forth the Sun of Utterance. Blessed be God Who hath spoken the truth and caused every thing to speak forth in this wondrous Day. Say: This indeed is the Most Great Ocean and its fishes are the sciences. Well is it with people who understand. Hearken, O people, unto the Call of God, and arise from the slumber of heedlessness, turning towards His manifest horizon. Thus hath the Tongue of Grandeur spoken. He who hath heard hath attained unto all good, and he who hath been deprived is verily of the people of the graves. The glory be upon thee and upon those who have turned to the Qiblih of the horizons and believed in God, the Mighty, the Beloved.

=== END BH08788 ===

=== START BH08789 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

A mention from Us to him who desires to drink the living waters from the hands of his Lord’s bounty, the All-Merciful, and to be numbered among those who have attained. We have heard mention of thy remembrance and thy turning unto Him, and have sent down for thee the verses and dispatched them unto thee, that thou mayest be of the thankful. Be thou grateful to God for having aided thee to recognize Him and to hear His most sweet call when He appeared between earth and heaven and spoke forth the Most Exalted Word, that men might become among those who are endowed with true understanding. Among the people are those who heard but answered not, and among them are those who hastened unto the Dawning-Place of Revelation with manifest humility. Blessed art thou for having turned thy face unto thy Lord after the turning away of all who are on earth, save those whom God did rescue through His grace from His presence. He, verily, is the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Generous.

=== END BH08789 ===

=== START BH08790 ===

O Nariman! In the Name of the Most Holy, the Most Great! A mention from Us unto him who desires to drink from the wine of life and turn unto the Dawning-Place of the Cause of his Lord, the Most Merciful. He, verily, is the All-Knowing Rememberer. We make mention of all who dwell in creation and give them glad tidings of God, the Lord of all worlds, Who hath manifested the Manifestation of His Cause and the Dawning-Place of His Revelation amidst mankind. He, verily, is the Almighty, the All-Powerful. Hold thou fast unto the cord of God, then make mention of Him in the nights and days. He, verily, is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. This is a Day wherein all things have been attracted by the breezes of the revelation of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Great. Be thou thankful that this Book hath been sent down unto thee from the heaven of the Will of God, the Lord of the Day of Judgment. Glory be unto him who hath fulfilled God’s Covenant and Testament and cast behind him every polytheist far removed.

=== END BH08790 ===

=== START BH08791 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Ancient, the Most Great

A mention from Us to him who desires to drink from the Kawthar of utterance from the hands of his Lord’s bounty, the Mighty, the Generous, that the pure wine may attract him to a station wherein the intimations of the people shall not withhold him from the Self-Subsisting Name, nor shall conjectures debar him from that which hath shone forth from the horizon of certitude. O Rida! The Lord of Names calleth thee from His Most Great Prison and commandeth thee that which hath been sent down in the Book, a command from God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. We have heard thy mention and have mentioned thee, and We have seen thy turning and have turned unto thee, and We have sent down for thee that which hath brought joy to the eyes of them that are nigh. Be thou steadfast in the service of the Cause. By the life of God! It shall profit thee in every world among the worlds of thy Lord, the Speaker, the All-Seeing. And the glory be upon thee and upon those on whose faces thou findest the radiance of Baha when every ignorant one far removed hath turned away from it.

=== END BH08791 ===

=== START BH08792 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Ancient, the Most Great

A remembrance from Us unto him who hath turned towards the horizon of Revelation when the Dayspring of verses appeared with grandeur and power, that he may remember his Lord amongst the servants in such wise as to awaken thereby them that are in all lands. O servant! Hearken unto the call from the Most Exalted Horizon, the seat of thy Lord, the Most Glorious. Verily, there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Bestower. Beware lest the affairs of the world grieve thee. Speak forth in praise of thy Lord - thus doth the Lord of Names command thee from this most far-off Station. Verily thy Lord is the Mighty, the All-Knowing. The fragrances of the garment have been diffused and the sweet-scenting aroma of holiness hath been wafted, yet the people are in strange delusion. We beseech God to preserve thee from the imaginings of those who have disbelieved in God and to make thee steadfast in this Cause whereby necks have been brought low.

=== END BH08792 ===

=== START BH08793 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great. A remembrance from Us to him who hath believed in God, the One, the All-Informed. Thou didst attain the presence in the Most Great Prison and didst hear the call of the Wronged One, at one time that there is none other God but Him, and at another that He is, verily, the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the Most Great. We counsel thee to be steadfast. Hold thou fast unto it in the name of thy Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Thou wert in the presence of the Countenance for numbered months. Beware lest anything cause thee to forget that which thou didst hear and witness in this perspicuous Spot. Hold fast unto God in all conditions and put thy trust in Him. He is, verily, the Forgiving, the Bountiful. We send from this Spot Our greetings upon thy mother and thy wife, then upon those who have believed in God, the Lord of the worlds. Give thanks unto God for having aided thee to attain His presence and to hear the wondrous remembrance of Him in this forbidden stronghold.

=== END BH08793 ===

=== START BH08794 ===

In the Name of the Most Glorious, the Most Splendid

A remembrance from Us unto him who hath believed in God, the Single, the All-Informed, that it may at one time draw him unto My heaven of might, at another unto My kingdom, and yet another unto My luminous horizon. Verily, he who hath turned unto the Face is among the most glorious of creatures before the Truth, whereunto every fair-minded and discerning one doth testify. Hearken unto the Call from the precincts of the Crimson Spot, from the right hand of the sacred and radiant Land: “Verily, there is none other God but I, the All-Knowing, the All-Seeing.” Every hearing ear hath testified to this Light, and every seeing eye to this mighty Cause. Verily, he who hath turned away from God is among the worshippers of desire, as doth the Lord of all creation testify in His perspicuous Book. Whoso hath attained unto the Book of God and His Cause is assuredly among those drawn nigh. It behooveth him to beseech God at all times to make him steadfast in this momentous Cause.

=== END BH08794 ===

=== START BH08795 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

A mention from Us to him who hath believed in God, the Single, the All-Informed, that he may rejoice within himself and arise to remember his Lord and act according to that which hath been commanded from the presence of One All-Knowing, All-Wise. O Mustafa! Rejoice within thyself inasmuch as the Lord of all beings remembereth thee in this exalted and glorious station. Grieve not over anything but put thy trust in God. Verily, He aideth whomsoever He willeth through His sovereignty. There is none other God but He, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy. We have heard thy call and have answered thee through this Tablet whereby the fragrance of God hath been wafted between the heavens and the earths. Preserve this most exalted station even as thou wouldst preserve thine eyes and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Thou the Goal of them that have recognized Thee!

=== END BH08795 ===

=== START BH08796 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great

A mention from Us to him who hath turned towards the Countenance when those who disbelieved in God, the Exalted, the Great, turned away from Him. Verily We have come from the Orient of the Bayan with the announcement of the All-Merciful. Blessed is he who hath heard, and woe unto the heedless. How many a servant hath drunk from the Kawthar of life and believed in the All-Informed Single One, and how many a servant hath followed Satan and turned away from God, the Lord of all worlds. O Joseph! The wolf devoured Joseph the Apostle before the faces of those who turned away. The oppressor ordered his murder to plunder his possessions - thereby did every insightful one lament. Thy mention hath been made before the Countenance and this mighty, wondrous Book hath been sent down for thee. Give thanks unto God for having caused thee to recognize the Manifestation of His Cause and made thee among the successful ones. Say: Praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH08796 ===

=== START BH08797 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Mighty, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

A mention from Us to one who has drunk the wine of reunion and turned to the horizon from which the world was illumined, and every thing proclaimed: “There is no God but Me, the All-Compelling, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.” Thy letter hath come before Us time and again, and on each occasion the servant present before the Throne hath read it. Verily thy Lord is the All-Explaining, the All-Knowing. We have witnessed thy turning unto Us, and perceived the fragrance of thy love, and beheld thy humility and submissiveness before God, the Lord of all worlds. O Hasan! Blessed art thou, inasmuch as neither the vain imaginings of the divines nor the doubts of those who have turned away from God when He came unto them with a manifest sovereignty have prevented thee. O Hasan! Hearken thou unto the Call again and again from this most exalted Station and this most sublime Place: “Verily there is no God but Me, the Mighty, the Generous.”

=== END BH08797 ===

=== START BH08798 ===

Muhammad-Baqir! This is the Most Holy, Most Great, Most Glorious remembrance from Us to him who hath attained unto the recognition of God, the Lord of all worlds. Thy letter hath come before Us, and We have answered thee in days wherein the Temple of Justice hath been shaken by the onslaught of tyranny and the Faithful Spirit hath lamented in an exalted station. This is a day wherein the Spirit of the Cause hath wept by reason of that which the hands of the oppressors have wrought. The sun of fidelity hath set from the horizon of Sad. Blessed is he whose eyes have shed tears - woe unto the heedless! Place thy trust in God, then render thanks unto Him for having turned toward thee from this most exalted Horizon and revealed unto thee that which hath diffused the fragrance of divine knowledge between the heavens and the earth. Thus hath the Luminary of utterance shone forth from the horizon of the mouth of thy Lord, the All-Merciful, that thou mayest give thanks and say: “Praise be unto Thee, O God of the world, and glorification be unto Thee, O Thou the Goal of them that have recognized Thee!”

=== END BH08798 ===

=== START BH08799 ===

The Most Ancient, the Most Great. A remembrance from Us to him who hath attained unto the recognition of his Lord, when the veil was rent asunder and the Promised One appeared with manifest sovereignty. Say: This is the Lamp which the All-Merciful hath lit in the midmost heart of creation. Verily He is the One with power over whatsoever He willeth. All the hosts of the earth combined cannot prevent Him from that which He desireth. Verily thy Lord is the Triumphant, the All-Powerful, the Almighty. Those who desired to extinguish the light of God through their might, or their vain imaginings, or their learning, shall soon find themselves in manifest loss. His power hath conquered all who are in creation, and His mercy hath preceded all in the worlds. Blessed is he who hath turned unto Him and arose to make mention of Him - he is of those who have attained. Thus have We adorned the Tablet of Creation with the remembrance of thy Lord, the Lord of Names. Read thou and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Thou Who hast aided me to recognize the Dawning-Place of Thy Cause and made me to be of those who have turned unto Thee.

=== END BH08799 ===

=== START BH08800 ===

He is established upon the throne of utterance

A remembrance from the All-Merciful to him who has turned towards the Kaaba of existence and believed in God, the Mighty, the Loving. We have heard thy call and have answered thee, and We have seen thy turning and have turned unto thee from this Spot round which circle the denizens of Paradise by leave of God, the Lord of what was and what shall be. Grieve not over anything, but place thy trust in the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. Verily He preserveth whomsoever He willeth by His command, and aideth those who have laid hold on wisdom and attained unto the choice sealed wine. Hold fast unto the Book, then act according to that which hath been sent down therein from the presence of the Truth, the Knower of things unseen. Verily it shall profit thee and preserve thee and raise thee to a praiseworthy station. Glory be upon the people of Baha who have drunk the Kawthar of utterance in the name of their Lord, the Possessor of existence.

=== END BH08800 ===

=== START BH08801 ===

He is the One Who dominates all things

A mention from the One Who is mentioned to him who has attained unto the recognition of God on the Day when the All-Merciful came with a mercy that embraced all worlds. Say: Verily mention at times thou beholdest it in the Tablets, and at times it descendeth from the heaven of utterance, and at times it walketh in such wise that the Ancient Being appeared in the world in His hallowed and wondrous ornament. Say: All that proceedeth from Him, verily it is the Most Great Remembrance amidst the nations and the ornament of revelation unto all who are in the heavens and on earth. Through His Word is every thing realized and through His firm command is every measure established. Say: Regard Him not save as ye have been bidden in the Book. Fear God and be not of the ignorant ones. Thus hath the Manifestation of the Cause spoken. Blessed are they that hear.

=== END BH08801 ===

=== START BH08802 ===

O Abraham! He is the All-Hearing, the All-Answering!

This is a mention from the Wronged One to him who hath acknowledged the oneness of God and His singleness, and that He is the First and the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden. There is no God but Him, the Single, the One, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. We have heard thy call and have answered thee, and have remembered thee with a remembrance whereby hearts are attracted. We counsel thee and My loved ones unto righteousness and goodly deeds and the fear of God, and unto that which will draw thee nigh unto God, thy Lord and the Lord of all worlds. Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Prophets and Thy chosen ones and Thy loved ones to send down upon me from the heaven of Thy bounty a grace from Thee and a mercy from Thy presence. Then open before my face the doors of Thy gifts and favors. Verily Thou art the All-Bountiful, the Compassionate, the Bestower, the Generous. There is no God but Thee, the All-Forgiving, the All-Merciful.

=== END BH08802 ===

=== START BH08803 ===

In the Name of Him Who is Sovereign over all names.

A remembrance sent down from the Creator of heaven unto him who hath heard the Call, responded, and turned toward the horizon of Revelation when every heedless one remained veiled. O Husayn! Hearken unto the call of Him Who is wronged. He verily will aid thee and raise thee to His praiseworthy station. Beware lest that which is with the people prevent thee from God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. Say: O concourse of earth! Answer Him Who calleth you unto God, and follow not those who have denied the Witness and the Witnessed. Cast away vain imaginings - the Sun of Certitude hath dawned from the horizon of the heaven of thy Lord’s will, the Mighty, the Loving. Hear My call and follow not your desires. He Who is the Goal hath appeared with a sovereignty before which armies cannot stand. Thus hath the Supreme Pen spoken, while the Lord of all mankind was in this exalted station.

=== END BH08803 ===

=== START BH08804 ===

In the Name of the One True Friend! Your mention hath been made in the presence of the Manifestation of Revelation, and the Most Exalted Pen, turning toward thee, declareth: O servant! Know thou the value of these days and in all times fix thy gaze upon the direction of the All-Merciful. He is the true Friend - cleave thou unto Him. He is the real Beloved - turn thou unto Him. Stand thou firm in the Cause of God with such steadfastness that the doubts of the deniers may not hold thee back from the path of the Lord of the worlds. Arise to perform such deeds as will cause the remembrance of thee to endure in God’s celestial Kingdom. And render thanks unto the Ancient Lord that thou hast been mentioned by Him and hast been honored with this most mighty, most holy Tablet. Remember thou, on behalf of the Wronged One, all thy paternal cousins and the loved ones of God, and convey unto them greetings.

=== END BH08804 ===

=== START BH08805 ===

In My Most Glorious Name

I make mention of one of My maidservants who hath believed in My verses, turned toward My horizon, hearkened unto My call, sought the Dawning-Place of the lights of My Cause, and drank the choice wine of My love and the Kawthar of My remembrance. By My life! She is assuredly among the people of Baha in the Book of God, the Lord of all worlds. How many a maidservant hath been so attracted by the verses of her Lord that the fire appeared from her very being, and how many a maidservant hath remained heedless and returned to the lowest of the low.

O people of Baha! Arise from the slumber of passion and turn ye toward the Most Exalted Horizon. By the life of God! Ye were created for this wondrous Day. Grieve not over this world, for it shall pass away and sovereignty shall remain with the One, the All-Informed. Thus hath the Tongue spoken when the All-Merciful was established upon the throne of His Great Name.

=== END BH08805 ===

=== START BH08806 ===

He is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise! This is My Remembrance, My Remembrance! Verily He is the One manifest from My presence, and I am in truth the Judge. To this testifieth he who possesseth knowledge of the Book. We have sent him [to remind] the people of the days of God. Yet when the dawn appeared, every deceitful dissembler denied it. Say: This is the Day of God, which hath been sanctified above the light of the lamp. To this testifieth every fair-minded one who hath held fast to the cord of his Lord’s loving providence. We have broken the seal of the vessel and made manifest that which was inscribed in the Tablet and that which was concealed in the Tablets. Glorify thou on My behalf the countenance of him who hath believed in God, the One, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful. When the rapture of My verses seizeth thee, turn thy face toward thy Lord and say: I beseech Thee to make me one of those who have stood firm in Thy Cause. Verily Thou art the Almighty, the Mighty, the Ever-Forgiving.

=== END BH08806 ===

=== START BH08807 ===

In My Most Great Name. A remembrance hath flowed from My Pen, and I make mention of everyone who hath turned unto My countenance, drawn nigh unto Mine horizon, drunk from the Kawthar of My bounty, approached the ocean of My grace, held fast to the cord of My favor, and clung to My luminous robe. By God’s life! They are the stars in the heaven of utterance through whom the horizons are illumined and the hearts of those who have turned unto Him are enlightened. Grieve not over anything. Your stations shall be made manifest in the realm of creation, and the people shall come to know what ye truly are. He, verily, is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. They who have deprived themselves of God’s grace and mercy - these are they who are among the losers in a glorious Tablet. Thus doth the Pen move and the horizon of the Tablet shine forth through the Sun of grace, that thou mayest rejoice and be numbered among those endued with certitude. The glory be upon thee and upon every discerning believer.

=== END BH08807 ===

=== START BH08808 ===

Leaf of Sakinah, upon her be the Glory of God! He is the Mighty, the All-Knowing!

My remembrance is of My leaf who hath turned unto the horizon from which hath shone forth the Day-Star of My Name, the Lord of all names. She did drink the Kawthar of utterance from the hands of her Lord, the Most Merciful, at a time when men were wrapped in heedlessness and dissension. She took hold of the Book of God with a strength from Him and testified to that which God Himself had testified in the return: that there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Most Exalted. We make mention of thee and of those handmaidens who have believed in God, the One, the Chosen, and We glorify thee and them and those whom neither the doubts of the people of the Bayan nor the clamor of every froward denier have kept back. O My leaf! We counsel thee and My handmaidens to manifest the Most Great Steadfastness and that whereby the Cause of God, the Lord of creation, may be exalted. The Glory be upon thee and upon those who have not broken the Covenant.

=== END BH08808 ===

=== START BH08809 ===

He is God, exalted be His station of grandeur and glory!

May my spirit and being be sacrificed for you! The letters from that Beloved One were before this evanescent one to be delivered, but they slipped from view. Now I have sent the package. At the time of sending, they were granted access to the Most Holy Court. In these writings that were sent by Mihdi, there was no letter from Haji Husayn indicating that the indigo payment should arrive here. If they have written something previously, it should be made known. In any case, according to the command, you must verify carefully. If they have indeed sent a draft, very well; otherwise action must be taken according to his writing. There was nothing about a draft in these writings. Send the receipt so that it can be properly determined. The glory be upon you and upon those who love you.

Servant

=== END BH08809 ===

=== START BH08810 ===

Baku. ’Ali-Akbar, upon him be the Glory of God.

In the name of the One Incomparable Speaker! The Great Day has appeared and the Great Cause is resplendent. This is that same Day to which the divine Books have testified as to its greatness and grandeur. Today the heaven of utterance is adorned with the Sun of inner meanings, and the Great City has descended from the heaven of will, and the rivers of divine knowledge flow and surge forth from the Pen of the All-Merciful. Blessed is the one who turned towards it, whom the opposition of the wrongdoers did not deprive from the light of justice. Your letter was received and attained unto hearing. Praise be to God that you have recognized that of which the people of the world remain heedless and veiled. Preserve this most exalted station through the Name of the Lord of Names. Thus have We adorned the heaven of your acceptance with the lights of the Sun of thy Lord’s grace, the Kind, the Generous.

=== END BH08810 ===

=== START BH08811 ===

O Rayhan, Most Ancient and Most Learned One! O Rayhan, may you speak, God willing, with the utmost joy and fragrance in praise of the All-Merciful, and become renowned and remembered for His love. Most dervishes wander in the valley of heedlessness, save a few who, through the grace of the All-Merciful, have in this spiritual springtime been adorned with luminous robes. Despite their claims to maturity and mystical knowledge, most of this group remain veiled. Blessed is he who has rent asunder the veils through the Name of the Lord of all men. Strive that you may gaze toward the most exalted horizon with a sanctified heart and a polished breast, and observe with the eye of the heart rather than the physical eye. Thus will you behold the Truth as One, Mighty and Self-Subsisting, and all else as existing through Him and sustained by Him. This is the Sun of true Divine Unity that has dawned from the horizon of the Divine Pen. Blessed are they who perceive with insight.

=== END BH08811 ===

=== START BH08812 ===

He is the One dawning from the horizon of the world with His Most Great Name!

Glorified is He Who hath come with the Truth with such a proof as hath rendered powerless all who are in the heavens and on earth, and Who hath summoned all to His manifest and extended Path. He hath desired naught for Himself, but rather desired to draw all nigh unto the praiseworthy station. Verily, he who hath found the fragrance of the Garment hath turned toward the Most Exalted Horizon in such wise that the might of kings hath failed to deter him. Hold fast, O My loved ones, unto My commandments whereby every inscribed tablet hath been adorned. Take hold of God’s principles with the power bestowed by Us, and follow not the ways of every rejected ignorant one. Thus hath My Most Exalted Pen spoken on this night when clouds have veiled the face of heaven, and the Lord of Names speaketh that whereby all existence hath been stirred. Glory be upon thee and upon those who have attained unto the lights of God, the King, the Mighty, the Beloved.

=== END BH08812 ===

=== START BH08813 ===

He Who is established upon the Most Great Throne

Glorified is He Who hath inspired His chosen servants and made them recognize this Day which was inscribed in His Preserved Tablet. Say: This is the Day wherewith God hath gladdened His servants, and He verily speaketh the truth when He saith: “There is none other God but I, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.” Verily, this Day walketh and speaketh and proclaimeth, yet most of the people are heedless. It crieth out by its own self and saith: “By God! The Lord of Eternity hath come with the Most Great Name. Turn ye unto Him and be not of the heedless ones. By God! He hath prospered who hath turned unto Him, and lost are they who have turned away from God and followed the vain imaginings of every remote impostor.” Blessed art thou for having turned to the Most Sublime Horizon and believed in God, the All-Informed.

=== END BH08813 ===

=== START BH08814 ===

In the Name of Him Who shineth forth from the horizon of possibility! Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses and manifested the clear tokens and hath spoken before the faces of the world through this Name, whereby the hearts of the nations were shaken except for those whom the hand of power did seize and whom He veritably preserved - and He is the Preserver, the Succourer. The call hath been raised between earth and heaven, yet most of the people remain heedless. Blessed is he who hath heard and turned and responded, and woe unto them that have turned away. When thou hast attained unto My verses and found the fragrance of My utterance, say: Praise be unto Thee, O Lord of the worlds, and glory be unto Thee, O Thou the Goal of them that know, for having made me to know and strengthened me to acknowledge that which Thy tongue hath spoken whilst the people were veiled by a thick veil. The splendor shining from the horizon of My Kingdom be upon thee and upon those who have turned to the Countenance with such steadfastness as the hosts of the wrongdoers could not prevent.

=== END BH08814 ===

=== START BH08815 ===

In His Name, the Most Holy, sanctified from all names! Glorified is He Who hath sent down the Book in truth and therein summoned all unto His Self, the One Who overshadoweth the worlds. Among the people are those who have attained through turning unto Him and those who have turned away. Verily thy Lord is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Blessed art thou for having drunk the choice wine of revelation from the cup of His bounty in thy earliest days and for having turned thy face toward the countenance of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy. Know thou that He will assist thee in whatsoever thou hast desired and hath ordained for thee a station. He, verily, is the Forgiving, the Generous. We beseech God to grant thee the good of this world and of the next, and to withhold not from thee the breezes of His mercy. He, verily, doeth what He willeth and ordaineth what He pleaseth. There is none other God but Him, the Most Exalted, the Almighty, the Bestower, the All-Bountiful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08815 ===

=== START BH08816 ===

In My Name which shineth forth from the horizon of the Kingdom!

Glorified is He Who hath appeared and revealed that which caused every feeble one to speak, every distant one to draw nigh, every blind one to see, every heedless one to turn, every seated one to arise, and every fearful and doubtful one to attain unto the Most Great Steadfastness. I testify to that which God hath testified: that there is none other God but Me, the Single, the All-Informed.

We have mentioned thee time and again. Give thanks unto thy Lord, the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful. Be thou in such wise that the sincere ones may inhale from thee the fragrance of My luminous garment. Beware lest allusions prevent thee from the abode of verses, or doubts from My straight path. Cast aside all else, holding fast unto the mountain of My loving-kindness. Thus doth counsel thee He with Whom is the Preserved Tablet. The Glory be upon thee and upon every steadfast, firm and upright one.

=== END BH08816 ===

=== START BH08817 ===

In the Name of the Ever-Abiding, the Eternal

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses and dispatched them unto whom He willeth. He, verily, is the Mighty, the Praiseworthy. Verily, in the opposition of kings and the rising up of subjects are signs for those who possess insight. Verily, in God’s proclamation of His Cause from within the prison are signs for those who are endowed with discernment. When We desired to proclaim the Cause, We created the new creation once again through this Name, which God hath made the Quickener of Names, that all may know that He is powerful over whatsoever He willeth. Neither adversities can prevent Him from that which He desireth, nor can the hosts of the oppressors frighten Him. They who fear this day are among the heedless. Put your trust in God, O people. Verily, He protecteth whomsoever He willeth through the hosts of the seen and the unseen. Beware lest ye overstep the bounds of wisdom. Thus hath the command been sent down in the Tablets and in this glorious Tablet. Act ye according to that which ye have been commanded by the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH08817 ===

=== START BH08818 ===

In the name of Him Who, by the movement of His finger, rent asunder the veils! Glorified be He Who sendeth down the verses and will continue to send them down as He pleaseth. He is the All-Powerful over whatsoever He willeth. Neither the hosts of princes nor the clamor of divines who denied the Truth when it came from the heaven of the Command with the standards of verses and hosts which no knowledgeable counter could enumerate can prevent Him. We have remembered thee from this Most Exalted Station that thou mayest rejoice and be among the thankful. Grieve not over anything, for the Command is in the hand of God, the Mighty, the Powerful. When the Cause appeared and the Temple of the Manifestation was established upon the throne of utterance, all in creation turned away save those who cast the world behind them, turning unto the Most Great Name through which surged the ocean of divine knowledge and the fragrance of the All-Merciful wafted and the verses were sent down and the signs appeared and that which was hidden in the earth was made manifest. Thus hath the Most Exalted Pen spoken that thou mayest know and be among the thankful. Cast aside vain imaginings in the name of thy Lord, then turn with thy heart unto God, the Originator of heaven, and say: Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having remembered me in Thy most exalted dominion. I beseech Thee not to disappoint me of that which is with Thee, and to make me among those who have stood firm in Thy Cause. Verily Thou art He Whom nothing can frustrate and Whom nothing among the peoples can prevent. There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the Powerful.

=== END BH08818 ===

=== START BH08819 ===

He is the One warbling upon the branches!

Glory be to Him Who speaks the truth and summons the people to the straight path. Today We turned Our face toward a place mentioned with joy, where the Most Great Throne was established beneath a pavilion raised in this wondrous Name. Before it flows water over white pebbles - exalted be the Lord of Names Who has manifested every mighty matter! When the Throne was established, We sent down verses in such wise that the hearts of the mystics were attracted, and We were gladdened there by God’s favor, the Lord of the worlds. Therein We made mention of God in the morning and at noontide until the sun set. Verily thy Lord is the All-Remembering, the All-Knowing. Blessed art thou for having been mentioned before the Face on this day. Be thou thankful to God for this and be of the thankful ones.

=== END BH08819 ===

=== START BH08821 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the All-Compelling over all names! Glory be to Thee, O my God, the God of all created things and the Educator of all contingent beings. I beseech Thee by Thy Cause which hath encompassed all things in existence, and by the Call which hath been raised by Thy command, O Lord of names and attributes, to assist Thy handmaiden who hath turned toward the horizon of Thy Revelation to make mention of Thee and to praise Thee amongst Thy handmaidens. Then open before her face the gate of Thy bounty. Verily, Thou art the Almighty over whatsoever Thou willest and the Speaker amongst all created things. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous, the All-Merciful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Glory and praise and remembrance and honor be upon Thee, O my leaf, and upon those handmaidens who turned to God when the Cause was manifested and the Call was raised, and who attained unto that which the radiant leaf attained, she who aided the Cause of God before the face of the Lord upon the white spot.

=== END BH08821 ===

=== START BH08822 ===

III

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Him Who is Thy Most Great Name, Who hath been sorely afflicted by such of Thy creatures as have repudiated Thy truth, and Who hath been hemmed in by sorrows which no tongue can describe, to grant that I may remember Thee and celebrate Thy praise, in these days when all have turned away from Thy beauty, have disputed with Thee, and turned away disdainfully from Him Who is the Revealer of Thy Cause. None is there, O my Lord, to help Thee except Thine own Self, and no power to succor Thee save Thine own power.

I entreat Thee to enable me to cleave steadfastly to Thy Love and Thy remembrance. This is, verily, within my power, and Thou art the One that knoweth all that is in me. Thou, in truth, art knowing, apprised of all. Deprive me not, O my Lord, of the splendors of the light of Thy face, whose brightness hath illuminated the whole world. No God is there beside Thee, the Most Powerful, the All-Glorious, the Ever-Forgiving.

=== END BH08822 ===

=== START BH08823 ===

He is the Preserver

Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name, through which whoso hath borne it hath not drowned in the seas, nor been affected by the arrows of the wicked, nor been altered by poisons and denial, and through which every sinner hath attained the robe of Thy forgiveness and every sick one the garment of Thy healing, to make me so steadfast in Thy Cause that association with Thy creatures and fellowship with Thy servants shall not make me heedless, and to preserve me from every affliction and evil and pestilence and malady, and from the arrows of the intimations of the heedless and the swords of the allusions of those who turn away and the denial of the deniers. Then send down upon me, O my God, from the clouds of Thy mercy that which Thou hast promised me. Verily Thou art the best of those who send down and the best of those who fulfill their promise. There is no God but Thee, the Mighty, the Powerful, the Beautiful.

=== END BH08823 ===

=== START BH08824 ===

XCVI

Magnified, O Lord my God, be Thy Name, whereby the trees of the garden of Thy Revelation have been clad with verdure, and been made to yield the fruits of holiness during this Springtime when the sweet savors of Thy favors and blessings have been wafted over all things, and caused them to bring forth whatsoever had been preordained for them in the Kingdom of Thine irrevocable decree and the Heaven of Thine immutable purpose. I beseech Thee by this very Name not to suffer me to be far from the court of Thy holiness, nor debarred from the exalted sanctuary of Thy unity and oneness.

Ignite, then, O my God, within my breast the fire of Thy love, that its flame may burn up all else except my remembrance of Thee, that every trace of corrupt desire may be entirely mortified within me, and that naught may remain except the glorification of Thy transcendent and all-glorious Being. This is my highest aspiration, mine ardent desire, O Thou Who rulest all things, and in Whose hand is the kingdom of the entire creation. Thou, verily, doest what Thou choosest. No God is there beside Thee, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the Ever-Forgiving.

=== END BH08824 ===

=== START BH08825 ===

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou hast subdued all who are in the heavens and on earth to preserve the lamp of Thy Cause within the glass of Thy power and bounty, lest the winds of denial blow upon it from the direction of those who have been heedless of the mysteries of Thy chosen Name. Then increase its light through the oil of Thy wisdom. Verily, Thou art the Powerful over those who are in Thy earth and Thy heaven. O Lord! I beseech Thee by the Most Great Word whereby all who are in earth and heaven were seized with terror, save those who held fast to the Sure Handle, that Thou leave me not among Thy creatures, but raise me up unto Thee and cause me to enter beneath the shadow of Thy mercy and give me to drink of the pure wine of Thy bounty, that I may dwell in the pavilion of Thy glory and the canopies of Thy favors. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest, and Thou art the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH08825 ===

=== START BH08826 ===

In the Name of God, the Exalted, the Most High!

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou didst distinguish between Thy lovers and Thine enemies, and through which was manifested Thy sovereignty and Thy power, to send down from the heaven of Thy Will that which will purify the hearts of the doubters among Thy servants and the heedless among Thy creatures, that all may know Thee in the garment of Thy unity and bear witness to Thy oneness. O my God! None hath any refuge save Thee, nor any path except unto Thee. At this moment all journeys have ended in a single journey, which is their turning from all else unto Thee. Therefore, make known to the people of Thy realm this clear and straight path, that they may walk therein and attain unto Thy knowledge and Thy good-pleasure. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is no God but Thee, the Mighty, the Powerful, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH08826 ===

=== START BH08827 ===

XXXV

I give praise to Thee, O Lord my God! I entreat Thee by Thy Name through which Thou didst cause the dawn to appear, and the winds to blow, and the seas to surge, and the trees to bring forth their fruits, and the earth to be beautified with its rivers, that Thou wilt aid all them that are dear to Thee with both Thy visible and invisible hosts. Render them, moreover, victorious over all those who have so rebelled in Thy land, and dishonored Thy name, and disbelieved in Thy signs, and broken Thy Covenant, and cast behind their backs Thy laws, and have to such an extent risen up against Thee, that they carried into captivity Thy kindred, and flung the Manifestation of Thy Self into prison, and immured Him Who is the Day-Spring of Thine Essence in the most desolate of cities.

Thou, O my Lord, art He whose strength is immense, Whose decree is terrible. Lay hold on Thine adversaries by the power of Thy sovereignty, and assemble Thy loved ones beneath the shadow of the tree of Thy oneness, that they may stand before Thy throne, and catch the accents of Thy voice, and gaze on Thy beauty, and discover the power of Thy might.

Thou art, verily, the All-Powerful, the Almighty.

=== END BH08827 ===

=== START BH08828 ===

LXXXIV

Magnified art Thou, O Lord my God! I ask Thee by Thy Name which Thou hast set up above all other names, through which the veil of heaven hath been split asunder and the Day-Star of Thy beauty hath risen above the horizon, shining with the brightness of Thy Name, the Exalted, the Most High, to succor me with Thy wondrous help and to preserve me in the shelter of Thy care and protection.

I am one of Thy handmaidens, O my Lord! Unto Thee have I turned, and in Thee have I placed my trust. Grant that I may be so confirmed in my love for Thee, and in fulfilling that which is well-pleasing unto Thee, that neither the defection of the infidels among Thy people, nor the clamor of the hypocrites among Thy creatures, may avail to keep me back from Thee.

Purge Thou mine ear, O my Lord, that I may hearken unto the verses sent down unto Thee, and illuminate my heart with the light of Thy knowledge, and loose my tongue that it may make mention of Thee and sing Thy praise. By Thy might, O my God! My soul is wedded to none beside Thee, and my heart seeketh none except Thine own Self.

No God is there beside Thee, the All-Glorious, the Great Giver, the Forgiving, the Compassionate.

=== END BH08828 ===

=== START BH08829 ===

In the Name of God, the Mighty, the All-Knowing! Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, the Self-Subsisting, through which Thou didst give glad tidings to Thy servants and made it the Sustainer of all names and the Guardian over all things, to assist me to love Thee and praise Thee, and to make me detached from those who have denied Thee and Thy signs, who have turned away from Thee and Thy proof, and who have objected to Thee and to the Manifestation of Thy Self Who came from the heaven of inner meanings with Thy revelation and Thy inspiration. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest through Thy Will and Purpose. O my God! Drive not this poor one from the door of Thy riches, and remove not this handmaiden from the paradise of Thy nearness and Thy presence. I have, O my God, acknowledged Thy oneness, therefore accept me through Thy mercy, for verily Thou art the Mighty, the Forgiving, the Generous.

=== END BH08829 ===

=== START BH08830 ===

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Hidden Name, and Thy Manifest Beauty, and by the Manifestation of Thy Supreme Self, Who is visible from this Most Glorious Horizon, to protect me and my loved ones through Thy Most Great Protection and Thy mercy which hath preceded earth and heaven. Then cause us to be of those who have tasted the sweetness of Thy remembrance and who have detached themselves from all else besides Thee. Then make us, O my God, a mercy unto Thy loved ones and a wrath unto Thine enemies. O my God, we are Thy servants and Thy creation and are in the grasp of Thy power. I beseech Thee by Thy Self and by Him Whom Thou hast manifested as a revelation of Thy sovereignty, to aid us in that which Thou lovest and approvest. Verily Thou art He through Whose power all who possess power have derived their power. There is no God but Thee, the Exalted, the Supreme, the Help in Peril. Praise be to God, the Sovereign, the Omnipotent, the Supreme, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH08830 ===

=== START BH08831 ===

In the name of God, the Bestower, the Munificent, the Forgiving, the Generous

Glory be to Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by the heaven of Thy bounty, and the ocean of Thy giving, and the Sun which hath shone forth from the horizon of Thy favors, to ordain for this servant, who hath clung to the hem of Thy generosity, that which shall profit him in this world and the next. Verily, Thou art the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous. The signs of Thy generosity have encompassed all created things, and Thy mercy hath preceded all beings. I beseech Thee to write down for me that which shall reform my outward and inward affairs, and cause me in all conditions to hold fast unto Thee and to be detached from all else save Thee. Verily, Thou art the Powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. None can frustrate what Thou hast willed, and none can prevent what Thou hast decreed. Thou rulest by Thy sovereignty as Thou pleasest. There is no God but Thee, the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH08831 ===

=== START BH08832 ===

In the name of God, the Most Wondrous, the Most Inaccessible

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name, which was made to suffer at the hands of the idolaters among Thy creatures and was encompassed by sorrows from every direction in such wise as cannot be described in words, to enable me to remember Thee and praise Thee in these days wherein all have turned away from Thy beauty and opposed Thee and shown pride before the Manifestation of Thy Cause. O my Lord! I see no helper other than Thee, and no supporter besides Thee. I beseech Thee to make me steadfast in Thy love and remembrance, and this is what lies within my power. Verily Thou knowest what is within my soul, and Thou art the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. O my Lord! Deprive me not of the splendors of the light of Thy countenance, whereby the horizons have been illumined. There is no God but Thee, the Almighty, the Glorious, the All-Forgiving.

=== END BH08832 ===

=== START BH08833 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Manifest

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which all names were transformed from their kingdom and all attributes were brought down from their dominion, and through which the faces of the deniers were darkened while the lights of bliss shone forth from the faces of the sincere ones - to purify me, through the Kawthar of Thy grace and the Salsabil of Thy bounties, from whatsoever is abhorrent to Thy good-pleasure, that I may enter the kingdom of Thy generosity and the dominion of Thy favors, and hearken unto the wondrous melodies of Thy voice, and behold with mine eyes the splendors of the light of Thy countenance. Thou art He, O my Beloved, from Whose door none of Thy servants hath ever been turned away disappointed, nor hath anyone ever returned dejected from the court of Thy grace and bounty. Here am I, standing before the door in repentance and contrition. Verily Thou art the Almighty, the Glorious, the All-Bountiful. There is no God but Thee, the Most Exalted, the Ever-Forgiving.

=== END BH08833 ===

=== START BH08834 ===

Glorified art Thou, O Lord, my God! Thou seest me in the hands of Mine enemies, and My son bloodstained before Thy face, O Thou in Whose hands is the kingdom of all names. I have, O my Lord, offered up that which Thou hast given Me, that Thy servants may be quickened and all that dwell on earth be united.

=== END BH08834 ===

=== START BH08835 ===

He is the One Who stands, Who is manifest, Who speaks before all faces

Glory be to Thee, O my God! Thou seest a young child, the son of one who bears my name - upon him be my glory - clinging to Thy All-Bountiful Name and to Thy Most Great Name. I beseech Thee, O Lord of the worlds and Master of nations, by the Most Great Name, to protect him with the hosts of the unseen and the seen, and ordain for him what Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen ones and trusted ones. Then rain down upon him from the clouds of Thy mercy the rains of Thy bounty and generosity. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest, and in Thy grasp are the reins of all affairs of the first and the last. O my God, bestow Thy blessings upon him and upon those with him in the household, and upon those who have aided Thy Cause and drunk the choice wine of utterance from the cup of Thy bounty. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is no God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH08835 ===

=== START BH08836 ===

XVI

Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! Thou seest my tears and lamentations, and hearest my sighing, my cry and bitter wailing. I am the one, O my Lord, that hath held fast the cord of Thy mercy which hath surpassed the entire creation. I am the one that hath clung to the hem of Thy loving-kindness, O Thou in Whose hand is the empire of all names!

Have mercy upon me and upon them that are in my company, through the wonders of Thy grace and power. Shield us, then, O my God, from the mischief of Thine enemies, and assist us to help Thy Faith, and to protect Thy Cause, and to celebrate Thy glory. Thou art, verily, He Who from everlasting hath inhabited the inaccessible heights of His unity, and will continue to remain the same for ever and ever. Nothing whatsoever escapeth Thy knowledge, nor is there anything that can frustrate Thee. No God is there beside Thee, the Almighty, the Ever-Faithful, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious, the Best-Beloved.

Lauded and glorified art Thou, in Whose hand is the empire of all things!

=== END BH08836 ===

=== START BH08837 ===

O my God! Glory be unto Thee! Aid, then, O my God, him who hath loved Thee and hath sought Thy face. He hath indeed arrived, O my God, upon the shore of Thy Cause and Thy good-pleasure, and hath held fast unto the cord of Thy bounties. I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou hast guided them that are nigh unto Thee to the dawning-places of the lights of Thy countenance, and hast caused them that love Thee to soar in the atmosphere of Thy nearness and reunion, and hast given to drink unto them that long for Thee from the chalices of Thy love and knowledge - to ordain for him through Thy Most Exalted Pen that which Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen ones and the best among Thy creatures. Then grant him, through Thy grace and bounty, the good of this world and of the next. Then open through him, O my God, the doors that are shut, then quicken through him the dead hearts, then exalt him through Thy Name in Thy dominion. Verily, Thou art the Powerful through Thy sovereignty. There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the All-Forgiving.

=== END BH08837 ===

=== START BH08838 ===

XI

Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! Darkness hath fallen upon every land, and the forces of mischief have encompassed all the nations. Through them, however, I perceive the splendors of Thy wisdom, and discern the brightness of the light of Thy providence.

They that are shut out as by a veil from Thee have imagined that they have the power to put out Thy light, and to quench Thy fire, and to still the winds of Thy grace. Nay, and to this Thy might beareth me witness! Had not every tribulation been made the bearer of Thy wisdom, and every ordeal the vehicle of Thy providence, no one would have dared oppose us, though the powers of earth and heaven were to be leagued against us. Were I to unravel the wondrous mysteries of Thy wisdom which are laid bare before me, the reins of Thine enemies would be cleft asunder.

Glorified be Thou, then, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name to assemble them that love Thee around the Law that streameth from the good-pleasure of Thy will, and to send down upon them what will assure their hearts.

Potent art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee. Thou art, verily, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH08838 ===

=== START BH08839 ===

In the Name of Him Who is remembered but not known! Glorified art Thou, O my God! This is Thy servant who hath been illumined by the lamp of Thy oneness and hath turned toward the seat of the throne of Thy grandeur, and hath found the breezes of Thy name, the All-Glorious, from the right hand of certitude from this direction wherein Thy sovereignty hath been established over all who are in the heavens and on earth, and Thy countenance hath shone forth unto Thy creatures who were not prevented by the veils of glory from turning unto Thy majesty nor by the veils of error from beholding Thy beauty. I beseech Thee, O Lord of all beings and Cleaver of the dawn, deny him not the wonders of Thy knowledge nor deprive him from the sanctuary of Thy holiness and the Kaaba of Thy unity. Then inspire him with that which will cause him to soar at all times in the atmosphere of Thy might, O Fashioner of the worlds and Creator of all possibility! There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the Powerful, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH08839 ===

=== START BH08840 ===

In the Name of God, the Mighty! Glory be to Thee, O my God! This is Thy servant who hath believed in Thee and in Thy signs. Do Thou assist him through the wonders of Thy victory, then make him steadfast in Thy love, then cause him to drink that which will purify him from all else save Thee, that he may become one who speaketh in Thy remembrance, who gazeth upon Thy countenance, and who turneth toward Thy Cause. Verily, Thou art the One Who hath power over whatsoever Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the Supreme, the Exalted. O my God! Send down upon him from the heaven of Thy mercy that which Thou hast ordained in the tablet of Thy decree. This is Thy servant whose brother hath emigrated with him, and who now serveth Thee in the evening and at dawn. Verily, Thou art the One Who beholdeth those who have attained unto Thy love, both in the beginning and in the end. And verily, Thou art the Mighty, the All-Glorious, the All-Bestowing.

=== END BH08840 ===

=== START BH08841 ===

He is the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious

Glory be unto Thee, O my God! This is Thy servant whom Thou hast related unto Thyself and made him one of the twigs of the Tree of Thy singleness and one of the leaves of the Lote-Tree of Thy oneness. O Lord! Since Thou hast honored him with this supreme gift and this greatest bounty, enable him to do that which Thou lovest and pleasest, and assist him with Thy confirmations, O Thou in Whose hand is the kingdom of earth and heaven. Kindle within his heart the fire of Thy love in such wise that through its flame the world may be set ablaze, that he may forget all else save Thee, and find intimate communion with Thy remembrance and love. For this befitteth him in the presence of the radiance of the lights of Thy countenance, and is worthy of his relationship to Thee, O Thou Who art the Beloved of the worlds. Moreover, assign him an excellent seat with Thee, and aid him in his affairs, O Thou in Whose hand is the kingdom of all things. Thou, verily, art the Almighty, the Most Powerful.

=== END BH08841 ===

=== START BH08842 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Glorious

Glorified art Thou, O my God! This is a day among the days of Ridvan wherein Thou didst manifest Thyself to all who are on earth through Thy name, the All-Merciful, and didst reveal Thy power and dominion to all who dwell in the realms of creation. O Lord! Thou seest this day one of Thy loved ones who hath invited the Manifestation of Thy Being from one place to another within the prison, and a gathering hath been held in Thy name and adorned by Thy presence, such that the sun of Thy beauty hath shone forth from its horizon. Blessed is the soul that hath attained thereunto, and blessed the day that hath been honored by Thy manifestation, and blessed the land that hath been illumined by the lights of Thy countenance. O Lord! Ordain for him and for Thy servants who have been deprived of meeting Thee the reward of those who have attained Thy presence and arranged an assembly for Thy name and remembrance. Then write down for them what Thou hast written for those near unto Thee. Verily, Thou art powerful over all things.

=== END BH08842 ===

=== START BH08843 ===

In the Name of God, the Everlasting, the Ever-Abiding!

Glorified art Thou, O my God and my Beloved! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which, when Thou didst call it to the heaven, countless suns rose from its horizon, and when Thou didst cast it upon the seas, they surged in remembrance of Thy Most Exalted Name, and when Thou didst cast it upon all the trees, they brought forth the fruits of Thy knowledge and the produce of Thy bounty, and bore witness unto them once through Thy most wondrous and most sweet tongue - whereupon the Hour was established - that Thou mayest make me content with whatsoever Thou hast ordained through the Most Glorious Pen upon the Tablet of Decree. Verily, Thou art the Omnipotent over whatsoever Thou willest. All Thy servants are poor, nay utterly lost, possessing neither existence, nor mention, nor life, nor death, nor resurrection for themselves. And praise be unto Thee, first and last.

=== END BH08843 ===

=== START BH08844 ===

In My Name, the Hearer, the Answerer!

Glorified art Thou, O God of Names and Creator of earth and heaven! I testify to Thy oneness and Thy singleness, and to Thy greatness and might and power. O my God, my Lord, and my Support! Thou seest a handmaiden from among the leaves of the Tree of Thy Revelation, who hath believed in Thee and in Thy signs and in what Thou hast sent down in Thy Books. I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by the Light that hath shone forth from the horizon of Thy Will and by the Fire through which the hearts of Thy chosen ones have been set ablaze, to ordain for me through Thy Most Exalted Pen that which befitteth the heaven of Thy bounty and the ocean of Thy favor. O my Lord! Thou seest one of Thy handmaidens who hath turned toward the cloud of Thy mercy that it may rain upon her the showers of Thy grace. Verily Thou art the Generous One, unto Whom the tongues of Thy servants and handmaidens have testified. There is none other God but Thee, the Powerful, the Mighty, the All-Bestowing.

=== END BH08844 ===

=== START BH08845 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious!

Glorified art Thou, O God of existence and Lord of the seen and unseen! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Prison, and by what Thou didst suffer at the hands of the deniers who rejected Thee and Thy signs and the manifestations of Thy grandeur and power, and by Thy clear proofs which have encompassed Thy dominion, and by the lights of Thy countenance which have illumined the horizons of the hearts of Thy loved ones, to assist him who hath turned toward the heaven of Thy grace, clinging to the cord of Thy bounty. O my Lord! Thou seest him assured of Thy oneness and singleness, and acknowledging that which Thou hast revealed in Thy Book. I beseech Thee to illumine his deeds with the light of acceptance and to make him one of those who have attained to Thy service in Thy days, and ordain for him the good of this world and of the world to come. Verily, Thou art the Lord of all men, the Lord of the throne on high and of the dust below. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08845 ===

=== START BH08846 ===

CXLIII

Glory be to Thee, O my God! I beg of Thee by Thy name, the Most Merciful, to protect Thy servants and Thy handmaidens when the tempests of trials pass over them, and Thy manifold tests assail them. Enable them, then, O my God, so to seek refuge within the stronghold of Thy love and of Thy Revelation, that neither Thine adversaries nor the wicked doers among Thy servants, who have broken Thy Covenant and Thy Testament, and turned away most disdainfully from the Day-Spring of Thine Essence and the Revealer of Thy glory, may prevail against them.

They themselves, O my Lord, have waited at the door of Thy grace. Do Thou open it to their faces with the keys of Thy bountiful favors. Potent art Thou to do what Thou willest, and to ordain what Thou pleasest. These are the ones, O my Lord, who have set their faces towards Thee, and turned unto Thy habitation. Do with them, therefore, as becometh Thy mercy, which hath surpassed the worlds.

=== END BH08846 ===

=== START BH08847 ===

The All-High, the Most Great! Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou seest how the people have risen against me because I have conveyed to them that which Thou didst command me through Thy sovereignty. And whenever I remind them of that which would profit them, they cast it behind their backs and object to him through whom Thou hast spread abroad the scrolls of Thy decree and manifested the tablets of Thy Cause. I beseech Thee, O King of Kings and Merciful to the oppressed, to assist them to recognize that from which they are veiled. Verily Thou art the Mighty, the Powerful. O Lord! Aid Thy loved ones and him whose name was mentioned before the Throne, that he may arise to celebrate Thy praise amongst Thy creatures and glorify Thee amidst Thy servants. O Lord! Suffer him not to be debarred from the river of Thy mercy. Give him to drink, at all times, from the living waters of immortality through the hands of Thy grace, that the sweet-scented breezes of Thy loving-kindness and the fragrances of Thy bestowals may take hold of him in all his days. Verily Thou art the Powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is no God but Thee, the Mighty, the Generous.

=== END BH08847 ===

=== START BH08848 ===

CXXXI

Praise be unto Thee, O my God! Thou seest how He Who is Thy Light hath been shut up in the fortress-town of ’Akka, and been sore oppressed by reason of what the hands of the wicked doers have wrought, whose corrupt desires have kept them back from turning towards Thee, O Thou Who art the King of all names!

I swear by Thy glory! Tribulations, however woeful, can never hinder me from remembering Thee or from celebrating Thy praise. Every vexation borne for love of Thee is a token of Thy mercy unto Thy creatures, and every ordeal suffered in Thy path is but a gift from Thee bestowed on Thy chosen ones. I testify that my countenance, which shineth above the Day-Spring of eternity, hath been irradiated by adversity, and my body hath been adorned by it before all who are in heaven and all who are on earth.

I pray Thee, by Thy Most Great Name, to aid all them that have believed on Thee and on Thy signs to be steadfast in Thy love and to set themselves towards the Dawning-Place of the Day-Star of Thy loving-kindness. Inspire them, then, O my God, with what will unloose their tongue to praise Thee, and will draw them nigh unto Thee in the life that now is and the life that is to come.

Thou truly art the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the Beneficent.

=== END BH08848 ===

=== START BH08849 ===

CXXIX

Praised be Thou, O my God! Thou seest how Thy righteous servants have fallen into the hands of the wicked doers, who have disbelieved in Thy name, the Unconstrained, and denied Thy majesty, and Thine unrestrained authority, and Thy strength, and Thy sovereign might. Their mouths utter what the mouths of the Jews uttered aforetime.

Put forth, therefore, out of the bosom of Thy glory, O my Lord, the hand of Thine omnipotence, and through it assist Thou Thy loved ones who, though sore-tried in Thy path with such trials as have caused the inmates of the kingdom of Thy Cause to groan, were not deterred from turning towards the horizon of Thy Revelation.

Set, then, the seal of Thine unerring protection on their hearts, O my Lord, lest perchance the remembrance of aught else except Thee enter therein. Make them able, moreover, to proclaim Thy name amidst Thy creatures, and supply them with the best of what Thou hast destined for such of Thy chosen ones as enjoy near access to Thee.

Potent art Thou to do Thy pleasure. Thou truly art the All-Glorious, to whom all cry for help.

=== END BH08849 ===

=== START BH08850 ===

XIV

All praise be to Thee, O my God! Thou beholdest my helplessness and poverty, and bearest witness unto my woes and trials. How long wilt Thou abandon me among Thy servants? Suffer me to ascend into Thy presence. The power of Thy might beareth me witness! Such are the tribulations with which I am encompassed that I am powerless to recount them before Thy face. Thou, alone, verily, hast through Thy knowledge reckoned them.

I beseech Thee, O Thou Who art my Companion in my lowliness, to rain down upon Thy loved ones from the clouds of Thy mercy that which will cause them to be satisfied with Thy pleasure, and will enable them to turn unto Thee and to be detached from all else except Thee. Ordain, then, for them every good conceived by Thee and predestined in Thy Book. Thou art, verily, the All-Powerful, He Whom nothing whatsoever can frustrate. From everlasting Thou hast been clothed with transcendent greatness and power, with unspeakable majesty and glory. There is no God beside Thee, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the Ever-Forgiving.

Glorified be Thy name, Thou in Whose hand are the kingdoms of earth and heaven.

=== END BH08850 ===

=== START BH08851 ===

O Mother, Mother of the Most Holy, Most Great, Most Glorious Emigrant! Glory be to Thee, O my God! The lamp hath been surrounded by the winds of hatred and animosity - where is the glass of Thy protection, O Protector of the worlds? And Thou seest the Dove in the talons of the workers of iniquity - where are the manifestations of Thy power, O Thou Who art powerful over the worlds? Thou seest the Wronged One amidst the hosts of tyranny and hypocrisy - where are the evidences of Thy might, O Thou Subduer of the worlds? I beseech Thee, O Thou in Whose hand is the dominion of all things, to assist Thy loved ones and deliver them from the hands of the oppressors among Thy creatures and the wicked ones among Thy people. Then protect this lamp from the breath of those who are moved by their evil desires to arise to extinguish Thy light and mislead Thy creation. O Lord! Seize them through Thy power, then suffice against their evil through Thy sovereignty. Verily Thou art He Whose power encompasseth all and Whose sovereignty is manifest, and Thou art powerful over all things.

=== END BH08851 ===

=== START BH08852 ===

XCIII

Glory to Thee, O my God! One of Thy handmaidens, who hath believed in Thee and in Thy signs, hath entered beneath the shadow of the tree of Thy oneness. Give her to quaff, O my God, by Thy Name, the Manifest and the Hidden, of Thy choice sealed Wine that it may take her away from her own self, and make her to be entirely devoted to Thy remembrance, and wholly detached from any one beside Thee.

Now that Thou hast revealed unto her the knowledge of Thee, O my Lord, deny her not, by Thy bounty, Thy grace; and now that Thou hast called her unto Thyself, drive her not away from Thee, through Thy favor. Supply her, then, with that which excelleth all that can be found on Thine earth. Thou art, verily, the Most Bountiful, Whose grace is immense.

Wert Thou to bestow on one of Thy creatures what would equal the kingdoms of earth and heaven, it would still not diminish by even as much as an atom the immensity of Thy dominion. Far greater art Thou than the Great One men are wont to call Thee, for such a title is but one of Thy names all of which were created by a mere indication of Thy will.

There is no God but Thee, the God of power, the God of glory, the God of knowledge and wisdom.

=== END BH08852 ===

=== START BH08853 ===

CXIII

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou hast, in Thine all highest Paradise, assigned unto Thy servants such stations that if any one of them were to be unveiled to men’s eyes all who are in heaven and all who are on earth would be dumbfounded. By Thy might! Were kings to witness so great a glory they would, assuredly, rid themselves of their dominions and cleave to such of their subjects as have entered beneath the shadow of Thine immeasurable mercy and sought the shelter of Thine all-glorious name.

I implore Thee, O thou Who art the Beloved of the worlds and the Desire of all that have recognized Thee, by Thy name, through which Thou stirrest up whom Thou willest and drawest toward Thee whom Thou pleasest, to open the eyes of all that are dear to Thee, that haply they may not be veiled from Thee as the peoples of the earth are, but may outwardly perceive the signs and tokens of Thy power, and inwardly apprehend the things Thou didst ordain for them in the realms of Thy glory.

Potent art Thou to do Thy pleasure. Thou art the one alone Beloved in both this world and in the next. No God is there but Thee, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious.

=== END BH08853 ===

=== START BH08854 ===

He is God, exalted be His station of grandeur and power!

Glorified art Thou, O my God and the God of all names, and the Speaker in the kingdom of creation! I beseech Thee by the Dawning-Places of Thy Revelation, and the Daysprings of Thy Command, and the Manifestations of Thy Self, to aid Thy loved ones in that which Thou lovest and art pleased with. O Lord! Withhold them not from the Salsabil of Thy utterance nor from the Kawthar of Thy praise. Draw them nigh unto the shore of the ocean of Thy mercy, then send down upon them through Thy bounty that which will strengthen them to act according to what Thou hast revealed in Thy Book. O Lord! Thou seest him who hath turned toward Thee - make him then to arise to serve Thy Cause, to speak Thy praise, and to open the hearts of Thy servants through Thy Name. Then forgive him through Thy grace and generosity. Verily Thou art the Forgiver of sins and the Merciful unto both kings and servants. There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the Beloved.

=== END BH08854 ===

=== START BH08855 ===

XLII

Lauded be Thy name, O my God and the God of all things, my Glory and the Glory of all things, my Desire and the Desire of all things, my Strength and the Strength of all things, my King and the King of all things, my Possessor and the Possessor of all things, my Aim and the Aim of all things, my Mover and the Mover of all things! Suffer me not, I implore Thee, to be kept back from the ocean of Thy tender mercies, nor to be far removed from the shores of nearness to Thee.

Aught else except Thee, O my Lord, profiteth me not, and near access to any one save Thyself availeth me nothing. I entreat Thee by the plenteousness of Thy riches, whereby Thou didst dispense with all else except Thyself, to number me with such as have set their faces towards Thee, and arisen to serve Thee.

Forgive, then, O my Lord, Thy servants and Thy handmaidens. Thou, truly, art the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Compassionate.

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=== START BH08856 ===

He is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed!

Glorified art Thou, O my God and my Lord and my Support and my Beloved and my Heart’s Desire and the Object of the desire of them that are nigh unto Thee! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name, and by Thy irrevocable Command, and Thy straight Path, and Thy perspicuous Book, and by the lights of Thy countenance and the breezes of Thy Revelation and the mysteries of Thy knowledge, that Thou ordain for Thy servant every good and every bounty and every mercy which Thou hast sent down in the tablets of Thy glory for them that are nigh unto Thy creation. Verily Thou art the Almighty, the All-Wise. O Lord! Open before my face the doors of Thy grace and bounty. I testify that in Thy grasp is the key to every mighty door. There is no God but Thee, the All-Knowing, and Thou art the All-Wise, and Thou art the All-Commanding, the All-Informed. May the glory shining from the horizon of the heaven of God’s Kingdom be upon thee and upon every truthful, faithful one.

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=== START BH08857 ===

In His Name, the One Who rules over all things!

Glorified art Thou, O my God, Beloved of my heart, Ultimate Goal of my desire and End of my hope! Thou hearest the sighing of those who long for Thee and beholdest the agitation in the hearts of the sincere ones in their separation and remoteness from Thee. I beseech Thee, O Quickener of bodies and Subduer of all possibility, by Thy Most Great Name through which earthquakes have seized all the tribes, to give Thy loved ones and their children to drink from the wine of nearness to Thee and the choice wine of reunion with Thee. Then ordain for them that which will cause them to speak Thy praise, to arise in Thy service, and to turn in all conditions toward Thy luminous countenance shining between the heavens and the earths. O Lord! Aid Thy loved ones who dwell in the land of exile yearning for the breezes of union with Thee and the fragrances of nearness to Thee. Then illumine the eyes of their kindred by beholding the horizon of Thy favors. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Exalted, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH08857 ===

=== START BH08858 ===

The All-Glorious, The Most Holy

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Aid Thy servants to turn towards the Dawning-Place of Thy revelation and inspiration, and Thy handmaidens to the horizon of Thy Cause and the dayspring of Thy guidance. O my God! Thou knowest that my call hath not been raised except for the triumph of Thy Cause and the salvation of Thy creatures. Draw them through it, O my Beloved, to the heaven of Thy bounty and the atmosphere of Thy mercy and the direction of Thy loving-kindness. O Lord! They are asleep and know nothing. I beseech Thee by the Bearer of Thy Cause to make them among those who have detached themselves from all else but Thee and hastened to the fountain of Thy recognition. Then adorn, O my God, their tongues with Thy remembrance and praise, their hearts with Thy love and steadfastness in Thy Cause, and their breasts with the lights of Thy knowledge. Verily Thou art the One Who ruleth as He pleaseth and Who hath power over whatsoever He willeth. There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08858 ===

=== START BH08859 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

Glorified art Thou, O Lord of all beings and God of all things that exist! I testify with my outward and inward tongue to Thy manifestation and Thy revelation, to the sending down of Thy verses and the demonstration of Thy clear signs, and to Thy independence from all else and Thy sanctification above all others. I beseech Thee by the might of Thy Cause and the power of Thy Word to aid him who desires to carry out that which Thou hast commanded him in Thy Book and to perform that which will diffuse the fragrance of Thy good pleasure. Verily, Thou art the Mighty, the All-Bountiful, the Forgiving, the Generous.

He is the Helper

The letter of the beloved of the heart, AB, upon him be the glory and loving-kindness of God, containing six English pounds, has been received by this servant through his honor the beloved of the heart who bears the two Most Exalted Names, MH, upon him be the Most Glorious Glory of God, in the year 1308.

=== END BH08859 ===

=== START BH08860 ===

He is the Comforter, the Consoler, the Forgiving, the Compassionate.

Glory be unto Thee, O Lord of all being and Ruler of the seen and the unseen! I implore Thee by the tongue from which the springs of wisdom have gushed forth in the world of creation, and by the heart which Thou hast made the repository of Thy knowledge and Thy mysteries, and the treasury of Thy wisdom and Thy verses, to send down, at all times, upon him who hath ascended unto Thee the rain of Thy mercy and the showers of Thy providence. Thou art the One to Whose bounty every tongue hath testified, and to Whose grace every eloquent speaker hath born witness. Thou doest as Thou pleasest and ordainest what Thou desirest. Thou, verily, art the Almighty, the All-Praised.

Furthermore, We entreat Thee, O God of the world, to destine for those who are related to him that which shall draw them nigh unto Thee under all conditions. Thou, verily, art the All-Sufficing, the Most Exalted. No God is there save Thee, the All-Glorious, the Most Bountiful.

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=== START BH08861 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Glorious!

Glorified art Thou, O Sender of the winds and Cleaver of the dawn! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, the All-Compelling, that Thou open before our faces the doors of Thy mercy and make us to be of those who have acknowledged Thy singleness and confessed Thy oneness and stood firm in such wise that neither the signs of the polytheists among Thy creatures nor the veils of the heedless among Thy people could deter them. They have arisen with Thy steadfastness to promote Thy Cause and have summoned the servants to the horizon of Thy bounties and the dawning-place of Thy favors. O Lord! We have turned toward Thee and have drawn nigh unto the ocean of Thy bestowals. I beseech Thee that Thou withhold not from us that which is with Thee and ordain for us what Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen servants who have laid down their lives in Thy path, O Thou Who art the Lord of all names! Verily Thou art the Powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH08861 ===

=== START BH08862 ===

He is the Mighty, the All-Praised

Glorified art Thou, O Thou through Whose Name the heaven hath been adorned with the stars of wisdom and utterance, and the earth was established when the Throne was set upon it through Thy Name, the All-Merciful! I beseech Thee to write down for me that which will exalt me among Thy creation and render me mighty among Thy servants. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. The knowledge of all things escapeth not Thy knowledge. Thou art, verily, the Mighty, the All-Wise. O my Lord! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name, through which every rock and clod and leaf hath spoken forth Thy praise and glorification, to protect me from the evil of those who have disbelieved in Thee and in Thy signs. O Lord! I am he who hath turned unto Thee and hath held fast unto the cord of Thy bounty. Write down, then, for me that which shall profit me in every world of Thy worlds. Thou art, verily, the Mighty, the All-Praised.

=== END BH08862 ===

=== START BH08863 ===

He is God, blessed and exalted is He

All praise be unto the Almighty, the Sanctified-glorified be His power-Who hath ordained that the tyranny of the unjust and the violence of the oppressors should become the means whereby the true lovers draw nigh unto the glorious habitation of the Best-Beloved and the sincere among His servants attain the Paradise of communion with Him Who is the Desire of all men, and that sufferings and tribulations should serve as the instrument whereby His Word of command is spread abroad and the standards of His praise are unfurled in all regions.

How great is His transcendent power, how immensely exalted His all-embracing Will, inasmuch as He produceth light from fire and joy from sorrow.

They that are sunk in heedlessness fondly imagine that massacre and crucifixion cause the fire of the Word of God to be extinguished, and regard martyrdom as a devastating injury. They are utterly oblivious of the truth that through such afflictions the Cause of God is exalted, its fame is blazoned far and wide, and the martyrs themselves are enabled to attain the boundless retreats of nearness unto God. Immeasurably exalted is the Lord of Wisdom Who doeth that which He willeth and ordaineth whatsoever He pleaseth.

=== END BH08863 ===

=== START BH08864 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great! The Lamp of God calleth out between you saying: “Unto Me, unto Me, O My people and My servants! By My life, I have manifested Myself unto you and I am the Mighty, the Bountiful. Follow My command and follow not those who worship their desires and have disbelieved in God, the Lord of all worlds. Verily We have manifested Ourselves for your life, but most of the people are heedless. The tongue of My grandeur calleth unto them and commandeth them with that which profiteth them in My dominion and My kingdom, yet they are in evident doubt. O Pen! Leave their mention, then make mention of him who hath turned unto the countenance of thy Lord and believed in God, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Verily, the glory be upon thee for having heard My sweetest call and turned unto it through My Most Glorious Name, whereby all created things were shaken save whom God, the Single One, the Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise, did will.”

=== END BH08864 ===

=== START BH08865 ===

He is the Living One

The Eternal Sun has shone forth from the Everlasting Dayspring through divine favor, and has perfumed the arena of existence in all the worlds of light with the fragrant breezes of the essences of spirit and the delicate musk-like fragrances of camphor, that every possessor of smell might be delighted thereby while every one with a cold remains deprived. Thus has the matter been ordained from before God, the Mighty, the Powerful. And were all who dwell on earth to gather together to extinguish this exalted and all-encompassing Light, they would be powerless and unable to do so. Therefore must lofty hearts be cleansed and sanctified from all veils, that they might enter the vast and spacious sanctuary of the holy Paradise, that perchance they may receive a portion and be enlightened by the wondrous melodies of the Eternal Dove. This is the counsel of this servant. Whoso wishes, let him act upon it, and whoso wishes, let him turn away therefrom. And greetings be upon you all.

=== END BH08865 ===

=== START BH08866 ===

The Most Pure, the Most Manifest, the Most Glorious! The Sun of Glory was visible from behind the veil of abasement on the horizon of tribulation. We entered the prison and delivered the messages of thy Lord to the East and to the West, despite those who remained veiled behind the veil. Can the clouds of doubt conceal the Sun? No, by thy Lord, the Mighty, the Bestower! Can the signs of those who have disbelieved in the Revealer of verses hide it? No, by My Beauty, which hath appeared from the horizon of grandeur with manifest truth! Say: O people, abandon the mention of your own selves and hold fast unto this Remembrance which hath been raised in the heaven of the Cause. Whoso halteth in this Cause hath not believed in any of the Messengers - thus hath the matter been inscribed in the Tablet. Leave those who disbelieve to their vain imaginings, then stand firm in this Cause whereby the sun of revelation hath shone forth from a horizon illumined with the lights of the countenance.

=== END BH08866 ===

=== START BH08867 ===

He is the Most Ancient, the Most Great. The Self-Subsisting hath testified concerning this Wronged One that there is no God but Him, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. He hath opened the gate of heaven, and this is that Gate which hath been opened through the Most Great Name unto all who are in the kingdom of earth and heaven. Blessed is he who hath turned unto it and stood before its court, and woe betide every denier and doubter. All things have borne witness unto the Lord of Names, yet the people understand not. The Most Great Vision hath appeared, yet the people have turned away from it. We have turned unto thee from this most sublime station. Verily thy Lord is the Mighty, the Loving. How many a servant hath believed, and how many a servant hath turned away - and he who hath turned away is assuredly among the denizens of the graves. Hold fast in all conditions to the cord of thy Lord’s loving-kindness and place thy trust in Him. He, verily, is the Mighty, the Compassionate.

=== END BH08867 ===

=== START BH08868 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and that He Who speaketh is verily the Dayspring of His Cause, in both the past and the future, and He, verily, is the Truth, the Knower of the unseen. May God willing, mayest thou be enabled to inhale the fragrances of the Days of God and be adorned with the ornament of the most great steadfastness. Steadfastness hath ever been regarded as one of the most exalted matters in the sight of God, for it hath been observed that certain souls, after claiming to have faith and ascending to the heaven of recognition, were debarred from the Eternal God by the croaking of a crow, and turned away from the Truth. After recognition of the Truth, seek thou steadfastness, for there hath been and is no station more exalted than this. And God speaketh the truth and guideth to the Way.

=== END BH08868 ===

=== START BH08869 ===

He is the Ever-Abiding, the All-Sufficing

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His are the most excellent names and the most exalted similitudes. He hath revealed Himself unto all created things through His Name, the One that overshadoweth all who are in earth and heaven. Thereupon, he who was drawn by the sweet savors of divine revelation turned towards Him, while every heedless doubter turned away. How many were the servants who lamented in separation, yet when the Covenant came and the hour of reunion drew nigh, they debarred themselves from attaining His presence and wandered in the wilderness of error. Do they behold the ocean and deny it, or are they blind? Say: For everything there is a sign in the Book. Among them are those who saw and denied, and those who were raised up blind on the Day of Resurrection. He, verily, is possessed of true vision who hath attained unto the lights of the countenance in his final return. Thus have We sent down the command and dispatched it unto thee with spirit and sweet fragrance.

=== END BH08869 ===

=== START BH08870 ===

O Muhammad Isma’il! He is the One Who has power over all who are in the heavens and on earth. God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath come with the truth is indeed the Hidden Mystery and the Treasured Secret. Whoso turneth unto Him hath turned unto God from time immemorial, and whoso turneth away is accounted among the idolaters in the perspicuous Book. Most strange it is that some, on the Day of Return, pass by the life-giving Kawthar and set their faces toward the mirage. They have lost indeed who denied the signs of God and clung to the cords of fancy and vain imaginings. Say: O people of the earth! The Sun of certitude hath risen, and the Ocean of knowledge surgeth, and the heaven of grace is uplifted. Cast away what ye possess, then turn toward the Most Sublime Horizon - the Station wherein the Lord of Names proclaimeth: “There is none other God but Me, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.”

=== END BH08870 ===

=== START BH08871 ===

O Fadl’u’llah! He is the One dawning from this luminous horizon. God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and He Who is established upon the throne is verily the Dawning Place of verses and the Rising Point of clear proofs. Through Him was confirmed what was recorded in the books of old and what God, the Lord of the worlds, had promised in His scriptures was made manifest. O concourse of creation! Hearken unto that which the Truth doth speak and follow not every remote barker. The gate of grace hath been opened and the sovereign of justice speaketh the truth and summoneth the people unto God, the One, the All-Informed. We have indeed set up the balance and made manifest the path, but the people have turned away, having followed every ignorant doubter. Thus hath the morn of utterance breathed when the tongue of the All-Merciful spoke forth from this exalted station.

=== END BH08871 ===

=== START BH08872 ===

He is the Mighty, the Great

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and that He Who hath appeared is verily the Manifestation of His knowledge, the Dawning-Place of His utterance and the Dayspring of His proof. Whoso denieth Him hath denied the Messengers of God in the past, disputed His signs, and disbelieved in His proof. And whoso turneth unto Him is accounted among the successful ones in the Perspicuous Book. Blessed is he who, being far, hath drawn nigh, and the poor one who hath turned toward the ocean of wealth in the days of his Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Take hold of the hem of grace and say: O my God and the God of the Kingdom and the Sovereign of the Realm of Might! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which the realm of divinity soared and the world of humanity was adorned, to ordain for me through the Pen of Thy bounty that which will protect me from the evil of Thine enemies. O Lord! Thou art the Powerful and I am the weak. I testify that Thou art the Prevailing, the Mighty, the Powerful, the Praised One.

=== END BH08872 ===

=== START BH08873 ===

He is the Ever-Abiding after the passing away of all things. God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath appeared is verily the One promised in My hidden Book and in what the people possess of My Scrolls and Psalms and My blessed, holy Books which We have sent down unto the Prophets and Messengers. Whoso hath attained unto Him hath attained unto all Books, for He is the Supreme Scroll for all who are in creation, and My Most Great Book amongst the nations, and My Preserved Tablet in My all-compelling knowledge of what was and what shall be. And verily He is the Ocean of Utterance for all who dwell in the realm of possibility - whoso hath drunk therefrom hath indeed attained unto the Living Waters, and whoso hath turned away is of them who are debarred from this Spirit which at every moment bestoweth the signs of God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH08873 ===

=== START BH08874 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great. God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and that He Who speaketh this day is indeed the Hidden Treasure through Whose remembrance the Books of God have been adorned throughout all ages and centuries. He was concealed within God’s knowledge and treasured up from time immemorial, and when the appointed hour arrived He appeared through the power of Truth, and toward Him have turned the sincere ones from every direction. Say: The Trump is His Call, the Straight Path His Cause, the Book His utterance, and the Balance that which hath appeared through His all-pervading grace. How many a servant hath turned and attained the Supreme Horizon, and how many a servant hath lost by following every remote learned one. Thus hath crowed the Cock and cooed the Dove of the Cause upon a lofty branch.

=== END BH08874 ===

=== START BH08875 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him and that He Who speaketh is the Most Great Sign among all created things and the Manifestation of God unto all who are in the heavens and on earth. Whoso hath attained unto His days hath attained unto the knowledge of Him Who is the Dawning-Place of His Cause, Who proclaimeth throughout the world that there is none other God but Him, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. Praise be to God that thou hast attained unto the recognition of the True One and hast been blessed with His eternal bounty which, in its primary degree, is His love. I swear by the Sun of Revelation which shineth from the horizon of Sinai that even if thou shouldst offer thanks throughout the duration of the kingdom of earth and heaven, thou couldst not adequately express thy gratitude for this supreme grace. Know thou the value of this bounty and occupy thyself with the praise and glorification of God. Blessed art thou for having turned unto the Desired One and attained unto this mighty outpouring.

=== END BH08875 ===

=== START BH08876 ===

O son of Jinab-i-Dhabih, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the All-Knowing Speaker. God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and He Who speaketh is verily the Hidden Mystery and the Treasured Secret. He doeth what He willeth and ordaineth what He pleaseth. He is the Single One, the Mighty, the Praised One. Rejoice thou in My remembrance of thee and say: “Praise be unto Thee, O Thou Who hast remembered me from the Luminous Spot and the White Land - the place which was recorded by Thy Most Exalted Pen in Thy Books and Thy Scriptures and Thy Tablets. O my Lord! I beseech Thee by Thy greatness and Thy power and Thy sovereignty to make me firm, steadfast and upright in Thy love. Verily Thou art He Whom the conditions of creation cannot frustrate, nor can the intimations of those who have turned away from this Great Announcement. Praise be unto Thee, O God of the worlds!”

=== END BH08876 ===

=== START BH08877 ===

He is the One Who dominates the Names, by His Most Glorious Name!

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who speaketh is the Hidden Treasure and the Guarded Secret. He hath come with the truth from the heaven of revelation for the life of the world. Blessed are the peoples who have cast away their vain imaginings and taken what they were bidden by God, the Lord of what was and what shall be. This is a day wherein the Divine Lote-Tree hath spoken and the Nightingale of Eternity warbleth before the face of the Lord of Names: Verily there is none other God but Him, the Omnipotent, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Blessed is he who hath acknowledged that which the Tongue of Grandeur hath acknowledged in the Most Great Prison and hath drunk from this Ocean, each drop of which proclaimeth what the Bush proclaimed unto Moses: Verily there is none other God but Me, the Mighty, the Beloved.

=== END BH08877 ===

=== START BH08878 ===

Jinab-i-Hasan-Aqa, upon him be 9 66 [Baha’u’llah]

He is the Compassionate, the All-Bountiful!

God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and He is the One Who uttereth in every condition “There is none other God but Me, the Mighty, the Glorious, the All-Bestowing!”

Thy mention hath been made in the presence of the Wronged One, and We have remembered thee in this Tablet, each letter of which is as a river of living waters flowing for them that thirst after truth and traverse the wilderness of inner meanings. May the fire of the remembrance of the Wronged One, God willing, add to the warmth of thy love and ignite thee in such wise that it shall never be extinguished or grow cold. We beseech God, exalted be His glory, to aid thee to arise to that which beseemeth this most exalted, most holy Day. Glory be upon thee and upon My handmaiden and upon every servant and handmaiden who hath believed in the One, the All-Informed.

=== END BH08878 ===

=== START BH08879 ===

Muhammad, uncle of him who hath emigrated unto God, He is the Most Holy, the Most Great. God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. He giveth life and causeth to die, then causeth to die and giveth life. He, verily, is the Ruler over whatsoever He pleaseth. There is none other God but Him, the Almighty, the All-Knowing. Verily, he who hath been born again through the breezes of the revelation of the Lord of all beings, he is among the people of guidance in a preserved tablet. He who hath recognized the bounty of this Day, by God, will arise with his eyes fixed upon the Cause of God, the Lord of all worlds, and will stand firm in the Cause in such wise that neither the might of the world nor the allusions of the deluded ones shall deter him. They who have laid claim to knowledge have lost, except they repent and return unto the Forgiving, the Generous. When thou hast attained unto this manifest Book, read it, then give thanks unto thy Lord, the Forgiving, the Merciful.

=== END BH08879 ===

=== START BH08880 ===

O Muhammad, brother of Muhajir! The Most Holy, the Most Exalted, the Most Great! God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. He giveth life and causeth death, then causeth death and giveth life. Verily He is the Ever-Living Who dieth not. Within His grasp is the dominion of creation and command. He, verily, is the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. Verily he who hath attained unto the lights of the Countenance is among those who have attained the presence of God upon His throne - to this do honored servants bear witness. How many a servant awaited the days of God and His appearance, yet when He appeared, denied God, the Mighty, the Loving. O loved ones of the All-Merciful! Arise amidst the peoples of the world and make mention of your Lord, the Mighty, the Beloved. Beware lest the oppression of them that oppress prevent you. Soon will God cause them and what they possess to perish. Verily He is the Truth, the Knower of things unseen. Know ye the value of these days, then make mention of your Lord, the Lord of all mankind, with such remembrance as will cause hearts to soar.

=== END BH08880 ===

=== START BH08882 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great

The Beloved beareth witness that there is none other God but Me, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting. And He beareth witness unto him who hath attained unto steadfastness that he is of the people of God in this wondrous Revelation. How many a servant did We counsel to be steadfast, yet when he heard a word from him who disbelieved, he turned away and drew back on his heels as though he had never known the Countenance nor heard the counsel of God, the Lord of all worlds. The very stones and clods of earth and My Most Great Scene bear witness that he is of the people of the Fire in the Book of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Say: O heedless one! In what cause didst thou believe, and by what token didst thou turn away from Him by Whom all faces were directed towards the Mighty, the Wise? We beheld thy coming forward and heard thy call, wherefore did We answer thee and make mention of thee through My grace, for I am verily the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous.

=== END BH08882 ===

=== START BH08883 ===

In His Name, Sakinih, upon her be the Glory of God! He is the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting!

My Most Exalted Pen beareth witness that verily I am the Wronged One. There is none other God but Him, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. Blessed is he who hath attained unto My call and responded to that which My Pen hath uttered and acted according to what hath been sent down in My wondrous Book. I bear witness unto him who hath turned towards My countenance that he hath turned towards God, the Lord of all worlds. Blessed is the handmaiden who hath heard and attained. Verily she is among the denizens of Paradise in the presence of God, the Mighty, the All-Wise.

Say: Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having enabled me to serve Thy Cause and given me to drink of the Kawthar of Thy bounty. I beseech Thee by the rustling of the Divine Lote-Tree and the mysteries of Thy Book, O Lord of all names, to make this handmaiden of Thine steadfast in Thy Cause. Verily Thou art powerful over all things. The Glory be upon thee and upon every handmaiden who hath believed in the All-Knowing, the One.

=== END BH08883 ===

=== START BH08884 ===

O Jinab-i-Aqa Siyyid Sadiq!

He is the Most Holy, the Most Glorious!

Every created thing hath testified to the revelation of God and His sovereignty, yet the people understand not. The tongue hath borne witness to its Lord, the All-Merciful, and the heart to the Sovereign of all possibility, yet the people perceive not. They deny God, then hasten to their mosques. They slay the children of the Messenger, then declare “We believe in God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting.” The Most Great Name hath appeared, Who was promised in the Books of God, the Lord of what was and what shall be. The Wolf hath denied God in that he pronounced judgment against the Wronged One without proof or manifest Book. O thou who art mentioned before the Throne! We make mention of thee as a bounty from Us, that thou mayest give thanks unto thy Lord, the Mighty, the Loving. Hold thou fast to the hem of steadfastness and faithfulness in the Cause of thy Lord, the Possessor of all being.

=== END BH08884 ===

=== START BH08885 ===

In My Name, the Most Great, the Most Ancient! All things bear witness to the revelation of God and His sovereignty, yet the people deny and know not. The dwellers of the kingdom of earth and heaven have been seized with rapture, yet mankind turns away and perceives not. All created things have spoken forth for the Most Great Remembrance, yet the nations object and understand not. Verily, those who have not recognized this Revelation have indeed denied God’s proof and evidence in every age and dispensation - to this testifies He with Whom is the knowledge of all things in a preserved tablet. Most people are worshippers of idle fancies, and thy Lord beareth witness to what I say. It behooveth thee to rejoice within thyself for having been mentioned in the prison by the Pen of the Wronged One, Who hath given glad tidings to the servants from God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. Glory be upon the people of Baha who have achieved the most great steadfastness on the promised Day.

=== END BH08885 ===

=== START BH08886 ===

O Nabil-i-Qabl Baqir, upon him be the Glory of God! He is, verily, He! There is no God but Him! The glance of loving-kindness hath been directed towards thee from the Most Great Prison, and mentioneth thee, that perchance the attraction of divine verses may so seize thee that neither the happenings of the world nor the clamor of the nations may hold thee back from the Ancient King. Should you praise the Truth with all the tongues of the peoples of the world, it would not equal a single letter of this most mighty, most holy Tablet. Blessed art thou and thy father! Ye have attained to that which most of mankind hath failed to attain. The splendor shining from the horizon of eternity be upon thee and upon thy father and upon those who are with you, and upon those who have been intoxicated with the wine of My recognition and have been steadfast in this mighty Cause.

=== END BH08886 ===

=== START BH08887 ===

In the Name of God, the Lord of Names!

Well is it with thee for having cast away the Ocean of Names, turning instead to the Most Great Sea, each wave of which appeareth in the form of “There is none other God but Me, the Mighty, the All-Wise.” Give thanks unto God for having aided thee to turn unto Him and for having delivered thee through His sovereignty. He, verily, is the All-Knowing, the All-Powerful. Take thou the chalices of salvation in the name of Him Who causeth the dawn to break, then drink therefrom in My Name, the Mighty, the Luminous. Say: All praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having guided me unto the path of righteousness and for having caused me to turn toward Thee and to turn away from those who have denied Thy Self and rejected Thy proof. O Lord! Make me steadfast in Thy love and vocal in Thy remembrance, and ordain for me that which lieth concealed in the heaven of Thy bounty and is recorded in the tablets of Thy Command. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08887 ===

=== START BH08888 ===

In the Name of the One Friend! Blessed art thou in whatever world thou art and shalt be! Praise be to God that thou hast attained unto the love and knowledge of the Best-Beloved of the worlds - which is the ultimate purpose of creation - and hast quaffed the pure wine in the days of His manifestation. Physical death shall not prevent those who have turned to Him, whether men or women, from attaining eternal life, for after their ascension to their own kingdom, the spirits of such souls shall find themselves adorned with the most beauteous raiment and in the most exalted station. Whosoever hath held fast unto the truth hath been and shall be with the Truth in all the worlds. The people, however, are veiled: most are deprived of this station and are powerless and incapable of comprehending it. Blessed is the soul that hath attained unto this station and hath been illumined by the lights of the Ancient Countenance.

=== END BH08888 ===

=== START BH08889 ===

O handmaiden of God, O spiritual one, upon thee be the Most Holy, Most Glorious Beauty of God! Blessed art thou, O my handmaiden, for thou hast spoken My mention, found solace in My praise, turned toward the Dawning-Place of My Cause and the Dayspring of My Beauty, recognized My Manifestation, heard My call, and sought the stronghold of My protection and the pavilion of My cherished and impregnable love. Verily thy Lord heareth thy call and seeth thy condition. He, verily, is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Give thanks unto thy Lord for having turned toward thee the gaze of His loving-kindness. This, verily, is a great bounty. Grieve not over anything. Place thy trust in God under all conditions. He, verily, is the Mighty, the Near One. Thou art in the precincts of My mercy. God hath preferred thee above most of His creation. He, verily, hath power over all things. Blessed is she who, wearing a veil, hath believed. Woe unto him who, wearing a turban, hath turned away and opposed God, the Mighty, the Peerless One.

=== END BH08889 ===

=== START BH08890 ===

O Leaf who hast attained and won! He is God, exalted be His glory! Greatness and power! Blessed art thou, O Leaf, in that thou hast sought out the Divine Lote-Tree and won to its presence and dwelt in its vicinity and beneath its shade and heard its rustling. We beseech God, blessed and exalted be He, to aid thee and ordain for thee the good of both this world and the next. Verily He is the Protector of all names, and He is the Single, the One, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

O my Lord! I beseech Thee by Thy power which hath subdued all created things, and by Thy mercy which hath preceded all contingent beings, to assist Thy leaves and handmaidens to remember and praise Thee. I testify, O my God, to Thy oneness and Thy singleness, and to Thy Books and Scriptures and Tablets. I beseech Thee not to disappoint me of the wonders of Thy grace. Verily Thou art the Almighty, the Powerful, and worthy to answer prayer.

=== END BH08890 ===

=== START BH08891 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Holy!

Blessed is he who hath drunk from the Salsabil of immortality proffered by the hand of his Lord, the Most High, and stood firm in his love for his Lord in such wise that neither tribulations could hinder him from turning towards the All-Glorious Horizon nor destiny’s decree could veil him from beholding the Lord of Names. The world hath passed and shall pass away. Woe unto him who hath turned away from this Ocean through which the life of all worlds was sustained. Blessed is he who hath turned towards it and drunk therefrom and whom the might of the oppressors hath not deterred. Thou, verily, grieve not over anything. Purify thyself from whatsoever hindereth thee from remembering Me. Will anything on earth profit anyone when death overtaketh him? Nay, by the Lord of all worlds! Blessed is he unto whom death is the ultimate annihilation and the beginning of his immortality through God, the Almighty, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH08891 ===

=== START BH08892 ===

O Darvish Hashim, upon him be the Glory of God! In the Name of God, the Strong, the Triumphant, the Mighty! The world is illumined and radiant through the effulgences of the Sun of Revelation, yet its people remain heedless and veiled, save for a number of the Letters of the Face of God, the Guardian, the Self-Subsisting. Thy mention hath been mentioned, and from the Most Exalted Pen this Most Glorious Tablet hath been revealed. God willing, thou shalt inhale its fragrance and receive a full portion from the utterance of the All-Merciful. Most of the people of the world did not attain to answering God, exalted be His glory. All heard the call, but with contaminated ears; for had they hearkened with attentive ears, they would surely have been enabled to turn and draw near. Give praise unto the Goal of all the worlds, Who aided thee to recognize a Cause from which the world remaineth veiled and heedless. Glory be upon thee and upon whosoever hath turned unto God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH08892 ===

=== START BH08893 ===

The world has changed. The mountain moves along its path. The Sun speaks. The vibration of the Manifestation has set Mount Sinai in motion. Glory be to God! It seems as if the Resurrection has come and the Hour is manifest. The one who leads astray has become the guide. Say: What have you to do with these errors? God have mercy on one who knows his station and rank at the time when Names were bestowed upon the world. You did not exist then. Fear the Lord, the Mighty, the Powerful. Speak according to your measure. And if We will, We take from the dust and manifest from it names after names until the names and their kingdoms end. Indeed when you are thunderstruck by this compelling Word, it matters not, for according to the blessed word revealed from the Dawning-Place of the Primal Point - upon Him be the glory of God, the Lord of all beings - even those who stood at Sinai are thunderstruck, let alone those below them, as is clear and evident.

=== END BH08893 ===

=== START BH08894 ===

O Muhammad Husayn, upon him be the glory of God, known as Karbila’i Haji - He is the Most Holy, the Most Great - The world hath been enveloped by the smoke of tyranny, and the fire of malicious souls hath been kindled. God willing, the hand of power shall extinguish it and return it to nothingness. Verily, He hath power over all things. O friends! The time hath come for all to turn with pure, humble hearts, sanctified breasts and lowly eyes unto God, exalted be His glory. He is the Helper and the Succourer. Verily, He is the Almighty, the All-Powerful. Thy letter was received and attained unto hearing, and the answer hath been revealed. It behooveth thee to thank God for this mighty favor and to say: “Praise be unto Thee, O God of all worlds!” The glory shining forth from the horizon of My loving-kindness be upon the friends of God and His chosen ones, whom neither the tyranny of the Pharaohs nor the oppression of the deniers of the Day of Judgment did frighten.

=== END BH08894 ===

=== START BH08895 ===

He is the Helper, the All-Bountiful

In His Name, Who loveth beneficence and commandeth it!

It is hereby submitted that in these days the honored Haji Ali of Qarabagh, who was firm in his faith and a believer in God, hath ascended to the Supreme Companion, and his wife and children have, to all outward appearances, been left in that land without sustenance. Should any soul be able and willing to render assistance, this would be acceptable and beloved in the sight of God, and would be rewarded. I beseech Him, exalted be He, to aid those who believe to perform this beneficent deed to which the Purpose of the world hath testified, and to ordain for it the good of every world among His worlds, and to rain down upon it from the clouds of generosity that which shall render it independent of all peoples. Verily, He is the Powerful over whatsoever He willeth. There is no God but Him, the Giver, the Forgiving, the Merciful.

=== END BH08895 ===

=== START BH08896 ===

O Muhammad-Hasan Basmi, the wise teacher! Your petition was received, at the beginning of which were written these words: “I am perplexed about my worldly and spiritual affairs.” The Supreme Pen declares: The matter of the spiritual life has been and ever shall be to turn to God, glorified be His majesty, to know Him and to remain steadfast in His Cause. Whosoever attains to that which was mentioned shall be recorded among the people of certitude in the Manifest Book. Perplexity, doubt and the like have no place in this station. As for worldly affairs, from the heaven of divine will the command to engage in craft and profession has been revealed. Hold fast to what has been revealed, placing thy trust in God, the Lord of all worlds. In this way both the outer and inner, the first and the last, all shall prosper. Verily thy Lord is the True One, the All-Knowing Teacher.

=== END BH08896 ===

=== START BH08897 ===

He is the Speaker, the All-Informed!

Thy petition was received and the response of what the All-Bestowing uttereth in the final goal hath been revealed. Thou didst attain to the mention of God, glorified be His majesty. We beseech Him to deposit His mention as a trust within pure and sanctified hearts and to preserve it through the hosts of the seen and the unseen. He is the Powerful, the Mighty. The Supreme Pen is occupied day and night with the mention of His loved ones. Blessed is the face that hath turned, and the ear that hath heard, and the tongue that hath spoken, and the heart that hath turned unto God, the Lord of all worlds. Rejoice thou in My mention of thee and be of the thankful ones. All the loved ones in that land are remembered and adorned with His grace. We beseech God to preserve them through His sovereignty and give them to drink from the cup of His bounty and to bestow upon them what He hath ordained for His trusted ones. Verily He is the Beneficent, the Generous. There is no God but Him, the Single, the One, the Mighty, the Great.

=== END BH08897 ===

=== START BH08898 ===

In the Name of the One Forgiving God! The pens of earth are powerless to describe divine forgiveness, and the tongues of the peoples of the world have been and will forever be unable to recount His all-encompassing grace. The glances of His favors have been directed toward His loved ones. Be assured of the grace of your Ancient Lord. The names of all were mentioned in the Most Great Scene, and for each one the Sun of Favors has dawned from the horizon of divine providence. All must be thankful for this supreme grace and infinite bounty. The breezes of forgiveness have wafted upon you from the paradise of the mercy of your Lord, the Most Merciful, the Compassionate. However, all must observe the divine ordinances. By My life! They will benefit you and will bring you to a station that cannot be described in words. Glory be upon you and upon those who have believed in God, the Mighty, the Helper.

=== END BH08898 ===

=== START BH08899 ===

In the Name of the Peerless Friend! The clouds of idle fancies have darkened the horizon of guidance, yet these clouds are naught but the vain imaginings of heedless souls. God shall soon disperse them through the truth. He, verily, is the All-Powerful, the Almighty. O friends! May you be, God willing, enkindled with the fire of the utterance of the All-Merciful with such enkindlement that neither the oppression of the divines, nor the clamor of the ignorant, nor the braying of the wicked, nor the croaking of the evil ones shall extinguish it. Praise be to the Ancient Beauty that thou hast attained unto His recognition and art adorned with His remembrance. This is from God’s greatest bounty. Be thou thankful and say: Praise be unto Thee, O God of the worlds! We have enjoined wisdom upon all. They must, God willing, become adorned with divine qualities and summon the heedless servants to the court of oneness through the all-compelling wisdom of the Lord. May the glory rest upon thee and upon those who have believed in God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH08899 ===

=== START BH08900 ===

He is the Mighty One! Hearken unto what is revealed unto thee from this Tree upon this blessed spot from this Divine Fire, that verily there is no God but Him, the Mighty, the All-Knowing. The Light hath appeared in the niche of the name of Ali in truth, and this is Ali made manifest. Say: By God! The Beauty of the Divine Identity was among you and ye were among those who denied Him, until He departed from your midst. Then, alas for you, O heedless ones! Soon shall ye witness the opposition of the deniers to this praised Light, despite His coming with God’s authority and His proof, and God’s evidence and His might, and God’s power and His grandeur, and with knowledge of what was and what shall be. Say: By God! This is the state of His loved ones, did ye but know. And verily thou, hold fast to this concealed and luminous handle.

=== END BH08900 ===

=== START BH08901 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Glorious!

Know thou, O wayfarer unto God, that all things bear witness that thou hast attained unto the presence of God, the Lord of the worlds to come and of those gone before, and hast entered the spot whereof every atom proclaimeth: “There is none other God but Him, the Most Exalted, the Most High.” Hearken thou unto My call, and grieve not because of them that have disbelieved in God on this Day wherein He hath established Himself upon the throne and calleth from the depths of earth: “Say: Glory be to Thee, O my God! Praise be unto Thee for having destined for me the best of all worlds, inasmuch as Thou hast caused me to appear in a place before which bow down in adoration all who are in the heavens and on earth. I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by Thine own Self, to make me steadfast in Thy Cause, firm in Thy service, and to ordain for me that which is best for me. Thou, verily, art the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.”

=== END BH08901 ===

=== START BH08902 ===

In the Name of the All-Knowing, the All-Seeing! The Euphrates of mercy is flowing, the gate of grace is opened, and the pavilion of bounty is raised up. Yet most people are deprived and forbidden from it. How many servants are seen to be bereft of all divine outpourings in the Days of God, and how many handmaidens have turned to the highest horizon and drunk from the waters of everlasting life. Blessed art thou, O My handmaiden, in that thou hast heard My call, turned to My horizon, and responded to that which My tongue hath uttered from My station. Give thanks unto thy Lord, for He hath ordained for thee that which none knoweth save His all-encompassing, all-pervading knowledge. From this station We send Our blessings upon thee and upon every handmaiden who hath turned to God and believed in God, the Single One, the All-Informed.

=== END BH08902 ===

=== START BH08903 ===

O my God! Thou beholdest my dwelling-place in the prison of the enemies, and my seat in the jail of the wicked, whereby I have become far removed from the nearness of Thy loved ones and forbidden from meeting Thy chosen ones. Through this the life of those whose hands are cut off from the hem of Thy robe hath become troubled, and whose bodies are kept distant from drawing nigh unto the lights of Thy beauty. Therefore, O my God! Glory be unto Thee! Since Thou hast prevented them from entering the sanctuary of Thy nearness and presence, cut not off from their hearts the sweet-scented breezes of Thy oneness and the winds of Thy holy bounty. Verily, Thou hast power over all things. He was vigilant in preserving and protecting at all times, and was with his master in utmost truthfulness and sincerity, for therein lies divine good-pleasure. And peace be upon him who followeth guidance.

=== END BH08903 ===

=== START BH08904 ===

The most honoured, esteemed and respected mother. He is God!

Praised be Thou O Lord, My God! This is My mother who hath

acknowledged Thy oneness, confessed Thy unity, attained the honour of

meeting Thy Manifestations in Thy days, reached the station of recognition

and entered the tabernacle of Heaven, for she loved Thyself and

Thy Servant and held fast to the cord of Thy love through the sanctified

Temples of Thy Sovereignty.

I beseech Thee, therefore, O My God, to grant her the honour of

beholding Thy Beauty, and vouchsafe unto her the gift of Thy Presence.

Give her to drink then from the ocean of Thy mercy and the chalice of

Thy forgiveness. Make her to dwell, O My God, in the precincts of Thy

mercy in the Heaven of eternity. Grant her to hear Thy holy melodies that

she may cast the veil from her head in her eagerness to meet Thee and

speed through the domains of Thy nearness and union. Thou art verily

powerful over all that Thou desirest, and Thou art verily the Mighty, the

Most Luminous.

The Servant of God Husayn-’Ali.

=== END BH08904 ===

=== START BH08905 ===

O Abdul-Husayn, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the All-Knowing Speaker. The Day of God hath come, which Moses the Interlocutor foretold, and after Him the Spirit (Christ), and after Him Muhammad the Apostle of God through His words “The Day when mankind shall stand before the Lord of the worlds.” O Abdul-Husayn! Upon thee be My peace and My glory. Should anyone ask thee about the Glory (Baha), say: He is under the claws of hatred. Blessed art thou, for God hath made thee the bearer of tidings of the two Luminaries imprisoned without any proof from God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy. The Glory and the Light shining from the horizon of Revelation be upon thee and upon them and upon every steadfast and firm one, and upon every resolute and trustworthy one. Gladden those bearing the name of Jud through the remembrance of God, exalted be His glory. We beseech God to preserve them and aid them through His sovereignty. Verily He is the Powerful, the Almighty.

=== END BH08905 ===

=== START BH08906 ===

He is the Great, the Mighty!

The fire of separation from thee hath consumed me. Where is the light of reunion with Thee, O Beloved of the world and its Desire! The torment of remoteness from Thee hath destroyed me. Where is the sweetness of nearness to Thee, O Sovereign of earth and heaven, and Lord of land and sea! O my Lord, my servitude hath enabled me to arise to serve Thee, and my love hath caused me to speak forth Thy praise, though I know and am assured that whatsoever hath been uttered by the Supreme Pen befitteth not the heaven of Thy glory, nor is worthy of Thy court - nay, not even of the threshold of Thy door. How much less, then, my mention, which is according to my measure and my poverty! O my Lord, I turn unto Thee and beseech Thee by Thy Self to make me of those who have attained unto that which Thou hast sent down in Thy mighty Book. Verily Thou art the Most Merciful of the merciful ones.

=== END BH08906 ===

=== START BH08907 ===

In His Name, the Eternal, the Everlasting

North and South both vibrate to the call announcing Our Revelation. We can hear the voice of Mecca acclaiming: “All praise be to Thee, O Lord my God, the All-Glorious, for having wafted over me the breath redolent with the fragrance of Thy presence!” And from another direction the cry is raised from the Furthermost Mosque, saying: “All praise be to Thee for having quickened me with the breeze of Thy nearness after I was slain by separation from Thee, O Beloved of earth and heaven!” All things have today borne witness to this Revelation which hath shone forth from the horizon of the Unseen, save those who have clung to their desires, turning away from God, the Revealer of verses. O servant! Illumine thy heart with My remembrance and thy tongue with My praise. Beware lest the veils hinder thee - rend them asunder through My Name. Then remind the servants of this Light through which all lights have been illumined.

=== END BH08907 ===

=== START BH08908 ===

O Ghulam-’Ali, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the Most Holy, the Most Glorious! The fire of tyranny hath been kindled in the world and by it have been consumed the hearts of those who have believed in God, the Single, the All-Informed. Every oppressor hath arisen to extinguish the light of God on earth. How many an ignorant one claimeth knowledge without proof or clear Book, and how many a transgressor claimeth faith in God! Say: Woe unto thee, O heedless and remote one! If thou hast believed in God, why hast thou turned away from Him Who hath come unto thee with that wherewith came the Prophets and Messengers? By God! He hath come with God’s proofs and His evidence, but most of the people are heedless. Blessed art thou for having drunk the choice wine of revelation and turned unto the countenance of Him toward Whom have turned the Concourse on High and they who circle round the Throne at morn and eventide.

=== END BH08908 ===

=== START BH08909 ===

O ’Ali the Most Great! The Book of Dawn hath shone forth from the horizon of the Command and hath illumined all regions. This is the Day whereon all things proclaim: “The Kingdom belongeth unto God, the One, the All-Choosing.” Rend asunder the veils of idle fancy by this white Hand which hath appeared from the Sleeve of grandeur and power. Is there any doubt in His sovereignty? Nay, by the Dawning-Place of the Unseen! Is there any end to His command? Nay, by the Lord of the Day of Mutual Calling! Every stone hath quivered at the breeze of God, yet hearts remain in strange torpor, save those who have attained to that which hath flowed from this Ocean that hath encompassed all creation. They whom the wine of true knowledge hath intoxicated - these are they whom neither veils can hinder nor the might of those who have disbelieved in God, Who causeth the night and the day to succeed each other. Make thou My love thy lamp, My remembrance thy companion, and My good-pleasure thine aim, O Lord of the Day of Reckoning.

=== END BH08909 ===

=== START BH08910 ===

He is the One dawning from the horizon of utterance! We have sent down the verses and made manifest the clear proofs. To this testify all things and My Most Exalted Pen in this luminous station. Say: By God! The Trumpet soundeth in My Name, and the Bugle proclaimeth My remembrance, and the Bell ringeth out: “The Sovereign hath come with manifest sovereignty!” O peoples of the earth, recognize the value of these days, then behold what hath shone forth from the horizon of the will of your Lord, the All-Informed. We make mention of you and acquaint you as a grace from Our presence, and I am the All-Seeing. Hold fast to the robe of thy Lord and say: O God of existence and Sovereign of the seen and unseen! I beseech Thee to make me steadfast in the Cause whereby the feet of the learned have slipped, save those whom Thou didst rescue through Thy grace that overshadoweth the worlds. Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH08910 ===

=== START BH08911 ===

In His Name, the Speaking One, the Manifest One

We have, verily, sent down the verses, and I am, in truth, the Ancient Sender. We have, verily, revealed the clear proofs, and I am, in truth, the All-Knowing Revealer. I have borne in the path of God what no one in all the worlds hath borne. Were I to recount what I have witnessed for the sake of God, every fair-minded and discerning one would weep. We have placed Our trust in all matters in God, the Single One, the All-Informed, and We remember Him at all times, and the hosts of all who are on earth do not frighten Us. To this beareth witness what hath appeared from Me before and after, and beyond these My perspicuous Book. By the life of God! Had the deniers known what God intended for them, they would have cast aside the hatred they harbor and turned to Us with great joy. Thus have We remembered thee, that thou mayest give thanks and be of those who praise. Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH08911 ===

=== START BH08912 ===

O Muhammad-Baqir - upon him be the Glory of God - He is the One Who standeth through His Name, the Self-Subsisting! We have sent down the Book and made manifest the clear tokens, yet the people are in manifest error. They hasten unto darkness as though it were light unto them. Know ye that they are among the perishing ones. They cast the Truth behind their backs, hastening unto falsehood. Thus have their souls beguiled them in this wondrous Day. The breezes of revelation have seized all who are in the world, yet the idolaters remain behind a mighty veil. Say: O people! By God, the River of Life hath flowed through all contingent being. Come ye and draw nigh, and be not among the heedless. Turn with radiant faces unto the Supreme Horizon. By God, from it hath shone forth the Sun of God’s Beauty, the Lord of all worlds. Thus have We sent down unto thee the verses, and made thee to know, and shown thee My Book, the Mighty, the Wise.

=== END BH08912 ===

=== START BH08913 ===

O Mulla Aqa! He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing!

We have sent down the Book and revealed that which was hidden in God’s knowledge, the Lord of all religions. We have mentioned in the Tablets those servants who held fast to their Covenant and clung to the hem of their Lord’s loving-kindness, the Lord of all beings. The stars have set through that which the hands of those who disbelieved in the Origin and the Return have wrought. By God! They have risen from other horizons through the grace of the Lord of all men. O My loved ones! Hearken unto My call from the kingdom of My utterance and hold fast to that which the All-Merciful hath revealed in the Book. Take heed lest the oppression of the oppressors sadden you. Soon shall they lament over their own souls while ye shall abide in the most exalted station with joy and radiance. Blessed is he who hath arisen to serve the Cause and aid his Lord through the wisdom which the All-Merciful hath sent down in the Tablets. Praise be to God, the Lord of lords!

=== END BH08913 ===

=== START BH08914 ===

In the Name of the Most Holy, the Most Great! We have sent down unto thee that which will gladden thy heart and the hearts of those who have turned to the most exalted Station. Verily, He, from within the Most Great Prison, summoneth the peoples unto God, the Revealer of verses. Among the people are they who have heard and responded, and they who have heard and turned away from God, the Lord of lords. This is a Day wherein the Most Great Ocean hath surged, and the atoms have cried out: The Kingdom is God’s, the Almighty, the All-Bountiful! O people! Take hold of the Book of God with His power and follow not every doubting pretender. The Cry hath been raised, the angels have descended, and the mountains have passed away. Blessed the eye that hath seen, blessed the ear that hath heard, and blessed the heart that hath turned unto the Dayspring of lights! Say: Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having made me to turn unto Thee when most of Thy servants had turned away from Thee.

=== END BH08914 ===

=== START BH08915 ===

O Mulla ’Abdu’llah, who has been named “The Exalted One” - He is the All-Knowing Speaker. The servant present before the Throne has recited what you composed in verse regarding this Order through which the world has been organized after it was in great dispersion and upheaval. Blessed art thou for having heard, recognized and arisen to mention thy Lord and serve His Cause, the One ruling over all worlds. I beseech Him to make thee successful in all conditions and to make thee a shooting star against every accursed satan. Say: O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy power and might, Thy sovereignty and dominion, to assist me to serve Thy Cause, that there may appear from me that which will establish my remembrance in Thy kingdom and Thy dominion, through the perpetuity of Thy most beautiful names and Thy most exalted attributes. Verily Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest, and verily Thou art the All-Bountiful, the All-Forgiving, the Most Generous.

=== END BH08915 ===

=== START BH08916 ===

O Nabil before Rida! The Most High, the Most Glorious! Every soul has been given its book. Verily, the wicked read one book, while the righteous read this Perspicuous Book. We sent down the Bayan and made manifest the Hour in the temple of man. Thereupon all who are in the heavens and earth were terror-stricken, save those who were caught up by the breathings of grace from God, the Mighty, the Bountiful. We made the first Hour a figure of this Most Great Hour. When it was blown into, all fell down in a swoon except whom thy Lord willed, and He decreed what He decreed. Then We blew into the Most Great Trump through this Great Name. Among the people are those whom We see struck down, and among them are those whom We see standing, bewildered, and among them are those who cast away the world, turning unto God, the Lord of all worlds. He is verily of the fish of this ocean and the people of this noble scene.

=== END BH08916 ===

=== START BH08917 ===

O Jinab-i-Mirza Muhammad Ja’far! He is the Most Great! God hath caused sedition and calamities to arise among those who have disbelieved, that there might be manifested that which He revealed in the Surih of Ra’is. Read ye it, that ye may be assured that with Him is the knowledge of all things in a perspicuous Book. We informed the servants of that which was to come, but when there came to pass and was made manifest that which the Self-Subsisting had foretold after the Qa’im, they denied God, the Lord of all worlds, except such as God desired. He, verily, is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Know ye, O My loved ones, that God hath adorned the Tree of Man with branches and twigs and leaves. Know ye this and be not of the heedless. These are indeed the virtues which We have detailed in My mighty Book. O My loved ones! Hold fast unto that which I have commanded you from My presence, and I am the All-Informed.

=== END BH08917 ===

=== START BH08918 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great

I began by God’s command and returned unto Him, and verily He doth at this moment call thee and make mention of thee in this manifest prison. Whosoever today hath turned unto the Most Glorious Horizon hath attained unto the knowledge of God and is accounted among those endowed with certitude in the perspicuous Book. Blessed is he who hath attained unto this most exalted, this glorious station. Hold fast unto the commandments of God, then act according to that which hath been sent down in the Book of God, the Lord of all worlds. Verily it shall profit thee in this world and in every world of the worlds of thy Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH08918 ===

=== START BH08919 ===

In the Name of Him Who shineth forth from the Horizon of Power! The Tongue of the Ancient One hath given glad tidings unto all who dwell in the world of the appearance of the Most Great Name, and beareth witness before all nations that verily He is My very Self, and the Dayspring of Mine Essence, and the Dawning-Place of My Cause, and the heaven of My bounty, and the ocean of My Will, and the lamp of My guidance, and the path of My justice, and the balance of My laws. Whoso turneth unto Him hath turned unto My Face and been illumined by the lights of My Beauty and acknowledged My unity and confessed My singleness. And whoso denieth Him hath been deprived of the Salsabil of My love and the Kawthar of My grace and the choice wine of My mercy - that wine by which the sincere ones were attracted and the unitarians soared unto the atmosphere of My loving-kindness, which none hath known save him whom We have taught through that which was revealed in My Hidden Tablet.

=== END BH08919 ===

=== START BH08920 ===

In the Name of God, the One, the Incomparable!

The clouds have gathered over the face of the heaven, and though they may come between the sun and its radiance upon all things, yet they pour forth that which causes the earth to bring forth its burden; soon shall it lay down its load and bring forth its treasures and whatever secrets are stored therein. Though tribulations may intervene between Us and Our loved ones, yet there shall be revealed that which lies hidden therein of its mysteries and the wisdom of its Originator, its Sender, and its Ordainer. Grieve not over what hath befallen Us, but put your trust in God under all conditions. Then stand firm in the Cause, for this is better for you if you look to the end. Praise be to God, the All-Powerful, the Mighty, the Supreme, the King, the Sovereign, the All-Knowing, the Most Exalted. And the Spirit be upon him who stands firm in the love of God.

=== END BH08920 ===

=== START BH08921 ===

In the Name of the One Friend

The Most Holy, Most Exalted, Most Great

The Tree hath called aloud saying: “There is none other God but He, the Mighty, the All-Wise!” And the Rock crieth out saying: “There is none other God but He, the All-Powerful, the Mighty, the Great!” And the Tongue of Grandeur speaketh forth from within the all-glorious pavilion saying: “There is none other God but He, the One, the Single, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed!” Blessed is the ear that hath heard the Call, and the heart that hath been illumined by this Lamp whereby the heavens and earth were made to shine, and the face that hath been lit by the lights of its Lord’s countenance, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy. O My handmaiden! Rejoice thou in the days of thy Lord, then remember thou this favor that hath encompassed the worlds. Thou art in thy home while thy Lord remembereth thee in this mighty Prison. Reflect thou upon the gifts of thy Master, then prostrate thyself and bow down with this remembrance through which the sweet fragrances of thy Lord’s favors, the Forgiving, the Bountiful, have been wafted.

=== END BH08921 ===

=== START BH08922 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious!

Your letter has come before Us in this Station where the Mother Book was witnessed from its horizon. We took it with the hand of loving-kindness and read it, then answered you with this Tablet which was inscribed by the Pen of Command.

Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God! Draw me, by the wondrous melodies of Thy voice, in such wise that I may detach myself from all else but Thee and stand firm in that which Thou hast commanded me in Thy days. O Lord! Make me one who speaks Thy praise and remains steadfast in Thy love. Then send down upon my heart that which will cause to flow from it the Salsabil of Thy remembrance and knowledge, that I may understand what Thou hast revealed in Thy Tablets. O Lord! Deprive me not of the sweetness of Thy remembrance, nor of the knowledge of what Thou hast sent down of the wondrous verses of Thy Tablets. Verily Thou art the Generous, possessed of great bounty. There is no God but Thee, the Forgiving, the Merciful.

=== END BH08922 ===

=== START BH08923 ===

He is the One singing upon the branches!

Thy letter hath arrived and We heard what thou didst call unto God, as did My loved ones who are there, and We answered you through My mercy which hath preceded all worlds. We found from it the fragrance of thy sincerity to God, Lord of the mighty throne. Give glad tidings to My loved ones on My behalf, then recite unto them what hath been sent down from My kingdom, the inaccessible, the mighty. Say: Give thanks to God for having caused you to know My Most Glorious Self, and shown you My most exalted horizon, and made you to hear My sweetest melody. By the life of God! Not one of these can be equaled by whatsoever hath been created in the heavens and earths. Say: Be united in the Cause of God and hold fast to His mighty cord. Verily the glory from Us be upon thee and upon them and upon My maidservants who have followed the Command of God and walked His straight path.

=== END BH08923 ===

=== START BH08924 ===

In His Name, the Answerer

Your letter has arrived and that which was contained therein was presented before the Face by the servant who was present. We have heard it and answer you with this wondrous Tablet. Give thanks unto God for having aided you to recognize Him at Whose appearance all who are in the heavens and earth were thunderstruck, save whom God willed, the Mighty, the Powerful. When the gate of heaven was opened and the Lord of Names appeared, agitation seized all in the realms of creation save those whom the hand of grace had taken hold of. He, verily, is the All-Bountiful, the Ancient of Days. Grieve not over anything. Remember Him Who was wronged among the servants and imprisoned in this remote fortress. Thus have We remembered thee that thou mayest rejoice and be of those who are steadfast. Remind My loved ones with fragrance and joy, and give them the glad-tidings of the verses of God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH08924 ===

=== START BH08925 ===

In My Name the Wondrous!

The sight hath been snatched away and the moon hath been eclipsed when there appeared the Most Great Countenance and the Possessor of Destiny established Himself upon the throne of His Most Great Name. Among the people are those who have followed vain desire and cast behind them that which they were commanded by One All-Knowing, All-Wise. And among them are those who were attracted by the fragrance of the Garment and turned with manifest joy toward the Supreme Horizon. The All-Merciful hath testified for all who have turned and believed that they are among the people of Paradise in a noble Tablet. Verily, he who soareth in Mine atmosphere, he is of the people of My glorious and wondrous Kingdom. The Manifestations of My Cause and the Dawning-Places of My glory shall pray for him. Thus hath the matter been decreed from the presence of One Who ordaineth, Who knoweth. When thou, O thou who art mentioned, attainest unto a trace from God thy Lord, it behooveth thee to arise to serve the Wronged One, the Singular, the Mighty, the Stranger.

=== END BH08925 ===

=== START BH08926 ===

O Siyyid Nasru’llah! The Most Holy, the Most Exalted! Your name hath been mentioned before the Throne, and there hath been sent down for thee that which rejoiceth the hearts of them that are endowed with understanding. He is verily the Sword of God amongst His servants and His mercy unto the righteous. Hold thou fast unto the Sure Handle which We have manifested in the temple of man. Blessed be the All-Merciful Who hath sent Him with the truth with sovereignty and power. Is there any doubt concerning Him? Nay, by His own Self, the Truth! Is there any uncertainty about Him? Nay, by His own Self, the All-Bountiful! He hath appeared in such wise that none can deny Him save him who hath denied God and His proof throughout all eternity. Thus hath the Dove of Paradise warbled upon the branches of the Divine Lote-Tree, from thy Lord, the Almighty, the Compeller. Render thanks unto thy Lord in all conditions and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Thou Who hast remembered me whilst I was in the clutches of the wicked ones.

=== END BH08926 ===

=== START BH08927 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Mighty, the Most Holy, the Most Exalted

God hath heard the cry of His loved ones from all regions, and the gaze of God hath been fixed upon them in all conditions. The deeds of His servants escape not His knowledge, and He suffereth not to be lost the reward of anyone who draweth breath in His love, how much less of one who endureth hardships in His path. O My loved ones! Be steadfast in the love of God and His Cause. Despite all the tribulations that have befallen Him, He remembereth you in this prison. He loveth faithfulness, abandoneth not those who love Him, wasteth not the reward of those who seek Him, and remaineth not distant from those who draw nigh unto Him. For such a Lord must ye offer your praise and remembrance and render Him assistance through your own selves. We beseech God to gather you all in His most exalted Paradise. Verily He doeth what He willeth. There is none other God but He, the Lord, the Mighty, the Generous.

=== END BH08927 ===

=== START BH08928 ===

He is God, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed

The Wronged One, Who hath called all to God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting, hath heard thy call. Say: O peoples of the earth, fear ye God and follow not the desires of those who have disbelieved in God, the Lord of all worlds. Make your deeds for God, and your call in His Name, and your orientation toward His horizon, holding fast to the cord of patience. Verily He seizeth every oppressor who oppresseth His chosen servants, and He hath power over all things. We have read thy letter and answered thee from this mighty prison. Say: O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Self to make for me a lamp from the light of Thy Cause that it may go before my face, lest the clamor of those who have denied Thy truth and disputed Thy signs and risen to extinguish Thy manifest, resplendent, evident, shining and luminous light cause me to become heedless.

=== END BH08928 ===

=== START BH08929 ===

O Azizu’llah! He is the One Who has sovereignty over what has been and what will be. We have heard your call and recognized your turning towards Us. We beseech God to assist you in that which He loves and is pleased with. Verily He is the All-Bountiful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Today all must fix their gaze upon the divine commandments and be content and grateful with utmost joy and delight in whatever He has ordained. The ultimate purpose has been and is the recognition of God. Whosoever has attained unto this and acted according to His commandments has attained unto all good. Praise be to the Ancient Lord Who has adorned thee with the ornament of His recognition and guided thee to the Kaaba of His Beauty. If thou wert to render thanks until the Day that has no end, it would not equal this supreme gift and mighty favor. Say: Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH08929 ===

=== START BH08930 ===

O Ali-Akbar, upon him be the Glory of God, He is the Mighty, the All-Knowing

We have heard your call and We answer you with this perspicuous Book. By the life of God! One word thereof cannot be equaled by all the treasures of the earth - to this bear witness the Concourse on High and they who have hastened to the river of the mercy of their Lord, the Mighty, the Bountiful. Hold fast to the cord of unity in this Cause whereby the feet of the servants have slipped save those preserved by God’s grace, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. That which none can reckon save His own Self, the All-Knowing, hath been revealed from the Most Exalted Pen. Among the people are those who have heard and turned towards it, and among them are those who have turned upon their heels - these are truly among the perishing ones. They cast guidance behind their backs and took up vain desire - thus doth testify the Most Exalted Pen in this wondrous Tablet.

=== END BH08930 ===

=== START BH08931 ===

He is the Most Exalted above all mention and praise! The Supreme Pen hath testified, as have they who circle round the Most Great Name, the All-Glorious, yet the people hear not. At every moment He calleth and summoneth them to the horizon of the Cause, yet most of the people perceive not. The wine of heedlessness hath so seized them that they have not awakened at the call of God on this Day wherein the Standard of His Cause hath been raised aloft and every atom testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. Thus hath the Most Great Ocean surged amongst the peoples, yet most of them comprehend not. Say: Cast away the idols of vain imaginings. This is the Dawning-Place of the signs of your Lord, the Mighty, the Well-Beloved. Beware lest what hath been created on earth prevent you from attaining unto the station whose decree hath been inscribed in the Preserved Tablet.

=== END BH08931 ===

=== START BH08932 ===

In honor of Jinab-i-M. ’Ali-Asghar, upon him be the glory of God. He is the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. The atoms have testified to God’s sovereignty and power, yet most people are counted among the dead. The dwellers of the graves have arisen, as the Greater Resurrection hath appeared, while those who walk upon the surface of the earth We behold among the heedless. The ocean of utterance hath sent forth its waves amidst all created things, yet the people remain in manifest ignorance. The horizon of knowledge hath been illumined by the sun of wisdom and understanding. Blessed is he who hath turned towards it, and woe unto those who have turned away. Blessed art thou for having turned to the Desired One, when every ignorant and remote one turned away from Him. Hold fast to the hem of thy Lord’s loving-kindness and cleave unto His Name, the Mighty, the Wondrous. Thus hath the Sun of Revelation shone forth that thou mayest be illumined by it and be of those who arise to serve this mighty Cause.

=== END BH08932 ===

=== START BH08933 ===

O Husayn! He is the One Who calleth from His most exalted horizon. The Cause hath appeared at the Greatest Scene through this Name whereby the horizon of utterance was illumined and the Dove of Knowledge warbled upon the branches: Verily, there is none other God but Him, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. We have indeed set forth the verses and manifested the evidences, yet most of the people remain heedless. When thou attainest unto the verses of thy Lord, glorify His praise and say: O my God and the God of all who are in earth and heaven! I beseech Thee by the Most Great Word wherein are concealed the oceans of meaning and utterance, to make me cling to the hem of Thy riches and stand firm in Thy Cause. O Lord! I am the poor one and Thou art the Generous; I am the needy one and Thou art the Self-Sufficing, the Most High. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Forgiving, the All-Merciful.

=== END BH08933 ===

=== START BH08934 ===

The Most Ancient, the Most Great. The Dawn hath appeared upon the Temple of Man. Verily this is the Book of the All-Merciful which was mentioned in the Scriptures of God, the Most High, the Most Great. Therein hath been inscribed by the Most Exalted Pen that which none knoweth save His Own Self, the All-Knowing. This Book can only be known through itself, and this Man can only be known through his own self. Thus doth the All-Informed apprise you. They who desire to know Him through other than what hath been truthfully revealed are indeed behind a manifest veil. Thus hath He indicated His Own Self through His Own Self. Reflect, that ye may know what hath been sent down from the presence of the Mighty, the Wise. Whoso cleaveth to vain desire, verily he shall not attain unto guidance nor know what his Ancient Lord hath intended. Whoso desireth other than Me, verily he is of the people of vain desire, in a mighty tablet. Whoso turneth unto My Self, verily he is of the people of truth and guidance before God, the Mighty, the Bountiful.

=== END BH08934 ===

=== START BH08935 ===

O Muhammad! He is the Mighty, the Great! The musk of inner meanings has been diffused, yet none can detect it save those who have held fast to truth, turning away from all that is vain and remote. By God! The tale of sacrifice has returned in the land of Taff, yet the people are in great rejoicing. God shall soon transform it into supreme sorrow. He, verily, is the All-Powerful, the Almighty. They slay Husayn and then weep for him. Shame upon the people whom vain desire has held back from the highest horizon, and whom Satan has so deluded that they have become heedless of God, the Lord of all worlds. Muhammad, the Apostle of God, bewails their deeds in the highest paradise - to this testifies He Who sent him with manifest sovereignty. We have mentioned to you a drop from the ocean of deeds of those who warred against God and His chosen ones, that you may be informed and be among those endowed with insight from God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy.

=== END BH08935 ===

=== START BH08936 ===

He is the One Who has sovereignty over what has been and what will be!

The gate of utterance has been opened and the verses of God, the Lord of lords, have been sent down. That which was hidden from sight has been revealed and the mysteries of the Cause have emerged from God, the Sender of verses. Blessed art thou for having turned, having heard, and having attained the presence of the signs of God, the Lord of Return. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having given me to drink from the Kawthar of utterance through the hands of Thy bounty and for having caused me to hear Thy most sweet call when most of Thy servants were prevented from hearkening unto it. I beseech Thee by the Most Exalted Word and the Most Great Sign to protect me from the evil of Thine enemies and to ordain for me the good of this world and the next, through Thy grace and generosity. Verily Thou art the All-Bountiful, the Generous. There is no God but Thee, the All-Forgiving, the All-Merciful.

=== END BH08936 ===

=== START BH08937 ===

O Aqa Big! He is the Speaker of Truth!

The iron has softened and the rock has melted from the yearning of hearts, yet the oppressors remain in astonishing delusion. They claim justice while doing that which causes the dwellers of Paradise to lament in their most exalted station. They rejoice in the ornaments that have accumulated in their possession. Say: Soon will the fire come between you and these things, as testified by Him through Whom the tongue of dawn spoke and by Whom the horizons were illumined. They rejoice in the world and its prosperity, but soon they shall lament with a grief that pens are powerless to describe. Blessed art thou for having taken the cup of recognition from the hand of the bounty of thy Lord, the Master of the Day of Resurrection. O My loved ones! Hold fast to the cord of steadfastness in this Cause, whereby the idols were shaken. The glory be upon thee and upon those who have acknowledged God, the Lord of lords.

=== END BH08937 ===

=== START BH08938 ===

The Most Great, Most Holy! All remembrances have been effaced through the remembrance of thy Lord, the Lord of all mankind, and the dwellers of the Mount were struck with awe when the Tree of the All-Merciful spoke forth: “Verily, I am God, the Almighty, the All-Powerful, the All-Bountiful.” When We manifested the Word from the horizon of Will, among the people were those who turned towards it and those who turned away and denied their Lord, the All-Merciful. When thou hast attained unto the garment of Revelation and found from it the fragrance of thy Lord, arise amidst the concourse of earth and say: The Promised One hath appeared with sovereignty, grandeur and power. Beware lest the affairs of the world withhold you from your Lord, the Most High, the All-Glorious. Cast them behind you and take what hath been given you from the presence of Him Who causeth the morning to break. Thus have We sent down unto thee the verses - verily thy Lord is the Mighty, the All-Bountiful. O people of Baha! Beware lest ye follow those who follow vain imaginings. Break the idols of those who speak according to their own desires. Blessed is he who is mighty and triumphant.

=== END BH08938 ===

=== START BH08939 ===

He is the Speaker in the Kingdom of Sanctity! We behold the mountains humbled and shattered through the fear of God, yet the people rejoice in what they possess and are of the heedless ones. The overwhelming calamity stalks behind them while they play with their idle fancies and remain among the negligent. Death approaches them at all times while they are unaware of it - verily they are among those who perish. Blessed art thou for having attained unto the recognition of God - this is of His bounty toward thee. Verily thy Lord is the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous. Leave the people and what they possess, and take what thou art commanded in a mighty Book, from whose horizon hath shone forth the Sun of the commandments of thy Lord. By My life! It is indeed the water of life for all who are in the heavens and on earth. Through it God quickeneth whomsoever He willeth of His creation. He, verily, is the Almighty, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH08939 ===

=== START BH08940 ===

He is the Most Ancient, the Most Great! The verses have been sent down and the Hidden Treasure has appeared, yet the people do not understand. The fire of the Divine Utterance has been kindled at the heart of contingent being, yet mankind perceives it not. They imagine they see, but I swear by My life they are a blind people. They hear the call of God, yet turn away from it. Say: O people! Fear God and purchase not for yourselves the torment of the fire. Turn ye and ponder on that which We have truthfully revealed, that haply ye may recognize it. He who turns away from God has lost, while he who turns to Him has gained. Soon shall he find his treasure with his Lord, the Mighty, the Loving. We have remembered thee for the sake of God, that thou mayest arise to serve Him and make mention of Him with such remembrance as will cause hearts to soar. Grieve not at anything, for verily He is with whosoever turns to Him, and He is the Truth, the Knower of the unseen.

=== END BH08940 ===

=== START BH08941 ===

In His Most Great, Most Glorious Name! The Balance hath been set up when the All-Merciful appeared with a Cause that caused all who are in the heavens and earth to swoon away, save whom God willed, the Lord of all worlds. The Herald hath cried out between earth and heaven: The Gate hath been opened and the All-Bestower hath come with manifest sovereignty. Verily, he who was drawn by the attraction of the Call hath turned toward My most exalted horizon and said: “Praise be unto Thee, O God of the world, and thanksgiving be unto Thee, O Beloved of them that know!” By God! The All-Informed hath proclaimed My Manifestation, and the All-Knowing crieth out before My luminous countenance. The people have been seized with such intoxication of vain desire that they have turned away from God, the Lord of all creation, except those who have held fast to My strong cord. Such are accounted among the most exalted of creation in My mighty Book. Blessed art thou for having turned unto Me, and taken, and drunk the choice wine in My glorious, mighty Name.

=== END BH08941 ===

=== START BH08942 ===

Muhammad-Quli! He is the Commander, the Protector, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. The Lord of the nations hath spoken in the Most Great Prison: He is, verily, none other than God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. At all times He calleth those within the realm of creation unto God, the Lord of what was and what shall be. Among the people are those who have hearkened to His most sweet call and turned toward the Supreme Horizon, and among them are those who have turned away and denied God, the Mighty, the Loving. The ocean of bounty hath surged and the door of reunion hath been opened, yet the people remain heedless thereof. They have cast away that which would endure and have taken that which perisheth. Verily, they do not understand. By God! Had they perceived the fragrance of My raiment, they would have hastened to the stronghold of My loving-kindness and turned toward My beloved countenance. Give thanks unto God for having been mentioned in the presence of the Wronged One, and for this Forbidden Tablet having been revealed for thee.

=== END BH08942 ===

=== START BH08943 ===

O Ali, upon whom be the Glory of God! He is the All-Seeing, the All-Informed. Say: O God! Thou art the Sovereign of the heavens and earth, and within Thy grasp are all who dwell in the kingdom of Thy command and creation. Ordain for Thy servants that which will draw them nigh unto the shore of the ocean of Thy bounty and to that station wherein Thy most sweet call hath been raised and the trilling of Thy Most Exalted Pen. Have mercy, O Most Merciful One of the heavens and earth, and forgive, O All-Forgiving One, those who dwell in the kingdom of command and creation. O Lord! Thou seest the sinner seeking after the waves of the ocean of Thy forgiveness and the effulgences of the lights of the Sun of Thy pardon. Ordain for him through the Pen of Destiny that which befitteth Thy loftiness and Thy transcendence and Thy Most Exalted Station and Thy Most Glorious Habitation. Thou art He Who through Thy power hath testified to all created things, and through Thy might to all existing things. Thou doest what Thou willest and ordainest what Thou pleasest. Verily, Thou art the All-Forgiving, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08943 ===

=== START BH08944 ===

He is the Expositor, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise!

Say: O my God! I beseech Thee by Him Who accepted tribulations in Thy path and summoned all to Thine all-highest horizon while imprisoned amidst His enemies, such that no king or subject remained except He made known to them Thy way and proclaimed to them Thy sovereignty and power - to give me to drink, at all times, from that which floweth from the fountainhead of Thy Pen and the heaven of Thy utterance. I am he who, O my God, hath turned toward Thee and hath acknowledged Thy oneness and Thy singleness. Ordain for me through Thy grace and bounties that which befitteth the sublimity of Thine exaltation and the transcendent glory of Thy cause. Verily Thou art the Lord of the worlds and the Beloved of them that have known Thee. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH08944 ===

=== START BH08945 ===

O my God! Thou seest me turning toward the ocean of Thy bounty and the heaven of Thy grace and the horizon of Thy favors, and directing my face unto Thy face after the passing of all who dwell in Thy realm. I beseech Thee, O Cleaver of the Dawn and Sender of the Winds, to assist me to serve Thy Cause in such wise that through my mention the hearts of Thy servants and the souls of Thy creatures may be attracted. Then ordain for me in the kingdom of Thy Cause that whereby my remembrance may endure, my being may profit, and my heart may rejoice. Verily Thou art the Omnipotent over whatsoever Thou willest. The intimations of those who have disbelieved in Thy signs and turned away from Thy proof and denied Thy sovereignty cannot withhold Thee. There is none other God but Thee, the Most High, the Omnipotent, the All-Ruling, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08945 ===

=== START BH08946 ===

He is the One Who has dominion over all who are in the kingdom of Command and Creation!

Say: O my God! Praise be unto Thee for having shown me Thy Beauty, honored me with Thy presence, caused me to hear Thy call, enabled me to soar in the atmosphere of nearness to Thee, and raised me to a station wherein I perceived the fragrant breezes of Thy most exalted Paradise and the sweet-scented perfumes of Thy supreme Heaven. I beseech Thee, O Lord of eternity and Educator of the world, to give me to drink of the choice wine of grace from the hands of Thy bounty and the living waters of loving-kindness from the fingers of Thy favor. O Lord! As Thou hast confirmed me in that which Thou lovest, preserve me, through Thy grace and beneficence and might and power, even as Thou wouldst have it. Then ordain for me the good of this world and the next, and in all circumstances to turn towards Thy most exalted horizon. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08946 ===

=== START BH08947 ===

O ’Abdu’l-Husayn, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the One Who gazeth from His most exalted horizon. Say: O my God, my Desire and my Object of worship! Thou seest Thy servant who hath sought shelter beneath the pavilions of Thy grandeur and awaiteth the wonders of Thy bounty and grace. I beseech Thee by the Stream which hath flowed from Thy Most Exalted Pen in Thy most glorious horizon, to transform the hatred of Thy servants into mercy from Thy presence and loving-kindness from Thy court. Then cause them to turn unto the Spot wherein the Tongue of Thy grandeur hath spoken. Verily Thou art He Whom neither the clamor of the people nor their vain imaginings can deter. Thy power hath encompassed all and Thy will hath prevailed. There is no God but Thee, the Mighty, the Great. Ordain for me, O my God, through the Pen of Thy decree, that which shall make me detached from all else save Thee and steadfast in Thy Cause. Verily, Thou art the Omnipotent over whatsoever Thou willest through Thy word “Be” and it is.

=== END BH08947 ===

=== START BH08948 ===

O Thou Who art ’Abdu’llah (may the Glory of God be upon him)!

He is God! In His Name, the One Who dominateth over what was and what shall be!

Say: O God, O King of Kings and Merciful unto the servants! I beseech Thee by the Sun of Thy Revelation and the heaven of Thy grace and the ocean of Thy power, to ordain for me that which shall cause me to endure with the endurance of Thy Kingdom, and to stand in every world of Thy worlds before the throne of Thy grandeur, and to drink the Kawthar of reunion from the hands of Thy bounty. O my Lord! I am he who hath turned toward Thy most exalted horizon and who hath clung to the hem of Thy bounty. O Thou Who art the Lord of all names! I beseech Thee to assist me in serving Thee and aiding Thy Cause, and to ordain for me what Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen ones whom Thou hast made the inheritors of dominion through Thy sovereignty and power. Verily, Thou art the Almighty over whatsoever Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the Forgiving, the Giving, the Bountiful, the Generous.

=== END BH08948 ===

=== START BH08949 ===

O thou herald! Upon thee be the Glory of God! He is God. In His Name, the One Who has power over whatsoever He willeth! Say: O God, O Master of existence and Educator of the seen and unseen! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which the sun of Thy power hath shone forth and the ocean of Thy Will and favors hath surged and the heaven of Thy grandeur and bounty hath been upraised, to give me to drink, at all times, the water of life from Thy white hand and Thy most glorious finger. O Lord! I am he who hath turned away from all else save Thee and hath advanced toward the horizon of Thy bounty. Ordain for me, through Thy grace, that which befitteth the sublimity of Thy sovereignty and the exaltation of Thy power. Then protect me from the schemes of those who have denied Thee and Thy signs, and who have plotted against Thy Cause and Thy proof. Verily Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is no God but Thee, the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH08949 ===

=== START BH08950 ===

He is God, exalted be His station, the Remembrance and the Expression

Say: My God, my God! I testify that Thou hast created all creation as a manifestation of Thy bounty and bestowal, as an expression of Thy generosity and mercy, as an affirmation of Thy unity and oneness, and as an acknowledgment of Thy grandeur and sovereignty. O Lord! Thou seest this servant of Thine assured of Thy most great signs and the manifestations of Thy sovereignty in the realm of creation, and of what Thou hast sent down from Thy Most Exalted Pen in Thy Scriptures, Thy Books, Thy Scrolls and Thy Tablets. O Lord! I beseech Thee by the Primal Word through which Thou didst create earth and heaven, and by the breathings of Thy Revelation whereby the hearts of Thy servants were attracted, and by the ocean of Thy bounty in the kingdom of Thy riches, to make me a servant of Thy Cause, a helper of Thy Faith, and one who speaks Thy praise. Thou art, verily, the Powerful over what Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Forgiving, the All-Merciful.

=== END BH08950 ===

=== START BH08951 ===

O Ahmad Khan, son of him who has ascended unto God!

He is the All-Hearing, the All-Answering. Say: O my God, my God! Disappoint me not from that which is with Thee, and drive me not from Thy door which Thou hast opened before the faces of all who are in Thy earth and Thy heaven. Make me not deprived of the fragrances of Thy Revelation, nor forbidden from drawing nigh unto Thy chosen ones and Thy pure ones. O Lord! I heard Thy call and turned toward Thee. I beseech Thee by the Dawning-Place of Thy verses, the Recipient of Thy Revelation, and the Source of Thy Command, to make me steadfast in Thy love, speaking forth Thy praise, and serving Thy chosen ones. O Lord! Thou art He Whose bounty hath encompassed all created things and Whose mercy hath preceded all contingent beings. Thou doest what Thou willest through Thy power and ordainest what Thou desirest through Thy might. Nothing can prevent Thee and no affair can veil Thee. Verily Thou art the Strong, the Triumphant, the Almighty.

=== END BH08951 ===

=== START BH08952 ===

He is the One Who speaks in the Kingdom of Utterance

Say: My God, my God! Praise be to Thee for having enabled me to turn towards Thy horizon, to direct myself to the lights of Thy countenance, to gaze upon the traces of Thy Most Exalted Pen, and to hold fast to the cord of Thy loving-kindness, O Lord of all beings and Creator of the throne on high and of the earth below. O Lord! Thou seest me turning towards Thee, hoping for the wonders of Thy bounty and generosity. I beseech Thee by the pearls of the ocean of Thy knowledge and the heaven of Thy wisdom to ordain for me that which will make me steadfast in Thy Cause and firm in Thy love. I am Thy servant and the son of Thy servant, acknowledging Thy oneness and Thy singleness and that which Thou hast sent down in Thy Book. O Lord! The poor one hath hastened to the gate of Thy riches. I beseech Thee by Thy Self not to disappoint him in what he seeketh from the ocean of Thy bounty and the sun of Thy generosity. Verily, Thou art the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08952 ===

=== START BH08953 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Glorious! Say: The Bayan is as the earth, and trustworthiness is as its water. Blessed is he who holdeth fast unto it and pondereth that which hath been sent down by God, the Revealer of Laws. Say: Through it the beauty of His Cause is made manifest, and the might of God and His loved ones is proven amongst His servants. Whoso hath recognized the authority and sovereignty of God must needs act according to that which He hath revealed in the Book. Say: Fear ye God, O people, and make not the Cause of God a mockery amongst you. Take hold of the Book with the power bestowed by Us, and follow not every heedless doubter. We have adorned the heaven of laws with the stars of trustworthiness and truthfulness - know this, O people, and associate not with God, the Lord of all men. Give thanks unto God for having turned toward thee from the direction of the Prison, and for remembering thee with that which causeth the mountains to soar.

=== END BH08953 ===

=== START BH08954 ===

He is God! Say: Glory be to Thee, O my God! Thou hearest the cry of the yearning ones in their remoteness and separation, and the wailing of the lovers in their distance and longing. I beseech Thee by the hearts wherein are treasured the pearls of Thy hidden knowledge, and which Thou hast made the dawning-places of the mysteries of what was and what will be, to draw Thy seeking servants nigh unto the seat of the glory of Thy oneness, then cause them to enter, O my God, the pavilion of Thy mercy and favors, and the canopy of Thy nearness and kindness. O my God, gaze upon me with the glances of Thy grace, then send down upon me that which will make me detached from all else but Thee and will cause me to speak Thy praise amongst Thy servants. Draw me, O my God, in such wise that there may be manifested from me that whereby the hearts of all the worlds will be attracted. Then grant me that which will make me independent of all else besides Thee. Verily Thou art powerful over all things, and praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH08954 ===

=== START BH08955 ===

O ’Abdu’l-Husayn, upon him be the Glory of God, He is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise One Who sends down. Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God and the God of all who are in earth and heaven, and my Goal and the Goal of those who dwell in the most exalted Paradise and the highest Heaven! Unto Thee be praise and glorification, and unto Thee be grace and bounty, for having adorned my deeds with the glory of Thy acceptance and sent down to me that whereby the signs of Thy loving-kindness have been spread throughout Thy dominion. I beseech Thee to make me sincere for Thy sake and to hold fast unto that which will exalt the station of Thy Most Great Word amongst humanity. O my Lord! I beseech Thee by Him and by His sovereignty to adorn me with the ornament of steadfastness and to crown me with the crown of Thy remembrance and Thy love. Verily Thou art the Powerful through Thy might and the Dominant through Thy will. There is no God but Thee, the Mighty, the All-Praised.

=== END BH08955 ===

=== START BH08956 ===

O Ruhu’llah, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the Hearer, the Answerer! Say: Glory be unto Thee, O God of the world and Desire of the nations! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Glorious Manifestation from the highest horizon, and by Thy mighty signs, and the evidences of Thy power in the kingdom of creation, to assist me to be steadfast in Thy Cause. O my Lord! Thou seest me turning unto Thee, clinging to Thy cord, and directing my face toward Thy countenance. I implore Thee by the mysteries of Thy Book and the sweetness of Thy utterance to ordain for me the reward of those who were steadfast in Thy Cause and who spoke Thy praise in such wise that the hosts of those who denied Thee and Thy signs could not hinder them. I am he who, O my God, doth acknowledge his weakness and impotence, and Thy power and might and glory and dominion. I beseech Thee to preserve me through Thy Name and strengthen me to arise to serve Thee. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Powerful.

=== END BH08956 ===

=== START BH08957 ===

In the name of the Most Holy, Most Great Beauty!

Say: Glorified art Thou, O God of existence and Sovereign over the seen and unseen! I beseech Thee by the Word through which the heavens were raised up, the verses were sent down, and the signs appeared, that Thou draw me nigh unto the ocean of Thy knowledge which hath been manifested through one of Thy names. O my Lord! The Wronged One hath turned toward the shore of Thy justice, the evanescent one hath faced the horizon of Thy perpetuity, and the ailing one hath hastened to the Kawthar of Thy healing. Wilt Thou disappoint him after he hath acknowledged the heaven of Thy bounty and the ocean of Thy generosity? And wilt Thou turn him away from the door of Thy grace after he hath turned to Thee, hoping for Thy ancient favor and Thy wondrous gifts? O my Lord! I beseech Thee by Thy Self to make me steadfast in Thy mighty Cause and to preserve me in all conditions from the accursed Satan. Verily Thou art the Generous Giver. There is no God but Thee, the Mighty, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH08957 ===

=== START BH08958 ===

In the name of Mr. Abdul-Samad, He is the Rememberer, the Speaker, the All-Knowing

Say: Glory be to Thee, O my God! Thou seest me turning toward the horizon of Thy Cause, gazing at the heaven of Thy grace, and awaiting the wonders of Thy bounty and generosity. I beseech Thee by Him through Whose name the veils and clouds of glory were rent asunder, the verses were sent down, and the clear proofs were revealed, to ordain for me through Thy Most Exalted Pen the good of this world and the world to come. Verily Thou art the Creator of heaven and the Possessor of all names. O Lord! I bear witness to that which Thy tongue did testify before the creation of Thy earth and heaven, that Thou art God, there is no God but Thee. Thou hast ever been sanctified beyond mention and utterance, and exalted above the conditions of all contingent beings. Thou wilt ever be what Thou hast been from time immemorial. There is no God but Thee, the Almighty, the Powerful.

=== END BH08958 ===

=== START BH08959 ===

He is the One Who rules over all who are on earth and in heaven

Say: Glory be to Thee, O my God and Master of my spirit and Beloved of my heart! I beseech Thee by the fragrance of Thy locks and the sweet perfumes of Thy robe to draw me nigh unto Thee and protect me from the evil of the oppressors among Thy creatures. O Lord! Thou seest Thy sincere servants who have entered the stronghold of Thy Cause and clung to the hem of Thy bounty. I implore Thee to shield them from the evil of Thy servants and the oppression of Thy creatures. Then ordain for this poor one, by the pen of Thy grace, that which will cause him to turn toward Thee and speak Thy praise. Then decree for him, by Thy Most Exalted Pen, the good of this world and the next. There is no God but Thee, the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful.

Thy letter was received and We have answered thee with that through which thou mayest commune with God, the Lord of all worlds. Rejoice thou at this and be thankful to thy Lord, the Hearing, the Answering.

=== END BH08959 ===

=== START BH08960 ===

In His Name, the All-Loving!

Say: I was sleeping when the hand of grace awakened me, and I was sitting when the decree of justice made me arise, and I was silent when His Name, the All-Subduing over the worlds, caused me to speak. O people! The sea is walking and beareth witness unto the Promised One, and the land proclaimeth: The Day hath come, and dominion belongeth unto God, the Mighty, the Loving. They who have heard, these are among the successful ones in the Books of God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting, and they who have turned away, these have no mention with God, the Sovereign of the Kingdom and the Realm. O people! Fear God and follow not those who denied the Truth when it came with a manifest proof. Behold then with your own eyes the Dayspring of the Manifestation. This is what the All-Merciful hath decreed in the Bayan, if ye be of them that know. We have sent down the Tablet and dispatched it unto thee that thou mayest be of the thankful ones.

=== END BH08960 ===

=== START BH08962 ===

He is the One manifest from the Most Glorious Horizon

Say: Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having strengthened me in a Cause at which the limbs of all names have trembled, and thanksgiving be unto Thee for having guided me to the Straight Path. I beseech Thee by the fragrances of the garment of Thy mercy and the sweet scents of Thy bounty and favors to aid me to be steadfast in Thy Cause in such wise that the veils of Thy creatures who have turned away from Thy face and denied Thy proof and evidence shall not hinder me. O my Lord! Thou seest me turning toward the heaven of Thy generosity and the sun of Thy grace. I beseech Thee not to disappoint me from that which Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen ones from Thy Most Exalted Pen. Moreover, grant me the good of this world and the next, and aid me to act in such manner that my remembrance shall endure in the Kingdom of Names. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the Almighty, the Powerful.

=== END BH08962 ===

=== START BH08963 ===

Here is O Robin! He is the Expositor, the All-Knowing. Say: Praise be to Thee, O Lord of existence and Educator of the seen and unseen, for having transformed the fire of my heedlessness into the light of Thy recognition and the darkness of my ignorance into the radiance of Thy knowledge. O my Lord! Thou seest me standing before the door of Thy grace, hoping for the wonders of Thy bounty and generosity. O my God, my Lord, my Beloved and my Purpose! Thou seest my face turned toward the horizon of Thy Manifestation and my eyes expectant of the outpourings of Thy grace and gifts. O my Lord! Having guided me to the ocean of Thy knowledge, withhold me not from the effusions of the clouds of Thy bounties. Having caused me to recognize the Manifestation of Thy signs, drive me not from Thy door which Thou hast opened to all who are in Thy heaven and on Thy earth. O my Lord! Through Thy generosity, teach me that which will cause me to endure through the endurance of Thy celestial dominion and Thy realm of might. Verily Thou art the Powerful, the Exalted, the Mighty, the Great.

=== END BH08963 ===

=== START BH08964 ===

India

To Nawwab Safdar ’Ali Khan, upon him be the Glory of God

He is the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting

Say: O God of Names and Creator of Heaven! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, the All-Compelling over all things, through which the gate of Thy bounty was opened to all who are in Thy heaven and on Thy earth, and the Water of Life flowed forth amongst Thy creatures, to make me attracted to Thy verses, detached from all else but Thee, and in all conditions turned toward the horizon from which shone forth the Sun of Thy Manifestation. Ordain for me, O my God, from Thy Most Exalted Pen that which Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen ones, then cause me to know that which befitteth Thy days […] that Thou mayest enable me to recognize that which hath appeared today by Thy Command. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

[In the above text, at the point marked […], there was a sentence in the invented handwriting of the Arch-Breaker of the Covenant which the copyist did not transcribe.]

=== END BH08964 ===

=== START BH08966 ===

O Afnan Husayn, upon him be the Glory of God! I am the Wronged One, the Rememberer. Say: O thou serpent! The Pure One asketh thee concerning her daughters. Make clear what thou hast pronounced against them. And O wolf! The Messenger asketh thee concerning his son. Where is Joseph of the Messenger, and where is the apple of the Pure One’s eye? By God! The calumny fell upon the first Wolf, while this wolf hath devoured the son of the Messenger before the faces of the heedless. The serpent was deceived when she found herself before those who disbelieved in God, the Lord of the worlds. This calamity hath transcended mention and description. We beseech God to console the Family. He, verily, is the All-Powerful, the Almighty. O thou hearer! When thou hearest the call of the Wronged One from the direction of the Prison, ponder upon those who oppressed and those who gave up their spirits for God, the Mighty, the Praised One.

=== END BH08966 ===

=== START BH08967 ===

Say: O people, He cannot be known except through Himself - behold Him with His own eyes! O followers of religions, the Tablets have been filled with this Remembrance, and through it God has counseled His servants, yet most people remain heedless. O My loved ones! By My life, from the first day I made Myself known to humanity, I was afflicted at the hands of the idolaters. The world was created for My sake, yet people remain in manifest darkness. How many houses were raised for My remembrance and adorned with My name, yet when I revealed Myself they barred Me from them - thus did their wretchedness overcome them, and today they are among the most lost. They spent what none can reckon save God to exalt My remembrance, yet when I came to them they denied God, the Lord of the worlds. Thus do We recount for you some of what befell Us, that you may learn and be among those who are endowed with insight.

=== END BH08967 ===

=== START BH08968 ===

In My Name, the Most Holy

Say: O Thou Who art the Lord of existence and the Sovereign of all that exists! Thou seest me turning my face toward the horizon of Thy bounty, with the gaze of one who beseecheth the ocean of Thy forgiveness and the sun of Thy pardon. Wilt Thou render me deprived, after I have acknowledged Thy generosity? And wilt Thou make me forbidden, after I have confessed Thy favors? O my Lord! The poor one hath stood before Thy gate, and the lowly one before the treasury of Thy bounty. I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which the tribes have lamented, save those whom Thy pervading Will and Thy all-compelling Purpose have chosen, to grant me the Kawthar of Thy good-pleasure and to ordain for me what Thou hast ordained for Thy Messengers who spoke not except by Thy leave and command, and moved not except by Thy will. Verily Thou art the Potent over whatsoever Thou willest. There is no God but Thee, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH08968 ===

=== START BH08969 ===

He Who speaks in the Name that is sanctified above all names

Say: O people of creation! By God, the Lord of all names has come with a Cause against which all the forces of the earth combined cannot prevail, nor can the might of those who have disbelieved in God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting, prevent it. Say: O heedless ones! Come, that I may show you the most exalted horizon of God and cause you to hear that which the Tongue of Grandeur speaks: Verily, there is no God but I, the Mighty, the Loving. Your letter has arrived on a single page, thus demonstrating your unity, your orientation, and your agreement in the Cause of God, the Lord of what was and what shall be. By the life of God! We found it blessed with the name of your Lord, the Possessor of existence, and We beseech God to ordain for you the good of the hereafter and of this world. Verily, He is the One with power over whatsoever He willeth through His word “Be” and it is.

=== END BH08969 ===

=== START BH08970 ===

In the Name of the Peerless Lord: The Most Exalted Pen beareth witness that at all times hath It made mention of the friends on behalf of the Lord of Religions, and guided them to the Living Waters. How excellent is the state of him who, detached from all else but God, hath turned unto Him and partaken thereof in His one and only Beloved Name. In the nights and days divine outpourings rain down from the heaven of grace, yet most are heedless thereof, for they have forsaken that which is with God and occupied themselves with that which is with them. Beseech thou God that He withhold not His heedless servants from the ocean of His knowledge, nor debar them from the Most Exalted Horizon. Verily, He is the Hearer, the Answerer. Glory be upon them that have believed in this wondrous and glorious Day.

=== END BH08970 ===

=== START BH08971 ===

O Haji, namesake of the Most Desired One! The Supreme Pen testifies, in the name of the Everlasting Speaker, to thy faith and thy turning and devotion and humility and submissiveness for the sake of God, the Lord of the worlds. Praise be to God that thou didst migrate and didst drink the Kawthar of reunion from the hand of bounty of the Beloved Who knoweth no decline. Say: O friends! Strive that the jewels of human beings may become manifest and evident through the burnishing of divine grace. Man is like unto a tree - its fruits are praiseworthy spiritual qualities and attributes. God willing, through divine grace may the trees of being be adorned with these fruits. Verily He is the Powerful, the Mighty. Thy letter was received before Us and We heard thy mention and have remembered thee in this Most Exalted Tablet. Rejoice, then give thanks to thy Lord, the Forgiving, the Bountiful.

=== END BH08971 ===

=== START BH08972 ===

O ’Abdu’l-Husayn, son of him who ascended unto God! The Most Exalted Pen proclaims in the name of the Goal of all the worlds: O My loved ones! In these days when the Sun of bounty hath dawned from the horizon of the world and the Water of Life hath flowed forth through My Name, praise be to God that ye have attained thereunto through His grace and have not remained deprived of the days of God. Now must ye, at all times, beseech the Countenance of the All-Merciful that ye may remain steadfast in His Cause and drink from the chalice of the Most Great Steadfastness. The enemies of the Faith have been and are lying in wait - preserve yourselves through the blessing of the Most Great Name. From this station We send Our greetings upon thy face and upon the faces of thy brothers and sisters. With this greeting cannot compare whatsoever hath been created on earth. Verily thy Lord is the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH08972 ===

=== START BH08973 ===

O Handmaiden of God, Khadijih, upon her be the Glory of God! He is the All-Seeing, the All-Informed. Say: My God, my God! Praise be to Thee for having guided me to Thy straight path and made me aware of Thy mighty announcement. I beseech Thee by Thy greatest signs and the manifestations of Thy Cause in the kingdom of creation, and by the wisdom which Thou hast made a fortress for the protection of Thy servants and a city for the safeguarding of Thy creation, to make me steadfast in Thy love and firm in Thy Cause in such wise that neither the lowing of any calf nor the croaking of any crow nor the swords of those who have arisen to extinguish Thy light shall prevent me. Verily Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is no God but Thee, the Forgiving, the Generous. O God! Send Thy blessings upon Thy loved ones who have taken hold of Thy Book and uttered Thy praise before the faces of Thy creatures. O Lord! Aid them through Thy grace and assist them in that which befitteth Thy days. Verily Thou art the Mighty, the Triumphant, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH08973 ===

=== START BH08974 ===

He is the One Who speaks the Truth! It has been asked whether Tablets have been revealed. Say: Yea, by my Lord, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful! Among the people are those who have turned to the cawing of the crow, turning away from that which the All-Merciful has revealed in the Book. O people! Fear God and do not oppose Him through Whom the proof has appeared and the evidence has shone forth. He calls you to that which profits you and commands you to that which draws you near unto God, the Lord of all religions. Say: Fear God and do not invalidate the truth through your idle fancies. He has come from the heaven of grandeur with power and sovereignty. Soar upon the wings of joy, for We have caused thee to hear the rustling of the Divine Lote-Tree from this Spot which God has made the Dawning-place of Revelation and the Dayspring of Light. Thus have We sent down the verses and dispatched them unto thee that thou mayest thank thy Lord, the Lord of all men.

=== END BH08974 ===

=== START BH08975 ===

The Afnan, son of Jinab-i-Siyyid M., upon them both be the Most Glorious Glory of God - He is the Most Exalted

The Book of the All-Merciful hath been sent down in truth from God, the Lord of all worlds. It commandeth the people to justice and to that which God hath revealed in His perspicuous Book. Say: O people, fear ye God! Take hold of that which ye have been bidden by One Who is All-Knowing, All-Wise. O My Afnan! Lo, We call them unto God while they call Us to their desires. Know of a certainty they are among the most lost. Say: He heareth not your call, nor walketh in your ways. Verily His is a straight path whereunto He guideth all. He, verily, is powerful over all things. Blessed art thou and blessed is he who hath arisen to serve the Cause, and blessed is he who hath loved you for the sake of God, the Lord of all worlds. The Glory be upon thee from One Who is the All-Powerful, the All-Mighty.

=== END BH08975 ===

=== START BH08976 ===

O Karbila’i Sadiq of Sarvistan! THE MOST HOLY, THE MOST GREAT, THE MOST GLORIOUS

The Book of God hath been manifest in the temple of man. Say: Verily it is the most great temple among the nations, which speaketh the truth and summoneth mankind unto a station illumined with the lights of the countenance. Follow not the deluded ones; follow rather him who commandeth you to justice, now that the Desired One hath come with a sovereignty that encompasseth all the worlds. Say: The acceptance of the people profiteth us not, even as their rejection harmeth us not. We but remind them for the sake of God, and God is sufficient witness unto what I say. Blessed art thou for having attained unto the mention of this Most Great Remembrance and for having answered thy Lord when He came with a command that hath been mighty in truth from all eternity. Give thanks unto God for having aided thee to turn unto Him and enabled thee to speak forth this Remembrance which hath been recorded in the Tablets.

=== END BH08976 ===

=== START BH08977 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Glorious

The Book of God hath been sent down in truth, and verily it is a noble Book which God, the Lord of the worlds, hath revealed. Verily it beareth glad tidings to the world of My remembrance and My mighty Manifestation, from which every distant polytheist hath fled and every malicious doubter hath turned away. We have revealed the Cause and sent down every wise command. We counsel those who are [among the people of] Baha to be steadfast and trustworthy and to manifest spiritual qualities. He, verily, is the All-Wise Ruler. We make mention of those who have held fast to the cord of the Cause and acted according to what they were commanded in My mighty Book. Those who have disbelieved and turned away, these are the companions of the fire, to which every fair-minded and insightful one doth testify. Glorify thou the praise of thy Lord, then render thanks unto Him for what He hath sent down unto thee from His Most Exalted Pen that whereby the hearts of them that are nigh are made glad.

=== END BH08977 ===

=== START BH08978 ===

O Muhammad-Hasan, upon thee be the Glory of God! He it is Who speaketh before all faces. The Book of God speaketh concerning all else, yet the people understand not. The Light hath shone forth and the Speaker of Sinai hath appeared, yet most among the people perceive not. O Muhammad-Hasan! The Lord of the worlds maketh mention of thee with that which shall draw thee nigh unto the All-Knowing, the One. We have sent down the verses and manifested the clear proofs. Blessed is he who hath witnessed and seen, and woe unto every heedless and veiled one. He hath risen from the horizon of the heaven of utterance in the name of thy Lord, the All-Merciful. Beware lest the doubts of those who have denied the Cause of God, the Lord of what was and what shall be, hold thee back. He who loved Me made mention of thee, wherefore have We remembered thee in this irrevocable Tablet. Beware lest thou follow the vain desires of those who have disbelieved in the Promised Day. The glory from Our presence be upon thee and upon those who have heard and said: “The dominion belongeth unto God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting.”

=== END BH08978 ===

=== START BH08979 ===

The Most Holy, Most Great Book of Ha’ hath in truth been sent down in this eventide from the All-Glorious. Whoso possesseth a spirit from God, let him receive the Spirit of God from this Tablet which hath been inscribed by the Finger of Might. Blessed are the people of Baha who have settled themselves upon the Crimson Ark through this Name that encompasseth all the worlds. Whoso turneth unto that which is in the hands of men, he is not of the people of this station - to this beareth witness He Who is known by the Name of God. Turn ye unto that which hath come from the Truth, then behold with the eye of this station which hath been illumined by the lights of the Throne. Blessed is the soul that hath cast away vain imaginings and recognized the Known One through His Self-Subsisting Name. By My life, he hath been recorded among the triumphant ones in the Mother Book by the Pen of Glory.

=== END BH08979 ===

=== START BH08980 ===

O Isaac! He is the One manifest from the horizon of utterance. This is a Book which the All-Merciful hath sent down in the realm of creation and verily it is the Most Great Proof for all who are in the heavens and on earth, to this doth bear witness the Tongue of God, the Lord of all worlds. We have sent down the Command and made manifest the Proof, yet the people remain in evident delusion. They behold the Sun yet deny it - verily they are in grievous error. Thou seest them shown the Light and thou sayest “Behold this Light of your Lord, the Mighty, the Generous” but they say “We deny what the leader denieth.” Say: O people of fairness, look not through his eyes but through Mine own, if ye be among the perceiving ones. By God, ye were commanded thus in the Bayan by God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. When thou hast attained unto the splendors of this Tablet, render praise unto Him for having mentioned thee from this mighty stronghold, He Who is the Manifestation of His own Self.

=== END BH08980 ===

=== START BH08981 ===

He is the Expounder, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise

This is a Book which the All-Merciful hath sent down unto him who hath turned towards Him on a Day whereon every heedless one that is far removed hath turned away, that the fragrances of My utterance might draw him unto the kingdom of My loving-kindness - and I am verily the Forgiving, the Bountiful. That which had never appeared before hath now been manifested, and that which lay concealed in the Books of God, the Lord of all worlds, hath come to pass. The eye of the world hath been gladdened by His appearance, yet the people remain in evident veils. The Hijaz hath trembled with longing for His presence, and the sacred Mount of God with yearning for His advent, and the land of Syria hath been perfumed by His luminous garment. They that have turned away - these shall have no portion. They make mention of God with their tongues while their hearts tell of images and idols. Thus hath the Most Exalted Pen spoken. Blessed are they that hearken. When thou dost find the fragrance of My words, say: Praise be unto Thee, O Lord of the mystics!

=== END BH08981 ===

=== START BH08982 ===

In the Name of Him Who moveth the still, Who is both Manifest and Hidden. This is a Book which the All-Merciful hath sent down unto him who hath believed in God, the Lord of the worlds, that he may follow the ways of God and His commandments which were sent down in His mighty Book. Hearken unto the call of Him Who hath been wronged from this Spot which God hath made the Seat of His mighty Throne. We have enjoined upon men what is right, but they have followed their own desires, except such as God hath willed, the All-Powerful, the All-Informed. We make mention of God in this Most Great Prison and We thank Him for having ordained imprisonment for Us in His straight Path. O people of Baha! It behooveth you to follow that whereunto ye have been commanded. Verily it shall profit you in this world and the next. To this beareth witness the Tongue of Grandeur from His luminous Horizon. Thus hath the human one revealed the fruits of utterance from this Tree which hath been raised up in truth by God, the Almighty, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08982 ===

=== START BH08983 ===

In My Name, the All-Subduing Over All Names

O Mashhadi Baqir, upon him be the glory of God! A Book which the All-Merciful hath sent down unto him who hath believed in God, the Lord of all worlds, that it may draw him unto the station of nearness and holiness and beauty, and acquaint him with that which beseemeth the days of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. We have heard thy mention and have mentioned thee from My Most Exalted Pen, and We have witnessed thy turning and have turned unto thee from this sublime station. Blessed is the soul that hath sought the ultimate goal and the face that hath turned toward God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy. Rejoice thou in that thou hast been mentioned before the Wronged One and hast attained unto the verses of God, the King, the Truth, the Manifest. Nothing whatsoever, whether in earth or heaven, can be compared with them - to this testifieth every discerning knower. Glory be upon the people of glory who have not broken God’s Covenant, the Sovereign of this wondrous Day.

=== END BH08983 ===

=== START BH08984 ===

In His Name Who shineth forth upon all who are in the heavens and on earth!

This is a Book sent down by the All-Merciful unto him who hath believed in Him on His wondrous and glorious Day. Say: O people! By God, this is the Day of God, were ye of them that know, and this is the Book of God which had been inscribed from all eternity, were ye of them that are assured. And this is the Mystery of God which had been treasured up in His knowledge, the Mighty, the Impregnable. Fear ye God, O people! Answer Him Who speaketh the truth, and follow not every learned one that doubteth, at Whose advent the limbs of all names have quaked, and through whose tyranny the Concourse on High hath lamented. Cast him behind your backs, turning unto the One, the All-Informed. Thus have We adorned the Tablet with perspicuous verses. Blessed is he who taketh hold of it in His name, and woe betide every sinful forsaker thereof.

=== END BH08984 ===

=== START BH08985 ===

In the Name of the Most Glorious! This is a Book sent down by the All-Merciful to all who dwell in the realm of possibility. To this all things bear witness. Blessed are they who have recognized and turned to God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. Woe to those who dispute God’s verses and deny His irrevocable Cause. Can one who turns away be truly called human or deserve that designation? Nay, by My Name, the Protector over what was and what shall be! The people have turned away from the Countenance and denied God, the Lord of existence, save those rescued by the hand of God’s will, Lord of the exalted Throne. O people of the earth! This is a Day that has brought joy to the eye of creation, did ye but know. In it hath appeared the Most Great Sign, manifested in human form. Blessed be God, Lord of all kings, through Whom the divine fragrances have wafted, the Word hath appeared, and those in the graves have arisen.

=== END BH08985 ===

=== START BH08987 ===

He is the One Who has power over whatsoever He pleaseth. This is a Book sent down by the Wronged One when sorrows encompassed Him from every side. Verily He summoned the people unto God, yet they arose to harm Him in such wise as caused the dwellers of earth and heaven to lament. This is a day wherein the denizens of the highest Paradise weep by reason of what hath befallen the friends of God, the Lord of Names. He Who possesseth the Mother Book beareth witness unto this. They seized Us and imprisoned Us and prevented Us from that which was created for Us. Thus was the matter decreed in days wherein all things proclaimed: The kingdom belongeth unto God, the Lord of Lords. O people of Baha! We counsel you to be patient and forbearing. Place your trust in all circumstances in God, the Lord of the Day of Mutual Calling. Beware lest anything prevent you from God. Leave what the people possess, holding fast unto that which is with God, the Cleaver of the Dawn.

=== END BH08987 ===

=== START BH08988 ===

In My Name, the Most Great

This is a Book which the Wronged One hath sent down from the Most Great Prison that through it whosoever hath believed in the Self-Subsisting One may rejoice - He Who was announced by the Qa’im when He came from the heaven of divine Command with a perspicuous Book. The Day is come and the Self-Subsisting One announceth unto men the Ridvan of God, the Lord of what was and what shall be. O people! Turn ye unto the Supreme Horizon. By God! It hath been illumined by My Most Glorious Name, yet the people know not, save whom God willeth. Thus doth He Who possesseth knowledge of all things inform you in this manifest Tablet. We have summoned all purely for the sake of God unto the Most Exalted Paradise, as attested by the Hidden Name Which speaketh in the world: “There is none other God but Me, the Truth, the Knower of things unseen.” It behooveth every soul that hath turned unto Me to rejoice in My remembrance and render thanks for My manifestation in this praiseworthy station.

=== END BH08988 ===

=== START BH08989 ===

Handmaiden of God, branch of her who hath migrated and attained, He is the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted. A Book sent down by the Wronged One for a handmaiden who hath believed in God, the Protecting, the Self-Subsisting. Glory be unto Thee, O Sovereign of Names and Creator of earth and heaven! I beseech Thee by the ocean of Thy knowledge and the heaven of Thy wisdom and the sun of Thy Will to inscribe me among those who have circled round the Throne of Thy grandeur and have attained unto Thy presence in Thy days. O my Lord! Thine exile and Thine affliction have consumed me, and what hath befallen Thee at the hands of Thine enemies hath set me ablaze. I beseech Thee to aid me in all conditions to remain steadfast in Thy Cause and to enable me to turn toward Thy horizon. Verily Thou art He Whom the happenings of the world cannot frustrate, nor can the clamor of the nations prevent Thee. Thou doest through Thy sovereignty whatsoever Thou willest and ordainest through Thy power whatsoever Thou pleasest. Verily Thou art the Single One, the Unique One, the All-Powerful, the Almighty.

=== END BH08989 ===

=== START BH08990 ===

Leaf, sister of Aqa Khan, upon them both be the Glory of God. He is the Compassionate, the Manifest, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

A Book sent down by the Wronged One to one of His maidservants and a leaf among His leaves, that the breezes of revelation might attract her and draw her nigh unto God, the Lord of all worlds. O My handmaiden! Hearken unto My call, then give thanks to thy Lord, the Forgiving, the Merciful. He hath aided thee to turn towards Him and hath sent down for thee that whereby thy mention shall be immortalized in His mighty and wondrous Book. Say:

Glory be unto Thee, O my God and my Beloved! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Bounty, and by Thy Most Great Name, the Most Glorious, and by the power of Thy Most Exalted Word, to ordain for this handmaiden of Thine the good of this world and of the world to come. O my Lord! Thou seest how Thy handmaiden hath turned unto Thee and clung to the cord of Thy grace. I beseech Thee not to disappoint her from the ocean of Thy bounty and the heaven of Thy generosity. Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the Glorious, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH08990 ===

=== START BH08991 ===

Maraghih, Jinab-i-’Abbas-Quli

He is the One Who speaketh the truth

This is a Book which the Wronged One hath sent down unto him who hath believed in God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. O ’Abbas-Quli! We have not forbidden the near ones from quaffing the choice sealed wine. Rather, in every instant hath the Tongue of Grandeur proclaimed: “Come ye, come ye, O peoples of the earth!” Yet man is weak, and the Cause mighty and powerful. Under all conditions wisdom and forbearance are to be preferred. Were it not for the weakness of the servants, We would have summoned all the friends openly to the Most Exalted Horizon. Be thou content with that which thy Lord, the All-Knowing Ordainer, hath ordained. He manifesteth whatsoever He willeth and inscribeth for whomsoever He willeth the reward of attaining His presence. And He is the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous. The glory be upon thee and upon all who have turned unto Him and have testified, saying: “I bear witness that Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.”

=== END BH08991 ===

=== START BH08992 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the All-Knowing Rememberer

A Book which the Wronged One hath sent down to him who hath attained, time and again, unto verses which all the books of the earth cannot equal. To this beareth witness this perspicuous Tablet and this Speaker, the Mighty, the All-Knowing. O Abu’l-Hasan! Mention of thee hath repeatedly flowed from the Supreme Pen. The Wronged One hath loved faithfulness and hath ever gazed and continueth to gaze upon it. Blessed art thou and blessed is he who loveth thee. We beseech God, blessed and exalted be He, to ordain for thee that which will exalt thee through His Name amongst His servants, and to write down for thee the reward of him who circumambulated the Sadratu’l-Muntaha in the Most Exalted Paradise. Verily thy Lord is the Forgiving, the Merciful, and He is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. The splendor shining from the horizon of the heaven of My loving-kindness be upon thee and upon those who are with thee and who love thee for the sake of God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy.

=== END BH08992 ===

=== START BH08993 ===

O Mashhadi Ali-Rida! He is the All-Seeing, the All-Informed.

This is a Book sent down by the Wronged One, wherein He summoneth all to God, the Almighty, the All-Praised. There hath not been a day but the rustling of My Most Exalted Pen was raised therein and My sacred tongue spoke forth, the Mighty, the Wondrous. By God! The Day hath come and He Who was hidden in the knowledge of God, the Lord of the worlds, hath been made manifest. Thy name hath been mentioned in the presence of the Prisoner and this perspicuous Tablet hath been revealed for thee. When thou attainest unto it, arise and say:

Praise be unto Thee, O Thou Who art the Goal of the world and the Object of worship of the nations, for having guided me to Thy horizon and made me to know Thy manifestation, Thy dawning and Thy radiance. I beseech Thee by the Crimson Scroll and by the mysteries of Thy Tablets, O Thou Creator of the heavens and Sovereign of all names, to assist me to be steadfast in Thy love. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08993 ===

=== START BH08995 ===

In the Name of Him Who domineth the earth and heaven. This is a Book sent down by the Lord of Names to him whose name was mentioned in the presence of the Ancient Beauty in the Most Great Prison, Who hath appeared amongst the peoples and proclaimeth: “There is none other God but Me, the Single, the All-Informed.”

O Muhammad-Sadiq! Hearken unto the call of Him Who hath been wronged. He remembereth thee from His forbidden habitation and gladdeneth thee with tidings of His mercy which hath preceded all who are in the heavens and on earth. Be thou steadfast in thy love and firm in the Cause of thy Lord, and unwavering in His path from which the feet of every doubting learned one have slipped. Give thanks unto God for that the countenance of Him Who hath been wronged hath turned toward thee from this manifest horizon, and say: “Praise be unto Thee, O Thou the Goal of them that know!”

=== END BH08995 ===

=== START BH08996 ===

O Muhammad-Rida, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the One dawning from the horizon of wisdom and utterance. This is a Book sent down by the Lord of Names to him who hath been named Rida, that he might rejoice and give thanks to his Lord, the Compassionate, the Generous. May God grant that thou be made victorious through divine bounty and illumined by the light of His countenance. Beseech God that He may aid thee in that which shall cause thy mention to endure throughout the kingdom of earth and heaven. Today every soul must occupy himself with the remembrance and praise of God and arise to serve His Cause. God willing, thou shalt receive thy portion from the ocean of divine bounty and drink of the most pure wine in the name of thy Lord, the Ordainer. We have heard thy call and have answered thee as a token of Our grace, and We counsel thee to manifest supreme steadfastness in this mighty Cause. And praise be to God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH08996 ===

=== START BH08997 ===

In the Name of Him Who is manifest from the horizon of the Kingdom

A Book sent down by the Lord of Might to one who has turned to the supreme horizon and has attained to this Cause whereby feet have slipped. Blessed art thou for having heard the Call while the people lay wrapt in the couch of heedlessness and desire. He Who possesseth the Mother Book beareth witness to this. The fragrance of the All-Merciful hath been wafted throughout creation, yet the people remain in heedlessness and behind a veil. Say: O concourse of the earth! Abandon what ye possess and hold fast unto that which ye have been commanded by God, the Revealer of verses, Who hath come with the truth and manifested what He desired through His sovereignty that dominateth all who are in the earths and the heavens. Thus have We illumined the pages of the Book of Knowledge with the light of wisdom and utterance. Blessed is he who hath witnessed and rendered thanks, and woe unto every denying liar.

=== END BH08997 ===

=== START BH08999 ===

He is the One Who has dominion over all who are on earth and in heaven

A Tablet revealed by the Lord of Creation for him who has turned to the Most Sublime Horizon - the station wherein the Divine Lote-Tree proclaims: “There is none other God but Me, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting.”

O Abdullah! The Lord of the Throne and of Earth remembers you from His Most Glorious Horizon and summons you unto God, the Lord of existence. How many a guilty one sought to ascend but was cast down by the hand of power with a shooting flame, and how many a servant did He strengthen in such wise that he testified to that which the Lord of the Unseen and the Seen had testified. Be thou assured through thy Lord’s favor - verily He witnesses and beholds, and He is the Truth, the Knower of things unseen. Give thanks unto God for having caused thee to hear His sweetest call and to behold His Most Glorious Horizon. Thy Lord, verily, is He Who has dominion over what was and what shall be.

=== END BH08999 ===

=== START BH09000 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the Manifest, the Hidden

This is a missive inscribed by My Most Exalted Pen for him who hath turned towards God, the Lord of all worlds. Verily We have given glad-tidings unto the servants of God of His appearance and His sovereignty. Blessed is he who hath turned towards Him, and woe unto those who have turned aside! Among the people are those who have cast the Book of God behind their backs, and among them are those who have embraced it with manifest certitude. By the life of God! No day hath passed but We have sent down therein that which draweth men nigh unto the river of the mercy of their Lord, the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful. Verily those who have denied Our verses after their revelation - these are accounted among the most lost in a mighty Book. And those who have attained unto My most exalted horizon - these are reckoned among them that are nigh unto God in a preserved Tablet. Thus have We made mention of thee that thou mayest rejoice and remember thy Lord with wisdom and utterance. He, verily, is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. The glory rest upon thee and upon him who hath believed in the One, the All-Informed.

=== END BH09000 ===

=== START BH09001 ===

In My Name through which all things have spoken! This is a glorious Book sent down from the presence of One Who is All-Knowing, All-Informed. Verily it is a mercy unto them that have drawn nigh and a retribution unto them that have turned away. Blessed is he who hath held fast unto it, and woe betide the heedless. O My Pen! Give glad-tidings from Me to My Afnan, that he may rejoice and be numbered with the thankful. We beseech God, the Lord of all beings, to aid you to that which beseemeth this wondrous Day which hath been illumined by the light of the countenance and hath won the call of God, the Single, the All-Wise. Thus hath My tongue spoken and My Pen moved and the ocean of My loving-kindness surged and the fragrance of My mercy wafted, that thou mayest render thanks and be of them that praise. The glory rest upon thee and upon whoso hath drawn nigh and won the Most Great Ocean on this mighty Day.

=== END BH09001 ===

=== START BH09002 ===

O Ali! He is the One manifest above His servants! This is the sealed Book which God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting, hath sent down unto him who hath turned unto the Countenance and believed in God, while every heedless and veiled one turned away. Say: This is the Day of God, did ye but know it, and this is the Book of the All-Merciful, did ye but understand. The earth hath related its tidings and the Tree hath disclosed its mysteries, yet the people perceive not. They have forsaken the God of earth and heaven, and followed their vain desires in that they followed every learned one who turned away from God, the Lord of the seen and unseen. O people of the earth! Abandon that which keepeth you back from God, then turn with radiant faces unto the most exalted Horizon. Thus doth the Lord of Names command you from this glorious station. He calleth you from His Most Great Prison and summoneth you unto that which is better for you, did ye but know.

=== END BH09002 ===

=== START BH09003 ===

He is the Manifest, the Hidden

A Book inscribed hath God, the Lord of all appearance, sent down, yet most of the people remain heedless. By God! The proof hath been perfected, the bounty hath been sent down, and the evidence hath appeared, for the All-Merciful hath come with a sovereignty that hath conquered all who are in the heavens and on earth. Blessed is he who hath turned toward the Most Exalted Horizon and remembereth God, the Lord of the Throne and of the dust. We bear witness that he is of the people of Baha in My mighty Book. Rejoice thou with the greatest gladness, inasmuch as the Lord of Power hath turned toward thee from this wondrous Horizon. Beware lest anything hold thee back from God or tales and images veil thee. Hold thou fast unto the cord of steadfastness in such wise that the allusions of those who have disbelieved in God, the Lord of the worlds, shall not prevent thee. Thus hath the Pen spoken from the presence of the Ancient of Days. Blessed is he who hath heard and responded to his Lord, the Mighty, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09003 ===

=== START BH09004 ===

The Most Holy, Most Exalted Book from Us to her who bore him who arose to serve his Lord and entered prison twice. Blessed is she from whom was born he who remained steadfast in the love of his Lord. By My life, she is among the successful ones and he is among those who have attained. O My handmaiden! Hearken unto the call from the direction of grandeur from the Crimson Tree: Verily, there is none other God but Him, the Almighty, the Powerful. He hath sent the best of His creation unto His servants to give them glad tidings of His days and to reward them through His grace. But when He came with the truth, they turned away from Him and denied God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Be thou steadfast in the love of thy Lord and hold fast unto His mighty cord. Verily, He is with those women who have believed in God, the Mighty, the Praised. Glorify thy Lord with praise, then turn and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Beloved of the worlds!

=== END BH09004 ===

=== START BH09005 ===

The Most Holy, Most Great, Most Glorious Book from Us to him who hath turned towards the Dawning-Place of Revelation when the horizon of utterance was illumined with the Sun of wisdom and exposition, that he may inhale the fragrances of the verses in the days of his Lord, the Almighty, the Mighty, the Bestower, and may arise amidst the servants in the name of his Lord, the Possessor of all being, saying: “O people! The Hour hath come and the Resurrection hath appeared. Blessed are they who are endued with vision.” O servant! Hearken unto that which the Lord of all beings doth mention unto thee, and hold fast unto the Sure Handle in such wise that the hosts of the wicked shall not prevent thee. Say: This is a Day wherein all things have proclaimed with most loud voice: “The Kingdom belongeth unto God, the Almighty, the Mighty, the All-Choosing.” Beware lest that which ye possess prevent you. Leave it and take what hath been given you by God. Verily nothing that hath been created in earth or heaven can equal it.

=== END BH09005 ===

=== START BH09006 ===

He is the Witnessing, the All-Hearing

A Book sent down in truth to one of His handmaidens who believed in the One, the All-Informed. O handmaiden of God! The Lord of Names remembers thee from this remote station. Rejoice thou in this bounty whereby have been gladdened the eyes of My handmaidens who have turned with their hearts to the Most Exalted Horizon and have spoken My beautiful praise. We make mention in this station of My handmaidens in that place who heard My call and turned toward My countenance and were humble when My firm and wise Cause was made manifest. O Most Exalted Pen! Proclaim unto their faces the greatness of thy Lord, and give them the glad tidings of My grace and My loving-kindness and My mercy that have preceded all worlds. Thus hath the Pen spoken by command of the Lord of Eternity. He is, verily, the Commander, the Mighty.

=== END BH09006 ===

=== START BH09007 ===

IN THE NAME OF HIM WHO IS ESTABLISHED UPON THE THRONE

A Book sent down in truth to him who hath attained the light of God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting, that joy may seize him in such wise that he will arise to aid the Cause of his Lord and say: “O people! Follow Him Who hath come to you with manifest sovereignty.” Verily, they who have veiled themselves from the lights of the Throne - these are heedless. They have lost in their trading and are a bewildered people. Arise to make mention of thy Lord amongst His servants, that perchance they may turn unto God, the Mighty, the Beloved. Blessed is he who hath turned in this Day, and woe unto every denier who hath followed every rejected polytheist. When thou receivest the Tablet of God, place it upon thy head and say: “Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for that Thy Most Exalted Pen hath moved to make mention of me. I testify that Thou art the All-Bountiful, the All-Forgiving.”

=== END BH09007 ===

=== START BH09008 ===

Concerning Nazar-’Ali, upon him be the Glory of God, He Who is the Protector of all who are in earth and heaven. This is a Book sent down in truth, whereby God guideth whom He willeth. Verily He is the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful. Through it hath been illumined the horizon of inner meanings and the Divine Utterance hath spoken: The Kingdom belongeth unto God, the Single, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. All things speak forth His Name, the Protector of all names, yet the people remain in manifest ignorance. Verily those who were slain but slew not, these are numbered among the people of Baha in a guarded Tablet. We enjoin upon Our loved ones that which is befitting, that thereby may be tranquilized the hearts of those who are troubled. Those who have corrupted and caused corruption, these are they whom their own desires have overcome. We testify that they are among the sinful ones. Take hold, O My loved ones, of the Tablet of God with a power from Him, then recite it by night and by day. Verily it is the Straight Path.

=== END BH09008 ===

=== START BH09009 ===

The Most Ancient, the Most Great, the Most Generous

A Book sent down in truth, wherein is that which gladdens the hearts of those who have turned towards the Countenance and soared in the atmosphere of the love of their Lord, the All-Merciful, and have acknowledged that which the Tongue of Revelation hath spoken. Sovereignty belongeth unto God, the One, the Single, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. The faces of those near unto God have been illumined by the lights of the Countenance, while the faces of those who turned away have been darkened by their rejection of this Brilliant Dawn. This is a Day wherein the mountains have been moved and the foundations of every obstinate infidel have been shaken. Lost indeed are they who have forgotten that which We counselled them in the Tablets, and gained are they who have attained unto the lights of His mighty Throne. Blessed art thou for having attained unto the Tablet of God and its effect, and there hath been sent down for thee that which cannot be equaled by the treasures of the worlds. Thus have We perfumed the Tablet of Love with the musk of the ink as a bounty from the presence of Him Who is the Lord of creation, that thou mayest render thanks unto thy Lord, the Mighty, the All-Praised.

=== END BH09009 ===

=== START BH09010 ===

He Who has dominion over all names

A book sent down in truth, giving glad tidings to all of a Book that speaks in the world and calls the peoples to God, the All-Possessing, the Self-Subsisting. We have observed your turning to Us and We have turned to you from this Station wherefrom the Tongue of Grandeur proclaims: “There is none other God but Me, the Mighty, the Loving.” Be thankful unto God that thou hast been mentioned by My Most Exalted Pen in this praiseworthy station. The clamor has been raised and the Tablets of Fire have appeared - this is what We had formerly announced to all, as attested by honored servants. Cast aside vain imaginings to their people, then turn with the name of thy Lord, the Possessor of existence, to the horizon of certitude. Thus has the Tongue spoken in the Kingdom of utterance. Blessed is he who has heard, and woe unto every heedless and veiled one.

=== END BH09010 ===

=== START BH09011 ===

In the Name of the All-Informed! This is a Book sent down in truth and it beareth witness to that whereunto the All-Merciful hath testified from all eternity: that there is none other God but Him, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. There hath appeared from among the people of Sad that which hath caused the near ones to lament. The people have gathered against the family of the Messenger even as the Jewish people gathered against the Spirit. They have committed that which none before them hath ever committed. Thereat did the Spirit cry out, and those who circle round the Throne wailed at eventide and at dawn. They have slain the family of the Messenger, imagining that they were helping the Cause of God, the Mighty, the Loving, even as the Jews supposed when they rose up against the Spirit. Thus do We recount unto thee, O thou who hast been blessed by the mention of thy Lord, the Possessor of all being. Remember thy Lord and render thanks unto Him for having aided thee to recognize this irrevocable Cause.

=== END BH09011 ===

=== START BH09012 ===

O Aqdash, esteemed Professor Mehdi! In the name of the Beloved of all worlds, this Book hath been sent down in truth and guideth the people to the path of God, the Mighty, the All-Bestowing. Verily it is the Most Great Proof amongst the nations and the mercy of the All-Merciful in all creation. O peoples of the earth! Hearken unto the call from the direction of the Prison, then aid your Lord, the All-Merciful, through wisdom and utterance. We have sent the Messengers and revealed the Books to give the glad-tidings to the people of this Day which God hath made the Lord of Days. Grieve not over anything, but place thy trust in God, the Lord of lords. Verily He is the Helper of him who hath no helper, and He aideth His servants who have held fast to the cord of His commandments. Say: Abandon vain imaginings - the Sun of Certitude hath dawned from the horizon of thy Lord’s will, the Dayspring of verses. The glory rest upon thee, upon thy brother, and upon those who have attained unto this station among the people.

=== END BH09012 ===

=== START BH09013 ===

O ’Abdu’l-’Ali! He is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise! This is a Book sent down from the Intended One to him who hath believed in God, the Lord of all worlds, that the wine of utterance may so intoxicate him that he will arise to proclaim the Most Great Name amidst all peoples, that perchance they who slumber upon the couch of idle fancies may be awakened and be numbered among the heedless. It behooveth every soul to teach the Cause of God with wisdom and utterance, even as hath been revealed in most of the Tablets. Blessed are they who act! Rejoice ye in the appearance of God and His sovereignty in such wise that the cawing of the idolaters shall not grieve you. We make mention of you at all times as a token of grace from Us, for We are verily the All-Remembering, the All-Informed. Were ye to taste the sweetness of your Lord’s remembrance, ye would find yourselves in manifest detachment. Thus hath spoken the Lord of all worlds that ye may rejoice and be numbered with the thankful ones. And praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH09013 ===

=== START BH09014 ===

In the Name of the Most Exalted

This is a Book which speaks with truth and makes mention of those who have quaffed the cup of tribulation in the path of God, the Lord of all names, and have borne such hardships as none among all created things have borne. They have heard from the enemies that which none in the world have heard, as doth testify to this He Who is the Ancient of Days in His Scriptures and Tablets. O loved ones of the All-Merciful! Well is it with you, and joy be unto you, for ye have attained unto the choice wine of revelation which hath flowed from the Pen of God, the Lord of creation, and it hath so intoxicated you that ye have turned unto Him, shunning every malicious infidel. Verily, they who are heedless this day are among those who have gone astray. We give glad tidings unto him who hath borne tribulations of God’s good-pleasure and His grace, and We make mention of him with such remembrance as doth perfume the horizons. The glory of God rest upon thee and upon them, from God, the Self-Sufficient, the Most Exalted.

=== END BH09014 ===

=== START BH09015 ===

In the Name of God, the All-Knowing! Your letter is illumined with the lights of nearness and honored by the glances of favor. We have heard your call and have answered you through this exalted Tablet. Be not grieved by what hath befallen you. Tribulation is inseparable from loyalty. Reflect upon that which hath befallen the Self of God through the tyranny of the oppressors. God hath ordained for you that which will enlighten the hearts and bring solace to the eyes. Be engaged in His remembrance with utmost joy and delight. Verily, He remembereth you in His mighty and exalted Kingdom. God will exalt your mention and your station, and will bestow upon you that which is best for you. He is, verily, the Forgiving, the Generous. We have adorned the horizon of your letter with the verses of God that they may be a testimony for you. Rejoice then in this manifest grace. We have accepted what thou didst send, as a token of Our favor. He, verily, is the Ever-Bestowing, the Ancient of Days.

=== END BH09015 ===

=== START BH09016 ===

Thy book hath attained unto the Most Great Horizon and what was mentioned therein was observed. Grieve not over the world and its conditions. Reflect upon what hath befallen the Beloved of the worlds, Who called all unto the One, the Omnipotent, the Most Exalted, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. Praise be to God that thou hast been illumined by the lights of faith and hast turned toward the supreme horizon. This is the beginning of all good. Ye must be engaged in the remembrance of God with utmost joy and gladness. There shall descend upon you from the heaven of His bounty that which hath been ordained for you. He, verily, is the Ordainer, the All-Knowing. Remember on Our behalf those who are in thy household, and convey unto their faces My glorification, and give them the glad-tidings of My mention of them in this wondrous Tablet. They who have attained today unto the recognition of God - these are the people of Paradise in this mighty station.

=== END BH09016 ===

=== START BH09017 ===

In the Name of the Peerless Lord!

Your letter written in the Most Great Prison reached the Wronged One, and its beginning was adorned with the crown of the utterance of the Lord of all possibility. Praise be to God that thou hast been illumined with the lights of faith. Strive thou to remain firm, steadfast and unwavering in this Cause which hath thrown most of the peoples into agitation, for it hath been observed that certain souls, despite their claims of faith, certitude, assurance and knowledge, have been deprived of the Lord of Names through mere desire. We beseech God to assist thee in His love and good-pleasure, to draw thee nigh unto Him in all conditions, and to cause thee to speak His praise amongst His creatures. Verily He is the Almighty, the Powerful. The glory be upon thee and upon thy handmaiden whom thou didst mention in thy letter. Verily thy Lord is the All-Remembering, the Forgiving, the Merciful.

=== END BH09017 ===

=== START BH09018 ===

The Most Great, the Most Great! Your letter hath come before the Throne and hath been honored with the favoring glance of the Lord of Names. That which was mentioned hath been heard. Blessed art thou for having fulfilled God’s Covenant and His Testament, and for having attained His presence while every distant polytheist turned away. As Rafi’ was hastening to depart, this brief response was made. God willing, a detailed reply to the letter will be revealed and sent later. Convey greetings to all the loved ones of God who have drunk from the cup of divine grace and reclined upon the couches of steadfastness, and gladden them all with God’s loving-kindness. Blessed is he who hath turned to the Countenance and blessed is she who hath believed in God, the Lord of the worlds. Woe unto him who hath turned away from Him and woe unto her who hath disbelieved in God when He came with the truth through His wondrous Command.

=== END BH09018 ===

=== START BH09019 ===

In the name of the Ever-Abiding, All-Knowing One! O mother of him who has migrated, Sal! Your letter was present before the Throne and your call was heard. Praise be to God that you have attained to this most great bounty and your mention was made in the Most Holy Court. God willing, may you occupy yourself at all times in the remembrance of God and in meditation upon His verses with a pure heart, an illumined breast, a sanctified tongue and a penetrating vision. Today steadfastness is essential. Ask God that you may remain firm and steadfast in His love. His honor the migrant, that is, Shaykh Salman, has endured hardships in this journey. Verily, He does not suffer the reward of those who have drawn nigh to be lost. Verily, the glory be upon you and upon your daughter and her daughters and upon every maidservant who has believed in God, the Powerful, the Supreme, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09019 ===

=== START BH09020 ===

In His Name, the Most Exalted

O handmaiden of God, Raziyyih! A book was present before the Divine Throne and thy name was mentioned therein. Therefore this Tablet hath been written in reply and sent, that thou mayest inhale the fragrance of the garment of the All-Merciful from these revealed words. In this day it is incumbent upon all handmaidens to hold fast unto the cord of chastity and, in utmost sanctity and detachment, to occupy themselves with the mention of the Beloved. The remembrance of God is the polisher of hearts and the quickener of souls. All must, God willing, drink from the cup of detachment in the name of the Creator of innovation and occupy themselves with the remembrance of God in this luminous dawn. Praise be to the Sovereign of all possibility that thou wert mentioned before His presence. However, thou must arise in a manner befitting this station, and that is to be sanctified from all else save God. Blessed are they that attain!

=== END BH09020 ===

=== START BH09022 ===

O handmaiden of God Rubabih! The Most Holy, Most Great, Most Glorious! Whenever I remember Thee, O my God, in prison, I witness that all created things join with me in glorifying Thee, O Lord of Names and Attributes. Among them are those who know Thee and make mention of Thee, and those who make mention of Thee yet know not Thy sovereignty and power, even though, O my God, they may cling to one of Thy names. But since they have turned aside from what Thou didst desire, their mention shall not be remembered before Thy face. I beseech Thee by that Name through which Thou didst subdue all who are in Thy heaven and on Thy earth, and through which Thy power and sovereignty were made manifest, to draw Thy servants nigh unto the court of Thy gifts and the dawning-place of the light of Thy favors. Verily Thou art He Who hath ever been mighty through Thy sovereignty, and all-compelling through Thy power and strength. There is none other God but Thee, the Almighty, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH09022 ===

=== START BH09023 ===

O Mirza Baqir! The Most Holy, the Most Glorious! How many servants awaited My days, yet when the appointed time came, they denied the Lord of Names and Attributes! Say: O people, fear God and reject not the truth by what you possess. He hath come from the heaven of command - behold, O ye who are endowed with insight! Among the people are those who deny the Unseen, and among them are those who deny the Manifest One Who speaketh in all things, “There is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting.” Can they find any refuge for themselves? Nay, by Him Who causeth the rivers to flow! Say: None can find protection today save in God. Turn ye unto Him with your hearts, O ye who are possessed of vision! Blessed art thou for having drunk the choice wine of life from the hands of the bounty of thy Lord, the All-Merciful. This is yet another time - drink thou, and say: “Praise be unto Thee, O Thou by Whose remembrance the Tablets have been adorned!”

=== END BH09023 ===

=== START BH09024 ===

XXIX

Many a chilled heart, O my God, hath been set ablaze with the fire of Thy Cause, and many a slumberer hath been wakened by the sweetness of Thy voice. How many are the strangers who have sought shelter beneath the shadow of the tree of Thy oneness, and how numerous the thirsty ones who have panted after the fountain of Thy living waters in Thy days!

Blessed is he that hath set himself towards Thee, and hasted to attain the Day-Spring of the lights of Thy face. Blessed is he who with all his affections hath turned to the Dawning-Place of Thy Revelation and the Fountain-Head of Thine inspiration. Blessed is he that hath expended in Thy path what Thou didst bestow upon him through Thy bounty and favor. Blessed is he who, in his sore longing after Thee, hath cast away all else except Thyself. Blessed is he who hath enjoyed intimate communion with Thee, and rid himself of all attachment to any one save Thee.

I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by Him Who is Thy Name, Who, through the power of Thy sovereignty and might, hath risen above the horizon of His prison, to ordain for every one what becometh Thee and beseemeth Thine exaltation.

Thy might, in truth, is equal to all things.

=== END BH09024 ===

=== START BH09026 ===

O Ali Akbar! The Most Great, Most Holy Tongue of Pre-existence speaks and says: O concourse of the learned ones in the world! Your pens should become still when moves the Most Great Pen as it is between the fingers of your Lord, the Most High, the Most Great. Hold your tongues from that which the Tongue of Grandeur speaks - this behooveth you, if ye be of them that know. Cast aside the books, for the Book hath been sent down from the presence of One mighty, all-knowing. Say: Will ye precede Him in the Cause? Nay, by His Name, the Powerful over all the worlds! O Ali-before-Akbar! When thou hearest that which hath been raised from the direction of the Most Great Scene, turn with thy heart and say: “O Ordainer of destiny and Guide of humanity! I beseech Thee by the Dawning-Place of Thy revelation and the Dayspring of Thy Cause to make me steadfast and upright in Thy love and to make me one who calls out Thy name among Thy heedless servants.”

=== END BH09026 ===

=== START BH09027 ===

O my God, praise be to Thee for having distinguished Thy servant whom Thou didst honor with Thy presence and caused to hear Thy verses. O my God, Thou knowest that he migrated in Thy love until he entered the city wherein was established the throne of Thy grandeur. Thereupon the banners of oppression were raised until the idolaters drove us from the Land of Mystery and cast us into the Most Great Prison. Thus was he prevented from attaining Thy presence. O Lord! Ordain for him and for those who have sought Thee that which befitteth Thy majesty. Then write down for them the good of this world and the next. Then make them to be of those who circle round the Kaaba of Thy Cause in all Thy worlds. Verily Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. Nothing can prevent Thy sovereignty and Thou art the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09027 ===

=== START BH09028 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Truthful

The numerological value of both names is 669 [Baha’u’llah]

In My Most Glorious Name! Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having immersed me in the ocean of Thy knowledge and caused me to turn toward the horizon from which the Sun of Thy beauty hath shone forth. O Lord! I am the poor one standing at the gate of the city of Thy bounty, and the helpless one clinging to the cord of Thy might. I beseech Thee to make me steadfast in Thy Cause and a herald of Thy Name amongst Thy servants. O Lord! Enable me to do that which Thou lovest and with which Thou art well-pleased. By Thy glory, O Beloved of the world! It grieveth me to behold Thee wronged amidst the tyrannous ones among Thy creatures and imprisoned between the rebellious ones of Thy creation. I beseech Thee by Thy Self to manifest through Thy sovereignty that which shall transform sorrow into joy and abasement into glory. Verily, Thou art the Omnipotent over what Thou willest, and verily Thou art the Truth, the Knower of the unseen.

=== END BH09028 ===

=== START BH09029 ===

CXLI

I give Thee thanks, O my God, for that Thou hast made me to be a target for the darts of Thine adversaries in Thy path. I offer Thee most high praise, O Thou Who art the Knower of the seen and unseen and the Lord of all being, that Thou hast suffered me to be cast into prison for love of Thee, and caused me to quaff the cup of woe, that I may reveal Thy Cause and glorify Thy word.

Which of my tribulations am I to recount before Thy face, O my Lord? Am I to recite before Thee what in days of old befell me at the hands of the workers of iniquity among Thy creatures, or to describe the vexations which have compassed me about in these days for the sake of Thy good pleasure?

Thanks be to Thee, O Thou the Lord of all names; and glory be to Thee, O Maker of the heavens, for all that I have sustained in these days at the hands of such of Thy servants as have transgressed against Thee, and of Thy people that have dealt frowardly towards Thee.

Number us, we implore Thee, with them who have stood fast in Thy Cause until their souls finally winged their flight unto the heaven of Thy grace and the atmosphere of Thy loving-kindness. Thou art, verily, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.

=== END BH09029 ===

=== START BH09030 ===

In the Name of the one incomparable Lord! Praise be to God, O Muhammad-Rida, thou who hast emigrated and attained! Thou didst set thy face toward the Most Exalted Horizon, crossing land and sea, and through the bounties of God, exalted be His glory, thou didst arrive at a station which hath been the goal of them that are nigh and sincere. Thou didst behold that spot round which circle the Concourse on High, and didst hear that call which the Son of ’Imran heard on the Mount of Knowledge. The recompense and reward for this blessed and acceptable deed hath been ordained for thee from the Most Exalted Pen as the good of this world and the next. Preserve this station and act in accordance with that which befitteth the bounty of God, exalted be His glory. Verily, He made mention of thee before, and at this moment He commandeth thee to observe what is right, as a grace from His presence. And He is the Ancient Commander.

=== END BH09030 ===

=== START BH09031 ===

In His Name, He Who is established upon the Throne of Utterance

A Tablet revealed by the Wronged One to him who has turned to God, the Mighty, the Beloved, who was named Rida in the Book of Names and who bore witness to that which God did bear witness unto on the Promised Day.

O Rida! Hearken unto the Call, for verily it attracteth thee and draweth thee nigh unto a praiseworthy station. Every edifice hath been raised in My Name, and every station hath been exalted through My remembrance, yet most of the people understand not. They have violated My Covenant, denied My right, and disputed My signs, except for him whom the hand of thy Lord’s will, the Sovereign of the kingdom of earth and heaven, hath delivered.

Say: O my God, my God! Illumine the hearts of Thy servants with the light of Thy knowledge, adorn them with the ornament of Thy love, and ordain for them that which will draw them nigh unto Thy court. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the All-Forgiving.

=== END BH09031 ===

=== START BH09032 ===

He is the All-Seeing, the All-Hearing Witness Who speaks!

O Muhammad, upon whom be the Glory of God! The Wronged One, Who hath appeared in His Name, the Self-Subsisting, makes mention of thee and bears witness to thy turning unto Him, thy recognition and thy sincerity before God, the Lord of the mighty throne. Thy letter which thou didst send to My Name, the M and the H, hath been received, and We make mention of thee in this wondrous Tablet. Say: Glory be unto Thee, O Thou through Whose Name the fragrance of the garment was wafted throughout all creation and the Dove of Holiness warbled upon the branches! I beseech Thee to assist me to preserve that which Thou hast given me through Thy bounty and grace - namely Thy love, which nothing in Thy kingdom of creation can equal. O my Lord! Thou art the All-Powerful and I am helpless and poor. I beseech Thee to ordain for me that which lies with Thee. Verily Thou art the Most Exalted, the Mighty, the Generous.

=== END BH09032 ===

=== START BH09033 ===

O Most Great, Most Ancient One! There is no mystery but it hath been revealed in truth, and no wisdom but the All-Wise hath sent it down. The pavilion of bounty hath been raised aloft, and the Lord of Eternity summoneth the peoples unto the Most Exalted Horizon which hath been illumined by the lights of His Most Glorious Name. This, verily, is the manifest station. We have sent down the Command and expounded the verses that perchance men may ponder upon God’s sovereignty and His firm and mighty Cause. Woe betide them for having denied and turned away from God, the Lord of all worlds! Say: Blessed are ye, O people of Baha, in that ye have quaffed the wine of everlasting life from the chalice of the loving-kindness of your Lord, the All-Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Rejoice in what ye have been given from God - verily He giveth and withholdeth, and He is the All-Wise Judge. When thou hearest the Call and art honored with the Tablet, prostrate thyself before the face of thy Peerless Lord.

=== END BH09033 ===

=== START BH09034 ===

In the Name of the One Desired One, the Ancient Lord: From the horizon of the world He calls and proclaims: O My party and O My branches! Reflect upon that which has appeared. The vain imaginings of the past closed the door of mercy, grace and knowledge, as was witnessed when limited souls, due to their vain imaginings, were all seen to be deprived of the Dayspring of the Light of Oneness. Now again the people of the Bayan are clinging to those same vain imaginings. Beseech ye God that He may preserve the essences of being from the contingencies of the world and protect them from the evil of the barking ones. Verily He is powerful over all things and worthy to answer. Those vain imaginings appeared on the Day of Resurrection with sword and arrow, and were visited upon the Truth and His companions. God protect us and you from the evil of the barking ones who prevent people from this straight and manifest Path.

O people of God! Strive that perchance the helpless servants may not again become afflicted with the vain imaginings of the Shi’ites. But the people of the Bayan will not permit it - they have again clung to those same vain imaginings. For one thousand two hundred years they called the son of the Imam a liar by their own admission and he became known as Ja’far the Liar, while that helpless one spoke but one word in truth. Now reflect upon the creation and their words and deeds and thoughts and vain imaginings, that perchance ye may strive according to your capacity, for the sake of God, to exalt the Word. Verily He is the All-Knowing Commander and the All-Wise, the Almighty.

=== END BH09034 ===

=== START BH09035 ===

O handmaiden of God, Varaqih, sister of his honor ’A.T., upon both of them be the Glory of God, He Who has dominion over all who are on earth and in heaven. The Will of God, exalted be His glory, is penetrating and His Command is operative. Should all the peoples of earth and heaven gather together to prevent that which has flowed from the Most Exalted Pen, they would surely find themselves impotent and powerless. O my handmaiden! Heedlessness has seized all handmaidens except those who have transcended idle fancies and have held fast to the cord of knowledge. One deed performed by believing handmaidens takes precedence over the deeds of all the handmaidens of the earth. Rejoice thou in thy Lord’s favor, for verily He is with His assured servants, both men and women. Grieve not for those who have turned away from God - they shall soon find themselves in manifest loss. The Glory be upon thee and upon those women who have believed in the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09035 ===

=== START BH09036 ===

O Muhammad-Husayn! The Wronged One of the World calls out to the friends of God from the horizon of the Most Great Prison and reminds them with sacred utterances. He is the One Whose grace has preceded all and Whose loving-kindness has encompassed all. This is the day when all things are seen as dead save the letters of the Face which are inscribed in the Book of God - they are the souls who have attained unto the greatest steadfastness and who gaze toward the highest horizon. Blessed are they, then blessed are they! Know thou the value of these days and beseech God to make thee steadfast in His love, for thieves have been and are lying in wait for the friends of the All-Merciful. Protect thyself through My Name, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. Verily, we are God’s and to Him shall we return.

=== END BH09036 ===

=== START BH09037 ===

He is the Mighty, the All-Wise! The primary purpose in creating the world hath been for men to know the Beauty of the Pre-existent One. Whoso achieveth this purpose hath attained unto all good. But today the friends of God must occupy themselves with service to His Cause and appear among people adorned with praiseworthy attributes. The fruit of existence in this day is to hold fast to that which shall guide mankind. Grieve not over distance. Act in accordance with what hath been commanded thee by One Who is All-Knowing, All-Wise. Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Self to make me content with what Thou hast ordained for me in Thy Book, and to fix my gaze upon Thee in all conditions, detached from all else beside Thee. Then write down for me, through Thy bounty and favor, the reward of attaining Thy presence. Verily Thou art the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH09037 ===

=== START BH09038 ===

O Muhammad-Qabli-’Ali! He is the Hearer and Seer. Your letter was honored to receive the glance of favor in the Most Great Prison, and the longing of your heart in love and separation was heard. Praise the Beloved of the world Who assisted you in a Cause from which most people are deprived and veiled, although all have been created for His recognition and His Day. Know thou the value of this exalted station and preserve it in the name of Truth, for thieves and traitors have been and are lying in wait. Such injustice hath appeared that justice hath lamented, but God will seize whom He willeth through His sovereignty. Verily He is the Powerful over what He willeth. There is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Powerful.

=== END BH09038 ===

=== START BH09039 ===

In the Name of the One Friend!

Consider the grace and favor of God, and reflect upon it, that perchance thou mayest become aware of a drop from the ocean of generosity. Despite having bestowed sublime and wondrous Tablets, He hath once again adorned the beginning of thy letter with the crown of a new mention. Be thou grateful and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Beloved of them that know! Be not grieved by the events that have transpired, for they flow according to what hath been ordained in the Book. They who are today turned toward the Most Exalted Horizon and have attained the recognition of the Lord of Names are accounted before God as the most wealthy among His servants. Hold fast unto the cord of kinship with God, and cleave unto Him and seek His mediation. In childhood this verse was heard: “When I have Thee I have all; naught else do I need.”

=== END BH09039 ===

=== START BH09040 ===

He is God! Your letter is before Me, but in these days the Pen of Command is perplexed in reply, for it is not known which souls have been elevated to the highest heaven by the fragrances of trials wafting from the right hand of the Will of the All-Merciful, and which have been cast down to the lowest depths. Although the condition of all is witnessed and remembered before God, yet since He has named Himself the Concealer, He has concealed and continues to conceal it. In any case, in those days you were fresh and alive from the holy fragrance of divine oneness. God willing, through divine favor, you will not lose this heavenly bounty which has ever endured within your own self, and will remain forever turned toward the holy realm, in such wise that the disturbing winds of mortality will neither make you heedless of the Beauty of Divine Unity nor deprive you thereof. And the Spirit be upon you.

=== END BH09040 ===

=== START BH09041 ===

He is the One Who warbles upon the branches

O Ali-Akbar of Maraghih! Your letter was received and attained the honor of being noticed and heard. Praise be to the Goal of all the worlds Who confirmed you and enabled you to recognize the Dawning Place of Revelation and the Speaker of the Mount. He is the One Whose oneness is sanctified above oneness itself, and Whose oneness in the Kingdom of Names cannot be described or encompassed by anyone’s understanding. Hold fast to Him and cling to His luminous robe. See none but Him and observe naught besides Him. Strive that perchance you may act according to that which hath been revealed in the Book of God. Whosoever attaineth unto this hath attained unto all good. He Who possesseth the Mother Book beareth witness unto this. Glory be upon thee and upon all who have believed in God, the Lord of Lords.

=== END BH09041 ===

=== START BH09042 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory

O Ali-Qabl-Akbar, upon him be the Glory of God! Your letter was read and its contents were noted and understood. Whatever befell you was for the sake of God, and its reward is with your Lord. After your departure, events occurred that became a source of trials for all. The purpose is that you shared with us in the tribulations. Blessed are they that bear, for it was in the path of God and His good-pleasure. God willing, you will engage in the mention of God with utmost wisdom, that perchance the saplings of humanity may be made verdant through the rain of divine mercy and attain unto the days of God. Convey to the emigrant lady the greetings of the Wronged One. We beseech God to assist her and protect her and make her a sign of steadfastness among His steadfast handmaidens. The Glory be upon you.

=== END BH09042 ===

=== START BH09043 ===

He is the One Who speaks the truth

Your letter, O Muhammad Beg, upon whom be the Glory of God, was received and in the Most Great Prison its answer was revealed from the Ancient King. Blessed is the eye that hath seen, and the ear that hath heard, and the tongue that hath spoken that which hath been sent down from the heaven of the Will of God, the Lord of the worlds. We beseech God that His confirmation may assist and His grace may accompany you, that in these fleeting days you may attain unto everlasting stations and be occupied with His remembrance in the nights and days. Verily, He is with His remembering servants. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having given me to drink from the cup of Thy knowledge and for having made known unto me Thy straight path and Thy firm and mighty Command. I beseech Thee by Thy Most Exalted Pen to ordain for me that which will draw me nigh unto Thee. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Powerful.

=== END BH09043 ===

=== START BH09044 ===

O Hibatullah, son of Musafir! Your call has been heard in the name of the Goal of all the worlds, and your letter has been illumined with the lights of the Most Great Countenance and was presented before His face. He is the All-Seeing, the All-Knowing. His knowledge has encompassed and will forever encompass all things, and His Command has surrounded and will surround all times. The Kingdom of Utterance speaks forth from the horizon of the All-Merciful with these words: O friends! Defile not the light of divine unity with the contamination of vain imaginings, and veil it not with the dark veils of similitudes and analogies. The people of certitude are those souls who today stand firm and steadfast in the divine Cause, who regard all else as non-existent and count all other things as nothing. God willing, may you soar with this wing in the atmosphere of the love of the Most Great Countenance, and may you ever abide beneath the shadow of His mercy, successful and at rest.

=== END BH09044 ===

=== START BH09045 ===

In the Name of the Beloved of the Worlds! Your call was heard and the fire of your love in the path of God was witnessed. Praise be to God that you have attained to this station, which is the most exalted of stations. God willing, you will remain steadfast, for false claimants have appeared and will appear in most lands. This is what the Supreme Pen foretold aforetime. He, verily, is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Be thankful that the Wronged One heard your call and answered you in truth. He, verily, is the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful. We counsel you and those women who have believed in God to show forth the Most Great Steadfastness and to act in accordance with what We have sent down in the Most Holy Book. By the life of God! It is verily a perspicuous Book. As for your desire to attain Our presence, this land and its surroundings are observed to be in turmoil and upheaval. Therefore, beseech God to ordain for you the reward of attaining His presence. Verily, thy Lord is the All-Powerful, the Almighty.

=== END BH09045 ===

=== START BH09046 ===

O Muhammad Husayn, who has attained the presence and won the grace of Him Who speaks, the All-Knowing!

We testify that thou didst seek to attain the presence before the countenance of the Wronged One, to hearken unto His call and to stand before His gate. Thou art he who left thy home, turning thy face toward the House of God, the Most High, in the All-Glorious Horizon, and traversed land and sea until thou didst arrive at the Most Great Prison, which God hath made the point of adoration for the world. Thou didst hear what the ears of those near unto Him among His servants have heard, and didst behold what was the hope of the sincere ones among His chosen ones. I beseech Thee, O Lord of all beings and God of the throne on high and of earth below, to ordain for me that which shall cause me to be detached from all else save Thee and to hold fast unto Thy cord. Verily Thou art the Generous, the Lord of grace abounding. There is none other God but Thee, the Forgiving, the Merciful.

=== END BH09046 ===

=== START BH09047 ===

O Mir Muhammad Bey, who hath attained Our presence and gained victory! He is the Light that shineth resplendent from the horizon of the heaven of proof. We testify that thou hast aimed for the ultimate goal, the loftiest summit, and the highest horizon, and hast heard the rustling of the Divine Lote-Tree, and achieved that which was inscribed by the Pen of God, the Mighty, the Loving. Thou hast established for thyself a station beneath the canopies of grandeur, as attested by the Book of God, Lord of the Throne and of the dust, and the One Who ruleth this praiseworthy station. Thou didst speak the truth when thou didst appear before the face of him who disbelieved in God and believed in the Evil One. We beseech God to record for thee the reward of thy utterance and thy steadfastness in this mighty and beloved Cause. Blessed be thy tongue and thy heart, and woe unto him who hath denied the proof of God, the Lord of existence.

=== END BH09047 ===

=== START BH09048 ===

In the Name of God, the Most High, the Most Exalted!

The fragrances of the All-Merciful from this Paradise which hath appeared in the temple of man have indeed wafted over all the worlds, and through them are the bodies of all created things revived, and God is, verily, witness unto this. O handmaiden of God! Make mention of thy Lord in His days - days which were promised in the Mother Book. Withhold not thyself from the fragrances of thy Lord, for whoso withholdeth himself therefrom is indeed deprived of all good. Then be thou obedient, and bow down, and prostrate thyself before God Who hath created the heavens and the earth by His command, for He is, verily, powerful over all things. And glory be upon the people of glory, whether male or female.

=== END BH09048 ===

=== START BH09049 ===

Agha Siyyid Barat - in the name of the Sovereign of all possibility! Blessed is the state of those souls who have received their writ of freedom from the Dayspring of God’s Cause and remained protected from the fire of ignorance and polytheism. All people were awaiting the days of God, yet when the Sun of Revelation shone forth from the horizon of the heaven of divine will, all were heedless of Him and occupied with and turned to other than Him, except for those souls who heard the divine call with the ear of the heart and turned toward His horizon. Today is the day of service, today is the day of pure deeds. All the friends must, through the grace of the All-Merciful, occupy themselves with guiding others through goodly deeds, pleasing conduct, and healing words. He is verily the Protector of those who do good. Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH09049 ===

=== START BH09050 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Exalted

This is a remembrance unto My servant Sadiq of Yazd, that he may rejoice in the remembrance of God and be detached from all else - and this is indeed a mighty favor. We created thee for My remembrance and praise, and thus do We remember thee in the kingdom of Our Cause that thou mayest remember Me in My earth. Therefore, hearken unto the word of thy Lord and be of them that remember. Leave behind all created things, then turn thy face toward the court of the All-Merciful, the seat of the throne of thy Lord, the Most High, the Most Great. Strive within thyself that through thee the Cause of God may be exalted - for this wert thou created by His firm and unshakeable command. He who leaveth no trace in the world shall be subject to the decree of extinction. Thus do We impart unto thee that thou mayest be among those who are firm in this Cause, whereby the foundations of the heedless have been shaken. And the glory rest upon thee and upon Our sincere servants.

=== END BH09050 ===

=== START BH09051 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great. This is a mention from before Us to him who hath believed in God, the Lord of the worlds, that the verses may remind him and draw him unto the supreme horizon. He, verily, is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. There hath come before the Wronged One a letter from him bearing the name of Javad, wherein was thy mention. We have revealed for thee the verses and sent them unto thee, that thou mayest thank thy Lord, the All-Bountiful. We have adorned the heaven of the servants’ knowledge with the stars of their Lord’s ethics, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy. Blessed is he who hath laid hold on goodly deeds, and woe unto every remote forsaker. O My servants! Adorn your temples with the robe of steadfastness in this Cause, whereby the hearts of the mystics have been stirred. We make mention of those who have turned unto the Countenance, and give them the glad-tidings of God’s grace and mercy which have preceded all who are in the heavens and on earth. Glory be upon the people of Baha, and upon thee and upon thy wife who hath believed in God, the Single, the All-Informed.

=== END BH09051 ===

=== START BH09052 ===

Muhammad Hasan - He is the Most Holy, the Most Great

This is a mention from the Wronged One to him who hath inhaled the fragrance of the Garment and hath turned unto God, the Lord of the worlds. We beseech God to assist Us and you in remembering and praising Him. He, verily, is the Mighty, the All-Wise. Drink thou at all times from the choice wine of certitude, the seal whereof hath been broken by the finger of thy Lord, the Almighty, the All-Powerful. God willing, may you ever abide beneath the shade of the providence of the Self-Sufficient, the Most High, and become so enkindled with the fire of the love of God that you may cause others to be set ablaze thereby. Should anyone reflect upon the world and whatsoever hath appeared and will appear therein, he would clearly behold its evanescence and would cleave unto the cord of that which endureth. Glory be upon thee and upon him who hath believed in God, the Peerless, the All-Informed.

=== END BH09052 ===

=== START BH09053 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Unapproachable, the Most Holy, the Most Exalted

This is the Book of Husayn to him who was named with this name and who abided in the vicinity of his Lord’s mercy for numbered months until he emigrated by His command, and thus it behooveth every patient and grateful one. We sent thee a Tablet before, and now one is sent down once again from the presence of the Self-Subsisting, the Guardian. We beseech God that He may enable thee to attain unto His love and good-pleasure and that through thee He may set ablaze the breasts of those whose warmth of love had been quenched. Seek thy Lord’s grace at all times, then put thy trust in Him. Verily He will assist those who have attained His presence and who have become detached from the worlds. And the Spirit and Glory be upon thee and upon those who have aided their Lord, the Most Merciful, at every daybreak and sunset.

=== END BH09053 ===

=== START BH09054 ===

O Mirza Muhammad! He is the Most Great, the Most Glorious! This is the Book of the All-Merciful from which the proof hath shone forth unto those who are in the Bayan. Blessed is he who hath attained unto it and discovered that which was wafted from it through this perspicuous Name. The Kingdom and the Dominion have testified to the sovereignty of the Realm of Might, yet most of the people are fast asleep. Say: He hath come for your salvation, as attesteth that which We revealed in the Tablets in the time of the Prophets and Messengers. Verily, those who were not stirred by the breezes of revelation are accounted as dead in the Book of God, the Lord of all worlds. When thou hast drunk from the Kawthar of My utterance and been seized by the rapture of My verses, arise from thy place, then turn thy face toward God, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Say: O God of existence and Sovereign of the seen and unseen! I beseech Thee to make me hear, in all conditions, Thy most sweet call and to draw me nigh unto Thee through Thy bountiful grace.

=== END BH09054 ===

=== START BH09055 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Mighty, the Most Unapproachable, the Most Holy! This is a Book from God, the Mighty, the Beautiful, unto all that are in the heavens and on earth, that they may witness His signs and be of them that are assured. And thou, O handmaiden of God, blessed art thou inasmuch as thou hast attained unto the recognition of the Manifestation of His Self, and thy name hath been inscribed among them that are assured in the preserved Tablets of might. Read thou the verses of thy Lord, then take comfort in them, for they are the best of helpers and supporters, since with every verse from the verses of thy Lord there accompanieth a host of the angels that draw nigh. Thus do We make mention of thee in this Tablet that thou mayest be attracted by the melodies of thy Lord, the Most Exalted, the Most Great, and mayest detach thyself from the world and turn with thy heart toward the paradise of God, the Mighty, the Wondrous. And the Glory be upon thee and upon the handmaidens of God who remember Him and His servants who remember Him.

=== END BH09055 ===

=== START BH09056 ===

The Most Holy, the Most Glorious! This is a Book from God, the Mighty, the Wise. Verily it is the spirit of life unto all the worlds. In every word of thy Lord’s verses is concealed a spirit which, should God permit it to appear, would cause the heavens and earth to be drawn unto it. He who hath found the fragrance of the All-Merciful in this Day will stand firm in the Cause in such wise that those who have disbelieved shall not turn him aside. Verily thy Lord will aid whomsoever hath desired His presence. He is with His sincere servants. O thou who gazest, gaze and thou shalt behold Me. Verily he who hath turned unto Me is of them who have seen Me. Thy Lord is witness to what I say. Leave the dead and hold fast unto the Name through which every sincere and trustworthy one hath held fast. Aid thy Lord amongst His servants. This is what God hath prescribed for everyone who hath believed in Him in this mighty Revelation.

=== END BH09056 ===

=== START BH09057 ===

He is the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious

This is a Book from God to her who believed in her Lord when He appeared yet another time, that thou mayest detach thyself from those who disbelieved and hold fast to the Sure Handle of God. O My aunt! Hearken unto My call, then grieve with My grief, then weep over My tribulations, then rejoice in My remembrance, then soar with My love, then ascend through My grace, then prostrate thyself and be submissive, then rise unto My most exalted Kingdom. The Gate hath been opened, the Doorkeeper expelled, the veils burned away, and the Sun hath shone forth from behind the clouds. Come ye and hasten, O concourse of loved ones! Then hasten with thy heart, O My aunt, to the Ultimate Dwelling, the Most Glorious Horizon. This is better for thee and for them than the kingdom of earth and heaven. And the Glory be upon thee and upon the people of guidance.

=== END BH09057 ===

=== START BH09058 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Wondrous, the Most Holy

This is a Book from Us to her who hath believed in her Lord, that the melodies of her Lord may attract her once again from this Most Exalted Scene, the Spot wherein have shone forth the lights of the countenance of our Most Glorious Lord. O My handmaiden! Grieve not, but rather purify thyself from this world and all that is therein, and thy heart from all that pertaineth thereunto, that the Sun of the remembrance of the name of thy Lord may shine upon it. Know thou that this world shall pass away. Were all the treasures of the earth to be gathered before thee, not one of them would profit thee when the messenger of thy Chosen Lord cometh unto thee. And that which hath been ordained for thee in the Kingdom of thy Lord shall not profit thee. Seek thou, therefore, from the bounty of thy Lord that which He hath ordained for thee. Verily, He is the Best of Givers and the Most Merciful of the merciful. And the Spirit and Glory be upon those handmaidens who have believed in God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH09058 ===

=== START BH09059 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Glorious! This is a Book from Us to him who hath believed and been guided, that the call of his Lord may draw him to the ultimate station, round which circle the Sadratu’l-Muntaha. By God! He is verily the supreme Sign, the Most Great Sign, the Lord of the throne and of the dust, the Sovereign of the hereafter and of this world. O servant! If thou art seized by the attraction of the verses and by the fragrance of thy Lord’s garment, the Lord of names and attributes, then detach thyself from thyself and from all thou beholdest, and turn with thy heart unto God, thy Lord, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious. Thus have We called out to thee from the shore of eternity in the Crimson Spot. This is of thy Lord’s grace unto thee, that thou mayest be of them who remember. Take hold of God’s Tablet through His power, and follow not him who hath turned away from guidance.

=== END BH09059 ===

=== START BH09060 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Glorious! This is a Book from Us to one of Our handmaidens, that she may rejoice in the remembrance of God and be numbered among the devout. O My handmaiden! Hearken unto My call, then detach thyself from all that hath been created in earth and heaven. Verily, thy Lord is with those among His remembering servants and His pure handmaidens who have turned towards His Countenance. Remember thy Lord with this prayer: O Thou in Whose hand is the kingdom of earth and heaven, and within Whose grasp is the empire of destiny! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which the greatest veil was rent asunder and the Most Pure Manifestation appeared from the horizon of Thy Command, to draw me nigh unto the seat of the throne of Thy oneness in Thy holy court, that I may hearken unto Thy call. Verily, Thou art the Omnipotent over what Thou willest, and Thou art the Ever-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH09060 ===

=== START BH09061 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the Ruler over all possibility! This is a Book from Us to all who are in the heavens and on earth, that they may turn unto God, the Lord of the Final End. Those who hesitate today - these shall have no portion in the Book. Soon shall they bewail their own selves and curse those who held them back from the All-Possessing, the Most High. Be thou not grieved at anything, but hold fast unto God, the Lord of all men. Blessed art thou for having turned to the Countenance when every idolator and doubter waxed proud. Happy is he who hath attained unto the days of God and hath drunk the choice sealed wine from the hands of the bounty of his Lord, the Mighty, the All-Bestowing. They who have drawn nigh and acted according to what they were bidden - these are of the people of Baha in the Scriptures and Tablets. Ask thou God to strengthen thee to stand firm in His Cause, and to strengthen those who have hesitated on this Day which God, the Lord of Days, hath ordained.

=== END BH09061 ===

=== START BH09062 ===

In the Name of the Most Ancient, the Most Great. This is a Book from God unto him who hath turned towards the Countenance, that he may rejoice and be of them that are thankful. Glorified be He Who giveth to whomsoever He willeth whatsoever He pleaseth, and sendeth down upon whomsoever He desireth that whereby His mention shall be established in a preserved Tablet. Rejoice, O people, in that your names have flowed from the Pen of Revelation - this is naught but a manifest grace. Verily, in the prison We make mention of Our loved ones, that the fragrances of the utterance may draw them to the Kingdom of their Lord, the Mighty, the Generous. Blessed is he who hath heard the Call and responded to his Ancient Lord. Woe unto him who hath been deprived of his Lord’s grace on this Day which hath encompassed all worlds. Say: His mercy hath preceded all created things, yet the people are in manifest heedlessness. Turn ye unto it with your hearts. Thus hath it been sent down in the Tablet from the presence of One mighty and beautiful.

=== END BH09062 ===

=== START BH09063 ===

This is a Book from the Prisoner to the handmaidens of God that they may praise God every morning and evening, and may be steadfast in His Cause and His love. And this is from the bounty which is immense in the Tablet.

O handmaiden of God, quaff the Kawthar of love from the chalice of the utterance of thy Lord which hath appeared in the temple of letters in the Tablet. And with this word the blessing of counselling is perfected for thee and for the handmaidens who have believed in God in the days wherein the step of every mystic with insight hath shaken, save him whom the Hand of Bounty hath protected and who hath been spared by His sovereignty. And His bounty hath ever preceded the world of being…

=== END BH09063 ===

=== START BH09064 ===

This is Hassan in the Land of Alif - He is the Most Inaccessible, the Most Exalted, the Most Holy, the Most Luminous, the Most Glorious. This is a Book sent down through grace from the heaven of God, the Sublime, the Great. Mentioned therein is that which draws people to the direction of the Throne, the seat of God, the Powerful, the Exalted, the All-Knowing. O Pen of Eternity! Remember Our servant that he may rejoice within himself and be in the religion of God like an immovable and manifest mountain, such that neither the winds of those who have disbelieved nor the whisperings of devils can move him, and that the light of his Lord may shine forth from his face, guiding every doubtful ignorant one. Thus have you been commanded, O Hassan, that you may be beneficent in the Cause of your Lord and stand firm in the Command of God, the King, the Mighty, the Powerful. And the glory be upon you and upon those who have believed in God and whom the opposition of the opposers has not moved. And praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH09064 ===

=== START BH09065 ===

In the Name of Him Who was, and with Whom was naught else that was.

This is a Tablet revealed from the prison to him who hath turned unto the Countenance, that he may inhale the fragrance of God, the Mighty, the Powerful, the Inaccessible, and may know that He remembereth in tribulation those among the people of Baha who have sought Him. Verily, He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.

When thou didst perceive the fragrance of the garment and the breath of holiness, arise to make mention of Him amongst the worlds, that perchance they may recognize God their Lord and abandon what they possess of the whisperings of the satans. Hold thou fast in all conditions to the remembrance of thy Lord, the Self-Sufficient, the Most High. This is better for thee than the sovereignty of the heavens and earth. Be not grieved by what they have said and uttered. Soon shall they behold the recompense of their deeds. Verily thy Lord is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Despair not of the breezes of God and His mercy. He is with whomsoever hath desired Him and aideth him at all times.

=== END BH09065 ===

=== START BH09066 ===

In My Name, through which hearts are attracted! This is a day wherein the Book walketh and speaketh. Blessed are they that hear it! The standards of guidance have been raised, and the horizon of the Cause hath been illumined, and the Speaker of the Mount hath spoken forth from the Dawning-Place of Revelation: “Verily, there is none other God but Me, the Single, the All-Informed.” Take hold of the Tablet of God with the power that proceedeth from Him and place it upon thine eyes, and say: “Praise be unto Thee, O Thou through Whose Name the fragrance of bounty hath wafted between the worlds and the mystery of Sinai hath appeared amongst the nations! I beseech Thee not to disappoint me from that which Thou hast ordained in Thy days for Thy chosen ones. Then make me steadfast in this Cause whereby the feet of Thy creatures have slipped. Verily, Thou art the Powerful over whatsoever Thou willest, and within Thy grasp are the reins of all things. There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the Powerful.”

=== END BH09066 ===

=== START BH09067 ===

In the Name of the Compassionate, the All-Bountiful! This is the day wherein the All-Merciful betook Himself unto the garden. And when He entered therein, the pomegranate proclaimed: “The Lord, the Sovereign King, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting, hath come!” Blessed is he who hath attained His presence when He seated Himself upon the throne through His Name whereby He hath subdued all that are in the worlds. Verily, He is the One Who hath power over whatsoever He willeth, and in His grasp are the reins of all things. The fragrance of loving-kindness hath been wafted, and the Dove hath warbled upon the branch of the Divine Lote-Tree that which the Tongue of Oneness spoke ere the creation of earth and heaven: “Verily, there is none other God but Me, the Mighty, the All-Loving.” Take hold of the Book of God with the power that proceedeth from Him - it shall be a light unto thee in thy Lord’s worlds, the Lord of all existence. We have made mention of all who have turned unto the Countenance, and We make mention of those whom the verses have attracted unto this exalted Station.

=== END BH09067 ===

=== START BH09068 ===

O Afnan, his honor Mirza Baqir, upon him be the Most Glorious Beauty of God! He is the Most Holy, the Most Great! Do you know who remembers you and do you know who calls out to you from this glorious and wondrous station? Say: Yes, by my Lord! The Beloved of the worlds remembers me and the Goal of all knowers calls out to me. O my God and my Master! I beseech Thee by the rustling of the breezes of Thy springtime and the lights of Thy countenance and the fragrances of Thy days and the manifestations of Thy power and the revelations of Thy grandeur to preserve me through Thy bounty and Thy loving-kindness, then grant me what Thou hast sent down in Thy Book. O Lord! I am the one who has fled from myself unto Thee and desired from the heaven of Thy bounty what befits Thy grace and Thy bestowal. Verily Thou art He Whom the affairs of creation cannot frustrate, so send down upon Thy servant from the heaven of Thy grace that which will draw him near unto Thee in all conditions. Verily Thou art the Self-Sufficient, the Most Exalted.

=== END BH09068 ===

=== START BH09069 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious! In these days there hath been sent down unto thee a Tablet of wondrous glory, and likewise unto everyone whose name was mentioned in thy letter. Verily, thy Lord’s favor toward thee is abundant. He who set out for the Most Great House and was numbered among the triumphant ones in the Tablet hath attained the presence of the Countenance, and the hand of grace hath turned him from the left of doubt to the right of certitude with mighty sovereignty. Blessed art thou for having traversed the paths of submission and contentment, and for being illumined by the lights of His Countenance. Make mention of thy Lord, then glorify His praise. Verily, He is with thee in all conditions, and He will surely give full recompense to the doers of good, and He is verily the Observer of all things. And the Glory rest upon thee and upon those who are with thee among My loved ones, who are at this hour mentioned before the Throne.

=== END BH09069 ===

=== START BH09070 ===

Glorified art Thou, O God of Names and Creator of earth and heaven! I beseech Thee by Thy most great signs and by them who circle round Thy throne, O Lord of all being and Master of the seen and unseen, to assist Thy handmaiden and leaf that her mention may endure in Thy kingdom. Thou art the One Who, O my God, hast related Thy chosen ones to Thy Tree. Ordain for them, both men and women, that which will draw them nigh unto Thee in all conditions. Verily, Thou art the Self-Sufficient, the Most Exalted. There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful.

Send down Thy blessings, O my God, upon those who have attained the blessing of recognizing Thee in Thy days, who have turned unto Thee and have drunk the choice sealed wine of revelation from the hands of Thy bounty. O Lord! Illumine their hearts with the lights of Thy knowledge and their faces with the radiance of Thy countenance. Then ordain for them through Thy Most Exalted Pen the good of the hereafter and of this world. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH09070 ===

=== START BH09072 ===

He is the Near One, the Hearer, the Seer! O Ibrahim! Your petition was received. The servant present before His face presented it. It was very brief and written in the Persian tongue. God testifies that these two brief Persian words were dearer to Him than certain lengthy, expansive Arabic letters, for they were sanctified from desires and imaginings and all matters were referred to God and suspended upon His good-pleasure. Blessed is the soul that has attained to that which thou hast attained! God willing, in all conditions thou shalt be occupied with the remembrance and praise of the Goal of the world, be turned toward His horizon, cling to His love, and arise in His service. The Glory be upon thee and upon those who have testified to that which God hath testified, that there is none other God but Him, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09072 ===

=== START BH09073 ===

Afnan, His Honor Mirza Buzurg, upon him be the Glory of God

In My Name, through which the ocean of bounty surged before the faces of all peoples

O son of My Afnan! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness. We testify that thou hast attained unto My Day and hast drunk the choice wine of My utterance from the cup of My bounty, and hast heard My sweetest call and the sound of My Most Exalted Pen. Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name, whereby Thou hast guided the peoples to the shore of the ocean of Thy utterance and given them to drink of the Kawthar of attainment from the hands of Thy grace and bounty, to ordain for me through Thy Most Glorious Pen that which Thou hast ordained for the company of Thy chosen ones. Then send down upon me, from the clouds of Thy grace, the rain of Thy mercy. Verily, Thou art the One Who hath power over whatsoever He willeth, and in Thy grasp are the reins of all, whether of the first or the last. Praise be unto Thee, O God of the worlds and the Desire of the hearts of them that know Thee.

=== END BH09073 ===

=== START BH09074 ===

He is the Outward and He is the Inward! O sons of Khalil! Praise be to God that ye have drunk from the ocean of divine mercy and been illumined by the lights of the manifestation of the Sun of Truth. Today, whosoever hath turned unto the supreme horizon is accounted before God as among the most exalted of beings and is recorded in the Book. O sons of Khalil! Should anyone come unto you with the book of hell, leave it behind you, turning instead toward the All-Knowing, the One. God willing, may ye remain so steadfast in the divine Cause that neither the cawing of the crows nor the allusions of the opposers shall deter you. Thus have We set forth the matter with truth and expounded the verses. Blessed is every hearing and perceiving one. The glory shining forth from the horizon of eternity rest upon those who have attained unto this mighty Cause.

=== END BH09074 ===

=== START BH09075 ===

O friends of God! Be the mercy of God and His light unto My loved ones, and the sword of God and His vengeance unto Mine enemies. This is a revelation from God, the Almighty, the Powerful, the Mighty. O Abraham! Hear My call and be not of the heedless ones. Remember thy Lord in thy rising up and sitting down, and in every morning and evening. Beware lest thou forget My remembrance and cast the love of God behind thy back, and be not of them that are veiled. Then remind the servants of God that they neglect not any of the matters of their Lord, and follow not their idle fancies, and be not of them that turn away. Then convey Our greetings unto thy brethren and remind them from Us with a goodly reminder. And the Spirit and glory be upon you, O concourse of them that love Me!

=== END BH09075 ===

=== START BH09076 ===

He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing! O Asad! Upon thee be the peace of God and His loving-kindness. The letter of Ali-Qabel-Akbar, upon him be My glory and loving-kindness, was presented before Us and Badi’u’llah read it in Our presence. This answer hath been revealed from the Most Exalted Pen: We testify that he is of the people of this Most Great Scene and among the Hands of the Cause before God, the One Who holdeth all destiny. We beseech God to preserve him, to aid him, and to enable him to achieve all good that He hath sent down in His Books and Tablets. We testify that he arose to serve My Cause in the earliest days with such steadfastness as was not hindered by the croaking of frogs, nor the mewing of cats, nor the grunting of swine. The Glory from Us be upon him and upon those whom neither profit nor trade deterreth from drawing nigh unto God, the Lord of the Mighty Throne.

=== END BH09076 ===

=== START BH09077 ===

He is established upon the throne of utterance

O Ustad Isma’il! Rejoice that the Pen of thy Lord’s will, the Mighty, the All-Knowing, hath moved to make mention of thee. Verily He remembereth him who remembereth Him and aideth him in a manner befitting this Revelation from which the lights have shone forth. We have sent down the Book as a mercy from Our presence and a bounty from Our side, and verily We are the Powerful, the Chosen One. We make mention of thy son who was named ’Abdu’s-Samad in the Book of God, the Lord of lords. We make mention at this time of Ar-Rahim in such wise as will draw him nigh unto God, the Lord of the Day of Return. Blessed are ye for having turned to the Dawning-Place of grace and for having attained unto the days wherewith We gave the glad-tidings in the Scriptures and Tablets. The glory from Our presence be upon you and upon those whom the might of the wicked ones hath not prevented from drawing nigh unto God, the Lord of all men.

=== END BH09077 ===

=== START BH09078 ===

He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing

O Isma’il, upon thee be the Glory of God, the Lord of the Mighty Throne! Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God, my Lord and my Support! The fire of separation from Thee hath consumed me, and Thy remoteness and absence hath destroyed me. I know not, O my God, whether Thou didst create me for Thy remembrance or for Thy torment. If Thou didst create me for Thy remembrance and praise and for recognition of the Dayspring of Thy Revelation and the Dawning-Place of Thy signs, then strengthen me that I may arise to serve Thee amongst Thy servants and to praise and glorify Thee before the faces of Thy creation. I beseech Thee, O Lord of the worlds, by the Most Great Name, to ordain for me that which will draw me nigh unto Thee. By Thy glory! I am content with whatsoever Thou hast ordained for me through Thy decree and destiny, for I testify that Thou art praised in Thy doings and obeyed in Thy command. Verily Thou art the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09078 ===

=== START BH09079 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the Guardian over all names!

O Isma’il! Upon thee be the Glory of God, the Mighty, the Beautiful! This is the Day wherein the Hidden Treasure hath been revealed and the breeze of God, the Lord of what was and what shall be, hath wafted. They who have turned unto Him are indeed the people of Baha in the Book of God, the Guardian, the Self-Subsisting. Blessed is the one who was not deterred by the cawing of the cawers who denied God’s proof and His evidence, and wrought that which caused the near ones to lament. Take hold of God’s Tablet with a strength from Him and a power from His presence. Beware lest the veils of them who have disbelieved in the Witness and the Witnessed prevent thee. Thus hath warbled the Dove of Utterance upon the loftiest branches, as a command from God, the Lord of existence. The glory shining from the horizon of the heaven of My loving-kindness be upon thee and upon those who are with thee, from God, the Lord of what was and what shall be.

=== END BH09079 ===

=== START BH09080 ===

In His Name, the One Who has dominion over what was and what shall be!

O My Afnan! Upon thee be My Glory! Thou hast ever been beneath the glances of My loving-kindness, to which My Pen and My Tongue and the dwellers of the cities of My mighty Cause bear witness. Thou hast ever been and art standing before My countenance. Should there be an outward delay in the manifestation of loving-kindness, be thou not grieved. Verily, He is with thee and beholdeth thee in thy station and heareth thy call and knoweth what is in thy heart. Thy Lord is, in truth, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. We have mentioned thee before and have testified through Our Most Exalted Pen that which all things have uttered. Blessed be God, the Most Exalted, the Bestower, the Compassionate, the All-Bountiful. The glory from Us be upon thee and upon those who have turned towards God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09080 ===

=== START BH09082 ===

His Honor Afnan Aqa Mirza Siyyid Hasan, upon him be the Most Glorious Glory of God - He is the Mighty, the Great

O My Afnan! My tongue and My Most Exalted Pen bear witness that thou hast turned toward the horizon of God and set thy face toward Him, and hastened to the shore of the ocean of His presence, and soared in the atmosphere of His love until thou didst traverse land and sea and enter the Most Exalted Paradise in thy Lord’s prison, He Who is the Ruler of all names. And thou didst hearken unto His most sweet call and didst attain unto that which had been recorded in the Books of God and hidden in His knowledge. It behooveth thee to render thanks unto God for this great bounty, with which all the treasures of the earth and all the repositories of knowledge cannot compare. Thy Lord, the Ruler of the Kingdom, beareth witness unto this. The glory shining forth from the horizon of the heaven of My grace be upon thee and upon whosoever hath loved thee for the sake of God, the Mighty, the All-Loving.

=== END BH09082 ===

=== START BH09083 ===

He is the Healer, the Sufficing, the Helper, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed

O God of the world, Who hast manifested through the Most Great Name! I beseech Thee by the ocean of Thy knowledge, and the sun of Thy manifestation, and the heaven of Thy bounty, to ordain for Thy loved ones that which will gladden them in Thy days. Then protect them, O my God, from every disease and affliction, and from whatsoever may prevent them from drawing nigh unto the ocean of Thy favors. Thou art He through Whose name all things have spoken. There is none other God but Thee, the Forgiving, the Generous. O Lord! This is one of Thy handmaidens who hath turned unto Thee when she heard Thy call. Write down for her what Thou hast written for Thy handmaidens who have circumambulated the throne of Thy grandeur, and who have attained unto Thy presence, and who have acknowledged that which Thy Most Exalted Pen hath acknowledged in the kingdom of creation, and who have acted according to what they were commanded in the Book of Names. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Powerful.

=== END BH09083 ===

=== START BH09084 ===

He is the Glorious, the All-Glorious

O my God! Thou seest my state and my dwelling-place, the weakness of Thy loved ones and the power of Thine enemies, the helplessness of Thy chosen ones and the might of the adversaries of Thy Self. I beseech Thee by the ocean of Thy knowledge and the heaven of Thy Word and the sun of Thy power to manifest in the world that which will gladden the eyes of Thy loved ones and bring assurance to their hearts in Thy days. Grant these servants a dwelling beneath the pavilion of Thy grandeur and the canopy of Thy glory, and bestow upon them from the hand of Thy bounty the water of everlasting life. Thou knowest, Thou knowest, Thou seest, Thou seest. O Knowing One, words are nothing - Thou speak! O Powerful One, deeds are vain - grant Thou befitting grace! This hath ever been and shall ever be worthy of Thee. Glory be upon me and upon Thee.

=== END BH09084 ===

=== START BH09085 ===

To be recited during Qunut:

O my God! This is Thy servant and the son of Thy servant who hath believed in Thee and in Thy signs, and set his face towards Thee, wholly detached from all except Thee. Thou, verily, art the Most Merciful of the merciful. I beseech Thee, O Thou Forgiver of sins and Concealer of faults, to do with him that which becometh the heaven of Thy bounty and the ocean of Thy grace. Grant him admission within the precincts of Thy transcendent mercy that was before the foundation of earth and heaven. There is no God but Thee, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Generous.

Thereupon he speaketh the Takbirs: In the first: “We all, verily, worship God.” In the second: “We all, verily, bow down before God.” In the third: “We all, verily, are devoted unto God.” In the fourth: “We all, verily, are rememberers of God.” In the fifth: “We all, verily, give praise unto God.” In the sixth: “We all, verily, are patient in God.” (Each of these is to be repeated nineteen times.)

=== END BH09085 ===

=== START BH09086 ===

The Most Great, the Most Glorious

O my God! This is a Branch that hath branched out from the Tree of Thy Singleness and the Lote-Tree of Thy Oneness. Thou seest him, O my God, looking unto Thee and clinging to the cord of Thy bounties. Do Thou protect him within the shelter of Thy mercy. Thou knowest, O my God, that I desire for him naught except what Thou didst desire, and have chosen for him naught save what Thou didst choose. Do Thou assist him, then, with the hosts of earth and heaven, and help, O my God, whosoever helpeth him, choose whosoever chooseth him, and uphold whosoever advanceth towards him. Abandon whosoever denieth him and seeketh him not. O Lord! Thou seest that at the time of revelation my pen moveth and my limbs tremble. I beseech Thee, by my ardor in Thy love and my yearning to manifest Thy Cause, to ordain for him and for them that love him that which Thou hast ordained for Thy Messengers and the Trustees of Thy Revelation. Verily, Thou art God, the Almighty, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH09086 ===

=== START BH09087 ===

In the Name of Him Who is Sorrowful and Estranged

O my God and God of earth and heaven, my Sovereign and Sovereign of all who dwell in the kingdom of names! Thou seest what the idolaters have perpetrated in Thy days. There is no land wherein the blood of Thy chosen ones hath not been shed, and no air whereunto the sighs of Thy loved ones have not ascended. I beseech Thee, O God of the world and He Who hath power over the nations, to send down from the heaven of Thy bounty that which shall gladden the hearts of Thy loved ones. O Lord! Look upon them with the glances of Thy mercy and deliver them from the oppressors among Thy creation and the rebellious ones among Thy creatures. O Lord! Thou hearest the cry of hearts and the sighing of the hearts of Thy trusted ones. I beseech Thee to replace the throne of tyranny with the seat of justice. Verily Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest, and Thou art the Protector, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH09087 ===

=== START BH09088 ===

He is the Wronged One. O my God, my Lord, my Support, my Beloved, my Goal, my Hope! Thou seest the Countenance of Justice beneath the claws of tyranny, and the Temple of Unity in the hands of the idolaters. O Lord! The days of oppression have lengthened, though Thou didst promise in the Book their brevity, and the times of hardship have extended, though Thou didst pledge that ease would accompany them. I beseech Thee, O my God, by the light of Thy countenance whereby earth and heaven were illumined, to send down from the heaven of Thy grace that which shall gladden the hearts of Thy loved ones after this sorrow which hath clouded the pure wine of assurance in Thy days. Then cause them, O my God, to be of those whom nothing whatsoever preventeth from turning unto Thee, O Creator of the heavens and Sovereign of Names! Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH09088 ===

=== START BH09089 ===

This is a prayer that begins with “This is for ’Ali in this Most Glorious Horizon”:

O my God and my Beloved! How can I make mention of Thee through words, after my certitude that they were created by Thy command and Thy will? And how can I make mention of Thee through utterance, when verily it appeared through Thy Will and Thy leave? And how can I describe Thee through meanings when they are known through letters, and these appeared from the Pen of Thy decree and the trace of Thy signature? By Thy might, I witness that the path to Thy description is blocked - how much more so the path to the knowledge of Thy Self! And verily the loftiest description of all created things leadeth but to conjecture and imagination. Therefore, since Thou hast caused me to recognize my own powerlessness and the poverty of my being, I beseech Thee by Thy Name, the Most Exalted, the Most High, that Thou deprive me not of the glances of Thy favor in this Most Great, Most Glorious Manifestation. Then send down through it upon me that which will make me independent of all that hath been created in earth and heaven. There is no God but Thee, the Almighty, the Glorious, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH09089 ===

=== START BH09090 ===

O handmaid of God, branch of her who hath emigrated and attained! He is the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious! O My handmaidens in Hadba! Verily My Most Exalted Pen maketh mention of you when sorrows have encompassed it from those by whom were raised the standards of tyranny in the kingdom of creation. It behooveth every soul to remember that which hath befallen My loved ones in the land of Sad. Hath the star of faithfulness disappeared from its horizon, or hath its nightingale taken flight unto God, the Lord of existence? O My loved ones and My handmaidens! Remember ye this calamity whereby have lamented the dwellers of Paradise who circle round the throne of your Lord, the Mighty, the Bestower. Glory be upon those who have believed, and upon those handmaidens who have believed in God, the One, the Chosen. Verily, O My handmaiden, rejoice in that thou hast been mentioned before the Wronged One when He was making mention of His servant “Ha” who gave up his spirit in the path of God, the Lord of all lords.

=== END BH09090 ===

=== START BH09091 ===

O My handmaidens! Follow not the promptings of self, but follow that which hath come by a clear command. Ye are the leaves of My divine Tree - know ye this glorious and exalted station. Stand firm in the Cause of God and His sovereignty, and follow not every ignorant one far removed from truth. Blessed is the handmaiden who hath attained unto My days, heard My call and turned unto the horizon of My loving-kindness. Woe unto the handmaiden who hath turned away from the Face and was among the idolatresses in the Tablets of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. O My handmaidens! Know ye the value of these days and give thanks unto God in this wondrous Revelation. Be ye circling around the Cause of God and steadfast in that which ye have been commanded by the One Who is the Powerful, the Ancient.

=== END BH09091 ===

=== START BH09092 ===

O my handmaiden! Joy surrounds you and gladness is before your face, and light hastens behind you, inasmuch as the Countenance of the Ancient of Days has turned toward you from the Most Great Prison, and the Pen of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting, has moved to make mention of you. How many a princess was forbidden, and how many a queen turned away, yet you have attained unto this mighty announcement. We have made this Tablet a treasure for you in the repository of My loving-kindness, and a lamp for you in all My worlds. Render thanks unto your Lord and praise Him for this bounty, the like of which cannot be found in creation, nor any similitude thereof in invention. To this bears witness the Source of Command and the Dawning-Place of the knowledge of your Lord, the All-Informed. The Glory be upon you and upon your son who has attained the presence of God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH09092 ===

=== START BH09093 ===

In the Name of the Most Mighty, the Most Glorious! O My handmaiden! The Face of the Wronged One hath turned toward thee from this Spot, and remembereth thee with a remembrance through which the fragrance of the Garment is wafted to all regions. His is the praise and the glory, and His is the remembrance and the splendor, inasmuch as He hath made thee recognize His Cause and hath caused thee to hear His Call and hath aided thee to acknowledge this Revelation before which all necks have bowed down. Cling thou to the hem of thy Lord’s robe and say: I beseech Thee, O Possessor of existence and Educator of the seen and the unseen, to grant me, in Thy Most Exalted Cause, the most great steadfastness. O my Lord! Thy handmaiden hath stood before the door of Thy bounty. I beseech Thee not to deprive her, through Thy grace and favor, of that which she seeketh, for through Thy loving-kindness I have recognized the greatness and sovereignty of Thy Cause. O my Lord! I am Thy weak handmaiden who hath sought refuge in Thee, and Thou art the Almighty, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH09093 ===

=== START BH09094 ===

In My Name, the Most Glorious

O My handmaiden! The glances of thy Lord’s loving-kindness have been directed towards thee, inasmuch as thou hast believed in God when He came with the kingdom of His signs and with manifest sovereignty. Rejoice thou in the remembrance of God. Verily, He hath sent down verses unto thee from this remote station that thereby thine eyes may be solaced, and the eyes of those women who have believed in God, the King, the Truth, the Mighty, the Merciful. Grieve thou not over anything. Verily, He is with whosoever hath turned unto Him - to this doth the Tongue of Grandeur bear witness from this luminous station. Preserve thou My Tablet lest it be gazed upon by every wicked and vile one. By God! The Day hath come, and the people are in grievous loss. They witness, yet deny. They are, verily, companions of the fire. Blessed is the handmaiden who hath believed in the One, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH09094 ===

=== START BH09095 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory, the Most Great, the All-Powerful!

O My handmaiden, O My leaf! Your letter was received. We beseech God, blessed and exalted be He, to ordain for you what He has ordained for the leaves who circle round the Will of God, the Lord of the worlds, and to open before your face the gates of grace and bounty. Verily, He is powerful over all things. Convey greetings and glorification from this Wronged One to the leaves of the Sacred Tree who have emigrated and attained. Give them the glad-tidings of His grace. Verily, God is the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous. Likewise, make mention of the believing handmaidens, if they are found. We beseech God to aid them all to achieve that which hath been revealed by the Supreme Pen in the Book. Verily, He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing, and He is the Powerful, the Mighty, the Answerer of prayers.

=== END BH09095 ===

=== START BH09096 ===

O handmaid of God, wife of Jinab-i-Aqa Siyyid Asadu’llah, upon both of them be the glory of God. In the name of the one true God! O handmaid of God! Your mention has been made and has attained the honor of being heard. Praise be to the Ancient Lord Who has not deprived you of the fragrances of His days, Who has guided you and directed you. Know thou the value of this most exalted and high station and preserve it in the name of Truth. The world’s ornaments and vanity have prevented it from recognizing the Dawning-Place of the Manifestation and have deprived it of the outpourings of the true Bestower. We counsel all handmaids to engage in remembrance, praise and steadfastness in the Cause of God. Blessed is the handmaid who acts according to that which she has been commanded, and woe unto those who are heedless, both men and women. The splendor shining from the horizon of the heaven of My will be upon My handmaids who have believed in God, the One, the All-Informed.

=== END BH09096 ===

=== START BH09097 ===

To Muhammad Karim, who has migrated and attained - He is the One with power over whatsoever He willeth.

O handmaiden of God! The Wronged One remembereth thee in prison and guideth thee to the straight path of God. Bear thou witness to that whereunto God did testify before the creation of earth and heaven: that there is none other God but Him, the Single, the One, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. He hath no likeness in creation nor any peer in invention. He hath sent the Messengers and revealed the Books testifying that there is none other God but Him, the Guardian, the Self-Subsisting. Blessed is the handmaiden who hath attained unto the recognition of God and His oneness, and woe unto every heedless servant. Glory and remembrance and praise be upon those who have attained the presence of God, and upon thee, and upon every handmaiden who hath acted according to that which was commanded by the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09097 ===

=== START BH09098 ===

He is the One manifest from His most exalted horizon. O Amin! The Mother Book makes mention of thee from before God, the Lord of the worlds, that thou mayest rejoice and render thanks unto thy Lord, the Mighty, the Great. Thou hast inhaled the fragrances of these days and attained unto that which none among the peoples hath attained, save whom God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy, hath willed. We beseech Him, exalted be He, to assist thee to preserve this station. Verily thy Lord is the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous. Hold fast unto the cord of wisdom and utterance and say: Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having enabled me to turn towards Thee and to face the lights of Thy countenance. I beseech Thee by Thy Prophets and Thy Messengers, and by Him through Whom Thou hast adorned the celestial spheres and through Whom the breezes of revelation were cut off, to make me in all conditions to hold fast unto Thy cord and cling to the hem of Thy robe, and to stand firm in the service of Thy Cause and be steadfast in Thy love. Thou art, verily, the All-Powerful, the All-Conquering, the Almighty.

=== END BH09098 ===

=== START BH09099 ===

O peoples of the earth! Hearken unto the call of this Wronged One Who hath been afflicted with tribulations the number of which none can reckon save Him Who counteth all things and is the All-Knowing. We have shown patience in adversity and tribulation, and have preferred the Will of God to all else. To this beareth witness My imprisonment and My grievous trials. How many a day did they desire to shed My blood, and how many a night did My family bewail what had befallen Me at the hands of the heedless ones. We make mention of Our tribulations lest those who have believed should grieve at what hath touched them in My path, for I am the Expositor, the Mighty, the All-Wise. We console him who hath borne tribulation and give him glad tidings of a noble station. Blessed art thou for having turned toward My horizon, hearkened unto My call, and believed in God, the Single, the All-Informed.

=== END BH09099 ===

=== START BH09100 ===

Your Lord is God. None is with Him. O people of Baha! Adorn your temples with the ornament of trustworthiness and courtesy, and your heads with the crown of truthfulness and wisdom. Thus have you been commanded by God, the Lord of all beings. Fear God, O people of insight. Say: He commands you that which benefits you. If you follow My way, verily He will guide you to the straight path. Whoso is adorned with the ornament of My character traits verily shines forth in the kingdom and by him the horizons are illumined. Hold fast to My nature. By My life! Through virtuous character your station is elevated and your glory becomes manifest throughout the lands. Those who follow their desires and turn away from guidance, they are but in loss. Through deeds is the station of men made manifest. Blessed is he from whose deeds waft the sweet fragrances of holiness and from whose utterance the perfume of wisdom. He is the lamp of guidance among creation, to which the Mighty, the All-Knowing bears witness.

=== END BH09100 ===

=== START BH09101 ===

O Ustad Mihdi, upon him be the glory of God! He is the Speaker in the Kingdom of Utterance. O people of fidelity! Hearken unto the call of the Wronged One Who remembereth you in the Most Great Prison and counseleth you concerning that which ye have been commanded in the Book. Beware lest the doubts of men hold you back from the Lord of creation. Ye have been created for this Most Great Day - know ye your station, O men of understanding. Hold fast unto that which beseemeth man. Thus have ye been commanded in the Book of God, the Lord of all men. The smoke hath risen and prevented eyes from beholding the Most Exalted Horizon. Woe unto him who hath turned away from the Truth, and blessed is the servant who hath heard and said: “Here am I, O Lord of all days!” We have remembered thee with a remembrance whose fragrance shall never cease. Be thou grateful unto God, thy Lord, at all times.

=== END BH09101 ===

=== START BH09102 ===

He is the Ruler, the Commander, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise

O friends of God! That which you sent has attained unto My presence and hearing. We beseech God to send down upon you a blessing from the heaven of His bounty and a table from the atmosphere of His grace. He is verily the All-Bountiful, the Lord of great favor. We indeed perceived from your letter the fragrance of love and unity. We beseech God to assist you in that which He loves and is pleased with, and to aid you in that which will cause your names to be exalted among His servants, through His Name, the Protector of all who are in the heavens and on earth. We have answered what you asked Us regarding the name. We have named it “Spiritual Company” and We beseech Him, exalted be He, to manifest through you that which will spread His traces throughout the lands and His signs among the servants. Verily He is the Powerful over what He wills, and He is the Compassionate, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Peace be upon you from Us, and upon the sincere servants of God, the near ones, the knowing ones. Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH09102 ===

=== START BH09103 ===

O Joseph! He is the One dawning from the horizon of proof. O My loved ones! Upon you be My glory and My loving-kindness. Praise be to God that you are among those souls whose names were not prevented by their Owner from being inscribed, and whose book was not deprived of that which was sent down. You have passed beyond the world and joined the arena of the utterance of the Lord of all beings, and held fast to His cord. This station is like unto the head compared to the various stations of the world, and like unto sight compared to the temples of ranks among the nations. Beseech God to grant you strength that you may remain firm and steadfast in this most exalted station and most glorious spot. We mentioned you before with a mention whose fragrance is everlasting and enduring, and this is yet another time from God, the Lord of all beings, the Lord of the Throne and of the earth.

=== END BH09103 ===

=== START BH09104 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the Helper, the All-Sustaining

O My loved ones in My lands! Hearken unto My call which hath been raised from the Divine Lote-Tree that speaketh amidst the world and announceth unto all this momentous News. When its rustling was lifted up, among the people some were drawn to it and hastened until they clung fast to it, while others heard and turned away until they disbelieved in God, the Lord of all worlds. Say: O concourse of servants! By God, the hidden Secret and the treasured Symbol, whose appearance was heralded in the Books of God, the Sovereign of the Day of Judgment, hath been made manifest. When thou hast attained unto My Tablet and found from it the fragrance of My loving-kindness, render thanks unto Him Who made thee know and strengthened thee and guided thee unto His straight Path. Say: Praise be to God, the Lord of the mighty Throne.

=== END BH09104 ===

=== START BH09105 ===

Tablet to Aqa-Shahzadih, upon her be the Glory of God. In the name of the one incomparable, almighty God. O thou who art mentioned before the Wronged One! Great is this day and the manifestation of favor from the horizon of the heaven of supreme grace is most glorious. We have desired at this time to adorn thee with a light that neither alteration shall overtake nor setting follow. Say: Glory be unto Thee, O Lord of all beings and God of all who dwell in the kingdom of names! I beseech Thee by the effulgences of the Daystar of Thy Will whereby the heaven of Thy knowledge and the earth of Thy purpose were illumined, to open before my face, through the key of Thy Most Great Name, the door of bounty and bestowal. Then make me steadfast in Thy Cause and Thy love. Verily Thou art the All-Powerful, the Most Exalted, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful. By My life and by God’s Cause! The treasures of the world and whatsoever is with the kings and rulers cannot equal this Tablet.

=== END BH09105 ===

=== START BH09106 ===

Praised be to Thee, O Thou Who hast revealed to me Thy lofty Horizon, aided me to recognize Thy most exalted Word, and drawn me nigh unto the station wherein the Ocean of Thy Oneness hath surged, shedding forth from its horizon the light of Thy unity. O my God! How can I render thanks to Thee for having blessed me with Thy generosity, assisted me to find the fragrance of Thy garment, and helped me to attain the cup which hath been proffered by the hand of Thy bestowal? I beseech Thee to make me steadfast in Thy Cause and help me to remember Thy verses in such wise that worldly affairs will not prevent me from turning my gaze towards Thee. Thou art verily the Forgiver of sins and the Most Merciful.

=== END BH09106 ===

=== START BH09107 ===

O thou who art present before the Throne and gazing upon the Countenance! While in the prison of Akka, We were conversing with all things when We heard the cry and lamentation of nature. We asked: “What aileth thee? In the daytime We hear thy cry, in the nighttime thy lamentation, and at dawn thy moaning.” Whereupon it cried out saying: “O Lord of the worlds! The polytheists have sunk Thy crimson Ark and slaughtered Thy white She-Camel, and desired to extinguish Thy light through the fire of hatred that blazed in their hearts. By Thy might and majesty! The lover cannot bear to see what hath befallen Thee at the hands of Thine enemies. I beseech Thee to transform the fire into light, sorrow into joy, and pus into pure wine. Verily Thou art the Almighty, the Glorious, the All-Bountiful.”

=== END BH09107 ===

=== START BH09108 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Glorious

O Thou Most Exalted Pen! Make mention of one of the handmaidens, that the call of her Lord, the Most High, may attract her from the direction of ’Akka and cause her to soar in the atmosphere wherein blow the breezes of the mercy of her Lord, the Mighty, the Bountiful. O My handmaiden! Detach thyself from all else but Me and take comfort in My remembrance. Thus hath the Tongue of My Will commanded thee from within the pavilion of My majesty. Beware lest the veils of idle fancies prevent thee from the Purpose of the worlds. Be thou thankful that the Pen, through which was detailed the knowledge of what hath been and what is to be in the Tablet of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy, hath been moved to make mention of thee. Be thou steadfast in My Cause and grieve thou not over aught save My tribulations, for I testify that I am in manifest joy. And the glory be upon thee and upon those handmaidens who have believed in God, the Single, the One, the Most High, the Great.

=== END BH09108 ===

=== START BH09109 ===

O Haji Akhund! He is the All-Hearing, the All-Witnessing, the All-Responding

O thou who art mentioned before the Wronged One! We testify that thou hast heard the Call and turned towards it, and hast uttered that which the Tongue of Grandeur hath uttered: “There is none other God but Him, the Single, the One, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.” And We testify that thou didst attain unto the Station and didst hear what the Blessed Tree spoke forth from the Sinai of divine knowledge. Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my Lord, the All-Merciful! I beseech Thee by the mysteries of Thy Book and the lights of Thy Throne to open before my face, through the key of Thy Most Great Name, the door of Thy nearness and meeting. I testify, O my God, to Thy bounty and generosity, to Thy might and grandeur and power. I beseech Thee by the Dawning-Places of Thy Cause and the Daysprings of Thy Revelation and the Manifestations of Thy Self, to aid me in Thy service and in steadfastness in Thy Cause. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the All-Compelling, the Most Powerful, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH09109 ===

=== START BH09110 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory, the Bestower of gifts and favors!

O thou who art mentioned before the Wronged One! O Rida! Upon thee be the glory of God, the Lord of all beings. At the mere news of this propitious event, setting aside outward limitations and conventional bounds observed among men, she hath been named with the most excellent of names as a bounty from God, the Lord of the worlds. We beseech God to preserve her and protect her, and to manifest through her that which hath been manifested from among those men who have drawn nigh unto God. Verily, He is the Mighty, the Most Exalted. There can be no doubt, nor doth any uncertainty exist, that the one who is assisted and confirmed will manifest in every realm of her being that which will exalt her through His Name among His handmaidens and servants. Verily, He is powerful over all things.

=== END BH09110 ===

=== START BH09111 ===

O Siyyid Fathu’llah, upon him be the Glory of God, He Who is the Overseer of all names! O thou who hast turned towards God! Hearken unto the call of the Lord of Eternity from the direction of His Most Great Prison. Verily, there is none other God but Him, the Truth, the Knower of the unseen. The servant who is present hath entered before the Throne and presented thy letter before His face. Verily thy Lord is the Hearing, the All-Knowing. Blessed is he who hath turned towards God and heard the scratching of His Most Exalted Pen on a day wherein every remote scholar turned away. Blessed is the unlettered one who hath attained and succeeded, and woe unto every scholar who hath pronounced judgment against the Dawning-Place of Revelation with manifest tyranny. When thou hast attained unto My traces, rejoice and say: “Praise be unto Thee, O Thou in Whose grasp is the dominion of all who are in the heavens and on earth! Praise be unto Thee, for Thou art the God of the worlds and the Goal of them that have known Thee!”

=== END BH09111 ===

=== START BH09112 ===

Bombay. O Jinab-i-Aqa ’Abdu’l-Husayn, upon him be the Glory of God. In My Name through which the light of utterance hath shone forth from the horizon of possibility. O thou who gazest upon the Countenance and art mentioned before the Throne! Today the tongue of proof in the Kingdom of utterance speaketh this most blessed and exalted word: “O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Splendor at its most splendid, and all Thy Splendor is indeed splendid. This is the Most Great Name of God concerning which God’s Proof and Evidence gave tidings. By My life! No mention nor utterance hath appeared more explicit than this. Blessed are the fair-minded. This is the Name at which the limbs of the polytheists trembled and the hearts of them that are nigh unto God found peace. Draw nigh and say: The dominion and the kingdom are within the grasp of God’s power, the Lord of all worlds, Whom neither the ranks nor the mightiest armies of the world can withstand. He doeth what He willeth and ordaineth what He pleaseth, and He is the Mighty, the Praiseworthy.”

=== END BH09112 ===

=== START BH09113 ===

He is the All-Knowing

O Baqir, upon thee be My glory! Thy letter which thou didst send to Zaynu’l-Muqarrabin was presented before the Face. God hath forgiven thee and whomsoever thou didst desire His forgiveness for. Verily He is the Forgiving, the Merciful. Each of the mentioned souls hath attained unto the remembrance of God. Remind them of My verses and give them glad tidings of that which hath been sent down for them from the heaven of God’s will, the Lord of all worlds. As for those souls whom the might of princes and oppression of divines hath prevented from drawing nigh and associating, leave them to themselves. Verily God is independent of all worlds. The hearts of some are illumined. Verily He is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Oppression hath prevented them from attaining His presence. Say: My God, my God! Strengthen the hearts of Thy servants through Thy power, lest the might of princes weaken them or the oppression of oppressors prevent them. Verily Thou art the All-Powerful, the Almighty.

=== END BH09113 ===

=== START BH09115 ===

O Thamarih, upon thee be the Glory of God! He is the Everlasting, the Eternal, Who speaketh before all faces. O My fruit! Verily the Divine Lote-Tree desireth to raise thee up through its sovereignty, and draw thee nigh through its bounty and its hosts, and cause thee to hear its sweetest call and the scratching of its Most Exalted Pen. Grieve thou not over anything, for verily He is with thee and will help thee through His grace, and He is the Mighty, the Bestower. Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God! Praise be unto Thee for having guided me unto Thy straight path and made known unto me Thy Great Announcement and given me to drink, from the hand of Thy bounty, the choice wine of Thy utterance. I beseech Thee, by the breezes of Thy Revelation and the mysteries of Thy Cause, to open before my face, through the key of Thy Most Great Name, the doors of grace and bounty. Verily Thou art the Powerful, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful. The Glory rest upon thee and upon those who love thee in the path of God, the Almighty, the All-Choosing.

=== END BH09115 ===

=== START BH09116 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great

O Ja’far! He Who is the Lord of Destiny, Who is imprisoned in this land for having summoned all to God, the All-Possessing, the Self-Subsisting, maketh mention of thee. We have unlocked the gate of utterance with the key of Our name, the Most Merciful, and have remembered those who have turned unto His praiseworthy station. Blessed is he who hath inhaled the fragrances of My days, discovered the perfume of My robe, soared in My atmosphere, and held fast unto My preserved Tablet. O peoples of the earth! By My life, the gate of grace hath been opened, and the Sun of Justice from behind the clouds of tyranny calleth out, saying: “This is the Day of Union, did ye but know it, and this is the Day of Meeting, did ye but perceive it, and this is the Day of remembrance and praise, did ye but understand it.” Thus hath the Tongue spoken in the Kingdom of utterance. Verily thy Lord is the Truth, the Knower of the unseen.

=== END BH09116 ===

=== START BH09117 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory, the Most Great, the All-Powerful

O Javad! Hearken unto the call of the All-Bountiful Who hath summoned all to the One, the All-Informed. The servant who is present hath appeared and laid before the Wronged One that which was uttered in the letter of him who was named Ali in the Kingdom of Names. We have perceived the fragrance of his love and sincerity for God, the Lord of the worlds, and We make mention of him in this spot with this gracious remembrance, that he may rejoice and be of those who render thanks. We beseech Him, exalted be He, to aid him and him who was named Muhammad and those who have acknowledged the oneness of God and acted according to that which they were commanded in His mighty Book. O Ali! We have heard thy call and thy remembrance, and witnessed thy turning and thy devotion. Blessed art thou and those who have laid hold on the Sure Handle and achieved the supreme steadfastness in the Cause of God, the Almighty, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH09117 ===

=== START BH09118 ===

O Karbila’i Husayn! O Husayn! He Who was promised by the tongue of God, the All-Encompassing, the Self-Subsisting, hath come. Say: O heedless ones! Fear God and follow not those who have denied the signs of God and His Manifestation. Follow Him Who hath come to you with the truth by the command of One mighty and powerful. Fear ye God and follow not your idle fancies, for verily they keep you back from My straight path. Take hold of that which ye are commanded in the Book, for it shall profit you and draw you nigh unto Him at all times. Blessed art thou for having hearkened unto the call of thy Lord and turned unto Him on a day when all on earth turned away, save those whom the hand of God’s grace did rescue - the Lord of all worlds. The Hidden One hath appeared and revealed that which He desired as a token of His grace, for He is verily the One Who hath power over whatsoever He willeth through His firm and mighty command.

=== END BH09118 ===

=== START BH09119 ===

O Husayn, son of him who ascended unto God, who speaketh from the throne of utterance! O Husayn! The Wronged One remembereth thee from the prison-fortress and summoneth thee unto God, the Lord of what was and what shall be. He hath heard thy call and hath answered thee through His grace. Verily thy Lord is the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. He giveth and withholdeth, and shall not be questioned about that which He doeth. He ordaineth whatsoever He willeth through His word “Be” and it is. Give thanks unto God for having turned unto thee the Face that hath appeared after the passing away of all who are in the heavens and on earth, save whom God hath willed, the Possessor of the seen and the unseen. Hold fast unto the cord of thy Lord’s loving-kindness and say: O God of all being! I beseech Thee by Thy lauded station to make me, in all conditions, among those who have acknowledged that which the Pen of Revelation hath spoken. Verily Thou art the Almighty, the Glorious, the All-Loving.

=== END BH09119 ===

=== START BH09120 ===

O Hakim, upon thee be My glory! This blessed Tablet was revealed in the previous year but there was delay in its dispatch. The events of the days and the clamor of the people have been the cause of prevention and the reason for delay in the outpourings of the True Bestower of bounties, both then and now. Your letter arrived afterwards. Praise be to God, the fragrance of acceptance and steadfastness wafted from it. Say: My God, my God! Thou seest me turning toward Thee, detached from all else but Thee. I beseech Thee by the Word through which Thou didst manifest from nothingness the Sign of eternity, to ordain for me that which will benefit me in every world of Thy worlds. O my Lord! Thou seest the poor one standing before the gate of Thy riches, and the beggar seeking the ocean of Thy bounty. I beseech Thee to send down upon him from the clouds of Thy grace that which will draw him nigh unto Thee. Verily Thou art the Most Powerful of the powerful ones and the Most Merciful of the merciful ones.

=== END BH09120 ===

=== START BH09121 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the All-Compelling over all who are in the realm of possibilities!

O Hamid! Thy letter hath been presented before God, the King, the Mighty, the Peerless, and from it We perceived the fragrance of supplication and entreaty. Verily thy Lord is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Blessed art thou and blessed is he whose pen moveth in remembrance of God, thy Lord and the Lord of all worlds. When thou hast attained unto the Tablet of God, arise and take hold with the hand of certitude, then drink from the chalice of utterance the Kawthar of divine knowledge, for God hath ordained in each of its letters oceans of wisdom and explanation which none hath comprehended save His own Self, the All-Knowing, the All-Encompassing. Blessed art thou for having attained unto the presence of the Wronged One and for having drunk the choice wine of reunion. This, verily, is a manifest bounty. The glory be upon thee and upon those who have attained unto that which hath been ordained for them from One Who is All-Knowing, All-Wise.

=== END BH09121 ===

=== START BH09122 ===

O Aqa Rida, or Rida! The Lord of Names and Creator of Heaven remembers thee from His mighty prison. The Wronged One calls out at all times and summons all to the straight path. Among the people are those who have found the sweetness of utterance and soared in the atmosphere of divine knowledge on the wings of certitude, and among them are those who turned away and followed every sinful doubter. Say: O concourse of divines! Ye are the veils of the earth and its doubts - to this testifies He with Whom is the perspicuous Book. Were ye to be fair, by what proof did ye believe in Muhammad, the Apostle of God, and by what evidence did ye turn away from Him Who came to you with that which is with the All-Knowing? Fear God and be not of the wrongdoers. Lost indeed are they who denied this Most Great Cause, at whose appearance the Book proclaimed: “The All-Bestower hath come with manifest sovereignty.”

=== END BH09122 ===

=== START BH09123 ===

O Zayn, upon thee be My Baha and My mercy! Thou art he to whom My Pen and My Tongue have borne witness, and the tongues of those who have circled round the throne of My grandeur, and soared in the atmosphere of My nearness, and arisen to serve My great Cause. From My Most Exalted Pen there hath flowed forth in thy name the Euphrates of mercy and knowledge. To this thy Lord, the All-Merciful, doth testify - He Whom God hath made the threshold of His door sanctified above the knowledge of every knower and the understanding of every one endued with understanding. Verily thy Lord is the All-Compassionate, the All-Bountiful. Thus have the rains of My bounty poured down from the heaven of My loving-kindness upon thee. Be thou thankful and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Glory of all who are in the heavens and on earth! Convey My glorification unto the faces of My loved ones who have cast away all else save Me and held fast unto My firm cord.

=== END BH09123 ===

=== START BH09124 ===

O handmaid of God, Sakinih, upon her be the Glory of God! In the name of the one peerless God, the All-Knowing! O Sakinih! The Wronged One of the world makes mention of thee from the Most Great Prison and counsels thee to that which is the cause of the exaltation of the Word of God and the elevation of being. Praise thou the Sovereign of existence and the Lord of the seen and the unseen, Who aided thee and guided thee until thou didst attain unto that for which the world was created. Preserve this most exalted station through the Name of the Lord of Names. Verily He heareth and seeth His servants and handmaidens. Blessed is the tongue that speaketh His praise and the heart that is occupied with Him and is detached and free from all else. Give thanks unto thy Lord for this manifest grace.

=== END BH09124 ===

=== START BH09125 ===

O Aqa Mir Sayfu’d-Din, or Sayfu’d-Din! We have effaced the sign of the sword and made the sign of the pen to shine forth from the horizon of the mercy of thy Lord, the Bountiful. We have forbidden all that saddeneth hearts, and commanded the people of Baha to do that which bringeth joy to the hearts of all created things. Thus hath the decree been ordained from the presence of Him Who is the All-Wise Commander. Blessed is he who hath cast away vain desire and taken hold of that which hath been commanded from the presence of God, the Lord of all mankind. Woe betide every heedless one who is far removed. Take hold of the Most Great Name through the power of Him Who is the Lord of Eternity, and cast aside that which the peoples possess. This is that which profiteth the servants, and thy Lord is verily the Forgiving, the Merciful. Be not perturbed by the clamor of the people who have cast the Book behind their backs and followed every heedless doubter. Thus have We illumined the Tablet with the lights of utterance from thy Lord, the All-Merciful, the Most Compassionate.

=== END BH09125 ===

=== START BH09126 ===

O handmaid of God, Shirin, upon her be the Glory of God! He is the One standing before all faces. O Shirin, O my handmaid! Praise be to the Goal of the world Who bestowed upon thee and granted thee a portion from the choice wine of utterance. All created things testify to His generosity and all contingent beings are assured of and acknowledge His grace. Today whoever attained His recognition became the essence of all sweetness in the world, and whoever was deprived became the bitter colocynth. Say: Praise be to Thee, O my God, for having given me to drink from the Kawthar of Thy utterance and guided me to the ocean of Thy knowledge. Verily Thou art the Powerful One Whom nothing among all things could prevent, nor the hatred of those in the realm of creation. Thou hast appeared and manifested that which befitteth Thy Revelation, Thy greatness and Thy power. There is no God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09126 ===

=== START BH09127 ===

He is the Manifest, the Hidden

O patient one! Patience is praiseworthy except in My love, the Mighty, the Inaccessible. And silence is acceptable except regarding this Announcement, concerning which the Faithful Spirit gave glad-tidings. Blessed art thou for having heard the call of the Wronged One and turned to Him on a day when every veiled learned one turned away. Say: O concourse of the earth! By God, ye were created for this Day. Fear God and be not of the wrongdoers. That which was recorded in the Books of God hath appeared and He hath come with verses before which every lofty mountain hath bowed down. Cast aside vain imaginings - they shall profit you not this Day. To this testifieth He through Whom the horizon of certitude hath been illumined. Thus hath the ocean of utterance surged. Blessed is he who hath witnessed and seen. Woe to the heedless! The glory be upon thee and upon whosoever hath turned with a luminous countenance to the horizon of the Manifestation.

=== END BH09127 ===

=== START BH09128 ===

O Karbila’i Samad! In the name of the one God, O Samad! Your letter was received before the Wronged One and the gaze of loving-kindness was directed towards you. Praise be to God that you have attained to that which was mentioned and inscribed in the Book of God. For each of the names that was present in the Most Holy Court, sublime and impregnable verses were revealed, that none might be deprived of the ocean of generosity or barred from the horizon of loving-kindness. God willing, may all hold fast to the mighty cord and manifest supreme steadfastness among humanity. Know ye the station of divine verses. I swear by the Kingdom of Utterance that nothing can compare with even a single letter of what hath been revealed and what is witnessed. Be thankful unto thy Lord, the All-Bountiful, and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Thou Who hast aided me in Thy days and guided me to Thy straight path.

=== END BH09128 ===

=== START BH09129 ===

He is the All-Seeing, the All-Informed!

O Abbas! Change and transformation have been in the hand of God’s power, glory be to His majesty. He has never been, nor ever shall be, powerless over any matter. Without any veil or covering He has been manifest and speaking. The people of the kingdom and of the heavenly realm move and rest through His Name. Reflect upon the transformation of the world - He changed the day of supreme sorrow into the day of greatest joy, that all might testify to God’s power. The Primal Point declares that none but He has had or has any power. Glory be to God! He says the people of Sinai are struck with thunderous awe, yet still the deniers of the Bayan have spoken that which no idolater has ever uttered. Blessed is the soul that has held fast to the truth and become free and detached from all else but Him.

=== END BH09129 ===

=== START BH09130 ===

O Mulla ’Abdu’l-Husayn, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the All-Seeing, the All-Informed. O ’Abdu’l-Husayn! The beginning of the Cause was belief in God, exalted be His glory, and its end is steadfastness in His Cause. Be thou occupied with remembrance and praise, and arise to serve the Cause, observing wisdom and acting according to that which thou hast been commanded by God, the Lord of the worlds. Beware lest vain imaginings prevent thee, or idle fancies veil thee from the Sovereign of the known. Take thou the chalice of steadfastness by the leave of the Lord of creation and drink therefrom; then give to drink thereof unto them that have believed in the All-Informed Single One. Soon shall be revealed what God hath ordained for thee. Verily, He is the Protector of whosoever turneth unto Him and the Fulfiller of the hopes of them that yearn. The Glory be upon thee and upon whosoever hath attained unto the Most Exalted Horizon when He Who is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise appeared in truth.

=== END BH09130 ===

=== START BH09131 ===

O ’Abdu’l-Husayn, upon thee be the Glory of God! He is the Hearer, the Answerer!

O ’Abdu’l-Husayn, upon thee be My Glory! Thy letter was received and considered. We heard thy call and have responded with this most exalted, most holy Tablet. Say: My God, my God! Thou seest Thy servant turning toward Thee, facing the lights of Thy countenance, holding fast to the cord of Thy bounty, and clinging to the hem of Thy mercy. I beseech Thee by Thy greatest signs, Thy mighty announcement and Thy ancient Cause, to ordain for me that which will draw me nigh unto Thee and profit me in Thy worlds. Verily Thou knowest my poverty, my want, my distress and my lowliness, and what I have and what I know not of what Thou hast. Thou art verily the All-Powerful, the All-Merciful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. The Glory from Us be upon thee and upon thy mother and upon thy sisters and upon every maidservant who hath attained in the days of God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH09131 ===

=== START BH09132 ===

O Abdul-Husayn! He Who speaks the truth from His most exalted station makes mention of thee. The Wronged One remembers thee as He sits in a palace built as the seat of His Lord’s throne, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Verily, He transforms Paradise into prison, and prison into the highest Paradise. Thy Lord is, in truth, the Almighty, the Powerful. We have manifested the Cause and raised up the prison to such a station that every lofty place bows before it. Blessed is the servant who hath cast away his desires and held fast unto the Lord of all humanity, Who hath appeared and spoken forth from His most exalted station: “There is none other God but Me, the Single One, the All-Informed.” We have remembered thee before, and on this night, as a token of grace from the presence of the Mighty, the Great. Take thou the Book, then render thanks unto Him Who hath sent it down and dispatched it unto thee. He, verily, is the Ever-Giving, the Generous. Glory be upon thee and upon those with thee and upon them that have held fast unto the cord of the loving-kindness of their Lord, the Mighty, the Most Praised.

=== END BH09132 ===

=== START BH09133 ===

O ’Abdu’l-’Ali my son who hath journeyed and attained! In the name of the All-Seeing Lord! O ’Abdu’l-’Ali, goodly is thy name. God willing, mayest thou become worthy of this name. The grace of the True One hath been and shall ever be vouchsafed unto all, and He hath summoned all with one call to the supreme horizon. Blessed is the soul that hath hearkened to the call and attained the response. The treasures of earth and heaven cannot equal one word “yea,” for if today a soul attaineth unto this word, he hath been and shall be independent of all the words of the people of the world. But if, God forbid, he becometh heedless, the treasures and riches of the earth shall profit him not. Thus hath the Supreme Pen spoken when the Lord of Names was established upon the throne of His Great Name. When thou hast received this Tablet, know thou its station, then give thanks unto thy Lord, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH09133 ===

=== START BH09134 ===

Victory! O ’Azizu’llah, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the All-Seeing, the All-Informed. O ’Aziz! Those souls who count themselves mighty have risen up to humiliate the friends of God. The divine friends have summoned all to eternal life and the light of oneness, while the enemies have ordered their banishment and imprisonment. But God has manifested what He desired, despite every ignorant remote one and every doubtful learned one. In all ages, the cause and reason for afflictions and calamities have been the ignorant divines. God protect us and you from their evil. They have pronounced judgment against Him Who created them with a word from His presence, and they perceive it not. Thus have We seized them in requital for their deeds. Soon shall they find themselves in an irrevocable torment. Grieve not thou over anything. Put thy trust in God and hold fast to His extended cord.

=== END BH09134 ===

=== START BH09135 ===

He is the Protector! O ’Ismat! Blessed is thy name. Thy name is the highest adornment for women - thus hath spoken the Lord of the Kingdom of Names from the supreme horizon. Convey My greetings from the Wronged One to the handmaidens of God. We beseech God to adorn their heads with the crown of thy name. Verily thy Lord is the Counselor, the All-Knowing. His loved ones have been and are beneath the glance of His favor, and He commandeth all to that which causeth their exaltation and advancement. I swear by the Sun of Truth which today shineth resplendent from the horizon of the Most Great Prison - one deed performed purely for the sake of God is a treasure preserved with God in His Name and protected by His protection. Be grateful to thy Lord for this most great bounty and this supreme favor. There is no God but Him, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious.

=== END BH09135 ===

=== START BH09136 ===

O Ali, upon him be the Glory of God! He is God, exalted be His glory in wisdom and utterance! O Ali! Today the Tree of Utterance, which hath been planted by the hand of grace in the highest Paradise, speaketh forth this most sublime Word: “O peoples of the earth! The Lord of all names hath come, the Sovereign! Hearken unto His call, and deprive not yourselves from serving Him, nor your faces from turning unto the splendors of His countenance, nor your hearts from drawing nigh unto His horizon, nor your ears from hearkening unto His call, nor your hands from taking hold of His Book, nor your feet from arising to carry out that which ye have been commanded in His perspicuous Book.” Blessed art thou, O Ali, for having attained unto His traces and turned towards Him at a time when every heedless and distant one, every dubious learned one, and every stubborn ruler turned away from Him.

=== END BH09136 ===

=== START BH09137 ===

He is the One Who speaks in the Kingdom of Utterance. O ’Ali! We mentioned thee before, and Nabil desired to make mention of thee at this time. We make mention of thee once again. I am the Most Great Ocean - were it to cast upon the servants the pearls of wisdom and utterance throughout the continuance of the dominion of earth and heaven, naught would be diminished from it. To this testifieth that which hath proceeded and continueth to proceed from it, and every fair-minded and clear-sighted one. We beseech God to raise up through thee and His chosen ones the standards of trustworthiness, after they were reversed in the great city. Verily thy Lord, the All-Merciful, is the Almighty, the All-Powerful. The glory from Us be upon thee and upon thy wife and upon those with thee, and upon those who have not changed God’s favor within themselves and who, when they heard, turned towards and responded to their Lord, the Kind, the Generous.

=== END BH09137 ===

=== START BH09138 ===

He is God! O ’Ali! The world is perfumed with the fragrance of the divine utterance and is engaged, with the utmost joy and ecstasy, in glorification and praise. We beseech the True One to cause His servants to attain unto that which even inanimate objects have attained. Glory be to God! The word of acceptance and good-pleasure hath wrought strange and wondrous transformations in the world. Through the word of acceptance, an earthen House became the Point of Adoration for the world and a black stone became the object of devotion for all peoples. His power hath at all times manifested that which is the greatest cause for assurance and faith. Blessed is he who hath seen with true vision and heard with true hearing the Call of God from the Prison of ’Akka. He is indeed among the triumphant ones in this resplendent station. O ’Ali! Praise be to the King of existence, that thou art mentioned in His presence and known by Him.

=== END BH09138 ===

=== START BH09139 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory, the Bestower of gifts and favors!

O ’Ali! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness! Praise be to God, His loving-kindness hath encompassed thee, His mercy hath preceded thee, and His grace hath been vouchsafed unto thy honor. We beseech God, blessed and exalted be He, to open before thy face the gate of His bounty and generosity. We thank Him for His new gift and His wondrous favor. When We heard of his arrival and news, We named him Hassan in the Book of Names. We beseech Him, exalted be He, to make his footsteps blessed upon thee and upon My handmaiden and leaf, and to open unto thee and unto her the gate of wealth. Verily, He is the Lord of bounty, grace and generosity, and within His grasp is the reins of glory and eternity. There is no God but Him, the Lord of names and attributes, the Manifestor of clear proofs and the Revealer of verses.

=== END BH09139 ===

=== START BH09140 ===

O ’Ali! Thou hast attained unto My mention aforetime. Verily, He remembereth whoso hath turned unto Him, and heareth whoso speaketh His praise, and seeth whoso hath arisen to serve Him. Thy Lord, verily, is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. How many a deluded one hath turned away from the Truth, and how many a heedless one hath waxed proud before God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. O peoples of the earth! Hearken unto that which the Lord of Destiny proclaimeth from the Most Great Scene: “There is none other God but I, the Almighty, the All-Powerful.” O concourse of men! Rend ye asunder the Greatest Veil. He, verily, is the learned one who hath cast behind him the Book of God and followed his own desires, when God came with a manifest sovereignty. Thou hast indeed laid hold on the cord of steadfastness. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O Thou the Goal of the worlds!

=== END BH09140 ===

=== START BH09141 ===

In the Name of the All-Knowing, the All-Seeing!

O ’Ali! Time and again hast thou been blessed to hearken unto the Call of God, and Tablets have been sent down particularly for thee from the heaven of mercy. No greater bounty exists than that the Most Exalted Pen hath turned toward thee and doth make mention of thee in these sublime and wondrous words. Give thanks therefore unto God, the Lord of all the worlds. Beseech the True One that at the time of thy ascension thou mayest be adorned with the Most Great Steadfastness. Regard most of the men of the world as Antichrist, save those souls whom God hath preserved through His loving providence and adorned with the ornament of humanity and justice. Convey My greetings unto the friends and give them to drink of the choice wine of remembrance and utterance which floweth from the fountainhead of the brief words of this Tablet. Thus hath the Best-Beloved made mention of thee and doth make mention of him who hath believed in the Truth, the Speaker, the Manifest, the Witnessed One.

=== END BH09141 ===

=== START BH09142 ===

O My uncle! Give thanks that thou hast drunk from the incomparable wine of immortality and hast been nourished with the honey of reunion with the All-Glorious Lord. Therefore strive to cleanse the house of thy heart from the remembrance of aught else, and be swift in sacrificing thy life in the path of the Beloved. For if thou shouldst live for ages, thou wilt ultimately fall into death’s grasp. Take hold of the Friend’s robe and detach thy heart from both worlds, that thou mayest attain eternal life and pass into the divine precincts. Pay no heed to the world and set not thy heart upon wealth. Neither lament poverty nor boast of riches, for all these things have come from nothingness and unto nothingness shall they return. Efface thyself that thou mayest endure and return unto everlasting life. Should a sheep die, let not thy heart die - may thou live on.

=== END BH09142 ===

=== START BH09143 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory in wisdom and utterance. O ’Inayat! Upon thee and upon those with thee be the glory of God and His favors. Husayn, son of My Name, upon both of them be My glory, appeared before the Wronged One with thy letter. We heard thy call and with this blessed Tablet thy mention hath flowed from the Most Exalted Pen. We have heard that which thou didst commune with God through My tongue. Blessed art thou! We beseech God, exalted be He, to assist thee, honor thee, bestow upon thee, and give thee to drink from the Kawthar of life and whatsoever is befitting this blessed and wondrous Day. The glory from Us be upon thee and upon thy father and thine uncle and thy mother and the other leaves who have heard the call and turned toward the Most Exalted Horizon. Upon you and upon them be My prayers and My mercy which have preceded existence. There is no God but He, the Mighty, the Loving.

=== END BH09143 ===

=== START BH09144 ===

He is the One Who speaks as He pleases

O My Most Great Branch! Before the Wronged One has appeared thy letter, and We have heard that which thou didst commune with God, the Lord of the worlds. We have made thee a protection for all the worlds, and a guardian for all who are in the heavens and on earth, and a fortress for those who have believed in God, the One, the All-Knowing. We beseech God to protect them through thee, to enrich them through thee, to nourish them through thee, and to inspire thee with that which will make thee the Dawning-Place of wealth for all created things, the Ocean of bounty for all in the world, and the Dayspring of grace unto all peoples. He, verily, is the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. We beseech Him to water through thee the earth and all that is therein, that there may grow from it the grass of wisdom and utterance, and the ears of knowledge and understanding. He, verily, is the Protector of whosoever turneth unto Him and the Helper of whosoever calleth upon Him. There is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Praised One.

=== END BH09144 ===

=== START BH09145 ===

He is the All-Bountiful

O Fayd! Thou hast attained unto My recognition, inasmuch as We guided thee to Mine horizon, acquainted thee with My path, caused thee to hear Mine verses, and showed thee the manifestations of My love and the dawning-places of My affection, and cast upon thee My wondrous remembrance. We have heard thy call and whatsoever thou didst desire of the word that speaketh of the good-pleasure of thy Lord, the Forgiving, the Generous. We have answered thee and sent down for thee what thou didst ask from the heaven of thy Lord’s grace, the Kind, the Merciful. Rejoice thou in this most great favor, then preserve it through His Name, the Preserver, the Powerful, the Mighty. Thus hath the Tongue of the Wronged One spoken, whilst sorrows surrounded Him from all sides, that thou mayest rejoice and be of those who render thanks. Hold thou fast unto the hem of grace and say: O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy bounty to preserve for me what Thou hast given me. Verily, Thou art the Powerful, the All-Bountiful, the Mighty, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09145 ===

=== START BH09146 ===

O Most Great, Most Great Pen! Remind the peoples through this Most Great Name, that perchance they may turn towards the Qiblih of all who are in the heavens and on earth. Beware lest tribulations prevent thee from the remembrance of God, the Lord of all names, or the assault of the wicked deter thee from that which thou wast bidden by One Who is All-Knowing, All-Wise. Verily He protecteth whom He willeth and aideth those who have turned towards His luminous countenance. Then make mention of My servant who hath turned towards the Dayspring of his Lord’s Cause, the Mighty, the Great, that he may rejoice in thy remembrance of him and speak forth the praise of his Lord, the Powerful, the Almighty. When they gather together for the Cause, by this shall the hearts of the idolaters be scattered. Blessed is he who hath believed in God, and woe betide him who hath followed vain imaginings after the Sun of Certitude hath shone forth from this manifest Dawn. When thou hast attained unto the splendors of the Tablet say: Praise be unto Thee, O God of the worlds!

=== END BH09146 ===

=== START BH09147 ===

He is the Manifest, the Hidden One

O My Pen! I bear witness that thou hast not fallen short in that which was commanded thee from before God, the Lord of all worlds. Thy scratching was raised up on a day wherein every learned one turned away, every mystic objected, every oppressor denied, and the tongue of Grandeur proclaimed: The Kingdom belongeth unto God, the Sovereign, the Mighty, the All-Praised. We have heard thy call and witnessed thy turning toward Us. We make mention of thee through this Luminous Book whereby the fragrance of divine knowledge hath been wafted throughout all contingent being. Blessed be the All-Merciful, the Manifestor of this mighty favor. This is a station round which circle the Concourse on High and which the near-stationed angels visit. Verily, if thou hearest the scratching of My Pen and findest the fragrance of My robe, turn thy face toward My Prison and say: I testify that through Thee the horizon of the world was illumined, the river of wisdom flowed, and the gate of heaven was opened by the key of Thy Name, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH09147 ===

=== START BH09148 ===

O My Most Exalted Pen! Make mention of him who hath been named Baqir - upon him be My glory. He turned his face toward the Countenance when the people were in manifest doubt. He cast away vain imaginings in the name of his Lord, clinging to the hem of the mercy of God, the Lord of the Day of Judgment. Neither vain imaginings prevented him from the light of certitude, nor did idle fancies hold him back from God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. His letter hath come before the face of the Wronged One in these days, sent by him who hath been named in the Crimson Book by the Most Exalted Pen as Zaynu’l-Muqarribin. We have given him glad-tidings and have revealed for him that which shall endure as long as the Kingdom of God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy, shall endure. We have made mention of those whom he named in his letter and have given them to drink of the Kawthar of life from the chalice of the bounty of their Lord, the Compassionate, the Generous. He is among those who stood firm in the service of his Lord and spoke forth His beautiful praise.

=== END BH09148 ===

=== START BH09149 ===

O Muhammad, The trees of hope have been cut down by the sword of vain imaginings, and the houses of justice and fairness have been destroyed by the hands of tyranny, and the ornaments of this transient world have deprived all from the divine eternal Kingdom. O party of God, make an effort! O loved ones of the All-Merciful, strive! that perchance those who have turned towards Him may remain protected from the vain imaginings of those who have turned away. In past ages and centuries the previous party was occupied with suspicions and vain imaginings, and the fruits of the deeds of those heedless souls was that they passed judgment against the Lord of the world and martyred Him. Praise be to the Goal of the worlds Who assisted you and guided you. Say: Praise be to Thee, O God of the worlds, and glory be to Thee, O Goal of them that know.

=== END BH09149 ===

=== START BH09150 ===

O Muhammad, rejoice in that the Wronged One makes mention of thee from this Spot which hath been named with the Most Beautiful Names by the Most Exalted Pen. Thy Lord is, verily, the All-Knowing, the Manifest One. Remember when thou didst seek the Desired One and didst hear the call of God, the Lord of the worlds. Grieve thou not over anything. By the life of God! Thou hast attained unto that which was mentioned in the Books of God, the Most High, the Most Great. Beware lest the affairs of men veil thee from the Truth. Hearken unto the melodies of the Leaf of Utterance upon the Lote-Tree beyond which there is no passing, at this time when the winds of destiny blow upon it from the horizon of accomplishment. Thy Lord is, verily, the All-Seeing, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. Thus have We made mention of thee that thou mayest rejoice and give thanks unto thy Lord, the All-Forgiving, the All-Merciful. Glory be upon thee and upon everyone who hath turned towards God, the Beloved of those who know Him.

=== END BH09150 ===

=== START BH09151 ===

He is God! O Muhammad-Husayn! Man is, in the sight of God, even as a tree. His leaves are forbearance and submission, and his fruits are the knowledge of the All-Bountiful Lord. This tree is one whose fruits remain forever and endure eternally. The fruits of the tree of being have been and are countless, among them trustworthiness, religiousness, kindliness, mercy, bounty, generosity and grace. It hath been said aforetime that a fruitless tree is fit only for the fire. Now, praise be to God, the trees of this Revelation are adorned with the fruits of love and knowledge. We beseech Him that He may, at all times, send down from the heaven of truth the spiritual rains upon these trees, that they may remain verdant and flourishing before the face of the Lord of all beings. This is of the bounty of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. Verily, we are God’s, and to Him shall we return.

=== END BH09151 ===

=== START BH09152 ===

O Muhammad, Thou Who Art Imprisoned and Wronged, to Muhammad of Karbila:

O Muhammad! Reflect upon the days of the Seal of the Prophets - may the spirit of all else but Him be sacrificed for His sake. The enemies arose from all directions to oppose and object, and perpetrated that which caused the Concourse on High to weep and lament. If these people consider this Wronged One blameworthy, what fault did they find in that Holy Being? Most of the people of the world are observed to be like cattle, deprived of understanding and bereft of comprehension. In all ages and centuries they have acted as they do in these days. “No Messenger cometh unto them but they did mock at him.” Verily we are God’s, and to Him shall we return.

=== END BH09152 ===

=== START BH09153 ===

In His Name, the Most Holy above all Names

O Muhammad-Tahir! Today the Speaker of Sinai is seated upon the Throne of Revelation and uttereth this most exalted Word: O people of Baha! Hear ye the call of the Wronged One from the precincts of ’Akka, and follow not what is spoken by the manifestations of idle fancies and vain imaginings. Ye are they who have outstripped all who are on earth and have attained unto that which none before you hath attained. Ye turned towards Him in the earliest days and acknowledged that which the Tongue of Grandeur hath spoken - the Kingdom is God’s, the Almighty, the Self-Subsisting. Soon will the crier come unto you with a book from the dayspring of idle fancies. Thus doth He inform you, from Whose presence is the knowledge of all things in a mighty Book. Arise to serve the Cause with such steadfastness as will not be prevented by the turning away of the servants nor by the onslaught of them who have disbelieved in the Witness and the Witnessed.

=== END BH09153 ===

=== START BH09154 ===

O Muhammad-Hasan! Upon thee be the Glory of God, the Most Glorious, the All-Glorious!

O Muhammad-Qabli-Hasan! In these days the fire of tyranny hath been kindled by the hand of the oppressor, and the pure blood of a company of near ones and sincere ones hath illumined the earth. None there is to help or show mercy to the dismembered bodies. The morning breeze passeth over them and saith: Woe, woe unto you, O people of Ya! Ye have arisen to extinguish the lights of inner meaning and have wrought that which shall never be erased from the book of justice. Ere long shall the hand of justice decree the punishment that is due. Shame upon you and upon every oppressor! The oppression of the friends of God and His chosen ones is of those from whom the Fire itself seeketh refuge with the Mighty, the All-Compelling.

=== END BH09154 ===

=== START BH09155 ===

In the Name of Him by Whom the ocean of generosity surged among the worlds!

O Muhammad-Qabl-i-Sadiq! Hear the Call from the Supreme Horizon - verily there is no God but Him, the Mighty, the Bestower. He verily draws thee nigh unto the Dayspring of grace and aids thee to turn toward the lights of the Face and acquaints thee with what was hidden from the servants. Praise be to God that thou hast drunk from the Salsabil of utterance of the Lord of Religions and partaken of the choice sealed wine. Now thou must arise with complete determination to preserve it, for the barking ones are occupied with leading astray and the deniers lie in wait at their posts. Verily thy Lord, He is the Truth, the Knower of the unseen. There is no God but Him, the Single, the Mighty, the Loving. Thy letter hath arrived and We have answered thee with this perspicuous Tablet. We beseech Him, exalted be He, to reward what thou hast done in His path. He verily is the Rewarder of the sincere ones.

=== END BH09155 ===

=== START BH09156 ===

O Muhammad-’Ali (or Muhammad-Qabil-’Ali)! Verily the heaven calleth out with this Most Great Name, and the sun crieth aloud saying: “The fragrance of the All-Merciful hath been wafted, and the Promised One hath come with a Cause against which neither the hosts of the heavens nor of the earth can prevail.” The Tree proclaimeth and saith: “O people of the earth! The seal of the choice Wine hath been broken, and the Desired One giveth with snow-white hands. Hasten ye unto Him, and be not of them that have turned away from this manifest, resplendent, mighty and all-encompassing bounty.” All things speak, and behind them the Dawning-Place of Names proclaimeth between earth and heaven: “By God! The Hidden hath appeared and the Treasured One hath been revealed. Beware lest ye deprive yourselves of meeting with God, the Mighty, the Wise.” Thus hath the Nightingale warbled and the Divine Lote-Tree spoken, yet most of the people are heedless.

=== END BH09156 ===

=== START BH09158 ===

O Muhammad-’Ali! Upon him be the Glory of God, He is the Witness, the All-Hearing. O Muhammad! Hearken unto that wherewith the Wronged One makes mention of thee, then give thanks unto thy Lord at eventide and at dawn. He has manifested the Dawning-Place of His signs and caused it to speak forth that which draws all near unto the Most Exalted Horizon. The pebbles and kernels of the earth bear witness to this, and beyond them the Tongue of God, the Lord of lords. We desired the joy of all who are in the kingdom, yet they desired My sorrow. Behold, O ye who are endued with insight! The dwellers of God’s Kingdom, the Lord of all mankind, have lamented by reason of what hath befallen the Wronged One. Soon shall the wrongdoer witness his deeds and say: “Woe unto me for what I neglected in regard to God, the Mighty, the All-Bestowing!” Hold fast unto the Sure Handle and cling to the hem of thy Lord’s loving-kindness, the Cleaver of the dawn.

=== END BH09158 ===

=== START BH09159 ===

In the Name of the All-Powerful Goal! O Desire of desires! The Beloved of the world came, yet they knew Him not. The Best-Beloved of all worlds appeared, yet they turned away from Him. The Speaker of Sinai was seated upon the throne of Revelation, yet they heard not His call and comprehended not His utterance. The recompense of the deeds of the peoples of the world hath deprived them of the recognition of the Ancient King. Render thou praise unto the Omnipotent, the All-Powerful, Who aided thee and guided thee. We beseech God to assist thee to preserve the eternal bounty and heavenly sustenance, which hath been and ever shall be the recognition of His holy Being. Glory be upon the people of glory, whom nothing whatsoever among all things hath prevented from turning to the Supreme Horizon and the Most Exalted Summit - they whom God hath described in the former Books and numbered among the guided ones.

=== END BH09159 ===

=== START BH09160 ===

In His Name through Whom the horizon of the world hath shone forth!

O peoples of the world! The Lord of Eternity hath come with His Most Great Name and calleth you unto Him, if ye be of them that hearken. He desireth for you naught save that which draweth you nigh unto the One, the All-Informed. Beware lest the affairs of the world sadden you or its ornaments prevent you from My Straight Path. Fear God and follow not what ye possess, but rather follow that which ye are commanded by One Who is All-Knowing, All-Wise. Soon shall the world and all that ye possess perish, while there shall endure every word that hath been sent down from My Most Exalted Pen, if ye be of them that know. Stand firm in service to My Cause, be vocal in My remembrance, act according to what hath been revealed in My Book, and turn thy face toward Mine all-glorious horizon.

=== END BH09160 ===

=== START BH09161 ===

He is the One Who rules over all who are in earth and heaven

O people of creation! He Who was mentioned in the Books of God, the Lord of the worlds, the Sovereign of heaven, hath come. The Day is come, but the people are in manifest darkness. They have cast away My Sealed Wine and turned away from My Self-Subsisting Name, following every doubting learned one who hath denied the meeting with God and His Manifestation and turned away from Him Who hath spoken and speaketh “Verily there is no God but I, the All-Powerful, the Almighty.” We have witnessed thy being stirred by the breezes of My loving-kindness, and have thus remembered thee in this Clear Book. Leave aside the books of the people - a command from Us - and take hold of this Mighty Tablet. They have authored them according to their desires and attributed them to the religion of God and His path. Nay, they are among the abject ones. Thus have We set forth the verses and sent them unto thee that thou mayest be of those who render thanks.

=== END BH09161 ===

=== START BH09162 ===

X

O Thou Whose face is the object of the adoration of all that yearn after Thee, Whose presence is the hope of such as are wholly devoted to Thy will, Whose nearness is the desire of all that have drawn nigh unto Thy court, Whose countenance is the companion of those who have recognized Thy truth, Whose name is the mover of the souls that long to behold Thy face, Whose voice is the true life of Thy lovers, the words of Whose mouth are as the waters of life unto all who are in heaven and on earth!

I beseech Thee, by the wrong Thou hast suffered and the ills inflicted upon Thee by the hosts of wrongful doers, to send down upon me from the clouds of Thy mercy that which will purify me of all that is not of Thee, that I may be worthy to praise Thee and fit to love Thee.

Withhold not from me, O my Lord, the things Thou didst ordain for such of Thy handmaidens as circle around Thee, and on whom are poured continually the splendors of the sun of Thy beauty and the beams of the brightness of Thy face. Thou art He Who from everlasting hath succored whosoever hath sought Thee, and bountifully favored him who hath asked Thee.

No God is there beside Thee, the Mighty, the Ever-Abiding, the All-Bounteous, the Most Generous.

=== END BH09162 ===

=== START BH09163 ===

In My Name, the Caller in the World! O Revealer of verses and Manifestor of clear signs! Thou knowest and seest that the horizon of creation hath been darkened by what hath befallen Thy servant whose name beginneth with H at the hands of those who have denied Thy most beauteous names and Thy most great signs. Thou knowest, O my God, that he is the one who arose to serve Thee after being awakened by Thy call, and turned toward Thy most exalted horizon after Thou didst reveal it to him through Thy grace and bounty. Though tribulation in Thy path is as honey to the lovers and as light to the people of the Covenant, I beseech Thee, O Deliverer of Moses and Supporter of Abraham, to protect him with the hosts of the unseen and deliver him from those who cast Thy Cause behind their backs and were heedless of Thy remembrance. Then I beseech Thee, O God of the world, to ordain for me that which shall profit me in this world and the next. Verily, Thou art the Omnipotent, the All-Knowing, the Almighty.

=== END BH09163 ===

=== START BH09164 ===

O Mahdi, who has attained unto My Name, the Speaker on Sinai! O Mahdi! The Wronged One makes mention of thee from the Most Great Prison and gives thee glad tidings of how the Ancient Beauty has turned toward thee, and remembers thee with that which nothing on earth can equal. Verily thy Lord is powerful over whatsoever He willeth. We have remembered thee time and again, and aided thee in this Cause whereby souls were perturbed and the clamor was raised. Be thou grateful, inasmuch as We summoned thee into Our presence and caused thee to hear My most sweet call, which We have made the water of life for all who dwell within the realm of possibility, and a sign of eternity amidst the nations, and a sword of the Almighty against the wicked. And We make mention of him who was named Aziz and counsel him with that which befitteth the days of his Lord, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful. O My loved ones in that land! Hold fast unto the cord of unity. Verily it will profit you and draw you nigh unto God, the Lord of Lords.

=== END BH09164 ===

=== START BH09165 ===

O Muhammad Mahdi Cham, who art the herald between earth and heaven! O Mahdi! Praise be to God that thou hast drunk from the cup of recognition and received thy portion from the rain-showers of the mercy of the All-Merciful, for thou hast attained unto His recognition, which is the ultimate purpose of creation. This in days when the divines, mystics and all souls are seen to be opponents and deniers, save a small few whom the hand of grace hath delivered and guided to the straight path. If thou wert to render thanks until the kingdom of earth and heaven endure, it would be as utter nothingness compared to this supreme bounty and most great gift. Thus have We informed thee and acquainted thee with this most brilliant station, that thou mayest be assured of the grace of thy Lord, the Beneficent, the Generous. Praise be to God, the Mighty, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH09165 ===

=== START BH09166 ===

He is the Hearing, the Answering One! O Mahdi! Upon thee be My Glory! The servant who is present hath presented thy letter and laid it before the Wronged One. We perceived from it the fragrance of thy turning unto the Most Exalted Horizon and thy orientation toward the Countenance after the passing away of all things. We heard the yearning of thy heart and the sighs of thy inner being for that which escaped thee in the days of God, the Lord of the Throne and the dust, and the Master of the last and the first. We have answered thee with this Tablet from whose horizon hath shone the sun of thy Lord’s loving-kindness, the Mighty, the All-Forgiving. Be thou assured through God’s grace and mercy, and hold fast unto wisdom and utterance and the teaching of His Cause, which is among the greatest of all deeds. The glory shining from the horizon of My loving-kindness be upon thee and upon those who have cast away what the people possess, holding fast unto that which is with God, the Lord of Lords.

=== END BH09166 ===

=== START BH09167 ===

O Hakim Nasir! He is the Most Holy, the Most Great!

O Nasir! Hearken unto My call, detached from the call of the worlds, then turn to My horizon, sanctified from the horizons of the heavens and earth. Blessed is he who desireth My countenance, walketh My path, holdeth fast to My cord, cleaveth to My robe, and uttereth My beautiful praise. Blessed is the strong one who shattereth the idols of vain imaginings, and the hearing one who heareth this wondrous melody from My singing. From My singing melodies appeared in the trees, and from My call the call was raised from the Dayspring of grandeur - verily there is no God but Me, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Blessed is he who casteth away what he hath and taketh what he is commanded by the wise Ordainer.

[It appears to be from the Tablets of Baha’u’llah but was transcribed in the collection of Tablets of ’Abdu’l-Baha]

=== END BH09167 ===

=== START BH09168 ===

O Afnan, O Leaf who hast come into My presence and attained! He is the One Who hath power over whatsoever He willeth through His word “Be” and it is. O My Leaf! Upon thee be My glory. Verily the Divine Lote-Tree casteth upon thee from the verses of thy Lord, and I am the All-Knowing Remembrancer. It calleth out between earth and heaven: By God! The Lord of Names hath come with clear sovereignty. Rejoice thou in the bounty of thy Lord, for He hath named thee in the Book of Names “The Exalted One.” Be thankful for this great favor. Hold fast to the cord of thy Lord’s grace, then act according to that which We have counseled thee. Nothing whatsoever escapeth His knowledge - He witnesseth and seeth, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. The glory shining forth from the horizon of the heaven of My mercy be upon thee and upon My Afnans who have circled round My Cause and arisen to serve Me amongst My servants. Verily they are of Me - to this My swiftly-moving, ever-active Pen doth testify.

=== END BH09168 ===

=== START BH09169 ===

O Leaf, mother of the martyr who ascended unto God - He who hath dawned from His most exalted horizon! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness. Blessed art thou, and blessed are thy son and daughter and those who are with thee. We testify that thou hast believed in God and His signs, and hast attained unto the recognition of His Self in His days, and hast drunk the choice wine of His love from the hand of His bounty. Give thanks unto thy Lord for this great favor. We have accepted thy service and thy work in that House wherein My mention and My praise were raised. Verily thy Lord is the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous. The gaze of the True One, exalted be His glory, hath ever been and will continue to be directed towards you. There hath befallen you what hath befallen Us. By this have the dwellers of Paradise and they who circle round My mighty Throne wept. The glory be upon thee from God, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH09169 ===

=== START BH09170 ===

In the Name of the Desire of the World! O my leaf and O my handmaiden! Today it befitteth the leaves of the Divine Lote-Tree to make mention and offer praise unto God, exalted be His glory. Each of the leaves of the Ultimate Lote-Tree is engaged in a different remembrance and uttereth a different praise. The declaration of each one is “God hath come with manifest sovereignty” and the remembrance of each one is “Blessed are they that have attained!” O leaf! With the hand of trust, take fast hold of His cord and grasp His luminous hem. Beseech God that He deprive not His leaves of the call of the Divine Lote-Tree and cause all to attain unto that which is the cause of everlasting remembrance and the source of eternal life. O my God, my God! Withhold not this handmaiden from the heaven of Thy bounty and deprive her not of the ocean of Thy generosity. Thou art the Powerful, the Mighty.

=== END BH09170 ===

=== START BH09171 ===

In My Name, the All-Bountiful, the Chosen One!

O My leaf, O My handmaiden, O My spiritual one! He hath made mention of thee, before and after, with that which its fragrance shall never be cut off, and hath revealed for thee that whose decree shall never change. Rejoice, then be gladdened, and say: “Thine be the praise, O my God, and Thine be the glory, O my Beloved, and Thine be the thanksgiving, O my Desired One and my Comfort, inasmuch as Thou hast made me to know Thy Cause, and hast given me to drink, from the hand of Thy bounty, the Kawthar of Thy utterance, and hast guided me to Thy Announcement whereby the pillars of dominion and kingdom were shaken and the hearts of the proud were perturbed. O Lord! Thou seest me clinging to Thee and to that which hath appeared from Thee. I beseech Thee to assist me in all conditions to remember Thee and to remember those who have circled round Thy Most Great Cause and Thy Mighty Announcement. That which thou didst send hath reached and attained unto My glorious and resplendent station.”

=== END BH09171 ===

=== START BH09172 ===

O handmaid of God, Aminih, upon her be the Glory of God! He is the Compassionate, the All-Bountiful! O leaf! Thou hast been mentioned in the presence of the Wronged One, and this blessed Tablet hath been sent down from the heaven of loving-kindness addressed to thee. Praise thou the Best-Beloved of the worlds that thou hast attained unto that which was the hope of the Prophets and Messengers. Thou hast apprehended the days of God and hearkened unto His call in days wherein the ears of the divines, the mystics, the learned ones and the dead were debarred and deprived of hearing. Know thou this bounty to be great. By the life of God, it is mighty! The Glory be upon thee and upon those handmaids who have believed in God, the One, the All-Informed. If thou findest handmaids of God, convey to them My greetings and give them the glad-tidings of God’s loving-kindness. Verily He is the Bearer of Glad-Tidings, the All-Bountiful. Praise be unto Him, for He is the Lord of all the worlds and the Goal of them that have recognized Him.

=== END BH09172 ===

=== START BH09173 ===

In His Name, the Most High, the Most Great

O leaf and handmaiden of Baha! God is aware and bears witness that the honored Siyyid Abu-Talib, upon him be My glory and loving-kindness, and you and your relatives have always been and will continue to be under the glance of divine favor. Whatever has befallen you in the path of God’s Cause, and likewise the deeds that have been manifested by you for the sake of God - all have flowed from the Most Exalted Pen and been recorded. Be thankful to your Lord for this great bounty. No good deed has been or ever will be lost - all are preserved and safeguarded in the treasury of divine knowledge, and their reward shall assuredly come. The glory from Us be upon you and upon those women who have believed in the All-Knowing, the All-Informed One.

=== END BH09173 ===

=== START BH09174 ===

He is God!

O Jew! Praise thou the Object of the adoration of the world Who hath aided thee to recognize the Dawning-Place of His Revelation and the Dayspring of His inspiration. While like unto the pole of the divines of Iran, namely Shaykh Muhammad Hasan, he slipped from the path and returned to his former station. Glory be to God! Every day the blessed words “He maketh your highest to be the lowest among you, and your lowest to be the highest” are witnessed and made manifest. Praise be to God that thou hast attained and been adorned with the recognition of God, exalted be His glory. Now one matter remaineth, and that is steadfastness in the love of God. Many are the atheists, numberless are the barking ones, traitors exist, and thieves are manifest. We beseech God to preserve thee and His loved ones from the evil of these people. They have denied the signs of God, and His sovereignty, and His greatness, and His power, and they were among the most lost in the Book of God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH09174 ===

=== START BH09175 ===

O Afnan, O Leaf, upon thee be the Glory of God! He is the Compassionate, the All-Bountiful. My outward and inward tongue beareth witness to the oneness of God and His singleness, and to His might and power and sovereignty, and to His glory and majesty and dominion. He it is Who hath caused all things to speak forth that there is none other God but Him, the Sovereign, the Self-Subsisting. Blessed art thou, O My Afnan and My Leaf, in that thou hast turned unto God on a Day wherein men have turned away from Him. We beseech Him, exalted be He, to confirm thee in His remembrance and praise, and to ordain for thee that which befitteth the ocean of His generosity and the heaven of His bounty. Verily, He is the Powerful over what He willeth. There is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the All-Bestowing. The Glory rest upon thee and upon My Afnans who have turned unto Him, and hearkened, and responded on a Day wherein the Call was raised from the direction of My Most Great Throne.

=== END BH09175 ===

=== START BH09176 ===

O Hasan-’Ali, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the Most Unapproachable, the Most Holy! The Book calleth aloud: The All-Bestowing hath come, and sovereignty belongeth unto God, the Lord of the Final Return! The tongue of the All-Merciful in the Kingdom of Utterance proclaimeth with loudest voice: That which was promised in the Books of God, the Lord of Creation, hath been made manifest! They who have heard and responded - these are the people of Baha in the Book of Names. And they who have turned away - these are the companions of the fire in the Scriptures and Tablets. We counsel thee and those who have believed in that which the Supreme Pen hath spoken from the presence of God, the Lord of Lords. Say: O chosen ones of God! Hold fast to the cord of trustworthiness and faithfulness, and to that whereby the Cause of God is exalted amongst His servants. Thus have We remembered thee and sent down for thee that which gladdeneth the hearts of them that are endued with understanding.

=== END BH09176 ===

=== START BH09177 ===

He is the Dawning Place from this manifest horizon. The Tongue of Eternity speaketh in the midmost heart of the world: He is God, there is none other God beside Him, the Almighty, the Self-Subsisting. Say: O servants of the All-Merciful! Ascend unto the heaven of knowledge by the steps of wisdom and utterance. This is what ye were commanded in My Preserved Tablet. Say: Be ye of such a state that all the books of the world shall not withhold you from this Book, through one dot of which all books and every decreed matter have been detailed. We have commanded the servants to be steadfast in the Cause of God, yet when the croaking of a raven was raised, the feet of every servant who took fancy as his lord instead of God, the Lord of the Promised Day, did slip. Will that which he possesseth profit him? Nay, by the Lord of the seen and the unseen! Thus have We mentioned thee that thou mayest remind the people of that which hath been sent down from God, the Mighty, the Loving.

=== END BH09177 ===

=== START BH09178 ===

O honored Mirza Ahmad! He is the Manifest, the Protector. Day after day is a time of joy, for God’s carpet has been spread throughout the realm of the world by His absolute and penetrating Will, through the blessing of the Most Great Name. And the Hidden and Treasured One, Who was forever concealed in the divine treasury of infallibility, has in these days been made manifest - a bounty from His presence upon the world. Verily He is the All-Bountiful, the Generous. Arise thou by My leave and take the chalice of utterance in My Name before the faces of My creation, then drink from it the wine of My bestowal once by My command and again through My love, the Mighty, the Beloved. We beseech God to assist thee to exalt His Word and elevate His Cause. Verily He is the Generous, the All-Flowing. There is no God but He, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful. We ask God to elevate thee through His Name amongst His servants. Verily He is powerful over all things.

=== END BH09178 ===

=== START BH09179 ===

In His Name, the Most Holy above all names!

This day is the day of joy and gladness. All things proclaim “The Promised One is come!” Blessed is the soul whom the promptings of self have not kept back from the Lord of Names. O ’Ali! Upon thee be My glory and loving-kindness. Praise be to God, thou hast attained unto that which hath no likeness or equal. Thou hast drunk from the hand of the bounty of My Name, the Self-Subsisting, the sealed wine, and hast achieved that which was inscribed by the Most Exalted Pen in the Books of the Prophets and Messengers. Convey My greetings to the loved ones. Say: Beware lest ye take for yourselves any helper other than Him. We beseech God to preserve you and to rain down upon you from the clouds of His mercy the rains of His bounty and loving-kindness. Verily He is the Compassionate, the Generous. There is no God but Him, the Almighty, the Powerful, the Great.

=== END BH09179 ===

=== START BH09180 ===

O Mirza ’Ali-Muhammad! He is the Hearer and the Answerer! Day by day victory and triumph advance. We hope that through the hosts of wisdom and utterance His loved ones may conquer hearts and minds. O people of unity! This Wronged One has, from the earliest days until now, openly and without any veil or concealment, summoned all peoples according to the Book’s decree. Some have accepted while others have arisen in rejection. Blessed art thou for having cast away vain imaginings, turning to God’s Most Great Announcement. We beseech God, exalted be He, to assist His loved ones to love and unity, and to unite their hearts through His grace and mercy. Verily He is the Mighty, the Generous. The glory be upon thee and upon those who have heard and said: “Here am I, O God of all in the heavens and earths!”

=== END BH09180 ===

=== START BH09181 ===

He is the Ancient Commander

We make mention of the friends of that land, and continue to make mention of them, with a remembrance that is eternal and enduring and whose fragrance shall never be cut off from the world. Rejoice, O My loved ones, in this supreme bounty.

O party of God! Hold fast to the hem of His most pure robe and be free and detached from the world and all that is therein. Blessed are ye, and joy be unto you. We bear witness that ye have attained unto that which no people before you have attained. To this doth the Tongue of Grandeur testify in this perspicuous moment. The glory be upon you and upon whosoever hath attained unto the knowledge of God, the Lord of all worlds.

In every city a teacher from among this party must be appointed for the instruction of children, and means must be provided for the teacher’s livelihood, that he may with complete peace of mind occupy himself with what is required. We beseech God to assist the teachers through His might and power, and to grant them success in the education of His servants’ children. Verily, He is powerful over all things and ready to answer.

=== END BH09181 ===

=== START BH09182 ===

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Ukht, upon her be Baha’u’llah

In His Name, the Most Holy, the Most Glorious!

O My sister and the leaf of My Tree! Give ear to the call of this

Wronged One raised from the direction of His renowned and infamous

Prison: ‘There is no God save Him, the Help-in-Peril, the Self-Subsisting’,

and say: All grace, O Thou Beloved of the world, and all bounty and

generosity, O Possessor of nations, are Thine for having called me to the

heaven of Thy recognition and the ocean of Thy reunion. Thou hast aided

me to recognize the Dawning-place of Thy Revelation and the Dayspring

of the splendours of Thy Oneness. I beseech Thee by Thy name through

which Thou hast conquered all the dwellers of earth and heaven, to ordain

for me and for Thy handmaids that which will draw them close to Thee in

every world of Thy worlds. Write down, then, for me and for them, from

Thy Supreme Pen, that which will be of benefit to me and to them in this

world and the next. Verily, Thou rulest over whatever Thou desirest. Thou

art verily the Most Powerful.

=== END BH09182 ===

=== START BH09183 ===

He it is Who shineth forth in splendour from the supreme horizon!

O My handmaiden!

How many the men who, throughout the centuries and ages, expectantly awaited the promised Manifestation; yet, when His radiance dawned above the horizon of the world, all turned away from Him but for a few. Every handmaiden who attaineth unto the recognition of the King of Names, is accounted in the Book of God a true man, and so recorded by the Pen of the Most High. Yield thou thanks unto the Best-Beloved of the world, for having graciously assisted thee to recognize the Dayspring of His perspicuous signs, and the Dawning-Place of His undoubted proofs. Great is this bounty, and mighty this bestowal. Do thou preserve it in the Name of the one true God.

Verily doth the Wronged One make mention in this station of His other handmaiden, and giveth her the glad-tidings of the favors of God, the Self-Subsisting, the Most High. The glory be upon thee and upon those handmaidens who have believed in the Mighty, the Well-Beloved.

=== END BH09183 ===

=== START BH09184 ===

Husayn Effendi, upon him be God’s peace and favours!

He is God! Exalted is the station of His wisdom and utterance. Praised

be God alone, and salutation be upon the One after whom there is no

prophet.

O Husayn Effendi! Upon thee be God’s peace and His favour. Yesterday

We were in Junaynih. Some pomegranate was found and sent. We

instructed Muafa, should he find something else in the city, to procure it

and send it with the pomegranate. A small sum of money was also sent.

We greet the chaste one, thy mother, ?iya Khanum, Khanum

Effendi, Jamaliyyih, ?abibih, Jani Bagum, and those residing in the

House. We commit them to God’s care, glorified is His grandeur.

Remembrance, praise and salutation be upon all of you and also His

mercy and blessings.

=== END BH09184 ===

=== START BH09185 ===

O Habib, upon whom be the Most Great, Most Great Remembrance of God! Do you grieve over anything after having endured tribulations in My love and calamities in My path? By My life! If you but knew and saw with Mine eye, you would soar in your longing to the heaven of My gladness, to the kingdom of My delight, and to the dominion of My joy and loving-kindness. Whence cometh sorrow unto you? Is it from the world after you have seen it passing, passing away? Is it from your remoteness from My presence after the Tongue of the All-Merciful hath testified that you are with Him at all times? Be happy and say: O my Lord! Praise be unto Thee for having remembered me in Thy prison and sent unto me a Tablet that nothing in Thy earth can equal, and from which I have inhaled the fragrance of Thy mercy, O Thou in Whose hand is the dominion of the heavens and the earth.

=== END BH09185 ===

=== START BH09186 ===

He is the Mighty! The vicissitudes of time, which have appeared through God’s irrevocable decrees, have separated companions who shared the same nest, and what beloved ones have been separated from their Beloved, and what lovers have been consumed in separation from their Loved One! The fire of love for Layli blazed forth and effaced from existence the maddened and infatuated souls. In brief, heavenly destiny did not grant enough time for us to gather in an assembly or meet together in a dwelling. From exile to fresh exile were we subjected, and from separation to boundless separation were we caught. In any case, we are thankful - you too must be thankful. And peace be upon you.

=== END BH09186 ===

=== START BH09187 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

When the horizon of Manifestation was illumined and the birds burst into song, trembling seized the dwellers of the earth save those whom God caused to dwell beneath the shadow of His Name, the Self-Subsisting. Say: He spoke a word whereupon the heavens were cleft asunder, the earth was rent, and every stubborn tyrant returned to his abode. Say: When He entered the Most Great Prison, He proclaimed unto the nations with His most exalted call. To this testifieth what hath been sent down from His Supreme Pen in His preserved Tablet. He is the One Who arose to proclaim the Cause in such wise that the hosts of the world could not deter Him, nor could the ranks of men prevent Him from His firm and wise command. Thus did the ocean of My bounty surge, and the rains of My gifts shower down, that ye might be among them that rejoice.

=== END BH09187 ===

=== START BH09188 ===

He is the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting!

Remember thy Lord at morn and eventide, for verily He is God and there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Exalted. Say: He is indeed a proof from God unto all who are in the heavens and on earth. Soon will His Cause be made manifest in truth, whereat the faces of them that are nigh unto God shall redden, and all necks shall bow before Him. This is a clear truth. And thou, render thanks unto thy Lord for having related thee to His servant, for this is better for thee than all that thou desirest. Place thy trust in God in all matters and be thou of them that are submissive. Thus doth the Dove of Separation remember thee at the time when It taketh flight from Iraq, and this is indeed a grievous sorrow.

=== END BH09188 ===

=== START BH09190 ===

In the Name of the One Incomparable Friend! O Ali-Akbar-i-Yazdi, upon him be the Glory of God!

We beseech from the Ocean of Bounty, the Lord of existence and the Sovereign of the seen and unseen, that He may, at all times, bestow upon His chosen ones and His sincere servants a portion of the sealed wine which hath been unsealed through His blessed Name, the Self-Subsisting. Verily, He is the All-Bountiful, the Generous, the Single, the One, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

O thou who hearkeneth unto My call and cleaveth fast unto My Cord! This Day is the Day of assistance and the Day of attraction. Ye must hold fast unto wisdom and utterance in capturing hearts and souls. This is the decisive Command which hath descended from the direction of the Most Great Name. Blessed are they that act, and blessed are they that are firmly established.

The Glory be upon thee and upon those who have believed in God, the Single, the All-Informed.

=== END BH09190 ===

=== START BH09191 ===

O handmaid of God, the Best among Women! In the name of the Wronged One of the horizons, there was revealed aforetime from the Supreme Pen that the heaven of human station hath been and shall ever be illumined by two luminaries: trustworthiness and steadfastness. Likewise the heaven of the station of the handmaidens of God hath been and shall ever be illumined by one luminary, and that is chastity. God saith: O My handmaidens! This is the Day of mention and utterance, and this is the Day of service and recognition. Strive ye that ye may drink from the living waters and behold yourselves abiding and enduring beneath the shade of the Divine Lote-Tree in the kingdom of earth and heaven. Verily, He is the All-Bountiful, the Generous.

=== END BH09191 ===

=== START BH09192 ===

In the Name of the peerless Lord!

Previously the Most Holy, Most Exalted Tablet was sent down from the heaven of divine will, and this is yet another time that thou mayest give thanks to thy Lord, the All-Bountiful. Thou must, God willing, be occupied at all times with the promotion of the Cause of the Self-Sufficient, the Most High, and in all matters be mindful of wisdom, for the people are weak and God is merciful and kind.

Say: Glory be to Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which the heaven was raised up and the Kingdom of Names was adorned and the Divine Lote-Tree spoke forth, to aid me in the service of Thy Cause and enable me to accomplish that whereby my remembrance may endure amongst Thy creatures. Verily Thou art powerful to do what Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09192 ===

=== START BH09193 ===

Ask about the helpless sister who left that house with several ailments and has settled in the utmost joy, tranquility and dignity in the home of His Honor Kalim, and by God’s grace is in perfect comfort. You know that it is the nature of that person in question that whatever he commits, after committing it he spreads it around to others under a different name, and soon it will become clear to all of you. Praise be to God, the honored exalted sister is dwelling in perfect comfort under the shade of the Divine Throne, established in the station of dignity, and truly these days that she is passing in her life are the real days. Be completely assured and at peace regarding all aspects.

=== END BH09193 ===

=== START BH09195 ===

O Sun and Truthful One! He is God, the True, the Beloved! If the devil hath not waylaid thee, then by God’s leave mayest thou be joyous and glad from the divine springtime.

Glorified art Thou, O my God! This is the garment of glory which Thou hast sent to the city of Thy oneness, and this is the wondrous Book which Thou hast brought forth through the sovereign power of Thy grace, and this is the light of majesty which Thou hast caused to shine forth from the horizon of Thine essence, and this is the camphor tree which Thou hast planted in the meadows of Thy mercy, and this is the trumpet of the Cause into which Thou hast breathed Thy spirit and sent unto those who love Thee. Glorified art Thou, O my God! Perfect then Thy favor upon Thy loved ones through the manifestations of Thy glory, for verily Thou art the All-Powerful, the Self-Subsisting.

Convey My greetings to the companions, that is, your mothers. 152

=== END BH09195 ===

=== START BH09196 ===

In the Name of God, the Everlasting! Although the tribulation of the year of shidad hath caused most of the people to become heedless of the direction of the Beloved, yet the wondrous outpourings of His grace and bounty have never ceased, nor shall they ever cease. Should the entire world rise up to oppress and prevent, the tongue of God’s Will shall not be prevented from proclaiming His Cause, nor shall the Kawthar of divine remembrance and utterance be cut off from the spring of the Pen of God’s Command. The former shall forever speak and the latter shall forever flow. May thy honor hearken unto it with a pure ear and taste thereof at all times with a refined palate. And the glory be upon thee and upon those who are with thee among God’s assured servants.

=== END BH09196 ===

=== START BH09197 ===

In the Name of the one true God! Praise be to God that thou hast drunk from the ocean of divine knowledge and through the grace of God - glorified be His majesty - hast attained to that which most of the men on earth remain heedless of. Guard thou this most great bounty and supreme gift, through the Name of God, from the eyes of the heedless ones. Hold thou fast in all conditions to the Divine Lote Tree, for verily it calleth out and remembereth thee at this moment with that which shall endure as long as the names of God, the Lord of all worlds, shall endure. From this station We send Our greetings upon thee and upon those who have attained unto this mighty Cause. Convey My greetings on My behalf to My handmaidens and give them the glad tidings of My gracious remembrance and My mercy which hath preceded all who are in the heavens and on earth. Praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH09197 ===

=== START BH09198 ===

O Qasim, who has attained unto the name of the Beloved of the world! Praise be to God that through divine bounty and the infinite mercy of the Lord thou hast attained unto the recognition of the Sovereign of Days and the Lord of all names, and hast drunk from the Kawthar of remembrance and utterance. Beseech thou God that throughout all days thou mayest be engaged in His remembrance and occupied with His praise. Adorn the gatherings and assemblies with the mention of the name of thy Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Know thou the value of this bounty, for it hath been and ever shall be among the most great divine favors. Convey on behalf of the Beloved of the worlds a wondrous and glorious greeting to all thy kinsmen. Verily He seeth whosoever turneth unto Him, and heareth whosoever calleth upon Him, and calleth unto him. Thy Lord is, in truth, the Mighty, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH09198 ===

=== START BH09200 ===

O Leaf of Protection, upon thee be the Glory of God! In the name of the Peerless Friend! Praise be to God that thou hast attained unto the lights of the Sun of Truth and art gladdened and delighted by the vernal breezes of the Divine Springtime. Thou art witnessed in the Most Great Scene and mentioned in the Most Holy Court of the Lord of Eternity. This is among the great bounties of thy Lord. I beseech God, exalted be His glory, that thou mayest ever dwell beneath the shade of the Divine Lote Tree and be blessed by the fragrance of His celestial Robe, in such wise that the winds of the hearts of the polytheists shall not prevent thee from the court of oneness, nor shall the waters of the objections of the heedless extinguish the fire of thy love. All affairs are in His hand - He doeth what He willeth through His sovereignty. There is no God but Him, the Mighty, the Wise.

=== END BH09200 ===

=== START BH09201 ===

O handmaid in the Sacred Precincts! In the name of God, the All-Knowing! Praise be to God that through divine grace and merciful bounty thou didst hearken to the divine call and didst attain faith in Him. This is a station which all upon earth have sought and do seek, yet none have attained it save a few. Be not grieved by the calamity that hath befallen thee. “Supreme joy” is a word that proceedeth from the tongue of the Lord of eternity, and He saith: “Be not sorrowful, for verily God is with you.” If thou wert to comprehend the value of these words, thou wouldst be detached from the world and all that dwell therein, and wouldst occupy thyself with the praise of the Wronged One of the horizons. The glance of God’s loving-kindness is directed towards thee. Rest thou assured of this manifest grace. The Glory be upon thee and upon those who are with thee.

=== END BH09201 ===

=== START BH09202 ===

O sister of H, upon her be the Most Glorious Glory of God! In the name of the Peerless Friend! Praise be to God, thou hast attained unto His infinite divine bounties, and this recognition of the Manifestation hath been and is the Hidden Treasure. Whosoever attaineth unto this hath attained unto all good. Beseech ye God that in all worlds ye may hold fast unto the Tree and be moved by the winds of His will. And this station is “there is no power nor strength except through God.” Blessed are they that attain, men and women. The glance of God’s favors hath ever been and is directed towards each one of you. Therefore give thanks unto thy Lord, then praise Him and say: praise be to Thee, O Thou the Goal of the worlds! Verily, upon thee be glory from One All-Knowing, All-Wise.

=== END BH09202 ===

=== START BH09204 ===

He is the Single, the One, the Eternal!

O my God! This is Thy servant who hath striven with his spirit, his heart, his inner being and his body, until he reached the shore of Thy Most Great Ocean and drank from the pure, flowing waters of reunion at the dawning of the brilliant rays from the Sun of Thy oneness. Therefore, O my God, I beseech Thee by Thy manifest signs in the temples of unity and Thy resplendent traces in the manifestations of oneness, to ordain for him every good thing Thou hast ordained in the kingdom of Thy creation for Thy sincere servants, and to send down upon him the outpourings from the cloud of Thy greatest mercy’s heaven. O Thou in Whose hand are the keys of all hearts! For we are all poor at Thy gate and abased before the appearance of Thy might and sovereignty. We possess nothing in Thy kingdom.

=== END BH09204 ===

=== START BH09206 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

My God, my God! Thou seest me standing in service to Thy Cause, and seated before Thy face, setting down Thy verses, with my hand of hope upraised to the heaven of Thy bounty and my face turned toward the horizon of Thy generosity. I beseech Thee, O Lord of existence and Educator of the seen and unseen, by the Word through which Thou didst quicken Thy servants and guide them to Thy path, to strengthen whosoever hath turned unto Thee and drunk the choice wine of revelation from the hand of Thy bounty. Verily, Thou art the Omnipotent over whatsoever Thou willest. There is no God but Thee, the Forgiving, the Merciful.

He is the Sustainer

The letter from Mulla Mahmud, upon him be the Glory of God - two pieces of fabric through Aqa Muhammad Kazim, upon him be the Glory of God, reached the servant in the year 1304.

=== END BH09206 ===

=== START BH09209 ===

In the Name of the Friend! O emigrant servant! Your longing and yearning for the presence of God is evident and clear, and your mention is recorded in the Most Great Scene. Transform the cups of sorrow into cups of joy. Be not grieved, for God is nearer and kinder to you than your own self. Whatever you traversed in the wilderness of separation, yearning for the presence of the Friend - its reward has been written and recorded by the Pen of Destiny in the Kingdom of Divine decree. All that befell you in the path of the Friend is evident and known in the Tablet of Knowledge. God’s curse be upon those who created barriers between us and you! Most difficult is it for the Ancient Beauty that His loved ones should arrive at the shore of the sea of reunion, yet meeting be delayed and they remain distant from the gathering of nearness. However, in all conditions one must be content with the good-pleasure of the Friend and keep one’s gaze fixed upon the direction of His Command, for none has been or ever shall be aware of His hidden wisdom. God’s curse be upon those who caused your remoteness from the seat of nearness and reunion! Divine grace has been and shall continue to be with you. Today all the friends of God must keep their gaze upon the welfare of the Cause, for both external and internal enemies have appeared with all their schemes, just as the previous Manifestation foretold, and likewise in the Persian Tablets known as “Istidlaliyyih” these days were foretold by the Pen of Knowledge, including that during the severe days of the Manifestation the Cause would become so difficult that the companions of that King of existence and Essence of Purpose would flee to mountains and deserts, hiding from the oppressors, while some would sacrifice their lives with complete detachment, as all was fulfilled and you witnessed. And grieve not for what has befallen you, for greater than what has befallen you has befallen My wronged Self. God willing, may you be enkindled with the fire of divine love and be illumined like a lamp in the gathering of servants, in such wise that the seas of heaven and earth shall not extinguish you nor deprive you of light. And the Spirit be upon you and upon those who love you for the sake of God, the One, the Single, the Ancient.

=== END BH09209 ===

=== START BH09210 ===

He is the Light shining from the Horizon of Revelation!

In this Day the Blessed Tree of Remembrance speaketh forth in the Kingdom of Utterance saying: Well is it with the servant who hath turned his face towards Him, and embraced His truth, and with the handmaiden who hath hearkened to His Voice and become of the blissful. Verily, she is a champion of the field of true understanding. To this the Tongue of Truth beareth witness from His exalted Station.

O My leaf, blessed art thou for having responded to My call when it was raised in the name of the True One. Thou didst recognize My Revelation when men of renown were immersed in manifest idle fancies. Thou hast verily attained the mercy of thy Lord time and again. Render thanks unto Him and glorify Him with thy Praise. He is, in truth, with His handmaidens and servants who have turned towards Him. The shining glory from the Horizon of My Kingdom be upon thee and upon the one who hath guided thee to My straight path.

=== END BH09210 ===

=== START BH09211 ===

O Mulla Husayn Pasha! In the name of the one true Friend! Today it is essential that all the loved ones of God observe incoming matters with new vision, for certain wolves have appeared and continue to appear in shepherds’ clothing, and some, wearing various garments, claim belief for the purpose of seizing people’s property. Avoid these ones and believe not what they say. You must occupy yourself with the remembrance of God with perfect steadfastness, and remind the loved ones of God of that which is the good-pleasure of Truth and the welfare of creation. He has commanded all to wisdom, and therein lies the welfare of all, were they to know. Blessed is he who acts according to what is commanded, and woe unto him who casts behind him God’s command and follows his own desires.

=== END BH09211 ===

=== START BH09213 ===

This Day a different Sun hath arisen, and a different Heaven hath been adorned with its stars and its planets. The world is another world, and the Cause another Cause. We beseech God not to deprive the people of Baha from the Crimson Ark. The idolaters have appeared with a new scheme, and vain imaginings have gained fresh currency, and for suspicions a lofty station hath been assigned. May God grant justice and fairness. Again, like unto the Shi’ih sect, they wander in the wilderness of idle fancies and delusions. They must be vigilant at all times concerning the Trust of God, lest the treacherous seize and steal it. The splendor of God rest upon thee from God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09213 ===

=== START BH09214 ===

O Sulayman, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the One Who speaks the truth from the Most Exalted Horizon. Today the verses of grandeur are descending from the heaven of divine will like torrential rain, and their fragrance has perfumed the realm of inner meanings and utterance. O children of the Friend! Today the glorious call is raised high and the Mount responds with “Here am I! Here am I!” Blessed is the eye that has attained the presence of the Speaker and been honored by the traces of His Pen. He who loved Me and soared in My atmosphere hath mentioned thee. We make mention of thee in this Clear Tablet. Whoso acknowledges today the Tablet of God and its effect hath verily acknowledged what was revealed aforetime, and he who denieth it - his deeds have come to naught. Unto this doth the Tongue of Grandeur bear witness in the Most Great Prison. He, verily, is the Truth, the Knower of the unseen.

=== END BH09214 ===

=== START BH09215 ===

In the Name of the one true God! Today is the day when human knowledge and understanding must come into being in the world of existence. Man is like unto a precious sword: as long as it remaineth concealed in the sheath no one knoweth its excellence and beauty and its precious nature, for it is concealed and veiled from sight. In like manner, until man’s humanity becometh manifest his worth remaineth unknown. We beseech God to bring forth all from the sheaths of self and passion, that the essence of each one may become evident and manifest before the jewelers. Ye must strive, God willing, to drink from the choice wine of inner meanings and to gaze toward the supreme horizon. Verily He is the All-Powerful, the Bestower, the Gracious.

=== END BH09215 ===

=== START BH09216 ===

In the Name of the peerless Lord! Today is a day when the joy of the manifestation of the Most Great Name has encompassed the world. Yet most of the men and women servants have been veiled by earthly troubles, selfish desires, and the dust of passion. Blessed is the one who has attached himself to the Truth and become detached from the world - such a one drinks from the ocean of divine joy. Praise be to the Lord of existence that thou hast attained to His recognition, turned to His horizon of revelation, and drunk from the Kawthar of His knowledge. Verily He is the Forgiving, the Generous. May the Glory be upon thee and upon those women who have believed in God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH09216 ===

=== START BH09217 ===

O Mir Husayn! He is the One Who gazeth from the horizon of the heaven of utterance. Today the world is illumined with the lights of the Sun of Manifestation. This Day hath no peer or likeness, and in all the divine Books its station and rank have been recorded and inscribed. O friends! By the life of the All-Merciful! If in this Day any soul should miss performing a deed, its compensation shall be impossible thereafter. Today the mystery of the Books is made manifest, the Mother Book is speaking, the Most Great Path is clear, and the ocean of knowledge is surging. Strive that ye may not be deprived of the outpourings of the divine days. Thy name hath been mentioned before the Wronged One, and this blessed Tablet hath been revealed as a token of grace. When thou attainest unto it, say: Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH09217 ===

=== START BH09218 ===

In His Name, the One Who rules over all names! Today the Call of the Dawning-Place of the Self-Subsisting is raised, and likewise the clamor of the people of idle fancies. You must arise to serve the Cause with utmost endeavor and, with supreme steadfastness, be engaged in mentioning the Lord of Names amidst all people. Strive that the leaves of fire may not prevent you from the Dawning-Place of light. You are related to the Truth and are known by His name. Know the value of this exalted station and preserve it through the Name of God. The satans have been and are lying in wait in the name of truth. Be thou steadfast in the Cause and put thy trust in God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. Verily, He will grant His chosen ones the best of rewards from His presence. Verily, He is the Forgiving, the Generous.

=== END BH09218 ===

=== START BH09219 ===

O Mirza Siyyid Muhammad, upon him be the Glory of God, the Most Ancient, the Most Great, the Most Glorious! Today each hour of the day proclaims at the highest pitch: “By the life of God, the Hour has come, yet the people perceive it not!” And every minute cries out saying: “The Day of God has arrived, yet the people understand it not!” The heedlessness of the people has reached such a state that they have turned away from One Who has sent down from the heaven of the Divine Will verses sublime and wondrous, equivalent to all previous Books, and they occupy themselves with their own vain imaginings. We beseech God, exalted be His glory, to confirm thee with such steadfastness that the tempests of doubts and the storms of idle fancies may not move thee. Verily, He is powerful over all things.

=== END BH09219 ===

=== START BH09220 ===

He is the Most High, the All-Powerful, the Most Glorious

O Mirza Husayn! Hearken unto the Call. By God, this is a Call through which the atoms of dust were stirred by reason of the fragrant breaths of the revelation of thy Lord, the Most High, the Great. When the Tongue of Revelation speaketh, all things speak therewith and proclaim that there is none other God but Him, the Speaker, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Give thanks unto God for having turned toward thee the countenance of the Ancient One from this noble horizon. Hold thou fast unto the sure handle and put thy trust in God, the Lord of all worlds. Verily He remembereth whoso hath turned unto Him and feedeth whoso hath set his face toward His luminous horizon. By God, the heavenly table hath been sent down, yet most of the people are heedless. Take it in the name of thy Lord and say: Praise be unto Thee, O God of all who are in the heavens and on earth.

=== END BH09220 ===

=== START BH09221 ===

O Muhammad-Baqir! He is the Speaker after the extinction of all things. Hearken unto the Call from the direction of the Prison: Verily, there is none other God but Him, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. Be thou enkindled with the fire of the love of God in such wise that neither doubts nor intimations shall prevent thee. He walketh and moveth above the world - to this testifieth every knowing and informed one. God willing, ye must soar in the atmosphere of certitude on the wings of detachment, and in all times be occupied with the remembrance of the All-Merciful with such steadfastness that its effect shall become manifest in the world of creation. Blessed art thou and blessed is he who hath drunk the choice wine of steadfastness from the hands of the bounty of his Lord, the Forgiving, the Generous. We have mentioned thee before and in this wondrous Tablet. Be grateful to God for this exalted and mighty favor.

=== END BH09221 ===

=== START BH09223 ===

He is God, who has encompassed the worlds. Hearken, O servant, to that which the Spirit imparts to thee, then follow what thou hast been commanded, that thou mayest be numbered among those who are near unto God and mentioned in His tablets in truth. Beware lest thou associate any partners with God thy Lord, and do good unto others even as God hath done good unto thee, and be among the people a trustworthy one in truth. Then remember thy Lord throughout all days, for through His remembrance light illumineth the hearts of the righteous and cleanseth them from a hidden association. Thus have We commanded thee that thou mayest act accordingly and be possessed of insight in the Cause. And whoso is adorned with that which We have commanded him, God will raise him up on the Day of Resurrection in the most beauteous form, and God is verily witness unto this.

=== END BH09223 ===

=== START BH09224 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great! I testify to that which the Wronged One hath testified: that there is none other God but Him. He hath ever been sanctified above the mention of all created things and exalted above the description of all beings. He hath created all things through a command from His presence. He is, verily, the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. He was one in His essence and one in His attributes. Through His Name was raised the standard of “There is none other God but Him” and was hoisted the banner of “He doeth whatsoever He willeth” upon the mount of understanding, as a command from His presence. And He is the Almighty, the All-Powerful. Thou art he who hath sought, and attained, and heard, and witnessed this glorious station wherein the Wronged One proclaimeth that there is none other God but Him, the Single, the One, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy.

=== END BH09224 ===

=== START BH09225 ===

O Muhammad-Hashim! He is the One Who calls out in the world through His Most Great Name! Rejoice thou in that We have remembered thee and aided thee to turn towards this Cause, from which most of the servants have turned away. We have borne for God’s sake that which has caused the sighs of them that are endued with insight to ascend. How many nights have the hosts of tyranny encompassed Us, and how many days have the hearts of the righteous been troubled by that which hath befallen Us. O thou who hast turned towards Us, hearken unto the call of the Wronged One. He calleth thee and summoneth thee unto the Mighty, the Bestower. Beware lest the affairs of men hold thee back from the Truth which hath come unto thee with the standards of verses. Blessed is he who hath sought the Sought One and blessed is he who hath attained to the knowledge of God, the Lord of all men. Woe unto him who hath denied God and turned away from Him when He came with the hosts of inspiration.

=== END BH09225 ===

=== START BH09226 ===

O Karbila’i Aqa Baba! Verily, the Glory speaks at this hour, for whose grief the Concourse on High and the dwellers of the cities of names do lament. He is, verily, the Mighty, the Bestower. We have desired to make mention of him who is named Aqa Baba, that he may rejoice in the remembrance of God, the Sender of Winds. Grieve not over anything and trust in all matters in God, Knower of the hidden and the manifest. We counsel thee to manifest the Greater Steadfastness in this Cause whereby heads were brought low and [the horizons] were illumined. Hold fast to the cord of thy Lord’s loving-kindness and cast behind thee the mention of every deceitful polytheist. Say: O people of Baha! When there comes to you one who croaks with a book, leave him to himself, turning with spirit and joy to the Most Exalted Horizon.

=== END BH09226 ===

=== START BH09228 ===

In the name of Him Who hath been given the name of Beauty, upon Him be all His most glorious Beauty! He is the One Who calleth amidst His servants. Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth and revealed what He hath willed. He, verily, is the Truth, the Knower of things unseen. The world hath been honored by the advent of the Most Great Name, whereupon the trembling seized all the tribes of the earth except such as God, the Almighty, the Self-Subsisting, hath willed. O thou who soarest in the atmosphere of the All-Merciful! Hearken unto that which the hosts of Satan who have disbelieved in God, the Lord of Lords, do speak. Verily, he who pronounced judgment against the Third Letter who believed in Him Whom God shall make manifest hath uttered that which hath rent asunder the veil of the Kingdom and caused the dwellers of the realms above to lament. He who should have kissed the dust of his feet hath been unjustly slain - to this doth the Wronged One bear witness in this praiseworthy station. Moreover, he pronounced judgment against certain souls, whereat the eyes of the Concourse on High and the dwellers in the cities of Names shed tears. Woe unto him and unto those who followed him among such as disbelieved in the All-Merciful when He came unto them with manifest sovereignty! Say: When We returned from Our exile to Zawra (Baghdad), We found that he had taken possession of the sanctuary of the Point. At this, the eye of My inner being wept and My heart melted. By God’s life! I concealed this with all diligence lest any hateful rejected one should become aware of it. By God! The Pen is powerless to recount what he committed in his vain life, for it is ashamed to mention that which is unworthy of mention this Day. To this testify those who were with him and associated with him, and beyond them the Truth, the Knower of things unseen. Thou dost ponder My forbearance despite My power, and My concealment despite My knowledge, and that which every ignorant oppressor doth utter. We have mentioned unto thee some of what hath befallen Us at the hands of those who know not their right hand from their left, let alone this exalted station. When thou receivest this Tablet, recite it unto thyself, then read it to those who have quaffed the wine of life in the days of God, the Lord of what was and what shall be. Glory be upon thee and upon those who have cast away idle fancies through the Name of God, the Lord of the seen and the unseen.

=== END BH09228 ===

=== START BH09230 ===

The Most Holy, Most Exalted, Most Great! Verily the Tree maketh mention of one of its leaves, and remembereth it as a bounty from God, the Almighty, the Self-Subsisting, that it may be drawn by the utterance of the All-Merciful to the Most Exalted Horizon and be brought near to the Praiseworthy Station. The Beloved hath appeared in truth, and He, verily, is the Desired One of the heavens and earth, yet most of the people know not. He calleth them, by night and by day, to the Dayspring of Inspiration, but they perceive not. Blessed art thou, O My handmaiden, for having heard My call and turned to My countenance in recognition of My Self, when every idolatrous transgressor turned away. Give thanks unto thy Lord for this most great favor, then remember Him by this Name which God hath made the Sovereign of the unseen and the seen.

=== END BH09230 ===

=== START BH09231 ===

O Handmaiden of God, Most Holy, Most Glorious! The Supreme Pen makes mention of a leaf from among the leaves who did not break the Covenant when darkness spread over all horizons. O My handmaiden! Rejoice in that the Wronged One makes mention of thee, through Whom the horizon of existence was illumined and the leaves were adorned. Blessed is the strong man who arose and blessed is the strong woman who arose when the croaking was raised. Soon will the croaking be heard throughout the lands. Happy is the one who drank the Kawthar of steadfastness from the hand of bounty on the day of separation. We have sent down in the Book aforetime that which shall appear hereafter. He, verily, is the Mighty, the All-Knowing. Reflect upon the verses of God and His sovereignty which has encompassed all lands. O My handmaiden! Hold fast to the cord of the loving-kindness of thy Lord, then remember Him at all times.

=== END BH09231 ===

=== START BH09232 ===

He is the Speaker, the All-Knowing! God and His Messengers and His chosen ones bear witness that there is no God but Him, the Mighty, the All-Bestowing. The Pen hath proclaimed that there is no God but Him, the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing. By God’s life! They desired naught but My Self, and it moveth by My Name, the All-Encompassing over all horizons. Among the people is he who clingeth to idle fancy, turning away from God, the Lord of all mankind, and among them is he who is seized by the attraction of the verses in such wise that he hath turned unto the Most Exalted Horizon and hath said: “Praise be unto Thee, O Lord of all names, for having caused me to speak Thy praise after Thou didst make me to know Thy Manifestation, dawning from the horizon of creation.” Thus doth the Wronged One make mention that thou mayest thank thy Lord and remember Him throughout the nights and days.

=== END BH09232 ===

=== START BH09233 ===

O Afnan, His honor Haji Mirza Muhammad, upon him be the Glory of God, the Most Glorious! God is Most Glorious! Verily the idolaters desired to extinguish the light of God with their hosts and arose to put out the fire of My Lote-Tree. Say: Perdition betide you, O heedless ones! How many afflictions through which God hath aided His Cause - verily He is the Powerful, the Mighty! Say: Away with thee, O oppressor! What hast thou to do with this Most Great Announcement? It behooveth thee to play with clay. Thus hath My Most Exalted Pen spoken unto thee that thou mayest rejoice and be of the thankful ones. We have ordained for thee a station unto which faces shall turn. Verily thy Lord is the Bearer of Glad-Tidings, the All-Wise. Rejoice in that We have related thee unto it. By the life of God! Nothing on earth can equal it, and I am the All-Knowing Witness.

=== END BH09233 ===

=== START BH09234 ===

O Zaynu’l-’Abidin! He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing! The Wronged One in the land of exile remembers the friends of God and His chosen ones with a remembrance which God has made a light unto the people of the Kingdom, an ornament unto the people of the Realm of Might, and the Water of Life unto all creation. Exalted is the All-Merciful Who has appeared and manifested whatsoever He willed through His Name, the Protecting, the Self-Subsisting. O thou who gazest upon the Countenance! Hearken unto the Call from the direction of ’Akka. It summoneth thee unto God, the Mighty, the Loving. Leave the world to its people and hold fast unto the cord of wisdom and utterance. Thus doth the All-Merciful command thee as a token of His grace, and He, verily, is the Truth, the Knower of the unseen. This is a Day wherein the door of bounty hath been opened with the key of [My Name] the Self-Subsisting, and the Tongue of Grandeur speaketh that whereby hearts and minds are attracted.

=== END BH09234 ===

=== START BH09235 ===

O handmaid of God! He is the One Who has power over whatsoever He willeth, in His name, the Protector over all the worlds. Verily, the leaf calls out to the Tree: There is none other God but Him, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Blessed is the leaf that has clung to it in such wise that the winds of trials caused it not to fall. She is indeed among the most excellent handmaidens in the sight of God, the Lord of Names. To this testifieth every discerning soul. O my handmaiden! We have found the fragrance of thy love for thy Lord and have sent down unto thee this Tablet through which the horizon of the world hath been illumined and every one who hath turned towards God, the Lord of all worlds, hath been drawn nigh. When thou attainest unto thy Lord’s Book, render thanks unto Him with such thanksgiving as to attract thereby the denizens of Paradise. Verily, thy Lord is He Who ordaineth, the All-Knowing. Glory be upon those who have believed and upon those handmaidens who have believed in God, the Almighty, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH09235 ===

=== START BH09236 ===

O Ahmad! God hath accepted thy deeds and is well-pleased with thee. He shall, in truth, exalt thy name and shall give thee the best of this world and of the world to come. Verily, He is the best Protector and the most excellent Helper. Then make mention from Us to Abdullah who asked about the announcement that was in truth most great. Say unto him: We answered thee in the City of Patience with an answer at which all in the kingdom would be powerless, if thou be of those possessed of knowledge. Then make mention of Ghadir who believed in God, and his rib who was recorded among the devout ones in the Book. And the Spirit be upon thee and upon those who were steadfast in the religion of God.

=== END BH09236 ===

=== START BH09237 ===

The younger sister, the blessed leaf, Fatimih Khanum

He is the Mighty, the Most Exalted!

O My sister! We beseech God to protect thee from the harms of the

world. There hath been no news from thee for some time. God willing,

thou art established in the abode of God’s love with the utmost happiness

and joy. Shouldst thou wish to know how this mortal Prisoner is, by God,

the tongue is speechless and pens are broken into pieces when attempting

to mention it. However, We are at all times thankful and patient. Other

than total submission and perfect acquiescence nothing is desired.

May thou be always engaged in mentioning the true Beloved and be

illumined with the rays of the eternal and sanctified Sun. And upon thee

be Glory.

=== END BH09237 ===

=== START BH09238 ===

O handmaiden who beareth the name of God, Most Truthful, who hath been set ablaze with praise of her Lord Who is established upon the Throne! O My handmaiden! Thy letter hath come before the Throne, and We have heard from it thy call and beheld the fire of thy love for God, thy Lord and the Lord of all worlds. The gaze of God hath turned toward it as a grace from His presence. Verily, He is the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful. Blessed art thou for having attained unto the days of God and turned toward Him when most men turned away. Verily thy Lord is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Grieve thou not over anything, for He is with His devoted handmaidens and His remembering servants. Remember Him by night and by day. Verily, He heareth the call of those who have turned toward Him. He is, in truth, the One Who prevaileth over all worlds.

=== END BH09238 ===

=== START BH09239 ===

He is the Mighty, the Powerful, the All-Merciful!

O scion of the family of Husayn! Hearken to the call of this Wronged One Who hath been afflicted at the hands of the polytheists from among the people of the Bayan, and Who found none to help Him save God, the Powerful, the Mighty, the All-Glorious. We had previously sent thee a leaf from the Divine Lote-Tree, and soon shall We send thee a branch thereof that thou mayest taste of its fruits at all times. Grieve not at anything, but place thy trust in God, thy Lord, for verily He is with thee. There is none other God but Him, the King, the Sovereign. Stand firm in the Cause, then convey the command of thy Lord. He will verily protect thee through His truth from those who have turned away from God and turned unto the manifestations of Satan. All praise be to God, the King, the Powerful, the Bestower!

=== END BH09239 ===

=== START BH09240 ===

He is the Mighty. O Tanbal-Bashi! Hearken unto the call of Him Who loveth thee and remembereth thee at this moment. Know thou that We have remembered thee in places of mighty and impregnable glory. Beware lest thou be saddened by worldly affairs, and be thou of the patient ones. God will soon reward thee with the best of rewards and will fully recompense the patient ones. He is the Mighty. O Shaykhu’l-Arvah! Verily We have not forgotten thee; therefore rejoice within thyself and be of the patient ones. Then ask of God whatsoever thou desirest. He will verily grant it unto thee in truth, and He hath power over all things. Then convey Our greetings unto thy mother, that she may be gladdened in her soul and be of the devout ones.

=== END BH09240 ===

=== START BH09241 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great

O Husayn! Hearken unto the Call which hath been raised from the two Vavs. Verily, there is none other God but Me, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Through the first Vav were created the heavens which were raised up throughout the ages, and through the second was manifested He before Whom the doubles bowed down in worship. Thy Lord is, in truth, the Expositor, the All-Wise. Rejoice thou in God’s remembrance of thee, then make mention of Him with an illumined heart and a wondrous tongue. The tongues were created for this Day, and the eyes for this horizon whereby all who are in the heavens and on earth were illumined. Thus doth the Wronged One remember thee from His prison whilst encompassed by the heedless ones. Render thanks unto God for having directed towards thee the countenance of the Ancient Beauty from this glorious station.

=== END BH09241 ===

=== START BH09242 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory, the Power and the Majesty

O Rahim! By God, I have remained alone and solitary, and now I am in the serpent’s mouth, as the Tongue of the All-Merciful bears witness to this, if you be of those who know. In every moment there befalls Me that which causes the faces of those near to God to turn pale, and were I to mention it, the Pen would be unable to move, and God is witness to what I say. Stand firm, therefore, in your love for your Lord in such wise that the whisperings of Satan will not cause you to slip, for he has appeared with the hosts of polytheism, and thus was it inscribed in the tablets of destiny by the executing Pen. Arise to serve the Cause by Our leave, then detach thyself from all the worlds.

=== END BH09242 ===

=== START BH09243 ===

O Suleiman! Hear My call from the direction of My prison, that My melodies may attract thee and detach thee from all else save Me, and cause thee to soar in My atmosphere, and draw thee nigh unto the Dayspring of My Beauty, and make thee speak My praise amidst My servants, and enable thee to drink the Kawthar of immortality from the Salsabil of My mercy and the holy Tasnim from the river of My bounty. Verily, My fragrances guide the yearning ones to the paradise of My remembrance, and My sweet scents lead the seeking ones to the court of My presence and meeting. Thus doth the Youth make mention of thee in these days wherein the ignorant among the people have encompassed Him. O Son of Man! Say: O followers of religions among the people of all worlds! He Who ascended to heaven hath come upon the crimson clouds with hosts of His holiness, and the Kingdom of God moveth before Him and behind Him are the hosts of revelation, did ye but know it. Say: The Comforter Whose advent all the scriptures have promised is now come that He may reveal unto you all knowledge and wisdom. Seek Him over the entire surface of the earth, haply ye may find Him. And should ye find Him, beware lest ye crucify the body of the Promised One as did the Jews crucify aforetime. Fear God, O people, and be not of the wrongdoers. Blessed is the eye that beholdeth His beauty, and the ear that heareth His melodies, and the tongue that speaketh His praise, and the foot that walketh in the paths of His good-pleasure, and the heart that is filled with the knowledge of His Self, and the soul that beareth the trust of His love. Thus doth the Cock of the Throne crow that the people of the horizons may exchange discord for concord. Beware lest ye stone Him with your glances after He guideth you to the divine paradise. Say: He hath sacrificed His spirit even as He sacrificed aforetime His body, and He feareth no one among all that hath been created between earth and heaven, and He guideth men unto God, the Lord of the worlds. Say: O people of the earth! Gather ye at the table of your Lord, the All-Merciful, which hath descended once again from the heaven of divine decree after its ascension, and hath appeared in the temple of man at the midmost heart of contingent being. O concourse of the worlds! Deprive not yourselves of that which hath been ordained for you by God, the Almighty, the All-Bountiful. Say: O people! Purify your hearts from rancor and hatred, and sanctify your souls from transgression and iniquity, then adorn your bodies with the robe of faithfulness and your tongues with truthfulness in the land of creation. Thus doth the Most Exalted Pen command you in the heaven of destiny, if ye be of them that know. Say: Through His fragrances the realities of all things have been stirred in their longing for His presence and in their search for reunion with Him. O people! Deprive not yourselves of the sanctuary of His knowledge, and differ not concerning Him, that ye may be numbered among the monotheists. Blessed art thou for having drunk the Kawthar of life from the hand of the favors of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Bestower. We beseech God to make thee steadfast in His love and established in His Cause, for verily He is powerful over all things. Say: Through Him hath God given life to the world and created the world for His own Self, yet the people of the world have wronged Him and knew Him not, and were of the heedless ones. And if thou desirest to become acquainted with My Cause and what hath befallen My person, know thou that the tribulations have reached such a degree as to transcend all mention and utterance, and none knoweth the afflictions of the Youth save His Lord, the Mighty, the All-Knowing. And We thank God for what He hath decreed for Us by His command, and We shall be patient even as We were patient before, and We seek help from no one, and help cometh only from thy Lord, the Mighty, the All-Bestowing. This wondrous Tablet was sent, but that servant must move with the utmost wisdom so that none of the polytheists become aware of the origin of the previous Cause before its manifestation. And as for what you wrote regarding that which was sent down from the heaven of grace to be distributed to all regions - its time and season shall come. Verily He is the Powerful over whatsoever He willeth. He doeth what He pleaseth and ordaineth what He desireth.

=== END BH09243 ===

=== START BH09244 ===

He is the Mighty. O ’Ali! Hearken unto the call of thy Beloved in this hour when the heavens and earth weep by reason of what hath befallen Him at the hands of these wrongdoers. Grieve thou not at My departure, for this is among the ways of God that were ordained for those of old, and therein lieth a consummate wisdom and an eternal decree which none knoweth save God, the True King, the Manifest. Be thou not sorrowful at this, and dwell among the people for a brief time or for many days - this is what hath been ordained for thee by the All-Wise, the All-Informed. And when thou hearest tidings from these faithful ones, journey, if thou willest, unto Him to Whom the spirits of those near unto God have journeyed.

=== END BH09244 ===

=== START BH09245 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great! O ’Ali-Qabl-i-Akbar! Thy letter hath gained access to the Most Luminous Presence, and toward it have been directed the glances of the loving-kindness of thy Lord, the Self-Subsisting, the All-Compelling. Blessed is he who hath cast away vain desire and followed guidance in this Day wherein the Sun of Knowledge hath dawned from the horizon of the loving-kindness of God, the Almighty, the Glorious, the Best-Beloved. Give thanks that We have read thy letter and caused thee to hear the cooing of the Divine Lote-Tree as thy Lord, the Most Exalted, the Best-Beloved, the All-Loving, was seated upon the Throne. Be thou steadfast in the Cause and say: “Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having made Thyself known unto me and given me to drink of the choice wine of Thy Revelation. I beseech Thee not to abandon me unto myself. Make me, under all conditions, one who remembers Thee, extols Thee and speaks forth. Verily Thou art the Most Exalted, the Manifest, the Glorious, the All-Praised.”

=== END BH09245 ===

=== START BH09246 ===

O honored Qadir, my brother, who hath emigrated with God, the Most Holy, the Most Great! O Qadir, blessed art thou for having cast aside the pool and turned unto the Most Great Ocean which hath appeared through this Name whereby God hath subdued all who are in the realm of possibility. Be thou steadfast in the Cause in such wise that the allusions of those who have disbelieved in God, the Lord of Lords, shall not prevent thee. Hold thou fast unto the cord of grace and cling to the hem of the mercy of thy Lord, the Master of all names. He maketh mention of thee as a bounty from Him and commandeth thee to observe justice and righteousness. He, verily, is the Commander, the Counselor, the Powerful, the Mighty, the All-Choosing. Be thou in the Cause of thy Lord in a manner befitting these days wherein the Kingdom and the realm above call out: “The Kingdom belongeth unto God, the Lord of all religions!”

=== END BH09246 ===

=== START BH09248 ===

In the Name of God, the Most High, the Most Glorious

O morning breeze! Go forth with thy Lord’s epistle to all lands, that hearts may be quickened by the showers of the mercy of their Lord, the Mighty, the Chosen One. Should anyone ask thee of the Glory, say: By God, He lieth beneath the swords of His foes through that which the hands of the wicked have wrought. And should anyone inquire about His station, say: In the most desolate of lands. Should anyone ask about His physical frame, say: In grievous weakness, yet His spirit is in joy and delight through the love of God. Nothing can sadden Him, as witnesseth he whose sight hath been illumined by the light of recognition and who is numbered among the people of fairness. Rejoice thou in God’s remembrance of thee, then rend asunder the veils in the name of thy Lord, Creator of earth and heaven.

=== END BH09248 ===

=== START BH09249 ===

He is the Most High, the Most Glorious

We have desired to make mention of Our loved ones in that land whose names were not mentioned before the Face, that they may rejoice in the remembrance of God, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful. O people of God! Blessed are ye, inasmuch as ye have quaffed the wine of utterance from the chalice of the bounty of the Lord of all Religions. The Wronged One counseleth you with that which will exalt your stations among men. Take hold of the Book of God with such strength as cannot be hindered by the hosts of the wicked. Verily, the Lamp calleth out saying: Look ye, look ye in all conditions. Beware lest the veils of the world withhold you from this Lamp which God hath lit through His power and His might from His presence. He is verily the All-Conquering, the All-Choosing. Glory be upon you, O friends of God and His party, and upon My handmaidens who have believed in God, the Dawning-Place of Lights.

=== END BH09249 ===

=== START BH09250 ===

HE IS THE DAWNING FROM THE HORIZON OF IMMORTALITY

We have manifested trustworthiness upon the temple of man, and verily he crieth out amidst the people of existence, saying: “All bounty belongeth unto him who hath clung unto me and acted according to that which was commanded by God, the Lord of all men.” Those who have turned away from me have no portion in the Book. O people of the earth! Hearken unto my call and hold fast unto my cord. By God! Through it the Cause of God and His dominion over all religions shall be exalted. Arise from the slumber of passion, then drink the choice wine of trustworthiness from the hand of the bounty of your Lord, the Mighty, the Bestower. Thus have We sent down the verses and dispatched them unto him who hath believed in God, the Manifestation of clear proofs.

=== END BH09250 ===

=== START BH09251 ===

In His Most Ancient Name

We left the House, proceeding toward the garden, and on the way We encountered servants who had believed in God, the Single, the All-Informed. There accompanied Us a certain number of those who had acknowledged what God had testified in His Noble Book. We journeyed until We entered the place and drank Chinese tea, and We said: “Praise be to Thee, O God of the worlds!” Those who were with Me remained around Me without sleep. When morning breathed forth, they drank tea and proceeded to the city by command of One mighty and knowing. We arose through God’s might and grace, took up the pen, and revealed unto thee this Clear Book. When thou attainest unto it, be thankful and say: “Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds!”

=== END BH09251 ===

=== START BH09252 ===

From His honor Mirza [Hasan], upon him be the glory of God. He is the One Who warbles upon the branches. We entered the garden while the water was flowing and the willow was swaying and the roses were diffusing their fragrance and the trees were speaking: “He hath come, the Wronged One Who hath borne tribulations for the manifestation of His mighty Cause and filled the realms of names. He hath come, the Creator of heaven, with a sovereignty before which neither the hosts of the world, nor the weapons of the nations, nor the oppression of any cruel oppressor can stand. Verily those who have attained on this day are among the people of the highest Paradise - to this doth testify He in Whose grasp is the kingdom of the dominion of the heavens and earth. Glory be upon the people of glory who have held fast to the Book of God when it was sent down in truth from His holy, mighty and inaccessible dominion.”

=== END BH09252 ===

=== START BH09253 ===

O Siyyid Abu’l-Qasim! He is the Most Ancient, the Most Generous! We make mention of thee when thy letter was present before the Throne, that thou mayest read and be of the thankful ones. The world hath been illumined by the lights of thy Lord’s countenance, yet most of the people are in manifest darkness. They have cast the light behind their backs, having followed every remote oppressor - those who lay claim to knowledge without any proof from God and who pronounce judgment against His loved ones throughout months and years. Through them corruption hath encompassed the land and sea, as attesteth the Preserved Tablet in His presence. They have followed their desires and cast aside the Book of God - thus doth the All-Informed inform thee. Shun them and take refuge in God from their evil. He verily protecteth whom He willeth through His sovereign might. He is, in truth, the Powerful, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09253 ===

=== START BH09254 ===

He is the One mentioned in the Tablet of Ha by faithfulness! We have seen thy turning unto Us and have made mention of thee from My Most Exalted Pen, and We have heard thy call and have called unto thee from this luminous Spot, from the Divine Lote-Tree: “Verily, there is none other God but Me, the Mighty, the All-Knowing.” I created all peoples for this Most Great Day, but when He appeared they turned away and denied God, the Lord of Lords. Blessed is he whom the doubts of the divines have not withheld, and blessed is he whom the might of those who disbelieved in the Beginning and the Return hath not caused to slip. Hold thou fast unto the cord of steadfastness and take hold of the hem of God, the Lord of all men. Blessed art thou, inasmuch as the Pen of the Wronged One hath moved at the mention of thy name, while imprisoned in the Most Great Prison in the hands of those who were heedless of God, the Lord of the Day of Return.

=== END BH09254 ===

=== START BH09255 ===

O Haji Mashhadi Husayn! He is the Compassionate, the All-Bountiful!

We have heard the call of those who were attracted by the fragrances of Revelation when the horizon of utterance was illumined by the Sun of My mention, the Mighty, the Luminous. The ocean of knowledge hath appeared and the sun of understanding hath shone forth, yet the people remain among the heedless. They have cast the decree of God behind their backs and followed every ignorant one far removed from truth. We have manifested knowledge that the servants might be guided unto My path, yet they have grown proud against the All-Informed One. Thus have We been treated by those who pride themselves on knowledge when He Who is known came with His name, the Self-Subsisting, and spoke that before which the Books of the Messengers have bowed down. Rejoice thou in that the Wronged One hath remembered thee and turned toward thee from this exalted Station.

=== END BH09255 ===

=== START BH09256 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great! We have indeed expounded the Point and have brought forth from it the knowledge of what was and what will be, and have caused all things to speak forth that which the Lord of Names has testified. He is, verily, the One Who oversees every witness and witnessed thing. O you who gaze toward My horizon! When the choice wine of revelation has taken hold of you from the hand of My bounty and My most sweet call has drawn you to the horizon of My loving-kindness, arise and say: O You in Whose hand lies the kingdom of names and in Whose grasp are all who dwell on earth and in heaven! I beseech You by Your Name through which the Concourse on High rejoiced to make me in all conditions one who speaks forth Your praise and stands firm in Your Cause. Verily, You are the Powerful over whatsoever You will. There is no God but You, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09256 ===

=== START BH09257 ===

In His Name, the All-Compelling over all names!

We make mention of God in all conditions, in such wise that neither prison nor what We have suffered therein at the hands of those who have denied the proof and turned away from God, the Lord of all worlds, can prevent Us. He hath created the world for the remembrance of the Ancient King - among men are those who are heedless, and those who have heard and hastened unto God, the Mighty, the Wise. Blessed is he who hath held fast to the cord of God and drawn nigh unto His mighty ocean. Woe unto him who hath followed vain desires when the Remembrance hath come unto him from One knowing, informed. Joy be unto thee for having quaffed the choice wine of remembrance and turned toward the horizon of the Cause of thy Lord, the Giving, the Bountiful, the Ancient. Be thou steadfast in the Cause through God’s power and might, then speak forth His praise, that perchance every heedless and remote one may be awakened thereby.

=== END BH09257 ===

=== START BH09259 ===

O Haji Ibrahim!

In the Name of the Most Holy, the Most Great

We make mention of him who hath desired the countenance of God and We teach him My straight path which hath appeared in My name among the worlds. He Who possesseth the Preserved Tablet beareth witness to this. This is the Day wherein all things proclaim that there is none other God but Him, the Most High, the Most Great. He Who was promised hath come, and the hidden treasure hath been revealed through His name, the Mighty, the Powerful. O servant! Give thanks unto God for having created thee and sustained thee and made thee aware of this glorious Day, whereby the books of the world have been adorned and whereof God’s messengers of old gave tidings. Every discerning scholar beareth witness to this. Be thou moved by thy Lord’s will and walk amid the darkness of the earth through His name, the Manifest, the Mighty, the Luminous.

=== END BH09259 ===

=== START BH09260 ===

’Abdul-Javad! He is the Mighty, the Great! We make mention of him who hath acknowledged that which the Tongue of Grandeur hath spoken when He was established upon the throne of His Most Great Name. We give glad-tidings unto them that have believed of the good-pleasure of God and His nearness, and We acquaint them with His straight and manifest path. Whoso hath turned unto Him hath indeed attained salvation, and he that hath turned away is assuredly among the perishing ones. By God’s life! All that hath been created on earth shall profit him not. Unto this doth every knowing and perceiving one bear witness. O Javad! Hold thou fast, under all conditions, to the Crimson Cord which hath appeared from the seat of thy Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Say: O my God! I beseech Thee by it to make me steadfast in this Cause whereby every idolator hath wailed, every heedless one hath cried out, and every ignorant one far removed hath been sorely troubled.

=== END BH09260 ===

=== START BH09261 ===

He is the Most Ancient, the Most Great! We make mention of him who has turned to God, that his remembrance may endure among the worlds. Say: Glory is not for those who have turned to their own selves, but rather for those who have turned to the affairs of those who have believed in God, the Single, the All-Informed. Be unto others as ye are unto yourselves. Thus doth the Lord of the worlds command you. Be ye united in God’s Cause and in His love, and differ not in any matter. Thus doth God teach you as a token of His grace. He, verily, is the Forgiving, the Generous. Through your unity will God’s Cause be made manifest among His servants, and through your steadfastness will the feet of the wavering ones be made firm. Put your trust in God, then aid Him through remembrance and utterance, that perchance they who slumber on the couch of idle fancies may be awakened and be numbered among the heedless ones.

=== END BH09261 ===

=== START BH09262 ===

Handmaiden of God, consort of His Holiness N-Z and mother of Habibu’llah! Most Ancient, Most Impregnable, Most Great! We make mention of one who has turned to God and believed in His verses which have encompassed the worlds. Blessed is the servant who has attained unto this resplendent, gleaming Light, and woe unto him who has turned away and followed those who have denied the proof of God when He shone forth with grace upon all who are in the heavens and on earth. Hearken thou unto My call and take the chalice of certitude in the name of thy Lord, the All-Merciful. Then drink thereof through My remembrance, the Mighty, the Wondrous. Thus doth He Who possesseth the knowledge of all things in a perspicuous Book teach thee. Forsake the world and all that is therein, then turn with radiant countenance toward the Most Great Scene. This sufficeth thee, as thy Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed, doth testify.

=== END BH09262 ===

=== START BH09263 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the Guardian over all names! We make mention of him who, in the end, inhaled the fragrance of reunion when the Dayspring of divine utterance shone forth with the lights of the beauty of his Lord, the Self-Sufficient, the Most High. Blessed is he who arose to promote the Cause and conquered the cities of hearts with the key of the name of his Lord, the Mighty, the Chosen One. We make mention of thee from the prison, that thou mayest arise to celebrate His praise amongst His servants. Be thou of such steadfastness that neither the allusions of the people nor the might of any aggressive tyrant may disturb thee. The power of the strong and the might of princes shall pass away, but sovereignty shall remain with God, the Lord of creation. He who hath turned towards the Dayspring of eternity is assuredly among the people of Baha in a Book which none hath known save God, the Lord of lords.

=== END BH09263 ===

=== START BH09265 ===

In His Name, the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing! May you, through the grace of God, exalted be His glory, attain His good-pleasure and act in accordance with that which He hath commanded. Today the enemies are seen to have gained ascendancy over the friends. As ye have witnessed and heard, most cities and regions have fallen under the control of strangers, and the fire of sedition and corruption hath been kindled in most lands. This is because the servants have deprived themselves of the river of the All-Merciful’s mercy. They have abandoned that which is right and clung to that which is wrong. We beseech God, exalted be His glory, to transform this weakness into strength and this abasement into glory. He is the Powerful, the Mighty, and He is the All-Seeing, the All-Knowing. There is none other God but Him, the Powerful, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH09265 ===

=== START BH09266 ===

O Muhammad-’Ali, son of honored ’Ali-Baba! The Most Holy, Most Great, Most Glorious! God willing, through the favor of the Friend, may you be detached and free from all else besides Him, and at all times drink the wine of inner meanings from the hand of the True Cup-bearer. The gaze of God’s favor has been and will be with you. Blessed is your father, for he attained the presence of God and believed in the presence of His countenance. Verily for him is a great reward in the Book. He was among those souls who, after the exaltation of the Divine Word, attained recognition of God, and in the days of the rising of the Sun of Truth in those regions, was present before His countenance, was guided by His lights, and remained steadfast in His Cause. Verily for him is a goodly return.

=== END BH09266 ===

=== START BH09268 ===

He is God! God willing, may you return to the land of emergence from the realm of dawning through the melody of the eternal dove from the Orient of the everlasting heaven’s splendor, with holy breaths from the divine cloud, from the essence of the city of faithfulness and the core of the garden of meeting. And you must ignite and enkindle all the manifest and veiled countenances with the kindled fire of love, so that the effect of the kindled fire of God may appear from the source of flowing sweet water, and its fruit may emerge from the tree of existence - how much more so for the sanctified ones of the chambers of glory and the purified ones of the lofty pavilions who are attracted by the warbling of the Spirit’s dove and gladdened by the singing of the cock of light. So glory be to God, your Creator and their Creator, and exalted is He above what they describe.

=== END BH09268 ===

=== START BH09269 ===

In the Name of God, the Beneficent! God willing, on this divine Day mayest thou receive thy portion from the outpourings of the All-Merciful and drink from the ocean of wisdom. The light of the realm of knowledge cometh from the splendors of His Countenance, not from the sun and moon. Strive thou to find thy way to the heaven of inner meanings and to walk upon God’s straight path. How many princes there were who sought after this Day, yet now are seen to be deprived of it, while thou, through God’s favor, hast attained unto it and perceived the fragrances of His garment. With all thy soul and spirit and tongue, be thou occupied with the praise of the Beloved of all possibility. Verily, He is with whosoever remembereth Him and maketh mention of Him, and He is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH09269 ===

=== START BH09270 ===

In the Name of Him from Whose horizon of manifestation the light hath shone forth! God willing, mayest thou be illumined in this divine Day with the lights of the Sun of Revelation and attain unto that which God hath desired. All have been created for this Day, yet all are found to be heedless and veiled save those who have cast away the world and have clung to the Most Great Name, whereby the hearts of the peoples who turned away from God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise, have been shaken. Strive thou to drink from the Kawthar of steadfastness in such wise that all the world shall be powerless to hinder thee. Thus doth thy Lord make mention of thee and impart unto thee that which shall profit thee in every world of the worlds of thy Lord. Hold thou fast unto it and be thou of the thankful ones. Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH09270 ===

=== START BH09271 ===

In the name of the God of Mercy! O Zivar Sultan! God willing, in all times and seasons mayest thou be engaged in the remembrance of the Beloved of all possibility and attain unto the living waters. Thy letter was received before the Countenance and thy moanings and lamentations in separation from the Luminary of the horizons were heard. It is most clear that the ever-existing and eternal Truth hath never wished to deprive His loved ones from His infinite outpourings or to withhold them from the Kawthar of His presence, which is the cause of the creation of the world. The decree of prohibition of the gaze is due to a wisdom that hath been revealed in the tablets of God, and all are commanded to act according to it, lest aught occur that might cause harm. Verily, He is the Forgiving, the Generous. May the Glory be upon thee.

=== END BH09271 ===

=== START BH09272 ===

O Muhammad-’Ali! By the name of the Goal of all worlds! May you ever remain focused on the horizon of the manifestation of the Beloved Who knows no decline, holding fast to His love and standing firm and steadfast in His Cause. The call of the All-Merciful is raised high and the clamor of Satan is loud. We beseech God, glorified be His majesty, to protect all the friends from his evil. Great is this Day and great is this Cause. Blessed is the one whom neither the affairs of the world nor the utterances of the peoples have prevented from the divine ocean of knowledge. Hearken with your inner ear to the Divine Word. It is like armor for the temple of understanding. Exalted is the All-Merciful Who has sent it down in truth. He, verily, is the Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09272 ===

=== START BH09274 ===

O leaf of Asiyih! In the name of the Lord of all worlds! The leaves of the blessed Tree must, with complete certitude and assurance, hold fast to the root of the Tree, lest they be made to fall by the blowing of the winds of the doubts and idle fancies of heedless souls. All in the world, both female and male, were awaiting the days of the Manifestation, yet when the divine Day appeared and the Most Great Orb rose from the horizon of bounty, all became occupied with their own vain imaginings and turned away from the Truth, exalted and mighty be He - save those souls who rent asunder the veils of glory and turned toward the horizon of the Cause of the beloved and eternal One. God willing, thou shalt at all times be occupied with the remembrance of the Self-Sufficient, the Most High, and be detached and severed from all else. And the glory be upon thee and upon those handmaidens who have believed in God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH09274 ===

=== START BH09275 ===

O Ahmad, who hast ascended unto God! In the name of the Loving Friend: O Ahmad the Single, the One! He saith: With the wings of knowledge soar in the atmosphere of the love of the All-Merciful, that perchance through His pre-existing mercy and all-encompassing grace thou mayest attain unto the Dawning-Place of His most excellent names and the Day-Spring of His most exalted attributes. The outward foot cannot traverse this distance, and the outer wings are powerless to fly in this spiritual atmosphere. Therefore with spiritual wing and mystic foot set out toward thy goal. This hath ever been and shall ever be the ultimate journey for those who seek, and the final homeland of the lovers. We beseech God to cause all to attain unto this most exalted station and to grant them to partake of the wine of revelation.

=== END BH09275 ===

=== START BH09276 ===

O handmaid of God Kalimih! In the name of the Beloved of all possibility! O handmaid of God! God willing, through divine bounties and heavenly outpourings, mayest thou in all conditions drink from the most pure wine of remembrance and knowledge, and with utmost joy and attraction utter praise of the Beloved of all horizons. The days pass like lightning. It behooveth every soul in these numbered days to acquire lofty and eternal stations. The True One, exalted be His grandeur, hath manifested Himself purely out of His grace and bounty and hath taught the way of salvation. Blessed is the soul that hath attained His recognition with perfect certitude and assurance and hath held fast to His commandments. The Glory be upon thee and upon those handmaids who have won this sealed wine.

=== END BH09276 ===

=== START BH09277 ===

O handmaid of God! Mention was made of thee in this prison, and therefore thou hast been favored with the remembrance of the Pen. Hearken unto the counsel of this divine servant: Empty thy heart from all else save God, that it may be illumined with the splendors of the light of the Beloved. It is incumbent upon all to manifest themselves with praiseworthy character, goodly deeds and pure actions. Those souls who attribute themselves to the All-Merciful yet act according to the ways of Satan - verily God was and ever shall be sanctified and holy above such souls. God willing, may they ever abide preserved beneath the canopy of divine protection and find repose in the shade of His all-encompassing mercy. And the spirit be upon thee.

=== END BH09277 ===

=== START BH09278 ===

O handmaiden of God! The Wronged One of the world calls thee from the Most Great Prison and summons thee to God, exalted be His glory. Hearken unto His call and hold fast to that which befits His Day. Convey greetings from the Prisoner to all the handmaidens in that land. At all times the Pen of the All-Merciful hath been and is occupied with the mention of such servants and handmaidens as have held fast unto the truth and have fixed their gaze upon the Supreme Horizon. God willing, may they be assisted to act in accordance with that which hath been recorded in the Book of God from the Most Exalted Pen. The world is and hath ever been transitory. All must hold fast unto that which endureth. Verily, He maketh mention of you out of His grace, and He is the All-Bountiful, the All-Generous. Praise be to God, the Most Exalted, the Most Great.

=== END BH09278 ===

=== START BH09279 ===

O handmaid, O leaf, O thou who art remembering God! Praise be to God, thou hast attained unto the pearl of the sea of inner meanings that was mentioned in the divine Books. Therefore praise thy Lord for this great bounty. And whatsoever thou hast witnessed before His face concerning the sanctification and glorification of God, exalted be His glory, remind the handmaids of God thereof, that all may partake of the infinite outpourings of God and receive their portion from the ocean of sanctification. From this station We send Our glorification upon every handmaid among My handmaids and give them the glad-tidings of My mercy and My favor, and We counsel them to show forth the Most Great Steadfastness in this Cause whereby the hearts of those endued with understanding have been shaken. The glory be upon thee and upon them from the presence of One mighty and powerful.

=== END BH09279 ===

=== START BH09280 ===

He is the Most Glorious

Let his honor Mirza Badi’, upon him be the Glory of God, the Most Glorious, take note.

He is the Most Glorious

O Badi’! The time has come for you to don the garment of innovation and put on a new robe and place upon your head a blessed crown. This glorious diadem is the crown of being set ablaze with the fire of the love of God, and this new garment is the robe of being enkindled with the remembrance of God. These days will pass and this soul will depart from the body. Sacrifice this earthly frame for the Celestial Beloved and offer this contingent temple as an oblation to the Beloved of the realms beyond, that thou mayest witness a goodly life and an eternal existence in the Most Glorious Kingdom and observe manifest signs.

’Abdu’l-Baha ’Abbas

=== END BH09280 ===

=== START BH09281 ===

In the Name of the One Friend!

O beloved friend! He saith: Be not grieved by that which hath come to pass from God aforetime. Ye have been and are beneath the shadow of God. They who are endowed with vision and who gaze upon the Most Great Horizon are content with whatsoever proceedeth from God. Be ye confident in the favors of God. Ye are reckoned as His own and unto Him shall ye return. Ye must serve the Cause of God with heart and tongue and limbs and deeds. He is with you under all conditions. Verily, He doth not suffer the reward of the doers of good to be lost. Verily he was of Us and hath ascended unto Us. Thy Lord, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting, beareth witness unto this. It behooveth you to rejoice in that which hath flowed from the Most Exalted Pen in this Preserved Tablet. The splendor of God be upon you from God, the Mighty, the Loving.

=== END BH09281 ===

=== START BH09282 ===

In the Name of the one true God! O Hassan! Praise be to God that through divine grace thou hast drunk from the ocean of mystic knowledge and turned thy face toward the highest horizon. Through the might of God and the power of the eternal Sovereign, thou must, God willing, remain occupied with His remembrance in all conditions, that perchance those who thirst in the wilderness of idle fancies may drink from the heavenly stream of the All-Merciful and attain unto the breezes of the Day of God. For every atom among the atoms of contingent beings a portion hath been ordained and a share hath been established in the Book of God. How excellent is the state of the one who hath arisen at the mention of the Friend, who hath taken and drunk the water of life from the hand of His bounty. We beseech God to assist thee and cause thee to speak forth the praise of the Wronged One Who speaketh from this exalted, mighty and sublime station.

=== END BH09282 ===

=== START BH09283 ===

In the Name of the One God! O Hassan! Thy letter was presented before the Wronged One and attained the honor of His gracious regard. We counsel thee and all My loved ones to manifest the Most Great Steadfastness and the Most Great Trustworthiness. Make wisdom a lamp unto yourselves, then walk thereby in the darkness of the earth. Thus doth the All-Knowing counsel you. Say: O Thou Beloved of the heavens and earth, and the Powerful over all who are in the kingdom of Command and Creation! I beseech Thee by those who were martyred in the land of Sad in Thy path, O Lord of creation, to make me steadfast in Thy service, then accept from me what I have done in Thy days. O my Lord! Thou art the Generous and I am the supplicant at Thy gate, hoping for what lieth with Thee. Verily, Thou art the Forgiving, the Merciful.

=== END BH09283 ===

=== START BH09285 ===

O friend! The Friend hath testified to thy friendship - this sufficeth thee, by the Lord of all the worlds! This word is most sweet to the taste of lovers. Blessed are they that understand! Some time ago thou didst send a number equal to the pillars of the inkstand. Verily, glory be upon the one who wrote it, and blessed then be glory upon the one who sent it. And We beseech God to aid the one who made it. This was so that every craftsman might know that craftsmanship is desired and accepted before God. All should strive and endeavor to perfect it, that every thing may attain to its paradise which is its state of perfection. Glory be upon thee and upon those who are with thee.

=== END BH09285 ===

=== START BH09286 ===

In the Name of the Peerless, One God! O friends! The ocean of bounty is surging and the Sun of grace is shining forth. Today is the day of praise, not the time of defilement. Say: O friends! Cleanse your souls from the defilement of the world and arise in praise of the One Beloved. Today is the day of the tongue, for it was created for praise. Today is the day of meeting, for the Beloved has appeared. Soar on the wings of the love of the All-Merciful, that perchance ye may attain spiritual nearness. O friends! Be not grieved at separation - this is the day of joy, not the time of sorrow. Whosoever has arisen in the love of the All-Merciful is of Us, and whosoever is occupied with aught else is accounted among strangers. Such is the utterance of the All-Merciful. Blessed are they that hear!

=== END BH09286 ===

=== START BH09287 ===

In the Name of the One Beloved Friend! O friends! The True Friend hath come to visit you and hath illumined the world with the splendors of the Sun of inner meanings. This is the time of joy and the season of gladness. Gather ye together in remembrance of the Friend and occupy yourselves with His praise and glorification. The deeds of this Day are accounted as the essence of all deeds. He hath manifested Himself upon land and sea, mountain and city and realm. Every person of insight hath attained unto His traces, while every blind one is deprived. How blessed is the state of the one who hath recognized Him and known Him in His new and wondrous attire. Such a one is among the people of truth and a wayfarer on the path of reality.

=== END BH09287 ===

=== START BH09289 ===

XXVI

Suffer me, O my God, to draw nigh unto Thee, and to abide within the precincts of Thy court, for remoteness from Thee hath well-nigh consumed me. Cause me to rest under the shadow of the wings of Thy grace, for the flame of my separation from Thee hath melted my heart within me. Draw me nearer unto the river that is life indeed, for my soul burneth with thirst in its ceaseless search after Thee. My sighs, O my God, proclaim the bitterness of mine anguish, and the tears I shed attest my love for Thee.

I beseech Thee, by the praise wherewith Thou praisest Thyself and the glory wherewith Thou glorifiest Thine own Essence, to grant that we may be numbered among them that have recognized Thee and acknowledged Thy sovereignty in Thy days. Help us then to quaff, O my God, from the fingers of mercy the living waters of Thy loving-kindness, that we may utterly forget all else except Thee, and be occupied only with Thy Self. Powerful art Thou to do what Thou willest. No God is there beside Thee, the Mighty, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.

Glorified be Thy name, O Thou Who art the King of all Kings!

=== END BH09289 ===

=== START BH09290 ===

He is the Speaker, the Hearer, the Responder

O Rida! God willing, mayest thou be blessed through the favors of the Lord of Names and illumined by the lights of His countenance. This name is greatly beloved. Ask thou of God that thou mayest fully attain unto its meaning, become extinct from thine own good-pleasure and move according to the good-pleasure of the Friend. Every soul who in this Day hath attained unto this most exalted and glorious station - that is, hath caused his own will and purpose and good-pleasure to become extinct in the will and purpose and good-pleasure of God - he is reckoned among the people of truth in the Divine Book. Blessed be this most mighty and exalted station, and happy is he who hath attained thereunto and was among the firm ones. And praise be to God, the Single, the One, the Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09290 ===

=== START BH09291 ===

In the Name of the Beloved of the World! O Sadiq! Thy letter was presented before the Most Great Horizon and was observed. God willing, mayest thou ever be joyous and glad through the sweet savors of the favors of the Lord of creation. That which thou hast extracted from the verses concerning the Greatest Name was accepted before the Throne. Blessed art thou! However, today the greatest of all things is to strive that perchance ye may save one who is drowning - that is, to quicken one who is dead through the water of Divine love, or guide one who is heedless unto the abode of wisdom. The sciences of numbers neither nourish nor satisfy. God willing, mayest thou be adorned with divine virtues and be gladdened by the breezes of His revelation, and be occupied with that which yieldeth visible results. Thus doth thy Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed, command thee.

=== END BH09291 ===

=== START BH09292 ===

He is the Mighty! O worldly scholar, dust be upon thy head! How strange that contrary matters are witnessed in thee: the oppressor became oppressed, the oppressed became oppressor. Yahya […] committed treachery against the purity of the Point and martyred His Holiness the Dayyan, and named him and His Holiness Khalil as the “father of evils” and “father of calamities.” By the life of God, he intended to martyr this Wronged One. Through pure grace and bounty I departed from among those souls. I left him and his followers safe and sound and departed. Alas, alas! Through consultation with Seyyed Muhammad Isfahani, he sent Ahmad’s mother to the palace in pursuit of worldly gain. By this did my heart and pen and honored servants lament.

=== END BH09292 ===

=== START BH09293 ===

O Fatimih, daughter of Najaf-Quli-’Ammu! In the name of the Lord of Names! O Fatimih, Dawning-Place of the Light of Oneness! From the Most Great Prison He calleth thee and summoneth thee to the Lord of Eternity. He hath had and hath no purpose save the guidance of the handmaidens and servants of God, inasmuch as He, of His own Self, hath ever been and shall ever be self-sufficient. Neither doth any good deed of His servants profit Him, nor any evil act of His creatures harm Him. He calleth all purely for the sake of God, that all may attain unto the fruit of their own being, which is the recognition of God and the Manifestation of His Cause. May it be that thou wilt, through His name, preserve the pearl of divine love within the treasury of thy heart. The Glory be upon thee.

=== END BH09293 ===

=== START BH09294 ===

O ’Ali-Akbar - He is the Most Ancient, the Most Great!

The Most Exalted Pen, the Lord of Names, declares: Thou wert created for the purpose of proclamation. This is the Day whereon thou must give glad tidings of the appearance of the Lord of all possibility to all the friends and guide them to the straight path of God. Act in accordance with that which thou art commanded. Verily, He is with thee and will aid thee through His grace. He is the Mighty, the Powerful. Give mention from the True One to ’Ali-Akbar and give him glad tidings of the Most Great Horizon, that he may engage in thanksgiving to God with both his outer and inner tongue. O ’Ali-Qabli-Akbar! We have heard thy call and have made mention of thee in this wondrous Tablet. Render praise unto the Beloved of the world and the Ancient Lord. Verily, He is the Forgiving, the Bountiful.

=== END BH09294 ===

=== START BH09296 ===

O Umm-Aqa-Hasan, upon her be the Glory of God! In the name of the one God! O handmaiden of God! God willing, through the grace of the Dawning-Place of Names, thou shalt attain unto the holy bounties in these divine days and receive thy portion and share from the fragrances of His garment of grace. Most of the handmaidens were deprived of this infinite gift, for they were veiled by the veils of their former delusions. Yet some removed the veil and turned toward the Lord of Lords. These handmaidens are accounted as men in the sight of God. Praise the Beloved of the world that thou hast attained the honor of recognizing the Dawning-Place of His verses, and He hath manifested through thee one who turned to the supreme horizon and attained the sea of meeting and reunion.

=== END BH09296 ===

=== START BH09297 ===

O handmaid of God, O wondrous leaf! By the name of Him Who is the Lord of earth and heaven! O my handmaid! God willing, thou wilt become detached from creation and its conditions, and wilt ever remain focused on God and His verses. How many men, after their anticipation, failed to attain the Most Exalted Horizon, and how many women who, by the Most Glorious Name, drank from the chalice of recognition! Bounty and generosity have ever been within God’s mighty grasp. He bestoweth upon whomsoever He willeth whatsoever He desireth. He is the One Who doeth as He pleaseth. None besides Him hath ever had, nor shall ever have, any share in this station. Rejoice thou in thy Lord’s mention, then preserve it lest every treacherous thief become aware of it. Verily thy Lord is the All-Wise, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH09297 ===

=== START BH09298 ===

In the Name of the Lord of all worlds! O My handmaiden, sister of Ali-Askar who emigrated! The best among the women of the world today is she who hath turned unto the Truth and drunk from the cup of divine recognition. For instance, thou art today, in the sight of God, greater, more distinguished and more exalted than all the queens of the world. Worth and station are determined through turning unto God. All lineage, ancestry, nobility and rank are established through faith in God. If today a person from among the nobles of the world, whose ancestors back to Adam were all renowned for their glory and eminence, should hesitate in the Cause of God, that person would be considered before the Truth as the most abject of servants and the most despised of people. Blessed are they who know, women and men!

=== END BH09298 ===

=== START BH09299 ===

XL

O My Well-Beloved! Thou hast breathed Thy Breath into Me, and divorced Me from Mine own Self. Thou didst, subsequently, decree that no more than a faint reflection, a mere emblem of Thy Reality within Me be left among the perverse and envious. Behold, how, deluded by this emblem, they have risen against Me, and heaped upon Me their denials! Uncover Thy Self, therefore, O My Best-Beloved, and deliver Me from My plight.

Thereupon a Voice replied: “I love, I dearly cherish this emblem. How can I consent that Mine eyes, alone, gaze upon this emblem, and that no heart except Mine heart recognize it? By My Beauty, which is the same as Thy Beauty! My wish is to hide Thee from Mine own eyes: how much more from the eyes of men!”

I was preparing to make reply, when lo, the Tablet was suddenly ended, leaving My theme unfinished, and the pearl of Mine utterance unstrung.

=== END BH09299 ===

=== START BH09300 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy!

O Muhammad! God willing, thou shalt abide beneath the shade of the divine Lote-Tree and be nourished by its fruits. Thy name hath been mentioned before the Throne, and divine favor hath been directed towards thee from the prison. Blessed art thou, and blessed are thy father and mother. Ye are among those who have believed in God and turned away from every idolatrous infidel. Beseech and implore the True One, exalted be His glory, that He may guide all to such a degree that the winds of contingent being shall not prevent these souls who have turned towards Him from the direction of His oneness. Verily, He hath power over all things. In the acquisition of perfection, negligence is not permissible. Exert thy utmost endeavor. This is what hath been inscribed by thy Lord, the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH09300 ===

=== START BH09301 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the Goal of all the worlds! O Marziyyih! The Dawning-Place of the Light of Oneness summons thee to the eternal divine realms. Hearken with thy soul’s ear to the call of the All-Merciful, and turn to Him with all thy heart and spirit. Whosoever today has drunk of this eternal wine has attained eternal life, and whosoever has been deprived is accounted as among perishable forms in the sight of God. Until the Ancient Beauty appears with the Most Great Name, strive that ye may attain through His grace to the fruit of creation, and that fruit is the knowledge of the Beloved. None but detached spirits have been or shall be given a share from this cup. How blessed is the state of one who remains steadfast upon the path of His love and is not prevented by the whisperings of evil souls.

=== END BH09301 ===

=== START BH09302 ===

O Leaf, sister of the Most Great, Most Wondrous Sanctuary! God willing, may you, through the grace of the Lord of creation, hold fast to the divine Lote-Tree in all the worlds. Divine bounty hath been and will continue to be vouchsafed unto each one of you. Praise be to the Ancient Lord that thou art privileged with the most great honor and gazest upon the most great horizon. God willing, may you be occupied at all times with the remembrance of the All-Merciful in a spirit of joy and fragrance, turning away from all else. The world hath ever been and will continue to be the realm of change and transformation. Therefore it hath no station before God, and that which is enduring and lasting existeth with the Truth. We beseech God to aid all to achieve what He loveth and is pleased with, and to ordain for you what lieth concealed in the mysteries of His knowledge. Verily, He is the Mighty, the Generous.

=== END BH09302 ===

=== START BH09303 ===

In the Name of the Beloved of the Worlds! This wondrous Day, with the most exalted call, reminds the people of creation and proclaims with most eloquent utterance: I am that Day whose mention hath been in the divine Books of the past and future. My light hath not been and is not from the sun and its like, but rather is illumined and radiant from the lights of the Face of Truth, exalted be His glory. Strive that ye may not remain deprived of the outpourings of the All-Bountiful Lord. Today every mention is the sovereign of mentions and every pure deed is the master of deeds. Blessed is he who attaineth unto the good-pleasure of the Friend and becometh detached and free from all else save Him.

=== END BH09303 ===

=== START BH09304 ===

Regarding what was written about the foreign person from Europe, it was submitted [to Him] and He said that if such souls take [the Writings] and send them to their own country, there is no harm. However, if they reveal them in that land, it will cause mischief. Whatever is given must be correct. Some copies of the Iqan that exist in this land have not all attained the standard of correctness. If the book which the Greater Branch recently sent to Zaynu’l-Muqarrabin, containing the Tablets to the Kings, is given, it would be best - but only after gaining confidence. And God speaks the truth, and He mentions the proof, and guides the way.

=== END BH09304 ===

=== START BH09305 ===

O Muhammad! He Who is exalted above all names! What needed to be said We have said, and We have sown the seeds of wisdom in hearts and minds. We beseech God to cause them all to grow through the rain-showers of His mercy, that all may derive benefit therefrom and attain unto the fruit of being. O friends! Strive ye to receive your portion from the ocean of divine bounty and take your share from the infinite cornfields of grace. This is the day for deeds and the time for action - deprive not yourselves. This is the moment of freedom from the chains of self and passion - liberate yourselves. Praise be to God, the Sun of Truth hath dawned and is manifest from the Dayspring of loving-kindness. Blessed is he who hath turned towards it and attained. Woe unto the heedless ones.

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=== START BH09306 ===

Hassan Agha! He is the Most Wondrous, the Most Wonderful! Blessed art thou, O Hassan, for having entered within the fortress of My love, which hath been built up from the tablets of the Cause and is verily the frequented Fane amidst the Concourse of the Manifestation, and the Sacred Sanctuary in the Most Great Paradise, and the Holy House for all who dwell on earth. Say: O people, take refuge therein that God may protect you from the arrows of Satan in these days wherein the veils of fancy have encompassed both the lowly and the noble. Go forth therefrom by My sovereignty, then witness thyself in such wise that thou beholdest all who are in the heavens and on earth as a coin in thy palm, which thou canst turn as thou pleasest. Thus hath the power of thy Lord encompassed all created things, yet the people are in evident heedlessness. O Hassan! Take thou this Tablet with the spirit and fragrance of God, then preserve it within thyself, then enter upon those who believed and then denied, and say: By God the True One! I have come to you from the Dayspring of God’s Cause with this News which hath been recorded in the Mother of Tablets by the Pen of God. Say: By God! This is the Mother of Tablets and what is mentioned therein is what flowed from the divine Finger on that Day, if ye be informed thereof. Then recite unto them what the Spirit hath cast upon this Tablet. Thereupon thou shalt find the dust of hatred upon their faces. Say: O people! Die in your wrath, for the Sun of the Cause hath dawned from the horizon of a brilliant dawn. O people! By what proof did ye believe, and by what evidence did ye deny? Bring it forth if ye have something more wonderful than what We possess, or the like thereof. Therefore fear ye God and be not tyrannous and wretched. O servant! Observe with the glance of the beginning what We have ordained for Our servants and what they have chosen for themselves, that thou mayest discover what every remote idolater’s soul hath perpetrated. We commanded them in the Tablets and counseled them not to be veiled at the time of the dawning by all that hath been created in the horizons, yet they were veiled by a name among the names which We created by Our command and Our sovereignty, and none were aware of this save a few souls. And thereby they turned away from the Ancient Beauty and spoke as spoke the peoples of old when the Cause came from the heaven of an exalted Name. O servant! Recount unto them what the Tongue of Grandeur recounteth unto thee, that perchance they may find a way unto the Lord of Majesty. Say: When the hosts of God’s revelation descended in the guise of verses upon the Temple of Words, the dwellers of Sinai were thunderstruck upon the Sinai of nearness and the mountain of every learned one was crushed. And thereby were the breasts of the fettered ones constrained, such that they arose to war against His Beauty. Thus have We detailed the matter unto thee in detail, that thou mayest know the state of those who claim faith within themselves and consider themselves among the most exalted of servants, though today not one of them is mentioned before thy Lord. And thou, give thanks unto God for having confirmed thee in the Cause and made thee among those whom He hath chosen, and provided thee with ripe and holy fruits from the Tree of Knowledge. Be thou steadfast in thy love such that no fettered and obstinate one may cause thee to slip. Then remind those who are with thee from Us, those who have shattered the idols of desire through the power of thy Lord, the Most High, the Most Exalted, and have embarked upon the Crimson Ark through My Most Glorious Name. By God! They are servants whose presence is longed for by those in the heaven of grandeur and all discerning ones besides them. Witness thyself in such a station that were thou to find no helper for thy Lord on earth, thou wouldst arise by thyself to help thy Lord. Then would thy relation to My Self, which encompasseth the worlds, be confirmed. Say: The musk of the All-Merciful hath been diffused from the trace of the All-Glorious, and God hath made it a proof from Him unto all who are in the heavens and earth, and no peer hath been ordained for it in the kingdom. Verily those whom the cold of heedlessness and desire hath seized will never find from this Garment the fragrances of a beloved glory. Blessed is he who hath inhaled the divine fragrances from the trace of his Lord and was steadfast on the path. Then remind from Us the handmaidens of God who have believed in God and His signs and were among the devoutly obedient ones inscribed in the Tablet.

=== END BH09306 ===

=== START BH09307 ===

O Nabil, son of Nabil, upon thee be the Glory of God - He is the All-Knowing Speaker! God hath blessed thy arrival, thy turning unto Him, and thy enkindlement. He counseleth thee to observe discretion in all circumstances. Hold fast unto wisdom and place thy trust in God, the Lord of Lords. We testify that thou hast turned toward the Most Exalted Horizon and borne witness unto that whereunto God did testify before the creation of earth and heaven. Be thou thankful unto God for having made the Most Great Word to be a testimony from Us unto thee in the Book. Conceal the pearls of divine knowledge, and this Tablet which We have sent unto thee. Thus have We commanded thee that thou mayest give thanks unto thy Lord, the Mighty, the All-Bestowing. The Glory shining from the horizon of the heaven of My mercy be upon thee and upon thy brother and upon those who have turned with their hearts unto God, the Lord of the Day of Return.

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=== START BH09308 ===

In the Name of God, the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing!

Today you should be so carried away by the sweet savors of the divine verses and the fragrances of the robe of the All-Merciful that no sorrow can overtake you. The source of sorrow is heedlessness of the Truth, and the wellspring of joy is faith in the Self of the Manifestation. Praise be to God that you have attained to this greatest bounty and have drunk from the cup of His love. All that is visible in the world will soon vanish and is not worthy of mention, and that which endures and remains is the remembrance that flows forth from the Divine Pen in His days. Be thankful unto thy Lord for this bounty and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Thou Who art wronged in the path of God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH09308 ===

=== START BH09309 ===

He is the Everlasting upon the Throne of Grandeur and Independence!

Glorified be He Who hath ordained the measures of the Cause as He hath willed and desired, and verily He hath power over all things. He hath sent down verses from the heaven of holiness in wondrous remembrance, and with Him is the knowledge of the heavens and earth. He knoweth what passeth through the hearts of His servants, and verily He hath knowledge of all things.

O Nabil-i-’Ali! Hearken unto that which We reveal unto thee from the direction of the Throne, the station which God hath raised above the comprehension of the worlds, that He may make thee strong in this Cause wherein every mighty one hath been brought low, and may purify thee from all things and from whatsoever the people utter, and may cause the springs of wisdom and utterance to flow from thy tongue, that all creation may be enriched thereby.

Arise to serve God, then detach thyself wholly from all who are in the heavens and on earth, that the drops of grace may take hold of thee from this cloud which hath been raised in the heaven of holiness. Be thou of such countenance that the faces of the heavens and earth may be illumined thereby. Thus doth command thee the tongue of holy love. Be thou of such manner that should the idolaters behold thee, their foundations would be shaken, and should the monotheists see thee, their hearts would surge with the surging of love from this Fire which hath been kindled in the blessed Mount Sinai.

O Muhammad! Know thou the worth of these days, the like of which God hath not created in all creation, wherein the dwellers of the heavens and earth were stirred up, and the pillars of a mighty throne were made to quake. In them the wealthy became poor, the strong became weak, and every renowned scholar became ignorant. Purify thou the hem of thy sanctity from all created things, then ascend by the wings of holiness unto this heaven, that thou mayest witness all beings in the shadow of thy Lord as aged clay.

Stand thou firm in the Cause and turn not unto anyone, though all things rise against thee. Thus did We command thee before, and thus do We command thee now, that thou mayest stand firm in the Cause of thy Lord. Say: O people! Do ye deny Him through Whom God’s Cause was exalted, His beauty appeared, His proof dawned, and His evidence was perfected unto all creation assembled? Thus do We make mention of thee in this Tablet in these days wherein the Youth hath desired to veil His face from eyes, by reason of that which the hands of every sinful hypocrite have wrought.

Say: O people! By God, were ye to cut off your ears it would be better for you than to hearken thereby to the words of any rejected idolater, and were ye to sever your heads with your own hands it would be more excellent in God’s sight than to associate thereby with any hateful hypocrite. And thou, O Muhammad, cast behind thee all remembrances, then hold fast to the remembrance of thy Lord, the Most Exalted, Who hath appeared with a glorious and radiant beauty. Then give thanks unto God for having made thee a servant to His Most Exalted Self in the kingdom of earth and heaven. By God, this is a bounty which no other bounty in the dominion of creation and the kingdom of eternity can equal, and to this doth testify the Tongue of Grandeur from behind the pavilion of intimate nearness.

We beseech God to recompense thee with the most excellent recompense, to grant thee the best of the hereafter and of the former days, and not to withhold thee from the splendors of the light of His Face for less than what can be counted. Verily, He is wise in all things.

He is.

These are days the like of which no eye in all creation hath ever seen, and no soul among all created things hath ever perceived. At all times must ye take refuge in God, that perchance ye may remain safe beneath the protection of the Lord of the Day of Judgment from the schemes of the schemers and the deceits of the deceivers. For the craft of the plotters hath reached such heights that were all the pens in the universe to attempt to enumerate them, they would surely prove powerless and fall short. And if for a moment they should tire of their deceptions while awake, or find themselves unable to pursue them, they reach into the realm of sleep and make mention of dreams, that perchance they might cause some innocent soul to stray from the straight path. They remain heedless that the Hand of Divine training and the Grasp of the Power of the Eternal doth raise up such servants as will never take their eyes from the Beauty of the Friend, though the arrows of tribulation should rain down from the clouds of destiny, and should regard the world and all that is therein as utter nothingness, as though it had never been mentioned.

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=== START BH09310 ===

In the name of our Most Holy, Most Great, Most Exalted, Most Glorious Lord

How wonderful is this Day of God when He has appeared and the fragrance of His garment is diffused and the divine Lote-Tree speaks, from whose rustling is heard this most exalted Word: “Glory and power and grandeur belong to Him Who has come with the truth through the hosts of revelation and inspiration.” At all times the divine verses are being revealed and His evidences made manifest. This is the day of pure unity, for God the Truth, exalted be His glory, since this is His Day and none is mentioned therein except Him, despite the people of the Bayan who have cast aside what they were commanded in the Book of God, the Lord of Names and Creator of the heavens. With their first step they have returned. By the life of our Beloved and the Beloved of those in earth and heaven, they are seen to be lower than the Shi’ih sect. They have not reflected for a moment - what was the fruit produced by that people and what resulted from their beliefs and deeds save that they issued death sentences against the Lord of the world and the divine ones, and occupied themselves with cursing and reviling in their pulpits and mosques. May God silence their mouths. And peace and blessings be upon God’s loved ones in these days…

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=== START BH09311 ===

In the Name of God, the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing! Hearken unto the Voice of the Beloved of the world. I swear by the Most Great Name that whosoever hath truly heard it hath become detached from the world and all that dwell therein, and hath arisen with utmost joy and fragrance to serve His Cause. His bounty is such that its mention and description transcend the bounds of utterance, and all the pens in the world fall short in celebrating its praise. Know ye the value of these days and arise with perfect steadfastness to serve His Cause. Although He is imprisoned in the Most Great Prison amidst the nations, He summoneth all to the supreme horizon. Blessed is he who pondereth this Cause and adorneth himself with the raiment of goodly deeds. He is assuredly among the successful, the sincere ones. And praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

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=== START BH09312 ===

O Mirza Ja’far-Quli! From the right hand of divine will it is revealed: Say: O companion! All services and matters depend upon the word “yea” or “nay” which shineth forth from the Dayspring of the tongue of the All-Merciful. Praise be to God that thou hast attained unto thy goal and thy service, whatever it may have been, hath been accepted. Many were the souls who were occupied day and night in the remembrance of God and who stood fast with utmost diligence in carrying out His commandments and prohibitions; nevertheless their deeds were not accepted. Even as thou didst observe the divines of the age who were occupied in the service of religious laws - most of them did not attain to the word of acceptance. And many were the souls who, at a single call, attained unto the divine “Here am I.” Through God’s grace be thou confident and joyous. Never be thou sorrowful.

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=== START BH09314 ===

Say: O party of God! Spend your precious life in service to the Cause. In every land the friends must consult together and appoint someone from among the people of that land for the purpose of teaching. Through an intermediary whose identity remains concealed and unspecified, they should provide the teacher with sufficient means to meet his needs, so that he may, with complete assurance, summon the servants to the horizon of divine favor. And that soul must be adorned with the ornament of wisdom and be aware of the disposition of those who are near to God and sincere. Say: O party of God! Count time as precious, know the value of this divine Day. Help your Lord and He will help you through His grace. He is, verily, the Counselor, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

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=== START BH09315 ===

In the Name of the Beloved of the World! Know thou with certainty that God, exalted and glorified be He, hath singled out receptive souls for His wondrous favor, and the fruits of their acceptance will soon be made manifest in the earth. Place thy trust in Him in all matters. Verily He ordaineth for His loved ones that which profiteth them. He is indeed the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful. In this Day steadfastness is greatly beloved, as is acting in accordance with what We have revealed in the Book. Blessed art thou for having praised the Wronged One, against Whom heedless servants have risen up. We ordain for whosoever hath turned purely for the sake of God that which shall cause his mention to endure throughout the Kingdom of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. The glory be upon thee and upon whosoever uttereth mention of My Name, the Exile, the Unique One. And praise be to God, the Mighty, the All-Praised.

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=== START BH09316 ===

He is the Mighty, the Wondrous! By God! Abasement in My path is glory, and affliction is mercy, and remoteness is nearness, and poison is honey - yet the people know not. Say: We have ordained death for every soul - is it better to die in bed or to die in My path, the Mighty, the Exalted? The world and all that is therein shall perish, and there shall endure for you what ye have wrought in My love, the Beloved. Blessed is the servant who hath drawn nigh and taken the cup of recognition from the hand of the bounty of his Lord, the Merciful, and drunk therefrom in His Name, the Protector over the unseen and the seen. From this station We send Our greetings upon the faces of those who have turned to the Countenance and believed in God, the Lord of Lords. The glory be upon thee and upon those whom the affairs of creation have not held back from the Lord of existence.

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=== START BH09317 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory, the Most Great, the Most Powerful

Blessed is He by Whose name the Supreme Pen hath been set in motion, the Trump hath been blown, and all who dwell in the kingdom of names have swooned away. He, verily, is the One through Whom the Path hath been established and the Balance hath spoken forth at the midmost point of creation: “I am the Distinguisher, from the presence of the All-Merciful.”

Glorified art Thou, O Thou by Whose name the veils have been rent asunder and the Mother Book hath been expounded. I beseech Thee by the Preserved Tablet and by Thy Name, the Self-Subsisting, to assist Thy loved ones to be steadfast in Thy Cause and to ordain for them the choice sealed wine through Thy grace and favor. O my Lord! Withhold them not from that which Thou hast written down for Thy chosen ones in Thy days, and decree for them the good of this world and of the world to come, through Thy bounty and generosity. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

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=== START BH09318 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

Thou seest, O God of Names and Creator of all things, Thy loved ones in the hands of the oppressors among Thy creatures who have cast behind them Thy Book and taken the book of their own selves in Thy days. I beseech Thee, O Thou through Whose Name the mysteries of the Resurrection and its signs were revealed, and the earth was cleft asunder, and its treasures emerged, and that which was hidden therein appeared, to assist Thy handmaiden and this leaf among Thy leaves to turn toward Thee at all times. Thou art verily the Almighty, the Powerful, the All-Bountiful. O Lord! Send down upon her and upon her children, from the heaven of Thy bounty, the rain of Thy blessings. Verily Thou art the All-Bountiful, to Whose greatness and power and exaltation and sovereignty all created things have testified. Thou art verily the Almighty, the All-Generous, the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful.

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=== START BH09319 ===

In the Name of Him Who holdeth dominion over all who are in earth and heaven! Come, O My Pen! How art thou faring on this Day? Hath the wine of mystic knowledge intoxicated thee? At times We behold thee racing in the arena of divine knowledge, and at others moving and swaying. Tell Me truthfully what hath befallen thee in these days. Hath the rapture of the Call seized thee, or have the melodies of the birds of eternity, warbling upon this Tree which calleth out in the nights and at dawn, captivated thee? It saith: O my Lord! Thou knowest what lieth within me and how choice hath been taken from me. I testify that by Thy Name the verses were sent down and through them souls took wing. I beseech Thee to assist me in the service of Thy Cause and enable me, O Thou in Whose grasp lieth the reins of all mankind.

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=== START BH09320 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Exalted, the Most Inaccessible! These are verses which God hath made a proof for all who are in the heavens and on earth, and hath made them an evidence of His Own Self, a testimony to His Cause, and a guardian over all created things. O servant! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord from the direction of the Throne, then rejoice in that which hath been revealed from the Pen of Command, for this is indeed a great bounty. Cast the world behind thee, then hold fast to the hem of thy Lord’s loving-kindness, the Most High, the All-Knowing. Beware lest thou grieve over anything, for God sufficeth thee as a Helper and Protector. Thus doth the Ancient King teach thee through this Pen which moveth by His binding command, the Mighty, the All-Wise. And glory be upon thee and upon Our sincere servants.

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=== START BH09321 ===

O Ali in the land of Alif! This is the Most Holy, Most Exalted, Most Glorious. These are the verses of God, the King, the Truth, the Manifest. We have sent them down upon one of Our servants that he may remember within himself and be of them that remember. O servant! Forget not the time when thou didst enter the Garden of Paradise and didst sit in the presence of God, the Mighty, the Beautiful, and the Tongue of God spoke with thee openly. By My life! This is indeed a mighty favor. Fear God, O servant, and forget not thy Lord’s favor, for His favor upon thee hath been abundant. Be thou steadfast in the love of thy Lord, then remember Him in thy heart and be thou of them that remember. Thus doth God command thee. Act thou according to that which thou hast been commanded by the Mighty, the Wise.

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=== START BH09322 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Wondrous, the Most Mighty, the Most Sweet!

These are the verses of God which have descended in truth from the heaven of lofty glory. Blessed is he who hath purified his ears to hearken unto the Word of God, and blessed the heart that hath tasted the sweetness of His love, and blessed the eye that hath turned toward the court of His loving-kindness, and blessed the foot that hath walked in the path of His good-pleasure, and blessed the soul that hath been purified and made good and illumined by these lights which have shone forth from the Dayspring of eternity with wondrous radiance.

O Hasan! Remember thy Lord, for thou wert created for His remembrance. Follow not those who worship the calf instead of God - these are indeed far removed from the Tree of Nearness. Be thou steadfast, then remain firm in the love of thy Lord. He will verily suffice thee in truth above all created things.

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=== START BH09323 ===

He is the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

The fruit was from the tree, but now it is witnessed from the Word. The light was from the sun, but now it is mentioned in the verse. Glory be to God! The utterance causes the mountain to crumble. Change and transformation have overtaken the world.

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=== START BH09324 ===

He is God! Let Mr. ’Ali-Akbar, God willing, be engaged in the praise and glorification of God, exalted be His glory, and act according to that which He loves and is pleased with. On this Friday morning, which has been specifically designated for the gathering of the servants of God in mosques and congregations for the remembrance of God, this Wronged One has occupied Himself with the mention of the friends of that land. We beseech God, exalted be His glory and abundant be His favors, to keep all steadfast in His Cause and firm in His love. Verily, He is near, the Answerer of prayers. He hears and sees, and He is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. God willing, conduct yourselves with perfect joy and fragrance and complete wisdom. The glory be upon you and upon your father.

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=== START BH09325 ===

His honor Mirza Haji Aqa, upon him be the Glory of God - He is the Compassionate, the Generous. His honor Husayn, upon him be My glory and loving-kindness, submitted your letter to the Most Holy Court, and it was illumined by the light of the presence and glance of the Lord of all beings. Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Him Who conversed upon Sinai, Who has ascended the throne of manifestation, and by the fire of Thy Sacred Tree, and by Thy Greatest Name whereby Thou hast subdued the cities of names, to open before my face the door of Thy bounty, Thy grace, Thy might and Thy wealth. Verily Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. The doubts of the doubtful cannot hinder Thee, nor the cawing of the crows, nor can the oppressors’ might frighten Thee. Verily Thou art the All-Powerful, the Supreme, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful.

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=== START BH09326 ===

Would that the subtle essence of the soul don garments of the hoopoe and journey to the Sheba of the Beloved, and the pure spirit be adorned with the vestment of glad tidings that it may return to the spiritual Canaan, and the subtle essence of being be sanctified from the manifestations of heedlessness that it may raise its head from the collar of love and passion and soar in the heaven of longing on wings of divine glory until it steps into the city of the Friend’s ardor and casts its head upon the vast wilderness of love and sacrifices its soul in the path of the Beloved, that it may be guided by the Countenance of guidance and become independent of all save the Beauty of the Friend and enter the stream of immortality and attain to the subtle essence of the Purpose.

=== END BH09326 ===

=== START BH09327 ===

In His Name, the All-Subduing Lord of Names! God, glorified be His majesty, beareth witness unto His oneness, and this Wronged One testifieth to that which hath been sent down aforetime and afterward from the heaven of divine wisdom in the Book of God. Blessed is the soul that hath attained and hearkened unto the divine call; such a one is reckoned among them that are nigh in the perspicuous Book. Thy name was present before Our face in the Most Great Prison, and this Most Holy, Most Exalted Tablet hath been revealed especially for thee, that thou mayest know and be among the thankful. We send greetings to the friends of God and counsel all to fear God and to that which conduceth to the exaltation of His Word. Glory be upon thee and upon the sincere servants of God.

=== END BH09327 ===

=== START BH09328 ===

In the Name of the Peerless Lord!

God, exalted and glorified be He, doth mention His servants and handmaidens, by day and by night, through the Supreme Pen. Blessed are they who have turned towards the horizon of God’s Cause and in whose hearts are reflected the effulgences of the light of the divine countenance. The hearts of the servants are mirrors of God - they must at all times be cleansed and sanctified with the burnishing of His knowledge. And His knowledge is to acknowledge His Manifestation and to confess that which hath proceeded from Him. I counsel all servants and handmaidens to guard themselves against false pretenders, for We have previously announced that the cawing of the crows shall be raised. Verily, He is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

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=== START BH09329 ===

In the Name of the One Friend! The sweetness of divine utterance is of such magnitude that were all who dwell on earth to attain unto its hearing, they would all turn to the most exalted horizon and would shun the world and whatsoever is therein. The Wronged One of all lands hath turned toward thee from this mighty prison, and with utmost kindness and compassion declareth: That which is today greater than all else in God’s Book hath been and shall ever be steadfastness in His Cause. Take thou the chalice in My Name, then drink therefrom through My wondrous remembrance. Thou must strive with utmost endeavor to be ever mindful at all times and to remind the people of this most exalted station. And the glory be upon thee and upon those who have drunk thereof in My Name, the Steadfast, the Straight.

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=== START BH09331 ===

O honoured Afshar, upon whom be the glory of God! 24 Rajab 1301

In the Name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious!

Praise be unto the King of the realm of earth and heaven, Who hath, through His Most Exalted Word, adorned the realities of existence with the ornament of recognition and illumined all hearts with the light of true knowledge. Today, praise be to God, the Sun of true unity hath dawned from the horizon of divine Will, yet the deluded ones shall not attain unto this station nor achieve success therein. Beseech ye God that He may, purely for His sake, strengthen all faces and hearts in such wise that the affairs of this world and its ornaments and colors may not prevent them from the Most Exalted Horizon, and may establish them firmly in His manifest Faith. Verily, He is the Omnipotent over whatsoever He willeth. There is none other God but Him, the Single, the One, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

Thy noble letter, which was as a vessel bearing the fragrance of love, when its seal was broken, diffused its sweet perfume throughout all existence. Praise be to God Who granted confirmation and, through countless means, bestowed the grace of recognition, acceptance and attention. His bounty brought existence into being and guided it to the path of His justice. After perusing and reading it with joy and delight, it was taken to the Most Exalted Court and Supreme Height, and presented before the countenance of the Lord of Names, after which permission was granted. This is what the Tongue of Grandeur spoke after hearing it. His word, exalted be His utterance and mighty His proof, and there is no God but Him:

In My Name, through which the ocean of God’s knowledge, the Self-Subsisting, the All-Compelling, hath surged!

O thou who gazeth upon the Face and speaketh among the servants! Say: O peoples of the earth! By the True God, the Call hath been raised from the prison of Akka - a Call in whose yearning to hear it countless souls have perished. My Tongue in this glorious and wondrous station beareth witness to this. This is the Day wherein the ocean of God’s utterance, the Lord of all worlds, hath surged. Blessed is he who hath turned towards it and been moved by His Most Great, His Most Bountiful Name. Say: O people! Deprive not yourselves of this bounty wherewith God hath adorned the brocade of His Books, His Scrolls, and His holy and luminous Tablet. Cast away what ye possess, turning unto the Most Exalted Horizon, and shatter the idols of vain imaginings with the hosts of wisdom and utterance. This is better for you than all ye possess. Thus hath the Tongue spoken in the kingdom of utterance. Blessed are they that hear! O thou who soarest in My atmosphere! With complete determination, guide the heedless ones to the horizon of divine knowledge. Blessed is the breast that, having been sanctified from the tales and traces of the past, hath turned unto the Mother Book. Today the Euphrates of wisdom and utterance floweth from the right hand of the throne of the All-Merciful, and from the treasury of the Most Exalted Pen appear and shine forth the pearls of knowledge and the gems of understanding. Say: O people! Be fair! Defile not existence with unseemly false statements and fabricated stories. By the Sun of knowledge that shineth resplendent from the most exalted horizon of utterance, from the beginning of the world until now no Revelation like unto this hath appeared. He is the Interlocutor of Sinai Who sitteth upon the throne of Revelation. He is the Great News mentioned in the former Books, Whose advent the Prophets and Messengers foretold unto all peoples. Take ye, O people, the Book of God with the power that proceedeth from Him, and be not of the heedless ones. God hath ordained for them that turn unto Him, the Lord of all worlds, that which no tongue or pen can recount or enumerate. Fear ye God, then turn with radiant faces unto this Cause by the command of this Wise Ordainer.

O Mim! Upon thee be My Baha and My loving-kindness! Aid thou the Cause of God through the hosts of wisdom and utterance, and through that which draweth the people nigh unto His glorious and wondrous horizon. He, verily, will be with thee and will strengthen thee through His sovereignty and will reinforce thee through His hosts. He, verily, is potent over all things. Blessed is thy pen for having caused to flow from it that which hath been adorned with the ornament of acceptance, a mercy from God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy.

The affairs of the Shi’ih sect are well known to thee. In truth, that which thou hast mentioned is the cause of the people’s acceptance and guidance, were ye to be fair-minded. This Wronged One hath, through divine power and might, openly proclaimed before the faces of both high and low, without any veil or concealment, whatsoever would lead to the guidance, salvation and tranquility of mankind. The hindrance of the hinderers and the tyranny of the oppressors did not prevent Him from revealing mysteries. In all conditions We have spoken forth counsels and admonitions, and when the light of the Sun of Proof shed its radiance from the horizons of hearts, all arose to extinguish that manifest and gleaming Light, save whom God wished.

Although We have, in the Books, Tablets, Scriptures and Epistles, forbidden conflict, corruption and strife, and have commanded that which leadeth to salvation, nearness unto God, goodly deeds and praiseworthy character, yet glory be to God! Though the Sun of Truth is shining, the ocean of knowledge and wisdom is surging, the rivers of bounty are flowing, and the Sacred and Blessed Tree is speaking, all are found to be veiled save a few, and few of My servants are truly thankful.

Say: O people! Fear ye God and follow not your desires. Follow Him Who hath come unto you with a clear authority. In the great city, a few have arisen in opposition and are occupied in destroying the Most Exalted Word. One who hath dwelt for more than forty years beneath the pavilions of grandeur, in comfort and at rest, hath today united with a few others and is manifesting boundless oppression. Each day they have committed that which hath caused grief to those who are nigh unto God and are sanctified. They have seized upon the calumnies of armies and the lies of multitudes, and are engaged in warfare. Thus hath God revealed what was hidden in their breasts and the treachery of their eyes.

His Honour Afnan, A. and H., upon whom rest My Baha and loving-kindness, turned towards this direction. Subsequently, through telegraph they informed that Siyyid Ahmad and his companions had stolen a sum of cash as well as paper currency and had gone to Akka. And regarding His Honour the Great Afnan, upon whom be the Most Glorious Baha of God, who in this land had and hath no thought save seclusion, they have written that which they themselves testify is false. These matters have come to light so that all might recognize Yahya and become aware of what this Wronged One hath endured. The mysteries of the Surih of Luqman have in these days become manifest and visible. However, these matters and their like are absolute nothingness. Their mention is due to consummate wisdom, that the loved ones might discover and recognize.

Say: O people! By God, the Tree speaketh, the Fire uttereth, and the Light mentioneth and calleth out: “The Beloved of all in the heavens and earth hath come!” Thereupon the call was raised from every direction: “Blessed art thou, O Akka, in that God hath made thee the dawning-place of His revelation and the dayspring of His inspiration, and hath honored thee with His presence. Happy art thou, O Akka, in that the Call hath been raised within thee and there hath appeared that which was hidden and treasured in knowledge and concealed from eyes of those who are related.”

Convey My greetings to each one from this Wronged One and give them glad tidings of the verses revealed from the heaven of oneness, that all may behold themselves freed and detached from that which the people possess and turn unto that which is with God. The splendor shining from the horizon of the heaven of bounty be upon thee and upon them that are with thee and love thee and hearken to thy words concerning this Cause which God hath made sanctified from all likeness and similitude, and hath caused it to dawn and shine forth from the horizon of grace unto all who are in the heavens and on earth.

A hundred thousand thanks unto the Purpose of all the worlds Who, through the breezes of His verses, hath made hearts and minds receptive and bestowed fellowship. Glory be unto Him, glory be unto Him! His is the greatness and the power, the might and the choice. He is the Potent One Who illumined the breasts of the sincere ones with the light of His favor and set hearts ablaze with the fire of His love. This fire hath diverse effects - it sendeth some to the field of sacrifice and establisheth others upon the throne of detachment. In the nights and days the Tongue of Grandeur uttereth that which uniteth hearts. How many nights did the Eye of Grandeur, out of love for His loved ones, remain sleepless and slumberless. Verses are sent down like copious rain. Glory be to God! The unfair ones in the world remain heedless and veiled unto this day. They distinguish not between the fire of the Divine Lote-Tree and the fire of self and passion. Their nature is to turn away and their practice is to close their eyes. In truth, perplexity upon perplexity! The people of the Furqan cling to the Book of God - all have seen and read it. The companions of the Spirit - peace and glory be upon Him - cling to the Gospel, and all have seen that the entire utterance of that All-Knowing Expounder doth not exceed a portion. And now, at every moment, there is being revealed that which all the pens of the world are powerless to record and all the tongues of the nations are unable to recount.

Now, with utmost humility, I submit: O my God, my Beloved, my Generous One, my Merciful One! Thou didst create Thy servants and bring them from nothingness into being for Thy recognition. Deprive them not now. Thou art that Maker Whose craftsmanship throughout the world and Whose evident means among the nations all testify to Thy power and acknowledge Thy grace and bounty. Were Thou to withhold these from them, who would acknowledge Thy power and confess Thy sovereignty? O my Lord! Every person void of understanding beareth witness to Thy power, sovereignty and greatness. Deliver Thy loved ones, by Thy generous hands, from the clay of idle fancies and preserve them through the hosts of Thy revelation and inspiration. Thou art the Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

The expressions of gratitude, sincerity, evanescence and nothingness which thou didst manifest before the appearance of Him Who conversed upon Sinai - may the spirit of all who are in the kingdom of command and creation be a sacrifice unto His remembrance - verily from these the fragrance of detachment, purity, submissiveness, humility and faithfulness wafteth. And after the presentation of this matter in the Most Holy and Most Exalted Court, these words shone forth from the tongue of the Beloved of the worlds - exalted be His utterance and His proof:

In My Name, the One Who appeareth before all faces […]

O thou who soarest in My atmosphere, who gazest toward My horizon, who turneth unto the lights of My countenance, who speaketh in My praise, and who holdeth fast unto the cord of My bounty! Hear thou My call on this Day which hath been named the Day of God in the Books and Tablets. Say: O people! Hear ye, hear ye! The call hath been raised from the direction of Akka, and the ocean of utterance hath surged before the faces of all religions, and the Sun of proof hath shone forth with a light at whose appearance all other lights have bowed down. O people! Fear ye God, then judge with fairness concerning that which hath appeared in truth. Verily it draweth you to the most exalted station. O people! Deny not the proof of God and His evidence. Turn with your hearts unto God, the Lord of Lords.

We have heard that wherewith thou hast called upon God, and We found from it the fragrance of thy love, thy turning and thy devotion to the Mighty, the Bestower. Glory be to God! The people of the Furqan, despite what hath appeared from the Tongue of Grandeur - that He is verily the Messenger of God and the Seal of the Prophets - assert that the breezes of revelation and the fragrances of inspiration have been cut off after His Holiness, and this blessed word concludeth with His exalted saying: “The Day when mankind shall stand before the Lord of the worlds.” By the testimony of the Furqan, the Day is the Day of God and the Manifestation is the Manifestation of God. Nevertheless, none hath understood. The source of ignorance, falsehood, conflict and corruption hath said that the Surih of Unity must be translated, for the Babis believe in Lordship and Divinity. Say: O people! Be fair! If the breezes of revelation are cut off, who shall guide the servants and who shall be? If ye hearken to the words of the Truthful Informer, after the Seal cometh the Manifestation of God, and all books bear witness to this.

They have likewise said that the prayer recited at dawn during the blessed month of Ramadan, which is adorned with this Name, must be abandoned - despite their having given glad tidings that the Most Great Name is present and mentioned in this prayer. The signs, manifestations and allusions of this Most Great Revelation have encompassed the whole world, yet the people remain veiled from that which is with God by that which is with them. In brief, they have denied the virtue of this prayer and forbidden its recitation. Such is the condition of the divines, let alone the condition of the ignorant. We testify that they are the ignorant ones, and those beneath them are superior to them.

The Primal Point - may the spirit of all else be sacrificed for Him - hath said: “Verily He speaketh in every condition, ‘I, verily, am God. There is none other God but Me, the Lord of all things. All besides Me are My creation. O My creation! Worship ye Me.’” In the beginning of the Bayan He hath described the One Who shall be made manifest with that which hath been mentioned. Blessed are they who behold and they who attain!

O thou who gazeth upon the Countenance! It is incumbent upon you and upon all to take hold of the reins of the Cause by God’s leave, that perchance this people may not be afflicted with the vain imaginings of the previous people. This is accounted among the most excellent of deeds before the Self-Sufficient, the Most Exalted.

O Ahmad! The ears of the world were created to hear this Call. This Call is a radiant light that awakens the friends and shows the way, and is a blazing fire. One manifestation of it struck the Tree of Sinai, raising the cry “Verily, I am God,” and struck the Spirit, whereupon it departed from the realm of body and flesh, seeking the eternal station, and the fourth heaven became the seat of ascendancy. O Ahmad! They knew not the Day of God and are deprived of the Sun of Truth. But what says the Shi’ih party? If their deeds matched their words, where is the fruit thereof? And if the Tree of Branches was planted, where are its leaves and boughs? They recite “the Day when mankind shall stand before the Lord” yet are deprived of it. Read what the All-Merciful hath revealed in the Qur’an: “Though it be of the weight of a grain of mustard seed and though it be in a rock, or in the heavens, or in the earth, God will bring it forth. Verily, God is subtle and informed.” O Ahmad! The Pharaoh of the age hath emerged from behind the clouds with the sword of hatred. Surely thou hast heard the details. The Wronged One of the horizons counseleth all to protect the servants, that perchance the veils of idle fancies may not again intervene and prevent the people from the manifestations of the Luminary of the Revelation. Verily, He is powerful over all things. Say: O people, fear God! That which was never manifest in creation hath appeared, and that which was inscribed by the Supreme Pen hath come. Cast aside what the people possess, turning unto God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. We beseech God to assist thee and enable thee to do what He loveth and pleaseth. Verily, He is the Protector of the doers of good.

Say: Praise be to Thee, O my God, for having caused my name to flow from Thy Pen. I testify that Thou hast appeared and manifested what was hidden in knowledge and concealed in the treasury of Thy protection. Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the Powerful. I beseech Thee, O Desire of the world and Quickener of nations, by the Light which the veils of the peoples could not withhold, to assist me to arise to serve Thee and to aid Thy Cause with wisdom and utterance. Thou art, verily, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

This servant also conveyeth to them greetings, praise, remembrance and glory, hoping that they may rend asunder the veils of the people with the finger of steadfastness, that they might attain to that for which they were adorned with the ornament of existence. The Command is in God’s hands, our Lord and your Lord and the Lord of the mighty throne.

As to the matter of printing, praise be to God, it hath been accepted. The Most Great Branch of God - may my spirit and being be offered up for the dust of His footsteps - hath, according to the command, considered it. In truth, the ignorance and waywardness of the former people is evident from what hath been mentioned. Blessed is he who hath been just in what hath appeared, and blessed are they who have attained. Glory and praise and remembrance be upon you and upon those who are with you and who love you and hear your words concerning the proof of God’s Manifestation, the Lord of all worlds.

In this hour the servant attained the presence. The Ancient Beauty turned to him and said: We wish to make mention of the son of him who loved Us, who turned to God, attained, arrived, received and drank the Kawthar of utterance from the hand of the bounty of his Lord, the Lord of all beings. We have made mention of him before and at this moment, and We testify that he is among those who have attained. O Muhammad, upon thee be the glory of God! Convey My greetings to him and give him the glad-tidings of My loving-kindness. He hath attained to the standing which was foretold in the Qur’an: “The Day when mankind shall stand before the Lord of the Worlds.”

This servant also conveyeth greetings and glory unto him, and beseecheth from the Dawning-Place of the Most Great Bounty His favors for him. Verily our Lord is the Hearer, the Answerer, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy. That which he sent hath been adorned with the ornament of acceptance, as a grace from our Lord and your Lord and the Lord of this flourishing Prison. The glory and the remembrance and the praise be upon thee once again, and upon him, and upon every patient and grateful one.

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O Ali, upon thee be the Glory of God! In the name of the peerless Lord, the One. Praise beseemeth the Beloved Who hath, with the finger of His loving-kindness, opened wide the gates of true knowledge before the peoples of the world through the appearance of the Most Great Luminary. Blessed is he who hath recognized the divine days and attained unto boundless outpourings of grace. Today We summon all to love, unity, fellowship and concord, that perchance through the light of assured souls the horizons may be cleansed and sanctified from the darkness of tyranny, and all may acknowledge the oneness and singleness of God, exalted be His glory, and attain unto the ultimate purpose of creation. Well is it with thee for having turned unto God and believed in Him, the One, the Alone, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

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O thou who gazest upon the Countenance! In this spiritual dawn and luminous morn, at the time of taking tea, the Most Great Branch was present and mention was made of you. All those who were present engaged in remembering you, and beseeched God - glorified be His majesty - to open the door of bounty through His name and bestow from His hidden and treasured gifts. It is hoped that in this radiant springtime, when the world hath been adorned through the power and blessing of the rains of grace and bounty, this mention may be accepted and this prayer answered. Verily, He is the Hearer, the Answerer.

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=== START BH09335 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great

Fix your gaze upon and hold fast to this blessed word which is like a lamp in the darkness of the world. He saith: “Do good even as God hath dealt goodly with thee.” Blessed is the state of one who hath acted according to this blessed word. Such a one is of those concerning whom He saith: “On them shall be no fear, neither shall they grieve.” O friends! Strive to become the source of things that will bring comfort to all. Look not unto your own selves, neither confine your affairs to that which profiteth you alone. Rather, look upon the servants of the All-Merciful throughout creation and turn unto that which benefiteth the peoples of all the worlds. Blessed is the All-Merciful Who hath named Himself the Lord of all worlds. All praise be unto Him, for He is the Beloved of the mystics, the Goal of the sincere ones, and the Fire in the hearts of the yearning ones.

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He is the Speaker from the Supreme Horizon

Two matters are of utmost magnitude: one is the recognition of the Most Great Announcement and the other is steadfastness therein. The essence of acceptance is like a tablet whereon this most exalted Word hath been inscribed by the Most Exalted Pen: “The beginning of all things is knowledge of Me and the end thereof is steadfastness in My love.” Blessed is the soul that hath perceived the fragrance of this blessed and most exalted Word. Such a soul hath been and ever shall be the manifestation of God’s Most Powerful Name. We make mention of thee that thou mayest arise to serve the Cause of thy Lord through wisdom and utterance and through that which the All-Merciful hath revealed in His precious and wondrous Book. The glory shining from the horizon of the heaven of My loving-kindness be upon thee and upon those who have testified to that whereunto God hath testified in this exalted and glorious station.

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=== START BH09337 ===

Taqi ibn Abdul-Wahhab, in the name of the Goal of all possibility, the Peerless Friend, says: O friends! Purify yourselves from the defilement of contingent existence, that you may attain to everlasting rest. All that is other than Him has been and will be transient, and all that is with Him will endure by the perpetuity of the Kingdom. Strive that you may attain unto eternal life, and the cause and means of this is the love of God and steadfastness in His Cause. God willing, you shall attain unto this. Blessed be your father! Verily he attained unto the lights of the Countenance and was set ablaze by the fire of the love of God to such degree that he was martyred in His path. By My life! This is a bounty and station that the Kingdom of the realms of heaven and earth cannot equal.

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=== START BH09338 ===

Concerning Master Husayn, my brother, who hath ascended unto God, the Most Holy, the Most Exalted: The Spirit hath made mention of His servant in the Tablet, and he was indeed remembered by the Spirit, that He might cause him to be set ablaze with the fire of the Cause in such wise that he may speak forth in praise of his Lord. Thus hath grace been made manifest. Aid ye your Lord through goodly deeds and then through utterance. Thus have ye been commanded by the All-Merciful, Who hath knowledge of all things. They who spread corruption in the land have indeed gone astray and were far removed from the truth. Cast aside the allusions of the people of idle fancies and then take unto God a path. O My loved ones! Be not grieved by the world and its conditions. By God! There hath been ordained for you in the worlds of eternity that which the Pen is powerless to describe, and God is witness to what I say.

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=== START BH09339 ===

He is God, the Most Mighty, the Most Unapproachable, the Most Holy, the Most Exalted

This is the mention of thy Lord’s mercy unto His servant, the Merciful, that he may be drawn by the call of his Lord and turn with his heart toward the quarter of mighty unapproachability. O Merciful One! Be merciful unto thyself in these days wherein the traces of mercy have been effaced from the hearts of most of the servants, who have arisen in manifest tyranny, to such extent that they have severed the head of faithfulness with the sword of hatred, and have thereby debarred themselves from the shore of ancient glory. Verily, thy mercy toward thyself is thy steadfastness in the love of thy Lord and thy firmness in this Cause, at which every base idolater hath been shaken. And the glory be upon thee and upon him who hath believed in God and then remembereth Him at morn and eventide.

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=== START BH09340 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great

A mention from Us to a handmaiden who has attained unto the days of God and recognized what was manifested therein, while the learned ones of the earth remained heedless save whom God willed, the Lord of all worlds. Rejoice, O My handmaiden! Verily My Most Exalted Pen maketh mention of thee in such wise as causeth those near unto God to perceive therefrom the fragrance of God, the Mighty, the Praised. Make mention on My behalf to My handmaidens in that place and give them the glad-tidings of My mention, the Mighty, the Wondrous. By God! That which is with kings and rulers cannot equal My mention. Thus have We adorned the temples of My handmaidens with the silk of My utterance, and I am verily the Forgiving, the Bountiful. The glory be upon thee and upon them from the Wronged One Who hath been imprisoned in the path of God, the Lord of this luminous Day.

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=== START BH09341 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Glorious

A remembrance from Our presence unto everyone possessed of ears, and a book from Our presence unto everyone endowed with strength who hath remained steadfast in the Cause of God, the Lord of all worlds. We have summoned all to the most exalted horizon and unto that which shall profit them in the world to come and in this world. To this testifieth that which hath been sent down from My presence when agitation seized the dwellers of the earth. Verily thy Lord is the Mighty, the Powerful. Among the people are they who were attracted by My call and acted according to what was ordained in My mighty Book, and among them are they who turned away and denied all that hath been revealed from the presence of an ancient Revealer. For each is a portion in the Book. He, verily, is the Just, the Munificent, the Bountiful. The glory be upon thee and upon whosoever hath followed the command of God, the Lord of this perspicuous Day.

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O Mulla Ahmad!

The Most Unapproachable, Most Holy, Most Great is this mention from Us to him who desires to draw near to the Most Great Sea, when the horizon of the world was illumined by the Light of His Name, the One Who rules over all who are in the heavens and on earth. Blessed is the stranger who has drawn near to the most exalted homeland, and blessed is the one who remembers and holds fast to the remembrance of his Lord, the All-Wise. Among the people are those who awaited the days of God and His presence, yet when He appeared they turned away and followed the ways of the ignorant ones. And among them are those who cast the world behind them, turning to the Light shining from this luminous horizon. Blessed art thou for having discovered the fragrance of the choice wine and turned towards God, the Lord of all worlds. Be thou steadfast in the Cause, then remind the people of this News which has caused the foundations of the idolaters to tremble.

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=== START BH09343 ===

He is the One Who rules over all names. A remembrance from Us to him who has turned to the Most Exalted Horizon and believed in God, the One, the All-Informed. A Book that speaks and a Cause that is manifest, yet the people are heedless. At all times We summoned the people of possibility to the horizon of the All-Merciful and, without any veil or barrier, explained that which would exalt the Word. Yet the recompense of the deeds of the servants has deprived them of the Self-Sufficient, the Exalted. Blessed is the soul that has returned from what it possessed to that which is with God. Your mention was made before the Wronged One, and with this clear Book We have mentioned you, that perchance you may arise to serve the Cause and guide people to the horizon of the All-Merciful through wisdom and utterance. This is not difficult for God.

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=== START BH09344 ===

He is the Sanctified above all that hath been and shall be

A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath turned unto the Countenance and believed in God, the Single, the All-Informed. Thou hast attained unto the days of God and heard that which was raised from the Ultimate Tree which speaketh amongst mankind and calleth all unto God, the Lord of the worlds. Be thou steadfast in the Cause in such wise that neither the might of the powerful nor the cawing of the divines who lay claim to knowledge and deny the All-Knowing One when He appeared with manifest sovereignty shall veil thee. The polytheists in most cities and regions have arisen in hypocrisy and opposition, as attesteth He with Whom is the Preserved Book. God shall soon erase their names and purify the earth of their presence. He, verily, is the Almighty, the Powerful.

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=== START BH09345 ===

O Ali, upon whom be the Glory of God! In My Name, the Self-Subsisting Over All Names! A mention from Our presence unto him who hath believed in God, the Single, the All-Informed. Verily We have manifested Our Self and commanded all to that whereby the Cause of God, the Mighty, the Great, may be uplifted. Among the people are those who have turned towards it and those who have turned away after having been created for acceptance in this Day wherein all have arisen before the Lord of the worlds. We counsel thee and those who have believed in that which hath been sent down in the Book of God, the King of this wondrous Day: Shun those who have turned away and consort with My servants who have turned towards Me. Glory be upon the people of Glory who have cast away the world and the nations and turned towards the Lord of Eternity in a Day wherein the feet of every mighty and powerful one have slipped.

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He is the Speaking One, the Witness, the All-Informed

A remembrance from Us to him who hath believed in God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting, and to her who hath believed - verily He is the Forgiving, the Bountiful. O My handmaiden! Hearken unto the call of God. Verily it hath been raised in truth, but most of the people are heedless. They have denied the bounty of God after its bestowal and have broken His Covenant by following every heedless doubter. We make mention of Our handmaidens who have heard and turned unto the Mighty, the Wise, and have drunk the choice wine of life from the cup of the bounty of their Lord, the Merciful. Thus have the rains of grace poured down and the sun of justice shone forth from the horizon of this heaven which hath been raised up in truth through this Name, the Powerful, the Trustworthy. Set aside what is with the people and take what thou hast been commanded in the Book of God, the Lord of all worlds.

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He is God, exalted be His glory! The All-Wise, the All-Informed

A mention from Our presence unto all who dwell on earth, that the Call may draw them to the Most Exalted Horizon and bring them nigh unto God, the Almighty, the Self-Subsisting. Husayn hath appeared before Our presence and circumambulated the House, attaining unto that which was inscribed in the Books of God, the Lord of the seen and the unseen. He hath appeared and heard what the near ones heard on the Mount of Knowledge - the Call of God, the Lord of all being. We bear witness that he hath turned towards Us and traversed land and sea until he reached the Most Great Prison, the Spot wherein the Wronged One was established upon the throne of utterance with manifest sovereignty. We make mention of thee and desire to make mention of those who have believed in God, the Mighty, the All-Loving.

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=== START BH09349 ===

In His Name through Whom the Table was sent down! A mention from Us to him who has attained unto the lights of faith in the days of his Lord, the Most Merciful, and whose name was present before the Face when the Wronged One was upon a lofty mountain. By the life of God! What he witnesses and beholds cannot be equaled by a single word from the words of God. Thus does thy Lord acquaint thee that thou mayest be thankful and be of them that are firmly rooted. How many a servant hath broken the chains of vain imaginings in his own estimation, but when We tested him We found him turning back upon his heels and breaking God’s firm and mighty Covenant. We counsel thee to act in accordance with what We have enjoined upon the servants in the Book. Verily thy Lord is the All-Compassionate, the All-Bountiful. Hold fast unto the Book of God in all conditions. Thus doth My Most Exalted Pen counsel thee in this sublime station.

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=== START BH09350 ===

In His Name, the All-Ruling over all names! A remembrance from Us to him who hath attained the lights of the countenance when it shone forth from the horizon of the Will of God, the Sovereign, the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Blessed is he who hath clung to the hem of bounty and held fast to the strong cord of God. He is indeed among the most exalted of creatures in the sight of the Truth, though he be considered the most abject of servants. Verily thy Lord is the Forgiving, the Bountiful. Be thou steadfast in the Cause of thy Lord - this is the very foundation of the Cause, if thou be of them that comprehend. How many a servant hath believed and then turned away by following the heedless ones, and how many a servant hath stood with such steadfastness as to astonish the hearts of them that have turned unto God. Thus doth the Ancient King make mention of thee from within the Most Great Prison. Be thou grateful and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Beloved of the worlds!

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=== START BH09351 ===

O Abbas, who hath emigrated! He is the Most Holy, the Most Great. A mention from Our presence unto him who hath attained unto the splendors of the Countenance and placed his trust in God, the Single, the All-Informed. By God! He who hath inhaled the fragrance of the days of God, the lamentations of them that have disbelieved in God, the Lord of all worlds, shall not sadden him. He ariseth amidst mankind and speaketh through the Most Great Name with wisdom and utterance in such wise that the clamor of the heedless shall not silence him. Blessed is he who hath attained and drunk, and woe unto him who hath turned away and followed his desires - he is assuredly among the abased ones. Be thou thankful unto thy Lord for having remembered thee before the Throne and for the Ancient Beauty having turned toward thee from the direction of His mighty Prison. Hold fast unto that which hath been sent down of the laws from the presence of God, the Single, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

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=== START BH09352 ===

He is the First and the Last, and the Manifest and the Hidden

A mention from Us to him who was mentioned in the Book, who turned to My horizon, arose to serve My Cause, and spoke forth My beautiful praise. Rejoice in that thou hast been mentioned in the presence of the Wronged One, and the Tongue of Grandeur hath spoken thy praise. This is naught but a mighty favor. Hold fast unto the Sure Handle and grasp the hem of thy Lord, the Lord of all beings, Who hath appeared and revealed whatsoever He desired. He is, verily, the All-Powerful, the Almighty. Thus did the horizon of utterance shine forth when He Who was mentioned in the Books of the Messengers appeared. Blessed is the servant who hath attained unto My days and arose to serve Me, and woe unto the heedless. Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

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=== START BH09353 ===

He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed

A mention from the Wronged One to him who has turned with his heart to the Most Exalted Horizon and set his face toward God, Creator of Heaven, that he may give thanks, by night and by day, to the Lord of those who are in the heavens and on earth. Blessed is he whose strength the power of the servants cannot withhold, and blessed is he who stands firm whom the might of the oppressors cannot seat. The world and whatsoever is therein shall pass away, and there shall endure that which hath flowed from My Most Exalted Pen in this mighty Prison. Whoso hath turned today, verily he hath turned in all eternity past unto God, the Lord of the worlds. O people of God! The Ancient Beauty remembereth you and counseleth you with that whereby the Cause shall be exalted among the servants. He is, in truth, the Commander, the All-Wise. The glory shining from the horizon of the heaven of My mercy be upon thee and upon those who have attained unto the lights of certitude.

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=== START BH09354 ===

He is the One Who gazeth from His most glorious horizon

A mention from the Wronged One to a leaf who believed in her Lord when all the divines of the earth turned away from Him save whom God, the Lord of all worlds, did will. Blessed is the servant who held fast to God, the Lord of all beings, and blessed is the handmaiden who clung to His luminous hem. How many a servant turned away and denied God, and how many a leaf heard and turned to Him and said: “Here am I, O Thou Goal of the Messengers!” O My leaf! Upon thee be My glory and My remembrance and My loving-kindness and My mercy that hath preceded all who are in the heavens and on earth. Be thou thankful unto thy Lord for this most great favor and say: “Praise be unto Thee, O Beloved of them that have known Thee!”

=== END BH09354 ===

=== START BH09355 ===

He is the Mighty, the Bestower!

Since mention was made of thee in Samandar’s letter, therefore hath the Wronged One turned toward thee and made mention of thee in this inscribed Tablet. God willing, thou shalt abide beneath the shade of His providence and soar in the atmosphere of His love. Today is the day of service and the day of deeds. Blessed is the soul that is content and thankful with that which God hath ordained. That which hath flowed from the Most Exalted Pen shall benefit such souls as act upon it and accept it. This is what God hath testified to in His gracious Book. With a hundred thousand tongues be thou grateful to the Beloved of all possibility, for He hath guided thee and granted thee a portion from His ocean of love. Verily He is the Generous Bestower.

=== END BH09355 ===

=== START BH09356 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Glorious! My remembrance is unto My handmaiden whom God hath manifested in His days that she may inhale the fragrances of her Lord, the All-Merciful, from the direction of the Ridvan. This is a mighty triumph. Give thanks unto thy Lord for having been present before the Face through one whom God hath related unto thee. This is an honor for thee, and thy Lord is the Ruler over whatsoever He willeth. He exalteth whomsoever He pleaseth through His command. Verily, He is the Protector of the doers of good. Blessed art thou and blessed are those handmaidens who have believed in God and who have detached themselves in His love from all else except Him. Take comfort in the remembrance of My Name. Verily thy Lord remembereth thee in this mighty prison. And upon thee be the glory, and upon those handmaidens who have attained unto this Most Great, this wondrous Remembrance. And praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH09356 ===

=== START BH09357 ===

First text is already translated.

For the second text:

He is the All-Wise!

My remembrance is among My servants that it might draw them to My Kingdom, and I am the All-Remembering, the All-Knowing. My call is among My creation that it might bring them near to My dominion, and I am the Manifest Caller. My Book is among My creatures that it might make known to them My path, and I am the Preserved Book. My Tablet is among My chosen ones that it might give them glad tidings of My paradise, and I am the Great Tablet wherein hath been inscribed by the Finger of Power that which none knoweth save God, the Lord of all worlds. O concourse of creation! Take hold of the Book of God with might, then with power from His presence. Verily, He is the Ruler over whatsoever He willeth. Thus hath the door of utterance been opened with the key of My Name, the All-Merciful, that ye might be among those who render thanks. Remember God, thy Lord, at all times and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Master of the mystics.

=== END BH09357 ===

=== START BH09358 ===

O Qasim! He is the Glorious, the Most Glorious! A remembrance unto My servant who hearkened unto that which God, the Lord of the worlds, proclaimed and responded to Him in days when the skin of the learned ones trembled and the feet of the mystics slipped. O Qasim! We have mentioned thee before and have sent down verses unto thee as a bounty from Our presence, and verily I am the All-Wise. Today each one of the loved ones of God must gather round the Tree of the Manifestation, and each according to their capacity must strive to diffuse the sweet fragrances of love and fellowship among the friends. Blessed is the state of the one who acted upon the divine counsels. Hold fast to the cord of My loving-kindness and cling to the hem of thy resplendent Lord. We, from this station, pronounce Our “Allah-u-Akbar” upon thy face, that thou mayest give thanks unto thy Lord, the Forgiving, the Merciful.

=== END BH09358 ===

=== START BH09359 ===

He is the Ever-Abiding, the All-Sufficing

A remembrance from Me unto him who hath loved Me and believed when most of the people have disbelieved, that the fragrance of remembrance may attract him and bring him to a station wherein the whispering of the evil one shall have no effect upon him. Say: The rivers have flowed and the seas have surged. Blessed is he who hath been illumined by the light of certitude, and woe unto him whom evil suggestions have hindered. They who have disbelieved in God and His proof have lost, while he who hath turned away from them and faced this Lamp hath gained. Say: O people, grieve not over the world and its afflictions. Well is it with the soul whom riches have not deceived in this world, and with the poor one whom sorrows have not overtaken in destitution. Blessed art thou for having won the lights of the Countenance and drawn nigh unto God, the Lord of mankind.

=== END BH09359 ===

=== START BH09360 ===

In the Name of Him Who is sanctified from all mention! I make mention of My leaf who has turned to God and attained His presence when the All-Glorious came with grandeur and majesty. We have heard your call to God and We answer you with this Tablet from your Lord, the Mighty, the Bestower. Blessed are you for having clung to the Divine Lote-Tree and been stirred by the breezes of your Lord’s mercy, the Revealer of verses. Give thanks that you have been mentioned in the presence of the Beloved and your name has been recorded in the Scriptures and Tablets. By My life! This is a bounty that shall endure as long as the earthly and heavenly kingdoms endure, and nothing in all creation can compare with it. Praise your Lord and remember Him with such remembrance as will cause all things to be attracted. This befits all who have turned to God in this Revelation whereby the mountains have taken flight.

=== END BH09360 ===

=== START BH09361 ===

He is God, exalted be His station!

May my spirit be a sacrifice for your honor! At this moment, when four and a half hours have passed from the night, they summoned me and instructed me to write a greeting to his honor the Name, stating that regarding the chest we requested - and it was decided to write to Shaykh Muhammad-’Ali - by command write to Aqa Muhammad-’Ali of Isfahan, since it was his initial intention, and then it was considered that perhaps Aqa Muhammad-’Ali would be hurt, therefore request it from him as it is preferable and more beloved.

They also instructed: Write in the Name of God that in all matters they should be mindful of the dignity of the Cause. Whatever gives off the odor of detracting from the Cause, abstaining from it is necessary. Thus does the Wronged One counsel thee with the truth, and verily He is the Commander, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09361 ===

=== START BH09362 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory, the Most Great, the All-Powerful

May my spirit be a sacrifice for your honor! Your esteemed letter kindled the fire of love, bringing to memory the times of meeting and presence. I hope that this bounty from the True Bestower of Bounties will be repeatedly manifested. In separation, proper remembrance of the days of reunion is not possible. I beseech God, glorified be His majesty, to grant the blessing of presence soon. Verily He has power over all things.

Furthermore, your letter was honored to be presented and heard. God willing, his honor the Name [of God], upon him be His glory, may ever be blessed with the favors of the Goal of the worlds, and remain steadfast in service, remembrance and praise. He has always been and continues to be mentioned. We beseech God to assist him and preserve him and those with him through His grace and generosity. Verily He is the Mighty, the Bestower.

Regarding the box of gaz sweets for my Master, the Most Mighty Branch (may my spirit and being be sacrificed for the dust of His footsteps), let half of it be distributed and the other half sent to His presence. And God is the Best of providers.

Peace, remembrance and glory be upon your honor and upon those with you and those who love you and upon God’s righteous servants.

The Servant

20 Sha’ban 1307

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=== START BH09364 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Glorious!

Glorified be He Who hath manifested Himself of His own choosing. He, verily, is the Almighty, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. These are the Days of Ha whereon We have commanded all to be generous unto themselves and unto those who have turned towards this most Sublime Vision, so that they may make mention of Him therein and comprehend their station; for they betoken this Name, through which laws have been established for all that is visible and invisible.

Verily, We have designated these days to come before the Fast. This is naught but Our bounty unto you. We, verily, are omnipotent over all that hath been and all that shall be. Happy the man who doeth what God hath ordained, and woe betide the heedless and the outcast.

Verily We revealed verses and send them down unto you in this holy, this glorified Day, that thou mayest render thanks unto your Lord and mention Him with such a remembrance as to arouse every unbeliever from his heedlessness.

=== END BH09364 ===

=== START BH09365 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted

Glorified be He Who hath manifested Himself as He willeth. He, verily, proclaimeth throughout all contingent being that there is none other God but Him, the Manifest, the Speaking One, the Articulate, the All-Evident. They in whose hearts were doubts have turned away and waxed proud before God - these, verily, are among the most lost. Say: O people! He Who is the Intended One hath appeared and the proof hath been perfected. Hold fast unto God and follow not every ignorant remote one. Say: This is the Day wherewith ye were promised in the Tablets. Recognize it and be not of the doubtful. Verily the Day calleth with the most exalted call, yet the people remain heedless. Blessed is he who hath turned unto Him, turning away from those who disbelieved in God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH09365 ===

=== START BH09366 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth and Who speaketh, verily there is no God but Him, the Almighty, the Self-Subsisting. Blessed art thou, O my handmaiden, for having turned unto the Dawning-Place of Revelation and recognized thy Lord. This, verily, is a manifest bounty. That which thou didst send hath been honored and adorned with the Most Great Vision on the night wherein was born the Hidden Mystery. Know thou the value of this bounty, then rejoice in such wise that neither the affairs of the world nor the veils of the nations shall sadden thee. Thus doth the Lord of Eternity make mention of thee. He, verily, is the Almighty, the Mighty, the Beloved. Be not grieved at anything. In all matters place thy trust in the Lord of Revelation. He will verily deliver thee through the truth. He, verily, is the Truth, the Knower of things unseen.

=== END BH09366 ===

=== START BH09367 ===

O Baker Duck! The Most Great, Most Wondrous, Most Beloved One!

Glorified be He Who has spoken and caused all in the heavens and earth to speak. He has come with a Manifestation through Whom the veils have been rent asunder and that which was hidden in God’s knowledge, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise, has been revealed. Through Him the idol has wailed, the false god has been frightened, and every contemptible water has been appointed. Blessed is he who has recognized the One to be recognized and has attained to the fragrance of the All-Merciful when it was wafted from the direction of His garment. The proof has been perfected, the favor completed, and the evidence has encompassed all in the worlds. Nothing has prevented Him from the remembrance of God - He speaks His praise despite those who have disbelieved in God and were among the wrongdoers. Verily, the glory from Our presence is upon every one who has turned and is steadfast.

=== END BH09367 ===

=== START BH09368 ===

O ’Ali-’Askar of the people of N! He is the One Who speaks in His mighty and wondrous Kingdom! Glorified be He Who speaks the truth and commands the people to the Most Great Uprightness. By God’s life! My Cause is mighty, mighty indeed. Whoso attains unto it is of the Concourse on High and the companions of My Crimson Ark, by which the Books have been adorned. Yet the people are in evident doubt. The verses pass them by while they remain heedless thereof. Blessed is he who turns to God, detached from all that was and shall be. O My loved ones! Drink ye from the Kawthar of steadfastness from the hand of the bounty of your Lord, the Mighty, the Beloved. We love those who have turned to the Countenance and We make mention of them in such wise as shall cause their remembrance to endure in a preserved Tablet.

=== END BH09368 ===

=== START BH09369 ===

O Abu-Talib, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the One Who speaks in the Kingdom of Utterance! Glorified be the All-Merciful Who hath sent down the proof to all who dwell in the realm of possibility, though most of the people are heedless. The horizon of utterance hath been illumined by the Sun of the mention of thy Lord’s Name, the Mighty, the Wondrous - He at Whose coming the heaven shall be cleft asunder, the earth shall be rent, and every mighty mountain shall be crushed to dust. Say: O people! Deprive not yourselves of the Euphrates of God’s mercy, and follow not the vain imaginings of every ignorant remote one. By My life! Ye were created for My Day, and it hath dawned from the horizon of My Will, as this Speaking Book doth testify. Hold fast unto the cord of grace, and cling to the hem of thy Lord’s mercy, the Bestower, the Mighty, the Inaccessible. Thus hath the Tongue of Grandeur spoken while among the heedless ones.

=== END BH09369 ===

=== START BH09370 ===

He is the Expositor, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise!

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses and revealed the clear evidences, when He was established upon the throne through His Name, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. No hindrance of any hinderer nor cawing of any cawer hath prevented Him. He hath spoken and continueth to speak that which hath been sent down in His beloved Tablet.

O My handmaidens! Remember your Lord in the nights and days, and glorify this Name through which the Promise hath been fulfilled and the Promised One hath appeared. Be ye of such constancy that neither the veils of the wicked nor the might of the evil ones shall hold you back. This behooveth everyone who hath turned towards this praiseworthy station. Be ye steadfast in the Cause of God and in His love. This is My counsel unto you, whereunto beareth witness circling servants.

=== END BH09370 ===

=== START BH09371 ===

O Kamal, upon thee be the Glory of God [Baha]!

In the name of Him Who is the Guardian over all names! Glorified is He Who hath created all things for the recognition of the Dawning-Place of His Cause and the Dayspring of His grace and the Source of His commandments and ordinances, Who hath sent down His proof and made manifest His path and guided the people unto that which profiteth them. He, verily, is the Almighty, the Exalted, the All-Bountiful.

O Kamal! Upon thee be the Glory of God, the Lord of the beginning and the end. Say: My God, my God! Thou seest Thy servant who hath turned unto Thee, and hath acknowledged the sanctity of Thy Being from all likeness and the immunity of Thy Essence from all similitude. I beseech Thee by Him through the light of Whose countenance the heavens were illumined and through the fragrance of Whose raiment Yathrib and Batha were perfumed, to ordain for me all the good Thou hast ordained in Thy Book for Thy loved ones. Thou, verily, art the Mighty, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH09371 ===

=== START BH09372 ===

He is the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise

Glorified art Thou, O my God, O God of the world and Educator of the nations! Thou beholdest the tears of the lovers throughout all regions in their separation and remoteness from Thee, and what hath befallen them in their longing for the horizon of Thy knowledge, and Thou knowest their patience in tribulation and their steadfastness in adversity. I beseech Thee, O Lord of Names, by Thy Name which hath dominion over earth and heaven, to assist them to spread Thy knowledge amongst Thy creation and to stand firm in Thy Cause within Thy realm. Then draw them, O my God, through Thy Most Exalted Word to the Supreme Horizon in such wise that neither the oppression of the peoples nor the opposition of the learned shall dismay them. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the Ordainer, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH09372 ===

=== START BH09373 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Glorious

O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy names which have encompassed all created things, and by Thy attributes which have preceded all existence, to protect Thy handmaidens who have turned toward Thy countenance and hearkened unto Thy call in Thy days, and who have arisen to praise Thee and Thy Cause. Verily Thou art God, there is none other God but Thee. The atoms testify to Thy oneness, and the signs to Thy sovereignty and power. Nothing can prevent Thy dominion. Verily Thou art the Almighty, the Exalted, the Glorious, the All-Wise.

O my God! Send down Thy blessings upon the people of Baha who were not deterred by the contingencies of fate from turning toward Thy face, O Creator of heaven and Lord of Names! Verily Thou art the Exalted, the Mighty, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09373 ===

=== START BH09374 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Wondrous, the Most Holy!

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which the Sun of Grandeur and Immortality hath shone forth from the horizon of the heaven of Thy Will, and through which the sincere ones have soared unto the atmosphere of Thy nearness and meeting, and those drawn nigh unto the seat of Thy Cause and reunion with Thee, that Thou mayest cleanse me with the Kawthar of Thy mercy and favors, that I may turn wholly unto Thee and be detached from all else save Thee, and attain unto a station wherein I witness the sanctification of Thy Self from the veils of glory and the exaltation of Thy Being above all similarities and likenesses. O Lord! Deprive me not of the wonders of Thy grace and bounties, and distance me not from Thy nearness and presence. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is no God but Thee, the Mighty, the Exalted, the Great, the Compelling.

=== END BH09374 ===

=== START BH09375 ===

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou hast made me the Qayyum over all names and the Manifestation of Thy signs between earth and heaven, to make me a servant unto Thyself, one who speaks in Thy remembrance, stands firm in Thy Cause, wields power over Thy servants, and holds sway over those in Thy earth and Thy heaven, that I may remain steadfast in manifesting Thy Cause in such wise that the turning away of Thy servants and the cawing of Thy creatures shall not deter me. Then I beseech Thee, O my God, to make my loved ones branches of this Tree which hath been raised up through Thy command and Thy will. Move them by the winds of Thy will as Thou pleasest. Verily, Thou art the One Who hath power over all things. Thou doest what Thou willest and ordainest what Thou pleasest. There is none other God but Thee, the Almighty, the Mighty, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH09375 ===

=== START BH09376 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Exalted!

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou hast adorned the heaven of inner meanings with the stars of utterance, through which the seas have surged and the trees have yielded their fruit and faces have been illumined, to draw me nigh unto Thee and to make me detached from all else save Thee. O Lord! Thou art He to Whose grace and bounty all created things have testified, and to Whose favor and loving-kindness all atoms bear witness. My God! I am one of Thy handmaidens who hath desired the wondrous gifts of Thy bounty and hath stood before the tabernacle of Thy glory. I beseech Thee by Thy Self to send down upon me that which Thou hast ordained for me in the Tablet of Thy decree by the Pen of Thy destiny. Then cause me to drink, at all times, from the Kawthar of Thy love by the hands of Thy mercy. There is no God but Thee, the King, the Munificent, the Mighty, the Loving.

=== END BH09376 ===

=== START BH09378 ===

O Sina, upon him be the Glory of God, He is the Giver, the All-Bestowing!

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by the waves of the ocean of Thy bounty and the effulgent lights of the Sun of Thy providence, and by the hidden mysteries treasured within Thy Books, to elevate me through Thy Name amongst Thy servants. Then grant me the sweetness of Thy utterance, through which the power of Thy most exalted Will and the might of Thy Most Supreme Pen have been made manifest. My God, my God! Thou seest me turning toward Thee and clinging to Thy Sure Handle, through whose movement the spheres of inner meanings and utterance have revolved, and the gems of wisdom and knowledge have appeared from the mine of man. I beseech Thee by the fragrances of Thy verses and the raising up of the standards of Thy guidance in Thy lands, to make me in all conditions one who is attracted by Thy verses and who speaks forth Thy praise. Verily, Thou art the Powerful, the Supreme, the Mighty, the Most Bountiful.

=== END BH09378 ===

=== START BH09379 ===

He is the Self-Subsisting

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy greatness and Thy majesty, then by Thy loftiness and Thy glory, to protect Thy servant into whose hands Thou hast committed the reins of affairs which are attributed to Thee and to Thy Manifestation. Then send down upon him, O my God, that which will preserve his soul and illumine his countenance, and ordain for him what Thou hast ordained for them that are sincere among Thy loved ones. Then cause him to voice Thy praise amongst Thy servants. O Lord! Bestow upon me and upon them that love me that which will draw us nigh unto Thee and remove us far from all else except Thee. Then send down upon me and upon them that which will prevent the harm of those among Thy servants who have forgotten Thy remembrance, denied Thy signs, and turned away from Thy beauty. Verily, Thou art the One Who hath power to do what Thou pleasest, and Thou art the Mighty, the Most Exalted.

=== END BH09379 ===

=== START BH09380 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Unapproachable! Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Word through which Thou hast brought all created things into being and given life to all existing things, and which Thou hast made a balance for Thy Cause and a pathway between Thy heaven and Thy earth, and by which Thou hast turned the faces of them that are near unto Thee toward the horizon of Thy favors, and the hearts of the sincere ones toward the Dayspring of Thy bounty and bestowals - not to deprive me in these days of the holy glances of Thy mercy and the sweet-scented breezes of the glory of Thy favors and gifts, and leave me not to myself and my desires. Then sever me from all else save Thee and turn me toward Thy Face and Thy Beauty. Verily Thou art He Who hath ever been the Doer of whatsoever Thou pleasest and the Ruler over whatsoever Thou willest. Thou art, in truth, the All-Powerful, the Supreme, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Bountiful.

=== END BH09380 ===

=== START BH09381 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy light which hath shone forth upon the world, and by the fire of Thy Lote-Tree whereby the hearts of the nations have been set ablaze, and by the lights of Thy Manifestation and the Call raised upon Thy Mount, to aid Thy servants to turn toward the lights of Thy countenance. O Lord! Thou art the Generous One - all created things bear witness to Thy generosity, and all beings testify to Thy grace. I beseech Thee not to disappoint Thy loved ones from the ocean of Thy bounty and the heaven of Thy munificence. Then ordain for those who have turned to Thee and attained to Thy recognition that which Thou hast decreed for the sincere among Thy servants. Then preserve them, O my God, from the evil of Thine enemies who have disbelieved in Thee and in Thy signs. Verily Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is no God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09381 ===

=== START BH09382 ===

O my God! Thou art the Most Great, the Most Great! Glory be to Thee, O my God! Have mercy upon Thy male and female servants in Thy days, then send down upon them that which will cause them to turn toward the direction of Thy favors and to gaze toward the horizon of Thy Cause. O my Lord! I am a handmaiden among Thy handmaidens who hath turned unto Thee and faced the Source of Thy Cause and the Repository of Thy knowledge. I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which the horizons were illumined and the lands were enlightened to ordain for me that which Thou hast ordained for Thy handmaidens who have heard Thy call and were present before the throne of Thy grandeur and attained unto Thy presence after Thou didst manifest the Manifestation of Thyself through Thy sovereignty and Thy power. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is no God but Thee, the Mighty, the Wise. The glory be upon you both and upon those handmaidens who were with you.

=== END BH09382 ===

=== START BH09383 ===

XXII

Exalted art Thou, O Lord my God! I am the one who hath forsaken his all and set his face towards the splendors of the glory of Thy countenance, who hath severed every tie and clung to the cord of Thy love and of Thy good-pleasure. I am he, O my God, who hath embraced Thy love and accepted all the adversities which the world can inflict, who hath offered up himself as a ransom for the sake of Thy loved ones, that they may ascend into the heavens of Thy knowledge and be drawn nearer unto Thee, and may soar in the atmosphere of Thy love and Thy good-pleasure.

Ordain, O my God, for me and for them that which Thou didst decree for such of Thy chosen ones as are wholly devoted unto Thee. Cause them, then, to be numbered among those whose eyes Thou hast cleansed and kept from turning to any one save Thee, and whose eyes Thou hast protected from beholding any face except Thy face.

Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious, the Supreme King, the Help in Peril, the All-Pardoner, the Ever-Forgiving.

=== END BH09383 ===

=== START BH09384 ===

He is the Ever-Abiding

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou art He Who hath so attracted the hearts of Thy loved ones that they rush forth to martyrdom in Thy path, yearning to meet Thee and seeking Thy good-pleasure. The raptures of Thy revelation have so seized them that they hasten on foot to the place of their martyrdom and death, out of love for Thy beauty, remembering and calling upon Thee beneath the swords until their spirits ascend to the horizon of Thy Cause and the heaven of Thy presence. O my Beloved! If Thou wert to give Thy enemies to drink what Thou hast given Thy loved ones to drink, they would all sacrifice themselves in Thy path. But Thou, in Thy hidden wisdom, hast withheld the Kawthar of immortality from the heedless among Thy creatures and ordained it for the sincere ones among Thy chosen ones. Thou art the One praised in Thy deeds and beloved in Thy decree. There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the Wise.

=== END BH09384 ===

=== START BH09385 ===

In His Name, the All-Subduing, Who ruleth over all names!

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou seest me oppressed among Thy servants and Thy creatures, imprisoned in the hands of the heedless ones among Thy creation. By Thy glory, O Beloved of the world and Desire of the nations! I have borne in this Most Great Prison what none of Thy servants hath borne. Every day there befalleth me what hath befallen no soul in Thy kingdom. My remaining in Thy realm hath wearied me, and separation and remoteness from Thee hath consumed me. I beseech Thee to deliver me from those who know not Thy station and Thy sovereignty. Then cause those who have turned unto Thee to drink of Thy sealed wine through Thy Name, the Self-Subsisting. Verily Thou art the Mighty, the All-Subduing, the Most Exalted, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Generous.

=== END BH09385 ===

=== START BH09386 ===

CXXX

Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! Thou seest how Thy servants have everywhere been compassed with tribulations, how their adversaries have all risen up against them and grievously wronged them. Thy glory beareth me witness! Were all the wicked doers of the earth to band themselves against us, and to cast us into a fire such as no man hath kindled, they would be powerless to distract our gaze from the horizon of Thy name, the Most Exalted, the Most High, and would fail to turn aside our hearts from the seat of Thine effulgent glory.

I swear by Thy might! The arrows that transfix us in Thy path are the ornaments of our temples, and the spears which pierce us in our love for Thee are as silk unto our bodies. By the glory of Thy might! Nothing whatsoever can beseem Thy servants except what the pen of Thine irrevocable decree hath traced in this priceless and exalted Tablet.

All praise be to Thy Self at all times and under all conditions. Thou art, verily, the God of knowledge and wisdom.

=== END BH09386 ===

=== START BH09387 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Glorious!

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou seest the Desired One of the worlds beneath the swords of the idolaters, and hearest the lamentation of them that yearn for Thee, who have acknowledged Thee and turned towards Thee on the Day of Judgment. I beseech Thee, O Creator of names and Educator of earth and heaven, to give Thy loved ones to drink of that which will make them detached from all else save Thee and steadfast in Thy Cause. O Lord! Open then unto their hearts the gates of Thy bounty that they may behold what Thou hast ordained for them in the Kingdom of Thy might and the realm of Thy grandeur. Then make them, O my God, to abide through Thy perpetuity and to circle round Thy will. O Lord! Withhold not from them that which is with Thee, and grant them Thy nearness and presence. Verily Thou art the One Who hath power over whatsoever Thou pleasest. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09387 ===

=== START BH09388 ===

He is the Self-Subsisting, Who hath no peer!

Glorified art Thou, O my God! The eyes of them that are nigh unto Thee have wept in their separation from Thee, and the cry of them that are devoted to Thee hath risen in their yearning for Thee. There remaineth not a city but that there hath been raised therein the lamentation of longing and the cry of separation. At all times hast Thou been a witness unto them, observant of them, and hearing that which proceedeth from their lips. I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name to so attract their hearts that the arrows of the enemies and the spears of the wicked ones shall not affect them, nor shall the breezes of destiny overturn them. Then open before their faces the portals of glory in this world and the next. Verily, Thou doest what Thou willest, and Thou art the Most Exalted, the Most High.

=== END BH09388 ===

=== START BH09390 ===

In the Name of God, the Ancient, the Ever-Abiding!

Glory be unto Thee, O my God! This is Thy servant whom Thou hast called unto Thy most exalted Self, and who responded with “yea” and soared in the atmosphere of yearning and longing in Thy love and good-pleasure until he drank the choice sealed wine from the hands of Thy bounty. I beseech Thee, O God of all who are in earth and heaven and Who gazest upon the horizon of Thy Most Glorious Name, to preserve him through Thy protection and safekeeping from the arrows of Thine enemies. Make him, moreover, so devoted to Thyself that neither the manifestations of trials nor the vicissitudes of destiny shall turn him aside from steadfastness in Thy Cause. Illumine his countenance in this world and the next with the lights of Thy face. Verily, Thou art the One Who hath power to do what Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the Best-Beloved in the heart of Baha.

=== END BH09390 ===

=== START BH09391 ===

He is the Most Glorious

Glorified art Thou, O my God! This is Thy servant who hath heard Thy call, and been drawn by Thy verses, and been set ablaze with the fire of Thy love, and become occupied with Thy remembrance. The veils of glory have not prevented him from beholding the beauty of Thy oneness, nor have the shrouds of allusion obscured his vision from witnessing the signs of Thy unity and the evidences of Thy singleness. O Lord! Having guided him to the sweet spring of Thy mercy and given him to drink from the cups of Thy love, send upon him at all times the breezes of the Spirit from the direction of Thy divine oneness, aid him with Thy confirmations, assist him in every matter, and make him steadfast in Thy Cause and firm in Thy remembrance. Verily Thou art the Mighty, the Powerful, the Glorious, the Beloved.

=== END BH09391 ===

=== START BH09392 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

Glorified art Thou, O my God and the God of all names and Creator of the heavens! I beseech Thee by Thy Command through which the decayed bones were quickened and Thy bountiful favor encompassed the world, to preserve Thy loved ones from those who have been stirred by the winds of self and passion in Thy days and whom their desires have prevented from drawing nigh unto the court of Thy glory. I beseech Thee, O Thou the Desire of the world and the Beloved of the nations, to ordain for him who hath turned unto Thee and desired to hold fast unto that which Thou hast revealed in Thy Book, the good of this world and of the next. Then decree for him what Thou hast decreed for Thy chosen ones and trustees. Verily, Thou art the Forgiving, the Generous. There is no God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09392 ===

=== START BH09393 ===

He is the One melodiously warbling upon the branches in His Name, the All-Merciful!

Glorified art Thou, O God of Names and Creator of heaven! I beseech Thee by the Name through which Thou hast subdued all things, and by the pearls of Thy knowledge in the Kingdom of creation, and by the stars of the heaven of Thy Command in the Realm of eternity, to make me in all conditions to turn toward Thy most exalted horizon and to drink from the Kawthar of Thy supreme mercy. O my Lord! Thou seest me turning toward Thy countenance and holding fast to the cord of Thy loving-kindness. Do with me, then, as befitteth Thy bounty and beseemeth Thy days. Thou art He Whom nothing whatsoever can frustrate from that which Thou hast purposed through Thy power. Thou doest what Thou willest and ordainest what Thou pleasest. Within Thy grasp is the dominion of destiny. There is none other God but Thee, the Almighty, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH09393 ===

=== START BH09394 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

Glorified art Thou, O God of existence, and glorified art Thou, O Beloved! Bewilderment hath seized me in Thy days. I testify that the Fire hath been kindled and appeared in the Sacred Trees of the Paradise of Thy presence, and that the Celestial Stream hath flowed from the tongue of Thy grandeur. Yet despite this supreme bounty and this most great mercy, I observe that most of Thy servants are deprived thereof and forbidden from it, inasmuch as they have clung to the dictates of self and passion. O Lord! Thou beholdest in such days as these the burning ardor of them that love Thee in Thy path, and the radiance of their hearts in their love for Thee. I beseech Thee, O Lord of the worlds, to ordain for whomsoever hath succeeded in carrying out Thy laws in Thy days that which Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen ones and Thy trusted ones. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Self-Sufficient, the Most Exalted, in the beginning and in the end.

=== END BH09394 ===

=== START BH09395 ===

The All-Glorious, The Most Holy

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by the lights of Thy countenance, the manifestations of Thy sovereignty, and the revelations of Thy grandeur and power, to send down upon them that are sincere among Thy loved ones that which shall deliver them from self and passion and cause them to become purely devoted to Thy most luminous countenance. O Lord! Many years have passed wherein there hath befallen both young and old that which hath caused the dwellers of the pavilion of Thy chastity to lament. O Lord! Aid Thy loved ones through Thy sovereignty, and make them victorious over Thine enemies who have denied Thy signs and who have waged war against the Manifestation of Thy Self and the Dayspring of Thine Essence. Verily Thou art the All-Powerful. Nothing can withstand Thy might nor can any matter resist Thy decree. There is no God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the Almighty, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH09395 ===

=== START BH09396 ===

O my God! Glory be to Thee! I beseech Thee by the Lamp through which all contingent things were illumined, and by Thy sovereignty which hath encompassed all created things, to send down upon Thy male and female servants from the heaven of Thy bounty and the clouds of Thy mercy that which will make them detached from all else save Thee and steadfast in Thy love and good-pleasure. O Lord! Every tongue beareth witness to Thy sovereignty and power. I beseech Thee by Thy Self not to turn away those who have turned towards Thee and have clung to the hem of Thy mercy. Then gather them, O my God, beneath the shade of the Tree of Thy oneness that they may hear with their ears Thy call and that which hath been sent down from the right hand of the throne of Thy grandeur. Thou art, verily, powerful to do what Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH09396 ===

=== START BH09397 ===

XC

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou knowest that in my love for Thee I have not sought any rest, that in proclaiming Thy Cause I have denied myself every manner of tranquillity, and that in the observance of whatever Thou hast prescribed in Thy Tablets I have not delayed to do Thy bidding. I have, for this reason, suffered what no man among all the inhabitants of Thy realm hath suffered.

Thy glory beareth me witness! Nothing whatsoever can withhold me from remembering Thee, though all the tribulations of the earth were to assault me from every direction. All the limbs and members of my body proclaim their readiness to be torn asunder in Thy path and for the sake of Thy pleasure, and they yearn to be scattered in the dust before Thee. O would that they who serve Thee could taste what I have tasted of the sweetness of Thy love!

I implore Thee to supply whosoever hath sought Thee with the living waters of Thy bounty, that they may rid him of all attachment to any one but Thee. Thou art, verily, the Omniscient, the All-Glorious, the Almighty.

=== END BH09397 ===

=== START BH09398 ===

O Bibi Fatimih, handmaiden of God! He is the Most Ancient, the Most Great!

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou hearest the lamentations of the lovers in their separation, and beholdest the burning of the hearts of the sincere throughout all regions. I beseech Thee, O Lord of the Day of Mutual Separation, to assist Thy servants and handmaidens to be steadfast in Thy love and to be detached from all else but Thee. Verily, Thou art He Whom the gestures of the oppressors cannot frustrate, nor can the might of the deniers prevent. Thou doest what Thou willest through Thy power, and ordainest what Thou desirest through Thy majesty and sovereignty. O Lord! Ordain for Thy loved ones that which will cause their spirits to soar, their eyes to be gladdened, and their breasts to be illumined. Thy mercy hath preceded all things, and verily Thou art the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09398 ===

=== START BH09399 ===

CXLII

Glory be to Thee, O my God! My face hath been set towards Thy face, and my face is, verily, Thy face, and my call is Thy call, and my Revelation Thy Revelation, and my self Thy Self, and my Cause Thy Cause, and my behest Thy behest, and my Being Thy Being, and my sovereignty Thy sovereignty, and my glory Thy glory, and my power Thy power.

I implore Thee, O Thou Fashioner of the nations and the King of eternity, to guard Thy handmaidens within the tabernacle of Thy chastity, and to cancel such of their deeds as are unworthy of Thy days. Purge out, then, from them, O my God, all doubts and idle fancies, and sanctify them from whatsoever becometh not their kinship with Thee, O Thou Who art the Lord of names, and the Source of utterance. Thou art He in Whose grasp are the reins of the entire creation.

No God is there but Thee, the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH09399 ===

=== START BH09400 ===

The Most Holy, the Most Glorious! Glorified art Thou, O my God! Praise be unto Thee for having delivered Thy Cause and manifested Thy sovereignty and power, and for having sent unto every chief that which made known unto him Thy path and the loftiness of what Thou didst desire for Thy creatures, after having been imprisoned by the hands of the heedless ones among Thy creation. I testify, O my God, that Thou art the One Who hath power over whatsoever Thou willest. The oppression of others cannot prevent that which Thou hast purposed through Thy will. Thou rulest as Thou pleasest by Thy command and doest what Thou desirest through Thy sovereignty. I beseech Thee, O my God, by this power which hath subdued all things, to assist those who have turned towards Thee and have aided the Manifestation of Thy Self. Then make them to be among the steadfast ones whom the veils of humanity have not withheld from beholding the Most Great Scene. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Exalted, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09400 ===

=== START BH09401 ===

LIX

All praise, O my God, be to Thee Who art the Source of all glory and majesty, of greatness and honor, of sovereignty and dominion, of loftiness and grace, of awe and power. Whomsoever Thou willest Thou causest to draw nigh unto the Most Great Ocean, and on whomsoever Thou desirest Thou conferrest the honor of recognizing Thy Most Ancient Name. Of all who are in heaven and on earth, none can withstand the operation of Thy sovereign Will. From all eternity Thou didst rule the entire creation, and Thou wilt continue for evermore to exercise Thy dominion over all created things. There is none other God but Thee, the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the All-Powerful, the All-Wise.

Illumine, O Lord, the faces of Thy servants, that they may behold Thee; and cleanse their hearts that they may turn unto the court of Thy heavenly favors, and recognize Him Who is the Manifestation of Thy Self and the Day-Spring of Thine Essence. Verily, Thou art the Lord of all worlds. There is no God but Thee, the Unconstrained, the All-Subduing.

=== END BH09401 ===

=== START BH09402 ===

In the Name of God, the Eternal, Who perisheth not! Glorified art Thou, O my God! This is Thy servant who hath turned unto Thee and hath turned away from all else beside Thee, and hath soared in the atmosphere of his longing for Thee, and hath attained unto Thy love, and hath sought the path of Thy good-pleasure, and hath spoken forth Thy praise, and hath uttered Thy remembrance, and hath been set aflame by the fire which Thou didst kindle in Thy kingdom, and hath been illumined by the lamp which Thou didst make the luminary of Thy Cause. I beseech Thee, O my God, by Thy Name round which circle all names, and by him who hath been afflicted in Thy path amidst the enemies, that Thou aid him through the wonders of Thy succour and leave him not to himself, through Thy bounty and Thy favors. Make him, then, one who circleth round Thee in the realms of Thy sanctification and the cities of Thy detachment and the kingdom of Thy might and the dominion of Thy power. Thou, verily, art the Almighty, the Glorious, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH09402 ===

=== START BH09403 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

Glorified art Thou, O my God, my Beloved, and my Heart’s Desire! I beseech Thee by the revelation of Thy verses and the manifestation of Thy clear tokens, and by Thy signs and Thy works, to ordain for him who hath sought Thee the good of this world and of the world to come. O my Lord! Thou seest him turning toward Thee and gazing toward Thy horizon. Disappoint him not of Thy bounty which hath encompassed existence, nor of Thy generosity which hath embraced the world. Thou art the Lord of the nations and the One manifest through the Most Great Name. There is none other God but Thee, the Compassionate, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Moreover, I beseech Thee, O Lord of all beings, to forgive Thy handmaiden who hath ascended unto Thee, and to cause her to associate with the countenances of Paradise on high in the white and crimson chambers. Verily, Thou art the Munificent, the Generous, the Bountiful, the Merciful.

=== END BH09403 ===

=== START BH09404 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great,

the Exalted, the Most Glorious!

Glory be to Thee, O Thou Who art the Lord of all beings and the Ultimate Aim of all creation! I testify with the tongue of both mine inner and outer being that Thou hast revealed and manifested Thyself, that Thou hast sent down Thy verses and demonstrated Thy proofs, and that Thou art independent of anyone besides Thee and sanctified above all else except Thyself. I ask Thee, by the glory of Thy Cause and the power of Thy Word, graciously to assist them that have arisen to discharge what hath been enjoined upon them in Thy Book, and to perform that whereby the fragrance of Thine acceptance may be shed abroad. Thou, verily, art the Powerful, the Gracious, the Forgiving, the Bountiful.

=== END BH09404 ===

=== START BH09405 ===

O Thou All-Wise! Glorified art Thou, O Lord of Names and Sovereign over all things! Thou hearest the sighing of atoms and the groaning of all created things by reason of what hath befallen Thy chosen ones and trusted ones, who cast the world behind their backs in Thy days and were so transported by the sweet stream of divine knowledge that they offered up their very souls in Thy path. I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by the Word which Thou hast made the sign of Thy power amongst Thy creation, to ordain for Thy chosen ones that which will gladden their hearts and tranquilize their souls. O my Lord! Darkness hath enveloped all regions and calamity hath encompassed all quarters. Thou seest and hearest, O my God, what Thine enemies do and what they speak concerning Thy chosen ones. Abasement hath overtaken them after they had testified that Thou art the Mighty, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09405 ===

=== START BH09406 ===

He is the All-Glorious, the All-Knowing

Glorified art Thou, O Lord of the world and the One manifest through the Most Great Name! How can I make mention of Thee, when I am certain that he who makes mention is but a creation of the influence of Thy Most Exalted Pen? And how can I fail to make mention of Thee after Thy most sweet call hath attracted me and the wine of the Kawthar of Thy love hath intoxicated me? O Lord of all names and Creator of heaven! Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having made known unto me the Manifestation of Thy Cause in Thy days, and for having given me to drink of the Kawthar of divine knowledge through Thy bountiful hand. I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by Thy sovereignty and grandeur, to ordain for Thy loved ones the good of every world of Thy worlds. Then protect them through Thy bounty and power. Verily Thou art He from Whose knowledge nothing whatsoever escapeth. Thou doest what Thou willest through Thy sovereignty and ordainest what Thou pleasest through Thy power. Verily Thou art the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09406 ===

=== START BH09407 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

Glorified art Thou, O Thou at Whose Name the Dove of Utterance warbled upon the highest branches and the cry of the sincere was raised from the most exalted station! I beseech Thee by the Manifestations of Thy Beauty in the highest Paradise, and the Dawning-Places of Thy Love in the supreme Heaven, and by the Stars of Thy bounty in the heaven of bestowal, and by the flow of Thy Pen whereby the hearts of the chosen ones were enraptured, to ordain for him who hath turned unto Thee the best of the hereafter and of the former world. O my Lord! Thou seest him turning unto Thee, submissive to Thy commandments and ordinances, and gazing toward the horizon of Thy good-pleasure. I beseech Thee not to withhold him from drawing nigh unto the ocean of Thy Manifestation and the sun of Thy grace. Thou art verily the Almighty, the Powerful, the Most Bountiful.

=== END BH09407 ===

=== START BH09408 ===

O `Abdu’l-Husayn, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the Mighty, the All-Knowing!

Glorified art Thou, O Thou in Whose grasp are the reins of the hearts of all nations! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name through which the world hath been illumined, and by the yearning of the hearts of Thy lovers throughout all regions, and by the mysteries of Thy Revelation on the Day of Separation, to assist me to be steadfast in Thy Cause and to arise to serve Thee. O my Lord! Thou seest how the people of the Bayan have violated Thy Covenant even as the people of the Furqan violated it in Thy days. I beseech Thee to make me so firm in Thy Cause that I shall see in all the realm naught save Thy most exalted horizon from which the lights of Thy Revelation have shone forth, O Thou Who art the Lord of all names! O my Lord! Ordain for me what is best in this world and the world to come. Verily Thou art God. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH09408 ===

=== START BH09409 ===

He is the Healer! Glorified art Thou, O Thou in Whose grasp is the healing of all mankind, and by Whose will is the life of all mankind, and by Whose purpose is the destiny of all mankind. I beseech Thee not to disappoint those who hope, even should all mankind do so. Thou seest, O my God, this sick one who hath sought healing from the ocean of Thy healing, and Thou knowest, O my God, that I do not wish to offer prayer lest it be confused with what the divines practice. Therefore, O my God, do Thou give her to drink from the Kawthar of Thy healing with all speed, for her cries have risen to heaven. O Thou Who removest all ills! Thou knowest that her patience is less than can be counted, and verily Thou doest what Thou willest. Deal with her as befitteth Thee, for Thou art the Generous, the Healer.

=== END BH09409 ===

=== START BH09410 ===

The handmaidens of God must in this day engage themselves with absolute sanctity and purity in the utterance of the praise of the Beloved of all creation. They should regard all save the Truth as non-existent and lost. Whosoever hath in this day attained the love of God hath attained unto all good and is the possessor of all that is desired. Strive that with the aid of the True One this sublime station may be preserved by you in His Name. Glory be upon you and upon all the handmaidens who have believed in God, the Single, the All-Informed.

=== END BH09410 ===

=== START BH09411 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great. The Hidden Mystery hath testified that He hath appeared in truth, and He is this treasured Name that calleth betwixt earth and heaven and summoneth all to the most exalted horizon. Verily He is the One through Whom the Greater Resurrection hath come to pass and all created things have been gathered together. Blessed be God, the Cleaver of the Dawn, Who hath come with the truth with a Book that no books in the world can equal, and a Cause before which all creation in the heavens and earth cannot stand, and with verses that neither the learned, nor the mystics, nor any diligent seeker can reckon. Thus hath My tongue spoken in this hour wherein all things and the Concourse on High have informed Me of the ascension of My sister who had been gazing upon My luminous countenance.

=== END BH09411 ===

=== START BH09412 ===

O Handmaiden of God! He is the Mighty, the Wondrous! The Pen testifies that there is none other God but Me, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. The Tongue testifies that there is none other God but Me, the Mighty, the Beloved. God bears witness to that which My Tongue has testified, that there is none other God but Me, the Mighty, the Invincible. O My handmaiden! Hearken unto My call from the horizon of My loving-kindness - verily it guides thee to My straight path. By My life! Whoso attains to hearing My call with true hearing, the hosts of the world shall not prevent him, nor shall the might of the oppressors frighten him. Thus has the Pen spoken while the Ancient Beauty was reclining in this exalted castle. The glory be upon thee and upon every handmaiden who has heard, turned unto, and answered her Lord, the Mighty, the Bountiful.

=== END BH09412 ===

=== START BH09413 ===

He is the Mighty! God testifies that there is no God but Him, the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting. And He testifies that We [answered] Muhammad, Our servant, before and after, and that this was inscribed upon a preserved holy Tablet. But you were not content with what We ordained for you, and remained veiled from God, your Lord, to such extent that you failed to recognize Him even after you were with Him for years and months. Therefore, rend asunder the veils of idle fancy and hold fast to this luminous and beloved Handle. Be joyful within yourself and grieve not over anything, and maintain such an expanded heart that it shall never be contracted. Then associate with the loved ones of God in joy and delight. Thus does God counsel you, and every praiseworthy servant.

=== END BH09413 ===

=== START BH09414 ===

O Handmaiden of God! He is the Most Holy, the Most Great! God testifieth that there is none other God but He, the Sovereign, the Self-Subsisting. His is the power and grandeur, and His is the bounty and the Word whereby all who are in the heavens and on earth were thunderstruck, save those whom the hand of His grace, the Mighty, the Powerful, did rescue. We have remembered every servant who hath turned towards My supreme horizon and every handmaiden who hath won mention of the name of her Lord, the Mighty, the Wise. Be thou thankful and praise thy Lord for having been remembered before the Wronged One whilst He was in this glorious station. My mercy hath preceded all created things and My grace hath encompassed the worlds. Place thy trust in God in all matters. Verily He is the Hearer, the Answerer. Glory be upon those handmaidens who have heard and turned towards God, the Mighty, the Praised.

=== END BH09414 ===

=== START BH09415 ===

He is the Hearer, the Answerer! God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. He hath ever been sanctified beyond the mention of all created things and the description of all beings. He hath sent the Messengers and revealed the Books as a grace from Him, and He is the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous. Through them He sent down the proof and made manifest the way, and guided all to His straight path. Praise be to God that thou hast turned toward Him and attained the circumambulation of His House. Blessed is the soul that hath turned for the sake of God and attained the fragrance of Yathrib and Batha. The divine fragrances waft from those lands and the light of His Cause shineth forth from its horizon. Well is it with him who hath drunk the choice wine of recognition from the hands of the bounty of his Lord, the All-Merciful, and acted according to that which he hath been commanded in His perspicuous Book.

=== END BH09415 ===

=== START BH09416 ===

He is the Mighty! God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is the power and the eternality, His is the grandeur and the glory, and His is the dominion and transcendence. He giveth life and causeth death, then causeth death and giveth life, and verily He is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. He is indeed the Sovereign, the Omnipotent, the Almighty. He doeth what He willeth in His dominion through His power, and ordaineth what He pleaseth through His command. He is indeed the Ruler, the Omnipotent, the Mighty, the Generous. Say: O my God! Thou art the Sovereign of eternity and the King of glory and light in the Most Glorious Horizon, and of manifestation in the heaven of mystery. Thou createst what Thou willest through Thy power and ordainest what Thou desirest through Thy will. Verily Thou art the King, the Transcendent, the Mighty, the Peerless, the Triumphant, the Omnipotent, the All-Sufficient, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09416 ===

=== START BH09417 ===

O Haji Hassan! He is the Most Ancient, the Most Great. God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath come with the truth is verily the Ocean of My knowledge, the Heaven of My wisdom, and the Sun of My loving-kindness. He was hidden in the eternity of eternities, and when He willed to appear, He appeared in truth and manifested whatsoever He desired. He is, verily, the Single One, the One, the Powerful, the Mighty. Whoso denieth Him hath denied Me, and unto him who acknowledgeth Him We bear witness that he hath confessed that which My Tongue hath spoken forth in the Kingdom of My utterance. Verily, He is I, God, the One, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Blessed is the soul that hath attained unto His days, and perceived the fragrance of His garment, and acted in accordance with that which it was bidden in His perspicuous Book. Thus surgeth the ocean of utterance while the Wronged One is in His mighty prison.

=== END BH09417 ===

=== START BH09418 ===

O Leaf! O My handmaiden! Upon thee be the Glory of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath come with the truth is indeed the Lord of the Kingdom and the Sovereign of the Realm of Might. He hath manifested Himself to establish that which is in the Books of God, the Self-Subsisting, the All-Compelling. He it is Who hath aided His servants and handmaidens in that whereby their remembrance shall endure through My Name, the One Who speaketh from His praiseworthy station. O My leaf! O My handmaiden! What thou didst send hath been accepted before the Wronged One, and We have spent it in My path and have mentioned thee with that which shall endure as long as the names of thy Lord, the Possessor of what was and what shall be, shall endure. The glory be upon thee and upon every handmaiden who hath turned and attained unto this Decisive News.

=== END BH09418 ===

=== START BH09419 ===

Muhammad-Qabli-Hasan, who hath dawned from the horizon of eternity - God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and that He Who hath come into the world is verily the Most Great Name, through Whom the tribes of the earth were seized with trembling, and all who are in the heavens were thunderstruck, save whom God, the Lord of the worlds, did will. Thy mention hath been made before the Wronged One, and this perspicuous Tablet hath been revealed for thee. When thou attainest unto it and quaffest the choice wine of its utterance, render thanks unto God and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Thou through Whom the Path was made manifest, and the Balance was established, and the Tree did speak, and the Rock did cry out, and the Resurrection came to pass, and the Hour did strike, and every wise matter was made evident.

=== END BH09419 ===

=== START BH09420 ===

O Muhammad-Isma’il! The Most Holy, the Most Inaccessible, the Most Great! God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath appeared with the truth is indeed the Sovereign of verses and their Dawning-Place. Not one word that hath been sent down before or will be sent down hereafter can equal His Word, and every letter revealed from His presence is verily the water of life for all who dwell in the realm of possibility, and the emblem of eternity for all in the world, and a sign of guidance for all who are in the heavens and on earth. Whoso hath attained unto it hath attained unto all good, and whoso hath turned away from it, verily all the deeds of the worlds shall profit him not. Thus hath the Dove warbled, and the Nightingale of Glory sung upon the Tree of Immortality. Blessed is he who hath heard and said: “Praise be unto Thee, O Beloved of the mystics!”

=== END BH09420 ===

=== START BH09421 ===

A Tablet upon which is inscribed: Baha’u’llah, He is the Most Holy, the Most Great. God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who speaketh is verily the Hidden Mystery and the Name through which the Books of God, the Sovereign, the Self-Subsisting, have been adorned. O My leaf! Blessed art thou in that thou hast turned and advanced until thou didst attain the presence of the Divine Countenance and didst win the meeting with the Wronged One when every veiled learned one turned away from Him. Hold fast unto the Tree with the power of thy Lord. He hath assuredly aided thee as a favor from His presence and drawn thee nigh unto Him when the people were turning away from God, the Lord of all that was and that shall be. The glory shining from the horizon of the heaven of My loving-kindness be upon thee and upon My afnan, both female and male.

=== END BH09421 ===

=== START BH09422 ===

He is the One speaking from the Throne of Glory. God testifies that there is no God but Him and that He Who came upon clouds of light with the name of ’Ali is His Manifestation and His sovereignty over all the worlds. He veiled His face for numbered days, then revealed Beauty once again with His Most Glorious Name. Exalted is this grace, the like of which the eyes of creation have never witnessed, and thus was the matter decreed from the right hand of the Throne. Then the polytheists arose in opposition until they denied Him in Whom they had believed, and thus did the hand of separation cast them out from the heaven of mighty glory. And you, remain steadfast in the love of your Lord and do not deprive yourself of the holy breezes.

=== END BH09422 ===

=== START BH09423 ===

To O Leaf Fakhri, upon her be the Glory of God! He is the Outward and the Inward. God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him. He heareth and seeth, and He is in the highest horizon, the Lord of the Throne and of the dust, the Sovereign of the hereafter and of former times. He is the Caller from the Divine Lote-Tree, the One mentioned in the heart of Glory, and established upon the throne of faithfulness amidst all peoples. O My leaf and My handmaiden! That which thou didst send hath been received and hath been accepted through the grace of God, the Lord of the Kingdom of Names, and the Lord of the visible and the invisible. The Glory be upon thee and upon whosoever hath followed guidance. We have sent unto thee that from which thou wilt discover the fragrance of the garment of thy Lord, the Most High, the Most Glorious.

=== END BH09423 ===

=== START BH09424 ===

O Muhammad-Baqir of Zarqan! He is the Manifest, the Mighty, the All-Knowing.

God beareth witness in the Kingdom of Utterance that this Cause is mighty, mighty indeed. Blessed is the soul whom the doubts of the people have not caused to slip away from the Self-Subsisting, and whom the intimations of those who have disbelieved in God, the Exalted, the Great, have not held back. Verily, he who hath attained unto this Most Great Name is accounted among the most exalted of peoples in the perspicuous Book. We counsel Our loved ones with that wherewith We counseled Our servants aforetime. He, verily, is the True Counselor, the All-Knowing.

O loved ones of the All-Merciful in all lands! Be ye steadfast, and be ye trustworthy, and do that whereby the Cause of God, the Powerful, the Almighty, may be exalted. The glory of God be upon thee and upon whosoever hath attained unto My Day, hath heard My call, and hath acted according to that which was ordained in My wondrous Book.

=== END BH09424 ===

=== START BH09425 ===

O Andalib, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the All-Knowing Expositor. God beareth witness that he who speaketh the truth is indeed the Hidden Treasure, and the Concealed Mystery, and the Preserved Tablet, and the Inscribed Book. But for him, My sovereignty would not have been made manifest in creation, nor would any from among the religions have turned toward My horizon. Whoso hath attained unto him hath attained unto all good. Whoso hath turned away from him is indeed among those who turned away from My sovereignty in the beginning that hath no beginning, who disputed My verses, who warred against My Self, and who denied My proof, the All-Compelling over all the worlds. Blessed is he who hath testified to that whereunto God hath testified, and who hath, with manifest certitude, quaffed this choice wine. Thus have We sent unto thee the breezes of revelation, that thou mayest inhale therefrom the fragrance of the Intended One and be numbered with them that render praise.

=== END BH09425 ===

=== START BH09426 ===

He is the One Who speaks with grace. The Wronged One testifies that there is none other God but Him, and He Who has come with the truth is indeed the One through Whom was consoled the eye of Muhammad the Messenger of God and the company of the Prophets and Messengers, and through Whom appeared what was hidden in knowledge and treasured in the eternity of eternities. And I am the Truthful, the All-Knowing. Thy letter hath reached the Prison, and the Wronged One hath answered thee with this perspicuous Tablet, at the revelation of which all things proclaimed: “The Kingdom belongeth unto God, the Lord of all worlds.” Blessed art thou for having turned unto Him, recognized Him, hearkened unto His call and drunk the choice wine of faith from the hands of the bounty of thy Lord, the Gracious. Preserve thou this most great station, then render thanks unto thy Lord at morn and eventide.

=== END BH09426 ===

=== START BH09427 ===

O Mirza Mahdi, son of Andalib the Most Luminous! The Hidden One hath testified with this manifest tongue that there is none other God but Me, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, Who calleth betwixt earth and heaven that He is, verily, the Lord of Names and the Supreme Horizon. Whoso hath attained unto Him hath attained unto My presence and drunk the wine of reunion with Me and discovered the fragrance of My beauty, through which the heavens and earth were illumined. And whoso hath hesitated in His Cause hath departed from beneath the shadow of My sovereignty and removed himself from My mercy and associated partners with My dominion and been debarred from the outpourings of the heaven of My loving-kindness and from the dawning of the lights of My countenance whereby the Concourse on High and the dwellers of the Cities of Names were illumined, and they who circle round My mighty throne.

=== END BH09427 ===

=== START BH09428 ===

In His name, the Ever-Abiding, the All-Subduing over all who are in earth and heaven! The Essence of Eternity bears witness to His Most Great Name that there is none other God but Him. He who hesitates in His Cause is indeed deprived of the Books of God and His grace, and the Scriptures of God and His favors. And he who draws near is verily among His chosen ones amidst His creation and His guides amongst His servants. Upon him shall pray the Concourse on High and the dwellers of the Kingdom of Names, and then those who have arisen to aid the Cause of God in the realm of creation. Blessed is he who has cast away and taken up that which he was commanded by the Dayspring of Revelation, around Whom circle all that is hidden and veiled.

[Name of addressee not visible on reverse of Tablet]

=== END BH09428 ===

=== START BH09429 ===

O Mirza Haydar-’Ali, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the Mighty, the All-Wise! My tongue, my heart, my innermost being, my limbs, my veins and my very hairs bear witness that verily He is God, the Lord of all worlds. To this testifieth that which hath been sent down in His Manifest Book. Verily he who hath borne witness to that which God hath testified is accounted among them that are nigh unto God in a luminous Book. And he who hath attained unto the fragrances of these days is assuredly among the denizens of Paradise in My Preserved Tablet. We have made manifest the Point and have expounded it until there appeared books which none can reckon save the All-Knowing. Whoso hath gained knowledge of them hath gained knowledge through the power of God and His sovereignty which overshadoweth all who are in the heavens and on earth. When thou hearest the Call, render thanks unto thy Lord, the All-Informed.

=== END BH09429 ===

=== START BH09430 ===

O Siyyid Muhammad-’Ali, who hath attained unto the name of the Beloved of the world! The morn of hope hath dawned, and the dawn of this Day is manifest, and the Most Exalted Pen uttereth this blessed word: God willing, on this luminous day may all faces turn unto the divine countenance and partake of the true wine. This is the time for deeds and the season of joy. They who are endued with insight today gaze with utmost gladness upon the Most Great Prospect, and are so enraptured by the wine of recognition that they regard all else but God as non-existent and count aught save the Friend as null. How excellent is the state of him who hath attained unto this most exalted station and who hath established himself upon the throne of steadfastness. We bear witness that he is of them that have turned and have quaffed the wine of revelation from the hand of the bounty of their Lord, the All-Informed.

=== END BH09430 ===

=== START BH09432 ===

O Aqa Buzurg, upon him be the Glory of God! In the name of the one incomparable Lord! Blessed is the soul who, in this day of darkness when the fire of the oppressors’ passions is aflame, adorns itself with the lights of the dawning of divine justice and, by the leave of the All-Merciful, drinks from the living waters - in such wise that neither the world itself nor the acceptance or rejection of its peoples can prevent it or deprive it of the fragrances of the days of God. We have heard thy mention and have remembered thee in this Most Sublime, Most Holy, Most Exalted Tablet. We beseech God to aid thee in that which befitteth the Day of God. Take hold of the Book by thy Lord’s leave and say: This sufficeth me and sufficeth all who dwell in the heavens and the earth.

=== END BH09432 ===

=== START BH09434 ===

Blessed is he who seeketh shelter beneath the shade of the Branch of God, his Lord and the Lord of the Throne and the Lord of all the worlds. O My Branch! Be thou as the spring cloud of My loving-kindness, then shower upon all things in My wondrous Name. O My Branch! We have chosen thee by virtue of Him Who is the Chosen One choosing thee. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O God of the worlds! O Greater Branch! We have chosen thee for the triumph of My Cause. Arise to achieve a wondrous triumph. Subdue the cities of names through My Name, the Sovereign over all that He willeth. O thou Ocean! Surge by My Name, the All-Compelling, the Most Great. Open thou the cities of hearts through My Name, the Best-Beloved, the Mighty, the Impregnable. Every deed hath been made dependent upon thy love. Blessed is he who hath attained unto that which his Lord, the All-Knowing, hath willed. Blessed is he who hath heard thy call and turned to thee out of love for God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH09434 ===

=== START BH09437 ===

He, the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing

O son of Af, His Eminence Siyyid Aqa, upon him be the glory of God! The world hath been encompassed by the dark dust of oppression, and they have arisen to perpetrate a tyranny that hath had and hath no like or equal. Those who have come for the life of the peoples of the world have been condemned to death by their decree. Soon will the luminary of justice shine forth from the horizon of the heaven of divine providence. Then shall they find themselves in manifest error. The loved ones of God, who have appeared solely for the reformation of the world, have been reckoned among the corrupt. They have prepared for themselves a consuming fire. Grieve thou not. Rather, rejoice in My remembrance of thee and be of the thankful. And say: Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH09437 ===

=== START BH09438 ===

Another petition: Convey my expressions of nothingness and evanescence to His Honor Ism’ullah Javad, upon him be the Most Glorious Beauty of God, and likewise to His Honor Zayn, upon him be the Glory of God, from the people of B. In these days a petition from them has reached the Most Holy Court. It is hoped that an answer will be sent down from the heaven of grace. God willing, all matters have appeared and will appear according to desire. If until now all had acted according to what has flowed from the Supreme Pen, all would have found themselves in the cradle of peace, security and greatest rest. The Glory be upon you and upon them from God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Servant 19 J First Year 1298.

=== END BH09438 ===

=== START BH09439 ===

He is God! The cause of the creation of all contingent beings has been love, as is referred to in the well-known tradition which says: “I was a Hidden Treasure and I loved to be known, and therefore I created the creation that I might be known.” Therefore, all must come together at the stream of divine love in such wise that not the slightest trace of variance can be detected among the friends and companions. All must gaze upon love and move in perfect unity, such that no disagreement whatsoever may be observed between any souls. In good and evil, profit and loss, hardship and ease, all must be partners. God willing, we hope that the breeze of unity will waft from the City of the Lord of all beings and clothe all in the garment of oneness and love and detachment.

=== END BH09439 ===

=== START BH09440 ===

He is the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting

O servant! Bear thou witness, as God did witness before the creation of the heavens and the earth and before He created the glorifying angels, that He is the One God, Single, Self-Sufficient, Whom the support of those who turn unto Him cannot exalt nor the rejection of those who turn away from Him harm, and that Ali is His splendor and His light unto all created things. Beware lest thou break God’s Covenant, and remain steadfast in thy pledge. Then give thanks unto God, thy Creator, for having remembered thee in this remote prison, and for having taught thee to know His Self, and sent down unto thee a noble Book. Verily He hath sent it down in truth from God, the Lord of the worlds. The Spirit and Glory and Splendor rest upon thee and upon the sincere ones.

=== END BH09440 ===

=== START BH09441 ===

In the Name of the Mighty, the Luminous! Glorified be He Who created all things by His command and ordained the measures of every matter in a Preserved Tablet of might, and established therein the laws of the Cause through the tongue of the Messengers aforetime - and this is a known truth - and commanded them in the Book with that which would draw them near to a most praiseworthy sanctuary of holiness, and forbade them from all that would veil them from the beauty of God, the Mighty, the Supreme, the Self-Subsisting. Therefore, O people of the Bayan, forsake all that ye have been forbidden and then act according to that which ye have been commanded in a preserved Book of might from the Pen of the Beloved of might - this is better for you than all that ye hear. And the Spirit be upon thee and upon those who turn towards the Beauty of Holiness.

=== END BH09441 ===

=== START BH09442 ===

He is the Preserver

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Beauty that shineth forth in the dominion of grandeur, and by Thy Light that appeareth in the kingdom of eternity, and by Thy Most Exalted Name, to preserve this one who hath believed in Thee and in Thy mighty signs. Aid him, then, with Thy succor, and make firm, O my God, his footsteps upon this […] through Thy power, and teach him through Thy sovereignty, and cause him to enter into the shelter of Thy mercy beneath the shadow of Thy countenance. Then preserve him, O my God, in the depths of the seas and their waves and their billows, for Thou, verily, hast power over all things.

[In the phrase “…make firm, O my God, his footsteps upon this through Thy power…” there is a gap between the word “this” and “through Thy power” in the copied manuscript and no other manuscript is available]

=== END BH09442 ===

=== START BH09444 ===

He is God! Glory be unto Thee, O my God! This is Thy servant and the son of Thy servant who was moved toward the depths of the oceans of Thy grace, and who in his youth traveled from his homeland seeking to attain Thy presence, and traversed the path until he entered beneath the throne of proof and attained the light of nearness in the court of mighty glory and the radiance of the Beautiful One. Therefore I ask Thee, O my God, to give him to drink of the milk of Thy bounty so that he may raise the standards of Thy victory [in his youth] and arise in his maturity to serve Thy Cause, just as he arose in his youth at Thy command, that Thy proof concerning him may be fulfilled and that the breezes of nearness may take hold of him through Thy grace. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest, and Thou art the Best-Beloved.

=== END BH09444 ===

=== START BH09446 ===

He is the Mighty! Glorified art Thou, O my God! This is Thy servant who, when the fragrances of the holy breeze of Thy Sovereign Oneness wafted forth, sought intercession through the Manifestations of the glory of Thy Lordship, and fled from himself and from all else save Thee unto the wondrous grace of the King of Thy forgiveness. He claimeth to have turned away from self and passion unto Thy most glorious, most gracious and most enduring realms, and from his own will unto Thy will, and from his good pleasure unto Thy good pleasure. Therefore, send down upon him that which will preserve him from all that would keep him from the shore of Thy submission and Thy command. Then send upon him that which will purify his heart from the remembrance of aught else besides Thee, that he may become pure in Thy love, sincere in his devotion to Thee, and obedient to Thy decree. Verily Thou art the Mighty, the Forgiving. Verily Thou art the Generous, the Kind.

=== END BH09446 ===

=== START BH09447 ===

Glorified art Thou, O my God, my Beloved and my King! Thou seest my poverty and neediness, then my distress and anguish and my tribulation before both the loved ones and the enemies. Praise be to Thee, O my God, for Thy decree and destiny, and thanks be to Thee, O my Lord, for Thy management and execution. We bear witness that Thou art the One praised in Thy deeds, the Ruler in Thy Cause, the Sovereign in Thy dominion, and Thou art powerful over all things. Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou didst manifest Thy Beauty, perfect Thy Cause, exalt Thy proof, elevate Thy names and reveal Thy attributes, that Thou mayest cause Thy servants to ascend unto the station wherein they behold Thee upon the throne of Thy majesty and the seat of Thy glory. Verily, Thou art powerful and wise over all things.

=== END BH09447 ===

=== START BH09448 ===

O Rajab-’Ali, who hath attained! He is the All-Knowing, the All-Powerful. The divine favor hath encompassed thee. Thou didst attain the presence of the Most Holy Court and wert honored with attaining His presence. Thou must, God willing, act according to that which He loveth and is pleased with. Man must needs possess human qualities. Through God’s loving-kindness, all the friends must manifest goodly deeds and spiritual qualities. Every good deed is today, and shall continue to be, the cause of the exaltation of His Cause. Convey to all the friends greetings from God, and say: The Wronged One of the world remembereth you from the prison of the people of discord, and calleth you unto trustworthiness, truthfulness, steadfastness and fidelity. The glory be upon you and upon him who heareth and respondeth.

=== END BH09448 ===

=== START BH09449 ===

In His Name, Who prevaileth over all names! In the mornings I remember Thee, in the evenings I call upon Thee, and throughout the days I praise Thee. Wouldst Thou, O my God, turn away this thirsty one from the living waters? And wouldst Thou forbid the seeker from the Kawthar of reunion, O Thou in Whose hand is the reins of all creation? I beseech Thee by the lights of Thy countenance and by the mysteries of Thy Cause that Thou purify me with the waters of sanctification, that I may become worthy of Thy remembrance and befitting of Thy praise. O Lord! Thou seest and hearest my yearning and my turning to Thee, my longing and my desire, my supplication and my imploring. I ask of Thee to ordain for me the reward of those who have attained unto Thy recognition and followed Thy commandments. Verily Thou art the One Who hath power over whatsoever Thou willest, and within Thy grasp is the kingdom of creation and command. Verily Thou art powerful over all things.

=== END BH09449 ===

=== START BH09450 ===

He is the One Who standeth through His own Name, the Self-Subsisting, at all times. We make mention of God, the Goal of all worlds. In all days doth move the Pen of the Lord of all names that hearts may be attracted by its traces, and in every night doth speak the tongue of Revelation that perchance men may attain certitude through God’s verses. The very rock hath testified to the Lord of all creation, yet the people understand not. By My life! The heart findeth no rest save through that which attracteth it to the verses of its Lord, and the spirit soareth in its longing to attain His presence, and the tongue is never stilled from the remembrance of God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. We have manifested the Cause and sent down the verses - blessed are they who hear! We have illumined the horizon of utterance with the sun of thy Lord’s remembrance, the Most Merciful, that thou mayest give thanks unto God, the Lord of the seen and the unseen.

=== END BH09450 ===

=== START BH09451 ===

He is the Hearing, the Answering One!

The Point of the Bayan, Who heralded to the world My appearance, hath said: “Should He come with a verse, reject Him not.” Yet the people of the Bayan rejected Me after I came unto them from the Orient of divine knowledge with verses that all the books of the world cannot match, as attesteth He Who possesseth a perspicuous Book. They have violated God’s Covenant and His Testament by following every impious one who hath turned away from the Truth. Verily, they are wrapped in a thick veil. Say: O people! God hath sent down unto you His verses and made manifest unto you His straight Path. Fear ye the All-Merciful, and follow not every cawing one who hath disbelieved in God, the Mighty, the Praised. Thus have We sent down the verses unto thee and revealed that wherefrom the sincere ones perceive the fragrance of the loving-kindness of their Lord, the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous.

=== END BH09451 ===

=== START BH09452 ===

In His Name, the Answerer, the All-Knowing! The Hour hath come, and the Trumpet hath been sounded, and the Balance proclaimeth: “I am the Discerner, the All-Knowing. I make manifest and reveal before the face of the world the deeds of the peoples, and I am the Witness, the All-Informed. Not a single atom remaineth but I have brought it forth, and I am the Just, the Upright. The hand of justice hath made me to stand erect in the days of God, the Lord of the worlds. This is the day wherein the Trump resoundeth and the Bell ringeth out and the Trumpet proclaimeth: ‘The Kingdom is God’s, the Possessor of this wondrous Day.’ O thou who hearkeneth! When thou art blessed to hear the Tablet of thy Lord, turn thy face toward the Wronged One and say: ‘May my soul be a sacrifice for Thy tribulations, O Thou Who hast spent all that Thou hadst in the path of God, the Exalted, the Great.’”

=== END BH09452 ===

=== START BH09453 ===

In the Name of the All-Powerful, the Almighty! The Hidden hath appeared and the Concealed hath been revealed. The Speaker of the Mount hath spoken, yet the people hear not. They have followed their own desires and turned away from God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. Heedlessness hath so seized them that they see yet recognize not. They have lost who followed every idle clamourer, who hath debarred them from God, the Lord of the seen and the unseen. O loved ones of the All-Merciful in all lands! Leave the world behind you and hold fast to the cord of steadfastness in such wise that the pillars of them who have disbelieved in God, the Lord of the Kingdom and of the realm above, shall shake. This is the Day of certitude, did ye but know it, and this is the Day of arising, did ye but understand. Cast behind you idle fancies, turning unto the Mighty, the Well-Beloved.

=== END BH09453 ===

=== START BH09454 ===

O Mulla Haydar of Zarqan! The Most Great, the Most Glorious! The Day hath come wherein He Who gave utterance to this wise Remembrance was raised up, wherein the Call was lifted up in remembrance of the Lord of Names, and wherein the realities of all things were stirred in that wondrous Day. He spoke at the beginning of His Manifestation through this Name, whereby God shed His radiance upon all who are in the heavens and on earth. He counseled all to hold fast to this hidden Name and gave them glad tidings of this wise Remembrance. Blessed is he who fulfilled his covenant and did not break God’s compact - he is assuredly among the triumphant. It behooveth every soul to remember Him on the day of His Manifestation and thereby render thanks unto his Lord, the Mighty, the Wise. Thus have We sent down the verses and dispatched them unto thee as a token of Our grace, that thou mayest be of them that render praise.

=== END BH09454 ===

=== START BH09455 ===

He is the Truth, there is no God but Him.

Sorrows have encompassed Us to such a degree that all the pens of the world are powerless to recount them. To this beareth witness the Lord of Eternity, and behind Him every fair-minded and discerning one. O people of Baha! The Wronged One counseleth you concerning that whereby the Cause of God will be exalted amongst His servants. Verily, He is the All-Knowing Counsellor. Say: O peoples of the earth, cast away your vain imaginings. The Lord of all mankind hath turned towards you with a beauteous countenance. Beware lest the conditions of creation hold you back from the Truth. Cast away what the people possess and take what ye are commanded in the Book of God, the Lord of the worlds. Thus hath the Tongue spoken in the Kingdom of utterance. Blessed is he who hath heard and acted, and woe unto the heedless ones.

=== END BH09455 ===

=== START BH09456 ===

The rustling of the Divine Lote-Tree and the cooing of the Dove of Oneness have been raised amidst creation, yet the people hear not, save those who have been granted a hearing ear by God, the Lord of what was and what shall be. How many a servant drew nigh, detached from the world, and heard the call of God, the Self-Subsisting, the All-Compelling; and how many a servant was debarred from the Water of Life by reason of that which his hands had formerly wrought. Verily He is the One Who requiteth with justice, and verily He is the Truth, the Knower of things unseen. We turn unto him who hath turned unto God, and We make mention of him in such wise that his remembrance shall endure throughout the kingdom of earth and heaven.

=== END BH09456 ===

=== START BH09457 ===

The Most Great, the Most Holy

We have desired to make mention of one of Our maidservants who has believed in God, the Sovereign, the Mighty, the All-Praised, and to give her once again to drink of the Living Waters. Verily We are powerful over all things. O My handmaiden! Rejoice thou in My remembrance, then remember thy Lord at morn and eventide. Let not the tribulations of the world cause thee grief. Behold what hath befallen thy Lord, the Creator of the heavens, through that which the hands of the oppressors have wrought. Drink thou at all times from the Salsabil of divine knowledge from the chalices of the bounties of thy Lord, the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful. We make mention of all who have turned unto God and remember their Lord, the Almighty, the All-Powerful. Thus have the verses been sent down as a token of Our grace upon thee, that thou mayest be of those who are thankful, in a perspicuous Tablet.

=== END BH09457 ===

=== START BH09458 ===

He is established upon the throne! The horizon of utterance has been illumined, and the Lord of all possibility calls out amidst the world and summons all peoples to His straight path. Therefore have the divines opposed Him - among them are those who pronounced judgment against Him and those who disputed the verses of God, the All-Possessing, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Say: O people! That which you possess will profit you not. Abandon vain imaginings, turning unto God, the Lord of all beings. Thus does He command you, from Whose presence has come down a perspicuous Book. Your mention has been made before the throne, and there has been sent down for you that which shall profit you in the hereafter and in this world, shouldst thou be of them that are steadfast. Give thanks unto God for this most great favor, then make mention of Him amongst His heedless servants, that they may perceive the fragrance of the Intended One and turn unto the One, the All-Informed.

=== END BH09458 ===

=== START BH09459 ===

In the Name of the Mighty, the All-Praised! We have sent down the verses and manifested the clear proofs, yet most of the people remain heedless. Verily, he who hath been illumined by the light of the Countenance is of the people of this glorious horizon. Blessed is he who, being far, hath drawn nigh, and the thirsty one who hath turned to the Salsabil of the mercy of his Lord, the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful. Had the people known, they would not have cast the Command of God behind their backs, nor would they have hesitated in this Cause, unto which have turned the Concourse on High and the dwellers of Paradise and those whom none knoweth save God, the Lord of all worlds. Say: O people! Deprive not yourselves of this most great bounty, nor follow every ignorant remote one. Thus have We wafted unto thee a fragrance from the fragrances of thy Lord, that thou mayest give thanks unto thy Ancient Master.

=== END BH09459 ===

=== START BH09460 ===

In the Name of Him Who holdeth dominion over earth and heaven! The world hath been renewed through the appearance of the Ancient King with His Most Great Name, yet the people know it not. The Hidden One hath been made manifest and informeth mankind of that which profiteth them in both this world and the next, yet most among the people know it not. The world hath been stirred by the breezes of the Ancient of Days, and the Spirit hath proclaimed in the Tablet with its most exalted call, yet most among the people understand not. O My handmaiden! Hearken unto My call from the direction of My prison. There is none other God but Me, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. Give thanks, for My Pen hath been moved to remember thee and this tongue to speak thy name, the Mighty, the Well-Beloved. Thus hath the Dove warbled upon the boughs of eternity. Blessed is he that heareth, and woe unto them that turn away.

=== END BH09460 ===

=== START BH09461 ===

O Professor Jabbar! He is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed Speaker. My Most Exalted Pen hath been saddened by those who have committed that which was forbidden in the Book. We have forbidden all from approaching this station. Among them are those who have cast aside God’s command and those who have followed what was ordained in the Tablets. Blessed is he who hath held fast to the command, and woe to every heedless doubter. We love those who have made their hopes the good-pleasure of God, the Lord of the worlds, and who follow His laws with spirit and fragrance. Whoso hath recognized God will not transgress what God hath revealed in the Scrolls and Tablets. Grieve thou not over anything. Rather, rejoice in the remembrance of thy Lord, then do what thou hast been commanded by God, the Lord of all beings.

=== END BH09461 ===

=== START BH09462 ===

He is the One Powerful over whatsoever He willeth!

The Ancient Beauty hath turned His countenance from His Most Great Prison toward those who have drunk the choice wine of life in the name of the Lord of Religions–He Who proclaimeth throughout all possibility: “Verily, there is none other God but Me, the Almighty, the All-Choosing.” Let those who have drawn nigh rejoice with the most great joy, and let the sincere ones be set ablaze in such wise that neither the denial of the divines nor the objection of the learned shall quench them. They shall speak forth at all times amidst the peoples of all religions with wisdom and utterance, and shall remind humanity of this Promised One through Whom the countenance of the Intended One hath appeared and the horizons have been illumined. Rejoice ye in God and His sovereignty, despite those who disbelieved when the Promise came and the proof appeared. Give thanks unto God for having sent down unto thee this Remembrance whereby hearts have been illumined and eyes have been solaced.

=== END BH09462 ===

=== START BH09463 ===

In the Name of God! The Everlasting One Who knoweth no death! They have imprisoned Us in a city whose air is foul, wherein naught can be perceived save fever and wherein no sound is heard from its outskirts save the bleating of sheep. Though outwardly We are in straits, affliction and abasement, inwardly We find Ourselves in expansion, ease, amplitude and a glory that no glory of the worlds can equal. Say: Tribulation shall not deter Us from that which We have purposed, nor shall destiny prevent Us from that which We have been bidden. Can the crowing of the raven prevent the warbling of the dove? Nay, by my Lord, the All-Merciful! She warbleth upon the twigs of the Divine Lote-Tree and giveth glad tidings unto them that are nigh and unto the sincere ones. The hosts of the heedless shall not prevent her, and praise be to God, the Beloved of the mystics.

=== END BH09463 ===

=== START BH09465 ===

He is the All-Seeing, the All-Knowing!

Thy letter hath come before the Wronged One, and We have sent down for thee that which shall gladden eyes. Grieve thou not over the world and its conditions, for it shall pass away, and sovereignty and dominion shall remain with God, the Self-Subsisting, the All-Compelling. This is the Day whereof the Books of God, the Mighty, the Loving, have spoken. There is no Book but hath given glad tidings of it, and no Messenger but hath announced this Promised Day. Blessed is the strong one whom the conditions of creation have not deterred, and the seeing one who hath turned with his heart to the Praiseworthy Station. Be thou steadfast in the Cause and patient in adversity. Verily, He sendeth down whatsoever He willeth. There is no God but Him, the Truth, the Knower of things unseen.

=== END BH09465 ===

=== START BH09466 ===

He who circumambulated My Throne has presented a book wherein was the mention of My loved ones. We have made mention of each one of them as a token of grace from Us, and verily I am the All-Bountiful. O Muhammad-Kazim! We have observed thy book before, and before that, and thou hast attained unto My mention time and again. Be thankful unto God for this supreme gift. There is no God but Him, the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting. The glory be upon thee and upon thy family from God, the Lord of Lords. O Abdul-Hussein! The Wronged One makes mention of thee from the prison’s precincts, and counsels thee to remember God and [His praise] and that whereby His Cause, the Guardian over all lands, may be exalted. We make mention of thy brothers and give them the glad-tidings of My mercy which has preceded the earth and the heavens.

=== END BH09466 ===

=== START BH09467 ===

The Most Ancient, the Most Great

The Cock of the Throne has crowed at the settling of the All-Merciful upon the thrones of possibility. O heedless ones! The Lord of Names has come and My manifestation with grandeur and power is more excellent than the worship of all created things and that which the Daysprings of Names, the dwellers in the cities of eternity, and the Concourse on High have done. This is what hath been decreed in truth in the Hidden Tablet which hath been sealed with the seal of protection from One All-Knowing, All-Wise. Hasten, O people of earth, toward the precincts of the Throne with hearts wherein naught is remembered save His beauteous remembrance. Rejoice in this Most Great Day. By God! The eye of creation hath never seen its like. Then remember Him with such remembrance as will attract the hearts of the mystics.

=== END BH09467 ===

=== START BH09468 ===

He is the All-Knowing!

He who emigrated to God, who traversed land and sea until he arrived and heard the Call of the Wronged One in prison, hath made mention of thee. We make mention of thee in this wondrous Tablet, that thou mayest give thanks unto thy Lord Who created thee and forgave thee and made thee know His straight Path. Blessed is he who hath been imprisoned in My path, who hath found the fragrance of My loving-kindness, and who hath attained unto My mention and My Tablet, the luminous, the resplendent. O Murtada! We counsel thee and those who have believed to be steadfast in this Cause whereby all things have proclaimed: “The Kingdom belongeth unto God, the Lord of the worlds!” Glory be upon thee and upon those whom the cawing of them that have denied the Day of Judgment hath not prevented. Thus hath the Pen spoken in the Most Great Prison. Blessed is he who hath heard, and woe unto them that deny, and unto every ignorant doubter.

=== END BH09468 ===

=== START BH09469 ===

In the Name of God, the Self-Subsisting, the Everlasting! The eye of this Youth hath beheld what no eye hath beheld from time immemorial. His ear hath heard what no ear of the Prophets and Messengers hath heard. Hast thou ever heard of kings gathering together to destroy a single soul? By thy Lord! Were thou to be of them that are assured, I declare that were all who are in the heavens and on earth to gather together to destroy and eliminate Me, yet would I proclaim at all times that I am the Beauty of God unto all who are in the heavens and on earth. The clamor of those on earth who have turned away is to Me but as the buzzing of flies or the braying of donkeys. Erelong will this Youth come forth adorned with the ornament of God, the Sovereign, the Mighty, the Great.

=== END BH09469 ===

=== START BH09470 ===

O Mirza Fadlu’llah! We have adorned the Night of Power with the letter “H” that the people of Baha may attain certitude through this Most Great, Supreme Name. Through it was the Qur’an adorned aforetime, and when combined with “V” the number six appears, if ye be of them that understand. Blessed is he who hath clung to it, detached from all the worlds. Verily it is the Hidden Mystery wherewith have been adorned the Books of God, the Almighty, the All-Powerful, the All-Glorious, the Most Bountiful. Through it were ordained the measures of all things in the Tablets and every wise command made distinct. They who have turned away, these are accounted among the wrongdoers, and they who have turned towards it, these are among the gems of creation - We bear witness that they are of them that are brought nigh. Know ye, O My loved ones, what We have bestowed upon you through Our grace, and be ye of the thankful ones.

=== END BH09470 ===

=== START BH09471 ===

He is the Ever-Abiding

God hath heard that thou hast taken up residence in a new place and established thyself in a wondrous station. By God! How excellent is your station in the most exalted Paradise and your seat within the all-glorious pavilion! We beseech God to sanctify your hearts from the mention of aught else but Him, to purify your station from all that His good-pleasure abhorreth, to aid you to remain firm in His love and to arise to serve Him, to bless this wondrous station for you, and to send down upon you that which is best for you. Verily, He is most knowing of all matters and their outcome. We have sent thee an apple that thou mayest inhale from it the fragrance of the Beloved and the breath of the Adored One. Share thou this among thy brothers, and in this sharing be praiseworthy and just, and be not an rejected oppressor.

=== END BH09471 ===

=== START BH09472 ===

In the name of Him before Whose fear all are struck with terror! God hath heard thy cry and answereth thee from the direction of His Throne. Hearken unto that which is being revealed unto thee. He is verily none other but God - His is the majesty and the glory. He giveth unto whomsoever He willeth whatsoever He pleaseth. He is in truth the Almighty, the All-Powerful. Grieve not over this world. Rather, rejoice in this Most Great Name, the Most Mighty. Despair not of God’s grace and bounty. He sendeth down for whomsoever He loveth that which is best for him. He is verily the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful. Be thou steadfast in thy love for God, then make mention of Him and He verily maketh mention of thee in this Prison - the place wherefrom ascend and descend the angels that are nigh unto God. Say: All praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH09472 ===

=== START BH09473 ===

O Mirza Asadu’llah, upon whom be the Glory of God! He is the One Who remembers in the prison. The Wronged One hath heard thy verses in remembrance and praise of God. We beseech Him to ordain for thee a reward from His presence, for He is the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous. Two Tablets were previously sent specially to Aqa Muhammad Isma’il, upon whom be My Glory, and to thee. Verily He hath remembered you and doth remember you, and He is the Compassionate, the Mighty, the All-Knowing. We beseech Him, exalted be He, to assist you through the means of the heavens and the earth and to draw you nigh unto Him. Verily He is the Protector of those who turn unto Him. Permission was previously granted for the journey of Aqa Muhammad Isma’il and thyself, however it must be carried out according to the requirements of wisdom. Verily He doth not withhold from His loved ones, and He is the Compassionate, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH09473 ===

=== START BH09474 ===

O Jinab-i-Haji Husayn-’Ali, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the All-Seeing, the All-Informed. We have heard thy mention and witnessed thy enkindlement in the love of God, the Lord of the mighty throne. We have remembered thee in a Tablet from whose horizon hath shone forth the Sun of thy Lord’s loving-kindness, the Lord of all worlds. Say: O my God and my Lord! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, the All-Subduing above all names, and by the Ark that hath sailed upon the sea through Thy Most Great and Most Glorious Name, to assist me in Thy remembrance and praise and in the service of Thy Cause. O Lord! Increase my longing and steadfastness in this Cause whereby the foundations were shaken and the hearts of the deniers were perturbed. O Lord! Deprive me not of that which lieth with Thee, and ordain for me what Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen ones. Verily, Thou art the Almighty over what Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09474 ===

=== START BH09475 ===

O Baqir, Most Holy of the Most Holy! We have heard what you called out to the Wronged One when He was in the midst of the idolaters, and We discovered from your call the fragrance of your love for the Lord of all worlds. Blessed be your tongue for having moved in praise of your Lord, and your breast for having been illumined by the lights of love for this radiant and luminous Beauty. We beseech God to assist you at all times to remember and praise Him, and to strengthen you in your steadfastness in what you are engaged in. Verily, He is the All-Powerful, the Almighty. Blessed are you, for We found your letter sanctified from mention of any but Me. This befits those who have in this Day acknowledged this wondrous Cause - that they remember the One Who hath remembered them and exalt the one who hath bowed before His sovereignty and power. Verily, He is the Most Merciful of the merciful. The glory be upon you and upon God’s sincere servants.

=== END BH09475 ===

=== START BH09476 ===

He is the Hearer, the Answering One! We have heard thy call and have remembered thee. Verily thy Lord is the All-Remembering, the All-Knowing. Hold thou fast unto the cord of thy Lord’s loving-kindness, and say: O God of the world and desire of the nations! I beseech Thee by the Name through which the sincere ones have soared, and the near ones have drawn nigh, and the faithful have spoken, to aid me to know Thee and to arise to serve Thee. O my Lord! The breezes of Thy verses have stirred me in Thy days, and I have turned to the Kaaba of Thy knowledge. I beseech Thee to disappoint me not of that which is with Thee and which Thou hast ordained for the sincere ones among Thy servants. O my Lord! Thou seest one powerless who hath clung to the cord of Thy strength, and one ignorant who hath sought the ocean of Thy knowledge. Send down, then, from the heaven of Thy mercy that which will sanctify him from all else save Thee and draw him nigh unto Thee. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09476 ===

=== START BH09477 ===

He is the Manifest, the Concealed

The atoms have testified to that which My tongue hath testified in My prison - that there is none other God but Me, the All-Knowing Speaker. We have accepted tribulations for the salvation of the world, yet the peoples remain wrapped in a thick veil. They have denied the Most Great Book and have disputed with the sovereignty of the verses when it appeared with a manifest light. They have cast the Beloved behind their backs and followed every remote scholar. Cast aside the divines - by God’s life, they are the worshippers of vain imaginings. To this hath testified the Supreme Pen of God in His wondrous Paradise. Turn ye towards the supreme horizon - by God, from it hath shone forth the Sun of Knowledge with a light that hath illumined all who are in the heavens and on earth. Thus hath sung the tongue of the All-Merciful upon the branches of divine knowledge. Blessed are they that hearken, and woe unto them that turn away.

=== END BH09477 ===

=== START BH09478 ===

O handmaid of God, sister of one who hath migrated and attained! He is the Witness, the Witnessed One! The dawn hath broken and the cock hath crowed, and the nightingale warbleth upon the branches. The kingdom is God’s, the Mighty, the Bestower! We make mention of every servant who hath turned unto God and every handmaid who hath attained unto the Most Great Word when it appeared from God, the Lord of Lords. Rejoice, O My handmaid, in My remembrance, then render thanks for the bounty of thy Lord Who, when He appeared, caused hearts to tremble and foundations to quake. Beware lest anything prevent thee from the remembrance of thy Lord. Leave behind what is with the people and take hold of this Book through a power from thy Lord, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful. Thus doth the Lord of all beings teach thee in the prison fortress of ’Akka. He, verily, is the Mighty, the All-Forgiving.

=== END BH09478 ===

=== START BH09479 ===

Abadih. O ’Ali-Akbar! He is the Grieved, the Wronged One. The great terror hath appeared through that which the hands of the oppressors have wrought. All things have lamented by reason of the lamentation of the Apostle in the Most Exalted Paradise, while the people are in manifest error. They slay the children of the Apostle and enter the mosques, and they reckon themselves among the doers of good. O thou who hast turned toward the Throne! Hearken unto My call from around My prison. Verily, there is no God but Him, the Recompenser, the All-Wise. Turn not unto the world and its days and affairs. Remember thou the Ever-Abiding, the All-Knowing. Give thanks unto God for having aided thee and drawn thee near until thou didst attain to the recognition of the Manifestation of His mighty Cause. Thus hath the tongue of the Wronged One spoken when He turned toward thee from this glorious station.

=== END BH09479 ===

=== START BH09480 ===

The Most Ancient, the Most Great. The Light hath appeared from the horizon of Sinai and the Mount, crying out: “Praise be unto Thee, O Beloved of the worlds, for that Thou hast found the fragrance of reunion from the garment of Thy Name, the Near One.” All things today bear witness that sovereignty belongeth unto God, the Creator of heaven, yet the people remain in a mighty veil. They who have rent asunder the veils, these are they who have attained unto the presence of God in the final goal - yea, these are they who have attained. Among the people is he who is held back by wealth from his final end, and among them is he who is occupied with women, heedless of God, the Lord of the Exalted Throne. Blessed is the strong one who hath broken the idol of vain imaginings, turning unto the All-Powerful, the Most High. By My life! He is of them by whom the eyes of the sincere ones are consoled. And upon thee and upon him be glory from the presence of the Mighty, the Praiseworthy.

=== END BH09480 ===

=== START BH09482 ===

The Most Great, the Most Glorious! The signs have appeared and the verses have been sent down, yet the people are in a strange stupor. O people! Follow not those who have followed vain imaginings and turned away from God, the Lord of the Mighty Throne. Abandon idle fancies. By My life! The sun of knowledge hath dawned from the horizon of certitude. Rend asunder the veils of allusion by God’s leave, the Creator of the heavens, and abandon those ascetics who have denied God, then take fast hold of My strong cord. This is a day wherein every one who advanceth gaineth, and every doubting denier loseth. Be thou thankful unto thy Lord for having remembered thee before the Throne and revealed unto thee this wondrous Tablet. Say: O people! He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth. Reflect that ye may recognize this Most Wondrous, Most Exalted, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09482 ===

=== START BH09483 ===

He is the Ruler over whatsoever He willeth! The Most Exalted Word hath appeared, and through it the Dove hath warbled upon the Lote Tree beyond which there is no passing. Verily He is He. Turn ye unto Him and be not of the patient ones. Among the people are those who have turned away from Us, and among them are those who have turned towards Us and drawn nigh until they attained unto the horizon of God, the Mighty, the Wise. Those who have turned away from the Countenance, these are in grievous loss. Soon shall they know what hath escaped them in the vicinity of God, whereupon they shall wail and lament, and shall find for themselves no way. Those who have held fast to the cord of God, these are of them who are nigh unto Him. God will assist them with a power from His presence and will raise up their names - a promise from God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH09483 ===

=== START BH09484 ===

O Abbas-Ali! He is the Confirmer, the Teacher, the All-Wise! We have taught you in the Tablets that which caused the Concourse on High to rejoice. Blessed is he who follows what he has been commanded by the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Say: O people! Follow not your vain imaginings, nor take the property of others wrongfully, nor dispute with anyone. He, verily, is the Powerful, the Commander, the All-Informed. Be emblems of guidance among all creatures and manifestations of the favors of your Lord, the Kind, the Merciful. Blessed art thou for having attained unto the days of God and the recognition of His Self. Verily, He sees whosoever turns to Him and hears the call of those who have directed themselves to the Dayspring of His Cause and are among the firmly established ones. Give thanks unto God for having been mentioned by the tongue of the Dayspring of His Cause, the Luminous, the Resplendent.

=== END BH09484 ===

=== START BH09485 ===

O Maryam Sultan Bigum, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Glorious! Thy letter hath attained unto the Most Great Horizon as the Lord of Destiny walketh and uttereth verses whereby the Concourse on High hath been made joyous and the dwellers of the cities of names have been attracted. Verily thy Lord is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Grieve thou not over anything. Put thy trust in God. He is with His steadfast handmaidens and His sincere servants. He hath ordained for thee that which will rejoice thy heart. He, verily, fulfilleth the reward of those who turn unto Him with radiant countenance. Remember thou thy Lord throughout all days and say: “I have turned unto Thee, O Lord of the mystics! I beseech Thee to number me among those who circle round Thy throne, then ordain for me that which shall profit me in this world and the next. Verily, Thou art the Answerer, the All-Merciful.”

=== END BH09485 ===

=== START BH09486 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the Goal of the world! That which thou didst send hath reached this Most Great Prison. God willing, through divine bounty in these spiritual days thou wilt be occupied with His remembrance and engaged in His praise. The Sun of God’s loving-kindness hath risen and shone forth from the horizon of grace, and all have been created today for His presence, yet the people of hypocrisy have become a barrier between the loved ones and the dawning of the Daystar of the horizons. Be not saddened by this, but be content and thankful for whatsoever He hath ordained, for verily God is powerful and bestoweth the reward of His presence upon whomsoever He willeth. We make mention of thee and thy father and thy mother as a token of grace from Us. Be thou grateful and numbered with them that praise.

=== END BH09486 ===

=== START BH09487 ===

He is God, the Helper!

In the heaven of divine decree, the tablets of destiny have been ordained, and We have not sent them for wisdom’s sake. Soon We shall send them when God wishes and desires. Be thou assured through thy Lord’s grace, then guard thyself lest the breezes of trials extinguish thy longing, ardor and attraction in these grievous days. Soon there shall come to thee that from which thou shalt find the fragrance of the garment and whereby thy eyes shall be consoled. Thus hath the matter been decreed in the tablets of righteousness. Blessed art thou for having won to this Cause whereby souls have been disturbed and hearts consumed. Be thou steadfast in the love of God, then be content with this draught which We have sent thee from this Most Great Sea, then await what We have promised thee. Verily He doth not fail in His promise.

=== END BH09487 ===

=== START BH09488 ===

He is the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious

O Mirza Mahmud! The eye of the world hath been illumined by the appearance of the Most Great Name, yet the peoples have denied, turned away and objected, save those whom God, the Helper, the All-Knowing, hath willed. The solid rock hath melted away at the verses of the Lord of Names, yet the people remain in manifest delusion. The mountains have soared in their longing to attain the presence of Him Who is the Possessor of Majesty, yet the people of error persist in grievous unbelief. Say: O people! Abandon what ye possess and take what hath been given you from God, the Munificent, the Generous. O thou who gazeth toward My horizon! When thou hearest My call and attaineth unto My Tablet, render thanks and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Thou Who art wronged! I testify that Thou hast spent what Thou didst possess in the path of God, the Exalted, the Great.

=== END BH09488 ===

=== START BH09489 ===

He is God

In His Name, the Most Holy above all Names

We have read your letter and found from it the fragrance of your love for your Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. O My Afnan! We have sheltered you within the pavilion of utterance and have honored your dwelling place. Know ye this station which nothing created on earth can equal. Verily He is the Expositor, the All-Knowing. Say: Glory be to Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Speaking Book, the All-Evident, and by Thy Name which hath dominion over all who are in the heavens and on earth, and by the ocean of Thy mercy and the sun of Thy grace and the heaven of Thy bounty, to make me at all times turned toward Thee and gazing toward the horizon of Thy dawning. Verily Thou art the All-Powerful, the Most Exalted, the Mighty, the Inaccessible.

=== END BH09489 ===

=== START BH09490 ===

He is the Most Great, the Most Holy!

The horizon of utterance hath dawned forth from the Sun of My remembrance, the Mighty, the Inaccessible. We make mention of him who hath turned towards the Countenance, and counsel him with that whereby the Cause of God, the Lord of all worlds, may be uplifted. How many a servant hath turned away from the Countenance, having followed the vain imaginings of those who disbelieved in God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy. Erelong shall he bewail his own self and repent of that which he wrought in these fleeting days. Verily thy Lord is the All-Informed. We have manifested the Cause and sent down the verses, yet the people are in evident doubt. Blessed art thou, inasmuch as the Countenance of the Ancient One hath turned towards thee, and hath sent down unto thee from the Most Great Prison that which consoleth the eyes of them that know. And praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH09490 ===

=== START BH09491 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great! God lamenteth at that which hath been uttered by the most lying of all servants, who hath denied God, the Revealer of verses. He hath pronounced judgment against those whom the Most Exalted Pen hath testified to their sanctity and detachment, and hath said that he hath pronounced judgment against holy souls. Say: What aileth thee, O thou liar, through whose tyranny the veil of the Temple hath been rent asunder and the eyes of the Concourse on high have wept in their most exalted station! Fear God, Who hath created thee and sustained thee and made thee to walk upon the earth. Turn unto Him - verily He is the Ever-Forgiving. We have informed thee of his deed that thou mayest be aware and be enlightened regarding his case. Verily thy Lord is the Mighty, the All-Knowing. We have made mention of thee in the Tablet that thou mayest render thanks unto Him Who possesseth the knowledge of all mysteries.

=== END BH09491 ===

=== START BH09492 ===

The Most Great, the Most Holy:

The Tongue of Ancient Days hath spoken from the Pivot of the world: He is God, there is none other God but Him! And He who hath dawned from the horizon of grandeur, He verily is the Sovereign of Destiny! Through Him hath the Cry been raised and the decree of divine unity established amongst all creation. Were it not for Him, the command of God would not have been revealed among His servants, nor would the Cock of the Throne have crowed. He is God, there is none other God but Him, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting! Blessed is he who hath arisen to serve His Cause, who hath attained unto the cup of His love, who hath spoken in His remembrance and praise, who hath turned toward Him with his heart, who hath stood in His court, and who hath circled round His throne. He is assuredly among the people of Baha in the kingdom of creation. To this beareth witness the Lord of Names and the Creator of heaven. He is, verily, the All-Powerful, the Most Exalted, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH09492 ===

=== START BH09495 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Unapproachable, the Most Holy, the Most Exalted! The Ancient Beauty hath departed from the Land of Mystery, even as was decreed in the Tablet, if ye be of them that understand. And when He departed, the horizons were illumined by His countenance. How wondrous is this fragrance that hath been wafted among the worlds! By My life! The breaths of the verses have encompassed all created things, and they have been sent down at all times from the presence of the All-Merciful. Blessed is the soul that hath inhaled them and circled round them! Were the peoples of the East and West to purify their ears, they would hear them, and thy Lord is verily a witness unto what I say. This bounty is not confined to anyone, but hath encompassed all worlds. Blessed is he who hath turned unto Him, and woe betide them that have turned aside! And praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH09495 ===

=== START BH09496 ===

O handmaid of God! By Him Who shineth from the horizon of possibility! The verses have rained down from the heaven of God’s will and the evidences have appeared in such wise that none deny them save every remote polytheist. The Hidden Mystery hath appeared and the Preserved Tablet been detailed, and they that draw nigh read while the deniers look to the right and to the left, and they are bewildered. We have bestowed the choice wine of life upon all who dwell in the realm of possibility: some have drunk thereof in Our Name, the Self-Subsisting, while others turned away, following their vain imaginings. O My handmaid! Give thanks for God having chosen thee above most men and women who have denied God, the Sovereign, the Self-Subsisting. Hold fast to the cord of God and the handle of His favors. Verily He is with her who hath turned toward the Dayspring of His Cause, the Unalterable, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09496 ===

=== START BH09497 ===

O Muhammad-Baqir! By Him Who is sanctified above all names! We have perceived from thy letter the fragrance of sincerity and have responded to thee through this epistle. It behooveth thee today to arise with supreme steadfastness in the Cause of God, the Lord of all names, in such wise that neither the croaking of them that have disbelieved nor the braying of the evil-doers may cause thee to stumble. Verily the satans lie in wait, and when they find an opportunity they will cause you to slip from the path of God, the Lord of the beginning and the end. Hold ye fast to the hem of the bounty of your Lord, the All-Merciful. He will verily protect you in truth. He is indeed the All-Powerful, the All-Choosing. Say: O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which the fragrance of Thy mercy was wafted throughout all lands, to protect me beneath the shadow of Thy grace and bounty and to ordain for me that which is best in Thy Book. Verily, Thou art the All-Powerful, the Mighty, the All-Bestowing.

=== END BH09497 ===

=== START BH09498 ===

CXXXVIII

O God, and the God of all Names, and Maker of the heavens! I entreat Thee by Thy Name through which He Who is the Day-Spring of Thy might and the Dawning-Place of Thy power hath been manifested, through which every solid thing hath been made to flow, and every dead corpse hath been quickened, and every moving spirit confirmed – I entreat Thee to enable me to rid myself of all attachment to any one but Thee, and to serve Thy Cause, and to wish what Thou didst wish through the power of Thy sovereignty, and to perform what is the good pleasure of Thy will.

I beseech Thee, moreover, O my God, to ordain for me what will make me rich enough to dispense with any one save Thee. Thou seest me, O my God, with my face turned towards Thee, and my hands clinging to the cord of Thy grace. Send down upon me Thy mercy, and write down for me what Thou hast written down for Thy chosen ones. Powerful art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee. No God is there but Thee, the Ever-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH09498 ===

=== START BH09499 ===

In the Name of Him Who has power over what was and what will be! Say: O my God! I am the one who has turned to the Ka’bah of Thy knowledge and the sanctuary of Thy union and meeting, turning away from those who denied Thy proof and disputed Thy signs. I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which the ocean of Thy mercy surged and the fragrance of the garment of Thy grace wafted, and through which the heaven of Thy power was raised up and the sun of Thy might shone forth, to protect me from those who warred against Thy Self and disputed Thy sovereignty. O my Lord! Thou seest the Beast opening wide its mouth and pursuing Thy loved ones who have believed in Thee and Thy signs, and who have turned to the horizon of Thy revelation and inspiration. Deal with it as befitteth Thee. Verily, Thou art the One Who has power over whatsoever Thou willest. There is no God but Thee, the Mighty, the All-Conquering, the Powerful.

=== END BH09499 ===

=== START BH09500 ===

He is the All-Hearing from His most exalted horizon! Say: My God, my God! Thou seest and knowest what hath befallen Thy captives at the hands of the Manifestations of tyranny and the Daysprings of oppression, after they had acknowledged Thy oneness and Thy singleness and Thy greatness and Thy sovereignty and Thy power. I beseech Thee, O King of Kings and Merciful Lord of all who are possessed, by Thy Command through which Thou hast subdued the kingdom of earth and heaven, to assist them to achieve the Most Great Steadfastness, whereby nothing in all the world of creation shall prevent them from drawing nigh unto Thee. O Lord! Thou art He Whose power hath been exalted and Whose sovereignty hath encompassed all things. The happenings of the world cannot frustrate Thee, nor can the clamor of the nations. By Thy power Thou doest what Thou willest and ordainest what Thou pleasest. There is no God but Thee, the Mighty, the All-Praised.

=== END BH09500 ===

=== START BH09501 ===

He is the Hearer, He is the Answerer

Say: O my God, my God! Thy grace hath embraced me, and Thy mercy hath encompassed me, and Thy bounty hath sustained me, and Thy hosts have succored me, and Thy love hath guided me, and Thy yearning hath directed me, and Thy affection hath made me witness, and Thy tenderness hath caused me to know. I beseech Thee, O Thou Who art the Goal of them that know Thee and the Beloved of them that are near unto Thee, by the lights of Thy countenance and the mysteries of Thy knowledge and the pearls of the ocean of Thy wisdom, to ordain for me that which Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen ones and [Thy trustees] who have hastened to Thy most exalted horizon, and have hearkened unto Thy sweetest call, and have testified to that whereunto Thy tongue hath testified, O Lord of all names and Creator of the heavens! Thou art verily the All-Forgiving, and Thou art verily the Kind, and Thou art verily the Most Merciful, and Thou art verily the Compassionate. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Generous, the All-Bountiful, the Most Gracious.

=== END BH09501 ===

=== START BH09502 ===

He is the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting

Say: My God, my God! Praise be to Thee for having created me and sustained me, and made me to know Thy mighty utterance and Thy straight path, and given me to drink from the Kawthar of Thy knowledge through the hands of Thy bounty. O my Lord! I am Thy servant and the son of Thy servant. I beseech Thee by the Light which hath shone forth and gleamed, and by the waves of the ocean of Thy utterance, that Thou write down for me through Thy Most Exalted Pen the good of this world and the world to come. By Thy might, O God of the world and Desire of the nations! I love naught but what Thou lovest, and desire naught but what Thou desirest. I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which all names have bowed down, that Thou aid me in that which will cause Thy Cause to be exalted amongst Thy creation and Thy remembrance amongst Thy servants. Verily, Thou art powerful over all things.

=== END BH09502 ===

=== START BH09503 ===

O Husayn, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the All-Remembering, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God, the God of Names and Creator of Heaven! I beseech Thee by the pearls of the ocean of Thy utterance and Thy mysteries hidden in Thy Book, that Thou assist me to turn towards Thee and to stand firm in Thy love. O my Lord! Aid me to witness among Thy servants that which Thy Most Exalted Pen witnessed before the creation of Thy heaven and earth. Then ordain for me what Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen ones. I am he who, O my God, has aimed for the ultimate goal and the most exalted horizon, and I beseech Thee by the ocean of Thy knowledge and the sun of Thy grace that Thou draw me and Thy servants nigh unto Thee. Verily Thou art the One Who hath power over whatsoever He willeth and in Whose grasp are the keys of heaven. There is none other God but Thee, the Omnipotent, the Most Exalted, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH09503 ===

=== START BH09504 ===

O Javad, upon him be the Glory of God!

In the Name of Him Who heareth and seeth! Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I testify unto that whereunto Thou hast testified for Thine own Self before the creation of all things, that verily Thou art God, no God is there but Thee. Thou hast ever been mighty over all things and supreme over all who are in earth and heaven. Every thing beareth witness to Thy sovereignty and power and bounty and gifts. I beseech Thee to assist me in Thy remembrance and praise, and ordain for me, O my God, that which Thou hast ordained for Thy trusted ones who have immersed themselves in the ocean of Thy good-pleasure and have cast aside their own wills, clinging fast unto Thy Will. Verily Thou art the Almighty, the All-Powerful over what Thou willest, and verily Thou art the Truth, the Knower of things unseen.

=== END BH09504 ===

=== START BH09506 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Glorious!

Say: Glory be to Thee, O my God, O Illuminator of the world and Educator of the nations! I beseech Thee by the Most Great Name, through which the Dove hath warbled and the Divine Lote-Tree hath spoken, to protect me beneath the shade of the Tree of Thy oneness and to confirm me in that which Thou hast decreed in Thy Books and Thy Tablets. O Lord! Praise be to Thee for having remembered me by Thy Most Exalted Pen and caused me to hear Thy Call in my early days when I was in the hands of the wicked ones. I beseech Thee, O Creator of the heavens and Fashioner of all things, not to deprive me of that which is with Thee nor to keep me far from the ocean of Thy nearness. Thou art He Who, through Thy Self-Subsistence, hath been powerful, and, through Thy sovereignty, all-pervading. There is none other God but Thee, the Most High, the All-Bountiful, the Mighty, the Generous.

=== END BH09506 ===

=== START BH09507 ===

Say: Glorified art Thou, O God of earth and heaven! Aid Thy servants to behold with the Supreme Horizon’s gaze, lest the might of fate prevent them from turning to Thy Most Glorious Face. Verily Thou art the Powerful over what Thou willest and the Sovereign over all names. There is no God but Thee, the Omnipotent, the Supreme, the Mighty, the All-Wise. Help ye your Lord, the All-Merciful - soon shall time be rolled up and the Cock of the Throne shall crow upon the branches. Blessed is he who fulfilleth God’s Covenant in days wherein there hath dawned from the horizon of the Bayan the Sun of Wisdom and Exposition, which appeared in His Most Glorious Name in the Kingdom of creation. Thus hath it been ordained by One mighty and great. And praise be to God, the Lord of the Day of Judgment.

=== END BH09507 ===

=== START BH09508 ===

CXXXVII

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I yield Thee thanks that Thou hast made known unto me Him Who is the Day-Spring of Thy mercy, and the Dawning-Place of Thy grace, and the Repository of Thy Cause. I beseech Thee by Thy Name, through which the faces of them that are nigh unto Thee have turned white, and the hearts of such as are devoted to Thee have winged their flight towards Thee, to grant that I may, at all times and under all conditions, lay hold on Thy cord, and be rid of all attachment to any one except Thee, and may keep mine eyes directed towards the horizon of Thy Revelation, and may carry out what Thou hast prescribed unto me in Thy Tablets.

Attire, O my Lord, both my inner and outer being with the raiment of Thy favors and Thy loving-kindness. Keep me safe, then, from whatsoever may be abhorrent unto Thee, and graciously assist me and my kindred to obey Thee, and to shun whatsoever may stir up any evil or corrupt desire within me.

Thou, truly, art the Lord of all mankind, and the Possessor of this world and of the next. No God is there save Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09508 ===

=== START BH09509 ===

He is God, exalted be His station, the Grandeur and the Power! Say: Glory be to Thee, O my God and the God of the worlds, my Answerer and the Answerer of them that are in distress! I beseech Thee by the Word through which that which was and that which shall be were made manifest, that Thou draw me nigh unto Thy most exalted horizon, O Thou in Whose grasp is the reins of all mankind. I am he, O my God, who hath heard Thy sweetest call and turned unto Thee, O Creator of the heavens! I beseech Thee that Thou disappoint me not from the wonders of Thy bounty and what Thou hast ordained for the choicest among Thy creatures. O Lord! Thou seest me clinging to the cord of Thy grace and holding fast to the hem of Thy generosity. Wouldst Thou deny one whom Thou hast called unto Thyself? Thou art He to Whose bounty and favors all things have testified. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Bountiful, the Mighty, the Great.

=== END BH09509 ===

=== START BH09510 ===

He is the Herald in the Kingdom of Utterance

Say: Glory be to Thee, O Fashioner of the heavens, and Sovereign over all names, and Almighty over all things! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which the horizon of Revelation hath shone forth and that which was inscribed on an outstretched parchment hath appeared, to cause me to know the Dawning-Place of Thy verses and the Dayspring of Thy clear tokens. O my Lord! I am he who hath turned toward the ocean of Thy Most Great Name, by which most of the peoples have lamented. I beseech Thee not to withhold me from the heaven of Thy grace and the sun of Thy bounty and the ocean of Thy bestowals. Open Thou mine eyes to behold the lights of Thy countenance and mine ears to hearken unto the cooing of the Dove of Thy Cause. Then loose Thou my tongue to make mention of Thee and to praise Thee. O my Lord! I am the poor one, and Thou art the All-Powerful, the Self-Sufficient, the Bountiful, the Generous.

=== END BH09510 ===

=== START BH09511 ===

He is the One manifest through the Most Great Name

Say: Glory be to Thee, O Lord of all names and Creator of heaven! I beseech Thee by the Leaf which hath grown from the Tree of Thy knowledge and upon which were inscribed by the Pen of Thy power the mysteries of Thy wisdom, to make me one of those whom the fragrances of this world have not withheld from the sweet-scented perfume of Thy raiment, nor the thorns of names from recognizing the Manifestation of Thy Self and the Source of Thy verses. O Lord! I have turned toward the City of Thy nearness and directed my face unto Thy countenance. I beseech Thee not to disappoint me from the ocean of Thy bounty and the sun of Thy generosity. Thou art He before Whose manifestation of power all creation hath bowed down, and at the descent of Whose verses all beings have humbled themselves. There is no God but Thee, the Omnipotent, the Exalted, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH09511 ===

=== START BH09512 ===

In the name of the Most Mighty, the Most Great! Say: Glory be to Thee, O Beloved of the world and Desire of the nations! I beseech Thee by the waves of the ocean of Thy knowledge and the manifestations of the Sun of Thy Revelation to make me one of those who have cast away vain imaginings and taken hold of that which hath come down from the heaven of Thy knowledge. O my Lord! Darkness hath encompassed all regions and the fire of tyranny hath surrounded Thy chosen servants. I beseech Thee, O my God, by the light of Thy justice and the radiance of Thy countenance to ordain for Thy loved ones that which will draw them nigh unto Thee in hardship and in ease. O my Lord! Thou hearest the cry of the longing ones and the lamentation of them that know Thee. I beseech Thee by them and by Thy Name through which Thou hast subdued the kingdom of earth and heaven to decree for us the reward of those who have circled round Thee and have quaffed the wine of Thy presence. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Supreme, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09512 ===

=== START BH09513 ===

He is God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise

Say: Glorified art Thou, O Thou by Whose Name the near ones have hastened to the shore of the ocean of Thy presence, and through Whom those drawn nigh have sacrificed their souls in their quest for reunion with Thee! I beseech Thee by the ocean of Thy knowledge, the vessels of Thy power, and the suns of Thy loving-kindness, to make me steadfast in this Cause whereby the limbs of all names have trembled, the hearts of the learned were perturbed, the heaven of idle fancies was cleft asunder, and the idols of men were shattered. Thou art, verily, the Lord of all mankind and the Sovereign of both this world and the next. O my Lord! Thou seest me turning away from all else but Thee and turning toward Thee, hoping for the wonders of Thy grace and the manifestations of Thy mercy. I beseech Thee not to disappoint me of that which lieth with Thee. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the All-Giving, the Bountiful, the Ever-Forgiving, the All-Generous.

=== END BH09513 ===

=== START BH09514 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Ancient, Who has no beginning! Say: O loved ones of God! Be steadfast in His Cause and His love in such wise that neither calamities can make you waver nor anything created in the world can overcome you. It behooveth every one possessed of certitude to stand firm in the Cause under all conditions, in such manner that should all the dwellers of the earth oppose him, he would arise alone and continue to summon all men unto God, the Lord of all names, neither would the vain imaginings of the servants disturb him nor the opinions of those in the lands weaken him. Grieve not over what hath befallen Us. Under all circumstances place your trust in God, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the Most High, and soar on the wings of certitude in the atmosphere of the mercy of your Lord, the All-Merciful, and be not of them that hesitate.

=== END BH09514 ===

=== START BH09516 ===

He is the All-Seeing, the All-Knowing

Say: O servants of the Most Merciful! The Wronged One counsels you to fear God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting, and to that whereby your station may be exalted in the world. He is, verily, the Counselor, the Mighty, the Loving. The Day of Manifestation has come, while the Wronged One lies imprisoned and forbidden. Sorrows have encompassed Him from all directions, and His name is in the hands of those who are heedless of God’s outstretched path. Ask God to grant them success and to strengthen them and to make known to them His clear and manifest way. Grieve not at anything; in all matters put thy trust in God, the Lord of existence. We have heard thy mention and have remembered thee. We have found the fragrance of thy love and have sent down for thee this well-beloved Tablet. Take it with the hand of submission, then read it in the heights of Paradise. Thus does He command thee, with Whom is the Hidden Book.

=== END BH09516 ===

=== START BH09517 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

Say: O Lord of existence, Who art seated upon the Throne of Manifestation! I beseech Thee by that Name through which Thou didst reveal Thyself unto Moses on Sinai and unto the Spirit in the wilderness of Appearance, to send down upon me and upon Thy loved ones that which beseemeth the cloud of Thy bounty and the heaven of Thy generosity. O Lord! I am he who hath laid fast hold on the cord of Thy bestowal and clung to the hem of Thy mercy. I beseech Thee not to withhold from me that which Thou hast ordained for them who have suffered martyrdom in Thy path and have endured tribulations for love of Thee. Thou art He Who ruleth as He pleaseth and ordaineth what He willeth. The veils of the world cannot hinder Thee, nor can the clamor of the nations. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH09517 ===

=== START BH09519 ===

O Muhammad-Taqi of Nayriz! The Most Exalted Pen speaks in the Persian tongue in the name of the Peerless All-Knowing One, that all may attain to and act according to the good-pleasure of God. Today steadfastness is accounted as the most great of all deeds in the sight of God and is recorded by the Pen of Power in the Divine Book. It is incumbent upon everyone to hold fast unto it and cling to the hem of His bounty, that perchance the various corrupt winds may not prevent him and deprive him from the rose-garden of inner meanings and utterance. This is the counsel of the Wronged One unto all servants. Blessed is he who hath heard and acted according to that which hath been enjoined in the Book of God, the Lord of the worlds. And woe unto those who have violated the Covenant and followed every remote barking dog.

=== END BH09519 ===

=== START BH09520 ===

In the name of the all-knowing God. The Supreme Pen hath at all times been occupied with the praise and glorification of the Beloved of the worlds, yet the people remain engrossed in self and heedless of Him. Have they not heard the divine Call, or have they not perceived its sweetness? O servants! The dawn of the Day of Revelation hath broken and the Call of God hath been raised. Strive that ye may not be deprived of the outpourings of the All-Bountiful Lord nor be shut out from the ocean of wisdom. Hold fast unto truth and be detached from aught else. This is the straight path that hath been mentioned and recorded in all the Books. Blessed is he who hath heard the Call and hath attained unto the most great steadfastness in the Cause of God, the Lord of the throne on high and of earth below.

=== END BH09520 ===

=== START BH09521 ===

He is the All-Remembering, the All-Knowing

The Supreme Pen beareth witness to thy turning, thy devotion and thy presence. If thou wouldst reflect upon this most great bounty, thou wouldst testify to the greatness, the power, the grace and the mercy of God - exalted be His glory. In days when princes, divines and people have arisen to oppose, the Hand of Divine Power hath protected thee, and thou hast attained unto a station that hath ever been the hope of them that are nigh and sincere. Be thou thankful and say: “Praise be unto Thee for having made me to know Thee, guided me, caused me to hear, and honored me. I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name to make me steadfast in Thy service and Thy remembrance in such wise that nothing whatsoever shall prevent me from turning unto Thee, O Lord of all names and Creator of heaven!”

=== END BH09521 ===

=== START BH09522 ===

He is the Speaker in the Kingdom of Utterance! Say: My God, my God! Thou seest Thy handmaiden who hath believed in Thee and in Thy signs, and who hath turned to the ocean of Thy bounty and the horizon of Thy mercy and the heaven of Thy generosity. I beseech Thee by the Primal Word and the Most Exalted Leaf to ordain for this handmaiden of Thine that which beseemeth Thy bounty and Thy favors and Thy care and Thy gifts. O Lord! The hearts of Thy handmaidens are set ablaze in Thy days. I beseech Thee to honor them with Thy presence or to ordain for them the reward of attaining unto Thee. Verily Thou art He Whom nothing can frustrate and no command can prevent. Thou doest as Thou pleasest and willest, and Thou art God, the Single, the One, the Mighty, the Praised.

=== END BH09522 ===

=== START BH09523 ===

O God! Though chicory appears outwardly bitter, inwardly it is most sweet. This describes the outer chicory that appears in earthly gardens. But you are the chicory of the paradise of sanctification and the leaf of the Divine Lote-Tree - from you every taste perceives a flavor. You are the divine sugar of Egypt, yet in the taste of lovers, while being colocynth in the mouths of polytheists. For the people of divine unity you are the fruit of detachment, and for the people of limitation you are the effect of the severe day. You are the punishment of sinners and the blessing of those drawn nigh - a flowing spring of mercy for seeking hearts, and a cup of wrath specially for the hearts of those who turn away. God forgives what has passed from His loved ones, verily He knows all things.

=== END BH09523 ===

=== START BH09525 ===

In My Name, the All-Knowing

The Book of God hath been sent down in truth from the presence of One knowing and wise. Verily it is the Balance of Truth amongst creation and the Most Great Sign for all who are in the heavens and the earth. Through it the horizon of justice hath been illumined and that which was hidden in God’s knowledge, the Lord of all worlds, hath been made manifest. Verily it judgeth between the servants with pure justice, and it is indeed the Judge from God, the Mighty, the Praised. Whoso hath been heedless of it is indeed the heedless, the doubtful one. And whoso hath recognized it is among the people of Baha in a noble tablet. Whoso hath attained unto My recognition hath attained unto all good from the presence of One mighty and powerful. To this testifieth every atom, but the people are in evident veiling.

=== END BH09525 ===

=== START BH09526 ===

O Zaynu’l-’Abidin, upon him be the glory of God, He Who dawns from the horizon of the heaven of names! This is a Book which the All-Merciful hath sent down to him who hath attained unto His days and heard the Call when it was raised between earth and heaven, and hath witnessed that which the Tongue of Grandeur did utter when He was established upon the throne with manifest sovereignty. Hearken unto the call of the Wronged One - He counseleth thee and those who have believed in that whereby your remembrance shall endure through the eternity of My kingdom, the Mighty, the Wondrous. Cast away that which the people possess, clinging fast to My Name, the Self-Subsisting, through which the limbs of names have trembled, and the hearts of the learned were troubled, and the essence of the divines who broke the Covenant lamented on the Day of Separation, when the horizons were illumined by the lights of the Revelation which had been hidden in knowledge and treasured in the stronghold of God’s protection, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy.

=== END BH09526 ===

=== START BH09527 ===

Surih of the Well, addressed to Jinab-i-Aqa Muhammad-Rida, upon him be the Glory of God. He is the One dawning from the horizon of utterance. This is a Book which the All-Merciful hath sent down for all who are in the realm of possibility, that it may draw them to a station where they hear in the rustling of its trees what the Son of Imran heard on the Mount of Knowledge. Verily, those who have heard the Call and responded - upon them shall the denizens of the Most Exalted Paradise send their blessings at eventide and at dawn. Beware lest the veils of names withhold you from their Owner and their Sovereign. Leave behind what ye possess and take what hath been given you from God, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful. Hearken unto My call: verily the Wronged One remembereth thee from the precincts of the Prison and summoneth thee to the Dayspring of verses. Hold fast to the cord of steadfastness, then drink the choice wine of inner meanings in the name of thy Lord, the Master of all beings.

=== END BH09527 ===

=== START BH09528 ===

He is the One dawning from the horizon of utterance. This is a Book which the All-Merciful hath sent down for all who dwell in the realm of possibility, that it may draw them nigh unto God, the Lord of all worlds. The people’s vain desires have barred them from this Straight Path. They have taken to fancy, turning away from God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy. Know thou that thy letter hath come before the Face, and We have heard that wherewith thou didst call upon God, and We have answered thee through this perspicuous Tablet. Blessed is the tongue that hath spoken in remembrance of the Desired One, and the eye that hath turned toward the Countenance, and the hand that hath taken hold of the Book of God, the Mighty, the Strong. That which thou beholdest shall perish, but there shall endure for thee the reward of thy remembrance of the Beloved of the worlds and the presentation of thy letter at this noble Scene. Rejoice thou in My remembrance of thee, and be of the thankful ones.

=== END BH09528 ===

=== START BH09529 ===

In His Name, the One Sanctified from All Mention! This is a Book sent down by the All-Merciful, and verily it is the path of God for all who are in the heavens and on earth. Blessed is he who hath turned unto it; he is truly of the people of this glorious Scene. They who have remained heedless of it are assuredly among the losers. We have sent down the verses and made manifest the clear proofs, yet the people remain behind an obvious veil. The Cause of God hath appeared and the earth hath been illumined with the light of God, the Lord of all worlds. Say: O people! Follow not your desires; turn ye to the horizon of Revelation. This is better for you, did ye but know it. We give thee glad tidings of My remembrance and recite unto thee My verses and draw thee nigh unto My mighty Kingdom. Whoso hath attained unto the Most Great Steadfastness hath attained unto this glorious station.

=== END BH09529 ===

=== START BH09530 ===

He is the All-Merciful, the Most Merciful

A Book which the Single, the One, hath sent down unto His servant who hath been named Muhammad, that he may speak forth the remembrance of God and His praise in these days wherein the standard of tyranny hath been raised up and the banner of justice hath been lowered through that which the hands of the oppressors have wrought. A number of stars have set from the horizons of the heavens of thy Lord’s knowledge, the All-Wise. O Muhammad! Muhammad, the Messenger of God, hath lamented in the most exalted station, and then the angels of the Throne in this noble station. He hath seized the oppressor through His sovereignty and He will seize those who followed him. Verily thy Lord is the Almighty, the Powerful. Rejoice thou in this Tablet, for it hath been sent down from before One Who is All-High, Most Great. Praise be to God, the Lord of the Worlds.

=== END BH09530 ===

=== START BH09531 ===

O Haji Ibrahim! He is the One Who warbles upon the branches. This is a Book which the Tongue hath sent down from the Kingdom of Utterance - the station whereon the All-Merciful is established upon the throne of His Great Name. Verily He speaketh at all times amidst the hosts of creation, yet We have found the people to be as dead. They have cast the ocean of knowledge behind their backs, turning instead to every remote ignorant one. They hear the verses of God, then deny them; they behold the proof of God, yet turn away from it. The evidence hath appeared and the bounty hath been perfected, yet most of the people know not. They deny that which God hath acknowledged, and acknowledge that which the Self-Subsisting, the Guardian hath denied. The punishment of wrath hath seized them such that they perceive not the breaths of revelation. Well is it with every one who hath turned, and woe unto those who have turned away.

=== END BH09531 ===

=== START BH09532 ===

O ’Abdu’l-’Ali, upon him be the Glory of God, He is the All-Knowing Expositor. This is a Book which God hath sent down in the prison of ’Akka unto him who hath turned unto Him, hearkened and responded to his Lord, the Almighty. By My life! Whenever My Word is uttered from the tongue of My grandeur, all things raise their cry that sovereignty and command belong to God, the Lord of all worlds. O ’Abdu’l-’Ali! We have heard thy call before and after, and have answered thee through this mighty Tablet. When thou attainest unto it and drinkest the choice wine of revelation from the ocean of its utterance and the goblets of its words, say: My God, my God! I beseech Thee by the blood of Thy loved ones, whereby the faces of the Concourse on High and the companions of the Crimson Ark were crimsoned, to make me one who speaketh forth Thy Name and remaineth steadfast in Thy Cause. Verily Thou art the Almighty, the Glorious, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH09532 ===

=== START BH09533 ===

In His name, Who abideth after all things have passed away! This is a Book sent down by the Beloved, whereby He hath illumined hearts. Blessed is he who hath turned unto Him, and woe unto every heedless and remote one. Every mountain hath hastened, by reason of what hath been cast upon it of the verses of its Lord, yet the people are in grievous doubt. Blessed is he who hath cast away the world and turned toward the Most Great Name with a power that the circumstances of nations have failed to withhold - they who have turned away from the horizon of God, the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. This is truly the horizon whereby the heavens and earth were illumined, yet the people dwell in the darkness of their own selves. Say: Rend asunder the veils! The All-Bestowing calleth you to His glorious station. Thus have We remembered thee as a favor from Us, and verily I am the All-Bountiful, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH09533 ===

=== START BH09534 ===

He is the One dawning from the horizon of the world. This is a Book sent down by the Wronged One in the Most Great Prison to him who hath believed in God, the Lord of eternity. We make mention of him who maketh mention of Us, and give glad-tidings unto him who hath turned towards God, the Lord of all nations. He that heareth My verses is indeed the hearing one, and he that turneth unto My horizon is the seeing one, and he that drinketh the choice wine of revelation from the hands of bounty is the mighty one. Blessed is he who hath turned towards God and sought the Intended One while He was in His Most Great Prison. Thus have We made mention of thee and revealed for thee that which hath attracted the world. Happy is he who hath attained unto My days, and blessed is he who hath drunk the living waters of immortality from this Pen.

=== END BH09534 ===

=== START BH09535 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Ancient, the Most Exalted

A Book sent down by the Lord of Names to him who heard the Call and responded to his Ancient Lord, that it might make him detached from all else save God and draw him nigh unto a station wherein the atoms proclaim: “The Kingdom belongeth unto God, the One, the All-Knowing!”

We have heard the call of thy heart and have answered thee, and having witnessed thy turning unto Us, We have revealed unto thee this wondrous Tablet, which, when it descended from the Kingdom of Utterance, broke the back of the idols and shook the pillars of those who followed every ignorant remote one.

O My loved ones! Take ye the Book of God through His command, then follow that which hath been sent down therein from One Who is the Ancient Commander. The splendor of God be upon the people of Baha from God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH09535 ===

=== START BH09536 ===

In My Name, the Self-Subsisting

A Book sent down by the Lord of Utterance, that perchance the people of possibility may draw nigh unto God, the Single, the All-Informed. Verily, she who hath heard and turned unto Him is assuredly among the denizens of the chambers in a noble Tablet. And she who hath turned away hath no portion in this Dawn wherein the world hath been illumined by the lights of the countenance of God, the Mighty, the Wise. O My handmaiden! When thou hearest the melody of My Pen and the cry of My heart, render thanks unto thy Lord for having sent down unto thee this clear Tablet. By the life of God! He remembereth whosoever hath turned toward God and held fast to His sure cord. Neither prison can withhold Him from God, nor can the hosts of earth frighten Him. He is, verily, the Strong, the Trustworthy. The splendor of God rest upon those who have cast away idle fancies and attained unto the light of certitude.

=== END BH09536 ===

=== START BH09537 ===

ABADIH

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

A Book sent down by the Ancient Sender, by Whose verses every impregnable edifice hath been shaken. Verily He hath come with the truth and speaketh at all times that there is none other God but Him, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. He hath appeared and made manifest that which was hidden behind the veils of the Unseen. Blessed be God, the Lord of what was and what shall be. Verily He hath come with the banners of the signs through a Cause before which neither the hosts of the heavens nor of the earth can stand, yet most of the people understand not. Thus hath the horizon of the heaven of proof been illumined by the Sun of certitude. Blessed is he who hath recognized, and woe unto every learned one who remaineth veiled. The splendor shining forth from the horizon of My will be upon those who have cast away all things, holding fast to the cord of God, the Lord of existence.

=== END BH09537 ===

=== START BH09538 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Glorious

A Book which hath been honored with the breezes of Revelation, and which the Best-Beloved of the world hath desired to send unto one of His handmaidens who hath immersed herself in the ocean of faith and turned unto God on a day whereon most of the divines and most of the handmaidens have turned away. To this the Most Exalted Pen beareth witness, and He, verily, is the True One, the Faithful.

O My handmaiden! Rejoice thou in My remembrance, for it is a sun that hath shone forth from the horizon of the heaven of My loving-kindness. Verily, thy Lord is the Mighty, the All-Praised. Be thou not grieved at anything, for He is with you, beholding from His Most Glorious Horizon. Thus hath the matter been decreed in a perspicuous Book. The glory of God rest upon thee and upon those who have inhaled the fragrance of the Divine Raiment and believed in God, the Single, the All-Informed.

=== END BH09538 ===

=== START BH09539 ===

O Haji Mirza Rida who hath attained Our presence and won victory!

He is seated upon the throne of “He doeth whatsoever He willeth”

This is a noble Book from God, the Lord of the worlds, and a perspicuous Tablet from One Who is All-Knowing, All-Wise. Blessed is the ear that hath heard the Call when it was raised between earth and heaven, and blessed is the eye that hath beheld the horizon of God, the Lord of the mighty Throne. This is a Tablet wherein the atoms cry out through this Name, by which the hearts of the deniers were disturbed. When thou hast drunk the choice wine of utterance, say: Praise be unto Thee, O my Lord, the Most Merciful, for having guided me and honored me and mentioned me while I was in Thy Most Great Prison amidst Thy heedless servants. Thus have We sent down unto thee that which cannot be equaled by the treasures of the earth nor by that which the kings and rulers possess.

=== END BH09539 ===

=== START BH09540 ===

In His Name, the Most Holy, the Most Exalted

A Book from Us to her who hath submitted to her Lord when He appeared with this Name whereby necks were brought low, that the verses of God might attract her and strengthen her in her love for God, her Lord, the Mighty, the Bestower. O My handmaiden! Rejoice thou in this remembrance, then prostrate thyself before God, the Lord of Lords. Beware lest the veils of them that have glory in attributes prevent thee, or the accusations of the wicked grieve thee. Know thou that We have accepted what thou didst send aforetime. Verily He accepteth what He willeth from whom He willeth and writeth for whom He desireth. He is, in truth, the Mighty, the Bountiful. Thus hath the Bird of Sorrow warbled upon the twigs of the Prison. Blessed is he who hath attained thereunto, and woe betide every heedless denier.

=== END BH09540 ===

=== START BH09542 ===

O Mashhadi Yusuf Beg, upon thee be the Glory of God! He is the Hearer, the Answerer. This is a Book sent down in truth for people who comprehend. Verily it hath been sent down from God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. It guideth mankind unto His path and giveth them to drink of His sealed wine. The Promise hath come and the Promised One hath appeared with manifest sovereignty, drawing near the servants unto God’s outstretched path. We have heard thy call and turned toward thee from the direction of the Prison. Verily thy Lord is the Powerful, the Mighty, the Loving. Take thou the chalice of utterance in the name of the Lord of Religions, then drink from it through My remembrance, the Beloved. Beware lest the happenings of the world hold thee back from the Most Great Name. Cast aside what the people possess, holding fast to this ordained Cause. The Glory be upon thee from Us and upon those who have turned to My praiseworthy station.

=== END BH09542 ===

=== START BH09543 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great

A Book sent down in truth from the presence of One Who is All-Knowing, All-Informed, and Who guides the people to the path of God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy. O thou who hast turned towards Us! Hearken unto the call of the Wronged One. He testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. He hath sent forth the Messengers and revealed the Books to guide the people to the straight path. Among them were those who turned away and rose in opposition, and those who humbled themselves and turned towards Him, saying: “Praise be to Thee, O God of the worlds!” Blessed is he who hath inhaled the fragrance of the All-Merciful and hath beheld His noble countenance. Blessed art thou for having turned towards the Most Sublime Horizon and believed in God, the Mighty, the Great.

=== END BH09543 ===

=== START BH09544 ===

In the name of Him Who hath supreme dominion over the kingdom of names and attributes!

This is a Book sent down from the heaven of the Will of God, and its frontispiece hath been adorned with this Name through which commotion hath been caused in all regions, and the Tongue of Grandeur hath spoken: Blessed is he who hath attained unto the Kawthar of reunion at the time when the Sun of Beauty dawned forth from Mine illumined horizon. Beware, O people of the earth, lest ye abandon that which ye have been commanded to observe, or break the covenant ye have made in My holy and impregnable presence. Commit not that which was committed by the people before you. Fear God, and be not of them that join partners with Him. Thy mention hath been made before the Face, and there hath been sent down for thee that which set ablaze the hearts of them that have turned towards Him. Render thanks unto God for having attained unto My days and for having turned toward Him when every denier remote from truth turned away.

=== END BH09544 ===

=== START BH09545 ===

In the Name of the Everlasting, the Ever-Abiding! This is a Book sent down from Our presence - verily it is a lamp of guidance among mankind, a sign of eternity among the nations, and the Most Great Remembrance for all who are in the heavens and on earth. Blessed is he who draweth nigh and is illumined thereby; woe unto him who wandereth in the wilderness of error and is among those who are far removed. Arise, O loved ones of God, to fulfill His binding, mighty and wondrous Cause, then aid your Lord, the All-Merciful, through that which causeth all creation to quake. Thus doth the Lord of the worlds command you. Whoso draweth nigh and drinketh, verily he is of the people of Baha before God, the Lord of Names; and whoso is debarred, he is assuredly among the dead. Verily the glory belongeth unto the people of Baha who have fulfilled God’s Covenant and His Testament and are among the steadfast.

=== END BH09545 ===

=== START BH09546 ===

O ’Ali-Rida! This Most Holy, Most Wondrous, Most Great Book speaks with truth between the heavens and the earth. Whoso hath hearkened unto it is assuredly of the people of Baha inscribed in the Tablet of Eternity, and whoso hath turned away is among the people of error. Hearken, O servant, unto that which the All-Sufficient, the Most Exalted, speaketh, that it may draw thee to the seat of holiness and nearness and beauty. Confine all matters to the remembrance of thy Lord - this shall profit thee in this world and the next, as thy Lord, the Mighty, the All-Knowing, doth testify. Pay no heed to the people and their clamor. Follow that which thou hast been commanded by God, the Cleaver of the Dawn. Thus doth the Lord of Names command thee, while imprisoned in the most remote of lands.

=== END BH09546 ===

=== START BH09547 ===

He is the One Who gazeth from the horizon of the heaven of utterance. The Book speaketh with truth, but the people hear not. By God! The Cock of the Throne hath crowed, and the Dove of the Cause hath cooed, and the Nightingale hath warbled, yet the people perceive not. Blessed art thou for having cast behind thee what was with the people and turned to God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. We beseech God to aid thee and assist thee to be steadfast in His Cause, and to ordain for thee from His Most Exalted Pen that which will draw thee nigh unto Him. Verily He is the Truth, the Knower of the unseen. The light shining from the horizon of My Most Exalted Pen be upon thee and upon whosoever hath chosen for himself a path unto God, the Lord of what was and what shall be.

=== END BH09547 ===

=== START BH09548 ===

In the Name of the All-Knowing God!

Thy letter reached the Divine Throne and was illumined by the lights of His countenance. In truth, every soul hath this day quaffed from the wine of the love of the Best-Beloved of the worlds. His breath hath been and shall ever be like the spring rain unto the peoples of the earth, nay rather, more beneficial still. Praise thou the Best-Beloved of the world that thou hast attained unto this most exalted station and turned thyself unto the Most Glorious Horizon, and art honored by this Most Great Remembrance which is the Water of Life for the peoples of the world. We beseech God to aid thee to serve His Cause and to ordain for thee the reward of those who have attained His presence in this Day which was promised to the servants in the Qur’an: “The Day when mankind shall stand before the Lord of the worlds.”

=== END BH09548 ===

=== START BH09549 ===

O ’Ali-Akbar! Thy letter hath been presented before the Throne, and thy call hath been heard by the ear of favor. God willing, thou shalt cry out with thy soul in the path of the Beloved and strive to the extent of thy capacity to manifest spiritual qualities. Thou hast uttered a noble word, and it is this: “Ordain for me that which is best for me.” This word is acceptable and praiseworthy. Were people to become aware of the station of this word, all would utter it, to such extent that they would send naught else to the court of the Truth, for from this word can be inhaled the fragrance of resignation of all affairs unto God and detachment from all else besides Him. By this hath God forgiven thy transgressions and answered thee through this exalted Tablet. Be thou grateful unto thy Lord for this great bounty.

=== END BH09549 ===

=== START BH09550 ===

The All-Glorious, The Most Holy

Thy letter was present before the Face and the Most Holy Gaze was directed towards it. These words were mentioned at its beginning: “O my God! Though the chicory be bitter, it is from the garden. O time! God willing, through the bounty of the All-Merciful thou shalt become sweet and be accounted as among the flowers of the divine paradise. They that have turned unto God are as leaves and fruits and flowers of God’s spiritual garden. They have been created from the element of love and have sprouted forth from the rain clouds of grace. Strive thou to be adorned throughout all thy days with the ornament of the divine springtime. Beware lest anything sadden thee. Hold fast to the cord of thy Lord’s mercy, then make mention of Him amidst all possibilities with wisdom and utterance, that through thy remembrance the heedless may be awakened. And praise be to God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting.”

=== END BH09550 ===

=== START BH09551 ===

He is the All-Seeing, the All-Hearing!

O Muhammad-Husayn, upon whom be the glory of God! Your letter was presented before the Wronged One. We heard and saw it, and answer you with this most exalted word: Be of such character that the world and all who dwell therein shall not deter you. Thus does the Mother Book counsel you from His presence. The manifestations of tyranny, hatred and wickedness have ever existed in the world, and in all ages they have striven with utmost effort to extinguish the light. But God has banished them through His power. Be thankful unto your Lord, the Almighty, the All-Powerful. We convey Our greetings to the friends of God and counsel them to patience, forbearance, and such deeds and character as befit these days. Blessed are they that act!

=== END BH09551 ===

=== START BH09552 ===

O My handmaiden who is the Most Great, Most Holy! A letter for My handmaiden who hath believed in My Self, acknowledged My Book, turned unto My countenance, confessed what God hath confessed, and testified that there is none other God but Him, the All-Powerful, the Almighty. O My handmaiden! The Ancient Beauty is in grievous affliction. Sorrows have encompassed Him from all sides through that which the hands of the wrongdoers have wrought. I arose to establish the Cause until its standards were upraised. Then appeared rancor and hatred from the hearts of the heedless. I called all to God whereupon the back of the world trembled and the hearts of those who turned to Him were disturbed. He whom I protected by My sovereignty denied Me. Verily thy Lord, the All-Merciful, is the True One, the All-Informed. Thus have We recounted unto thee as a favor from Our presence, and I am verily the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.

=== END BH09552 ===

=== START BH09553 ===

In the Name of the All-Sufficing! Grieve not in hardship nor rejoice in ease, for with every hardship comes ease and with every ease comes hardship. Both shall pass away and perish. Therefore ask God to grant thee a station sanctified from these two conditions - and this is thy paradise, even as its atmosphere is temperate and changeless, and likewise whosoever entereth therein shall never alter. Peace be upon him who followeth guidance! Blessed art thou in that thou hast resolved, attained, achieved and returned. Sufficient unto thee is God Who created thee and aided thee. When thou arrivest, convey the Greatest Name to all whom thou meetest among the loved ones of God and His chosen ones. And mercy be upon thee and upon thy mother and thy brothers and thy kindred among those who have believed in God, the Single, the Great.

=== END BH09553 ===

=== START BH09554 ===

He is the One Who standeth through My Name, the All-Powerful

The Tongue of Grandeur speaketh, yet the people hear not. Verily the Spirit giveth glad tidings to the servants, yet the people turn not unto it. They have taken their idols and cast aside the Truth. The Knower of the unseen remindeth them through the Book of God, yet they perceive not. My Most Exalted Pen maketh them aware, yet they turn away from it. We have sent down verses in such measure that every learned enumerator hath failed to reckon them. Every day We have called them unto God, and every night We have revealed unto them that which hath caused the hearts of the mystics to soar. We behold those who follow vain imaginings and those who have drawn nigh unto God, the Peerless, the All-Informed. Each faction rejoiceth in that which it possesseth, yet God is the All-Seeing, the All-Hearing, the Ordainer, the All-Wise. Praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH09554 ===

=== START BH09556 ===

In the name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious! Praise be unto Thee, O our God, for having given us to drink the choice wine of Thy knowledge from the chalice of Thy bounty, and for having ordained for us to attain unto Thy presence and to stand before the gate of Thy grace. We beseech Thee by the Mystery that lay hidden within Thy knowledge, and by the Pearl that remained concealed within the shell of Thy decree and destiny, to ordain for those who have heard Thy call and responded to that which Thou hast prescribed for the sincere ones among Thy creatures–those whom neither the might of the world could dismay nor the power of the nations enfeeble, who hastened with their hearts to the horizon of Thy Revelation and attained unto that which the Tongue of Thy grandeur had uttered on the Mount–that which Thou hast ordained for them. Thou art He to Whose generosity the entire creation hath testified, and to Whose munificence both the seen and the unseen have borne witness. There is none other God but Thee, the Almighty, the Glorious, the All-Loving.

=== END BH09556 ===

=== START BH09557 ===

The Most Mighty, Most Holy, Most Exalted! Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having manifested that which lay hidden within Thy knowledge and having made clear unto Thy servants that which draweth them nigh unto the shore of the ocean of Thy bounty. I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou didst send down the Sad that was mentioned in the Gospel, and through which was revealed that which was promised in Thy Books, Thy Tablets, Thy Scriptures and Thy Psalms, to make each one of Thy loved ones steadfast in Thy Cause and firm in Thy love, in such wise that they shall behold naught save Thy good-pleasure and whatsoever Thou hast ordained for them through Thy decree. O Lord! Thou hast made this station the most exalted of stations. I beseech Thee not to withhold Thy loved ones from this glorious and sublime station. Verily, Thou art the All-Powerful, the Most High, the All-Compelling, the Ever-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH09557 ===

=== START BH09558 ===

O Most Holy, Most Glorious! Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having blessed Thy servant whom Thou didst honor with Thy presence and caused to hear Thy verses. O my God! Thou knowest that he migrated in Thy love until he entered the city wherein was established the throne of Thy grandeur. Thereupon were raised the banners of oppression until the idolaters drove us out from the Land of Mystery and imprisoned us in the Most Great Prison. Thus was he prevented from attaining Thy presence. O my Lord! Ordain for him and for those who have sought Thee that which befitteth Thy glory. Then write down for them the good of this world and of the world to come. Then cause them to be among those who circle round the Kaaba of Thy Cause in all Thy worlds. Verily Thou art the One Who hath power over whatsoever Thou willest. Nothing can prevent Thy sovereignty and Thou art, in truth, the All-Powerful, the Most Exalted, the Mighty, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09558 ===

=== START BH09559 ===

In the Name of our Most Holy, Most Great, Most Exalted, Most Glorious Lord!

Praise be to the Lord of the worlds, Who hath educated all beings and hath called Himself in the Most Great Book the Lord of all worlds. The manifestation and emergence of this most exalted station hath appeared in this most great Revelation, inasmuch as His grace hath embraced all, and the clouds of His mercy have rained upon all parties. His bounty hath encompassed existence itself, and His favor hath encompassed both the seen and unseen.

Thereafter, two letters were received from that honored one and esteemed friend. As to the first, it was deemed inexpedient to present it before His presence, but the second was presented and achieved the honor of being heard. This is what the Lord of the Final End spoke in reply, blessed and exalted be His words:

He is the Hearer, the Answerer!

Hear the call of God, the Mighty, the Loving. Verily the Divine Lote-Tree speaketh and the fruits cry out, and the Herald before His face saith to thee: “Praise be unto Thee for having manifested Thy Beauty and that which lay concealed in Thy knowledge and was recorded in Thy Books, Thy Scriptures, and Thy Tablets. There is no God but Thee, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting.”

This is the Day wherein the countenance of the world hath been illumined by reason of the advent of the Ancient King with His Most Great Name. Rejoice, O people of the earth, then hearken unto that which the Speaker of Sinai uttereth. Beware lest what the people possess prevent you from His Choice Sealed Wine. Draw nigh with radiant hearts and take the cup of the Choice Wine in His Most Glorious Name, then drink thereof in remembrance of Him, the Mighty, the Well-Beloved.

O Rasul! Thou wert present before the Wronged One, thou didst witness His signs, hear His utterance, and recognize His character. It behooveth thee to make mention of Him among the religions with joy and fragrance. Verily thy Lord is the Commander, the Protector over what was and what shall be. Know of a certainty that nothing whatsoever escapeth His knowledge, and He is the Truth, the Knower of the unseen.

We beseech God to assist thee and ordain for thee that which shall make thee steadfast in His Cause and hold fast to His Extended Cord. We have made mention of thee time and again, before and after thy presence, whereunto bearer witness honored servants. Preserve what thou hast been given in thy Lord’s name and say:

“Praise be to Thee, O Lord of existence, for having enabled me to turn toward Thee and attain Thy presence, despite Thy knowledge of my transgressions. I testify that Thou art indeed the All-Kind, the Forgiving.”

Say: “My God, my God! I beseech Thee by Thy greatest favors, and Thy mighty signs, and the waves of the ocean of Thy forgiveness, and the effulgences of the Orb of Thy pardon, to ordain for me that which will draw me nigh unto Thee. Then assist me, O my God, in that whereby Thy Cause may be exalted. Verily Thou art God, the Single, the One, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting.”

The End

Praise be to God! The grace and favors of God, glorified be His majesty, have encompassed your circumstances. You have spent some time here and have witnessed with your own eyes the manifestations of God’s favors, exalted be His glory. Before any request was made, He bestowed His grace and extended hospitality. You yourself can testify to the effulgent rays of the Sun of grace and mercy. At the time of departure, that which indicated the absence of means was done. This much I submit: the debt for what was given to that group on that day remains to this day. This servant, both due to the abundance of correspondence, as your honored self knows, and because he was perplexed as to what to write, delayed in sending a reply. In any case, I beseech God, exalted be His glory, and hope that He may open the door of His favor and transform these constraints into abundance. He is the All-Powerful, the Omnipotent. Be not grieved! I swear by the Sun of Truth that rises from the horizon of the prison, there was a time when the Ancient Beauty Himself had no spare garment to wear. He would wash the one He had, dry it, and put it on again. Keep this matter confidential. The purpose is that you should know how circumstances were in the past and not be saddened by the hardships that have befallen you. In the eyes of people, poverty and wealth are causes of elevation and abasement, but in the sight of God, rank and station depend on acceptance, steadfastness and certitude. You have been in the prison and have witnessed the conduct and association of the Truth. There is no need for this evanescent one to elaborate. Praise be to God, the love of God exists in your heart, and the appraisers of the world cannot determine the value of this precious pearl, being utterly incapable of setting its worth and station. Convey my greetings and praise to the friends. Glory, remembrance and praise be upon you and upon those who hold fast to God, the Mighty, the Beautiful. And praise be to God, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH09559 ===

=== START BH09563 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Exalted!

I know not, O my God, how I should conduct myself amidst Thy servants. Whenever I remind them of the wonders of Thy remembrance, they rise up against me. Whenever I manifest among them the revelations of Thy sovereignty and might, they gather against me with swords of hatred. Whenever I expound to them the mysteries of Thy knowledge and the gems of Thy wisdom, they say “We find not this in the books of our forefathers.” And whenever I seek to illuminate them with the lights of Thy countenance to deliver them from the darkness of their own selves, they flee and conspire to slay me. How long, O my God, wilt Thou forbear them in Thy land? Seize them through Thy power, might, wrath and vengeance. Then send down upon the hearts of Thy loved ones that which will purify them from all else but Thee and cause them to speak Thy praise, that Thy remembrance may be spread through them amongst Thy servants. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the Most Great.

=== END BH09563 ===

=== START BH09564 ===

In His Name through Whom surgeth the ocean of utterance! The Tablet of God hath verily been sent down in truth, and from the horizon of its heaven hath shone forth the luminary of proof from the presence of the All-Merciful. Thus hath the matter been decreed from before One mighty, powerful, and ancient. Blessed is he who hath turned and taken and attained, and woe unto the heedless! O Ja’far-Qabli! Hear what the All-Merciful revealed in the Qur’an: “The Day when mankind shall stand before the Lord of the worlds.” Say: O people! Fear ye God and follow not your idle fancies. Turn with radiant faces unto the Ultimate Tree from whose rustling is heard “Glory and Greatness belong unto God, the Mighty, the Great!” Verily We have manifested the Cause and sent down the Book as a grace from before Us, and We are in truth the Ancient Sender-down.

=== END BH09564 ===

=== START BH09565 ===

He is the Manifest, the Hidden

A written Tablet inscribed by the Finger of Power. Blessed are they who recognize that it is a drop from the ocean of utterance, as attested by My Preserved Tablet. Verily We make mention of the Tablet at times as the Written and at other times as the Preserved, and they are one and the same station, and it is the Sun shining from the horizon of the heaven of the knowledge of your Lord, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. Say: Every goodly name mentioned in the Book verifies this Most Great, this Witnessed Remembrance. The Books of the Bayan and He Who revealed them in truth bear witness to this, did ye but know. Were this Book to be interpreted throughout all eternity, it would never end - to this beareth witness the Sovereign of the Kingdom. From this most exalted station We send Our blessings upon the faces of those who have turned towards the Most Glorious Horizon and have quaffed My sealed wine.

=== END BH09565 ===

=== START BH09566 ===

Write to Jinab-i-Aqa Siyyid Ahmad:

A Tablet has been revealed and sent down from the heaven of the Divine Will specifically for His Honor the Deputy Governor - deliver it to him. Likewise, the petitions that were sent have attained the Most Holy Court and all have been favored with replies, however the reply to each one has been inscribed at the top of the petitions themselves. In truth, all the petitions have been crowned with the utterances of the Beloved of the worlds. Blessed are they who have attained to the grace of God, the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful. Similarly, a Tablet has been revealed from the heaven of favor specifically for Jinab-i-Gudrarz, and mention has also been made therein of Jinab-i-Rashid the Martyr. In truth, the utmost favor concerning them both has been manifested in that Tablet. Blessed be they both.

=== END BH09566 ===

=== START BH09567 ===

O Mirza Muhammad, upon him be the Glory of God - In My Name, the Wronged One, the Stranger

We have spent all that exists in the path of God, and without any veil or covering We have called out before the faces of the world, inviting all to the highest horizon. Most of the people of the world arose in opposition. The divines of Iran issued a decree for the shedding of the blood of the Wronged One, and when the light of the Cause shone forth from every direction, the people of the Bayan arose in opposition. We beseech God to grant justice and not deprive His servants. He is the Bestower, the Merciful. We heard your call and have made mention of you. God willing, may you be blessed with divine favors and adorned with the greatest steadfastness.

=== END BH09567 ===

=== START BH09569 ===

To Lahijan. O Muhammad-Rahim, brother of the noble one who hath ascended unto God! In the name of Him Who is the Goal of all the worlds! Thy letter hath arrived at the Most Exalted Throne, and whatsoever thou didst present in Arabic and Persian was heard. May thou, God willing, ever illumine hearts with the remembrance of the Beloved. The reward of attaining His presence hath been recorded for thee by the Most Exalted Pen. Be thou thankful for this most great bounty, and with utmost joy and gladness speak forth in remembrance of the Dawning-Place of Revelation. Be thou not saddened by outward upheavals. Verily He shall gather together those who have believed in God, the Protecting, the Self-Subsisting. Convey the Most Wondrous, Most Exalted greetings to the handmaidens of God who were mentioned in thy letter, and gladden them with the remembrance of God.

=== END BH09569 ===

=== START BH09570 ===

In the Name of the One Friend! Your letter reached this Prisoner in the Most Great Prison, and thou hadst sought permission to attain Our presence. This matter hath been forbidden in the Book of God. Praise be to God, thou hast drunk the wine of inner meanings from the cup of divine favor. Know thou the value of this bounty, for its like hath not been witnessed in creation. The heedless ones, the ignorant, and the oppressors have come between God and His loved ones, yet God hath been and will ever be with His friends. Be thou assured and be of the thankful ones. Convey My greetings to thy wife and gladden her with the mention of her Lord, the Mighty, the Inaccessible. The favor of God sufficeth her. It behooveth her to thank her Lord morning and evening.

=== END BH09570 ===

=== START BH09572 ===

In the name of God, the One

O Muhammad Ja’far! Your letter arrived and your call was heard. Your petition was accepted at the Divine Throne, for you sought steadfastness from the Exalted Truth. I swear by the Sun of Truth that this station is lofty and this Cause is great. The Exalted Herald (the Bab) says to one of the Letters of the Living that you comprehend Him, but verily the Cause is mighty, mighty. God willing, may you be occupied in the nights and days with the remembrance of the Lord of all beings, and be steadfast on His path, arise in His service, and speak His praise. Verily your Lord is the Hearing, the Responding. The Glory be upon you and upon My servants who have turned to the Most Exalted Horizon, and upon My handmaidens who have heard and answered the call of God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH09572 ===

=== START BH09573 ===

O Siyyid Mahdi! Your letter was received and its contents noted. In response to the person mentioned, a sublime Tablet was revealed and sent. By God! Were all who are in the heavens and on earth to reflect upon what was revealed therein, it would suffice them, but people remain veiled by veils as vast as the heavens and earths. Your honor should review it and deliver it, but strongly advise him to act with wisdom, lest any word be uttered that might cause harm to others. Additionally, a brief Tablet was written to Kalim - review it and send it. And the glory be upon you and upon him who was named with your name, and verily he is My name, and upon those who are with you among the loved ones of God.

=== END BH09573 ===

=== START BH09574 ===

In the name of God, the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing! The voice of the Most Exalted Pen is raised at all times, and the tongue of Grandeur speaks forth in every moment, and the Sun of the Beauty of the Beloved is ever-dawning from the horizon of glory. Blessed is the eye that hath seen and the ear that hath heard. Strange it is that some souls have not been awakened by the blast of the trumpet, and have not caught the fragrance of the divine Robe. Gird up the loins of endeavor and occupy thyself with service to the Cause, that perchance those who slumber may lift their heads from the couch of heedlessness through the breezes of the divine morn, and shine forth like the morning star amidst mankind. This is the counsel of the Lord of eternity that flows and spreads from the Pen of the Most Great Name. Blessed are they that attain!

=== END BH09574 ===

=== START BH09575 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the Goal of the World!

Thy call was heard and the fragrances of thy love were inhaled. Verily thy Lord is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. Ye must remain steadfast in the love of God with utmost firmness, and become vocal in His remembrance which is in truth the lamp of hearts and the purifier of minds and souls. The grace of God hath encompassed and will continue to encompass His devoted handmaidens. Fix not your gaze upon these fleeting days, nor be ye saddened by whatsoever befalleth you therein. Rather, fix your gaze upon that which hath been ordained in the Kingdom for His devoted men and women. The evanescence of the world is evident and the permanence of what is with God is clear and manifest. Blessed is he who hath turned away from the former and held fast unto the latter - he is truly among those who are brought near.

=== END BH09575 ===

=== START BH09576 ===

He is the One manifest in the Kingdom! We hear that poetry testifies and declares: “By God! The Most Great Countenance has appeared and the Lord of Destiny calls humanity and summons them to His luminous station.” And we hear from vision that which has attracted the heart of the world, yet the people remain in thick veils. You know, O my God, that all my limbs and members remember You with a remembrance none can know save those endowed with true knowledge and insight, who proclaim that there is no God but He, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Blessed are you for having turned to the Face and drawn near to God, the Lord of all worlds. He remembers whoever turns to Him and draws near to whoever approaches Him. He is indeed the Single, the One, the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. Praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH09576 ===

=== START BH09578 ===

Egypt. O Husayn, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the Helper! We give thanks to God, the Lord of the Most Exalted Horizon, of the Throne and earth, for having united the hearts of His loved ones who, on this blessed and wondrous Day, have quaffed the choice wine of bounty from the hands of grace. An Afnan, upon him be My glory, came into Our presence and mentioned thee. We make mention of thee in this glorious and luminous Tablet. We beseech God to protect thee and His loved ones, and to unite hearts with a unity that shall neither be affected by separation nor altered by the doubts of the suspicious ones. The Glory from the Wronged One be upon thee and upon God’s sincere servants. We make mention of thy son and thy family with a remembrance through which the realm of possibility is illumined. We beseech God to draw them nigh unto Him and to adorn them with the ornament of joy after sorrow. Verily, He is the All-Bountiful, the Generous.

=== END BH09578 ===

=== START BH09579 ===

O Siyyid Muhammad, upon whom be the Glory of God! He is the One Who speaks from the horizon of the heaven of proof. We testify that you heard the Call, turned to it and attained the presence, and drank the Kawthar of utterance from the hand of the bounty of your Lord, the Generous. We beseech God to make you among those who aided His Cause with the hosts of exposition. Verily He is the Powerful, the Mighty, the Bestower. Blessed are you for having attained the presence before the Countenance and for having achieved that which was mentioned by the Most Exalted Pen in the Books of the Messengers. We beseech Him, exalted be He, to assist you in His remembrance and praise and enable you to accomplish that which befits His blessed, mighty and wondrous Day. The Glory be upon you and upon those who aided the Cause of God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH09579 ===

=== START BH09580 ===

In the Name of the One God! God’s loving-kindness hath ever been and shall ever be vouchsafed unto His friends. He is the Creator and the Provider, the Helper and the Companion, and He is the Succorer. From time immemorial His grace hath been directed toward His male and female servants, and if outwardly the manifestations of His bounty have at times remained concealed, this hath been due to a wisdom that none but God knoweth or shall ever know. Be not sorrowful, and lament not your separation. The cry of “O My people! O My people!” is raised from the Most Exalted Horizon - a bounty with which all the earth cannot compare. Be thankful and remain patient.

=== END BH09580 ===

=== START BH09581 ===

He is the Living One! The Point of the Cloud [’ama] journeyed until it came to rest upon the Throne of utterance. Then It composed the Temples of the Most Glorious Letters through a wondrous new arrangement. The [blessed] Word shone forth from the manifest brow, and He made all of it manifest and visible in the threefold Tha before the fourfold one, that “Blessed be God, the Best of Creators” might don a new garment and, through the outpouring of “He is the Truth, there is no God but Him,” might bless all lands, that the universal divine power might be established and the [divine] lordly fruit might appear. And peace be upon you.

=== END BH09581 ===

=== START BH09582 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Glorious!

This is a mention from Us to her who hath believed in God, the Cleaver of the Dawn, that she may find from the traces of God that which shall cause her to be enkindled with the fire of the remembrance of the name of her Lord, the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting. Hearken thou unto the Call from the Most Exalted Pen, whose sound hath been raised between earth and heaven: “Verily, there is none other God but Me, the Single, the One, the All-Compelling.” Beware lest the veils of idle fancies withhold thee, or the doubts of them who have disbelieved in God, the Lord of what was and what shall be, prevent thee. Remember thy Lord, then prostrate thyself and be steadfast before His Face, the Sovereign over all who are in the earths and the heavens. Then rejoice in this Tablet which hath been sent down unto thee, from whose horizon hath shone forth the Sun of the remembrance of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Bestower.

=== END BH09582 ===

=== START BH09583 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Unapproachable, the Most Holy, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious!

This is Thy servant whom the winds of the mercy of Thy name, the All-Merciful, have stirred, and whom Thou hast delivered from the hosts of Satan, and whom the hands of Thy power have taken until Thou didst cause him to enter the stronghold of faith. O my God! Since Thou hast kindled within his heart the lamp of Thy love, do Thou protect him from the winds of tests, and since Thou hast aided him to remember and praise Thee amongst the peoples of the worlds, do Thou preserve him from the whisperings of the followers of religions. O my God! Since Thou hast clothed him with the robe of Thy loving-kindness, do not remove it from him through Thy grace. Then cause him, O my God, in all conditions to gaze upon Thy countenance, to move according to Thy will, to turn toward the Kaaba of Thy sanctification and the sanctuary of Thy detachment. Then bestow upon him that which Thou hast ordained for Thy near servants. Verily, Thou art the All-Forgiving, the All-Merciful.

=== END BH09583 ===

=== START BH09584 ===

O Mustafa, upon him be the Glory of God! He is God! This is the Most Glorious Book unto him who hath held fast to the cord of guidance. O Mustafa! Hear My call from the precincts of the Prison, that verily there is none other God but Him, the Lord of the Last and the First. Aid thy Lord according to thy power, then make mention of Him that perchance the fragrances of the remembrance of the name of thy Lord, the Most Exalted, the Most High, may be diffused. Say: O people! The Lord of the Throne and of the dust hath come, and from all His parts, even unto the hair, thou hearest the most great signs of your Lord. Say: Do ye forsake God and worship Lat and Uzza? This is naught but manifest error, O people of tyranny and transgression. And the Spirit be upon thee and upon those who are with thee among the companions of guidance.

=== END BH09584 ===

=== START BH09586 ===

O handmaiden of God, Sakinih, consort of Nabil!

He is the Mighty, the Beautiful!

This is a Book unto her who hath believed in God and was numbered among the devoted ones in the Mother Book. O handmaiden of God! Be thou patient in whatsoever befalleth thee, and be not distressed by anything. Put thy trust in God, thy Lord and the Lord of all the worlds together. Grieve not over this world and whatsoever occurreth therein, and hold fast unto the sanctified and blessed handle. Thus doth the Tongue of God make mention of thee, that thou mayest detach thyself from all things and turn unto the direction of God, a station of praised nearness. Thus doth God single out whom He willeth with His mercy, that the grace may be from Him precedent unto the worlds. And the Spirit be upon thee and upon those women who remember God, their Lord, in every eventide and dawn.

=== END BH09586 ===

=== START BH09587 ===

O Jinab-i-Dhabih! He is the Most Truthful! This is a Book from God unto him who hath been guided by the lights of the Face and who hath embarked upon the Ark of Holiness which was fashioned by the hand of the Noah of eternity with love in the name of Baha. Give thanks unto God for having clung unto it. By God! Whoso cleaveth unto it is assuredly among those who are nigh unto God, as hath been inscribed by the Pen of the All-Merciful in the Mother Book. Be thou ignited with the heat of thy Lord’s love and pay no heed to them that have disbelieved, even should they bring thee all the scrolls of the earth. Then drink thou from the Kawthar of inner meanings which hath flowed from the finger of a mighty Name. Thus have We given thee to drink of the Salsabil of utterance from the mouth of thy Lord’s Will, the Mighty, the Bountiful, that thou mayest be known among the worlds for thy love of the Youth. And the Spirit be upon thee.

=== END BH09587 ===

=== START BH09588 ===

In the Name of God, the Ever-Abiding

This is a Book from Us to a handmaiden among the handmaidens of God, that she may rejoice in God’s remembrance of her. Taste thou of the fruits of the Tree of Paradise in these days, then render thanks unto thy Lord for having been nourished by its fruits. Be not heedless of God, thy Lord, for less than a moment, then thank Him for having sent down unto thee verses of which a single word cannot be equaled by all who are on earth. Grieve not over anything, for He ordaineth as He pleaseth for whomsoever He pleaseth, and sendeth down for every soul that which hath been ordained for it in its days. And the glory be upon thee and upon whosoever hath been blessed with the fruits of the Garden of the All-Glorious and hath been nourished by its bounties.

=== END BH09588 ===

=== START BH09589 ===

He is the Most Great

This is a Book from Us to people who understand. Verily there is no God but Him. His is the creation and the command. All are His worshippers. Those who have believed today, they are among the most excellent of creation, and those who have turned away, they are a people who deny. O servants of God, hearken to the call from this exalted Tree - verily there is no God but Him, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. Associate not with God. Be witnesses in the earth. Beware lest ye deprive yourselves of the ocean of knowledge. All that appears hath appeared from the gulfs that branch forth from this ocean, were ye to know. Thus have We sent down the command with truth and made it a light for whosoever turns to the Mighty, the Beloved.

=== END BH09589 ===

=== START BH09590 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Great, the Most Great! This is a Book from before the Youth to those who are in the heavens and on earth, that perchance the words of God may draw them and bring them nigh unto the Most Great Prospect, the Station whose very dust particles testify that I am God, there is none other God but Me, the Most High, the Most Great. O handmaiden of God! When thou hast drunk from the Salsabil of divine knowledge from this Tablet which We have sent unto thee, render thanks unto thy Lord for having attained unto that which God’s sincere servants have attained. Know thou that the words of God have been raised up in truth [for the hearing] of His loved ones, and this is indeed a manifest bounty. And whoso is deprived thereof, no mention hath he before God, thy Lord and the Lord of thy forebears of old.

=== END BH09590 ===

=== START BH09591 ===

He is the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting

This is a book from this poor, lowly, penitent one at the time when he journeyed from his self unto God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy, addressed to those who have believed in God on the day whereon the heavens and earths were created, and who call all to God and bid them observe that which hath been sent down in the Book from the presence of One Who is wise and informed. O servant! Hearken unto My call in truth and be not of the heedless ones. Remember thy Lord at all times, then glorify Him in the morning and in the evening. Grieve not over anything but place thy trust in God, the Mighty, the Exalted. Verily He will protect thee in truth from those who have disbelieved and joined partners with God, the Powerful, the Mighty, the Generous. And the Spirit be upon thee and upon the sincere ones.

=== END BH09591 ===

=== START BH09592 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Great! This is a Book sent down from before the Self-Subsisting to those who have attained the lights of the Day when the Youth came in the shadows of clouds with power and sovereignty. Verily, he who has turned to the Countenance has indeed been guided by the lights whereby the regions were illumined. Blessed is the soul that is illumined and the heart that has turned toward the Qiblih of the horizons. This is the Day whereon all things speak forth: “The All-Merciful is come! The Kingdom is God’s, the Mighty, the Gracious!” Among the people are those who are stirred by the breeze of God, and among them are those who have turned back to the fire. O loved ones of God! Hearken unto the call from the precincts of the Prison - verily there is no God but Him, the Mighty, the Self-Choosing. Be united in the love of God - this is better for you than all that hath been created in the realm of possibility.

=== END BH09592 ===

=== START BH09593 ===

O Mirza Fadlu’llah, upon him be 669 [Baha’u’llah]

In the Name of Him through Whom was opened the gate of bounty to all who are in earth and heaven! This is a Book that speaketh the truth and summoneth all peoples unto God, the Lord of the worlds. This is a Tablet which God hath made the bearer of His verses and the Dawning-Place of His grace, the Mighty, the Wondrous.

Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by the Mount of Thy knowledge, and by Him Who conversed upon it, and by the Tree of Thy utterance and that which Thou didst reveal unto it through Thy power and sovereignty, to ordain for me all the good Thou hast sent down in Thy Book. O Lord! Deny me not from standing before the gate of Thy grandeur, and make me not bereft of the outpourings of Thy days. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Protector of all in the heavens and on earth.

=== END BH09593 ===

=== START BH09594 ===

In the Name of Him through Whom surgeth the ocean of bounty and wafteth the fragrance of God, the Lord of all worlds! This is a Book that speaketh the truth and summoneth all who are on earth unto the straight path of God. This is a Day wherein the Mother Book speaketh before the faces of the peoples, while the people are in manifest error. My tongue and My pen bear witness that thou hast turned and hearkened and attained unto the signs of God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy. Say: Praise be unto Thee for having guided me unto Thy horizon and caused me to hear Thy call when the people were wrapped in profound darkness. Preserve the Tablet of God even as thou preservest thine eyes, and say: Thanksgiving be unto Thee, O Thou the Goal of the world, and praise be unto Thee, O Thou the Beloved of those who are in the heavens and on earth.

=== END BH09594 ===

=== START BH09595 ===

O Mehdi! This is a Tablet from Us to the one who acknowledged God on a Day when tongues were stilled, that he may be assured that He loves those who desire Him and remembers those who turned to His countenance when the Promised One appeared and feet stumbled. Say: O people! Test not your Lord God, for He tests whomsoever He wishes. He is verily the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting. Follow what you have been commanded in the Book. Thus does your All-Knowing Lord counsel you. Those who follow their passions and attribute themselves to Us, these are in heedlessness and error. It behooveth those who have turned to God to manifest that which will diffuse the fragrance of holiness among the servants. Blessed is he who is adorned with the attributes of his Lord - he is of those who fulfilled the Covenant on the Day of Separation.

=== END BH09595 ===

=== START BH09596 ===

From His Holiness Siyyid Yusuf, upon him be the glory of God. He is the One Who rules over whatsoever He willeth. This is a Day wherein all things in the garden have been stirred to motion, for the breezes of the All-Merciful have wafted over it with spirit and fragrance. The Kawthar of reunion hath so inebriated it that every thing among all things hath been moved to speak. By God! The highest horizon hath been illumined, and the Lord of all beings hath come with a light that hath enlightened all who are in the heavens and on earth. Blessed is the hearer who hath hearkened to My call, and the one who hath turned towards My court with My leave, and the one who hath arisen to serve My Cause, and My loved ones who have forsaken their homes for the sake of God, the Single One, the All-Informed. Thus hath the Tongue of Grandeur spoken, while stationed in this glorious and wondrous station.

=== END BH09596 ===

=== START BH09597 ===

O Muhammad-Hashim, upon him be the glory of God! He is the Hearer, the Answerer, and He is the Witness, the All-Informed. This is a Day wherein the Spirit calleth out in this wilderness, saying: “Here am I, here am I, O Beloved of the worlds! Here am I, here am I, O Thou Who art the Object of worship of all who are in the heavens and on earth!” When thou hast received My Tablet, turn thy face toward God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. Say: “Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name, and glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy binding Command whereby Thou hast subdued the hearts of the nations, to send down upon me from the heaven of Thy bounty that which beseemeth Thy generosity, O Lord of eternity. Then make me so steadfast in Thy service that nothing shall deter me and no affair shall weaken me. Verily, Thou art the Mighty, the Powerful, the All-Bountiful.”

=== END BH09597 ===

=== START BH09598 ===

My God, my Adored One, my Goal, my Beloved! My face is turned toward the lights of Thy countenance, and my heart is directed to the court of Thy favors. I beseech Thee by Thine ancient bounty and Thy new generosity. Thou art that Omnipotent One Who through a single word hath fashioned the heavens and the earth and caused them to be the emblems of Thy Might, Thy Power and Thy Majesty; of Thy Grace, Thy Bounty and Thy Generosity, that the possessors of vision may behold the signs of Thy power and greatness in all things and bear witness to Thy grandeur. O God! Do not deprive the poor one from the gate of Thy riches, and do not forbid him from the ocean of Thy bestowals. Thou art the Lord of bounty, the Powerful, the Mighty, and the Supreme Ruler over all names.

=== END BH09598 ===

=== START BH09599 ===

O handmaiden who hath migrated, upon her be the Glory of God! In the name of the one true God! The leaf is present and sought thy mention from the Wronged One. We make mention of thee in this Clear Tablet. The mention of God, exalted be His glory, is like unto a lamp that exists before the face of its possessor in all the worlds. Blessed is the soul that hath attained unto it and acteth as beseemeth the days of God. Today the Great Announcement and the Lord of the Day of Judgment summoneth all to the supreme horizon. Blessed is the soul whom the events of the world and the doubts of the nations have not deprived of the Most Great Sea. O handmaiden of God! Hearken unto the call of the Wronged One and hold fast unto the Book of God. This is the counsel of the Wronged One. Blessed are they that hear and blessed are they that act.

=== END BH09599 ===

=== START BH09601 ===

He is the One Who dominates all names

O Abu’l-Qasim! This Day belongs to God and is mentioned in the divine Books as the Day of God. Should anyone reflect upon that which hath been revealed in the divine Books specifically for these days, he would be amazed and would exclaim: “This is a great Day!” This is the Day whereon the Most Great Announcement proclaimeth and summoneth all to the most exalted horizon. Blessed is he who hath intended the Intended One, and whose face hath turned toward Him, and who hath acted according to that which was commanded in His perspicuous Book. In all matters place thy trust in God and commit them to Him. Assuredly He commandeth and executeth whatsoever the requirements of His consummate wisdom may be. He, verily, is the Almighty, the Powerful.

=== END BH09601 ===

=== START BH09602 ===

O Ibrahim! Hearken to the Call of the All-Glorious, for He hath come with His most great and supreme majesty. By God! The Throne hath been established upon the water, and He Who is the Lord of Names hath seated Himself thereon with manifest sovereignty. Behold the people and their heedlessness after their expectation, and their turning away after their hopes, that thou mayest find thyself in a state of joy from God, the Lord of the worlds. They would weep through the nights and days, yet when the Lord of all beings came, they pronounced judgment against Him with grievous wrong. Thus doth He Who possesseth the knowledge recount unto thee the tales of the world and remembereth thee through His preserved Tablet. Glory be upon those who have cast away what they possessed and held fast unto that which they were commanded by God, the One, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH09602 ===

=== START BH09603 ===

In the Name of the Strong, the Almighty

O Abraham! We make mention of thee for having turned to God, the Protecting, the Self-Subsisting. Blessed is the face that hath turned toward the Countenance of God and the heart that hath turned to His praiseworthy station. Behold and call to mind when the Friend, through the power of the Glorious One, turned toward the abode of the idols in the name of His Lord, the Lord of all mankind. Blessed is the hand that shattered the idols of fancy and vain imaginings through this Name whereby all who are in earth and heaven were thunderstruck, save those whom God, the Almighty, the All-Choosing, willed otherwise. Hold fast to the cord of wisdom and cling to the hem of thy Lord, the Mighty, the All-Bestowing. Verily He remembereth thee whilst imprisoned in the Most Great Prison, and turneth toward thee when sorrows have encompassed Him. Blessed art thou and blessed is he who hath attained unto the supreme steadfastness in the Cause of God, the Lord of all mankind.

=== END BH09603 ===

=== START BH09604 ===

O son of Afnan, Mirza Habib, upon him be the Glory of God! In the name of Him Whom God hath made a proof unto all who are in the heavens and on earth! O son of My Afnan who soared in My atmosphere and attained My presence and drank the choice wine of My utterance and established for himself a station beneath My shadow! We bear witness that he is among those who have attained in My perspicuous Book, and We have ordained for him that which the treasuries of the world and all that the kings and rulers possess cannot equal. Say: Glory be to Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Glorious Name, whereby the limbs of the idolaters were made to quake, to ordain for me through Thy Most Exalted Pen that which will profit me in all the worlds of Thy worlds and preserve me from the evil of Thine enemies. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH09604 ===

=== START BH09605 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Exalted!

O My loved ones! Look not upon the sedition and its darkness, but rather gaze upon the Sun from which nothing has withheld It, and be illumined by Its lights from this Quarter unto which the hearts of those near unto God have been attracted. The Dove warbleth, and nothing between earth and heaven preventeth It from the remembrance of Its Lord, even were It to be caught in the claws of the oppressors. The Youth counseleth you to remain steadfast in the Cause of God in such wise that the happenings of the days will not cause you to waver, nor will the turning away of the deniers prevent you. Aid your Lord, the All-Merciful, at all times. Verily He is with you, and He hath power over all things. And praise be to God, the Lord of the heavens and the Lord of the earths and the Lord of the mighty Throne!

=== END BH09605 ===

=== START BH09606 ===

He is God, exalted be His station in mention and utterance. O Name of Bounty! The letter of the Afnan, upon him be the peace of God and His loving-kindness, was received and is accounted in the presence of the Wronged One among exalted words, for from the Lote-Tree of his mention is kindled the fire of love and from his praise wafts the fragrance of the love of the All-Merciful. Blessed is he and blessed are they who have attained. We beseech God to draw the servants through him to His most exalted horizon and supreme height. Verily He is the All-Bountiful, the Generous. He has ever been and continues to be remembered in the presence of the Wronged One. Peace and glory be upon him and upon those with him and upon those who love him and hearken to his words.

=== END BH09606 ===

=== START BH09607 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory, the Most Great, the All-Powerful

O Name of Generosity! Upon thee be the peace of God, the King, the Mighty, the Loving. For some time no news has been received from the Afnan, upon him be the peace of God and His mercy and His grace. You should certainly inquire in each instance about his circumstances. Although through divine bounty and infinite mercy he is safe and protected, yet to inquire and seek information is beloved. Verily We love him and We love his traces. We beseech God to assist him and strengthen him and ordain for him that which will bring joy to all eyes. In the letters that were sent there was no mention of him, nor any mention of the son, upon him be My peace. In any case, negligence in seeking news is not permissible. Peace be upon them from the One Who heareth and answereth.

=== END BH09607 ===

=== START BH09608 ===

O Karbila’i Isma’il! Or Isma’il! Verily the Friend from the direction of His Most Great Horizon calls thee unto God, the Lord of Power, Who hath come with proof and evidence. Bear thou witness unto that whereunto God did bear witness before the creation of earth and heaven: that there is none other God but I, the Almighty, the Mighty, the Bountiful. O Isma’il! Verily the Sacrifice offered up his spirit in My path and expended whatsoever he possessed for My luminous countenance. Blessed is he who hath spoken in My praise and blessed is the learned one who hath arisen to serve My wondrous Cause. Thus have We sent down the verses and manifested the clear proofs as a grace and mercy from Us, but most of the people are among those who imagine vain things. Whoso attaineth today unto the choice wine of revelation, he is indeed of the people of Baha inscribed in the Crimson Tablet, and whoso is debarred therefrom is among the abject ones.

=== END BH09608 ===

=== START BH09609 ===

O Ismail, upon whom be the glory of God, He is the Manifest, the Speaking One, the All-Seeing! O Ismail! God willing, mayest thou be favored by divine grace and be enkindled in thy youth with the fire of the love of God. This is the Day of greatest profit. Blessed is he who hath profited, and he who hath turned, and he who hath spoken with this wondrous, mighty remembrance. Beseech thou God that He may cause the hearts of all the friends to be connected with the Most Great Ocean and adorn them all with the ornament of love. By the life of the Wronged One! Should any soul attain to that which hath been mentioned, he shall find himself free and detached from the veils and clouds and sorrows and griefs of the world. Glory be upon thy father and upon thee and upon those men who have believed and those women who have believed in God, the Single One, the All-Informed.

=== END BH09609 ===

=== START BH09610 ===

In My Name which hath appeared from the horizon of heaven! O Isma’il! My Most Exalted Pen hath spoken both morn and eve in such wise that the horizons have been filled with the verses of thy Lord, the Possessor of all creation. Is there any thankful one who will arise to render true thanksgiving, and is there any speaker who will make mention of Him with true remembrance? Nay, by His Self, the One Who holdeth sway over all who are in earth and heaven! Cast aside what is with the learned ones and take hold of thy Lord’s Book with spirit and fragrance. Verily it shall profit thee in every world of the worlds of thy Lord, and verily it is the Lamp of God that walketh before thy face, by the command of God, the Lord of Lords. Hold fast unto the Book, then act according to that which hath been sent down therein from the Pen of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Bestower.

=== END BH09610 ===

=== START BH09611 ===

In My Name, the Speaker before the faces of the parties

O My Name! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness. O thou who speakest My mention amongst My servants, O thou who hast dawned from the horizon of the heaven of My grace! By My life, I have been saddened by that which hath appeared from My loved ones whom We raised up through My remembrance amongst My creation, and to whom We made known My path, and whom We guided unto My announcement, and for whom We sent down that which diffused the fragrance of My mercy that hath preceded all who are in the heavens and the earth. His Holiness, My Branch, hath presented thy letter. We have answered thee through this perspicuous Tablet. Say:

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Glorious Name, whereby the limbs of all names have trembled, and glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by those who have quaffed the wine of supreme steadfastness before the faces of all peoples, to assist me in all conditions to help Thy Cause and exalt Thy Word and to manifest that which Thou hast commanded me in Thy Tablets with wisdom and utterance. Verily, Thou art the Potent over whatsoever Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH09611 ===

=== START BH09612 ===

He is God! O My Name Mahdi! The servant present read the letter from Afnan A. and H., upon him be My glory, which he sent to you. God willing, may they ever be nourished by the fruits of the Tree of divine knowledge, gaze toward the horizon of the All-Merciful, and arise to serve the Cause. This matter is one that has had and has no likeness or parallel. Its effects remain concealed due to the world’s lack of capacity, but the Mighty, the Trustworthy shall make them manifest. We send Our greetings upon him and upon the Afnans there and upon those whose names were mentioned in his letter. Praise be to God, they have attained to the recognition of Truth, of which most of the world remains deprived, and act according to His command. By My life, this is a mighty station with thy Lord, the Exalted, the Great.

=== END BH09612 ===

=== START BH09613 ===

He is the One speaking with truth

O companions of the Ship! Hear the call of God, the Lord of creation. He calls you unto Him and guides you to His clear and straight path, and makes known to you that which will elevate you, and teaches you that which will profit you. He is verily the Most Merciful of the merciful ones. When thou hearest the call from the supreme horizon, say:

My God, my God! Praise be to Thee for honoring me with the traces of Thy Pen and adorning me with the ornament of Thy love. I beseech Thee by the fruits of the Tree of Thy Command and the lights of the horizon of Thy Manifestation to make me steadfast in Thy love and firm in Thy Cause, and to make me drink the choice wine of Thy utterance. O my Lord! The poor one hath turned toward the kingdom of Thy riches - I beseech Thee not to disappoint him from what Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen ones. Verily Thou art powerful over what Thou willest. There is no God but Thee, the Forgiving, the Merciful.

=== END BH09613 ===

=== START BH09614 ===

O My Afnan! Recall thou the days when thou wert in My presence and didst hear the voice of God, the King, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. God hath ordained for thee that which shall cause thy remembrance to endure through the eternity of His Best Names. Verily thy Lord is the One Who hath power over whatsoever He willeth through His sovereignty that hath encompassed all who are in the heavens and on earth. That which hath been concealed from sight shall soon be made manifest. He, verily, is the True Informer, the Trustworthy. Thus have We caused to flow from the Pen that which shall establish the decree of pre-existence, yet most of the peoples remain heedless. The glory of God be upon thee and upon those who have held fast to this firm cord.

=== END BH09614 ===

=== START BH09615 ===

He is the One Who speaketh the truth and commandeth justice! O My Afnan! Upon thee be My glory from the Kingdom and the Realm of Might, and the glory of those who dwell in the heavens and earth. We have remembered thee before, and have revealed for thee that which hath transported the hearts of the holy ones in the Most Exalted Paradise and the realities of the pure ones in the Supreme Paradise. Blessed art thou and blessed is he who hath loved thee in the path of God, the Lord of the Mighty Throne. Grieve not because of the people and their clamor. God shall soon erase their traces and elevate your station. Verily, He is the True One, the Trusted One. The Light that shineth resplendent from the horizon of the Tablet of God be upon thee and upon those whom the ranks of the oppressors have not frightened, nor the hosts of the heedless. Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH09615 ===

=== START BH09616 ===

He is the Commander, the All-Knowing

O Afnan, Jinab-i-Haji Seyyed Muhammad, upon him be all My most glorious and most resplendent Baha! Upon thee be My Baha and My mercy. The letters which were addressed to Javad, upon him be My Baha, were presented by this servant before His presence. Praise be to God, they bore faithful witness to thy devotion, thy turning to God and thy steadfastness.

O My Afnan! We have heard thy call and that wherewith thou didst commune with God. We bear witness that thou hast been faithful to God’s Covenant and His Testament, and hast arisen to serve His Cause. Verily thy Lord is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Be thou thankful that We have mentioned thee before and after, and hold fast unto that which hath been revealed in the Book of God, the Lord of all worlds. Upon thee be glory, and upon My Afnans who have held fast to the cord of God and clung to His resplendent hem.

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=== START BH09617 ===

O Afnan, Jinab-i-Haji-Mirza-Buzurg, upon him be all My most glorious and most resplendent Baha! He is the Hearer and the Answerer. O My Afnan! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness. Although outward loss hath been sustained, yet I swear by the Sun of Truth that the profit of the world, both outward and inward, is reserved for you, and God will soon make it manifest through His grace. He, verily, is the Powerful, the Supreme, the Evident, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. The world is adorned with your mention. Grieve not for what hath befallen thee - greater than this hath befallen Us, to which both My tongue and thy tongue bear witness, and I am the Hearer, the All-Seeing. Light and glory be upon thee and upon those who love thee and will love thee and hearken to thy words concerning this Most Great, Most Holy, Most Mighty, Most Wondrous Cause.

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=== START BH09618 ===

O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Glorious Name through which the gate of Thy bounty was opened to Thy creation, and the ocean of Thy knowledge surged amongst Thy creatures, and the sun of Thy generosity shone forth from the horizon of the heaven of Thy mercy, to unite Thy loved ones and chosen ones. O Lord! Leave them not to themselves, but make them as one servant, and one light, and one name, that they may exemplify oneness in Thy land. O Lord! Make known to them that which appeareth from their unity in Thy countries and realms, and draw them nigh unto the ocean of Thy good-pleasure, then cause them to enter the depths of the sea of Thy oneness, and illumine them with the lights of detachment in Thy days. Verily, Thou art the Omnipotent over whatsoever Thou willest. There is no God but Thee, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH09618 ===

=== START BH09619 ===

O my God and my Lord! How can I thank Thee for having made me the dayspring of tribulations in Thy path and the dawning-place of trials in my love for Thee and in my pleasure in Thy good-pleasure? By Thy might, O Thou Who art the Well-Beloved of the worlds and the Goal of them that have recognized Thee! The swords cannot prevent me from turning to the face of Thy oneness, nor can the spears hinder me from walking in the paths of Thy transcendent unity. Can the lover find rest after his heart hath been set aflame with the fire of longing in his love for Thee? And can the sincere seeker find repose after the wafting of the fragrance of the robe of Thy mercy hath passed over him? Nay, by Thy might! The winds of hypocrisy cannot hold back the lovers, nor can the might of the horizons restrain them that yearn after Thee. Thus hath the matter been decreed by the Pen of transcendent glory, and praise be unto My Self, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH09619 ===

=== START BH09620 ===

O my God and my Lord! By Your Command that has encompassed all created things, and by Your Name through which You have subdued all contingent beings, I beseech You to ordain for this leaf of Yours the best of both worlds. O Lord! You see her adorned with the ornament of Your love, turning to the horizon of Your grace, gazing upon the seat of Your throne, and speaking Your praise. I beseech You by the ocean of Your knowledge and the heaven of Your wisdom to assist her in preserving what You have bestowed upon her through Your bounty and generosity. Verily, You are He Whom nothing can frustrate and no affair can defeat. You do and command as You please, and You are indeed the Truth, the Almighty, the Powerful. Within Your grasp lies the kingdom of the heavens and the earths.

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=== START BH09621 ===

O my God and my Master! Thou seest me among Thy creatures who have rebelled and transgressed against Thee. Every time I invite them unto the ocean of Thy knowledge, their repudiation of Thy Cause increaseth and their rejection of the Dawning-Place of Thy Will waxeth greater. I beg of Thee, O my God, by those who have fasted for love of Thee and have quaffed the living waters of submission from the hands of Thy bounty, to ordain for Thy loved ones, who under the blaze of the orb of Thy trials have clung to the cord of patience, all the good Thou hast reckoned in Thy Books and Thy Tablets. Write down, then, for such as have been afflicted with adversities for Thy sake, the reward of those who have suffered martyrdom in the path of Thy good-pleasure. Send down, moreover, upon them, O Lord, that which will rejoice their hearts, solace their eyes, and exhilarate their souls. Thou art, verily, the Most Powerful, the Most Exalted, the Help in Peril, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

[Text published in “The Importance of Obligatory Prayer and Fasting”(May 2000), item 3.4]

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=== START BH09622 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the Most Great, the Most Ancient, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

Glorified art Thou, O my God and my Purpose! Thou seest Thy chosen ones in tribulations beyond compare. The servants have risen against them without any proof or Book. They have seized them and imprisoned them and committed that which hath caused the earth to tremble and the clouds to wail. O Lord! I beseech Thee by the ocean of Thy bounty and the heaven of Thy power to protect Thy chosen ones from the oppression of those who have cast Thy Book behind their backs and have acted according to their own desires in Thy lands and Thy realm. Thou art He to Whose power and sovereignty all created things have testified, and to Whose grandeur and might all possible things have borne witness. There is none other God but Thee, the Almighty, the Powerful, the All-Compelling, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09622 ===

=== START BH09623 ===

He is the All-Powerful, the Most Exalted, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed

O mother of ’Ali! We have mentioned thee time after time, and this is yet another time, that thou mayest give thanks unto thy Lord, the Holy, the Mighty, the Loving. Be thou thankful that God hath aided thee in a Cause which He hath placed above the hearts of the idolaters. When We were seated upon the throne and speaking forth the verses of His own Self, at that time did My Glorious and Wondrous Pen turn towards thee and thy children, and We made mention of thee in this Tablet whereby the Concourse on High were gladdened and all things were moved with joy through this Wise Remembrance. The glory be upon thee and upon them and upon those who have attained, and stood firm, and drunk, and heard, and responded on this Day which was promised in the Books of Heaven and inscribed in My Preserved Tablet.

=== END BH09623 ===

=== START BH09624 ===

In My Name, the All-Subduing over all names!

O My handmaiden! Today the Sun of Manifestation hath risen and is shining from the horizon of the heaven of God’s Command, and the rustling of the Divine Lote-Tree is raised before the faces of humanity. The pearls of knowledge that were hidden within the shells of the ocean of wisdom are now manifest and visible before all faces. Yet the servants and handmaidens have been prevented from the Lord of Names by the veils of the divines. They martyred the Purpose of the world, and night and day they strive and struggle to extinguish the Light of the One Who conversed on Sinai. Glory be to God! They walk in the path of vain imaginings and move according to the dictates of self and passion. This day is the Lord of days. Blessed is the soul that hath been illumined by the recognition of the Day of God and hath attained unto the signs of the utterance of the Purpose of all worlds.

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=== START BH09625 ===

O My handmaiden Khadijih, who hath emigrated in My Most Great Name! Hearken thou unto My call from the precincts of My prison, the Spot which God hath made sanctified from mention of station and rank and place and possibility, and from whatsoever floweth from the tongue and is comprehended by the heart. Verily thy Lord, the All-Merciful, is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Bear thou witness unto that whereunto God Himself hath testified: that there is none other God but Him, the Ever-Abiding, the Everlasting, the Mighty, the Holy, the Inaccessible, the Most High. The faces have been illumined by the lights of the Countenance, and the horizons by My luminous horizon. Remember thy Lord with joy and fragrance. Thus hast thou been commanded from before the All-Merciful, Who hath come with His mighty and wondrous Kingdom. Thus hath the Tongue of Baha spoken, that He might attract the hearts of the devoted ones and the minds of the mystics.

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=== START BH09626 ===

He is the One speaking from the Supreme Horizon

O My handmaiden! We mentioned thee before in such wise as to enrapture the hearts of the devoted ones in their chambers. Thy Lord is, verily, the All-Witnessing, the All-Informed. And We make mention of thee at this time with this wondrous mention. Beware lest the affairs of men sadden thee or the clamor of those who have denied God when He came with a mighty Cause cause thee to fear. Take hold of the Book of God with the strength that cometh from Him, then thank Him for this manifest bounty. By My life! My mention of thee outweigheth all the treasures of the earth - to this testifieth every discerning servant. The glory shining from the horizon of the heaven of My mercy be upon thee and upon those who have cast away what the people possess and upon those women who have believed in the One, the All-Informed.

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=== START BH09627 ===

In the Name of the Friend, the Kind One! O My handmaiden! I make mention of thee in this station that joy and gladness may take possession of thee in such wise that thou wilt remember Him Who hath been made a captive in the hands of the oppressors. By the life of God! Were anyone to become aware of what befell Me in the previous year, he would surely weep and lament. Thy Lord is verily the Concealer, the Forbearing. We have concealed that which We witnessed and have shown patience in what We heard. Thy Lord is verily the All-Bountiful. By the life of God! Sorrows did not overtake Me when I was a prisoner in the hands of the wicked ones, but I grieve when I behold that which befitteth not this glorious and wondrous Day. Be thou therefore thankful unto thy Lord for having mentioned thee in the Most Great Paradise - the station wherein everything therein proclaimeth that there is none other God besides Him, the Mighty, the All-Praised.

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=== START BH09629 ===

In the name of the Goal of the world and the peoples

O My handmaiden who hast held fast to the cord of My loving-kindness! He who hath loved Me and arisen to serve My Cause and found the fragrances of revelation from the direction of My mercy hath made mention of thee. We have remembered thee in this perspicuous Tablet. In this day it is incumbent and obligatory upon all the world to hold fast to the cord of grace and to cling to the hem of Him Who speaketh from the Sinai of Revelation. However, the promptings of self and passion have debarred all from the most holy court and sacred precincts, save those whom the hands of the loving-kindness of their Lord, the Mighty, the Powerful, have delivered. We beseech God that He may aid thee and make thee steadfast and firm in His most great Cause. He is verily the Powerful, the Mighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Seeing.

=== END BH09629 ===

=== START BH09630 ===

O My handmaiden and My leaf! Say: Glory be to Thee, O Lord of all dominion and Protector of the downtrodden! I beseech Thee by what Thou hast ordained in Thy celestial kingdom and Thy realm of might, to inscribe for this Thy leaf, by Thy Most Exalted Pen, that which will tranquilize her soul and dilate her breast. O my Lord! I implore Thee by Thy most great signs and the manifestations of Thy Cause in the kingdom of creation, to send down upon her from the heaven of Thy bounty that which will bring peace to her heart, rest to her members, and attraction to her soul. Verily, Thou art the Lord of the world, the Almighty over the nations, and the One made manifest through the Most Great Name, whereby the heavens and earth were illumined in Thy wondrous and wonderful Day.

=== END BH09630 ===

=== START BH09631 ===

He is the Dawning-Place from the horizon of the heaven of proof! O My handmaiden, O My chosen one! Today all the deeds of the divines of Iran - that is, the heedless souls - have not equaled and do not equal a single word of the friends of Truth. One deed of His servants stands above the deeds of all, and one word from His handmaidens excels the devotions of all - for these are adorned with the ornament of divine acceptance while the others are deprived. O My handmaiden! Today the gaze of grace and the glance of bounty are directed towards the male and female servants. Verses are being sent down and arriving like rain upon the soil of hearts. However, were the door of grace to be closed and the glance to turn to justice, the Pen would cease its motion. The Command is in the hand of God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH09631 ===

=== START BH09632 ===

He is the One manifest above all things! O my handmaiden, O Gulbahar! Praise be to the Goal of the world that in this spiritual springtime thou hast attained unto the verses of inner meanings. These verses are pearls of wondrous utterances that have appeared from the Treasury of the Supreme Pen. Blessed art thou and blessed is the handmaiden who hath attained unto the days of God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy. This bounty sufficeth thee that thou hast hearkened unto the Call and turned unto God, exalted be His glory, while the queens of the earth wander bewildered in the wilderness of perplexity. Know thou the value of this station and preserve it in the name of God, exalted be His glory. Verily He is with His devoted male and female servants. The glory from Us be upon thee and upon those handmaidens who have believed in God, the One, the All-Informed.

=== END BH09632 ===

=== START BH09633 ===

O Handmaiden of God Zahra, upon her be God’s peace. In the Name of Him Who is the All-Ruling over all names.

O handmaiden of God! We have heard thy call, and in this hour when the sorrows of the world have turned toward this Wronged One, We make mention of thee. We have counseled and continue to counsel all to be characterized by religiosity, trustworthiness, chastity and fidelity. Those who speak and acknowledge the word of unity must purify and sanctify their hearts from corruption, conflict, rancor and hatred, that they may be adorned with the imprint of the seal “The Kingdom is God’s.” If they hold fast to goodly deeds and praiseworthy conduct, divine favor will encompass them, for every tongue hath testified to His generosity and every ear hath witnessed His bounty. Verily He is the Forgiver of sins, and He is the Almighty, the Glorious, the All-Loving.

=== END BH09633 ===

=== START BH09634 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Glorious

O people of Baha! Hearken unto that which the Tongue of Grandeur hath spoken in this most exalted Station, and hold fast unto that which ye have been commanded by God, the Lord of the worlds. Let not the affairs of the world sadden you, nor the intimations of those who have disbelieved in God, the Exalted, the Great, hinder you. Leave the world behind you. Verily, the Lord of Eternity maketh mention of you in this noble Station. Blessed is he who hath attained unto My remembrance and cast away all else beside Me. He is indeed of the people of Paradise in this perspicuous Book. Give thanks unto thy Lord, for He hath aided thee to attain unto knowledge, and hath sent down unto thee that which hath diffused the fragrance of the Divine Garment between the heavens and the earth. Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH09634 ===

=== START BH09635 ===

He is the One Who gazes from the horizon of heaven. O people of Baha! He Who is the Lord of Names makes mention of you - He through a mere gesture of Whose finger the heaven was cleft asunder, the earth was split, and the mountains were moved. Fear God and follow not your desires. Follow Him Who has come with the truth and called all unto God, the Lord of all men. Say: By God! That which you possess shall profit you not, as testifies the Mother Book which encompasses all. This is the Day wherein the Book proclaims and declares: By God! He Who revealed me in the eternities of eternity has come! Thus has the eye of understanding been gladdened by the utterance of its Lord, the Most Merciful. Blessed is he who has heard, and woe unto him who has turned away from the Dawning Place of clear proof.

=== END BH09635 ===

=== START BH09636 ===

To the honored wife of Javad, upon them both be the Glory of God. In My Name, the Protector over all names. O people of the household of J! Praise be to God, ye have attained unto the light of faith. Now strive ye, that perchance ye may receive your portion from the ocean of utterance of Him Who is the Goal of all worlds. The Wronged One hath ever made mention and continueth to make mention of His handmaidens. When thou hast drunk the choice wine of utterance from the cup of My bounty, say: My God, my God! Praise be to Thee for having caused me to recognize the Dawning-Place of Thy signs and the Dayspring of Thy clear tokens, and for having illumined all hearts with the light of Thy knowledge. I beseech Thee by Thy sovereignty and by that whereby the hearts of Thy chosen ones were attracted, to ordain for him who hath turned to Thee the good of this world and of the world to come. Verily, Thou art the Lord of all creation. There is none other God but Thee, the Commander, the Ruler, the Mighty, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH09636 ===

=== START BH09637 ===

In My Name, the Commander, the All-Wise, before the faces of all who are in the heavens and earths! O My loved ones in China! The Supreme Pen hath testified and doth testify at all times that He is the Single One, the One, the Powerful, the Strong, the Triumphant, the Mighty. He doeth what He willeth and ordaineth what He desireth, and He is the All-Bountiful, the Generous. We have bestowed the custodianship of the Holy House upon the Most Exalted Leaf, consort of the Primal Point, and upon her sister - upon both of them be the glory of God, His mercy and His loving-kindness. This custodianship hath been granted to that House by God. Thus have We adorned it with the ornament of grace and confirmed the decree with My seal, the Mighty, the Beloved. This honor and bounty hath been specifically granted to the sister and her descendants, from God, the Bestower, the All-Bountiful, the Ever-Flowing, the Forgiving, the Merciful.

=== END BH09637 ===

=== START BH09638 ===

He is the One warbling at this moment upon the Branch of Utterance! O My loved ones in that land! Blessed are ye, and joy be unto you, for having turned unto and gained victory through God’s Cause and His Manifestation, and for having drunk the choice wine of utterance from the hand of the bounty of your Lord, the Merciful, the Compassionate. O Baqir! Blessed art thou, and blessed is thy tongue, for having spoken in remembrance of this Most Great News. We have mentioned thee before, and at this hour with that which shall endure through the eternity of My Most Great Name, the All-Glorious. And We make mention of him who was named ’Ali-Before-Asghar with verses that surpass all the treasures of kings and all that the sovereigns possess. The glory from God, the Mighty, the All-Compelling, the Supreme Ruler of all in the heavens and earths, be upon you both and upon those with you and upon your mother.

=== END BH09638 ===

=== START BH09639 ===

Upon Him be the glory of God and His favors. He is the Witness, the Rememberer, the All-Knowing. O Most Exalted Leaf! Rejoice thou that the Divine Lote-Tree remembereth thee from the right hand of the luminous Spot, and the Most Exalted Paradise - verily there is none other God but Me, the One, the All-Informed. We have remembered thee before, and at this time with that which the heavens and earth cannot equal. To this beareth witness the Supreme Pen, and behind it the Tongue of God, the Speaking, the Mighty, the Wondrous. Blessed are the handmaidens who have heard thy call and serve thee in the days of God, the Lord of the worlds. The glory shining from the horizon of My loving-kindness and the light dawning from the horizon of the heaven of My grace be upon thee and upon those who have acted according to that which they were commanded in the Book of God, the Most High, the Most Great.

=== END BH09639 ===

=== START BH09640 ===

O thou who drinkest the choice wine of My utterance, who art mentioned by My Pen, and who soarest in My atmosphere! The Greater Branch hath appeared before My countenance and made mention of thee and of My loved ones whom thou didst mention in thy letter. We have mentioned each one of them with that which hath diffused the fragrance of grace and bounty. We beseech God to attract them through His verses, to draw them nigh unto the court of His glory, and to sanctify them from that which beseemeth not His loved ones. Verily, He is powerful over all things. Blessed art thou, inasmuch as God hath made thee the cause of the deliverance of His servants and the savior of His creation from the well of idle fancies and vain imaginings. He, verily, is the Confirmer, the Mighty, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH09640 ===

=== START BH09642 ===

14. He is the Enlightener, the Helper, the Generous!

O thou who hast fixed thy gaze upon My countenance, grieve not over that which hath befallen thee by the decree of God, the Lord of Lords. Give thanks to Him for His grace, His bounty, and His favor. We, in truth, were with him at the end of his days in this world and at the beginning of his days in the presence of the most exalted Companion. At the moment he ascended the angels and the Spirit received him as bidden by God, the quickener of the dead. Oh, would that at the moment of his ascension he had been adorned with the light of trust in God, had committed his affairs to His hands, and been submissive to His destiny and decree. Verily, Mine exalted Pen longeth to console thee and to transmute thy sadness into joy and gladness. He, verily, is the Lord of Revelation and perspicuous is His name, the Ever-Forgiving.

=== END BH09642 ===

=== START BH09643 ===

In the Name of Him through Whom the gate of bounty was opened to the world!

O Aqa Khan! Hear My call from the direction of My prison. Verily it hath been raised in such wise that both East and West have been blessed by hearkening unto it, through the loving-kindness of God, the Compassionate, the Generous. We have manifested that which was hidden in knowledge and have sent down that which hath brought solace to the eyes of all who are in the heavens and on earth. Be thankful unto God for this Most Great Remembrance which hath descended from the heaven of the loving-kindness of thy Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Say: All praise be unto Thee, O God of Names, and all glory be unto Thee, O Lord of all creation, for having remembered me when I was wronged and imprisoned in the hands of the heedless. And this was sent down for Isma’il, upon him be the glory of God.

=== END BH09643 ===

=== START BH09644 ===

He is the Confirmer, the Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise

O Aqa Dadash! The world lies asleep upon the couch of heedlessness and is veiled. The Divine Call from the prison of ’Akka hath been raised in such wise that for the fair-minded no power to deny remaineth. Blessed are they whom their own idle fancies have not prevented nor held back from drawing nigh. These are the Hands of His Cause amongst mankind and the cupbearers of the Salsabil of divine knowledge amidst all religions. O Aqa Dadash! Rejoice thou in that We have named thee Husayn in the Book of Names. Be thou thankful and say:

“My God, my God! I beseech Thee by the Dawning-Places of Thy Revelation and the Daysprings of Thine inspiration to ordain for me all the good Thou hast sent down in Thy Book. Verily, Thou art the Powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the Ruler in the beginning and in the end.”

=== END BH09644 ===

=== START BH09645 ===

O Leaf, daughter of the King of Martyrs! Upon both of you be the Glory of God!

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great

O daughter of Ha, the Lord of Names remembers you from the direction of His Most Great Prison. Verily your Lord is the Mighty, the Wise. We have remembered you and your father with a remembrance that the kingdom of creation cannot rival. The Creator of heaven bears witness to this in this perspicuous Tablet. You are under the shadow of your Lord’s loving-kindness, the Almighty, the All-Powerful. There is nothing that has not lamented what befell you in the path of God, the Lord of all worlds. Be thankful to your Lord for this most great favor and say: “Praise be unto Thee, O Lord of the world, and glory be unto Thee, O Beloved of those who are in the heavens and on earth!” Glory be upon you and upon your brothers and upon your sister and your mother from the presence of One mighty and powerful.

=== END BH09645 ===

=== START BH09646 ===

He is the One Who speaks the Truth

O Jalal! He Who is the All-Glorious remembers you in this station, around which circle the denizens of the highest Paradise and the Daysprings of Names at eventide and at dawn. Blessed are they who seek you out and acknowledge your loftiness and visit those through whom the Banner of Guidance was raised among creation and the Dove warbled upon the Tree: “There is none other God but Me, the Mighty, the All-Bestowing.” Blessed are you and your brother, and upon your mother and your sister, and upon those who believed in God on the Day of Return. Verily God and His angels and His Prophets and the Daysprings of His Revelation and the Dawning-places of His knowledge and the Repositories of His wisdom all send their blessings upon you and curse those who wronged you and killed you and shed your blood. These are servants who [text ends]

=== END BH09646 ===

=== START BH09647 ===

O Haji Sha’ban, upon thee be the Glory of God! He is the One established upon the Throne. O Haji Sha’ban, upon thee be the glory of thy Lord, the Most Merciful! Today the Wronged One is at times seated upon the throne of joy, inasmuch as from all directions glad-tidings and felicitations are manifest, and at other times He is established upon the seat of sorrow, for the lamentation and mourning of all things can be heard. In the land of Ya, barking has been raised. The heedless oppressor, imagining that he hath conquered a realm, hath arranged a great celebration at night. Through this deed his measure of understanding and perception hath become evident. Soon shall he bewail his own self and shall behold it in grievous torment. The glory from Us be upon thee and upon those who have quaffed the wine of revelation from the hand of the bounty of their Lord, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH09647 ===

=== START BH09648 ===

O Husayn! Some of the peoples of the earth were awaiting the appearance of Husayn, inasmuch as in the past the chosen ones of God, exalted be His glory, had given the glad-tidings to the servants of His appearance after the Qa’im. They had likewise announced that at the time of the manifestation of that Dawning-Place of divine effulgences, all the Prophets and Messengers, even the Qa’im Himself, would gather beneath His blessed standard. When the time came and the world was illumined by the lights of His countenance, all turned away except those souls who, through the power of the Lord of Names, shattered the idols of fancy and desire and set out for the City of Certitude. Today the sealed wine hath appeared and floweth forth in the name of the Self-Subsisting. Take thou a cup thereof and drink in this blessed and praiseworthy Name. Glory be to those who have attained unto the Kawthar of steadfastness on this promised Day.

=== END BH09648 ===

=== START BH09649 ===

He is the Just, the Wise! O Husayn! God, glorified be His majesty, in His scriptures and tablets hath commanded His servants to that which leads to their exaltation and ascendancy. At all times He hath been in the hands of the oppressors - for God’s sake He spoke and for God’s sake He bore afflictions. Until now, God’s purpose remaineth unknown to the people of the cities of tyranny and oppression. They wander in the wilderness of heedlessness and traverse the valley of greed. Beseech ye God that He may quicken His servants through the rains of His mercy and bounty, and grant them sight that they may be delivered from the graves of ignorance and may see and find. Verily He is the Wise Counsellor, the All-Knowing, the Clear Expositor, the Compassionate, the Generous.

=== END BH09649 ===

=== START BH09650 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the Guardian over all names! O Khadijih and O Fatimih! All in the world, whether male or female, have been created for the recognition of God, the remembrance of God, and service to His Cause. For every party among parties and every class among classes, He hath, through His all-pervading wisdom, ordained a matter and appointed a service. Today, the service of the handmaidens of God hath been and is trust in God, steadfastness, and sanctification from that which is unseemly. Strive ye to be adorned with the ornament of detachment. Verily, He counseleth all with that which shall profit them in every world of His worlds. Your petition was presented, and this answer hath been sent down from the Kingdom of grace. Blessed is he who hath attained unto the Kawthar of his Lord’s utterance, the Bestower, the Bountiful.

=== END BH09650 ===

=== START BH09651 ===

O Khalil, who hath attained Our presence and won Our good-pleasure! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness. At this hour the ocean of utterance is surging and the Sun of bounty is shining from the horizon of the heaven of the prison, though outwardly it is night and known among the Arabs as a dark night. At this moment the countenance of favor hath turned toward thee and the Most Exalted Pen is moved to write thy name, and saith: Blessed are the days wherein thou wert present before the Wronged One, and didst hear His sweetest call, and behold His most luminous horizon. We beseech God to assist thee and ordain for thee that which shall gladden thine eyes and the eyes of them that love thee. He, verily, is the All-Bountiful, the All-Generous, and within His grasp is the kingdom of the dominion of the heavens and earth.

=== END BH09651 ===

=== START BH09652 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Wondrous, the Most Wondrous! O my Lord, my God, and my Beloved! I beseech Thee by the wafting of the breezes of Thy grace whereby Thou didst quicken all created things and caused them to speak forth Thy praise, and didst bring forth all beings and shed upon them the lights of Thy countenance, that Thou wilt not, in this springtime, deprive me of the garment of Thy grace and favors, nor leave me distant from the paradise of Thy reunion and meeting. Then cause me to drink, O my God, from the Kawthar of life from the hands of the youths upon whose countenance hath been inscribed by the Most Exalted Pen: “By God, the Truth, the Sovereign, the Manifest One, the Beloved of the worlds hath appeared!” that I may wholly detach myself from all else save Thee and turn unto the direction of Thy good-pleasure. There is no God but Thee, the Overshadowing, the All-Powerful, the All-Forgiving.

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=== START BH09653 ===

In My Name Who is manifest from the horizon of eternity

O Rida! Hear My call. Verily it mentions thee in such wise as will draw thee nigh unto God, the Mighty, the Praised. Blessed is the servant who hath turned and attained unto that which hath been sent down from the kingdom of the utterance of his Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. By the life of God! Neither the riches of the world nor whatsoever is with the kings and rulers can equal one word thereof. When thou hast attained unto My Tablet and found My fragrance, say:

My God, my God! Praise be to Thee for having guided me, made me to know Thee, given me to drink, and taught me. I beseech Thee by the lamentation of the lovers and the cry of them that are nigh unto Thee in their separation and remoteness from Thee, to make me steadfast in Thy Cause in such wise that neither the hosts of doubts nor the intimations of those who have disbelieved in the Day of Judgment shall keep me back. Praise be to Thee, O God of the worlds!

=== END BH09653 ===

=== START BH09654 ===

In the Name of the One God! O Ramadan! Salman made mention of thee, and there hath been revealed from the Supreme Pen for thee that which the pillars of the world are powerless and incapable to estimate its worth. God doeth whatsoever He willeth, He hath been and will ever be. He maketh mention of whomsoever He desireth, and that mention hath been and will ever be, with the One mentioned, accompanied by its influence and fruit throughout all worlds. Know thou this most exalted station and be of them that are thankful. We counsel thee and the friends of God to perform such deeds as will illumine the eyes and gladden the hearts. Glory be upon the people of Glory who have not broken God’s Covenant, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH09654 ===

=== START BH09656 ===

O Shukru’llah! In the name of the one incomparable Goal. O Shukru’llah! Thy letter reached the Most Great Prison and was read before the Wronged One. Praise be to God that, through God’s infinite loving-kindness, thou hast quaffed from the cup of mystic knowledge the living waters in the name of the Beloved of all creation. All who dwell on earth were created to attain unto this station, and yet most of them are seen to be heedless, turned away, and veiled. Blessed art thou, for thou hast heard the rustling of the Divine Lote-Tree and hast turned toward the most exalted horizon. Glory in this, then render thanks unto God, the Lord of all worlds. Know thou the value of this station and preserve it as thy very life in the name of the Beloved of all creation.

=== END BH09656 ===

=== START BH09657 ===

O sweet handmaiden! In the name of the one God!

O Shirin! Reflect upon the grace and bounty of God, glorified be His majesty. He who was considered by people to be among the greatest scholars of the age descended to the lowest depths, while you ascended to the highest heights. He was veiled from the Day of God, while you attained unto it. He was deprived of the ocean of divine knowledge, while you were nourished by it. Thus did We make the highest lowest, that what was spoken before might be fulfilled: “We shall make their highest ones their lowest ones, and their lowest ones their highest ones.” The learned one is he who guides people to My path and teaches them My straight way. Glory be upon My handmaiden and upon you and upon the handmaidens of God, before and after.

=== END BH09657 ===

=== START BH09659 ===

In the Name of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Powerful! O young in years! Thy letter was presented before the Countenance and was beheld. Praise be to God that in thy early days thou didst turn to the true Kaaba and didst attain to His recognition. Verily, all grace is in the hands of God - He bestoweth it upon whomsoever He willeth of His creation. He, verily, is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. How many souls, despite their yearning and desire, failed to attain to the recognition of their Lord at the end of their days, while thou, through divine grace and favor, hast in the beginning of thy life attained to this most great bounty. God willing, thou shalt abide protected and dwelling beneath the divine Lote-Tree, ever mindful. And the Glory be upon thee.

=== END BH09659 ===

=== START BH09661 ===

He is the Truth, the Knower of the Unseen

O Abbas! Your mention hath been made before the Wronged One, and this Most Holy, Most Exalted Tablet hath been revealed in the Persian tongue that thou mayest drink from the Euphrates of the All-Merciful’s mercy and occupy thyself with the praise and glorification of the Beloved of all possibility. This is a day wherein the call of the All-Merciful is raised from one direction, and likewise the cawing of Satan from another. Blessed is the state of the one whom the cawing of the cawers and the doubt of the doubters hath not prevented from the breezes of the Day of Judgment. Through the power of the Most Great Name, take hold of the Book of God, cling fast unto it, and act according to that which hath been sent down therein from the heaven of God’s Will. Thus doth the Wronged One command thee from the precincts of His mighty prison.

=== END BH09661 ===

=== START BH09662 ===

His honor Aqa Abdul-Baqi, upon him be the Glory of God. He is the One Who speaks with truth and observes with justice. O Abdul-Baqi! Today from the right hand of the Throne the pavilion of the feast is adorned, and from the left the field of battle is visible. The clamor of the heedless has become the cause of a great celebration in the Supreme Concourse - the tribes of angels and the Spirit give each other glad tidings and prepare to welcome, for verily the blessed spirit of Mahdi has intended the Supreme Companion. By the life of God, he took and drank the wine of steadfastness from the hand of his Lord, became intoxicated, intended the meeting, and attained unto it. We beseech God, blessed and exalted be He, to preserve you for the service of His firm and mighty Cause. Verily He is the Answerer of those who call and the Beloved of the hearts of those drawn nigh.

=== END BH09662 ===

=== START BH09663 ===

He is the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

O ’Abdu’r-Rahim! We have manifested that which was hidden from eternity, and We have sent down that which was treasured in the knowledge of God, the Lord of the worlds. We came for the guidance of the servants and to draw them nigh unto God, the One, the All-Informed. Yet they rose against Us and pronounced sentence to shed Our blood without any command from God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Blessed art thou in that the clouds of generosity have rained upon thee through a command from the Lord of eternity and the Greatest Name, that thou mayest know and be of the thankful ones. The splendor from Us be upon thy son and thy other son. We have remembered them both with a remembrance which God hath made the cause of the life of the world. Of this beareth witness He with Whom is a perspicuous Book.

=== END BH09663 ===

=== START BH09664 ===

O ’Abdu’l-Karim, upon him be the Glory of God

In My Name which hath shone forth from the horizon of grace

O ’Abdu’l-Karim! The Wronged One of the world maketh mention of thee. Thy letter was presented and the servant present read it in its entirety. The fragrance of thy love was inhaled. Blessed art thou and blessed are those souls whom the tyranny of the servants hath not kept back from the Lord of creation. Thou didst make mention of the Name of God and of the Nightingale, upon both of them be the Glory of God. How excellent is the state of one who is occupied with the remembrance of the loved ones of God. We beseech God to adorn thy prayer with the ornament of acceptance and response. He is the Powerful, the Mighty. Glory be upon both of them and upon thee and upon those who have arisen to serve the Cause when the opposers arose in grievous tyranny.

=== END BH09664 ===

=== START BH09665 ===

In the Name of the Peerless All-Knowing One! O ’Abdu’l-Wahhab! May God willing, thou shalt hearken with true hearing and sight to the call of the Wronged One and gaze toward His horizon. The world hath been encompassed by the dust of vain imaginings which hath concealed the Morn of the Day of His appearance. Blessed is the soul whom the conditions and intimations of men have not debarred from the Most Sublime Vision. We make mention of thee and of her who hath been named Mihman. We give her the glad-tidings of My remembrance and My loving-kindness, and We beseech Him, exalted be He, to aid her and thee. Verily He is the All-Bountiful, the All-Generous. Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds. Rejoice thou in My remembrance, then render thanks unto thy Lord, the Forgiving, the Merciful. The Glory rest upon you both and upon those who are with you, from the Wronged One, the Exile.

=== END BH09665 ===

=== START BH09666 ===

He is the One Warbling upon the Branches

O ’Abdu’l-Husayn, upon thee be My glory! The Wronged One hath turned toward thee from the precincts of the Prison on this Day wherein all things have proclaimed sovereignty and dominion, might and power belong unto God, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Blessed is the face that hath turned toward the lights of the Countenance, and the tongue that hath uttered praise of the Lord of the Throne, and the heart that hath turned and said: “Praise be unto Thee, O Self-Sufficing Lord, for having guided me unto Thy Most Great Path and made known unto me Thy Great Announcement.” I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Signs, whereby Thou hast subdued the kingdom of names, to make me steadfast in Thy love and firm in Thy Cause in such wise that neither the hosts of the Pharaohs shall prevent me nor the might of them that have denied the Day of Judgment shall frighten me.

=== END BH09666 ===

=== START BH09667 ===

O ’Abdu’llah! The servant who was present has come with your letter and presented it before the Face. Verily your Lord is the All-Hearing. Rejoice in that your letter has been favored with God’s attention in this station which hath been named by the Most Beautiful Names in the Crimson Tablet. Thus hast thou been mentioned by the Pen of Revelation. Hearken and be of the thankful ones. Grieve not over anything, but put thy trust in God, the Lord of the worlds. Strive that there may appear from thee in service to the Cause that which will make mention of thee in every world of the worlds of thy Lord, the All-Knowing. Thus hath the chalice of utterance overflowed from the presence of One mighty and powerful. The glory shining from the horizon of eternity be upon those who have arisen to serve the Cause in all conditions.

=== END BH09667 ===

=== START BH09668 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the Overseer of all Names

O Abdullah! The Hidden Treasure and the Concealed Name have been made manifest. Blessed is the servant who hath seen, and woe unto the heedless! O Abdullah! Thou hast been mentioned in the presence of the Wronged One, to which the Most Great Book beareth witness in this luminous station. Say: My God, my God! Thou seest me clinging fast unto Thee, acknowledging that which the Tongue of Thy grandeur hath spoken, and confessing that which Thou hast revealed in Thy Books and Thy Tablets. Disappoint me not from the wonders of Thy grace and bounty, for Thou art the Sovereign of existence and the Lord of the seen and unseen. O my Lord! Take my hand with the hands of Thy grace and mercy and generosity, and illumine my heart with the light of Thy knowledge. Then write down for me, with Thy Most Exalted Pen, that which Thou hast written for Thy chosen ones. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Glorious, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH09668 ===

=== START BH09669 ===

He is the One Who speaks the truth!

O Abdullah! The promised Day has come, and the mysteries of the Resurrection and the signs of the Hour have become manifest and evident. Blessed is the soul whom the veils of the people of error did not prevent from the Self-Subsisting Lord, nor held back from turning to the highest horizon. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having given me to drink, from the hand of Thy bounty, the Kawthar of Thy loving-kindness. I beseech Thee, by the pearls of the ocean of Thy knowledge and wisdom, to ordain for me that which will draw me nigh unto Thee and will aid me in serving Thee and serving Thy loved ones. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. I beseech Thee, O Lord of the worlds, by Thy Most Great Name, to ordain for me the reward of those who have attained unto Thy presence and have drunk the choice wine of utterance from the cup of Thy generosity. Verily, Thou art the Most Generous, the All-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.

=== END BH09669 ===

=== START BH09670 ===

O servant of Baha! Upon thee be the peace of God and His loving-kindness. Thou hast ever been and art remembered. Outwardly thou art absent but inwardly present. We beseech God to make thy remembrance enduring among remembrances and thy name among names. Honor and nobility lie in steadfastness. In these days there hath befallen this Wronged One that which hath caused the Tablet and the Pen to weep. The fire of abasement hath assailed the glory of the Cause of God. That unjust one hath committed in the great city that which no heedless one hath ever committed. He united with the enemy of God and became known for treachery and lack of chastity. We beseech God to cause him to return unto Him. Verily He is the Almighty, the Powerful.

=== END BH09670 ===

=== START BH09671 ===

O dear one! Upon thee be My glory and My salutation! Trees are of two kinds: those that bear fruit and those that are barren. The fruit-bearing tree is transformed into light and shineth forth from the horizon of posterity. The barren one hath ever been and will continue to be fit for the fire. Praise be to God that thou hast attained and hast been illumined with the lights of the Word of Divine Unity. The children of the Friend and the heirs of Him Who conversed with God are mentioned in the presence of the Wronged One. Time and again have they been remembered by both the Pen and the Tongue. We beseech God to aid them all to achieve that which is conducive to the reformation of the world and the tranquility of souls. We beseech God to aid thee, make thee successful, protect thee and assist thee with wisdom and utterance. Verily, He is the Mighty, the Helper.

=== END BH09671 ===

=== START BH09672 ===

O ’Aziyyih! In the name of the Everlasting Speaker! O ’Aziyyih! Your lamentation was heard, your cry was heeded. God is witness and testament that we have desired and continue to desire your glory. God willing, through the grace of the All-Merciful, you have been and will be enabled to achieve that which God loves and with which He is well-pleased. In truth, you must give something, for the reason that you came and requested to take poor ’Abdu’l-Ahad with you to Aleppo. Now that place is closer by several leagues, what cause have you for grief? God willing, all affairs shall be arranged according to your heart’s desire. This is not difficult for God. Your letter was the cause of boundless sorrow. God willing, henceforth you will be seen in the utmost joy and delight, and will present your petition. The glory be upon you.

=== END BH09672 ===

=== START BH09673 ===

O Ali, thou didst seek deliverance from the ocean of wonderment, yet this station was besought of God, glorified be His majesty, by the Seal of the Prophets in His words “Lord, increase my wonderment in Thee.” Therefore, thou shouldst not be saddened by wonderment, for this wonderment is the very essence of certitude. Praise be to God that in this divine Day thou hast attained to acceptance, recognition and orientation, and hast been honored by the traces of the Most Exalted Pen. Say: Praise be to Thee, O Thou Goal of the world, and glory be to Thee, O Thou Beloved of the nations! I beseech Thee by Thy power which hath conquered all things to assist me to remember Thee and praise Thee and to hold fast unto Thy cord. Verily, Thou art the Mighty, the Glorious, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH09673 ===

=== START BH09674 ===

I am Hearer and am the Answerer. O ’Ali-Akbar! Today the people of the Most Sublime Vision are souls whom the veils of humanity have not prevented or deprived from turning toward the Lord of Power. By the Sun of the horizon of the heaven of divine might! The people of Baha are detached from all else save God. They have passed beyond names and have made for and attained unto the sea of inner meanings, reaching a station which the Pen is powerless to mention and the tongue fails to describe. To this bears witness the Book of God, the Most Great, in this mighty station. The glory from Us be upon him who has witnessed and seen and said: “Praise be unto Thee, O Lord of all beings and God of the throne on high and of earth below!”

=== END BH09674 ===

=== START BH09675 ===

He is the Witnessing, the All-Hearing

O Ali! Praise be to God that thou hast attained to that which most of mankind are veiled from and debarred. All have been created for the knowledge of God, yet despite this they remain heedless of Him and occupied with themselves. Soon shall all cry out “Oh, woe unto us!”- this is what the All-Informed hath announced in His perspicuous Book. That which is accounted today as the most mighty of deeds in the sight of God is steadfastness in His Cause, for most great is reliance upon Him in all conditions. Verily He is with whosoever maketh mention of Him and turneth unto Him. He is in truth the Hearing, the Answering. Soon shall appear what He hath intended for His loved ones. He, verily, is the Ordainer, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH09675 ===

=== START BH09676 ===

O Ali! Hearken unto My call from the precincts of My prison, and I am the Wronged One, the Stranger. We have summoned all people unto God - among them are those who have turned away and those who have turned towards His straight path. Blessed is the soul that hath cast the world behind it and acted according to that which was commanded by the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. We have heard thy call and make mention of thee in this wondrous and glorious Tablet. Preserve it as thou wouldst preserve thine eyes. Verily it shall be with thee in all the worlds of thy Lord. Thy Lord is, in truth, the Witness, the Supporter, the Almighty, the Powerful. Glory be upon him who hath drunk the choice wine of supreme steadfastness from the hand of the bounty of his Lord, the Lord of all mankind. Woe unto the heedless ones. Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH09676 ===

=== START BH09677 ===

He is the Expositor, the All-Knowing! O ’Ali! In the days when the limbs of all names trembled and were disturbed from fear of the wicked ones, this Wronged One appeared from the horizon of power with the banner of “He doeth whatsoever He willeth,” and without any veil or covering, summoned all before the faces of the princes and divines to the Most Exalted Horizon. And when the light was somewhat manifest and the fragrance of utterance was diffused, the deniers of the Bayan rushed forth from behind the veil. Say: My God, my God! I beseech Thee by the Staff which vanquished the swords, to make me gaze toward Thee, turn toward the lights of Thy countenance, hold fast to Thy cord, and cling to the hem of the robe of Thy grace. Verily Thou art the Powerful over what Thou willest. There is no God but Thee, the Single, the One, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH09677 ===

=== START BH09678 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory, the Beneficent, the Bestowing

O ’Ali, upon thee be My glory! Hearken unto My call from the direction of My prison. Verily it beareth unto thee glad-tidings of that which hath been ordained for thee from God, the Kind, the Generous. Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by the lights of Thy Kingdom and Thy Dominion, and by Thy chosen ones and Thy Prophets, to assist me to perform that which Thou hast commanded me in Thy Book and that which will cause the fragrances of Thy good-pleasure to be diffused. Then ordain for my brother who is named ’Ali the best of the hereafter and of the former life. O my Lord! I beseech Thee by the light of Thy utterance and the manifestations of the Tree of Thy Revelation on the Mount of Thy knowledge, to open before our faces the doors of Thy bounty and generosity. Verily Thou art the Powerful, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful. That which thou didst send hath been received and hath attained acceptance.

=== END BH09678 ===

=== START BH09679 ===

O ’Ali Before Ahmad, upon thee be the Glory of God, the Single, the One! He remembers thee with that which draws thee near and commands thee with that which shall cause thy mention to endure throughout the days of God, the Lord of the worlds. Verily the wolf howls in the land of Ya, and therein do the near ones lament for what hath befallen the chosen ones of God and His trusted ones. By the life of God! The wolves of the world have torn apart and beheaded the true Josephs. Would divine justice accept such oppression? Nay, by His own Self, the Truth! Soon will He seize the oppressors with a mighty vengeance from His presence. Nothing whatsoever escapeth His knowledge. He doeth what He willeth and ordaineth what He pleaseth. He is the All-Commanding, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09679 ===

=== START BH09680 ===

In My Name, the Most Ancient, the Most Great

O ’Ali-Muhammad, upon him be the Glory of God! O ’Ali before Muhammad! Reflect upon the bounty of God, exalted be His glory. At the beginning of this night, which is the eighth night of the blessed month of Ramadan, this Servant was summoned to His presence. After attaining the presence before His face, the petitions from that land were honored to be heard, and specifically for all there was revealed from the Lord of Names that which no earthly things can equal. Rejoice thou in this mighty bounty! I swear by the Sun of Truth, were people to discover the station of but one word of these exalted utterances, all would turn with the utmost eagerness and longing toward the Daystar of the horizons. Thus hath spoken the Wronged One, as a token of His grace, that thou mayest be thankful and be among the steadfast ones.

=== END BH09680 ===

=== START BH09681 ===

O Ali, dear friend! You have appeared before the Divine Throne by your Lord’s leave and returned by your own choice. In this case, no word remains for you. We made your coming by My leave and your departure by your leave, and you chose what you chose. Verily your Lord is the All-Wise Ordainer. Your ‘demon-letter’ which was in truth a ‘maiden-letter’ was heard before, and likewise what you sent afterwards. His honor Jud, upon him be the Glory of God, has compensated for you - whatever you left remaining, he brought to completion. And your cry was heard in Haifa, and the burning of your heart became evident. Verily He is with you in all conditions. Be thankful and among those who are assured.

=== END BH09681 ===

=== START BH09682 ===

O Ali! Thou hast been mentioned before the Throne and hast attained the grace of God, the Lord of all worlds. Thou hast been under the glance of divine favor, and unto thee hath been directed the gaze of God from this glorious station. Be thou steadfast in My Cause. By the life of God! We shall soon make manifest the recompense of deeds in such wise that every tongue shall exclaim: “Blessed be God, the Recompenser, the Bestower, the Compassionate, the All-Wise!” We counsel thee to preserve this station and whatsoever shall elevate thy rank in this mighty Cause. Convey My greetings unto thy father and thy brother and unto those with him. Soon shall a Tablet be revealed for him which shall testify that there is none other God but Me, the Forgiving, the Merciful.

=== END BH09682 ===

=== START BH09686 ===

In the Name of God, the Mighty, the Exalted

O servant! Hearken unto the call of this Youth. By God, He hath never glorified Himself above any of His servants, yet the people remain wrapped in a mighty veil. Say: O people, behold in Him the grandeur of your Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise, and His greatness and His sovereignty, if ye be of them that comprehend. Hearken thou unto My words: Arise to serve the Cause in My Name. Beware lest thou be of the patient ones. Remind the servants with wisdom - thus hath the Sovereign of creation commanded thee - and this is among the greatest of deeds in the sight of thy Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Turn thy face toward the holy horizon and say: Praise be to Thee, O my God, for having caused me to turn toward that Quarter from which the lights of Thy face, the Mighty, the Luminous, have shone forth. And glory be upon thee and upon whosoever hath detached himself from the worlds.

=== END BH09686 ===

=== START BH09687 ===

In the Name of the Everlasting Speaker!

O Ghulam-Rida! Strive thou that thou mayest attain unto that which is great in the sight of God. Today the Sun of Truth is risen, and the Light of Divine Unity is manifest, and the Path of God is evident, and the Balance is visible. Blessed is the soul that hath attained and hath held fast unto the cord of steadfastness. The Shi’ih sect account themselves the most learned and the most favored among all the peoples, yet on the Day of Manifestation they were found to be the most ignorant, the most abject, and the most lost among the peoples of the world. Some among the people of the Bayan likewise clung to vain imaginings. God protect us and you from the evil of such as these. We counsel the friends unto that which hath been revealed in the Book of God. Blessed is he who holdeth fast and acteth accordingly, and woe unto those who turn aside and are heedless.

=== END BH09687 ===

=== START BH09688 ===

O Fadlu’llah! Upon thee be the Glory of God and His grace and bounty! He heareth from His most exalted horizon. The blessed days and precious time are passing. We beseech God to assist His loved ones in that which will cause the exaltation of His Word, and through the aid of sincere friends and loved ones may truth be delivered from the claws of falsehood. The oppressor of the great city hath dealt a mighty blow to the liver of truth. That unjust one arose in tyranny and committed that which is the cause of the most great sorrow. We beseech God to assist the oppressors to turn back and repent. Verily He is the Forgiver of sins. The Glory be upon thee and upon those who have believed in God, the Mighty, the Loving.

=== END BH09688 ===

=== START BH09689 ===

In His Name, the One Who rules over the Kingdom of Names! O Pen! Give glad tidings to him who hath borne afflictions in My path and whom calamities have befallen, for having acknowledged that which the Tongue of Grandeur hath uttered from His glorious and wondrous station. O My Pen! Hearken unto My call from My Most Great Prison and give him the glad tidings of My Kingdom, My favor and My gifts which have encompassed the worlds. By the life of God! He who hath drunk from the cup of tribulation hath attained unto the mention of the Lord of Names. He shall soon behold that which cannot be equaled by the treasuries of the heavens and the earth. Thus do We make mention of Our loved ones who have desired My luminous countenance. They are among those who have attained unto My remembrance and My praise and what We have ordained for them in My Preserved Tablet. The glory be upon thee and upon those who have cast away vain imaginings and hastened unto the ocean of certitude.

=== END BH09689 ===

=== START BH09690 ===

In My Name, the All-Knowing! O My Pen! Does it befit thee to remain silent this day, or to arise and summon the servants and inform them of what the oppressors have wrought against the children of the Virgin? If thou hearkenest unto Me, it behooveth thee to cry out between earth and heaven. Thus does thy Lord, the Self-Subsisting, the All-Compelling, command thee. Such oppression hath appeared as hath caused the liver of justice to melt. To this beareth witness the Lord of the unseen and the seen. This is a day wherein the Spirit lamenteth and the Jews rejoice. Thus have We informed thee and mentioned unto thee what hath befallen the chosen ones of God at the hands of them that comprehend not. They have slain the children of the Messenger and plundered their possessions. Thus have their evil souls prompted them, and they perceive it not. The glory be upon thee and upon him who hath turned unto the Mighty, the All-Loving.

=== END BH09690 ===

=== START BH09691 ===

O Mulla Muhsin! Be beneficent in the days of thy Lord by teaching His Cause amongst His servants. Blessed art thou for having shattered the idol of vain imaginings and turned unto the Cleaver of the Dawn. When the Promised One appeared, the divines and mystics of the earth turned away from Him, save whom thy Lord, the Almighty, the All-Choosing, did will. They make mention of God with their tongues while pronouncing judgment against Him without any clear proof or evidence. Lost indeed are they who denied the signs of God and His testimony, and turned away from Him Who created them through the Most Exalted Word. Thus did their souls entice them, and they are in strange doubt. Take hold of the Book of God with the strength that cometh from Him and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Thou Who hast honored me with this grace which hath been sanctified above all likeness and comparison.

=== END BH09691 ===

=== START BH09692 ===

He is the All-Witnessing, the All-Informed

O Muhammad-Qabil-Hasan! Hearken unto the Call of God, the Self-Subsisting, the All-Compelling. We have turned unto thee and made mention of thee in such wise as all the treasures of the earth cannot equal. Let not the happenings of the world grieve thee, nor the might of hosts weaken thee. In every Tablet and every Book have We counseled the servants to hold fast to wisdom and utterance in this Cause, whereby limbs have quivered and hearts have been troubled. Blessed art thou for having attained unto My remembrance, through which God quickeneth His servants and acquainteth them with His straight Path. Glorify thy Lord and say: Praise be unto Thee for having given me to drink, from the hand of Thy bounty, the Kawthar of Thy knowledge. I beseech Thee to assist me in that which will draw me nigh unto Thee. Verily Thou art the Truth, the Knower of things unseen.

=== END BH09692 ===

=== START BH09693 ===

O Muhammad-Husayn, in the name of the All-Powerful, the Self-Subsisting! O Muhammad-before-Husayn! That most hidden mystery which lay concealed and treasured in the Preserved Tablet hath been made manifest in human temple, and that secret which the Prophets of God transmitted from breast to breast hath become evident and with loudest voice doth speak. However, numerous veils, namely the divines, have debarred the helpless people from this most great bounty and this supreme grace. Blessed is he who with the finger of trust rent asunder the veil and with the Name of Truth broke down the barrier and turned toward the most sublime horizon. He is among the most exalted of creatures in the sight of God. Blessed art thou, inasmuch as this Most Great Tablet and this Perspicuous Book have been sent down in thy name. Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH09693 ===

=== START BH09694 ===

O Muhammad-Sadiq (or Muhammad-Qabil-Sadiq)! Say: By God, the rustling of the Divine Lote-Tree hath been raised, and the lights of the Countenance have shone forth from the supreme horizon. Blessed is he who hath witnessed and seen, and woe unto every heedless and veiled one. O peoples of the earth! All the signs have appeared, and the Lord of Names calleth aloud amongst mankind, yet most of the people understand not. Rejoice thou in that which hath been revealed from the Most Exalted Pen, and the Face hath turned toward thee from His forbidden station. Shouldst thou find the sweetness of My utterance and become aware of My loving-kindness and mercy, thou wouldst arise to make mention of Me throughout the kingdom of earth and heaven. Thus hath there flowed from the tongue of My Pen the stream of My bounty, as a token from My presence, and I am, verily, the Truth, the Knower of the unseen.

=== END BH09694 ===

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O Muhammad-’Ali-i-Darwish, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise

O Muhammad-Qabli-’Ali! Upon thee be the everlasting peace of God. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having given me to drink, from the hand of Thy bounty, the Kawthar of Thy utterance, and for having confirmed me in acknowledging that which Thou hast revealed in the Books of the Prophets and Messengers, and for having inspired me with the Word of Unity, whereby the limbs of the polytheists have trembled. I beseech Thee, O Lord of the Kingdom of Names, to aid me to serve Thee and to serve Thy loved ones. Verily Thou art the One Who hath power over whatsoever He willeth, by Thy Name, the All-Subduing over those who are in the heavens and on the earth.

All travelers are remembered in the presence of the Wronged One. We beseech God to make you guides unto His creation and servants of His Cause, the Mighty, the Inaccessible.

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He is God, exalted be His glory, the Pardoning, the Bestowing

O Muhammad-’Ali! Although sorrows have encompassed Us from every direction and the cawing of the ravens has been raised, yet the Wronged One, with complete steadfastness, continues to utter the blessed words “I have placed my trust in God and have committed all affairs unto Him.” Be not grieved at anything. Verily God is with us, and we beseech Him to ordain for us all the good that He hath sent down in His Book. The oppression of Iran hath caused the people of justice and fairness to despair. We beseech God to protect His sheep from the wolves of the earth. Verily He is the Powerful, the Strong, the Preserver, the Compassionate, the Generous. Praise be to God that thou hast attained to His service and art illumined with the light of His divine love. Preserve this sacred, mighty and wondrous station.

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He is the Expositor, the All-Knowing! O Muhammad-Qabli-Karim! We have heard thy call. God willing, thou shalt be watchful of the truth in the nights and days, and act according to that which exalteth the Cause. We have enjoined wisdom upon all the friends, yet some have not hearkened with accepting ears unto the divine counsel. That which is acceptable in the sight of God this day hath been and shall ever be obedience to God, exalted be His glory. Nevertheless, some have turned away from His good-pleasure and clung to their own desires. It behooveth them to repent and return unto God, the Forgiving, the Generous. Any deed that causeth tumult and perturbation among heedless souls is not acceptable before the Wronged One. Say: Hold fast unto that which ye have been commanded in My Mighty Book.

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The Lord of all worlds is sanctified beyond praise, eulogy and comprehension of the dwellers of the mortal realm. In truth, until now He hath been neither known nor described. The attributes of all beings, from the most exalted to the lowliest, ultimately refer to those steadfast, firm, upright, content and well-pleasing souls. These are the Hands of God’s Cause amongst creation, and these are the trees in the divine garden, their leaves moved by His will and their fruits manifested through His decree. These are the dawning-places of the power of the Almighty Lord - the changes of the world and vicissitudes of nations did not prevent them from the Most Great Name and the Ancient King. They gaze toward the horizon of the unique Manifestation, desiring sight for witnessing and hearing for listening. Praise be to God, they are illumined by the light of true unity and nourished by the fruits of the blessed Tree, having drunk from the choice wine of “Say: God.” “Leave them to their vain discourse.”

The servant beseeches his Lord to grant them success, confirm them, and aid them with the hosts of the seen and unseen.

Glorified art Thou, O Distributor of the sustenance of all beings and Breaker of the might of the contentious! I beseech Thee by the dominion of Thy Most Exalted Pen, its rustling, its influence and its power, and by Thy pervading Will, its force, might and sovereignty, to assist Thy loved ones in manifesting Thy Cause among the people of creation with wisdom and utterance. O Lord! Thou seest them among Thy enemies and what hath befallen them in Thy path. I beseech Thee by Thy Name, the Self-Subsisting, and by Thy sealed choice wine, to send down from the heaven of Thy bounty that which will draw them closer to Thee in all conditions, and ordain for them that which will accompany them in all Thy worlds. O Lord! Thou hearest the mention of Thy servant Majid and Thy loved ones who have turned to Thee, desiring the Kawthar of Thy utterance and the choice wine of Thy riches. Ordain for them that which will solace their eyes and gladden their hearts. Verily Thou art the Mighty, the Powerful. There is no God but Thee, the Hearing, the Answering. O God! Magnify them and bless them through the perpetuity of Thy dominion and Thy kingdom, and ordain for them through Thy generosity and grace that which befitteth Thy Name, the Mighty, the All-Bestowing.

Furthermore, the letter of that spiritual friend arrived on the seventeenth day of the blessed month of Ramadan. It was as if the letter were a musk-laden fragrance, from each word of which wafted the sweet scent of praise for the Lord of earth and heaven. God is witness and testifier that it was the cause of joy and the source of delight. From the mention of the gathering and the assembled loved ones, the breezes of gladness were wafting, and after its reading it ascended to the Most Exalted Station and the Ultimate Summit before the Divine Presence, attaining the honor of being heard. Then the face of the Lord of the Worlds turned toward me and revealed that which none can reckon save His all-numbering, all-knowing, all-wise Self. His word, exalted be His glory and mighty be His utterance:

In My Name, the One Who dominates all names

O Majid! The servant who was present has arrived with thy letter and read it before Our face. We have answered thee through this perspicuous Tablet. The breezes of revelation stirred thee in the days of thy Lord, caused thee to hear His sweetest call, and brought thee to a station wherein thou didst attain to that which was recorded in the Books of God and was heralded in the Mother Book. Blessed is the servant who hath attained, and woe unto the heedless ones.

O Majid! Thou hast turned to the Most Exalted Station and the Supreme Summit until thou didst attain to a station which was the hope of them that are nigh. Thou hast inhaled the fragrance of the utterance of the All-Merciful, beheld His signs, and been illumined by the lights of His countenance. Verily, thy Lord is the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous.

We have perceived from thy words the fragrance of thy steadfastness in the Cause of God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy. Give glad tidings to My loved ones of My loving-kindness, remind them of My verses, and illumine them with the light that shineth from this luminous horizon. Blessed is the house wherein the remembrance and praise of God are raised, and blessed is the tongue that uttereth His beauteous praise, and blessed is the heart that turneth with steadfastness toward the Supreme Horizon - a steadfastness which the opposition of the opposers could not prevent, they who disbelieved in Him in Whom they had believed in former ages and pronounced judgment against Him with such tyranny as caused the Books of God to lament and the eyes of them that know to weep.

We, from this station, send Our greetings upon thee and upon My loved ones in My lands who were not frightened by the ranks of the pharaohs of the earth, and who said: “Praise be unto Thee, O Lord of the world, for having guided us unto Thy path, caused us to hear Thy call, and revealed unto us that which lay hidden in Thy knowledge.” I bear witness that through Thee the trumpet was sounded and the hidden secret was revealed, through Thee the standard of power was raised amidst the righteous, and all things proclaimed: “The kingdom belongeth unto God, the Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.” Glory be upon you and upon those who have taken the choice wine of utterance in the name of their Lord, the All-Merciful, and have quaffed thereof at the bidding of an Ancient Commander.

Praise be to God! The fragrance of the Kawthar of utterance hath encompassed all possibilities. The eyes of the chosen ones have been blessed with beholding the lights, and the ears of the righteous have been honored by hearkening to the call of the Chosen One. This evanescent servant beseecheth and imploreth the True One, exalted be His glory, to assist the loved ones that they may, with wisdom and utterance, guide people to the Straight Path and the Great Announcement. The promotion of the Cause is accounted as the king of deeds before the Self-Sufficient, the Most High. His grace is present and His aid is evident. Whosoever holdeth fast unto that which hath been revealed and sent down from the Divine Pen shall assuredly receive His assistance. However, in all circumstances they must not let go of wisdom, lest the clamor of the opposers and the uproar of the heedless be raised.

As to the mention of the Most Great Festival and the gathering of the loved ones in meetings, their occupation with remembrance and praise, their being set ablaze with the fire of the love of the Lord of Names, and likewise the mention of Karbila’i Muhammad-’Ali, upon him be the glory of God and His loving-kindness, and his request regarding the loved ones of M, R, B, N and another place - these matters were presented in the Most Holy, Most Exalted Court, and after being blessed with hearing them, these verses were revealed from the Supreme Pen in mention of the loved ones. This is what was revealed for Karbila’i Muhammad-’Ali, upon him be the glory of God. His blessed and exalted Word:

In My Name, Which speaketh in the Most Great Prison before the faces of the world

This is a Book sent down by the All-Merciful to those in the realm of existence, calling them to the Dawning-Place of Lights. O people of the earth! We have manifested Ourselves amongst you to guide you to the horizon from which has shone forth the Sun of Wisdom and Utterance. Blessed is he who has turned towards it, whom the turning away of the people has not deterred; and blessed is the steadfast one whom the tempests of the wicked have not moved; and blessed is the speaker whom the veils of idle fancies have not barred and whom the clouds of glory have not frightened.

O Muhammad-Qabli-’Ali! Verily My Most Exalted Pen in the prison of ’Akka has turned toward thee and makes mention of thee with that which will draw thee nearer to God, the Lord of all men. How many learned ones have been kept back from the All-Knowing, and how many heedless ones have turned and attained to the Dawning-Place of verses! Thy name was present before the Wronged One, Who remembers thee with a remembrance that no other remembrance can equal, that thou mayest arise to serve the Cause and summon the people with wisdom and utterance to the Repository of mysteries. Blessed art thou for having attained unto the traces of My Most Exalted Pen in a station which God has made among the most exalted stations.

When thou hast drunk the Kawthar of utterance from the hand of My bounty and the attraction of the proof has drawn thee to the kingdom of My knowledge, say: My God, my God! Praise be to Thee for having caused me to hear the scratching of Thy Most Exalted Pen and for having made known to me Thy path and Thy balance, and for having strengthened me to turn toward Thy horizon after Thy creatures turned away, and for having given me to drink the Kawthar of Thy love on a day wherein the servants arose to extinguish Thy light. I beseech Thee by the mysteries of Thy knowledge and the waves of the ocean of Thy utterance, and by Thy Command whereby Thou hast subdued the kingdom of earth and heaven, and by the signs of Thy greatness, O Possessor of the hidden and the manifest, to make the tongues of Thy servants keys of Thy bounty wherewith to open the doors of the hearts of Thy creation. Then make me, O Lord of all beings and Lord of the hereafter and the former times, one who speaks Thy praise and who stands firm in the service of Thy Cause in such wise that neither the happenings of the world nor the dissension of the people of discord shall hinder me. Then write down for me, O my God, that which will draw me nearer to Thee in all the worlds of Thy worlds. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

The Light of Providence has risen from the horizon of grace and the rains of loving-kindness are pouring from the heaven of the bounty of the Lord of existence in such wise that the description of all created things cannot attain unto it and the praise of all beings cannot comprehend it. A hundred thousand thanks to the Goal of all the worlds that the petition of the honored friend, Muhammad-Qabli-’Ali, upon him be the Glory of God, has been accepted, and for each of the souls mentioned therein was revealed that which has had and has no likeness. Verily our Lord, the All-Merciful, is the Compassionate, the Generous, the All-Bountiful, the Forgiving, the Merciful.

O ’Ali-Akbar! The Possessor of Power has turned toward thee from the direction of the Most Great Scene and makes mention of thee that thou mayest soar on the wings of detachment in this infinite atmosphere through the Most Generous Name. His mention gives life to hearts and strength to limbs, bestows power and grants might. Verily, He is the All-Bountiful, the Generous.

This is what was revealed for Jinab-i-Abu’l-Qasim Aqa, upon him be the Glory of God:

O Abu’l-Qasim! The servant present has mentioned thy name before the Face. This perspicuous, manifest Tablet has been revealed for thee. Ask of God that thou mayest attain unto the fragrance of His verses. By the Sun of Utterance! Whosoever has attained will arise with complete steadfastness to serve the Cause of the Lord of all beings in such wise that neither the might of kings and subjects nor the people of the world shall prevent or keep him back from turning to the Most Exalted Horizon. Blessed are they that attain!

This is what was revealed for Jinab-i-Mulla Husayn, upon him be the Glory of God

O Hussein! The Kawthar of life has flowed from the Pen of the All-Merciful, yet most people know it not. We have sent down from the heaven of Will the rains of grace and bounty, whereby We have quickened those who lay in the graves of their bodies. Verily, thy Lord is the Mighty, the Powerful. That which was hidden in knowledge and treasured in the hearts of the Messengers hath appeared and been made manifest. When thou drinkest the choice wine of revelation from the utterance of thy Lord, turn with thy heart to the Most Exalted Horizon and say:

My God, my God, my Goal and my Beloved! Thou seest Thy servant turning unto Thee, clinging to the cord of Thy grace, and hoping for that which Thou hast ordained for Thy trusted ones and chosen ones. I beseech Thee by the lights of Thy countenance and the signs of Thy grandeur, and by the Most Exalted Word through which Thou didst create all things, to ordain for me that which will render me detached from all else save Thee and holding fast to the hem of the robe of Thy loving-kindness. Verily, Thou art the Powerful over whatsoever Thou willest, and within Thy grasp are the reins of all who are in the heavens and on earth.

This is what was revealed for His Honor Mulla Abdul-Ahad, upon him be the glory of God:

O Abdul-Ahad! Blessed art thou for having turned to My horizon, held fast to the cord of My loving-kindness, and believed in My signs. I beseech God to strengthen thee, to prosper thee, and to ordain for thee the good of the hereafter and of the former life, and that which He hath ordained for those of His servants who are near unto Him and those of His creatures who are sincere. Verily, He is the Mighty, the All-Bountiful.

This is what was revealed for His Honor Mirza Abdul-Hussein, upon him be the glory of God:

O Abdul-Hussein! We have heard thy call and have answered thee; We have seen thy mention and have mentioned thee. Dost thou know Who mentioneth thee and Who hath turned toward thee from the direction of the Prison? By the life of God! Wert thou to discover this, thou wouldst forsake the world, arising to serve the Cause of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Great. The Glory from Us be upon thee and upon those whom the doubts of the people, nor their insinuations, nor their might, nor their wealth have deterred from God, the Lord of the worlds. We love those who love Us and We desire those who desire Us, but the people have come between Us and Our loved ones. Know ye that they are in manifest loss. We beseech God, exalted be He, to open before thy face the door of His grace and to ordain for thee the reward of attaining His presence. Verily, He is the Powerful over what He willeth, and He is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

This is what was revealed for His Honor Mulla Abdul-Ahad, upon him be the glory of God:

O Abdul-Ahad! Remember when thou wert at the gate and didst hear the call of the Wronged One while He was in the hands of the heedless. Thou didst turn to the Most Exalted Horizon until thou didst attain the presence and didst behold what was inscribed by the Supreme Pen in the tablets of thy Lord, the Forgiving, the Merciful. We bear witness that thou didst attain the presence, and didst hear and see what was concealed from the eyes of the heedless. Say:

My God, my God, my Hope and my Desire! Aid me to remember Thee and to praise Thee and to do that which befitteth Thy Revelation and Thy days. I beseech Thee, O Lord of the worlds and Goal of the nations, by the river of Thy mercy and the signs of Thy grandeur, to make me in all conditions one who uttereth Thy praise, who is steadfast in Thy love, and firm in Thy Cause whereby the feet of the learned have slipped and the hearts of the aggressive have been troubled.

The Glory be upon thee and upon whoever heareth thy word concerning this Most Great Announcement.

This is what was revealed for His Honor Mir Muhyi’d-Din, upon him be the glory of God:

O Muhyi’d-Din! We beseech God to make thee the manifestation of thy name, and through thee to guide His servants to His straight path and draw them nigh unto Him. Upon beholding thy name, We have revealed unto thee that which cannot be equaled by all that the people possess, to which every discerning soul doth testify. This is a Day wherein the Herald calleth out amongst the servants and summoneth them, without veil or covering, unto the All-Informed. We were standing before all faces, and when the light of the Cause shone forth, there emerged from behind the veil a band of wolves who sought to shed My blood without any proof from God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Say: O people! Fear ye God and follow not your desires. Follow Him Who hath come unto you with a manifest Command. But for Him, who would guide the servants? Be fair and be not among the oppressors. Blessed is he whose vision the veils of idle fancies have not obscured, and the learned one whom the doubts of the suspicious have not caused to slip.

Thou didst desire My tablet which We sent unto thee, from whose horizon hath shone the light of thy Lord’s loving-kindness, the Forgiving, the Merciful. This is a Day which God’s Books have heralded aforetime, yet the people are in a strange slumber. When thou attainest unto the waves of the ocean of My utterance, say:

“My God, my God! Praise be unto Thee for having remembered me and turned me toward Thy countenance. I beseech Thee by the lights of Thy throne and by the station that hath attained unto Thy presence, wherein Thy most sweet call was raised and the tracing of Thy Most Exalted Pen was heard, to make me attracted unto Thy verses and holding fast unto Thy favors. O Lord! Ordain for me and my son that which befitteth the heaven of Thy bounty and the ocean of Thy bestowal. Thou art verily the One Who hath power over what He willeth. There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy.”

And this is what was revealed for His Honor Karbila’i Samad, upon him be the Glory of God:

O Samad! Upon thee be My glory! Thou hast turned, hearkened, and attained unto that which cannot be described by mentions and words. Verily God created His servants for His recognition, yet when He manifested the Dawning-Place of His signs, the Dayspring of His lights, the Source of His laws, the Treasury of His mysteries, and the Recipient of His knowledge, they turned away from Him until they disbelieved in Him and in His signs. Thus did their souls entice them, and they are today numbered among the transgressors in the Book of God, the Lord of the Day of Judgment. Blessed art thou for having cast away idle fancies, turning unto the Luminary of thy Lord’s proof, the Kind, the Generous. Say: O people of the Bayan! Be fair in the Cause of your Lord, the All-Merciful. Do ye deny the waves while beholding them? Come ye, come ye, that I may show you what was hidden from eternity of eternities. Fear ye God and be not among the deniers. Verily the pebble crieth out and the kernel speaketh, yet ye are among the heedless. Thus have We sent down the verses and dispatched them unto thee that thou mayest thank thy Lord, the Remembering, the All-Knowing. He hath called thee and guided thee unto His bright horizon. Say:

“Praise be unto Thee, O Lord of the world and Desire of the nations, for having guided me and honored me with attaining Thy presence. Thou art verily the Strong, the Triumphant, the Powerful.”

And this is what was revealed for His Honor Haji Mahmud, upon him be the Glory of God:

O Mahmud! The Wronged One remembereth thee and counseleth thee with that which hath been revealed in the Book of God, the Lord of the worlds. Hearken unto the call from the precincts of eternity, which hath been mentioned in God’s Book as the Most Great Prison. Verily there is no God but Him, the Single, the One, the Powerful, the Mighty, the All-Knowing. We counsel thee to manifest supreme steadfastness in this Cause whereby the feet of the nations have slipped. Beware lest anything among all things veil thee in this Day wherein hath been revealed that which cannot be equaled by all that the people possess, as doth testify this Most Great News through whose mention all things were attracted and by whose call God quickened the moldering bones. Glory be upon thee and upon thy son who hath been named Muhammad, and upon those who have believed in God, both in private and in public.

This is what was revealed for Karbala’i Pasha, upon him be the Glory of God:

O party of God! The Truth has loved and continues to love His chosen ones. Each has been blessed with the traces of the Supreme Pen, and the Ancient Beauty has manifested Himself for their presence and meeting. However, the oppression of the oppressors, the obstinacy of the transgressors, and the clamor of the ignorant have become barriers and prevented the seekers from reaching the supreme goal and the highest summit. Beseech God to ordain for you the reward of those who have attained. He is the Hearer, He is the Answerer.

This is what was revealed for Karbala’i Muhsin, upon him be the Glory of God:

O Muhsin! Reflect upon the benevolence of God, exalted be His glory. He showed the way and guided until you attained the Most Great Ornament and the Great Announcement. Preserve this supreme station through the name of the Creator of Heaven. He is the Preserver, He is the Helper, He is the Succourer.

This is what was revealed for Aqa Muhammad, upon him be the Glory of God:

O Muhammad! The Countenance of the Ancient One has turned toward you and makes mention of you, and counsels the party of God regarding the education of children. If a father neglects this mighty command which has been revealed from the Pen of the Lord of Eternity in the Most Holy Book, the right of fatherhood will be forfeited and he will be accounted among the negligent before God. Blessed is the one who inscribes the divine counsels in his heart and holds fast unto them. Verily He commands His servants that which strengthens them, benefits them, and draws them near unto Him. He is the Ancient Commander.

O beloved of God! The Supreme Pen has been occupied day and night in counseling the friends of God, that all may attain the lights of true unity and be freed and delivered from the superstitions of the past. For thirteen hundred years they cried “O Truth!”, yet in the end they pronounced the death sentence upon His most pure blood. All must seek protection from God, exalted be His glory, lest they arise in oppression like the abominable Shi’ih sect. He is the Powerful, the Mighty. Glory be to God! Those superstitions have not ended; other delusions have appeared from the direction of the people of the Bayan. God protect us and you from the evil of these people.

This is what was revealed for Karbila’i Muhammad Ja’far, upon him be the glory of God:

O Muhammad Ja’far! You seek the presence of God, and the Truth is the Bestower, the Bountiful, the Kind. But the oppressors have abandoned justice and prevented the friends from attaining His presence. Say:

My God, my God! You see me advancing toward You and turning to the lights of Your countenance, that I may enter the city honored by Your footsteps and wherein Your call was raised, and that I may stand before the gate which was opened to all on earth and in heaven, and drink from Your hands of bounty the Kawthar of meeting, and from Your generosity and grace the cup of reunion. My God, my God! You see my state and hear the sighing of my heart in separation and remoteness from You. If the veils of Your servants and the clouds of Your creatures prevent me from drawing nigh unto You, ordain for me from Your Supreme Pen the reward of those who attained Your presence, who drank the choice wine of revelation from the hand of Your bounty, who testified to that which Your tongue has spoken, who beheld Your most glorious horizon, and who heard Your sweetest call. Verily You are the One Who has power over what He desires. There is no God but You, the Forgiving, the Generous.

We make mention of your son who has believed in God and His signs, and We give him the glad-tidings of his Lord’s grace, the Kind, the Trustworthy. And We make mention of your other son and counsel him with that which We have counseled Our servants in various tablets. And I am the Counselor, the All-Knowing. The glory be upon you from God, the Lord of the worlds.

This is what was revealed for Nasru’llah Khan, upon him be the glory of God:

O Nasru’llah! Victory has come, yet most people know not. The banner of unity has been raised, yet people understand not. The Promised One has come with the standards of triumph, yet most of mankind perceive not. Your name was mentioned before the Wronged One, and He has revealed for you that which all the riches of the world cannot equal. Your Lord, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting, bears witness to this. When you attain unto My verses and find the fragrance of My utterance, say:

My God, my God! Praise be to You for having made known to me Your path, revealed to me Your proof, and taught me what was hidden in Your knowledge and treasured within the shells of Your wisdom. I beseech You, O Quickener of moldering bones, by Your Most Great Announcement, to make me steadfast in Your path, speaking in Your remembrance, and holding fast to the cord of Your grace. O Lord! You see me hoping for what You have ordained for Your loved ones. I beseech You not to disappoint me through Your generosity and bounty. Verily You are the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

This is what was revealed for Aqa Mir Hashim, upon him be the glory of God

O Hashim! Hear thou the call of the Wronged One. He maketh mention of thee through His verses and giveth thee glad tidings of His mercy that hath preceded all creation. We have arisen before all faces in such wise that neither the veils of the Pharaohs nor the might of tyrants deterred Us. We called all to God, the Lord of the seen and unseen. When the horizons were illumined, there emerged from behind the veil a band of hypocrites who committed that which none before them had committed. They violated the Covenant and denied Him in Whom they had believed throughout ages and centuries. Thus have We recounted what befell Us from those who denied the right of God, the Lord of what was and what shall be. We beseech God, thy Lord, to assist His servants to hold fast to His extended cord.

This was revealed for Jenab Aqa Mir Sayfu’d-Din, upon him be the glory of God:

O Sayfu’d-Din! The promise hath come to pass and God hath come with manifest sovereignty. They that denied God’s Manifestation and His proof have lost, having followed their desires. Verily they are in manifest loss. Say: O peoples of the earth! Husayn hath come, and in His shadow are the Concourse on High and the dwellers of the pavilion of glory, if ye be of those who know. This is He Who was promised in the books of old, yet most people are heedless. Blessed is the strong one whom the might of the people hath not weakened, and the steadfast one whom the doubts of the transgressors have not caused to slip - they who turned away from the Truth when it came from the horizon of power with wondrous adorning. Say: Blessed are ye, O people of Baha, for having believed in Him Who was recorded in the books of old by One All-Knowing, All-Informed.

This was revealed for him who was named after the Desired One:

O thou who art named after My name! Hear My call from the direction of My prison. It draweth thee to the kingdom of My utterance and the heaven of My knowledge. Verily thy Lord is the Compassionate, the Generous. We have sent down to the Persians the verses of My grandeur in the eloquent tongue, and to the Arabs in a wondrous Persian language. Verily He doeth what He willeth and ordaineth what He pleaseth. He is the Almighty, the Powerful. Blessed is the servant who hath taken My Book with strength from God, the Lord of the worlds. Woe unto him who hath turned away from the Truth and followed every sinful denier. Say:

My God, my God! I testify to Thy oneness and Thy singleness, and acknowledge that which Thou hast sent down from the heaven of Thy will and the kingdom of Thy desire. I beseech Thee by the hearts that have soared in the atmosphere of Thy love and by Thy loved ones who have advanced toward the seat of sacrifice with a devotion the like of which the eye of creation hath not seen - I beseech Thee, O Lord of the world, by Thy Most Great Name, to assist me in Thy remembrance and praise. Then send down upon me from the heaven of Thy bounty that which will draw me nigh unto Thee in all conditions. Verily Thou art the Self-Sufficient, the Most Exalted.

This was revealed for Jenab Mirza Abbas-Ali, upon him be the glory of God:

O Abbas-Ali! The Wronged One calleth thee with that which attracteth thee to the supreme horizon, as a grace from God, the Lord of all mankind, that thou mayest be thankful and be of those who remember. Know thou with certain knowledge that what exists in the world of creation cannot equal one trace of My Most Exalted Pen. To this beareth witness the Lord of the throne and of the earth. Blessed is he who hath heard and witnessed, and woe unto them that turn away. The Mother Book hath come at the final return, yet most people are asleep. The cry hath been raised and that which was hidden in God’s knowledge, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise, hath appeared. Let not the happenings of the world and the doubts of the nations sadden thee. Take what hath come to thee with a strength that the power of the heedless ones cannot prevent. Thus have We sent down the verses and dispatched them to thee that thine eyes and the eyes of those who know might be consoled.

This was revealed for Jenab Pasha Aqa, upon him be the glory of God:

O Pasha! Hearken unto the Call of the Lord of all things. From the Most Exalted Horizon of the world He calleth, that all may attain unto that for which they were created from nothingness into being. Blessed is he whom neither the swords of the oppressors nor the tyranny of the aggressors hath debarred from the Lord of the Day of Judgment. We beseech God to aid thee in that which beseemeth His Cause and is worthy of His days.

This is what was revealed for his honor Mirza Vahhab, upon him be the Glory of God:

O Vahhab! The All-Bountiful hath come in His return, yet the people are in strange doubt. The Hidden One hath been made manifest and the Self-Subsisting hath come from the horizon of proof with the standards of signs. That which delighteth the eyes of the Most Exalted Paradise hath come, yet the people have denied it and have committed that which hath caused the dwellers of the cities of justice and fairness to lament. When thou hearest the call of the Wronged One and findest the fragrance of My Name, the Self-Subsisting, say:

O Lord of the invisible and the visible! I beseech Thee by the Fire whereby Thou didst guide Moses, and by the Light whereby Thou didst manifest Thy bountiful favor, to make me lowly before Thy Cause and humble before the manifestations of Thy grandeur. O my Lord! Aid me in that which Thou lovest and art pleased with, then ordain for me the good of the hereafter and of this world. Verily Thou art God, the One, the Single, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

This is what was revealed for his honor Aqa Mu??afa-Quli, upon him be the Glory of God:

O Mu??afa-Quli! During the nights and days the Pen of the Lord of all beings moveth, making mention of His loved ones and guiding them to the straight path. Blessed is he who hath found the path and held fast unto it. Today the world is illumined by the lights of the Most Great Luminary. Know ye the station of this blessed Day, be ye engaged in the praise of its Lord and in His service. Soon all that is visible shall return to nothingness, and there shall endure for him who hath held fast unto the Most Firm Handle that which hath been ordained by God, the Lord of all beings, the Lord of the Throne on high and of earth below. Blessed are they that have turned unto God, and blessed are they that have held fast unto the Sure Handle and have found themselves detached from all that dwell on earth. These are the people of Baha, who are recorded by the Most Exalted Pen in the Crimson Tablet.

This is what was revealed for his honor Aqa Mu?sin, upon him be the Glory of God:

O Mu?sin! The Euphrates of mercy floweth, the Kawthar of utterance is manifest, and the Tasnim is present before all faces, yet the servants are heedless and veiled save for a numbered few. We beseech God to aid all and purify them from the smoke of self and desire, that they may turn toward the horizon of godliness and attain unto that which God hath willed. These days have no peer or likeness, for the surging ocean is in motion and the Sun of Truth is shining. Ask thou God to make the heedless servants aware and guide them to the Most Exalted Horizon. He is the Bestower, the Kind.

This is what was revealed for his honor Aqa Ahmad, upon him be the Glory of God:

O Ahmad! The banners of verses and standards of clear signs appeared from the Dayspring of the Divine Cause in the land of Batha and Yathrib. The people arose in opposition, called Him a liar, and some attributed it to sorcery, as all the peoples of the world have heard and known of the events that transpired in those lands. Then His community arose in division, different sects appeared, each speaking according to their desires and inflamed with the fire of self, until on the Day of Judgment they martyred the Lord of that Day and pronounced the verdict of His infidelity. Ask ye of God that the people of God may not be afflicted with the vain imaginings of the past, that they may find the Word of Unity and hold fast unto its cord. Glory be upon those who follow the Truth.

This is what was revealed for Karbala’i Isma’il, upon him be the glory of God:

O Isma’il! Reflect upon the Days of God and that which hath been manifested. How many holy, assured, content and well-pleased souls laid down their crowns of life at the feet of the Beloved of the world and returned not alive from the place of sacrifice. Yet the people, though they have witnessed with their own eyes that which had no likeness, have nevertheless remained unaware and have not awakened from the slumber of heedlessness. They mention from their pulpits the sacrifice of old and lament, while they remain utterly heedless and veiled from those holy souls. Ask thou of God to grant awareness and bestow insight, that perchance they may hear and find and see and come. Thus hath spoken My Most Exalted Pen on this darksome night, as a grace from Me, and I am the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous, the All-Explaining, the All-Knowing. We make mention of thy son Asadu’llah in this station, that he may rejoice in the favors of his Lord and be among the thankful.

Praise be unto Thee, O Lord of Names and Creator of heaven, for having enabled me to turn towards Thy horizon and to be drawn to the light of Thy countenance. I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by the movement of Thy Most Exalted Pen, through which Thou hast upraised the religions and ordained whatsoever Thou didst desire through Thy sovereignty and might, to make me steadfast, firm and immovable in Thy love, and to enable me to drink what hath flowed from Thy Most Exalted Pen - the Kawthar of Thy knowledge. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Glorious, the All-Knowing.

This was revealed for Dadash Nayib, upon him be the Glory of God:

O Nayib! The Great News hath come and hath spoken a Word which hath agitated the hearts of all peoples. Throughout all days and nights He hath mentioned and reminded all, that they might become aware and bear witness to the Divine Word. Yet for most, grace became the cause of heedlessness. They accepted not the Cause of God and mocked the Divine Book. The people of the Bayan committed what even the Shi’ih party had not done. Praise thou the Goal of all the worlds Who enabled thee to turn towards Him, to acknowledge and confess. This station is mighty - preserve it through the Most Great Name.

This was revealed for Karbila’i Hasan, upon him be the Glory of God:

O Hasan! The names which were presented before the Wronged One - each hath been blessed with the traces of the Most Exalted Pen. We have mentioned all, living and dead, and remembered them with the blessed word of forgiveness. This is a covenant which flowed from the Pen of the All-Merciful on the first day of arrival in Ridvan. Blessed are they who have attained! Say: Praise be unto Thee, O Goal of the world, for having remembered me in the prison when I was in the hands of the opposers.

This was revealed for Karbila’i Ali, upon him be the Glory of God:

O Ali! The Fire is ablaze, the Light is radiant, and the Cause is manifest. Blessed is the soul whom neither the affairs of the world nor the doubts of the peoples have prevented from this Most Great Revelation. Neither the smoke of the might of the oppressors nor the dust of the power of the aggressors became a veil or hindered him from turning towards it. At every moment the opposers manifestly objected. All were waiting, yet when the Sun of Revelation shone forth from the horizon of the heaven of the Divine Will, all turned away and denied, save whom thy Lord, the Almighty, the Powerful, willed. Praise the Goal of the worlds Who enabled thee to attain and granted thee success. Verily, He is the Mighty, the All-Bountiful.

This was revealed for Sheikh Kazim, upon him be the Glory of God:

O Kazim! God is witness and aware that from the first days until now the Most Exalted Pen hath been in motion and engaged in recording divine verses. Yet the unjust people have denied this manifest proof and have not accepted this perfect evidence. They are occupied with their desires and hold fast to vain imaginings. By the Sun of the horizon of utterance, they are far removed and veiled from the lights of certitude, and they cling to the hem of idle fancies. God shall assail them! Ask thou of God that through His preceding mercy and all-encompassing grace He may guide this handful of dust to His horizon and enable them to attain unto His straight path. He is the Powerful, the Mighty, and He is the All-Knowing, the All-Seeing.

This was revealed for Abdul-Husayn, upon him be the Glory of God:

O Abdul-Husayn! Blessed art thou, and blessed is thy name, and blessed is he who hath shown thee My clear and straight path. When thou didst behold the waves of the ocean of My utterance and wert seized by the wine of My loving-kindness, say:

O my God, my God! Praise be unto Thee for having guided me to Thine all-highest horizon and revealed unto me that which shall not change throughout the duration of the Kingdom and the realm of sovereignty. I beseech Thee, O Lord of all beings and King of earth and heaven, by Thy Most Exalted Word whereby all names were shaken and Thy servants and creatures were thunderstruck, to aid me in accepting that which Thou hast revealed in Thy Book. O Lord! Thou seest me agitated in Thy days and saddened at the manifestations of the lights of Thy countenance. I desire naught from Thee save nearness unto Thee and meeting Thee. Thou art He Who testified with Thy tongue of truth, saying: On the day when the earth shall be changed into another earth, change Thou my absence into presence before Thy face, my standing at Thy gate, my circling round Thee, and my hearkening unto that which hath been sent down from the heaven of Thy will. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Glorious, the All-Knowing.

This is what was revealed in Khurma for his honor Samad, upon him be the Glory of God:

O Samad! The Single, the One, remembereth thee from His Most Great Prison with that which shall draw thee nigh unto Him. He is indeed the Generous, the Bountiful. When thou art made victorious through the breezes of revelation and hearest the call from the All-Highest Horizon, arise and say:

O Lord of all names and Creator of the heavens! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou hast subdued all things, both seen and unseen, and by Thy praiseworthy station, to make me of those who have fulfilled their Covenant, who have circled round Thy Most Great Throne, and who have shown humility at the mention of Thy most perfect Name. Aid me in all conditions to draw nigh unto Thee and to be elevated through Thy bounty. O Lord! Thou seest me turning toward Thee and turning away from all else. I beseech Thee by the lights of Thy countenance to ordain for me the reward of meeting Thee. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

This is what was revealed for his honor Aqa Ahmad, upon him be the Glory of God:

O Ahmad! The Self-Subsisting Lord calleth out at all times and inviteth the servants to the sealed wine. Blessed is the soul whom the events of the world did not prevent from hearing the divine call, who turned with his heart in acceptance and was blessed with saying “yea.” This is the most great bounty and the supreme benevolence. Blessed is he who hath attained, and woe unto those who hesitate. We send Our greetings upon thee and upon thy wife and upon the handmaidens who have turned unto God and believed in Him, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy.

This is what was revealed for his honor Aqa Faraj, upon him be the Glory of God:

O Faraj! Relief came, they rejected it; mercy came, they accepted it not; blessing came, they showed ingratitude; instead of thanksgiving, they complained; in place of grace, wretchedness appeared. Such is the condition of the heedless people. The recompense of their deeds hath overtaken all and deprived them of the everlasting, eternal mercy. Today, those souls who have drunk from the cup of grace and are gazing toward the Most Exalted Horizon should beseech God not to afflict His people with the delusions of the past and to sanctify them from the doubts and allusions of the nations. Praise the Intended Lord Who guided thee to the praiseworthy station and caused thy mention to flow from the tongue of the Wronged One.

This is what was revealed for his honor Muhammad Pasha, upon him be the Glory of God:

O Muhammad! The Wronged One makes mention of thee from a city wherein the fire of hatred hath been kindled through the actions of the oppressors. They have violated God’s covenant and testament, and turned away from Him Who came unto them with a manifest light. Blessed is the home wherein the remembrance of God is raised, and the tongue that uttereth His beauteous praise. Joy be to the one who hath arisen to serve the Cause, and to the hand that hath taken hold of His wondrous Book. We beseech God to assist His loved ones in that which He loveth and approveth, and to make them dawning-places of grace and bounty amidst the world. Verily, He is the Protector of those who do good. The Call hath been raised, the Path established, and the Balance set up, yet most of the people remain heedless. They have turned away from the Truth, clinging to their desires. Verily, they are in manifest error.

This was revealed for Karbala’i Muhammad, upon him be the Glory of God.

O Muhammad! The cawers are spread throughout the lands like locusts, speaking of that which they have not heard and claiming knowledge of that from which they are heedless and veiled. The deniers among the people of the Bayan are observed to be more lost than the Shi’ih sect. Thus have their souls deluded them, and today they do not understand. Glory be to God! In the Day of God they cling to and utter names, while turning away from their Creator. We beseech the Truth to purify the world through the Kawthar of utterance, that the peoples might acknowledge the Lord of the worlds and comprehend that from which they are heedless today. The Glory from Us be upon the people of Baha who have not been deterred by the oppression of the oppressors, the dominion of the aggressors, and the clamor of the heedless. These are God’s party in the world and the signs of His mercy among the nations. Upon them be God’s blessings, His peace, His glory and His splendor. Verily, He is the Compassionate, the Generous. Praise be to God, the Mighty, the Forgiving, the Merciful.

This was revealed for Javad Aqa, upon him be the Glory of God.

O Javad! The All-Bountiful makes mention of thee from this exalted station, and makes mention of thee through His verses, and gives thee glad tidings of God’s grace, the Lord of all worlds. There is no servant but We have mentioned him, and no one who hath turned to Us but We have guided him to My path and counseled him regarding that which shall profit him in every world of his Lord’s worlds. To this testifieth every discerning soul. Blessed is the servant who hath cast away vain imaginings, holding fast to the cord of certitude. We beseech God to assist thee and His loved ones to remain steadfast in His Cause. Verily, He is powerful over all things and worthy to answer.

O Majid! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness. The mentioned names are present before My face. We have caused to shine upon each one of them from the lights of the Sun of My utterance that which shall draw him nigh unto God, the Lord of all worlds. We have turned unto him and given him to drink of the Kawthar of knowledge from the cup of My wisdom which hath preceded the seas. Verily, He is the Mighty, the Powerful. Nothing whatsoever escapeth the knowledge of thy Lord. He witnesseth and seeth, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. Convey My greetings unto them, illumine them with the lights of My utterance, remind them of the signs of My grandeur, and acquaint them with the horizon of My grace. We beseech God to draw them nigh and assist them to remember Him, praise Him, and serve His wondrous Cause.

The waves of the Divine ocean of utterance are manifest before all faces, and the effulgences of the Orb of bounty are radiant. I beseech and implore God, exalted be His glory, that He may guide the world to the highest horizon of possibility through the temples of remembrance and utterance, that all people may attain, and not remain deprived of the Days of God. Man is bewildered, nay the world is bewildered, for it is observed that mortal life–which in the eyes of the people of insight is less than naught–all are occupied in securing its means and livelihood; yet for that world which has no end, they have neither thought nor contemplation, nor are they engaged in any preparation thereof. We beseech God to remove this heedlessness which prevents all degrees of grace and favor, and to make His servants aware. Verily, He is powerful over all things. Glory and remembrance and praise be upon you, and upon those whose names you have mentioned in your letter, and upon all who are steadfast and firm, and upon all who hold fast to the strong cord of God.

Khadim

19 Ramadan 1304

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O Muhammad, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the Witnessing, the All-Hearing One! O Muhammad, O thou who hast migrated! The True One, glorified be His majesty, left His homeland and chose exile so that this exile might lead the exiles of the earth to their true homeland. This exile is more beloved than a hundred thousand homelands, for it hath come to pass in the path of God. Be thou grateful therefore and be of them that render thanks. Thou hast attained unto two supreme bounties that have no peer nor likeness: first, the mention of God, glorified be His majesty, which is the purpose for which all worlds were created, and second, migration in His path. Well is it with you, O people of Baha, in that ye have drunk the cup of tribulation in the name of your Lord, the Compassionate, the All-Bountiful.

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In the Name of Him Who speaketh, the All-Seeing!

O peoples of the earth! Fear God and follow not those whom the world hath deluded with its vanities in such wise as to have debarred them from My straight Path. Say: He hath come with the truth, with signs from His presence, that He might guide you to His resplendent horizon. Beware lest the affairs of creation veil you from this manifest Truth. Blessed is the soul that hath held fast to the Strong Cord of God, the Lord of all worlds. Such a one is, before God, the Lord of Names, numbered among the dwellers of the Most Exalted Paradise. To this testifieth His mighty Book. Thus hath the Speaker on Sinai spoken forth in this Prison. Joy be to him who hath hearkened unto it, and woe betide the heedless ones. The glory rest upon thee and upon those who have hastened to the Most Great Ocean and drunk therefrom in the name of the Munificent, the All-Bountiful.

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He is Mohammad-Qabel-Hassan, He Who Warbles in the Midst of the Heavens

O peoples of the earth! By God, verily the Book hath appeared in the temple of man and announceth unto you the appearance of God and His sovereignty. Hearken ye, and be not of the heedless. The heaven giveth you glad-tidings and the earth calleth out to you, yet ye are among those who slumber. Awaken at the scratching of My Most Exalted Pen and turn with pure hearts to the Most Great Scene, the Station wherein the Lord of Destiny proclaimeth: “There is none other God but Me, the Mighty, the Gracious.” This is the Word wherewith the Revealer of the Bayan informed you, and this is the Manifestation whereof the Books of God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy, gave you glad-tidings. Thus doth My Pen move in this Prison and My Tongue speak by My command, the Mighty, the Wondrous.

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In His Name, He Who testifies and sees!

O peoples of the earth! By God, the fragrance of the Garment has been diffused, the horizon of the Manifestation has been illumined, and the Speaker of the Mount has spoken, yet most of the people remain heedless. My Most Exalted Pen calls out to them night and day - to this the Lord of all beings bears witness in this perspicuous Book. They have cast certitude behind their backs, clinging to that which they were commanded by every heedless and remote one. We testify that they have cast aside the Book of God and taken their own books. Lo! They are among the abased ones. Blessed art thou, and blessed is thy name, and blessed is he who has testified to this most great bounty on this resplendent Day. Grieve thou not over anything. Put thy trust in God. Verily, He aids whomsoever He wishes to serve His mighty and exalted Cause.

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LV

O God! The trials Thou sendest are a salve to the sores of all them who are devoted to Thy will; the remembrance of Thee is a healing medicine to the hearts of such as have drawn nigh unto Thy court; nearness to Thee is the true life of them who are Thy lovers; Thy presence is the ardent desire of such as yearn to behold Thy face; remoteness from Thee is a torment to those that have acknowledged Thy oneness, and separation from OAThee is death unto tThee is death unto them that have recognized Thy truth!

I beseech Thee by the sighs which they whose souls pant after Thee have uttered in their remoteness from Thy court, and by the cries of such of Thy lovers as bemoan their separation from Thee, to nourish me with the wine of Thy knowledge and the living waters of Thy love and pleasure. Behold Thy handmaiden, O my Lord, who hath forgotten all else except Thee, and who hath delighted herself with Thy love, and lamented over the things that have befallen Thee at the hands of the wicked doers among Thy creatures. Do Thou ordain for her that which Thou didst ordain for such of Thy handmaidens as circle round the throne of Thy majesty, and gaze, at eventide and at dawn, on Thy beauty.

Thou art, verily, the Lord of the Judgment Day.

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In the Name of God, the Most Unapproachable, the Most Holy, the Most Exalted! O Thou Who hearest the cry of the lovers from all horizons, and the wailing of the yearning ones from all regions, and the lamentation of those who have lost Thee from all lands, and Who seeth what hath befallen each one of them in Thy path - that which never befell Thy chosen ones, how much less Thy creation! Though I know, O my God, that Thou wert with Thy loved ones from all eternity and wilt be with them through Thy sovereignty and majesty, and that what hath befallen them from Thy enemies shall be their recompense with Thee, nevertheless I beseech Thee by Thy Name, the Avenger, to send down upon some of Thy enemies that which shall cause their souls to tremble in this world and in the next. Ordain for them all a grievous punishment. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Powerful.

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O Mir Hashim or Mir Qabl Hashim! The Most Great Announcement hath appeared, and the Ancient Lord among the peoples calleth them unto the supreme horizon - the station wherein the Lord of Names speaketh that which hath enraptured the hearts of the righteous. This is the Day whereon the Mother Book and the Preserved Tablet cry out before the Face, speaking and saying: “My Lord hath manifested Me - rejoice, O concourse of the chosen ones!” Blessed is he who, being endowed with sight, hath attested to the All-Merciful, and he who, possessing hearing, hath gained this Call whereby the bones were made to quake. Cast aside what the people possess and take hold of God’s most exalted Word, whereby the Hour hath appeared and the mountains have passed away. Say: The Self-Subsisting calleth you unto Him, and the Wronged One remembereth you with that which hath caused the seas to surge.

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O Mirza Hashim Aqa! The Captive remembereth thee for the sake of God, the Lord of all worlds. He hath guided thee to the Most Great Path and given thee to drink of the choice wine of His Command. Be thou thankful and say: Praise be unto Thee, O God of all who are in the heavens and on earth! Be thou eloquent in My Name, and steadfast in the service of My Cause, and firm in such wise that naught in all the world shall hinder thee. Thus doth command thee the Lord of Eternity, Who hath come with the Most Great Name, and Who hath testified to that whereunto He testified ere the creation of earth and heaven, that there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the All-Praised. Even thus have We set forth the verses and sent them unto thee that thine eyes may be consoled thereby and thy breast be dilated, and that thou mayest be of them that have attained.

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He is God, exalted is He - O Nabil, My greetings upon you. ’Abdu’l-Majid from Maraghih has requested permission to come. He must seek permission from his native land. Permission has not been and is not granted for Alexandretta, Beirut, Jaffa, Haifa and places near and far, except for their inhabitants. However, We have pardoned him and We beseech God to assist him to visit His House and draw him nigh unto Him and enable him to do that which He loves and is pleased with. Let him turn to the Wronged One. O Nabil, let them come and be content with a stay of a few days, and afterward pass like a breeze over the friends and be the cause of joy to hearts.

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O Karbila’i Nadhir, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the One dawning from the horizon of proof! O Nadhir! The All-Informed remembers you when He was a captive in the hands of the transgressors. They seized Him and imprisoned Him in this noble place that what was revealed in the Books of God aforetime might be made manifest. He speaks the truth, but the people are in evident delusion. We arrived at this place and expanded its borders - this is what God foretold in the Books of the Messengers. Blessed is he who recognized and found the fragrance of divine knowledge, and woe to every remote scholar. When you attain My Tablet, give thanks to your Lord and say: “Praise be to Thee, O Goal of the world, and thanks be to Thee, O Beloved of those who have recognized Thee!”

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In His Name, the All-Compelling over all names! O Nasru’llah! Say: O deniers of the Bayan! “He doeth what He willeth” hath ever been and shall ever be the truth. No affair among affairs and no deed among deeds is hidden from Him. Were they to drink from the ocean of this blessed Word, they would be enabled by the blessed words “We turn unto Thee.” This Wronged One hath ever been and is occupied, night and day, with the reformation of the world and the reconciliation of hearts. Glory be to God! The deniers deny that which hath been inscribed upon the tablet of the world in clear script by the divine Pen. Blessed are they who possess true knowledge. Give thanks unto thy Lord for having turned toward thee from the direction of the Prison and remembered thee with verses from which hath shone forth the light of the utterance of thy Lord, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.

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He is the Helper, the All-Knowing

O Nasru’llah! Victory has come, yet the people remain behind a manifest veil. The Day has come, yet the people remain in grievous error. The Hidden One has been made manifest, yet most people remain among the heedless. We have ordained victory through remembrance and utterance. Blessed is he who has recognized, and woe unto every heedless and remote one. We beseech God, blessed and exalted be He, to assist His party to serve His Cause and to confirm them in that which will exalt their station. Verily, He is the Protector, the Almighty over all who are in the heavens and earths. The glory from Us be upon you and upon those with you and upon My handmaidens there who have turned and believed in God, the Mighty, the Powerful.

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O Nur, upon whom be the Glory of God! He is the Most Holy, the Most Great!

O Nur! Hearken unto that whereunto the Lord of Revelation calleth thee. He verily draweth thee nigh, teacheth thee, causeth thee to know, and raiseth thee to a station wherein thou shalt behold naught in all existence save the Sovereign of the Kingdom. He Who answereth thee from this praiseworthy station - thy letter hath indeed come before Us and We have perused it, finding therein the fragrance of thy sincerity unto God, the Lord of what was and what shall be. We make mention of thee and of thy brother who hath clung to the hem of God, the Lord of the seen and the unseen, and We remember him who came after him. Thy Lord is verily the All-Kind, the All-Forgiving. We send Our greetings to My loved ones in that land and make mention of them through My Most Exalted Pen, which proclaimeth at all times: “There is none other God but Me, the Rememberer and the Remembered.”

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He is the All-Commanding, the All-Wise.

O Nayyir! Praise be to God that the effects of your deeds are manifest from every direction. The Sun of Utterance hath testified, and the Moon hath declared “Well done! Well done!” The fragrances of your mention in establishing the Cause of the Lord of the Kingdom of Names have illumined and continue to illumine the horizons with the light of unity. The recompense of no one hath been nor ever shall be lost with God. The Supreme Pen hath testified to the acceptance and steadfastness of the aforementioned one and thyself, and likewise to the handmaidens and leaves ye have mentioned - all that which hath been conducive to the exaltation of the Word of God. Well done to you both! Well done to you both! Thus hath your Lord spoken in your praise. Verily, He is your Guardian and He loveth you for His resplendent, sanctified, mighty and wondrous Face.

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O Mashhadi Hashim, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the All-Knowing Remembrancer. O Hashim! The Promise hath come to pass, to this the Promised One Himself doth testify. The Hidden One hath been made manifest, and God, the Self-Subsisting, the All-Compelling, hath borne witness unto this. The All-Merciful hath come with clear proof, yet the people perceive it not. Thy letter hath arrived and was presented by the servant who standeth before the Wronged One. We make mention of thee in this Sealed Tablet. We beseech God to aid thee to be steadfast in His Cause, whereby the limbs of every ignorant outcast have quaked with fear, and to assist thee in that which will exalt His Cause. Verily, He is the One Who hath dominion over what was and what shall be. The glory from Us be upon thee and upon those whom vain imaginings have not kept back from God, the Lord of the seen and the unseen.

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Leaf upon whom be the Glory of God! In the name of the knowing Lord! O My leaf of the Divine Lote-Tree! From the direction of the Most Great Prison I have turned toward thee and make mention of thee. I swear by the Sun of the horizon of proof that handmaidens who today have attained unto the recognition of God, exalted be His glory, are and have been superior and more exalted in the sight of God than the men of the earth, be they divines or others. Indeed, the heedless ones are recorded as dead and as nothing in the Book of God and by the Most Exalted Pen. My God, my God! I beseech Thee by Thy greatest signs and by the breaths of Thy days, O Thou Owner of Names, to ordain through Thy pervading power for Thy handmaiden that which will profit her and draw her near unto Thee. Verily Thou art the One with power over whatsoever Thou willest. There is no God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

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In the Name of the Lord of Days! O My Leaf! The Divine Lote-Tree calls unto thee from the prison quarter. Today the Mount is filled with supreme joy, for it hath attained unto its Interlocutor, and the Lote-Tree speaketh: “Verily, I am God.” Blessed are the hearts of those who advance, the eyes of the knowing ones, and the ears of them that draw nigh. Today […] of meanings is adorned with the ornament of remembrance and utterance. Every atom proclaimeth and giveth glad tidings […] but riches and hopes have deprived the servants from the All-Possessing, the Self-Subsisting, and from the outpourings of this wondrous Day. Praise be to the Goal of the world Who assisted thee and granted thee sustenance from the fruits of the Tree of existence. We convey Our greetings to the handmaidens of God and give them the glad tidings of God’s special favors.

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O Leaf, wife of Ibn-i-Dakhil, upon both of you be the Glory of God! He is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise! O my leaf, upon thee be My glory! Thy mention hath been made amongst the holy countenances of the Most Exalted Paradise. Thou must, throughout all days and nights, praise the Goal of all worlds, Who hath aided thee in days when those possessed of sciences and arts are veiled from Him. Throughout ages and centuries they spoke of His appearance, yet when the horizon of the world was illumined with His light, all turned away save whom God wished. Blessed art thou and blessed is he who guided thee to the straight path of God and caused thee to recognize the Dawning-Place of His Revelation and the Rising-Point of His verses. We beseech God to assist him and thee in supreme steadfastness in this Most Great Announcement. Praise be to God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09717 ===

=== START BH09718 ===

In My Name which shineth forth from the horizon of the Kingdom! O My leaf and My Afnan, daughter of His Honor Siyyid M., upon both of whom be the Most Glorious Beauty of God! Thy Lord remembereth thee in the Most Great Prison. Verily He remembered thee before thy existence, and in these days wherein have been revealed the mysteries of the Books and that which was hidden in the knowledge of God, the Lord of all worlds. Be thou thankful unto thy Lord and say: “Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having made me one of Thy leaves and recorded me by Thy Most Exalted Pen as one of the Afnans whom Thou hast mentioned in Thy Books, Thy Scriptures and Thy Tablets, and hast commanded Thy servants to love them and to show them affection - a bounty from Thy presence. I beseech Thee to aid me in remembering Thee and glorifying Thee. Verily Thou art the Mighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.”

=== END BH09718 ===

=== START BH09720 ===

O Leaf of the Divine Lote-Tree! He is the Mighty, the All-Wise! O leaf of the Tree of Love! I bear witness that thou hast turned unto God and drunk the choice wine of revelation when the handmaidens were wrapped in heedlessness and veils. Thou didst seek and attain the recognition of thy Lord when men were in doubt and error. Blessed is the handmaiden who hath attained unto your love, and blessed is the servant who hath arisen to make mention of you and serve you. We beseech God to preserve you and draw you nigh unto Him, and to grant you the best of what He hath sent down in His Book, and to record for you from the Pen of Grace the reward of attaining His presence, and to rain down upon you from the heaven of bounty the showers of mercy and loving-kindness. Verily, He is powerful over all things. There is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the All-Praised.

=== END BH09720 ===

=== START BH09721 ===

O Helper! Thy mention hath flowed from the Most Exalted Pen and the Tongue of Grandeur hath spoken thy name. Be thankful and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Dawning-Place of bounty, and glorified art Thou, O Lord of the servants! I testify to Thy oneness and singleness, and to Thy greatness and power, and I beseech Thee by the lights of the Luminary of Thy Cause and the waves of the ocean of Thy utterance to aid me in that which Thou hast revealed in Thy Book. O Lord! Thou seest me clinging to that which hath appeared from Thy most exalted horizon and holding fast to the hem of Thy mercy, O Lord of all beings. Ordain for me that which will draw me nigh unto Thee and preserve me from those who have denied Thy proof, violated Thy Covenant, rejected Thy signs and disputed Thy testimony. Verily Thou art the Almighty, the All-Compelling, the Forgiving, the Bountiful.

=== END BH09721 ===

=== START BH09722 ===

He is the All-Seeing, the All-Informed. My pen and my tongue and my fingers and my inner self and my outer self and my hidden being and my heart and my liver and my spirit and my soul and my limbs and my faculties and my knowledge and my understanding and my hearing and my sight and my inmost heart testify to the oneness of God and His singleness and to His grandeur and His sovereignty and His might and His power and His glory. Blessed is the tongue that beareth witness to that which My Most Exalted Pen hath testified on this dark night, and the heart that hath turned toward the horizon of the All-Merciful, and the eye that hath beheld the lights of the Countenance when it was shining forth from the horizon of the Prison, and the hand that hath taken hold of the Book of God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH09722 ===

=== START BH09723 ===

In the Name of the One True God, the Compassionate! This is the Day of Revelation, and the Ancient Beauty calls out to the peoples of the world from the Dawning-Place of the Most Great Name, and summons them to the Source of Divine Revelation and the Dayspring of Grace, which is the Truth Itself. Blessed are they who have attained unto this most great bounty! Praise ye the one true God, Who hath, on this triumphant day, bestowed upon you from His bounteous hand the waters of everlasting life. He is the Bestower, the All-Seeing, the All-Hearing, and He is powerful and mighty over all things. This Wronged One counsels you to manifest praiseworthy characteristics and to remain steadfast in the Cause, for mighty indeed is God’s Cause. Hold fast unto it and place your trust in God, the Lord of all the worlds.

=== END BH09723 ===

=== START BH09724 ===

Recall to mind My sorrows, My cares and anxieties, My woes and trials, the state of My captivity, the tears that I have shed, the bitterness of Mine anguish, and now Mine imprisonment in this far-off land… Couldst thou be told what hath befallen the Ancient Beauty, thou wouldst flee into the wilderness, and weep with a great weeping… Every morning I arose from my bed, I discovered the hosts of countless afflictions massed behind My door; and every night when I lay down, lo, My heart was torn with agony at what it had suffered from the fiendish cruelty of its foes.

=== END BH09724 ===

=== START BH09725 ===

O my Lord, my Adored One and my Desire!

Lowly and suppliant, I implore Thee to shield me from the evil of the ungodly and to withhold me not from the shade of the Sacred Tree, nor from the Voice of Thy Pen of Glory. I testify that the Day is Thy Day and the Cause is Thy Cause. I beg of Thee by Thy Straight Path and Thy wondrous Message, graciously to aid me to glorify Thy Cause amidst Thy servants. Thou art powerful to do as Thou willest, there is none other God but Thee, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH09725 ===

=== START BH09726 ===

O peoples, do not spill blood and do not seize the

goods of others. By my life, the sword of good character

and kindness is sharper than a sword of iron.

Those men are truly wise who are decorated with the

ornaments of learning and character; these are the

head of the body of mankind. The ruling of man

has always been in their hands. I ask God to assist

them to do what He wishes, what pleases Him. Truly

He is the Master of creation, the Lord of the beginning

and of the end!

=== END BH09726 ===

=== START BH09727 ===

O Ali-Qabil-Akbar, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. From the gentle breezes of dawn wafting from the gardens of inner meanings, this most exalted Word was heard: “Blessed is he who remains steadfast whom the doubts of the divines have not deterred, and blessed is he who stands firm whom the tyranny of rulers has not held back.” O friend, give glad-tidings to the people of Baha. This is the day of supreme joy. All must arise to aid the Cause of God with spirit and fragrance. The helper today is deeds from which the sweet perfumes of acceptance waft, and in teaching there are signs for the knowing ones and evidences for those who hear. The glory shining from the horizon of the heaven of My loving-kindness be upon thee and upon every steadfast and upright one.

=== END BH09727 ===

=== START BH09728 ===

He is the Speaker, the Rememberer, the Preserver, the All-Knowing

I beseech Thee, O my God, by the Word wherein Thou hast treasured the pearls of Thy knowledge, and by the Sea that hath surged in Thy name in Thy days, to ordain for Thy handmaidens that which shall preserve them from drawing nigh unto any except Thee. O Lord! I implore Thee by Thy Self to shield them from every sorrow and grief and from whatsoever may hold them back from Thy most exalted horizon. Verily Thou art the Lord of all beings and the Ruler of the last and the first. There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the Great.

Bless, O my God, Thy successful servants and Thy successful handmaidens. Verily Thou art the Generous, the Lord of great bounty. There is none other God but Thee, the Ever-Forgiving, the Bountiful.

=== END BH09728 ===

=== START BH09729 ===

In the Name of our Most Holy, Most Great, Most Exalted, Most Glorious Lord! I beseech Thee, O my God and the God of all things, my Creator and the Creator of heaven, by the steadfastness of Thy chosen ones in serving Thy Cause and the firmness of Thy faithful ones in Thy days, and by the light of Thy Cause whereby the horizons of Thy dominion were illumined, to make Thy loved ones in all conditions detached from aught else but Thee and turned toward the lights of Thy countenance. Then send down upon them, O my God, in every moment, the rain of Thy mercy and the tokens of Thy generosity. O Lord! Assist Thy male and female servants, and ordain for them that which befitteth Thy glory and Thy greatness and Thy sovereignty. There is no God but Thee, the Almighty, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH09729 ===

=== START BH09730 ===

He is the Speaking One, the All-Knowing! The people of truth must today be even as true physicians laboring to heal humankind. No disease hath been or is greater than heedlessness, treachery, envy, malice and hate; and no healing remedy hath been or is more potent than the Word of God. O peoples of the contingent world! Hearken with the ear of the spirit to the call of the All-Merciful. By the life of God! Its fragrance hath encompassed the world and perfumed the Concourse on High. Arise through the power of the Most Great Name, and with utmost joy and delight heal and remove chronic diseases through the Divine Word. His Name is the key to deliverance and His love the strengthener of souls.

=== END BH09730 ===

=== START BH09731 ===

In the Name of the one God! Praise be to God, through God’s infinite bounty thou hast been blessed again and again with the dewdrops of the Supreme Pen. Such is His favor that the Dawning-Place of Light from the horizon of manifestation calleth thee to the Lord, the Kind, the All-Forgiving. I swear by the horizon of revelation, wert thou to become aware of this bounty, thou wouldst arise with soul and spirit to serve the Beloved of all possibility. The world is but a fleeting shadow and a faithless companion. Therefore must one strive to attain everlasting stations in this transient realm. We beseech God not to deprive His loved ones, nor deny them their portion of the waters of immortality. Verily He is the Bestower, the Ordainer, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09731 ===

=== START BH09732 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory, the Greatness and the Power! Praise be to God Who sent down the names from heaven and adorned the brocade of the Book of Creation with His Most Exalted Name. And prayers and peace be upon the Seal of the Prophets, he for whom God made this world like a ring upon his finger which He turns however He pleases, and upon his family and companions who, by His command, aided the Faith of God until the banner of faith was raised upon the highest realm of possibility. We have named her whom God has given distinction among all created things. We beseech Him, exalted be He, to bless her appearance among you and to make her a blessing from Him unto you. Verily, He is the One with power over whatsoever He willeth. There is no God but Him, the Mighty, the Bestower.

=== END BH09732 ===

=== START BH09733 ===

He is God, exalted is He!

Praise be to God Who hath sent down upon us from the heaven of bounty His favors and bestowals time after time. I bear witness, O my God, my Lord, my Support, that Thou didst once bestow the blessing of beholding, and yet another time the blessing of hearing, then Thou didst bestow in these days the blessing of existence which Thou granted through Thy generosity and bounty. I beseech Thee, O my God, to make him and those with him Thy trustees in Thy lands and Thy signs among Thy creation. And we beseech Thee to name him in the Book of Names “The Exalted” that those with him may rejoice thereby. Then ordain for them, O my God, what Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen ones and Thy loved ones. Verily, Thou art the All-Forgiving, the All-Merciful.

=== END BH09733 ===

=== START BH09734 ===

He is God!

Praise be to God that you have arrived in health and wellbeing, illumined by the lights of divine love. Truly the eye of the soul is brightened. God willing, beneath the blessed Lote Tree you shall drink countless and infinite cups through the bounty of the Lord of Names, and the tongues of those drawn nigh and the devoted ones in the chambers of the Throne shall speak forth “Well done!” and “How pleasing!” I beseech God, exalted be His glory, to aid you that attainment may be realized everywhere - that is, here and there, and likewise in that House. The Command is in God’s hands - my Lord and your Lord and the Lord of all who are in the heavens and earths.

=== END BH09734 ===

=== START BH09735 ===

He is the Hearer, the Answerer! O my God, my God! Have mercy upon Thy servants, both men and women, and withhold them not from the Furat of Thy mercy which hath flowed in Thy days in the garden of inner meanings by Thy command. O Lord! They are servants who have turned unto Thee, detached from all else save Thee. Send down, therefore, upon them and upon Thy handmaidens, from the clouds of the heaven of Thy bounty, that which will preserve them from all except Thee. O Lord! Thou seest how the people of the Bayan have broken Thy Covenant, shattered Thy Testament, and turned away from Thy Beauty. I beseech Thee by the Most Great Ocean which surgeth through Thy Name, and by the fragrance of Thy garment which hath been diffused in Thy days, to preserve Thy servants and handmaidens through Thy power and sovereignty. There is no God but Thee, the Omnipotent, the Almighty.

=== END BH09735 ===

=== START BH09736 ===

He is the Hearer, the Answerer! My God, my God! Have mercy upon Thy servants and handmaidens, and withhold them not from the Kawthar of Thy mercy which hath flowed from Thy Most Exalted Pen in the garden of inner meanings by Thy command. O Lord! They are servants who have turned unto Thee, detached from all else but Thee. Send down, then, upon them and upon Thy handmaidens from the clouds of the heaven of Thy bounty that which will preserve them from all else besides Thee. O Lord! Thou seest how the people of the Bayan have broken Thy Covenant and violated Thy Testament and turned away from Thy Beauty. I beseech Thee by the Most Great Ocean which surgeth through Thy Name, and by the fragrance of Thy garment which hath been diffused in Thy days, to preserve Thy servants and handmaidens through Thy power and sovereignty. There is no God but Thee, the Almighty, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH09736 ===

=== START BH09738 ===

My Lord, my Lord! Thou seest Thy servant Rida standing firm in Thy service and speaking forth Thy praise, and Thou knowest that in the early days he was with the Wronged One and emigrated with Him until he arrived in the prison. He hath reached maturity beneath Thy shadow and in Thy service. I beseech Thee to send down upon him from the heaven of Thy bounty the grace of Thy generosity and the table of Thy munificence. Then send down healing from Thy presence upon my leaf and his daughter, and purify her from every disease and illness. We testify that healing is by Thy command and in Thy grasp. There is no God but Thee, the Forgiving, the Generous, and Thou art the Kind, the Merciful.

=== END BH09738 ===

=== START BH09739 ===

O Jinab-i-Javad-i-Chay, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the One dawning from the horizon of divine utterance. My God, my God! Nearness to Thee is my hope, and to stand before Thy presence is my desire, and to hearken to the flowing of Thy Pen is my wish, and to appear before the throne of Thy justice is the ultimate goal of my purpose. I beseech Thee, O Light of the world and Illuminator of the nations, by the Most Great Name, to ordain for me that which Thou hast destined for Thy chosen ones and trusted ones, who were so carried away by the breathings of Thy Revelation that they hastened to the place of sacrifice in their longing to attain Thy presence. Thou seest, O my God, the hands of hope upraised to the heaven of Thy bounty, and eyes expectant of the wonders of Thy grace. I beseech Thee to ordain for me in all conditions that which will draw me nearer unto Thee. Verily, Thou art the Self-Sufficing, the Most Exalted.

=== END BH09739 ===

=== START BH09740 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Glorious!

O My handmaiden, My handmaiden! Rejoice thou in that the Wronged One remembereth thee from His prison, and calleth upon thee with both His outward and inner tongue, saying: O Lord of the worlds and Beloved of the nations! I beseech Thee by the Name through Whose manifestation all things were attracted, and the Nightingale sang upon the branches of the Uttermost Tree, to ordain for Thy handmaiden that which shall solace her eyes, gladden her heart and dilate her breast. Thou art He Whom the might of princes cannot frustrate, nor the power of the mighty weaken, nor the clamour of the learned deter. Thou doest what Thou willest in Thy dominion, and in Thy grasp are held the kingdoms of creation. There is none other God but Thee, the Omnipotent, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09740 ===

=== START BH09741 ===

O handmaid of God Hudhud! In the name of the merciful Lord! Today obedience to the Command of God is binding and obligatory upon all. All must, through divine grace, be adorned with the ornament of His ordinances. That which hath been sent down from the heaven of God’s Will hath been and shall ever be the cause and means of the progress of the people of the world and the salvation of all therein. Blessed are they who have attained unto the love of God and that which He hath revealed in the Book. All men and women are remembered in the presence of God, and His glance of favor is fixed upon those who act. They must be so enkindled with the fire of His love that none shall be able to quench its flame. Be thou thankful unto thy Lord for this wondrous Tablet.

=== END BH09741 ===

=== START BH09742 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the Goal of all the worlds! Today the people of God are those souls who are holding fast to the cord of the love of God - glorified be His majesty - and are clinging to the hem of His grace. How excellent is the state of that servant who has arisen to serve the Cause of God and has protected the people from the whisperings of the misleaders and the cawers. The triumph of God’s Cause is through wisdom and utterance, naught else. This Wronged One in the Most Great Prison is occupied with the remembrance of the friends. We beseech God to keep all steadfast on His path and to assist them in His remembrance. He is the Powerful, the Mighty. Thy mention was made in the presence of this Wronged One, and this Tablet hath been sent down from the heaven of grace that thou mayest rejoice and be of those who are thankful.

=== END BH09742 ===

=== START BH09743 ===

He is the All-Seeing, the All-Knowing

This is the Day wherein all that was hidden hath been and shall be made manifest and evident. No matter remaineth concealed in this Day, nor can it be concealed, for it is the Day of revelation and witnessing. The Distinguisher hath appeared and the Balance is set up. All matters are weighed in the divine Balance, and truth is distinguished from falsehood, the blessed from the wretched, the truthful from the false, and the trustworthy from the treacherous. Well is it with the soul that assisteth the Dayspring of Divine Unity through goodly deeds and praiseworthy character. By one’s deeds is one’s station ultimately revealed. There is no God but He, the Self-Sufficient, the Most Exalted.

=== END BH09743 ===

=== START BH09744 ===

In the Name of the One Mighty God! Today the tongue of bounty makes mention of His loved ones and summons all to the horizon of the heaven of manifestation. O My handmaiden and daughter of My handmaiden! Strive that perchance thou mayest drink of the sealed wine and hold fast to the Name of the Self-Subsisting. For shouldst thou attain unto this station, thou wilt have attained unto all good, and all the peoples of the world - the deniers and the idolaters - will be powerless to prevent thee and will not hold thee back from the mention of the Peerless Friend. This is a great bounty - know thou its value and, having perceived it, preserve it. The handmaidens who have turned unto God are all remembered and have attained His grace. Verily thy Lord is the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH09744 ===

=== START BH09745 ===

O Dhabih, upon whom be the Glory of God! He is the One manifest in the Kingdom! Hearken unto what he who associated partners with God said after We sheltered him beneath the shade of the Tree and protected him through My sovereignty that prevails over the worlds. By God’s life! He pronounced unjust judgment against those whom he should have served, then uttered that which no idolater had ever uttered before. His likeness is as the spotted snake that both bites and hisses. Verily thy Lord is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Give thanks unto God for having attained unto His Most Great Remembrance and for His revelation unto thee of this wondrous Tablet. Let not the might of the world frighten thee, nor the utterances of any deluded one cause thee grief. Hold fast unto God in all conditions and cling to His luminous hem.

=== END BH09745 ===

=== START BH09746 ===

He is the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting! Bear thou witness within thyself that verily He is God and there is none other God but Him. He hath created all things through the Word which He created from His Will that hath appeared and shone forth from the sovereignty of the Divine Purpose in whatsoever was and shall be. He sent forth ’Ali in truth, then sent Him forth in justice, and sanctified Him from the command of the K and the N, and made Him the ornament of His beauty in the kingdom of Command and Creation, were ye to know. Through Him were the letters renewed in holy and beloved garments. Thus do We impart unto you the gems of knowledge and wisdom, that ye may ponder upon this Command.

=== END BH09746 ===

=== START BH09747 ===

He is the One Who standeth supreme over His Cause and watcheth from His horizon. The Bayan crieth out and saith: O people! Make Me not a veil between you and your Lord. He Who revealed Me hath commanded you not to make of Me a proof in the days of God, the Lord of the worlds. His word is the truth: I am but as a ring upon His finger and as a leaf among the leaves of His garden. Thus hath the matter been decreed by God, the Lord of the Day of Judgment. We bear witness that thou hast hearkened unto the call of thy Lord and acted according to what thou wast bidden in His perspicuous Book. The glory from Us be upon thee and upon those who have quaffed the wine of steadfastness when its seal was broken by this glorious and wondrous Name.

=== END BH09747 ===

=== START BH09748 ===

He is God! In His station did speak the Tongue of Grandeur and Power: “Had I known that any Christian would believe in Him on the day of His manifestation, I would have made him the apple of Mine eye. Yet there befell Him at the hands of the wicked ones who claim adherence to the Bayan that which the worlds cannot bear. Say: O most remote of all creatures! By what testimony did ye believe in the Bayan, and by what testimony did ye turn away from Him from Whose horizon shone forth the Sun of divine exposition? What aileth you? How do ye judge? Soon shall ye witness that which ye now deny. Fear God and be not among the lowly ones.” And praise be to God, the Lord of the heavens and of the earth.

=== END BH09748 ===

=== START BH09749 ===

In the Name of Him Who is mentioned in the Tablets! Verily the clouds pour down rain, and the verses descend, and the light hastens before the Face, yet the people perceive not. Every day doth the Self-Subsisting call out, yet the people turn away from Him. Woe unto him who hath deprived himself of the presence of God in this Revelation! Say: By God! Ye were created for this blessed, promised Day, and were commanded to serve the Cause in the Revelation of God and His sovereignty which overshadoweth every witness and witnessed thing. We make mention of him who hath turned unto God, and give him to drink of My choice sealed wine. Well is it with him who hath drunk and attained. He is of them who have perceived the fragrance of God and turned unto the Intended One.

=== END BH09749 ===

=== START BH09750 ===

To the wife of Nazir, upon them both be the Glory of God. He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. Verily the Divine Tree makes mention of one of its leaves and one of its maidservants, and I am the Compassionate, the Generous. Be not grieved by the world and its conditions. Soon that which thou seest today shall be rolled up, and another carpet shall be spread out. Verily thy Lord is the All-Seeing, the All-Knowing. No one hath found from the world the fragrance of permanence and faithfulness. That which is therein shall perish, and that which hath been revealed from My Most Exalted Pen shall endure for every man who hath turned and every woman who hath turned unto God, the Peerless, the All-Informed. Rejoice thou in My remembrance and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Thou the Goal of them that have recognized Thee.

=== END BH09750 ===

=== START BH09751 ===

O Hasan! He is the One Who has dominion over all names. Verily the Divine Lote-Tree calls out from the crimson spot, summoning all unto God, the Lord of Names. To this all things bear witness, yet the people do not understand. They deny the proof of God after it has shone forth from the horizon of utterance like the sun rising from the horizon of heaven. Yet they perceive not. Blessed art thou for having attained unto the recognition of the Intended One when He came with manifest sovereignty. Hold fast unto the Most Great Cord and cling to the hem of thy Lord’s loving-kindness, the Mighty, the Beloved. Despair not of God’s spirit and mercy. He is with those who have turned towards His Countenance and followed what was sent down in the preserved Tablet.

=== END BH09751 ===

=== START BH09752 ===

The Most Holy, Most Exalted

Verily, the All-Possessing One addresses thee, O ’Abdu’l-Ghani, saying: This is the Day of Divine Riches, wherein everyone that is poor and distressed shall be enriched, should He so desire. He verily can make all to be wealthy through but a word from His presence. He is, in truth, the All-Compelling, the Mighty, the All-Powerful. Say: The highest form of wealth is your faith in God - whoso hath not attained unto this is indeed the poorest of the poor in the sight of the Lord of all cycles. Blessed is he who hath attained unto the knowledge of his Lord - We testify that he is among the wealthiest of all creation. Soon shall he behold that which hath flowed from the Pen of his Lord, the Mighty, the All-Seeing. Glorify thy Lord with praise, then remember Him in private and in public.

=== END BH09752 ===

=== START BH09753 ===

In His Name, the Ruler, the Everlasting! The Book itself speaks, yet the people do not understand. The Hidden One has appeared and is visible, yet the people do not see. They are those who denied the presence of their Lord when He came on the appointed day. Say: He is indeed the Sovereign in all possibility, and He is verily the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. Were He to roll up what has been spread out by His command, none could object. He is indeed the Ruler through His word “Be!” and it is. It behooveth every soul to follow Him in whatsoever He willeth. This is a manifest truth. Whoso is not upon this path hath not attained. Thus doth the Truth testify, if ye be of them that know.

=== END BH09753 ===

=== START BH09754 ===

He is the Most Mighty, the Most High! The Tongue of Grandeur proclaimeth and saith: O God of the world and Lord of eternity! I beseech Thee by the fire wherewith the hearts of Thy chosen ones were set ablaze in Thy days, and by the light whereby the faces of Thy creation were illumined, and by the Name which Thou hast made the balance of Thy Cause and the path of Thy sovereignty amongst Thy creatures, that Thou mayest open, through the key of Thy craftsmanship, unto every atom a door leading to Thy presence and a way unto the ocean of Thy reunion. Verily, Thou art the All-Powerful Whom neither the clamor of Thy servants nor the conditions of Thine enemies can frustrate. Thou takest and Thou givest, and Thou art indeed the Taker, the Mighty, the Most High, the All-Glorious.

=== END BH09754 ===

=== START BH09755 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Great, the Most Great! O thou who art called by the name of God, who gazest upon His countenance, and who speaketh in remembrance and praise of Him! Hear thou once again the call of this Youth, and make thy will the will of thy Lord and thy desire that which He hath desired. Then aid thou His Cause through His name, for verily thy Lord is the best of helpers. Let none prevent thee in the Cause of thy Lord and in exalting His remembrance amongst His servants. Rather, it behooveth every soul to assist thee in that which thou hast purposed, for He is the protector of the doers of good. The Pen hath been forbidden to mention that which it desired, but God inspireth whomsoever He willeth with whatsoever He willeth, and the knowledge of all the worlds escapeth not His knowledge.

=== END BH09755 ===

=== START BH09756 ===

In the Name of Him Who has power over all names! O My handmaiden! Thy Lord remembereth thee in His mighty prison. By the life of the All-Merciful! He remembereth thee at a time when sorrows have encompassed Him from all who dwell in the realm of being, in such wise that the pens of the world are powerless to recount them. Ponder upon the Revelation of God and His sovereignty. Despite His imprisonment and tribulation, He summoneth the world through His Most Great Name with a power that the might of the oppressors hath failed to withhold. Unto this Prisoner belongeth praise, both past and future, and unto this Wronged One is due the mention of all who are in the heavens and on earth. Be thou thankful unto thy Lord for this most great favor, with which nothing in all creation can compare. Thy Lord, the All-Informed, the All-Knowing, beareth witness unto this.

=== END BH09756 ===

=== START BH09757 ===

In the Name of God, the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting!

O handmaiden of God! Take comfort in God and His remembrance, then detach thyself from all that hath been created in the heavens and on earth, for it shall perish, and what endureth is the remembrance of God, the Single, the One, the All-Powerful, the Almighty. Then turn thy face toward Him in all conditions and look not unto what hath been ordained in the contingent world. Place thy trust in the Ancient Beauty of Glory, for this is a mighty counsel. This is better for thee than all that hath been and shall be created, and verily thy Lord is the All-Seeing, the All-Knowing. And mercy be upon thee and upon those women who have turned their faces toward the countenance of God, the Most High, the Most Great.

=== END BH09757 ===

=== START BH09758 ===

He is God! O remnant of the family of Malih! Your letter arrived and your cry was heard. Praise be to God that you have been adorned with the ornament of divine love and blessed with an everlasting bounty. Your heart has become a treasury of the Beloved’s love and your breast a dawning-place for the lights of the Desired One. However, beseech God that the pearls of love may remain protected from thieves and manifestations of Satan, for they have appeared with all manner of deceptions - the treacherous one appears in the guise of the trustworthy, and the corrupt one in the cloak of piety. God willing, you must, through divine grace, remain steadfast on the straight path of the Cause and act according to praiseworthy good deeds. And the Spirit be upon you.

=== END BH09758 ===

=== START BH09759 ===

O Shamsiyyih, daughter of My brother! Hearken thou unto the Call from the direction of the mercy of thy Lord, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious. Verily, there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Powerful. Remember thou thy Lord, then prostrate thyself before His Face, the Mighty, the Beautiful, inasmuch as He hath made known unto thee the Manifestation of His Self and the Dawning-Place of His verses when He came with the truth through this Most Great Name, whereby the worlds have been illumined. Blessed art thou in that thou hast been mentioned by the Pen of Command and thy name hath flowed from the tongue of Power and Might. Verily thy Lord is the Forgiving, the Bountiful. When thou dost inhale the fragrance of the garment, say: Praise be unto Thee, O God of all who are in the heavens and on earth.

=== END BH09759 ===

=== START BH09760 ===

He is the Beloved! O Hassan! You and your brethren entered through the gate of Paradise, yet were not honored with meeting the Lord of Lords. Therefore did My eye weep for you, in that you were deprived of the glances of your Lord, the Most Merciful. However, God has accepted what has passed from you and heard the cry of your inmost hearts - to this My Pen and My Self, with Whom is the knowledge of the Book, bear witness. O Hassan! Do not grieve, but be content with what has been ordained in the Tablets from the presence of the Mighty, the All-Opening. Call upon your Lord at eventide and at dawn, that He may send down from the heaven of His grace that which will gladden the hearts of the loved ones, and beyond them, this Heart which has been pierced by the arrows of every hypocrite who has denied the Day of Reckoning.

=== END BH09760 ===

=== START BH09761 ===

O Abdullah from the people of Sad! He is the Mighty. O Abdullah! Hearken unto the call of this Bird at the time when it hath severed itself from all who are in the heavens and on earth and sought the nests of exile by reason of that which the hands of those who turned away from God have wrought and were not of those who drew nigh. Thou shouldst render thanks unto God, thy Creator, for having guided thee to a straight and mighty path, and aided thee with the truth, and delivered thee from the hosts of Satan. Beware lest thou forget God’s favor upon thee and be of the heedless ones. Speak not except with wisdom - this is My counsel unto thee if thou be of them that act.

=== END BH09761 ===

=== START BH09762 ===

He is the Mighty. O ’Ali! Hear My call and be not of the heedless ones. We have sent down unto thee a Book in clear Arabic tongue, and We sent it not save for a wisdom which none shall attain except those who have detached themselves from all who are in the heavens and on earth. We shall send it to thee when God willeth and desireth, and verily there is no God but Him. He ordaineth what He pleaseth, and He, verily, is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. God willing, may you be in the utmost joy and delight. This servant hath never forgotten and will never forget you. We remember the friends, both female and male.

=== END BH09762 ===

=== START BH09763 ===

O Fat?, upon whom be the glory of God! He is the One manifest from the horizon of wisdom and utterance. O Greatest Fat?! The Wronged One makes mention of thee from this noble station. Let nothing grieve thee. Be thou confident through the grace of thy Ancient Lord. Say: O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which the Tree called out and the Rock spoke forth, to aid Thy servants who have turned towards Thy most exalted horizon and drawn nigh unto Thy most sublime Word. Then preserve them, O my God, from those who have denied the Dawning-Place of Thy revelation and the Dayspring of Thine inspiration. Moreover, ordain for them that which shall profit them in all the worlds of Thy worlds. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Exalted, the Giving, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH09763 ===

=== START BH09764 ===

O Muhammad Husayn, upon him be the Most Wondrous, Most Glorious Glory of God! O Muhammad-Husayn! The tribulations have returned and Husayn has been afflicted among the wolves. Every day there befalls him that which hath befallen no one before. To this beareth witness whosoever hath observed all things with the eye of fairness. From the horizon of tribulation, We summon the servants unto the Mighty, the Bestower. Make mention of My tribulations amongst My servants. Say: O people! He hath sacrificed himself in the path of God. Fear ye, O people of corruption! He commandeth you to righteousness and piety, and forbiddeth you from that which would render your deeds null and void. Verily, he that followeth his idle fancies hath no protector this Day.

=== END BH09764 ===

=== START BH09765 ===

O Mahdi! We have sent down for all those mentioned in your book verses that cannot be equaled by anyone in the heavens. Therefore, cast them upon them that they may give thanks to God their Creator and remain firmly established. Then convey Our greetings to the one named Rida after Nabil and give him glad tidings of God’s own remembrance of him, then to those with him among God’s sincere servants. Then convey greetings to Muhammad and those with him, both male and female, as a remembrance from Us to him that he may be among the thankful ones. Then to those who have believed in God among Arabs and Persians - verily His mercy encompasses all the worlds.

=== END BH09765 ===

=== START BH09767 ===

He is the Ancient Commander

O Mirza Hidayat, upon him be the Glory of God! We have made thee among those who have attained My favors and have entrusted to them the service of the Holy Places. Take what thou art commanded and be of the thankful ones. Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name. Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by the Light whereby Thou hast illumined the world and by Thy Command whereby Thou hast subdued the nations, to make me a servant of Thy Cause, O Lord of Names, and of Thy Most Exalted Word, O Lord of all mankind, and one who gazeth toward Thy Most Glorious Horizon and holdeth fast unto Thy cord, O Possessor of the kingdoms of sanctity and righteousness, Who art established upon the throne of imprisonment through that which the hands of the oppressors have wrought.

=== END BH09767 ===

=== START BH09768 ===

O Mirza Hasan in Bushihr!

The Most Glorious! The All-Highest!

We make mention of thee as a favor from Us, and verily I am the All-Remembering, the All-Knowing. Say: O suns of My names and manifestations of My love! Hearken unto My call, then act according to that which ye have been commanded in My perspicuous Book. It behooveth each one of you to be as a sun in the heaven of faithfulness, that there may appear from him that which will comfort the hearts of them that have recognized the truth. Verily, he who hath recognized the station of faithfulness and adorned himself with its ornament, he is indeed of the people of this noble station. The denizens of the Kingdom will offer prayers for him, from the presence of One mighty and wise. Give unto the people the glad-tidings of that which hath been revealed in this Tablet, and remind them of this mighty Cause. The glory be upon thee from God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH09768 ===

=== START BH09769 ===

In the Name of the Mighty, the All-Wise! We make mention of them that have immersed themselves in the ocean of divine knowledge in the days of the All-Merciful and have turned unto His Face when it shone forth from the horizon of utterance. Verily, they who are heedless this day are reckoned among the people of the fire in the Book of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Bountiful. He who draweth nigh shall be remembered by the dwellers of Paradise and by them who circle round the Throne at morn and eventide. Give thanks unto God for having aided thee to turn unto Him when every disbelieving deceiver turned away. He, verily, aideth him who aideth Him, and remembereth him who remembereth Him, and ordaineth for him that which shall gladden his eyes. Thus have We made mention of thee that thou mayest rejoice in the remembrance of thy Lord, the Lord of all religions.

=== END BH09769 ===

=== START BH09770 ===

O Yusuf, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the One Who speaks the Truth! We make mention of him whose name was presented before the Face in this Great Prison. There is no servant but We have mentioned him with grace, and no handmaiden but has attained to My beauteous remembrance. O servants of the All-Merciful in the lands! Hearken unto the call of Him Who summons between the worlds and calls all to the One, the All-Informed. Deprive not yourselves of the breezes of these days, nor your hearts from turning to His luminous countenance. Thus has cooed the Dove of the Cause upon a lofty branch. When thou hast attained unto God’s Tablet and His traces, arise and say: Praise be to Thee, O God of the worlds!

=== END BH09770 ===

=== START BH09771 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great! We make mention of him who hath attained the light of recognition in the days of God, the Self-Subsisting, the All-Compelling, who hath taken hold of the Book of God with his right hand and hath acknowledged that which the Tongue of Grandeur hath spoken - the Kingdom belongeth unto God, the One, the Single, the Mighty, the Loving. O thou who gazest toward the horizon of Revelation! Hearken unto that which the King of Kings proclaimeth unto thee: Verily, there is none other God but Me, the Mighty, the Beloved. Be thou steadfast in all conditions in the Cause of thy Lord and vocal in His praise, that perchance the people may arise from the couch of heedlessness and turn toward God, the Lord of the seen and the unseen. Thus have We made mention of thee as a favor from Our presence. Be thou thankful and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Sovereign of existence!

=== END BH09771 ===

=== START BH09772 ===

For him who serves the Mashriqu’l-Adhkar, He is the Mighty, the Great

We make mention of him who has arisen to serve the Cause and has acknowledged that which the Tongue of Grandeur hath spoken - that there is none other God but Him, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Every soul who has turned towards God hath attained unto His mention and praise on a Day wherein the Call was raised between the heavens and the earth. Be thou thankful unto God for having been mentioned by the Most Exalted Pen, and for the Face of God having turned towards thee from this sublime station. Hold fast unto My strong cord and cling to the hem of My garment. Thus doth He command thee, with Whom is the mighty Book. The glory of God be upon thee and upon those who have acted according to that which they were commanded in the Book of God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH09772 ===

=== START BH09773 ===

We make mention of one who has found the sweetness of his Lord the Most Merciful’s utterance with an illumined heart. The world hath been perfumed by the breezes of revelation, yet the idolaters are in manifest loss. The mountains have passed unto the Self-Subsisting, yet most of the people are among the heedless. We make mention of him who hath turned to the Countenance and We send down that whereby his remembrance shall endure in the Book of God, the King, the Mighty, the Praised. Be thou grateful to thy Lord for this bounty and say: Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having caused me to turn unto Thee and to set my face toward the court of Thy knowledge when most of creation turned away from Thee. I beseech Thee to assist me in serving Thee and to make me among the steadfast ones.

=== END BH09773 ===

=== START BH09774 ===

He is God, exalted be His station, the Bestower of gifts and favors

We adorn the head of the Tablet with the remembrance and praise of God and bear witness that there is none other God but Him. He hath created the Afnan to serve His Cause and exalt His Word. And We bear witness that thou, O My Afnan and Leaf of My Divine Lote-Tree, didst leave thy homeland seeking the Most Exalted Homeland until thou didst arrive in Paradise and heard the call of the Most Glorious God and beheld the horizon of Revelation, a bounty from the One Who conversed on Sinai. Blessed art thou and joy be unto thee for having attained His presence and beheld that which was inscribed by the Most Exalted Pen in the Books of God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH09774 ===

=== START BH09775 ===

O Muhammad-Rida-i-Zavari’i! He is the Most Glorious, the Most Luminous! Verily We hear at this hour the Call which hath been raised betwixt earth and heaven, as though the Caller were God, the Lord of all worlds. And when We turned toward it with Our most pure hearing, We heard it say: “O concourse of humanity! By God, the Most Great Spectacle hath appeared, and God hath made it the seat of His mighty Throne. O people of the realm of possibility! The All-Merciful hath appeared with clear proof - turn ye unto Him and be not of the heedless ones.” We have mentioned unto thee that which We heard through Our Name, the Self-Subsisting, Who is this truthful Speaker, that thou mayest give praise and thanks unto Him Who created thee and caused thee to know this luminous Day. The glory be upon the people of glory from God, the Mighty, the Beautiful.

=== END BH09775 ===

=== START BH09776 ===

He is the Caller at the Axis of Creation! Unto Me, unto Me, O gems of the worlds in the kingdom of man! I beseech Thee, O my God, turning toward the Kingdom of Thy Divinity, supplicating to the Heaven of Thy Mercifulness, clinging to the hem of Thy Singleness, imploring the glory of Thy Self-Subsistence, prostrate upon the dust in humility and submission, entreating Thy favors and loving-kindness, that Thou wouldst look upon Thy sincere servants with the eyes of Thy mercy, cast upon them the mantle of Thy light, make them steadfast in Thy Cause, and render them the dawning-places of Thy signs and the daysprings of Thy spirit and Thy fragrances, yearning for the sweetness of bearing tribulations in Thy path in such wise that nothing shall prevent them from Thy mention and praise. Verily, Thou art the All-Kind, the All-Merciful.

=== END BH09776 ===

=== START BH09777 ===

In His Name, He Who has dominion over all names! May you be fresh and verdant through the winds of the mercy of the All-Merciful and the rain-clouds of the bounty of the All-Glorious, and may you dwell at rest beneath the shade of the Tree of Oneness in all the worlds. O saplings of the divine garden! The hand of training of the True Educator hath ever been and shall continue to be engaged in training whatsoever hath grown in the paradise of God. We render thanks unto God for having manifested thee in His days, and for having related thee to him who turned unto Him and attained unto His recognition and quaffed the choice wine of mystical knowledge and the pure water of submission from the hands of His bounties on a day wherein all arose in hypocrisy save those who held fast unto the Sure Handle and were detached from all else but Him.

=== END BH09777 ===

=== START BH09778 ===

In the Name of the Beloved of the Worlds! I pray that ye may at all times drink of the wine of inner meanings from the chalice of the All-Merciful’s bounty. Though this wine hath appeared in the vesture of words, yet it is sanctified above all words. Indeed, the very essence of meaning boweth down before it in humility and submission, confessing its inability to attain unto it. I swear by the Most Great Name that whosoever drinketh thereof shall be freed from the idle fancies and vain imaginings of men, and, detached from all else, shall turn his face toward the Most Exalted Horizon. Know ye the value of these days and regard this station as mighty indeed. Blessed art thou for having attained, and woe unto them that turn away.

=== END BH09778 ===

=== START BH09779 ===

O son of his honor Fath-i-A’zam, upon him be the Most Holy, Most Impregnable, Most Great Glory of God! God willing, you have ever been and will ever remain beneath the shadow of the providence of the Self-Sufficient, the Most High. Verily He maketh mention of you even as He mentioned you before, and hath ordained for you that which shall bring joy to the eyes of them that are endued with true understanding. You must needs be enkindled with the fire of the Divine Word in such wise that its warmth may influence the hearts of men. Verily He is the One Who influenceth all things, the Confirmer, the All-Knowing. Grieve not over anything. Rather, rejoice in My remembrance of thee and My turning toward thee. By My life! Nothing that thou beholdest can equal this. Verily thy Lord is the Expositor, the True One, the All-Informed. May the Glory rest upon you and upon those who are with you.

=== END BH09779 ===

=== START BH09780 ===

He is God! O handmaid of God! You were mentioned in My presence. God willing, you will at all times drink from the cups of the words of the Lord of the worlds of the most pure wine. Although the trials of these days are severe and have rendered most people lifeless, those who have been enkindled with the fire of God and have attained to His love are not veiled by trials. Rather, the more severe the trials become, the more their fire of love surges forth. These are the souls whose existence the denizens of the Supreme Concourse take pride in and whose presence they eagerly anticipate. Therefore strive that the Joseph of divine love not be seized by the wolves of trials. And the Spirit be upon you.

=== END BH09780 ===

=== START BH09781 ===

In the Name of the One Friend! O servant of the One God! The Peerless Beloved calls unto thee, saying: The call of the All-Merciful is raised before the faces of men, and the croaking of the ghouls follows. Blessed is he whom the croaking of ghouls prevented not from the living waters, and who arose with perfect steadfastness to serve the Cause of the Lord of all beings. Guard ye with utmost endeavor the pearls of divine love, for thieves have been and shall be lying in wait, watching for an opportunity to plunder. Such is the counsel of the Beloved of creation unto His loved ones. The Glory be upon you.

=== END BH09781 ===

=== START BH09782 ===

O son of my brother! In the Name of the One Beloved Friend! Thy letter reached the Most Great Horizon and was honored to attain the presence and favors of the Lord of Power. Praise be to the Beloved of the worlds Who assisted thee to recognize His Own Self and to turn toward His direction. Know thou the worth of this most great bounty and supreme gift, and occupy thyself with such matters as will cause the station of man to be made manifest. Excellence hath ever been and shall ever be beloved in the sight of the Self-Sufficing, the Most High. Strive diligently to attain it. God willing, the glance of merciful compassion hath been and shall be upon thee. Verily the glory be upon thee and upon thy mother and upon thy brother and thy sister, from God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH09782 ===

=== START BH09783 ===

Sister Kamal-Jahan, in the name of the one peerless Friend! He says: Your degrees of ardor and yearning and rapture and attraction were mentioned in the Most Holy Court. Therefore, this wondrous Tablet, which is the dawning-place of attraction and the source of jubilation for the peoples of the world, was revealed and sent forth, that it might increase in you at all times that which is befitting and meet in this day. Therefore, you must speak forth in praise of God with such rapture and attraction that the firm and steadfast mountains will be set in motion. Warble upon the branches amidst the handmaidens of the All-Merciful, that they may be drawn by your melodies and turn unto God, the Beloved of those who know.

=== END BH09783 ===

=== START BH09784 ===

In the Name of the peerless Lord! O friends of God! This is the Day that hath been adorned with its mention in all the divine Books, and whose presence all the Messengers have yearned to attain. This is the Day that hath belonged exclusively to God, exalted be His station, and hath been distinguished by the Manifestation of God through the Most Exalted Pen. Therefore, ye must, with the utmost determination and the most complete endeavor, make the heedless people aware of it and summon them unto it. This is the Straight Path that hath ever been and shall ever be known for its steadfastness and recognized as truth. Blessed is he who hath attained unto it and recognized that which hath been sent down therein from God, the Ancient Bestower.

=== END BH09784 ===

=== START BH09785 ===

O Asadu’llah Bey, upon him be the Glory of God!

In the name of the All-Seeing, the All-Knowing! O friends! Today the Speaker of Sinai is manifest and evident, and upon the branches of the Divine Lote-Tree He speaks and proclaims. Hearken ye, and act according to the loving counsels of the Beloved. The Book is revealed, the Fountain is flowing, the Hidden is manifest, and the Promised One speaks. Turn ye with clear certitude that ye may hear and see and drink and attain. I swear by the Most Great Prison which hath become the Seat of the Throne - whosoever in this Day attaineth unto the hearing of but one word, he shall be recorded and inscribed as one of the denizens of the highest Paradise in the Crimson Tablet. Blessed is he who hath recognized, and woe unto every heedless doubter.

=== END BH09785 ===

=== START BH09786 ===

In the Name of the Beloved of the worlds! O friends! I truly say that whosoever is deprived today of the outpourings from the heaven of divine mercy shall never succeed in making up for it, inasmuch as this day is the Lord of days and the King of all days. One breath drawn today for the sake of God is equal to the goodly deeds of numbered years. We beseech God, exalted be His glory, to assist thee and to keep thee firm and steadfast in His love. Such is the bounty of God that even in this Most Great Prison, amidst countless afflictions, He remembers His friends. This supreme blessing is specially ordained for this Day. Know ye its value and count it as a precious treasure.

=== END BH09786 ===

=== START BH09787 ===

In the Name of the One Friend! O friends! The Kawthar of the utterance of the All-Merciful hath appeared and flowed forth, and the sealed wine hath been unsealed through the power of the Name of the Self-Subsisting. Ye should turn unto God - exalted be His glory - with illumined hearts and radiant breasts. Today His all-embracing mercy hath encompassed all, yet most are found heedless and veiled. Blessed is the state of the one who, detached from the world, hath clung to the Most Great Name and received his portion from the ocean of His grace. God willing, may ye be occupied at all times with the remembrance of the Beloved of the worlds and act according to that which ye have been commanded in the Book. We send Our glorification and prayers upon the King of Martyrs and their Beloved.

=== END BH09787 ===

=== START BH09788 ===

O Ramadan! In the name of the Best-Beloved of the world! O Ramadan! God willing, through the loving-kindness of the All-Merciful thou wilt drink from the cup of everlasting life and remain firm in thy attachment to the Beloved of all possibility, in such wise that the hosts of Satan will not prevent thee nor deprive thee of this most great bounty. While time remaineth, strive that perchance some service may proceed from thee which shall be acceptable in the presence of the Eternal One, for the fruit of human existence hath ever been and shall ever be the remembrance of the All-Merciful, service unto Him and steadfastness in His Cause. How excellent is the state of that soul who hath attained unto these two and detached himself from all else.

=== END BH09788 ===

=== START BH09789 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the Goal of earth and heaven!

O Sakinih! The Lord of Creation declares: I created all beings for this Day and for its recognition, yet most remained veiled from knowing it. The cause of their veiling has been and will continue to be vain imaginings and idle fancies. Whosoever today attains to this most great bounty and most generous favor - if she be among the handmaidens, she is mentioned before God as being among the denizens of the highest chambers of Paradise, and if he be among the men, he is accounted as one of the people of the Ridvan. O handmaiden of God! Give thanks to the Lord of Names that thou hast attained to this supreme gift and hast drunk from the Kawthar of His love.

=== END BH09789 ===

=== START BH09790 ===

In the Name of the All-Knowing, the All-Seeing!

O thou who drinkest the choice wine of utterance! Today is the day of remembrance and the day of steadfastness. The beginning of the Cause was belief in God, and its end is steadfastness in His love. Beseech ye God that He may graciously enable all to attain to this exalted and most sublime station. By the Sun of Being which shineth resplendent above the horizon of bounty! All the peoples of the earth shall ere long return with utter loss and disappointment to their abodes, save those sanctified souls who have, through God’s grace, attained their goal and quaffed from the Kawthar of divine knowledge. Great effort is required to preserve this station. Blessed are they that have attained! Praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH09790 ===

=== START BH09791 ===

In the Name of the One True God! O Shamsiyyih, daughter of my brother! God willing, through the favors of the Countenance of Divine Unity, mayest thou shine forth even as the sun from the horizon of the heaven of certitude, that the darkened hearts of the heedless handmaidens may be illumined by its rays. Give thanks to the Best-Beloved of the worlds that thou art accounted among the people of the pavilion of glory, inasmuch as thou hast sprung from the tree of grace and art related unto the Truth. Know thou the value of this most great bounty and be thou engaged day and night in His remembrance and be thou steadfast in His Cause. Verily the glory be upon thee and upon those whom God hath related to the Tree of His Cause.

=== END BH09791 ===

=== START BH09792 ===

In the Name of God, the All-Knowing!

O ’Abdu’l-Husayn! Your name is blessed and beloved, and is mentioned in the Concourse on High. God willing, through the favors of the Best-Beloved of the world, you will make mention of Him with utmost wisdom among the peoples. How excellent is the state of one who is today set ablaze with the fire of the love of God - its effects will assuredly become manifest in the world. The service of the Cause today has been and will continue to be teaching. One must, with the utmost joy and fragrance, invite the lost ones to their true homeland and give glad-tidings of the ocean of certitude to those who waver, that perchance they may become receptive to the effulgences of the Sun of inner meanings in this spiritual dawn. Blessed art thou for having drunk from the Kawthar of divine knowledge from the hands of the bounty of thy Lord, the Self-Sufficient, the Most Exalted.

=== END BH09792 ===

=== START BH09793 ===

He is the Remembered One! O thou who art absent yet present! Although outwardly thou hast returned to thy native land according to the leave and will of the true Master, yet thy mention remains before the Divine Throne. Blessed art thou for having attained unto that which was the purpose in the Books of God, the Mighty, the Wise. A brief Tablet was sent down from the heaven of bounty to thy brother and forwarded to you. Deliver it to him and in all circumstances be watchful over the Cause of God, for deluded souls have been and are lying in wait. We beseech God to protect thee from the deceptions of the doubters and from the schemes of those who have remained heedless of God, thy Lord and the Lord of all the worlds.

=== END BH09793 ===

=== START BH09794 ===

In His Name, the One Who has dominion over all things! O servant! Hear the call of Husayn. Thy letter was observed by the eye of loving-kindness. Praise thou the Best-Beloved of the worlds that thou hast been named by this name. However, for servitude there are certain conditions. The first is that thou shouldst manifest spiritual qualities among all people, that all may find and observe in thee the signs of servitude and servanthood. If thou takest pride in this name, be thou of them that render thanks. We have adorned thee with the ornament of this wise remembrance, that thou mayest be assured that He hath desired him who desired Him and hath intended him who intended Him, and what is with Him hath precedence over what is with others. Verily, He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.

=== END BH09794 ===

=== START BH09795 ===

In the Name of God, the All-Knowing

O handmaiden of Baha! The Lord of Names makes mention of thee in this divine Day, which hath adorned all holy Books with its remembrance. May thou be illumined by the lights of the Sun of Revelation and be accounted among the letters of the Preserved Tablet. At all times, drink from the Kawthar of the Merciful’s love, and be thou enkindled with the fire of His remembrance and speaking in His praise. O fruit of the blessed Tree of Martyrdom! He hath testified that thou art manifest from it and unto it shalt return. Be thou gladdened by these words which have issued from the mouth of the All-Merciful, and arise to render praise unto Him.

=== END BH09795 ===

=== START BH09796 ===

O my sister who hath migrated and won the name of the Beloved of the worlds! O handmaiden of God! Moses attained to hearing the divine call in the Sinai of recognition, and this is that same call with which the Goal of the world now speaketh. Strive thou that this most great bounty may remain and endure. The evil ones have ever lain in wait for God’s loved ones, and through tales of the past they prevent the servants from the supreme horizon. Beseech ye God that ye may attain to such a station wherein ye will regard all save God as non-existent and count it as nothing. Verily He calleth with truth and revealeth unto whomsoever desireth His straight path. There is no God but Him, the Mighty, the Wise.

=== END BH09796 ===

=== START BH09797 ===

He is the Beloved One! O handmaiden of God! Praise God that thou hast drunk from the wine of the Most Merciful’s grace and hast been nourished from the chalice of bounty. Among the Concourse on High thou art mentioned as a handmaiden of God, and among the people of earth thou art known as a maidservant of the Beloved. Thy service hath not been, nor ever shall be, effaced from the view of the Most Great Scene. O My maidservant! Move among the handmaidens of God in the sanctity of the Ancient Beauty, that perchance all may be sanctified through thy holiness from the defilement of self and passion, and soar in the atmosphere of detachment. Hearken unto the counsel of the Most Exalted Pen and say: Deprived is the soul that turneth from the immortal Wine to that which perisheth, and from the manifestations of the lights of oneness to the promptings of self. O servants! If ye be lovers, behold, the Beloved is present; if ye seek the Wine, lo, the Cup of the Beloved floweth manifest and evident. Cast off the wings of fancy and with the wings of reality soar toward the realm of the All-Merciful. This is the Sun of counsel and utterance that hath shone forth from the Dayspring of the mouth of the All-Glorious. Blessed are they that hear and are illumined thereby. My handmaiden! Thou hast become aware of the attributes of the Beauty of Oneness and art informed of the sanctity of the Ancient Beauty. Apprise the handmaidens of God that perchance they may purify themselves from whatsoever God loveth not.

=== END BH09797 ===

=== START BH09798 ===

He is the Ever-Abiding! O My handmaiden! Be not sorrowful at separation from the Ancient Beauty. In whatever land thou dwellest, thou art in the presence of God, for thy services shall not be lost. Be patient and content with My good-pleasure. And if thou enterest the City of God, inform My handmaidens of My tribulation and affliction, and walk in complete sanctification, and be not heedless of the wonders of My remembrance. Convey My greetings from My tongue to My messenger, and likewise to all thy family. O My handmaiden! Be not neglectful of service to the House of God and of visiting it, and be not veiled from the Beloved of the worlds. And the glory be upon thee.

=== END BH09798 ===

=== START BH09799 ===

In My Name, the Hearer, the Answerer

O Muhammad-Quli! Praise be to God that thou hast been favored with divine grace and hast recognized the Sun of Truth which hath dawned from the horizon of the heaven of bounty. The divines of the earth who counted themselves the most learned, the most excellent and the most exalted among all creation have been observed to be deprived of this most great bounty and supreme gift, while thou, through His grace, hast attained unto it and hast been elevated to such a station that the Supreme Pen in the Most Great Prison hath been moved to address thee and make mention of thee. Throughout thy days and thy life and thy time say: Praise be unto Thee, O God of the worlds!

=== END BH09799 ===

=== START BH09800 ===

In the Name of the One Creator

O Mahdi of the world! Through the breezes of the Ancient Lord’s favor, the world hath been adorned with the flowers of divine knowledge and the fruits of inner truth. Blessed is the soul that hath not been deprived or forbidden therefrom. Today is the day when the ocean of generosity is surging and the heart of creation is in joy. God willing, thou shalt attain unto this most great bounty and gaze upon the most luminous horizon. Praise be to God that thou art reckoned among the twigs of the Divine Tree and art related to the Celestial Tree. Hold fast with complete determination, lest diverse winds prevent thee. In all conditions, keep thy gaze fixed upon the Truth and remain detached and free from aught else.

=== END BH09800 ===

=== START BH09801 ===

In the Name of the One Friend! O Mihr-’Ali! This is the Day that all the Prophets and Messengers have made mention of, and have beseeched and yearned for its presence from God, exalted be His glory. Blessed is the one who hath recognized it and hath arisen as befitteth it. Your mention hath been made, before and after, in the Most Great Prison, and the glance of favor hath been directed toward you. God willing, you will preserve this most exalted station through the Name of the Lord of creation, for thieves and traitors have been and will be lying in wait. The Glory be upon you and upon whosoever hath attained unto this mighty Cause.

=== END BH09801 ===

=== START BH09802 ===

In the Name of the One Friend

O leaf of the Divine Lote-Tree! Be thankful that thou hast sprung from Me and art attributed unto Me. This is a divine bounty bestowed upon thee. But what behooveth thee is to hold fast unto the Tree with perfect trust and strength, lest thou be cast down by the diverse winds of the souls of the polytheists. His favors have ever been and shall ever continue to be. Through the mere turning of any soul to the Most Exalted Horizon, the confirmations of the Lord of Names have reached and shall continue to reach. Bind thy heart firmly to the love of the Beloved of the worlds. He is the source of all good and the bestower of every bounty. Verily, the glory be upon thee from the presence of One All-Knowing, All-Wise.

=== END BH09802 ===

=== START BH09804 ===

In the Name of God, the Educator of all contingent beings!

In these days the signs of the effulgences of the dawning-place of Revelation are manifest and evident from the horizons. The Day of the Peerless Friend hath appeared, and through the triumph of the divine Day the world hath been illumined. Blessed are they who, with clear certitude, have set their faces toward the station of the Lord of the Worlds.

O Nuriyyih! The maidens of the most exalted chambers have turned toward thee and have loved and continue to love thy mention. We beseech God, exalted be His glory, to account thee as one of the leaves of the blessed Tree that is neither of the East nor of the West, and to record thee in the Crimson Book by the Most Exalted Pen. Blessed art thou and blessed is the handmaiden who hath loved thee for the sake of God, the Lord of the mighty Throne.

=== END BH09804 ===

=== START BH09805 ===

He is God, blessed and exalted is He! This most exalted perfect Word has at this moment been sent down from the divine Kingdom of Command: O Ibn-i-Asdaq the Most Holy! Return to the land of Kha by command of God, the Lord of all humanity. We have heard the call of My loved ones and have answered what they desired, and verily I am the Hearer, the Answerer. Adorn the head of acceptance with the crown of detachment and the temple of existence with the fear of God, the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Give glad tidings to the loved ones of the bounty of God, glorified be His majesty, and illumine their hearts with the light of My wondrous utterance. The glory shining from the horizon of the heaven of My mercy be upon thee and upon them and upon every steadfast and firm one.

=== END BH09805 ===

=== START BH09806 ===

In the Name of the Kind Lord!

This is a letter from the Wronged One of the horizons to one of the handmaidens of God, that she may hear the Word of Truth and act according to what is befitting in this Day. Blessed is the handmaiden who has attained to faith and acted according to what she was commanded by the All-Merciful. O handmaiden of God! Your sister who dwells in the prison was present before the Throne and beseeched that the divine Word might shine forth upon that handmaiden, that is, that wondrous and sublime verses might be sent down from the heaven of God’s Will. Therefore We responded and sent these exalted words. Be thou grateful and say: Praise be to Thee, O Quickener of the worlds!

=== END BH09806 ===

=== START BH09807 ===

For safekeeping, a Most Exalted, Most Mighty, Most Glorious circle in the handwriting of Mirza Aqa Jan has been sent for your honor and Shams Shama Haji. God willing, they will be preserved from all calamities and afflictions under divine protection. And in these days, God willing, a letter will be sent for Haji, your recent namesake, and others, but it was not possible by post. And regarding others, concerning the matter of [unclear] Aqa Mirza [unclear] that was written, it has been recommended that he send the receipt to your honor, and if you deem it advisable, send this matter along with the matter you had written about by post.

=== END BH09807 ===

=== START BH09808 ===

O Mirza Musa! Yea, it is incumbent upon all the companions and loved ones to be seated upon the thrones of love and to repose upon the cushions of affection, and to move about in the station of united souls. They must shine forth from a single lamp and be illumined within a single niche, grow from a single tree and be nourished by a single fruit, walk upon a single earth and be seated upon a single carpet, drink from a single stream and be drawn to a single ocean. Such is the attribute of the loved ones, for verily God is independent of all the worlds. And peace be upon the sincere servants of God.

=== END BH09808 ===

=== START BH09809 ===

Thou seest, O my God, how Thy loved ones have been encompassed by the rebellious amongst Thy creatures and the wicked amidst Thy people. No land remaineth but the lamentation of Thy lovers and the wailing of Thy chosen ones were lifted up therein. I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name to draw forth the hand of power from the bosom of Thy might and to assist therewith all them that love Thee.

Thou beholdest, O my God, their eyes turned towards Thee, their gaze fixed upon the Dayspring of Thy might and Thy loving providence. Transmute, O my Lord, their abasement into glory, their poverty into wealth, and their weakness into a strength born of Thee.

Powerful art Thou to do whatsoever Thou willest. No God is there but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH09809 ===

=== START BH09810 ===

He is the One Who Hearest, and is Ready to Answer

Thou knowest, O My God, that I desire naught in Thy Dominion save to better the condition of the world and improve the charater of peoples of different nations, that haply the fire of hatred may be quenched with the waters of Thy providence, and the glorious light of unity may shine forth by Thy nurturing grace and wisdom. O God! Aid Thou the rulers of the world and its learned ones to accept that which Thou commandest them by Thy bounty and Thy loving kindness, and teach them that which Thou didst desire for them by Thy grace, and uncover before them Thy clear and straight path, and Thy manifest and transcendent Cause. O God! Ordain for Thy loved ones, throughThy Most Exalted Pen, that which shall profit them in this present world and in the next. Thou art the Lord of all men and the Lord of the throne on high and of earth below.

=== END BH09810 ===

=== START BH09811 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great. All have been created for the meeting with God, and all have been and are allotted this most exalted station. However, the veils of creation have become an obstacle between the Ever-Flowing Grace and His loved ones. Yet this matter pertains to the outward. Inwardly, whosoever today attains to the divine commandments and holds fast to the Most Holy Book which hath been sent down from the holy Kingdom is accounted before God as one of those who have attained His presence, for He will surely not deprive His servants from the ocean of grace when they seek it with longing. Verily, He is the Almighty, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH09811 ===

=== START BH09812 ===

O David-Quli Big, upon him be the Glory of God! In My Name which shineth forth from the horizon of utterance! The whole world in this promised Day is illumined by the lights of the countenance of the Lord of existence, yet some through unworthy deeds and actions have deprived themselves of its traces and fruits, while others have preserved it through His Name, the Self-Subsisting. How excellent is the state of that soul who hath attained to this station and hath not lost the divine bestowal. Praise be to the Goal of the worlds Who hath mentioned thee in the Most Great Prison. By the Sun of the heaven of inner meanings, nothing among all things can equal this bounty. Preserve it through My Name and be of the thankful ones.

=== END BH09812 ===

=== START BH09813 ===

O Ustad Aqa Jan! In the name of the All-Merciful God! We have enjoined steadfastness upon all people; nevertheless, some of the companions, upon merely witnessing reprehensible deeds from those who have attributed themselves to the Truth, have withdrawn from the Truth, exalted and mighty be He, and have remained deprived of the pure, flowing waters of the days of God. This, despite the fact that in every age, at the dawning of the light of divine unity, there have been both the faithful and the unfaithful. Blessed is the state of those souls who today fix their gaze upon the Supreme Horizon and are detached from all else beneath it. God willing, may you be adorned with the ornament of steadfastness and occupied with His remembrance. Verily, He is the Single One, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH09813 ===

=== START BH09814 ===

In the Name of the Beloved of the World! The eyes of the nations have not seen and will never see a day better than this wondrous Day, and the ears of the world have not heard and will never hear a call like unto this. O people of insight! The Most Great Scene hath appeared and the Lord of Power hath dawned forth in His Name of the Oppressed. Today the gates of bounty are opened wide and the rain of mercy from the heaven of providence is ceaselessly falling. Deprive not yourselves. Verily He commandeth you that which profiteth you and guideth you unto His Straight Path. We make mention of thy son Mahdi who desired to drink from the ocean of the utterance of his Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Remember him on My behalf and give him the glad-tidings of My loving-kindness which hath preceded all created things.

=== END BH09814 ===

=== START BH09815 ===

In the Name of the One Creator! How many servants and handmaidens there were who occupied themselves day and night with reciting divine books and heavenly scriptures, yet remained veiled from their Revealer when He appeared, and clinging to their own imaginings and holding fast to the Book, were deprived of its Revealer and remained veiled from the Mother Book. They passed by the Sweet Ocean and turned instead to the river of their own vain fancies. Blessed is the soul that held fast to the divine Lote-Tree and became free and detached from all else. O handmaiden of God! God willing, may you remain steadfast in His love and be free and detached from all else. The glory be upon you.

=== END BH09815 ===

=== START BH09816 ===

He is the Hearer, the Answerer! O Hasan-’Ali, upon thee be the Glory of God! The True One, exalted be His glory, hath ever loved and continueth to love tribulation. Therefore there hath befallen Him, and continueth to befall Him, that which causeth the clouds to cry out and the Faithful Spirit to lament. This is the station wherein the sighs of them that are nigh unto God have ascended, and the tears of the sincere ones have flowed. Were it not for the will of the True One, exalted be His glory, no one would have had the power to oppose Him. All are captives in the grasp of His might, and are weak and abject before the revelation of His power. Blessed art thou for having turned unto Him and attained unto this wondrous Tablet. The glory of God be upon thee and upon them that have believed in the One, the All-Informed.

=== END BH09816 ===

=== START BH09817 ===

In the Name of the one true God! O handmaiden of God! God, the Exalted Truth, brought creation into being from nothingness specifically for this Day, and afterwards caused the sun of grace to shine forth equally upon all, that all might attain to the recognition of the true Friend. Likewise He commanded all to be steadfast in His Cause. Nevertheless, some broke the Covenant at the buzzing of a fly and violated the divine Testament. O handmaiden of God! Fix your gaze upon the horizon of steadfastness, that you may not be debarred from the Truth by the words of the heedless, the gestures of the wayward, and the book of evil. This is God’s counsel to His male and female servants.

=== END BH09817 ===

=== START BH09818 ===

He is the Single, the One, the Mighty, the All-Knowing

Praise befitteth the Lord of existence and the Sovereign of the seen and unseen, Who hath conquered all created things through the light of utterance and hath guided them to the supreme horizon and the most exalted heights which are illumined with the dawning-place of the Lord of Names. Exalted be His grandeur, and exalted His dominion, and exalted His utterance! O My loved ones in all lands! Hearken unto the call of the Wronged One. Verily it draweth you nigh unto God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. O ’Isa Beg! Thy letter hath arrived and been honored to be heard. We beseech God, the Creator of the heavens, to ordain for thee the good of this world and of the next. Verily He is the Powerful over whatsoever He willeth through His mighty and wondrous Word.

=== END BH09818 ===

=== START BH09819 ===

In the Name of the Beloved of the horizons! Praise be to the Beloved Who, through His supreme benevolence, sacrificed the Blessed Beauty for the life of the peoples of the world. How excellent is the state of the one who, amidst these darknesses, shineth even as a lamp. The Life of the World saith: O My handmaidens! Consider My mercy. While ye repose in your gatherings, the Ancient Beauty, together with a number of friends and members of the household, hath fallen into the hands of enemies and in this Most Great Prison is occupied with the remembrance of the friends of God. It therefore behooveth you to act in accordance with the requirements of love and to be ever turned toward God. And the glory be upon you.

=== END BH09819 ===

=== START BH09820 ===

In the Name of the One Speaker!

In this spiritual springtime and in these days when the breezes of the All-Merciful’s mercy are wafting, the human trees must become verdant and flourishing with the leaves of goodly deeds and the fruits of spiritual qualities. The purpose of man’s creation hath been the knowledge of the All-Merciful and the observance of whatsoever hath been sent down from the heaven of His Will. O friends! Strive ye, through the grace of the Best-Beloved of the world, to achieve such deeds as will endure in both the material and spiritual realms. A goodly deed is acceptable, and a goodly word ascendeth unto God. Hearken with the ear of the spirit to the loving counsels of the Best-Beloved of the worlds. The Glory be upon you!

=== END BH09820 ===

=== START BH09821 ===

He is God! Regarding the stone - verily it is necessary that it be created and that the Branch write “The Glory be upon those who act and upon those who have acted in the path of the Lord of the worlds.” As for thy desire to attain the presence - thou art welcome, the door is open and He Who is beseeched responds. And concerning what thou mentioned about divine confirmation, assistance and compensation for what hath passed - verily He is the Protector of every beneficent one and every sincere and trustworthy one. He will compensate for what hath passed, for He is the Kind, the Generous. As for the almonds - their time hath not yet come; let them remain with thee. And as for the yard-measure - We have sent it to thee; use it as thou pleasest, though the Wronged One preferreth it pure, without almonds.

=== END BH09821 ===

=== START BH09822 ===

He is the Mighty

Be dependent upon God in all matters and do not be heedless for a moment. Exercise the utmost care and wisdom in all affairs. Be in the utmost joy and delight and fix your gaze on naught but God, for the winds of differences are blowing from all directions. You must remain steadfast, firm and resolute in all conditions, and verily He will suffice you against all who are in the heavens and on earth. Convey greetings to whichever of the assured ones among the beloved who circle round about, and remind the people of the Shrine of the mention of God.

=== END BH09822 ===

=== START BH09823 ===

He is the Sanctified above all things!

The remembrance of God hath appeared in truth, and He is the Ancient Sender-down. My Most Exalted Pen hath testified to My finger, and verily it testifieth to My power, the Sovereign over all the worlds. My limbs have borne witness to My sovereignty, but the people are in manifest blindness. The breast of the world hath been dilated through the manifestation of My Most Great Name - to this every fair-minded one possessed of knowledge doth testify. We have heard the call of those who have turned to God, and We have answered them as a bounty from Our presence, and verily We are the Answerer. He prayeth for those who have attained unto the most great steadfastness in the Cause of God, the Lord of all beings, and He giveth them glad tidings of the most exalted Paradise and the All-Highest Station. He, verily, is the All-Knowing Herald.

=== END BH09823 ===

=== START BH09824 ===

He is the Powerful in the Heaven of Eternity. The remembrance of God from the Sacred Tree upon the spot of Paradise is unto him who was witnessed upon the Truth - Mirza Baqir of Qa’in. Soon shall the heaven be cleft asunder and the Youth shall come upon the crimson Buraq, and the matter shall be determined by One mighty and powerful. Then shalt thou find the idolaters fleeing to the right and to the left. Say: Today there is no escape for anyone save he who has detached himself from all who are in the heavens and the earth and has taken shelter beneath a shade that hath been extended from all eternity. Thus do We inspire thee that thou mayest be steadfast in the Cause and turn unto the Sanctuary which hath been raised up from the direction of the Throne.

=== END BH09824 ===

=== START BH09825 ===

O Mulla ’Abdu’l-Ahad! He is the One Who speaks in the Kingdom of Utterance. This is a mention sent down by God for him who has held fast to the cord of divine knowledge and turned to Him when the servants turned away. We have heard your call and We call out to you from this Spot whereon is established the throne of your Lord, the Master of all necks. The world hath been honored by the breezes of Revelation, yet the peoples remain in drunkenness and behind a veil. They were awaiting the days of the Manifestation, but when the promise was fulfilled and the Truth appeared, they denied God, the Sovereign of the Kingdom and the Ruler of the Realm of Might. Thus hath the matter been decreed from before God, the Cleaver of the Dawn. Give thanks unto God for having aided thee to recognize His Cause and for having made thee aware of His Self when hearts were troubled and mountains were moved.

=== END BH09825 ===

=== START BH09826 ===

In His Name, the Ever-Abiding, the Eternal, the Mighty, the Beautiful

A remembrance from Us to her who turned to God in her early days, that she may rejoice in the remembrance of her Lord and be numbered among the devout ones in a mighty tablet. Blessed art thou and blessed is thy father who hath believed in God, the Single One, the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. He is among those who did not hesitate in this Cause when the Call was raised, but said: “Here am I, O God of the worlds!” We have forgiven him through Our grace and have sent down for him that which shall immortalize his memory amongst all peoples. Be thou thankful unto thy Lord for having been mentioned in the presence of His Countenance and for this mighty Tablet which hath been revealed unto thee. Verily, the glory from thy Lord, the Forgiving, the Bountiful, be upon thee and upon thy father and thy mother.

=== END BH09826 ===

=== START BH09827 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great

A mention from Us to him who desires to drink the living waters from the hands of the bountiful favors of his Lord, the All-Bountiful, that the remembrance of his Lord may attract him to the supreme horizon and draw him nigh unto God, the Peerless, the All-Informed. O ’Ali! Rejoice thou in My remembrance of thee, for it cannot be compared with the treasures of the earth nor with the ornaments of kings. Beware lest the affairs of men hold thee back from the Truth. Leave the world behind thee and take what thou art bidden by God, the Lord of all worlds. The glory rest upon thee and upon those who have attained unto this most great station and have witnessed what God hath witnessed in His perspicuous Book.

=== END BH09827 ===

=== START BH09828 ===

The Most Great, Most Holy remembrance from Us to him who was moved by the fragrance of the All-Merciful and turned to God, the Lord of the worlds, that the Call may attract him to the Dayspring of grandeur and glory and draw him nigh unto this mighty Ocean. They who have turned unto the Truth and have turned away from creation, these are among the people of Paradise in this perspicuous Tablet. Blessed is the strong one who hath turned toward the Dawning-Place of certitude, and the weak one who hath held fast unto this mighty and unbreakable Cord. We have indeed inhaled the fragrance of thy turning unto Us, and have revealed for thee this mighty Book. Read it by night and by day, then glorify thy Lord with praise at morn and at eventide.

=== END BH09828 ===

=== START BH09829 ===

He is the Helper, the All-Knowing! A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath drawn nigh unto the Most Great Sea and drunk therefrom in My Name, the Mighty, the Bestower. Verily, We shall reward those who have believed and shown patience in God, the Lord of Lords. Whosoever hath attained His presence on this Day, he is of the people of Baha in the Book of God, the Lord of the Final End. And whoso hath turned away, he is accounted among the people of error in the Scriptures and Tablets. It behooveth everyone in this Day to arise to serve God and to aid His Cause through remembrance and utterance. Thus have We remembered thee in Our Most Great Prison as a bounty from Our presence upon thee and upon those who have taken the chalice of eternity in My Most Glorious Name and have drunk therefrom by night and by day.

=== END BH09829 ===

=== START BH09830 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great

A remembrance from Us to whoever hath heard and turned and attained unto the Sealed Wine. How many servants were kept back from the Most Great Sea through following those who disbelieved in God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting! And how many servants turned and drank the Water of Life from the hands of the bounty of their Lord, the Mighty, the Beloved! Say: O people, hearken unto the cooing of the Dove and what this Wronged One speaketh. He hath been imprisoned for the love of God and His Cause. Woe unto him who hath transgressed against Him on this manifest Day! The glory be upon the people of glory who have believed in God, the Lord of what was and what shall be.

=== END BH09830 ===

=== START BH09831 ===

In His Name, the Most Great, the Most Holy, the Most Glorious

A remembrance from Us unto him who hath attained unto the lights of faith when heedlessness seized the dwellers of earth and heaven save whom God, the Mighty, the Powerful, hath willed. Verily the sincere ones have hastened unto God and those who seek Him have turned toward the luminous horizon. God remembereth him who hath turned toward the Most Great Sea when the peoples turned away from it, and He sendeth His blessings upon him from this wondrous station. Beware lest the allusions of those who have disbelieved in God veil thee, or the veils of those who hesitate prevent thee - they who have been debarred from the Living Waters because they followed every ignorant remote one. Grieve not in any matter; place thy trust in the One, the All-Informed.

=== END BH09831 ===

=== START BH09832 ===

In the Name of Him through Whom the fragrances of divine unity have been wafted! This is a mention from Us to him who hath attained unto the lights of faith when the horizon of certitude was illumined by this Luminary through which the heavens and earth were made to shine. He calleth out with the most exalted call in the kingdom of creation: “Verily, there is none other God but Him, the Almighty, the Self-Subsisting.” We summon the peoples in this Most Great Prison unto God, the Lord of the Ancient Days, yet they have turned away and waxed proud, save those whom God, the Lord of the Promised Day, hath willed. Blessed art thou for having drunk the choice wine of revelation and attained unto His recognition, when every ignorant and rejected one turned away. Give thanks unto God for this supreme bounty and say: “Praise be unto Thee, O God of the seen and the unseen!”

=== END BH09832 ===

=== START BH09833 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted

A mention from Us to those who are in the world, that they may turn unto God, the Lord of eternity, and bear witness unto that whereunto God hath testified concerning His Own Self before the existence of all things: that there is none other God but Him, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. God willing, through the grace of God mayest thou attain unto such a station wherein the words of the idolaters and the signs of the deniers and the clamor of the mischief-makers shall not prevent thee from the Dayspring of God’s Cause. Blessed is he who is firm and steadfast in the Cause of God, the Lord of the worlds. The world is seen to be transient and non-existent. God willing, may all attain unto that which shall endure throughout the kingdom of earth and heaven. He, verily, is the Expositor, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH09833 ===

=== START BH09834 ===

In the Name of the All-Knowing, the All-Wise! A remembrance from the Wronged One to him who desired to drink the choice wine of utterance from the hand of the bounty of his Lord, the Most Merciful, and to be among the successful ones. Verily, he who attains success today is, in the sight of God, the Lord of all worlds, among the people of Paradise. Every appointed time has come to pass and every sign has appeared, and the Promised One has come with manifest sovereignty. Blessed is he who has heard, has turned, and has recognized his Ancient Lord. Thus have the waves of the ocean of utterance appeared from God, the Powerful, the Mighty. Ponder, O people, that ye may know what God hath sent down in His precious and wondrous Day.

=== END BH09834 ===

=== START BH09835 ===

O Professor ’Abdu’l-Baqi, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the All-Kind, the All-Merciful! Your mention hath been made in the presence of the Wronged One, and the gaze of loving-kindness hath been directed towards thee. Thou art among those souls who have attained unto His presence and reached this Most Great Cause, which hath been the purpose of the creation of all beings. This station, however, requireth guardians and protectors. I swear by the Most Great Luminary that pure deeds and praiseworthy character have been and ever will be its guardians and protectors. God willing, thou shalt act in a manner befitting the days of God and hold fast unto that which is in the Book. We have heard thy call and have answered thee through this Clear Book, from which every discerning soul can inhale the fragrance of God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH09835 ===

=== START BH09836 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great! Thy mention hath been made before Our Face, and thou hast attained unto the recognition of the Lord of Revelation. Thou didst seek steadfastness from God, exalted and mighty be He. I swear by the Sun of Truth that this station is the most exalted of stations. Blessed art thou and blessed is he who hath taught thee this lofty station. God willing, ye shall drink from the chalice of steadfastness and be occupied with His remembrance and praise. The bounty of God hath reached such a degree that in the Most Great Prison, despite the trials that have descended, His Pen hath ceaselessly been engaged in remembrance of His loved ones. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O Beloved of them that have known Thee! From this station We send Our greetings upon thee, thy mother and thy sister, and We give you the glad-tidings of God’s mercy which hath preceded all created things.

=== END BH09836 ===

=== START BH09837 ===

In the Name of God, the Exalted, the Most Great! My Lord, my Lord! On land I remember Thee, and on the sea I glorify Thee, and on the mountains I call upon Thee, and on the hills I prostrate myself before Thee. O Lord! My thirst entitles me to the Kawthar of Thy presence, and the fire of my love seeks the wine of union with Thee. O Lord! The torment of the world hath not prevented me from the sweetness of Thy knowledge, and the tribulations of nations have not kept me from the ocean of Thy nearness. I beseech Thee to ordain for Thy loved ones that which will draw them nigh unto Thee and keep them far from all else besides Thee. Verily, Thou art the One Who doeth what He pleaseth and ordaineth what He willeth. Verily, Thou art the Mighty, the Praiseworthy.

=== END BH09837 ===

=== START BH09838 ===

O handmaiden of God, wife of the late Rahim ibn-i-’Attar - He is the One with power over whatsoever He willeth. Glorified is He Who hath sent down the verses and made manifest the clear evidences for people who know. Verily, those who have attained today, they are honored servants upon whom the Concourse on High pray and whom the Tongue of Grandeur doth mention in this praiseworthy station. Blessed art thou, O my handmaiden, for having believed in God, the Lord of what was and what shall be. Guard thou the pearls of the love of God lest they be stolen by every rejected traitor. Thus doth thy Lord command thee as a token of His grace upon thee. Verily, He is the Mighty, the Forgiving. Blessed is every handmaiden who hath believed in God, and woe unto whomsoever hath turned away from this forbidden station.

=== END BH09838 ===

=== START BH09839 ===

In the Name of the Bountiful, the All-Witnessing

Glorified be He Who made friendship an ornament and adorned therewith the temple of man. Blessed be the All-Merciful Who chose affliction for the benefit of all the worlds. He hath accepted every tribulation for the exaltation of God’s Cause, and every hardship for the ease of the world, and every sorrow for the joy of those who are in the heavens and on earth. Say: Beware lest ye cloud the pure wine of understanding. Turn with radiant faces unto the Dayspring of My most great signs. Thus doth the Lord of Names command you from this mighty Prison. We have made glory an ornament for your souls and truthfulness a crown for your heads. Preserve them through My Name, the All-Powerful, the Almighty. Blessed is he who hath heeded the counsel of God, and woe unto them that turn away.

=== END BH09839 ===

=== START BH09840 ===

In the name of the Ever-Abiding, the Eternal, the Mighty, the All-Wise!

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses and made them a cause of joy to all worlds. Blessed is he who hath recognized them and believed in them when they were sent down from the presence of a Mighty, Powerful One. Those who have cast them behind their backs are among the most lost. How many a servant hath lamented in separation, yet when the ocean of reunion surged, turned away and was numbered with the heedless. O people! Abandon what ye possess. By God, the Object of the knowers hath appeared and speaketh from the Most Great Prison that there is none other God but Him, the Forgiving, the Generous. Blessed art thou for having turned unto the Countenance and drunk the sealed wine from the hands of thy Lord’s bounty, the Merciful.

=== END BH09840 ===

=== START BH09841 ===

He is sanctified from all names and mentions! Glorified be He Who hath spoken and caused all things to speak that there is none other God but Him, the Almighty, the Self-Subsisting. The horizon of the world hath been illumined by the Sun of My Most Great Name, yet most of the people perceive not. The verses have filled all regions, yet the people recognize not. The atoms have testified to the Revealer of verses, yet the people hear not. My sweetest call hath been raised between earth and heaven. Blessed is the hearing ear that hath heard, and the face that hath turned unto God, the Lord of Lords. Thus have We remembered thee as a favor from Our presence that thou mayest thank thy Lord, the Mighty, the Loving.

=== END BH09841 ===

=== START BH09842 ===

In the Name of Him Who hath illumined the horizon of existence!

Glorified be He Who heareth and answereth, and seeth what the servants do. He, verily, is the Truth, the All-Knowing, the Knower of things unseen. That which was inscribed by the Most Exalted Pen and concealed in the knowledge of God, the Self-Subsisting, the All-Compelling, hath appeared and been made manifest. O Joseph! The All-Merciful, Who hath come with a grace that hath encompassed both the seen and the unseen, remembereth thee. This is a Day wherein the trees have quivered, the rivers have flowed, the fruits have appeared, and the Herald hath proclaimed: The Kingdom belongeth unto God, the Sovereign of the Kingdom. Thus have We adorned the pages of the Book of the Bayan with My Name, the All-Merciful. Blessed is he who hath recognized and found, and woe betide every heedless one who is rejected.

=== END BH09842 ===

=== START BH09843 ===

He is God! Glory be to Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou didst open the gates of meeting unto all who are in Thy earth and heaven, and through which Thou didst give Thy chosen ones to drink from the chalice of Thy Command and Thy Glory, that Thou mayest make this youth to gaze upon Thee and to be detached from all else but Thee. As Thou hast named him Beauty, make him beautiful in all conditions. Then adorn his outer and inner being with the ornament of acceptance, and inscribe him among those who have attained, for whom Thou hast ordained no foundation save Thy love and knowledge. This is the hope in the hearts of Thy chosen ones and trusted ones. There is no God but Thee, the Mighty, the Exalted, the All-Choosing.

=== END BH09843 ===

=== START BH09844 ===

He is the All-Giving, the Generous

Glory be to Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy favors which the pens of the world are powerless to recount, and by Thy gifts which the hearts of nations confess are beyond limitation, and by the Light wherewith the Mount was illumined when it shone forth from the horizon of the will of the Lord of Manifestation, to bless the steps of Thy handmaiden whom Thou hast named Neshat-Angiz by Thy wondrous and mighty Pen among Thy chosen ones and loved ones. Then make her a sign of Thy mercy among Thy handmaidens and a manifestation of Thy grace among Thy creatures. Verily, Thou art the One Who hath power over whatsoever Thou willest through Thy Name, the All-Encompassing over all names. There is no God but Thee, the Powerful, the All-Bountiful, the Generous.

=== END BH09844 ===

=== START BH09845 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious!

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by the light of the Sun of Thy unity and the dawning of the Morn of Thy singleness, then by Thy Most Exalted Word whereby Thou didst quicken all who are in earth and heaven, that Thou cause me not to be of them who claim to believe in the letters which were created by Thy command, yet have turned away from the Most Great Word - from Him Who created them and spoke them forth. Then make me, O my God, one who uttereth Thy praise and turneth toward Thee, who is oriented to the sanctuary of Thy nearness and the Kaaba of union with Thee, that I may find repose beneath the shadow of Thy tenderness and mercy and dwell in the precincts of Thy generosity and favors. There is no God but Thee, the Omnipotent, the Sublime, the Mighty, the Supreme, the All-Choosing.

=== END BH09845 ===

=== START BH09846 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Wondrous, the Most Glorious!

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by the leaves of the Tree of Thy Oneness, and the fruits of the Tree of Thy Singleness, and the Manifestations of the glory of Thy Transcendent Unity, and the Daysprings of Thy holy Unity, to send down upon her who hath believed in Thee and in Thy signs every good thing which Thou hast ordained for Thy sanctified handmaidens in the most exalted chambers. Then cause to descend, O my God, upon her heart that which will enable her to soar in the atmosphere of Thy longing and attraction, and will draw her nigh unto the station wherein the lights of Thy countenance have shone forth. Verily, Thou art the One Who hath power over whatsoever He willeth, and in Thy right hand is the Kingdom of Names, and in Thy grasp is the reins of destiny. There is none other God but Thee, the Powerful, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH09846 ===

=== START BH09847 ===

He is the Manifest, the Speaking One, the All-Knowing

Glory be to Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by the light of Thy splendor which hath encompassed Thy Kingdom and Thy dominion, and by which the hearts of Thy sincere servants among Thy creatures have been attracted, to ordain for Thy Afnan and one of Thy leaves the reward of every leaf that hath held fast to the Tree of Thy utterance and been illumined by the light of Thy knowledge, and whom the oppression of Thine enemies who violated Thy Covenant and Testament did not deter. I beseech Thee, O Lord, by Thy Most Great Name through which were consumed the hearts of those who denied Thy proof and Thy testimony and disbelieved in Thy Manifestation and Thy signs, to ordain for Thy leaves that which will draw them nigh unto Thee. Verily, Thou art powerful over what Thou willest. Thou doest what Thou pleasest through Thy Name, the Mighty, the All-Praised.

=== END BH09847 ===

=== START BH09848 ===

XXIII

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I implore Thee by the onrushing winds of Thy grace, and by them Who are the Day-Springs of Thy purpose and the Dawning-Places of Thine inspiration, to send down upon me and upon all that have sought Thy face that which beseemeth Thy generosity and bountiful grace, and is worthy of Thy bestowals and favors. Poor and desolate I am, O my Lord! Immerse me in the ocean of Thy wealth; athirst, suffer me to drink from the living waters of Thy loving-kindness.

I beseech Thee, by Thine own Self and by Him Whom Thou has appointed as the Manifestation of Thine own Being and Thy discriminating Word unto all that are in heaven and on earth, to gather together Thy servants beneath the shade of the Tree of Thy gracious providence. Help them, then, to partake of its fruits, to incline their ears to the rustling of its leaves, and to the sweetness of the voice of the Bird that chanteth upon its branches. Thou art, verily, the Help in Peril, the Inaccessible, the Almighty, the Most Bountiful.

=== END BH09848 ===

=== START BH09849 ===

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I am Thy servant and the son of Thy servant. I have believed in Thee and in Thy mighty signs, and have arisen, through Thy power, among Thy servants to assist Thy Cause and exalt Thy Word. O Lord! Aid me and those with me through Thy sovereignty and might, for verily Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is no God but Thee, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. O Lord! I have detached myself from all else save Thee and have turned to Thy face. Deny me not the outpourings which have descended from the clouds of Thy mercy and the heaven of Thy grace. Verily Thou art the All-Powerful, Who hath ever been mighty over all who are in the heavens and on earth. There is no God but Thee, the Mighty, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09849 ===

=== START BH09850 ===

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Aid Thy handmaidens to be steadfast in Thy Cause, to turn their faces toward Thy countenance, and to gaze upon the horizon of Thy favors. O Lord! Make them sanctified through Thy sovereignty and devoted to Thy command, mentioning Thy remembrance and praise. Then cause them to be among those who circle round the throne of Thy grandeur and who succeed in carrying out that which they have been bidden by Thee, that there may appear from them that which befitteth their relationship to Thee. Verily, Thou art the Powerful One, Whose command hath encompassed all created things and Whose knowledge hath encompassed all contingent beings. Nothing whatsoever can frustrate what Thou hast willed, nor can any in the heavens or earth render Thee powerless. There is no God but Thee, the Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09850 ===

=== START BH09851 ===

O God! Thou seest me aflame with the fire of separation from Thee, after Thou didst cause me to be drawn to Thy verses in the days of meeting with Thee. I beseech Thee, O Refuge of existence and Lord of the unseen and the seen, to ordain for me through the pen of Thy grace that which will honor me with meeting Thee once again. Verily, Thou art the Master of all beings. Then I beseech Thee, O Thou Goal of the world and Beloved of the nations, to open before my face and the faces of them that love Thee the gates of Thy grace, Thy mercy, Thy favor and Thy blessing. Verily, Thou art the Powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the Almighty, the All-Conquering, the Omnipotent.

=== END BH09851 ===

=== START BH09852 ===

He is God, exalted is He! Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou seest my tribulation in all these days. Thou hast imprisoned me with seventy souls from among Thy servants, in accordance with what Thou hast ordained in the tablets of Thy Cause through Thy fixed decree. Among them are those who gaze upon Thee, who are submissive unto Thee and humble before Thy Cause, and among them are those who rise up at one time and fall at another. I beseech Thee by those whose eyes Thou hast opened and who behold at every moment the signs of Thy power and the evidences of Thy greatness, that Thou forgive those who have been heedless, as a token of grace and bounty toward those who circle round Thee, whose faces are illumined by the lights of Thy countenance, and whose hearts are transformed by the fingers of Thy might. Verily, Thou art the Mighty, the Generous.

=== END BH09852 ===

=== START BH09853 ===

He is the Mighty, the Everlasting, the Glorious, the All-Glorious!

Glory be unto Thee, O my God! Preserve Thou Thy loved ones who have sought to attain Thy presence and to visit Thy Beauty, and who have therefore traversed the paths of land and sea in heat and cold. Among them are those who, after their yearning, were cast into prison, and among them are those who died in separation. I beseech Thee then, O my God, by that Name of Thine whereby Thou hast encompassed all things with Thy knowledge, to ordain for all things the reward of attaining Thy presence and the station of reunion with Thee, that nothing in the heavens or on the earth or in between them may be deprived of the sovereignty of Thy bestowals. Verily, Thou art powerful over all things.

=== END BH09853 ===

=== START BH09854 ===

LXXXVI

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I yield Thee thanks for that Thou hast made me the target of divers tribulations and the mark of manifold trials, in order that Thy servants may be endued with new life and all Thy creatures may be quickened.

I swear by Thy glory, O Thou the Best Beloved of the worlds and the Desire of all such as have recognized Thee! The one reason I wish to live is that I may reveal Thy Cause, and I seek the continuance of life only that I may be touched by adversity in Thy path.

I implore Thee, O Thou by Whose summons the hearts of all them who were nigh unto Thee have soared into the atmosphere of Thy presence, to send down upon Thy loved ones what will enable them to dispense with all else except Thee. Endue them, then, with such constancy that they will arise to proclaim Thy Cause, and will call on Thy name, before all that are in Thy heaven and on Thy earth, in such wise that the Pharaohic cruelties inflicted by the oppressors among Thy servants will not succeed in keeping them back from Thee.

Thou art, verily, the God of power, the God of glory, the God of strength and wisdom.

=== END BH09854 ===

=== START BH09855 ===

He is the Most Glorious!

Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Graciously grant that this infant be fed from the breast of Thy tender mercy and loving providence and be nourished with the fruit of Thy celestial trees. Suffer him not to be committed to the care of anyone save Thee, inasmuch as Thou, Thyself, through the potency of Thy sovereign will and power, didst create and call him into being. There is none other God but Thee, the Almighty, the All-Knowing.

Lauded art Thou, O my Best Beloved! Waft over him the sweet savours of Thy transcendent bounty and the fragrances of Thy holy bestowals. Enable him then to seek shelter beneath the shadow of Thy most exalted Name, O Thou Who holdest in Thy grasp the kingdom of names and attributes. Verily Thou art potent to do what Thou willest, and Thou art indeed the Mighty, the Exalted, the Ever-Forgiving, the Gracious, the Generous, the Merciful.

=== END BH09855 ===

=== START BH09856 ===

He is God! Glorified art Thou, O my God! This is Thy servant whom Thou hast brought forth from the loins of one of Thy loved ones and named Jalal (Glory) in the kingdom of Thy names and nurtured beneath the shade of the Tree of Thy Cause and given to drink of the wine of Thy love. O my God! Deprive him not of the wonders of Thy gifts and withhold him not from the direction of Thy nearness and good-pleasure. Then cause him to walk in the path of Thy guidance, then detach him from all else save Thee, then send down upon him that which will purify him from all things that Thy fire of love may be kindled within him in such wise as to ignite thereby the hearts of Thy servants and the souls of Thy creatures. Verily, Thou art the All-Powerful, the Most Exalted, the Mighty, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH09856 ===

=== START BH09857 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the Overlord of all names! Glorified art Thou, O my God and the God of the world, my Creator and the Creator of all nations! I beseech Thee by the Most Great Name through which the breezes of the dawn of Revelation have wafted over all lands and those who lay in their graves have stirred before the faces of Thy servants, to make me speak before all faces in Thy remembrance and praise. O Lord! Thou seest the weak one who desires to aid Thy Cause through wisdom and utterance. Strengthen his limbs through Thy power and might. Verily Thou art He Who exalteth whom He willeth and withholdeth from whom He pleaseth. Within Thy grasp are the reins of all things and the kingdom of names. There is none other God but Thee, the Powerful, the All-Compelling, the Mighty, the All-Praised.

=== END BH09857 ===

=== START BH09858 ===

He is God, the Powerful, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting!

Glory be to Thee, O God, O Educator of the nations and Quickener of moldering bones! I beseech Thee by Thy Name which Thou hast made the Lord of all names to send down upon us that which will protect us from the conditions of Thy creation and the vain imaginings of Thy servants, and will ignite us with the fire of Thy Word whereby the world was set ablaze. Then illumine, O my God, our hearts with the light of Thy knowledge and aid us to arise to fulfill that which Thou hast commanded in Thy Book. Thou art He Who hath ever been the Protector of all names and the All-Powerful over all things. The oppression of the tyrannical hath never hindered Thee from Thy Cause. Thou doest what Thou willest through Thy sovereignty and ordainest through Thy power what Thou pleasest. There is no God but Thee, the All-Powerful, the Mighty, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09858 ===

=== START BH09859 ===

In the name of our Most Holy, Most Great, Most Exalted, Most Glorious Lord! Glorified art Thou, O my God, O Thou at whose name the ocean of divine knowledge surged throughout creation and the nightingale of proof warbled upon the branches with that which the tongue of Thy grandeur had spoken before the creation of Thy earth and heaven. I beseech Thee by the Sun of Thy Cause and the heaven of Thy grace, and by Thy loved ones who have circled round Thee and sacrificed their spirits in Thy days, to aid Thy loved ones with patience from Thee and steadfastness from Thy presence. Thou art verily the All-Powerful, the Almighty. O Lord! Ordain for those who have desired Thee and turned to Thee in Thy days every good thing that was in Thy Book. Verily Thou art God, there is none other God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09859 ===

=== START BH09860 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great

Glorified art Thou, O God of Names and Creator of all things! I beseech Thee by the Fire whereby Thou didst guide Moses and didst make it to cry out in Thy Name and to speak forth Thy command, to ordain for Thy handmaidens that which will draw them nigh unto the ocean of Thy reunion. Then ordain for them what Thou lovest and art pleased with. Verily, Thou art the One Who hath power over whatsoever Thou willest. All things bear witness to Thy sovereignty and might, Thy grandeur and authority. I beseech Thee not to disappoint him who hath turned toward Thee, nor to drive away him who hath hastened to the heaven of Thy grace, nor to withhold from him who hath sought the Kawthar of life from the hand of Thy bounty. Verily, Thou art the All-Powerful, the Forgiver, the Kind.

=== END BH09860 ===

=== START BH09861 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Glorious

Glorified art Thou, O God of the world and Lord of eternity and Sovereign of the nations, Who hast manifested Thyself through Thy Greatest Name! I beseech Thee by the Name through which Thou didst cause the seas to surge and the winds to blow, to open before the faces of Thy servants the gate of Thy knowledge, and then to give them to drink, O my God, from the Kawthar of reunion through the hands of Thy bounty. O Lord! All things have acknowledged Thy grandeur and Thy power, and every tongue Thy sovereignty and Thy transcendent majesty. I beseech Thee not to disappoint me of the wonders of Thy grace, nor to withhold from me that which Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen ones. Verily Thou art God; there is none other God but Thee, the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09861 ===

=== START BH09862 ===

He is the Ever-Abiding, without decline!

Glorified art Thou, O God of the worlds and Goal of them that have recognized Thee! I beseech Thee by Thy sovereignty which hath encompassed all who are in the heavens and on earth, to change the abasement of Thy loved ones into the glory which Thou hast sent down in Thy Tablets. Then gather them together through Thy bounty and favor. O Lord! Thou seest them turning toward the horizon of Thy grace and awaiting the manifestations of Thy Cause in Thy kingdom. I beseech Thee, O Cleaver of the dawn and Subduer of the winds, by the power that hath encompassed earth and heaven, to assist Thy servants to recognize the Manifestation of Thy Cause and the Dawning-Place of Thy signs. Then grant them that which Thou hast sent down from the heaven of Thy generosity. Verily, Thou art the Mighty, the Exalted, the Forgiving, the Bountiful.

=== END BH09862 ===

=== START BH09863 ===

He is the One speaking from the horizon of the Prison! Glorified art Thou, O God of existence and Educator of the seen and unseen! This is a leaf from among the leaves of the Tree of Thy Cause who responded when Thy call was raised, and turned when the light of Thy Revelation shone forth. I beseech Thee by the Word through which the sincere hastened to the place of sacrifice in Thy days, and by the mysteries of Thy Book and the pearls of the ocean of Thy knowledge, to assist her to remember Thee and praise Thee and to stand firm in Thy Cause. Then ordain for her what Thou hast ordained for Thy handmaidens who circle round the throne of Thy grandeur. Verily, Thou art the Powerful over what Thou willest. There is no God but Thee, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH09863 ===

=== START BH09864 ===

LII

Lauded be Thy name, O my God! I entreat Thee by the fragrances of the Raiment of Thy grace which at Thy bidding and in conformity with Thy desire were diffused throughout the entire creation, and by the Day-Star of Thy will that hath shone brightly, through the power of Thy might and of Thy sovereignty, above the horizon of Thy mercy, to blot out from my heart all idle fancies and vain imaginings, that with all my affections I may turn unto Thee, O Thou Lord of all mankind!

I am Thy servant and the son of Thy servant, O my God! I have laid hold on the handle of Thy grace, and clung to the cord of Thy tender mercy. Ordain for me the good things that are with Thee, and nourish me from the Table Thou didst send down out of the clouds of Thy bounty and the heaven of Thy favor.

Thou, in very truth, art the Lord of the worlds, and the God of all that are in heaven and all that are on earth.

=== END BH09864 ===

=== START BH09865 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Unapproachable! Glory be unto Thee, O my God! One of Thy handmaidens hath believed in Thee in this Revelation through which Thou hast manifested Thyself unto the people of Thy kingdom with Thy most beautiful names and most exalted attributes. The winds of Thy love seized her in such wise that she turned unto Thee and detached herself from all else except Thee. I beseech Thee, O my God, by Thyself and by Him Who was imprisoned in Thy path and bore tribulations in Thy love, leave her not to herself. Protect her from the assaults of the evil ones who call the people unto other than Thee. Comfort her eyes, O my God, by gazing upon the horizon of Thy favors. Verily, Thou art the Ruler over whatsoever Thou willest, and Thou art the Mighty, the Generous.

=== END BH09865 ===

=== START BH09866 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Glorious

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou art He Whose mercy hath preceded all created things and Whose loving-kindness hath encompassed all beings. I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name, through which Thou hast separated between the nations, that Thou send down from the clouds of Thy mercy that which will purify the people of Thy dominion, that they may draw near unto the Dayspring of Thy Revelation, the Dawning-Place of Thine inspiration, the Treasury of Thy knowledge, and the Repository of Thy Will. O Lord! Send down upon Thy loved ones, both male and female, that which befitteth Thy generosity, O Thou in Whose hand is the Kingdom of Names. Then ordain for every soul that which will draw him nigh unto Thee in this world and the next. Verily, Thou art the All-Giving, the Mighty, the Bountiful.

=== END BH09866 ===

=== START BH09867 ===

In the Name of God, the One, the Peerless! Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou seest me seated upon the hard rock within the fortress of ’Akka, cut off from all who are in earth and heaven, and forbidden from beholding all things. Thus have Thy wretched servants sought to heal the wounds of their hearts. By Thy might! Were I to reveal to them what Thou hast revealed to me, they would not have committed that which caused the denizens of the cities of eternity to lament. But Thou hast concealed it from them by reason of what their hands have wrought in the first life before the last. I beseech Thee by Thy most excellent names to assist Thy loved ones with the hosts of power and might. Verily Thou art the All-Powerful, the All-Choosing. There is no God but Thee, the Almighty, the Sovereign, the All-Compelling, the Omnipotent, the All-Powerful, the All-Subduing.

=== END BH09867 ===

=== START BH09868 ===

In His Name, the All-Subduing Lord of Names!

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou seest Thy loved ones among Thy servants who have turned away from Thy face and disputed Thy signs and opposed those who have arisen to promote Thy Cause. O Lord! I beseech Thee by the tears of Thy ardent lovers and the burning hearts of those who long for Thee to send down from the clouds of Thy mercy upon Thy loved ones that which will cause the anemones of Thy wisdom and the roses of Thy knowledge to spring forth within their hearts. Then protect them through Thy power which the world hath failed to weaken. Thou art He to Whose power and might all created things have testified, and to Whose grandeur and transcendent glory all contingent beings have borne witness. There is none other God but Thee, the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the All-Giving, the All-Bountiful, the All-Glorious, the All-Merciful.

=== END BH09868 ===

=== START BH09869 ===

In the Name of God, the Mighty, the Most High! Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou seest how I became a captive, before attaining maturity, to teach Thy Cause among Thy servants and spread Thy mention among the inhabitants of Thy earth. I beseech Thee by Thy most exalted Self, and by Thy Most Great Sign, and by Thy Most Beautiful Names, to number me among the people of Thy paradise who have acknowledged Thy oneness and confessed Thy singleness and turned toward the direction of Thy mercy and remained steadfast in Thy remembrance until they were martyred in Thy path and sacrificed themselves in Thy love and good-pleasure. O Lord! Generosity is attributed to Thee and mercy circleth around Thee. Have mercy, then, through Thy grace upon this youth, and accept him in Thy service. Verily Thou art the All-Bountiful, the All-Generous. There is no God but Thee, the Almighty, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH09869 ===

=== START BH09870 ===

In the Name of God, the Most High, the Most Glorious!

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou hearest the cries of Thy servants in their separation from Thee, and the lamentations of Thy handmaidens in Thy days. Thou hast kindled in their hearts the fire of Thy love, yet hast veiled Thy face from them through what Thou hast ordained in Thy tablets. Thou didst call all unto the Manifestation of Thy exalted Self, then prevented them from entering the presence of His beauty and arriving at the court of His glory. Praise be unto Thee in all that Thou hast done and wilt do. I beseech Thee by Thy power and might to protect Thy servants and handmaidens, then cause them to abide within the precincts of Thy mercy, and grant them the wine of Thy favors and the Kawthar of Thy gifts. Verily, Thou art the Ever-Forgiving, the Merciful.

=== END BH09870 ===

=== START BH09871 ===

In the land of Taff, Mulla Husayn. In the Name of the Self-Subsisting, dependent upon Him Who standeth. Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou knowest that amidst these afflictions, the Baha doth not desire ease. Rather, His hope at all times is whatsoever Thou hast ordained for Him, O Thou in Whose hand is the dominion of grace and beneficence. I beseech Thee to send down from the heaven of Thy loving-kindness upon Thy loved ones that which will renew them in Thy love, cause them to speak Thy praise, and preserve them from whatsoever is repugnant to Thy good-pleasure, that they may gather together to remember Thee among Thy creatures. O Lord! Sanctify them from all that befitteth not Thy Cause. Verily, Thou art their Protector in this world and the next. There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the Beautiful.

=== END BH09871 ===

=== START BH09872 ===

XII

Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! This is Thy servant who hath quaffed from the hands of Thy grace the wine of Thy tender mercy, and tasted of the savor of Thy love in Thy days. I beseech Thee, by the embodiments of Thy names whom no grief can hinder from rejoicing in Thy love or from gazing on Thy face, and whom all the hosts of the heedless are powerless to cause to turn aside from the path of Thy pleasure, to supply him with the good things Thou dost possess, and to raise him up to such heights that he will regard the world even as a shadow that vanisheth swifter than the twinkling of an eye.

Keep him safe also, O my God, by the power of Thine immeasurable majesty, from all that Thou abhorrest. Thou art, verily, his Lord and the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH09872 ===

=== START BH09873 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious!

Glorified art Thou, O my God and the God of the throne and earth and the Goal of all desire! I beseech Thee by the rain-showers of the clouds of Thy mercy and the lights of the splendor of Thy countenance, and by Thy Name through which Thou hast encompassed all created things and before Whose manifestation all beings have bowed down in submission, to assist Thy loved ones to remember Thee and praise Thee and to stand firm in their love for Thee. O Lord! Thou seest him who hath turned toward Thy horizon and desired to serve Thee and to diffuse the fragrance of Thy good-pleasure. I beseech Thee, O Cleaver of the dawn and Sender of the winds, to protect him from the evil of those who have denied Thee and Thy signs. Then accept his deed through Thy grace and bounty. Verily, Thou art the Most Merciful of the merciful ones.

=== END BH09873 ===

=== START BH09874 ===

I

Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Every man of insight confesseth Thy sovereignty and Thy dominion, and every discerning eye perceiveth the greatness of Thy majesty and the compelling power of Thy might. The winds of tests are powerless to hold back them that enjoy near access to Thee from setting their faces towards the horizon of Thy glory, and the tempests of trials must fail to draw away and hinder such as are wholly devoted to Thy will from approaching Thy court.

Methinks, the lamp of Thy love is burning in their hearts, and the light of Thy tenderness is lit within their breasts. Adversities are incapable of estranging them from Thy Cause, and the vicissitudes of fortune can never cause them to stray from Thy pleasure.

I beseech Thee, O my God, by them and by the sighs which their hearts utter in their separation from Thee, to keep them safe from the mischief of Thine adversaries, and to nourish their souls with what Thou hast ordained for Thy loved ones on whom shall come no fear and who shall not be put to grief.

=== END BH09874 ===

=== START BH09875 ===

He is the One manifest with power! Glorified art Thou, O Sovereign of the Kingdom of earth and heaven, and Ruler over kings and subjects! I beseech Thee by the Name through which Thy power was revealed, Thy sovereignty exalted, and Thy will enforced, and by Thy most exalted Self, and by the blood that was shed in Thy path, O Lord of all names, and by the hearts that melted in Thy days, O Lord of all beings and Sovereign of the throne on high and of earth below, to preserve through Thy power Thy loved ones who have turned to the Dawning-Place of the lights of Thy countenance and have advanced toward the Dayspring of the manifestations of Thy Cause. Aid them with Thy confirmations, then ordain for them through Thy Most Exalted Pen the good of this world and the world to come. Verily, Thou art the Protector, the Succorer, the Helper, the Mighty, the Invincible.

=== END BH09875 ===

=== START BH09877 ===

He is the Dawning One from the horizon of the world through the Most Great Name

Glorified art Thou, O Thou in Whose hand is the dominion of all creation and in Whose grasp are the reins of all existence. Thou art He Who hath appeared and manifested whatsoever Thou didst desire through Thy power and sovereignty. Thou hast spoken, and caused all things to speak in Thy praise and glorification. O my Lord! Thou seest me clinging to Thy cord and holding fast to the hem of Thy garment. I beseech Thee by Thy Name, the Self-Subsisting, through which the tribes of the earth have lamented and those in the heavens were thunderstruck, to make me in all conditions one who uttereth Thy praise, who standeth firm in Thy service, and who aideth Thy Cause. Verily Thou art He from Whose knowledge nothing whatsoever escapeth and Whom no matter rendereth powerless. There is none other God but Thee, the Almighty, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH09877 ===

=== START BH09878 ===

In the Name of our Most Holy, Most Great, Most Exalted Lord!

Glorified art Thou, O Thou Who hast fulfilled Thy Covenant and Thy Testament and Thy Promise, and hast manifested that which lay hidden in the treasury of Thy power and concealed within Thy knowledge! I beseech Thee by the light of Thy countenance and the fire of Thy Sacred Tree to ordain for him who hath turned unto Thee every good thing that was inscribed in Thy Book. O Lord! Aid Thou Thy loved ones, and them that aid them. O Lord! Thou seest that they have no refuge save Thee and no shelter except in Thee. Do Thou, therefore, O my God, deliver them from the hands of the enemies, and preserve them through Thy power, O Thou in Whose grasp lie the dominions of might and power! There is no God but Thee, the Strong, the All-Conquering, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH09878 ===

=== START BH09879 ===

His honor Karim, upon him be the Glory of God! The Divine Lote Tree calls out in the name of the Beloved of the worlds, and each of its leaves invites all beings, with the most wondrous melodies, to the Goal of all the worlds. Blessed is he who hears and attains! He is recorded and inscribed among the people of the Most Exalted Paradise in the Crimson Tablet by the Most Exalted Pen. God willing, through the favors of the True One, exalted be His glory, may the people of the world not remain deprived of this most great bounty, and may they receive their portion and share from the infinite oceans of divine grace and generosity. Verily He is the All-Bountiful and His Essence is the Guardian over all the worlds.

=== END BH09879 ===

=== START BH09880 ===

O Siyyid Isma’il! He is God! The Tree of the Cloud is in motion and the Lote-Tree of Faithfulness is in joy, that the Tree of Eternity might be planted in the land of oneness and the leaf of light might be joined with the mystic dove through the arts of the Divine Presence. Perchance from the companionship of these two divine subtleties and these two eternal mysteries a third countenance might appear, that the fruition of “We strengthened with a third” might become manifest in the realm of appearance.

=== END BH09880 ===

=== START BH09881 ===

O thou Ha! He is the Ever-Living! The eternal candle hath shone forth from within the glass of the eternal, and the lamp of the lights of His Holiness the Everlasting One hath gleamed from within the niche of Ahmad and the lamp of Muhammad, that pure hearts may be cleansed from obscure intimations and frozen signs, and thereafter be seated upon the throne of “Verily we are God’s and to Him shall we return.” And peace be upon thee. Haji Hassan brought paper. As no reply had come, no further trouble was given. Send the materials which are with you. And peace be upon thee.

=== END BH09881 ===

=== START BH09882 ===

He is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise

The Supreme Pen testifieth that thou hast turned unto the Kingdom and hast heard the call of God, the Lord of all worlds, and hast drunk the choice wine of reunion from the hand of the bounty of thy Lord, the All-Bountiful. Convey My good pleasure unto My loved ones and give them the glad-tidings of My gracious remembrance. We counsel them to show forth the most great steadfastness in this Cause whereby all who are in creation were dismayed, save those whom the Almighty did choose. Say: Whosoever hath transgressed the bounds of servitude, is not of the people of Baha. To this doth My Supreme Pen bear witness in this mighty Book. Say: Through servitude the Cause of God and His dominion are made manifest amongst mankind. Well is it with them that understand. The glory of God rest upon thee and upon them that are steadfast.

=== END BH09882 ===

=== START BH09883 ===

O Karim in ?ad! He is the Mighty, the Everlasting. God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Bountiful. His is the grace and bounty, and His is the mercy and justice. He aideth whomsoever He willeth through the hosts of the heavens and earth. O servant! Give thanks unto God, thy Lord, for what He hath sent down unto thee of holy and wondrous verses, which have been sent down in truth from the presence of One mighty and wise. Therein He hath expounded that whereby the beauty of love is made manifest from a holy and luminous cloud, that thou mayest be assured that His mercy hath preceded all created things and His grace hath encompassed all the worlds. And the Spirit be upon thee and upon every discerning believer.

=== END BH09883 ===

=== START BH09884 ===

He is the Ever-Abiding, the All-Sufficient

God testifieth that there is none other God beside Him, the Single One Whom nothing whatsoever can frustrate and no command can prevent. He doeth what He willeth through His sovereignty and ordaineth what He pleaseth. He is the Just, the All-Wise, the Mighty, the Beautiful. We have heard thy mention and have made mention of thee with such mention that were it to be cast upon the rock, it would melt, and were it cast upon the mountains, they would circle round, and were it cast upon the tongue-tied, they would speak forth that there is none other God but Him, the Single One, the All-Informed. Rejoice thou in My mention and glorify the name of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Great. The glory be upon thee and upon them who have quaffed the choice wine of revelation from the hand of the bounty of their Lord, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH09884 ===

=== START BH09885 ===

He, the Most Holy, the Most Exalted, the Most Great

To Karbila’i Muhammad Husayn

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the Almighty, the Self-Subsisting. And He Who speaketh in the realm of creation is indeed He through Whom the eyes of the world have been solaced and through Whom every wondrous Tablet hath been sent down. Verily he who hath turned unto Him hath turned unto My direction and appeared before My throne and heard My call and responded to My utterance and followed My commandments and attained My presence and drunk the choice wine of My favors and the Kawthar of My bounties and tasted the sweetness of My remembrance and My words and reached the ultimate goal in My Kingdom and My dominion. Upon him rest My glory and My mercy which have encompassed the worlds.

=== END BH09885 ===

=== START BH09886 ===

As for Hassan who migrated and attained, he is manifest above all things. God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him. His is the dominion and the kingdom and the glory and the power. He doeth what He willeth and ordaineth what He pleaseth, and He is the Mighty, the Powerful. And she who hath believed, verily she is a leaf in the Book of God, the Lord of all worlds. Blessed is the handmaiden who hath turned unto God and done what she was bidden by the One Who commandeth, the All-Wise. O handmaidens of God! Rejoice in that ye have been mentioned in His Most Great Prison when the Tongue of Pre-existence did speak: “There is none other God but I, the Forgiving, the Generous.” Thus hath the matter been decreed from before God, the Most High, the Most Great.

=== END BH09886 ===

=== START BH09887 ===

He is the One manifest before the faces of all parties without veil or covering. God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath come from the heaven of Command with the Kingdom of verses - He is the Hidden Secret and the Treasured Symbol, and by Him was the trumpet blown, whereupon all who are in the heavens and on earth were struck down, save whom God willed, the All-Possessing, the Self-Subsisting. We bear witness that thou hast attained unto the days of thy Lord, the All-Bountiful, and hast heard the Call and drunk the choice wine of utterance from the cup of the favor of thy Lord, the All-Merciful, and hast acknowledged that which the Tongue of Grandeur hath spoken - the Kingdom and Dominion, then the Might and Power belong unto God, the Lord of what was and what shall be.

=== END BH09887 ===

=== START BH09888 ===

People of B[aha], His honor Husayn, upon him be the Most Holy, Most Great, Most Ancient Glory of God. God testifies that there is no God but Him, and He Who has appeared in truth is indeed the Treasury of My power and the Repository of My might and the Manifestation of My mystery to My servants and the Ocean of My knowledge to My creatures and the Heaven of My will which encompasses the worlds. Whosoever attains unto Him has attained unto all good, and he who turns away is not of Me and has been heedless of Me and has denied My verses which have been sent down from the horizon of My firm, mighty and luminous Cause. Blessed is he who has attained in this Day to the lights of My countenance and has sought shelter beneath the shadow of My loving-kindness and has dwelt in the precincts of My mercy and has heard My most wondrous and most exalted Call which is mighty and impregnable.

=== END BH09888 ===

=== START BH09889 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Glorious! God testifieth that there is none other God but Him and that He Who speaketh is the Dayspring of Revelation, the inscribed Book, the frequented Fane, the outstretched Parchment, the hidden Treasure, and the concealed Mystery. Through Him hath the world been adorned and every nation been moved to proclaim that there is none other God but Him, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the All-Bountiful. But for Him none would have attained to the knowledge of God or comprehended the loftiness of His unity and the sublimity of His singleness. Blessed is he who hath cast away the world and turned toward the Most Exalted Horizon with a heart sanctified from all mention of created things and purified from the idle fancies of them who have disbelieved in God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH09889 ===

=== START BH09890 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the Sovereign over what was and what will be! God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who speaketh the truth is verily the Sovereign of existence for all who dwell in the unseen and the visible realms. Through Him have been sent down the scriptures and tablets, and that which was hidden in the treasuries of creation hath been made manifest. Whoso hath recognized Him hath recognized God and His sovereignty, and whoso hath turned away is assuredly among the perishing ones. Blessed is he who hath heard the call of his Lord and answered it, and woe betide every heedless and remote one. We have heard thy call and have answered thee through this perspicuous Book, that thou mayest read it among the servants and arise to celebrate the remembrance of thy Lord in such wise that the intimations of the infidels shall not deter thee.

=== END BH09890 ===

=== START BH09891 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great. God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. This is the Day whereon the Caller hath cried out from a near place, and wherein that which was hidden in the treasuries of God’s protection, the Lord of all worlds, hath been revealed. He hath come to counsel the world and hath commanded all to observe the most great chastity and the fear of God in this momentous Announcement. The Wronged One hath heard thy mention and hath revealed for thee this perspicuous Book. Take it with the hand of submission and say: “Praise be unto Thee, O Thou Who hast remembered me in Thy Most Great Prison, and glory be unto Thee, O Thou Who art the Desire of them that have recognized Thee!”

=== END BH09891 ===

=== START BH09892 ===

Muhammad Qabl Isma’il, He is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. He giveth life and causeth death, then giveth life again through His grace, as He pleaseth. He, verily, is the Almighty, the All-Powerful. He quickeneth whom He willeth with the waters of the Bayan, and giveth to drink whom He desireth from His luminous wine. Verily, there is none other God but Him. His is the creation and the command. He assisteth whom He willeth with authority from His presence. He, verily, is the Single, the One, the All-Informed. Hold ye fast, O people, unto the cord of unity, and be not of them that have joined partners with God, the Mighty, the All-Knowing. May the glory rest upon thee and upon them that have believed in God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH09892 ===

=== START BH09893 ===

He is God, the Most Great

In the Name of God, the Eternal, Who changeth not

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. He giveth life and causeth death, then causeth death and giveth life by the sovereignty that is with Him. He, verily, is the One, the All-Compelling. Blessed is he who hath rent asunder the veils through this Name whereby God hath subdued all who are in the heavens and on earth. Say: The proof hath come from the presence of the All-Merciful. Blessed is the strong one who hath, through His Name, rent asunder the veils of idle fancies. The Pen hath been forbidden to mention that which it desired. Were God to will it, there would appear from it that which would cause the hearts of the righteous to take flight. Be thou grateful unto God for having ordained for thee a portion in the Book.

=== END BH09893 ===

=== START BH09894 ===

He is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed!

O Maidservant of God Rubabih, upon thee be the Glory of God! God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. He giveth life and causeth death, and He is the One with power over whatsoever He willeth. Within His grasp is the dominion of Command and Creation. He doeth what He pleaseth and ordaineth what He willeth, and He is the Strong, the Mighty. O My maidservant! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness. We counsel thee with that which beseemeth the days of God, the Lord of all worlds, and with steadfastness in this mighty Cause, whereby every idol hath wailed, every heedless one hath cried out, and every remote one hath been sorely troubled. O My maidservant! Rejoice thou in My remembrance and My loving-kindness, then give thanks unto thy Lord, the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful. The glory be upon thee from the presence of One mighty and great.

=== END BH09894 ===

=== START BH09895 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

God, our Lord and the Lord of earth and heaven, beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, the Single, the One, the Powerful, the All-Choosing. Glory be unto Thee, O God of all mankind and Revealer of commandments and laws! I beseech Thee by the fragrances of Thy days and the manifestations of Thy greatness in Thy lands to assist them that have turned toward the Most Great Steadfastness, that the doubts of the factions and the intimations of those who have denied the Beginning and the Return may not deter them. Then I beseech Thee to ordain for those who have sought Thee that which Thou hast ordained for the sincere among Thy creation and the near ones among Thy creatures. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH09895 ===

=== START BH09896 ===

In His Name, Who speaks in the Kingdom of Utterance! God hath testified concerning His Own Self, by His Own Self, before the creation of all things, that there is none other God but Me, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful. He who hath heard the Call hath attained unto all good, and he who hath turned away, verily he is of the people of error. Blessed is the people that hath taken the Book of God with a power from Him and followed that which the All-Merciful hath revealed in the Scriptures and Tablets. Be thou thankful unto thy Lord for having remembered thee at the Throne and moved for thee the Most Exalted Pen while the Lord of all names was imprisoned in the hands of the wicked. Thus have We honored thee and mentioned thee in this Tablet from whose horizon hath shone the sun of wisdom and utterance.

=== END BH09896 ===

=== START BH09897 ===

He is the One Who gazeth from the Most Exalted Horizon

God, His angels and His Messengers bear witness that there is none other God but Him, and that He Who speaketh among the peoples is indeed the Goal of the world. Through Him the heaven of utterance was upraised and the sun of exposition shone forth, and that which was hidden in the presence of knowledge and inscribed by the Most Exalted Pen in the Books and Tablets was made manifest. Rejoice thou in thy Lord’s remembrance of thee. Say: O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy wrongs and by what hath befallen Thee at the hands of the oppressors among Thy creatures, to assist me to be steadfast in Thy love and to ordain for me, by Thy Most Exalted Pen, the good of the world to come and of this world. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Forgiving, the All-Merciful.

=== END BH09897 ===

=== START BH09898 ===

From the Pen of the Wronged One to his honored servant Ibn-i-Dakhil. He is the Most Wondrous, the Most Ancient. The Wronged One testifies that there is none other God but I, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. They who have believed in God and His signs are indeed among the people of this beloved station. We turn unto him who hath turned towards the horizon of grace and remember him with such remembrance as will attract the hearts. O thou who art attracted by My verses and hast turned thy face towards My countenance! Hearken unto My call from the precincts of My prison; verily it will raise thee to an exalted station. Make mention of My exile and My sorrows and My imprisonment and My tribulations and what hath befallen Me in this forbidden spot. The glory of God rest upon thee and upon every patient and thankful one.

=== END BH09898 ===

=== START BH09899 ===

O Mulla Hasan, He is the Expounder in the Center of the World. The Wronged One beareth witness that He is verily the Self-Subsisting, the All-Compelling, Who hath appeared from the horizon of the Known and speaketh before the faces of all peoples: “There is none other God besides Him, the Mighty, the All-Knowing.” O people of Baha! By God the Truth, none was intended by “He” except Myself. Thus hath the matter been decreed in the Book. Whoso halteth in this Cause is assuredly counted among the doubters in the Scriptures and Tablets. Strive, O people of the world, that there may be sent down from the Supreme Pen that which shall preserve your names, your spirits and your stations in a Book which none hath known save God, the Lord of Lords.

=== END BH09899 ===

=== START BH09900 ===

He Who speaks in the gathering in My Name, O Dhikr-’Ali! The Wronged One beareth witness to that which God hath witnessed in the Kingdom of Utterance: There is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Gracious. O Dhikr-’Ali! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord Who remembereth thee while He was in the midst of the heedless ones. Rejoice thou in My remembrance of thee, then render thanks unto thy Lord, the Remembering, the Generous. The Remembrance proclaimeth and saith: O people of the Bayan! By God, the All-Merciful hath come and the matter hath been decided by One mighty and powerful. We counsel thee and Our loved ones to be steadfast in this Cause whereby the feet of the mystics have slipped. Thus hath the Dove of Utterance cooed upon the branches that thou mayest rejoice and be of the thankful ones.

=== END BH09900 ===

=== START BH09901 ===

Haji Siyyid Hashim

He is the Protector of what was and what shall be

The Wronged One beareth witness in the Most Great Prison that I am God’s and He is mine, and I have accepted tribulations to manifest that which I was commanded by God, the Lord of Names. Unto this doth testify the Hidden Mystery Who proclaimeth: There is none other God but Him, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. God willing, be ye occupied at all times with the remembrance of God. We counsel all the friends to show forth supreme steadfastness, for this station taketh precedence and this Cause is most mighty. Blessed is he who holdeth fast unto it, for he is of the people of this glorious station. Praise be unto God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH09901 ===

=== START BH09902 ===

Ardakan, Jinab Aqa Baqir, in the name of the Goal of all worlds:

He Who is the Goal beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath spoken with truth is indeed the Most Exalted Horizon, the Uttermost Tree, the Dawning-Place of God’s Most Beautiful Names, the Dayspring of Revelation, and the Source of grace unto all who are in the heavens and on earth. Blessed is he who hath attained unto His mention, though it be through a single word, and joy be unto him who hath heard His most sweet call on this wondrous Day. O loved ones of the All-Merciful in all lands! Remember your Lord with spirit and fragrance, and hold fast unto that which ye have been commanded in His perspicuous Book. He hath commanded you that which profiteth you - to this testifieth every discerning scholar.

=== END BH09902 ===

=== START BH09903 ===

He is the Most Exalted, the All-High, the Most Great

Blessed art thou, O My handmaiden, in that thy letter hath been honored to attain the presence of the Prisoner in this manifest Prison, and there hath been revealed for thee that which nothing in creation can equal. Verily thy Lord is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Bear thou witness to that which the Ancient King hath testified in His Most Great Tablet: that there is none other God but Him, and that He Who hath appeared is verily the Dayspring of the Unseen - no doubt is there about it. He, verily, is the Most High, the Most Great. Praise thy Lord in all conditions, inasmuch as He hath made mention of thee from this glorious horizon. Praise be to God, the Goal of all worlds.

=== END BH09903 ===

=== START BH09904 ===

O Mehdi, thou who speaketh in the Kingdom of Utterance! Blessed art thou, O Mehdi, inasmuch as thou hast drunk the choice wine of inner meanings and hast turned unto God, the Lord of all worlds. God will soon make manifest the stations of those who have attained to the lights of the Countenance when it appeared between the heavens and the earth. Strive, O My loved ones, that there may be manifested from you in My days that whereby your mention shall endure in My Kingdom and My dominion. This, verily, is a great bounty. Rely not upon those who follow their lusts. Follow him who calleth you unto the station which God hath made sanctified from the defilement of every doubting dreamer. Thus have We made mention of thee that thou mayest rejoice within thyself and give thanks unto thy Lord, the Forgiving, the Merciful.

=== END BH09904 ===

=== START BH09905 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great!

Blessed is the soul that hath been touched by tribulation and adversity in the path of God, the Lord of all names. Verily such a one is among the most exalted of all creation in the Preserved Tablet. The one who hath drunk the choice wine of divine knowledge is not saddened by the hardships of the world - to this doth My Most Exalted Pen bear witness, yet most of the people are heedless. The first fragrance that hath wafted from the garment of the Beloved is upon the one who showed patience in the days of God and was not held back by the hints of the oppressors. Know thou the worth of these days, then give thanks to thy Lord for having sent down unto thee that from which thou dost inhale the sweet-scented breezes of the revelation of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Inaccessible. Thus hath spoken He Who caused all things to speak forth His wondrous remembrance.

=== END BH09905 ===

=== START BH09906 ===

O Ali, upon him be the Glory of God, He Who speaks, the All-Hearing! Say: My God, my God! Praise be to Thee for having made me appear in the days of the Dawning-Place of Thy signs and the Dayspring of Thy clear tokens, and for having caused me to hear Thy call from the precincts of Thy prison. I beseech Thee, O Thou Goal of them that know and Beloved of the sincere ones, by Thy Name through which Thou didst abase the standards of the idolaters, to make me pure in my love for Thee, speaking forth Thy praise, and turning toward the lights of Thy countenance. O my Lord! Thou seest me advancing toward Thee and holding fast to Thy cord. I beseech Thee to ordain for me that which befitteth the ocean of Thy bounty and the heaven of Thy giving. Verily, Thou art the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous.

=== END BH09906 ===

=== START BH09907 ===

O Muhammad-’Ali! He is the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious!

How wonderful, how wonderful that thou hast passed beyond vain imaginings and turned with devotion to the ocean of certitude! How wonderful, how wonderful that thou hast broken the idols with the arm of assurance and set thy face toward the Best-Beloved of the worlds! How wonderful, how wonderful that thou hast lifted thy gaze from the stagnant pool and attained unto the living waters of Kawthar! All these blessings have been and shall ever be from the bounties of the Self-Sufficing, the Most High. However, this Wronged One counseleth thee with a word which is, in the sight of God, more precious than all the treasures of earth, and it is this: Hold thou fast, with complete detachment from all else save Him, unto the Most Great Steadfastness. Thus doth the Lord of Names command thee, and those who have believed in God, the Peerless, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09907 ===

=== START BH09908 ===

In the Name of the All-Merciful God! Thy petition attained the Most Great Horizon and its beginning was adorned with the crown of the remembrance of the Lord of all possibility. Be thou grateful and be among those who remember. It is incumbent upon all the loved ones today to hold fast to the cord of divine commandments, so that the heedless among the servants may turn to the Truth through their character, deeds and utterances. They who are related to the Name of Generosity are remembered before the Throne. Convey My greetings to all of them and remind them of God’s loving-kindness. God willing, mayest thou speak forth at all times with complete sincerity in praise and glorification of the Lord of all beings. Verily, He is with those who have turned towards Him and remembers them in a perspicuous Book.

=== END BH09908 ===

=== START BH09909 ===

In the Name of the Peerless Lord: Your petition was adorned in the Most Great Prison with the lights of the countenance of the Ancient King, and from it was heard the praise and glorification of the Lord of Names. Blessed is the state of the one who is possessed today of the most great steadfastness and is occupied with the remembrance of the Beloved of the worlds. Blessed is he, again blessed is he! God willing, may you ever be speaking His praise. The world has been and will ever be transient, and that which endureth are the good deeds of the loved ones which have been recorded by the Most Exalted Pen in the Preserved Tablet. In all circumstances look ye to wisdom and hold fast to the divine commandments. He, verily, is the One Who commandeth, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH09909 ===

=== START BH09910 ===

In His Name, the Manifest, the All-Wise! O Rahim, son of A.T.! The horsemen in the arena of meanings and utterance must in this day be occupied with service to the Cause of the Beloved of the worlds. I say in truth: whosoever in this day becometh the cause of unity and harmony among the loved ones of God - he is recorded as one of the helpers in the perspicuous Book. Shun ye that which ye have been forbidden, then act according to that which ye have been commanded in the glorious Tablet. Two petitions from thee reached the Most Holy Court and were honored to come before the gaze of the Wronged One of the horizons. God willing, thou shalt at all times drink of the most pure wine and fix thy gaze upon the Most Great Scene, detached from all the worlds. Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH09910 ===

=== START BH09911 ===

He is the Mighty One

Know that the Bird hath flown from the branch of Iraq by reason of that which the hands of the oppressors have wrought, yet matters have been so ordained that ere long the loved ones of God shall be honored in all lands. Praise be to God, all enemies shall be brought low. No longer will it be as before, when they were rejected by all governments. Now it hath come to pass that all seek them. God willing, the fruits thereof shall appear. And if harm hath touched this one, this is God’s way that hath operated of old. In any case, I remember all the sisters and family members. Let them not make verjuice - there is plenty of lemon juice.

=== END BH09911 ===

=== START BH09912 ===

He is the Most Exalted, the Most High! Know that Mine Afnan hath mentioned thee before the Throne, until the Sun of Permission rose from the horizon of the Will of God, the Lord of all worlds. Thou shouldst thank Him for this most great favor, which cannot be equaled by whatsoever is with the kings and rulers. We have given thee permission and have recorded for thee the reward of attaining His presence through My Most Exalted Pen in My perspicuous Book. He hath desired to fulfill His promise and covenant. Verily thy Lord is the All-Seeing, the All-Knowing. The glory rest upon him and upon thee and upon those who have chosen for themselves a path unto God, the Mighty, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09912 ===

=== START BH09913 ===

O Husayn at the Bath House! He is the All-Glorious! Glad tidings unto thee, O servant, for thy letter hath been presented before God and thy name hath flowed from the tongue of thy Lord, the True, the Faithful. Yet, by My life! If thou wert to become aware of what hath befallen this Beauty at the hands of the people of error, thou wouldst surely weep within thyself throughout the duration of God’s kingdom, wert thou to be of them that behold. However, We have been patient and have concealed these things lest the lamentation of those near unto God be raised. And thou, in these days, detach thyself from all who are on earth and turn thy face toward thy Lord, the Dawning-Place, the Luminous. Be not troubled when the cry of the wayward is raised. This is God’s counsel unto thee, if thou be of them that act. And the Glory be upon thee.

=== END BH09913 ===

=== START BH09914 ===

He is the Mighty One! Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thy Beauty was made manifest, and Thy proof did shine forth, and Thy names did appear, and Thy Dove did warble, and then Thy Most Great Name and Thy Most Ancient Beauty were upraised, to exalt Thy Cause and to aid Thy loved ones, and to bestow upon them from the fruits of the Tree of Thy Oneness and the produce of the holy Tree of Thy Singleness. Verily, Thou art the Powerful, the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting. Then reward, O my God, this one who hath believed in Thee and in Thy greatest signs. Aid him, O my God, through the wonders of Thy assistance, and send down upon them patience in that which Thou hast raised up unto the heaven of Thy uniqueness and the horizon of Thy detachment. Verily, Thou art the Mighty, the Beloved.

=== END BH09914 ===

=== START BH09915 ===

Glorified art Thou, O my God! This is Thy handmaiden who hath believed in Thee and in Thy signs, who hath hastened to the fields of Thy pardon and Thy meeting, who hath drunk from the cups of Thy forgiveness and reunion with Thee, until she attained unto Thy nearness and Thy presence, and ascended on the wings of servitude until she visited the sun of Thy manifestation and the moon of Thy training, and heard the melodies of the birds of Thy sanctification, and appeared before this Thy servant. I beseech Thee, O my God, to make her well-pleased with Thee and gazing toward Thee, and honor her with the wonders of Thy beauty and the subtleties of Thy intimate communion, for in Thy hand is the kingdom of all things and Thou art powerful over all things.

=== END BH09915 ===

=== START BH09916 ===

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou knowest that this servant hath believed in Thee and in Thy signs, and hath sought Thy good-pleasure in the temple of Thy decree, and hath prostrated himself before the countenance of fulfillment in the garments of Thy beauty. Therefore, O my God, when this servant turned toward the fields of Thy mercy and the sanctuary of Thy Being, purify his breast from idle fancies and vain imaginings that he may be enabled to enter the dawning-place of the Cause in the Ka’bah of Beauty and the City of Majesty, that he may hear the melodies of the birds of holiness upon the throne of the cloud, and may abide in the eternity of his Lord and live by the life of his Master. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest, and verily, Thou art the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH09916 ===

=== START BH09917 ===

O My God! Glorified art Thou! This is Thy servant who fashioned with his own hands what he fashioned for Thee, then was afflicted after that with separation and remoteness from Thee, whereby patience departed from all who have eyes to see, and whereby arose the lamentations of those near unto Thee, then their crying, and the weeping of the monotheists, then their weeping. Therefore, O my God, since his hands are cut off from the mantle of Thy nearness and reunion with Thee, let not the cord of Thy loving-kindness and the handle of Thy favors be cut off from his heart. Verily Thou art powerful over what Thou willest, and verily Thou art the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. Then make his feet firm upon the path, for verily Thou art the Mighty, the Beloved.

=== END BH09917 ===

=== START BH09918 ===

He is!

Glorified art Thou, O my God! This is Thy servant who obeyed this servant of Thine by Thy command, and journeyed in Thy path, and endured the heat of the sword and the cold of winter in his migration in obedience to Thee and patience under Thy decree. Therefore I beseech Thee, O my God, by Thy Most Exalted Name, to make him among those who are patient under Thy decree and who drink from the cups of Thy beauty. Then cause him to appear on earth and all who dwell thereon through the radiance of the lights of Thy countenance, that he may rest upon the throne of eternity in the precincts of Thy sovereignty and dwell upon the seat of the heaven of mystery beneath the shadow of Thy grace. Then bestow upon him, O my God, that which he loves and with which he is content. Verily, Thou art the One with power over this, the Omnipotent.

=== END BH09918 ===

=== START BH09919 ===

O my God! With what remembrance shall I remember Thee, after knowing that remembrance itself is unremembered before the manifestations of the lights of Thy grandeur, and that it weeps of itself at Thy remembrance and what has befallen Thee from Thine enemies, and all the Manifestations of Names lament in their separation and remoteness from Thee. How then can my remembrance ascend to the heaven of Thy oneness and rise to the atmosphere of the glory of Thy mercy and Thy favors? O my Lord! I beseech Thee by this powerlessness to assist my loved ones through Thy grace, then gather them beneath Thy banner in this Day wherein every atom testifies that sovereignty belongs to God, the Omnipotent, the All-Choosing.

=== END BH09919 ===

=== START BH09920 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Exalted! O my God! This is one of Thy handmaidens who hath turned unto Thee, believed in Thy signs, and sought Thy presence and meeting with Thee. Write down for her, O my God, that which she desireth in Thy path. Then kindle her heart at all times with the fire of Thy love, and give her to drink from the Kawthar of life which floweth from the right hand of the throne of Thy majesty. Then bestow upon her, through Thy grace and bounty, the good of this world and of the world to come. Thou, O my God, didst create her through Thy power and made her to know the Manifestation of Thy Self. I beseech Thee to protect her from the vain imaginings of such as have turned away from the mention of Thy name, the All-Merciful. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Mighty, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH09920 ===

=== START BH09921 ===

In the Name of Him at Whose bidding the mountains pass away! Blessed is the face that shineth forth amidst the darkness of these days, and is not affected by the vain imaginings of the peoples, and beholdeth the lights of his Lord’s countenance through the veils. By God! From his face do the dwellers in the cities of Names derive their radiance. O thou who hast turned toward Me! Hear My call from this Most Great Prison. By God! Whenever the winds blow from this direction, they waft the fragrances of thy Lord, the All-Merciful. Turn unto them that thou mayest discover the sweet savours of thy Lord therefrom and hear from their wafting that there is none other God but He and that He is the Object of worship of all worlds. And praise be to Him Who quickeneth, through a word from His presence, the hearts of them that know.

=== END BH09921 ===

=== START BH09922 ===

O Muhammad-Rida! The All-Glorious, the Most Holy! The All-Merciful has come with clear proof, and the Dove of Utterance has warbled upon the branches: “Verily, there is none other God but Me, the Mighty, the Generous.” Say: We have never entered any school, nor do We wish to expound in Our Tablets what the people possess and their sciences. This is what the Remembrance has informed you in a clear Book. He has said: “He speaks in all things: ‘There is none other God but Me, the Mighty, the All-Wise.’” O My loved ones! Remember your Lord, the All-Merciful, with wisdom, that people may recognize this Day and be numbered among those who have turned unto Him. Blessed is he who has recognized and turned, and has said: “Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds!”

=== END BH09922 ===

=== START BH09923 ===

He is the All-Seeing, the All-Hearing

My heart is consumed, O my God, with the fire of separation from Thee, and my liver is melted, O my Beloved, through my remoteness from the ocean of Thy good-pleasure. I testify that Thou hast created me to know the Dayspring of Thy signs and the Dawning-Place of Thy Cause. I beseech Thee by Thy bounty and grace to aid me in that which Thou lovest and art pleased with. O my Lord! Leave me not to myself, for it bids me to that which befitteth not Thy greatness and sovereignty. I call upon Thee, O my God, by Thy name the Powerful, and by Thy name the Preserver, and by Thy name the Helper, that Thou mayest make me safeguarded from the suggestions of them that have turned away and from the darts of the heedless ones. Verily, Thou art the Almighty over all who are in the heavens and on earth.

=== END BH09923 ===

=== START BH09924 ===

In His Name through Whom the horizons have been illumined!

The call of the Divine Lote-Tree hath been raised from the Most Exalted Paradise. Blessed is the servant who hath heard and responded, and woe unto every heedless doubter. We bear witness that thou hast turned unto the Countenance and drunk the choice wine of immortality from the hand of bounty. We beseech God, exalted be He, to aid thee to remain steadfast with supreme steadfastness, that neither the doubts of the clamorous ones nor the hints of any froward deceiver may hold thee back. Verily, We have sent down the verses and manifested the clear proofs, yet the people remain in heedlessness and error. The glory that proceedeth from Us rest upon thee and upon those whom nothing whatsoever hath deterred from drawing nigh unto God, the Lord of all men.

=== END BH09924 ===

=== START BH09925 ===

In His Name, the Most Holy, the Most Ancient, the Most Great

We have lit the Lamp in the midmost heart of creation and sent down the verses from the heaven of the All-Merciful’s loving-kindness, yet the people remain in manifest remoteness. The atoms lament what hath befallen the Dawning-Place of verses while the people remain veiled by a thick veil. All things call out to them saying “Draw nigh unto the Most Great Ocean,” yet they sport with their vain imaginings and are not among those who comprehend. Their eyes have been prevented from beholding the Face and their hearts from recognizing the Source of their Lord’s revelation, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Grieve thou not at anything, but place thy trust in God, the Lord of all worlds. Then render thanks unto Him for having aided thee in what He hath willed, inasmuch as that which the near ones desired hath been made manifest.

=== END BH09925 ===

=== START BH09926 ===

The Most Great, the Most Holy. The Tongue of Ancient Days hath spoken, calling out thy name, and hath sent down unto thee this Tablet through which the horizon of utterance hath been made to shine. Blessed is the one who ariseth with strength to make mention of Me and whose heart is set ablaze with My love. By My life! This is the way of the lovers. Can gold hold them back from this path? Nay, by My Name, the All-Merciful! Such a one ariseth in such wise that he seeth naught but Me, and heareth the clamor of the idolaters but as the buzzing of flies. We have inhaled the fragrance of thy love and have sent unto thee that from which those near unto God perceive the sweet savors of the garment of their Lord, the Gracious, the Bestower. Thus have We kindled the fire for thee that thou mayest be enkindled and arise to make mention of thy Lord amidst all creation.

=== END BH09926 ===

=== START BH09927 ===

In His Name, the One with power over all who are on earth and in heaven! The Divine Lote-Tree calls out in the kingdom of creation: “Verily, there is no God but Him, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise!” There is nothing that does not glorify its Lord with praise, yet most people are heedless. Say: O people! Fear God and follow not your idle fancies. Follow Him Who calls you to the straight path. Say: Reflect upon the signs of God and His proof, then judge with fairness and be not of the wrongdoers. By God! This is a Cause that has encompassed creation, were you of those who know. Take hold of the Book of God with the power that comes from Him, then recite it at all times.

=== END BH09927 ===

=== START BH09928 ===

In My Most Holy, Most Great Name. O ’Abdu’r-Razzaq, whose letter hath been received before the Throne! Thy letter hath come and attained the presence of thy Lord, and We have heard what was therein and have answered thee as a mercy from Us, for verily I am the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate. We have known what passed through thy mind, for thy Lord is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. What behooveth thee this day is steadfastness in the Cause of thy Lord. By My life! This is indeed a mighty matter. Be thou steadfast in such wise that the vain imaginings of men shall not cause thee to slip. Verily thy Lord is the All-Wise Teacher. Say: O my God! Aid me in Thy remembrance and praise, and ordain for me that which shall profit me in this world and the world to come. Verily Thou art the Almighty, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH09928 ===

=== START BH09929 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Glorious

O Varqa, upon thee be the Glory of God! We created the world for the Day of My Manifestation, but when He came with the truth, the people denied God, the Lord of the mighty throne. Among the people was one whom We had counseled to be steadfast, but when the cry was raised he turned away and followed the Calf without any clear proof or enlightening Book. Thus do We recount unto thee what hath befallen Us at the hands of the heedless ones. Arise thou and counsel the servants to supreme steadfastness, lest their feet slip from the path of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Blessed art thou for having gathered the fruits of inner meaning from this Tree which hath been raised up in truth in this noble station. The Glory be upon thee and upon whosoever hath drunk of this wondrous Kawthar.

=== END BH09929 ===

=== START BH09930 ===

In the Name of the Mighty, the Helper! God hath heard the cry of those who have turned unto His Countenance and believed in God, the One, the All-Forgiving, and hath answered them with that which shall cause their remembrance to endure as long as God, the Revealer of verses, endureth. He speaketh and uttereth, and revealeth and lamenteth for that which hath befallen Him at the hands of them that are veiled, who have cast behind their backs the ordinances of God and have taken that which they were bidden by the Dayspring of vain imaginings. Blessed is the poor one who hath turned toward the ocean of wealth, and the stranger who hath drawn nigh unto God, the Lord of all men. When thou art touched by the breezes of revelation, make mention of God and thank Him for having sent down unto thee that which shall make thee independent of those who have followed every disbelieving impostor.

=== END BH09930 ===

=== START BH09931 ===

In His Name, the One Who rules over all names! We have heard your call and read your letter, and We answer you with this Clear Tablet. We have ordained for you that which shall profit you in every world of the worlds of your Lord. He, verily, is the All-Powerful, the Ordainer, the All-Knowing. Rejoice thou in this Book, and make mention of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Bestower. He, verily, is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. Grieve not over this world. Be thankful that the Best-Beloved of the worlds makes mention of thee. He is with whosoever makes mention of Him in all conditions, and ordains for whomsoever He willeth whatsoever He pleaseth. There is none other God but He, the Forgiving, the Generous. Thus have We answered thee with this Tablet through which the fragrance of the loving-kindness of thy Lord, the All-Merciful, the Most Merciful, hath been wafted.

=== END BH09931 ===

=== START BH09932 ===

O son of My branch, Mirza Jalal, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the All-Knowing Rememberer. The Wronged One bears witness to that which God bore witness before the creation of earth and heaven - that there is none other God but Him, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. And He bears witness to His own wronged state and to the wrongdoing of those who disbelieved in God when He came in the manifestation of His Cause with evident sovereignty. O servants of the All-Merciful! Hearken unto My call, for it draws you to God, the Lord of what was and what shall be. We have turned toward you from this station and have remembered you with this remembrance, when the Prisoner was in a praiseworthy place. Give thanks to God and praise Him throughout the dominion of the earthly and heavenly realms.

=== END BH09932 ===

=== START BH09933 ===

O Siyyid Muhammad! He is the All-Seeing, the All-Hearing! Every fair-minded one hath testified to that which thou hast borne in the path of God, the Lord of Creation. Those who have been endowed with insight from God bear witness to that which God hath testified in the Book. They have prospered who have not been prevented by ornaments from God, the Cleaver of the Dawn. We have turned from this Most Exalted Station toward thee and found thee steadfast in the love of God, the Lord of creation. We have, therefore, made mention of thee and revealed for thee that which rejoiceth the hearts of them that are endued with understanding. Didst thou but know, with true knowledge, that which We have mentioned for thee, thou wouldst rejoice and make mention of thy Lord at all times.

=== END BH09933 ===

=== START BH09934 ===

In His Name Who is sanctified above all mention and description! The atoms have testified to the Revealer of verses, yet the people speak that which hath caused the hearts of the chosen ones to burn and the tears of the near ones to flow. By the life of God! They are in manifest loss. The ocean of knowledge hath surged and the luminary of wisdom hath shone forth, yet the people remain in evident veils. They have forsaken their God and followed their own desires. Woe unto them from the torment of a mighty day! They were created to hearken unto the call of God, yet when it was raised in truth they turned upon their heels - they are indeed among the slumberers. Blessed is he who hath followed the command of his Lord and hath attained unto this Day wherein the Beloved of the world proclaimeth: There is none other God besides Me, the Forgiving, the Generous.

=== END BH09934 ===

=== START BH09935 ===

He is the Most Manifest

The Beauty of God hath appeared with sovereign majesty, and blessed art thou, O handmaiden of God, that thou dost become illumined by His effulgence. The Face of God hath dawned with mighty power, and blessed art thou, O handmaiden of God, that thou dost become enlightened by His lights. The Manifestation of the Cause hath come with the dominion of might and power, and blessed art thou, O handmaiden of God, that thou dost become radiant from His radiance. The Revealer of divine revelation and inspiration hath come with the kingdom of signs, and blessed art thou, O handmaiden of God, that thou dost receive from His revelations. And mercy be upon thee and upon whosoever hath believed in God and acknowledged His signs.

=== END BH09935 ===

=== START BH09936 ===

He is the One Sanctified above all possibility!

Your letter has attained unto the Most Exalted Presence and the Countenance of God, the Lord of Names, hath turned toward it. We have read what thou didst utter in praise of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise, and We make mention of thee in this Tablet through which the sincere ones perceive the fragrance of My Most Exalted Pen and those near unto God inhale the sweet savors of My Great Name. Blessed art thou for having drunk from the cup of recognition when the hands of thy Lord, the All-Merciful, passed it round. This, verily, is a great bounty. We make mention of the leaves who have turned unto God and have spoken in His beauteous praise. Be thou steadfast in the Cause and glorify thy Lord, the Almighty, the Most High, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH09936 ===

=== START BH09937 ===

In the name of God, who ruleth over whatsoever He willeth!

The Pen hath been forbidden to mention the mysteries of pre-existence, and the doors of entry and exit have been closed before our faces. Therefore We have withheld the Pen from revealing that which was treasured of mysteries, for the dogs among the people of the Bayan have taken up positions of ambush, and inform the people and fabricate against Us that which they have not witnessed. How much worse would it be were they to discover and come to know! Hold fast unto whatsoever ye possess of the holy verses, for verily they suffice mankind during the absence of the Truth. Wheresoever ye may be, verily He is with you. Rejoice then in His grace, and make mention of Him, and be not of the heedless. And praise be to God, the All-Powerful, the Ever-Abiding, the All-Sufficing, the Most Great, the Most Glorious.

=== END BH09937 ===

=== START BH09938 ===

Go forth, O Most Holy and Most Great Zein! The Books have been sent down to establish this Cause. Whoso turneth away hath verily denied God and His Messengers and His Books which were sent unto the worlds. Say: All Books have been expounded from this mighty Book. He who denieth this Book, naught shall be accepted from him though he act according to what is in the Books of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. All things have been made dependent upon this Cause - this if ye be of them that comprehend. Every mention hath been consummated by this Mention and every foundation by this firm Foundation. They who act according to what hath been revealed in the Tablet - these are among the triumphant ones.

=== END BH09938 ===

=== START BH09939 ===

The Most Holy, Most Impregnable, Most Great! We have sent down the verses, but most of the people hear not. And We have revealed the clear proofs, but the people perceive not. They who have attained the lights of mystic knowledge - these are accounted among the people of Baha in a hidden Tablet. Blessed is he who hath turned to the Intended One, and whom the affairs of the Jews who denied the signs of God and His proof when He came with manifest sovereignty did not hinder. O people! Fear God and follow not your own affairs. Follow Him Who speaketh amongst the world: “Verily, there is no God but Me, the Mighty, the Beloved.” My Most Exalted Pen hath moved to make mention of thee, that thou mayest be assured through the grace of thy Lord, the Lord of all beings, and remember Him at eventide and at dawn.

=== END BH09939 ===

=== START BH09940 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Glorious

The Tongue of God hath spoken and borne witness to this Revelation, whereby the Speaker of the Mount hath spoken forth, and the Trumpet hath been sounded, and all who are in the heavens and on earth have swooned away, save those whom the hand of thy Lord’s power, the Mighty, the Powerful, hath delivered. Turn thy face toward the Most Great Name and say: Praise be to Thee, O Lord of the worlds! I beseech Thee by Thy sealed Choice Wine and by Thy Name, the Manifest, the Hidden, to aid me in serving Thee and serving Thy loved ones, and to enable me to do that which befitteth Thy Revelation and Thy days. Verily, Thou art the One Who hath power over whatsoever He willeth, and in Thy grasp are the reins of all things. There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the Powerful.

=== END BH09940 ===

=== START BH09941 ===

O Muhammad, upon thee be the Most Holy, Most Holy Glory of God! The tongue [of the unseen] hath spoken forth in the heaven of My infallibility: Verily there is none other God but Me, the Protector of all worlds. And He Who hath appeared is verily the Dayspring of the Unseen. No doubt existeth: He hath come with manifest sovereignty. Through Him My Cause was established, My path was raised up, My balance was set, and that which lay hidden in My preserved Tablet was revealed. Through Him were gladdened the eyes of those who uttered My remembrance, who came with My signs and were made manifest through My clear proofs. Blessed is he who hath turned toward Him; woe unto him who hath denied Him and turned away from that which hath been sent down from His presence. Verily he is among the most wretched of creatures. To this doth My truthful, speaking, trustworthy Tongue bear witness.

=== END BH09941 ===

=== START BH09942 ===

The Most Holy, Most Exalted, Most Great! The Dove hath warbled that there is none other God but Him, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. And the Cock of the Throne hath crowed that there is none other God but Him, Who bestoweth upon whomsoever He willeth whatsoever He desireth. He, verily, is the Munificent, the Mighty, the Loving. No hindrance of any hinderer can stop Him, nor can the rejection of any veiled denier obstruct Him. He hath shone forth from the horizon of the world with His Most Great Name, the Hidden, and thereby have all things cried out, and all in the kingdom of names have raised their voices, proclaiming: “God hath come with manifest sovereignty!” Thou hast indeed laid hold on the Most Great Handle in the days of thy Lord, the Creator of the heavens. Therefore, remember Him at eventide and at dawn.

=== END BH09942 ===

=== START BH09943 ===

He is the Mighty! We have arrived in the land which God hath ordained for Us, and We are content with whatsoever God hath been pleased to decree for Us, and submissive to that which He hath destined from His presence, and thankful for that which He hath ordained from His court. But verily thou hast caused Me to remember My days, then the days of meeting with thee, then My exile, then My trials, then My dwelling place behind a thousand mountain peaks and a vast ocean, such that no ear can hear My lamentations nor can My voice be raised unto you. Yet We do not complain of anything, rather We thank God for this and for all that He hath destined for Us from His presence. And verily He is the Mighty, the All-Knowing. And peace be upon every wise and assured one.

=== END BH09943 ===

=== START BH09944 ===

He is the Ever-Abiding

The Beloved doth love thee and saith: Say: Glorified art Thou, O my God! Pour forth the blood of him who calleth upon Thee, and our blood in Thy path, for the establishment of Thy Cause and the exaltation of Thy Word. O Thou Beloved of Baha! Deprive not Baha and us and those who have desired Thy presence of this great bounty. Verily, Thou hast power over all things. Convey my greetings to ’Ali on my behalf, and verily he readeth what thou hast read. He is among the assured servants of God. Then remember on our behalf our virtuous handmaidens. Upon you and upon them rest my remembrance and my glory, and upon Husayn from among our virtuous servants. Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH09944 ===

=== START BH09945 ===

He is the Hearer in the Kingdom of Utterance! I swear by the Sun of Truth which hath shone forth from the horizon of the Will of God, exalted be His glory - no one shall attain to advancement in this most exalted Cause except through detachment from all else save God. The heart must needs be purified with the water of the fear of God, that it may be adorned with the inscription of the blessed words “Verily I am God’s.” Blessed is he who hath attained unto this most exalted station. O lovers throughout all regions! Do not deprive yourselves of the light of the Most Great Luminary. In truth I say, this is the Day of trade and the profit of those who are near unto God is beyond measure. Blessed is he who hath recognized and attained, and woe unto the deniers.

=== END BH09945 ===

=== START BH09946 ===

O Moses, who hast been named Splendor at the Divine Throne! He is God, the Most Great, the Most Ancient, the Most Generous! Say: O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which the fragrance of Thy presence was stirred up and the ocean of Thy reunion surged in Thy days, to ordain for me that which shall profit me in the Kingdom of Thy Cause and the realm of Thy creation. Then make me rich through Thy riches and mighty through Thy might. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou pleasest. There is no God but Thee, the Forgiving, the Generous. Thy letter hath come before the Throne and We have read it as a token of grace from Us, and We have honored thee with a name from Us, and named thee Splendor in the Kingdom of creation. This is better for thee than all that is on earth. Verily thy Lord is the All-Bountiful, the Ancient of Days.

=== END BH09946 ===

=== START BH09947 ===

Afnan Mirza Siyyid Hasan, upon him be the Glory of God

He is God, the All-Glorious, the Most Glorious

Say: O my God, I praise Thee for having caused me to turn towards the horizon of Thy bounty, the heaven of Thy grace, and the ocean of Thy bestowals. How can I thank Thee, O my God, for having related me to Thyself, after all relationship had been severed in Thy days? Thy mercy hath preceded me and Thy grace hath encompassed me in such wise that no tongue can describe it and none in all creation can recount it. I beseech Thee, O Possessor of existence and Educator of the seen and unseen, to preserve me through Thy sovereignty and to ordain for me that which shall profit me in every world of Thy worlds. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09947 ===

=== START BH09948 ===

He is God, exalted be His station, the Most Great, the Most Glorious

Say: O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, the All-Compelling over all names, and by Thy signs which have filled earth and heaven, to assist me in serving Thee and in obeying Thee, that I may follow Thy chosen ones whom Thou hast made the Dawning-Places of Thy Cause, the Recipients of Thy Revelation, and the Daysprings of Thy Laws. O Lord! I am he who hath turned toward the horizon of Thy grace and the ocean of Thy bounty. I beseech Thee not to deny me that which is with Thee, and to ordain for me what Thou hast ordained for the sincere ones who have laid down their lives in Thy path and have arisen to aid Thy Cause. Verily, Thou art powerful to do what Thou willest. There is no God but Thee, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH09948 ===

=== START BH09949 ===

O my God! I beseech Thee by the scratching of Thy Most Exalted Pen and the Call that hath been raised from the Divine Lote Tree to grant me at all times the heavenly sustenance which hath been sent down from the heaven of Thy Will and the clouds of Thy Purpose. O Lord! Protect Thy Afnan from the evil of Thine enemies who have disbelieved in Thy proof, turned away from Thy Manifestation and Thy signs, and ordain for each one of them to assist Thy Cause among Thy creation and to make mention of Thee with wisdom and utterance before the people of Thy realm. Verily, Thou art the Powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Compelling, the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09949 ===

=== START BH09950 ===

In My Name which is sanctified above all names! Say: O my God! Thou seest me turning toward the heaven of Thy bounty, and the ocean of Thy generosity, and the sun of Thy bestowal. I beseech Thee, O King of Kings and Compassionate to the oppressed, to ordain that I may be one who remembers Thee with Thy remembrance and speaks forth Thy praise. O Lord! I am he who hath inhaled the fragrance of Thy garment and heard Thy most sweet call when it was raised amidst the concourse of creation. I beseech Thee to assist me to aid Thy Cause among Thy creatures in such wise that the power of princes shall not weaken me. Verily, Thou art the Potent over whatsoever Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the Giving, the Bountiful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09950 ===

=== START BH09951 ===

O God, my God! Thou seest Thy loved ones scattered throughout Thy lands, and the Dayspring of Thy Cause oppressed among Thy servants. By Thy glory, O my God! Hearts have melted in separation from Him and eyes have shed tears for His tribulation. I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou hast made it the Dawning-Place of power, to rend asunder the veil that hath come between Thee and Thy loved ones, that they may gather in Thy presence, hearken unto Thy call, and attain unto the Kawthar of reunion in Thy days. Then ordain for me and for them that which beseemeth Thy generosity, Thy favors, Thy grace and Thy gifts. Verily, Thou art the Powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH09951 ===

=== START BH09952 ===

O Hussein, upon him be the Glory of God! He is God, the Most Holy, the Most Inaccessible, the Most Great! Say: O my God! Praise be to Thee for having made me to speak forth Thy Name and to serve Thy Cause, and for having distinguished me among Thy servants for the recognition of Thy Self and for turning unto Thy Face. I beseech Thee by the Dayspring of Thy Being and the Dawning-Place of Thine Essence to make all my deeds as one deed in Thy love and all my remembrances as one remembrance in Thy praise. Then cause me to drink, at all times, from the Salsabil of Thy knowledge and the Kawthar of Thy utterance, whereby the hearts of Thy servants and the souls of Thy creatures may be drawn. Verily, Thou art the Powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the All-Bestowing.

=== END BH09952 ===

=== START BH09953 ===

He is God, the Ever-Standing, the Self-Subsisting!

Say: O my God! Praise be unto Thee for having guided me to the ocean of Thy knowledge, to the Dayspring of Thy Cause, and to the Dawning-Place of Thy signs, and for having given me to drink of the sealed wine by the hand of Thy Name, the Self-Subsisting, in Thy days when the Temple of Thy All-Merciful nature was established upon the throne of Thy grandeur. I beseech Thee, O Creator of the heavens and Lord of Names, to make me at all times turned toward Thee and speaking in remembrance of Thee. Then ordain for me that which befitteth Thy bounty and generosity. Thou art He Who, O my God, hath mentioned me in Thy Tablets and made me one of Thy branches. It behooveth Thee to deal with me according to that which beseemeth Thee. Verily, Thou art the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous.

=== END BH09953 ===

=== START BH09954 ===

He is God, the Protector over all possibility

Say: O my God and God of all the worlds, my Beloved and Beloved of all who know Thee! I praise Thee for having caused me to recognize the Dayspring of Thy signs and brought me before the throne of Thy grandeur and made me to hear Thy call when most of Thy creatures had turned away from Thee. I beseech Thee, O Lord of all names and Creator of the heavens, to make me as one of the fish in the ocean of Thy oneness, that I may swim therein by Thy leave and will, and glorify Thee by Thy Name which Thou hast made to be sovereign over all names and the Self-Subsisting over all who dwell on earth and in heaven. There is no God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09954 ===

=== START BH09955 ===

In His Name, the One with Power over all names

Say: O God, O Revealer of verses and Manifestor of clear proofs! I beseech Thee by the Dawning-Place of Thy knowledge, the Dayspring of Thy revelation, and the Manifestation of Thy Self, to ordain for me what Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen ones who have arisen to aid Thy Cause amidst Thy creatures. Then assist me to make mention of Thee and to praise Thee amongst Thy creation. O my Lord! I am he who hath turned toward the horizon of Thy grace and the Source of Thy Command and bounty. I beseech Thee not to disappoint me from that which is with Thee, that I may arise to serve Thee in Thy kingdom and to spread Thy signs throughout Thy earth. Verily, Thou art the All-Powerful, the Most Exalted, the Mighty, the Great.

=== END BH09955 ===

=== START BH09956 ===

In the Name of Him Who is seated upon the Throne! Say: All paths have branched forth from this unerring Path, and all ways have stemmed from this Straight Road. Say: It is the Most Great Balance, whereby every mighty matter is weighed. By it are all things known, if ye be of them that perceive. Whoso turneth unto Him hath turned unto God from all eternity, and whoso turneth away - nothing shall be accepted from him, though he bring all that is in earth and heaven. Thus hath He decreed Who is the Sovereign of all might, and He is, verily, knowing of all things. O people! Aid ye the All-Merciful, and be not numbered with them that remain silent.

=== END BH09956 ===

=== START BH09957 ===

He is the Most High, the Most Great! Say: Glory be to Thee, O my God, Lord of the worlds and Educator of all who dwell in the heavens and on earth! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which the fragrance of Thy mercy was wafted amongst Thy servants and the Divine Lote-Tree spoke forth Thy praise and glorification, to assist me to partake of the pure waters of Thy knowledge, through which whosoever attaineth unto them and drinketh therefrom becometh detached from the world and turneth toward the horizon of Thy Manifestation, O Thou Lord of eternity. Then grant me, O my God, that heavenly sustenance which hath descended from the heaven of Thy bounty, that I may remember Thee among Thy servants and render thanks unto Thee within Thy dominion. Verily, Thou art the Omnipotent, the Doer of whatsoever Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09957 ===

=== START BH09959 ===

He is the Dawning One from the horizon of the heaven of Manifestation! Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great, Most Holy, Most Glorious Name, and by the light of Thy Cause shining forth from the horizon of the heaven of bounty, and by the waves of the ocean of Thy utterance, and by the dawning-rays of the Sun of Thy proof, to ordain for me through Thy Most Exalted Pen that which will draw me nigh unto Thee, O Lord of all beings! O my Lord, I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great signs and by the effulgent dawnings of the Sun of Thy grace from the horizon of the world of creation, to open before my face the door of Thy favor and might. Verily, Thou art the Powerful over whatsoever Thou willest, and within Thy grasp are the reins of all the first and the last ones.

=== END BH09959 ===

=== START BH09960 ===

IV

Magnified be Thy name, O Lord my God! Thou art He Whom all things worship and Who worshipeth no one, Who is the Lord of all things and is the vassal of none, Who knoweth all things and is known of none. Thou didst wish to make Thyself known unto men; therefore, Thou didst, through a word of Thy mouth, bring creation into being and fashion the universe. There is none other God except Thee, the Fashioner, the Creator, the Almighty, the Most Powerful.

I implore Thee, by this very word that hath shone forth above the horizon of Thy will, to enable me to drink deep of the living waters through which Thou hast vivified the hearts of Thy chosen ones and quickened the souls of them that love Thee, that I may, at all times and under all conditions, turn my face wholly towards Thee.

Thou art the God of power, of glory and bounty. No God is there beside Thee, the Supreme Ruler, the All-Glorious, the Omniscient.

=== END BH09960 ===

=== START BH09961 ===

In His Name, the Eternal, the Ancient, the Most Great, the Most Ancient! Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God and the God of all who are in the heavens and on earth! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which the standards of Thy triumph were raised above the ensigns of Thy dominion, and through which the Sun of Thy Revelation shone forth and the heaven of Thy bounty was upraised and the ocean of Thy generosity surged, to make me one of those who have aided Thy Cause and arose to serve Thee. Then write down for me, O my God, that which Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen ones who have cast the world behind them and turned toward the Dawning-Place of bounty and grace, when Thy Most Great Name was established upon the throne of Thy bounty and generosity. Verily, Thou art powerful over what Thou willest, and Thou art the Protector, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH09961 ===

=== START BH09962 ===

In the Name of Him through Whom the ocean of utterance surgeth and the fragrances of the All-Merciful wafteth!

Say: Glory be unto Thee, O Lord, O Master of all beings! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great, Most Glorious Name. And glory be unto Thee, O Lord, O Sovereign of the Kingdom of Names! I beseech Thee by the radiant, gleaming, resplendent Light that shineth from the horizon of the heaven of Thy Name, the All-Subduing Lord of Names, to ordain for me through Thy Most Exalted Pen the good of the world to come and of this world. O my Lord! Thou seest me detached from all save Thee and clinging to the cord of Thy grace. I beseech Thee not to deprive me of the ocean of Thy bounty, nor from the sun of Thy grace, nor from the heaven of Thy generosity which hath encompassed the heavens and the earth. There is no God but Thee, the Powerful, the Forgiving, the Generous.

=== END BH09962 ===

=== START BH09963 ===

In His Name, the Most Holy, the Most Great!

Say: Glory be to Thee, O God of Names and Creator of heaven! Thou seest me bewildered in Thy praise and glorification. I know with certainty that no description can ever reach unto Thee, and no mention beside Thee befits Thy presence. To this bear witness Thy Scriptures, Thy Scrolls, Thy Books and Thy Tablets. When Thy grace encompassed all created things and Thy mercy pervaded all contingent beings, Thou didst permit Thy servants to make mention of Thee and describe Thee, and through Thy generosity and favors, Thou didst accept their remembrances. O Lord! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Exalted Word, which Thou hast made the Dayspring of Thy knowledge, to ordain for us the best of what lieth with Thee and to strengthen us in that which Thou hast willed for us through Thy bounty. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the Most High, the Most Great.

=== END BH09963 ===

=== START BH09964 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great

Say: Glory be to Thee, O my God and the God of earth and heaven! I beseech Thee by the Dawning-Places of Thy Revelation, and the Manifestations of Thy Inspiration, and the Day-Springs of Thy Cause, and by Him through Whom Thou didst seal Prophethood and Messengership from Thy presence, to aid me to act according to what Thou hast commanded me in Thy perspicuous Book. O my Lord! Thou seest me standing before the door of Thy grace, and seeking the wonders of Thy generosity. I beseech Thee by Thy Most Exalted Word to ordain for me, through Thy Most Exalted Pen, that which will preserve me from self and passion and draw me nigh unto Thee, O Thou Lord of all men and Sovereign of the hereafter and of the former world! There is no God but Thee, the Mighty, the All-Forgiving, the Bountiful.

=== END BH09964 ===

=== START BH09965 ===

He is the Manifest, the Speaking One, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise

Say: Glory be to Thee, O my God and the God of all names, my Creator and the Creator of the heavens! I beseech Thee by the light of Thy countenance after the extinction of all things, and by the fire of Thy Command in the Lote-Tree beyond which there is no passing, to assist me in Thy remembrance and praise in such wise that neither the hosts of the world nor the clamor of the nations shall prevent me. O Lord! Thou seest me turning unto Thee and holding fast to the cord of Thy bounty. I implore Thee by Thine ancient generosity and by Thy Most Great Name to ordain for me that which befitteth Thy grace, Thy bounty and Thy bestowal. Verily, Thou art the One with power over whatsoever Thou willest. There is no God but Thee, the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH09965 ===

=== START BH09966 ===

O Lord my God, my Master and my Support! Thou seest me turning away from all else save Thee and advancing toward the horizon of the heaven of Thy bounty. I beseech Thee by the lights that shine forth from Thy Most Exalted Pen and by the waves of the ocean of Thy utterance before the faces of the enemies, to make me strong through Thy power and steadfast in Thy remembrance and praise amidst Thy servants. O Lord! Thou seest this poor one making his way to the Dayspring of Thy riches and the Dawning-Place of Thy knowledge. I implore Thee not to disappoint him of that which Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen ones. Verily Thou art the Mighty, the Most Exalted, and within Thy grasp are the reins of all affairs in the beginning and the end.

=== END BH09966 ===

=== START BH09967 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Glorious! Say: Glory be to Thee, O Thou by Whose Name the gate of heaven was opened and the people of creation hastened to the Dayspring of Names! I beseech Thee by the ocean of Thy bounty and the heaven of Thy generosity to ordain for me that which will draw me nigh unto Thee, and to decree for me, O my God, that which shall profit me in this world and the world to come. Verily, Thou art He in Whose grasp is the kingdom of the heavens and of the earth. There is none other God but Thee, the Almighty, the Powerful. O Lord! This evanescent servant hath clung to Thy eternal Name and turned to Thy horizon, hoping for the wonders of Thy grace. I beseech Thee not to disappoint him of that which is with Thee. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Powerful.

=== END BH09967 ===

=== START BH09968 ===

O son! His honor Mirza Buzurg, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the One dawning from the horizon of utterance. Say: This is the utterance of God and verily it is His sword which the sheath hath never seen from all eternity. By the life of God, the swords of the oppressors shall profit them not, as testifieth he who hath knowledge of the Book. The world hath so deluded them that they have shed the blood of My loved ones without any clear proof or evidence. They have committed that which hath caused the denizens of the pavilions of glory to lament, as this Wronged One beareth witness in this station. Give thanks unto God for having aided thee to turn towards Him and for having given thee to drink of the choice wine of His recognition on this Day wherein the idolaters have arisen in oppression and hypocrisy.

=== END BH09968 ===

=== START BH09969 ===

In the name of Hajji Ahmad, He is the Rememberer and the Remembered One. Say: O my God, my Lord and my Support! I beseech Thee by the Name through which the Sun of utterance shone forth from the horizon of possibility and the Ocean of divine knowledge surged amidst the peoples of all religions, to draw me near in all conditions to the horizon of Thy bounty and aid me to remember Thee and praise Thee among Thy creatures in such wise that the veils of humanity may not prevent me from turning toward Thee, O Thou Who holdest destiny in Thy grasp. O Lord! Thou seest Thy servant turning toward Thee, seeking the Kawthar of Thy loving-kindness. I beseech Thee to deal with me according to what befitteth Thy generosity, Thy grace and Thy bounty. Verily, Thou art the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09969 ===

=== START BH09970 ===

Isma’il Sabbagh. He is the Most Exalted, the Most High. Say: O people, fear not the might of those who have wronged and who have joined partners with God. Be steadfast in the Cause, then detach yourselves from all who are in the earth and the heavens. Say: Remembrance is sweet in the days of fear and distress. Thus it behooveth those who have turned towards God, the Lord of Names and Attributes. Say: When victory cometh, all will claim belief and will enter into the Cause of God. Blessed are they who remained steadfast in the Cause in those days wherein sedition appeared from every direction. Verily, thou hast turned with thy heart unto God and He shall suffice thee against those who have wronged and those who have denied the Revealer of verses.

=== END BH09970 ===

=== START BH09971 ===

In the Name of the one true God! The Supreme Pen hath remembered and will continue to remember His handmaidens. May they all be occupied at all times with the remembrance of God and be set ablaze with the fire of His love. Today it is binding and obligatory upon every handmaiden to fix her gaze upon the Most Exalted Horizon and to act in accordance with that which hath been revealed in the Book. Such is God’s firm decree concerning His male and female servants. He, verily, is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Give thanks unto thy Lord for having aided thee to recognize the Dawning-Place of His signs and for having remembered thee in this Most Great Prison.

=== END BH09971 ===

=== START BH09972 ===

In the Name of the Holy, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise!

The Supreme Pen, out of pure grace and bounty, summons all servants at all times to the Most Glorious Horizon, and whosoever attains to this most exalted station and supreme rank, He counsels them to praiseworthy character, goodly deeds and commendable conduct. However, while some of the loved ones have attained to that which God desired, others have fallen short. You should remind all the loved ones of the divine counsels that have been revealed in the Sacred Books in this Most Great Revelation, that all may be adorned with the ornament of His favor and become the cause of remembrance among the peoples of the world.

=== END BH09972 ===

=== START BH09973 ===

His honor Mirza Rida

He is established upon the Throne

The Supreme Pen makes mention of Rida and commands him to that which He loves and with which He is well-pleased. God willing, may you partake of the sealed wine from the hand of the Self-Subsisting with perfect steadfastness and contentment, and drink thereof. Praise be to God that thou hast hearkened unto His call and turned thy face toward His horizon. Strive that there may appear from thee that which shall endure through thy remembrance throughout the duration of the Kingdom and the heavenly Realm. This day is the Sovereign of days, inasmuch as the Herald of Sinai is calling aloud manifestly and resplendently, summoning all peoples to the Straight Path and the Most Exalted Horizon. Blessed art thou for having attained unto His wondrous Tablet.

=== END BH09973 ===

=== START BH09974 ===

In the Name of the Beloved of the world! The Supreme Pen proclaims: Thy letter was adorned with the ornament of the Divine Throne and attained the Most Holy Presence. Blessed is the state of those souls who have attained to the remembrance of God in His days and have been honored with the sprinkling drops from the ocean of His grace, for a single letter from Him is more exalted and mightier than the creation of all things. Since people have not become aware of this station, they remain wandering in the wilderness of remoteness and bewilderment. Were they to inhale even as much as a needle’s eye the fragrance of this paradise, they would pass beyond the world and all who dwell therein, turning their faces to the horizon of revelation. Thus have We made mention of thee that thou mayest rejoice and give thanks unto thy Lord, the Beneficent, the Generous.

=== END BH09974 ===

=== START BH09975 ===

O handmaid of God, wife of Jinab-i-Dhabih, upon both of whom be the Glory of God! He is the Most Generous, the Most Glorious! Say: Praise be to Thee, O Beloved of my heart and Purpose of my innermost being! I beseech Thee by the Sovereign of Names through Whom Thou didst subdue the kingdoms of creation, that Thou write down for me what Thou hast written down for Thy handmaidens who have turned to the choice wine of Thy Revelation and circled round Thy throne. O my Lord! I confess that no deed hath appeared from me worthy of mention in Thy days. I beseech Thee to send upon my transgressions the winds of Thy forgiveness and the breezes of Thy pardon. Verily Thou art the Almighty Whom nothing whatsoever in the earth can frustrate, and Thou art the Ruler Who doeth as He pleaseth, through Thy Name, the All-Subduing, the Sovereign over all the worlds.

=== END BH09975 ===

=== START BH09976 ===

In My Name, the Most Exalted

Say: O my handmaiden and leaf of My divine Lote-Tree! O my God and my Beloved! The hearts of Thy lovers have melted in their separation from Thee. Where are the waves of the ocean of reunion with Thee? The hearts of those who yearn for Thee are consumed. Where is the path to attaining Thy presence? I beseech Thee, O Light of hearts and Fire of souls and minds, not to disappoint those who hope in Thee from the heaven of Thy nearness and the clouds of Thy bounty. I am she, O my God, who has turned toward the seat of the throne of Thy mercy and has clung to the cord of Thy favors. I beseech Thee to assist me to act according to Thy good-pleasure and to make this my hope and desire in Thy days. Verily, Thou art the Generous Giver.

=== END BH09976 ===

=== START BH09977 ===

O Most Great, Most Holy One! Kazim: Your letter with the names mentioned has been presented before the Throne and has attained divine favor. God willing, may you all dwell beneath the divine Lote-Tree and be nourished by its goodly fruits. The glance of mercy has been and will continue to be upon you. What bounty could be greater than this bounty, that in this age, the Book is occupied with your mention at dawn, while imprisoned in the hands of the oppressors? Blessed art thou and blessed are those with thee among those who have been awakened by the fragrances of revelation in this Dawn which hath appeared from the horizon of manifestation in truth.

=== END BH09977 ===

=== START BH09978 ===

He is. This letter was written in the Hijazi melody and sent forth, and this writing is cast in the Persian tongue so that thou mayest hear the sweet songs of the soul from the divine nightingale and receive the wondrous melodies of the Beloved from the spiritual bird, that thou mayest step into the lane of the Friend and become detached from all else but Him. Praise be to God Who, through His all-encompassing mercy, guided His servants from the west of error to the east of guidance and caused them to attain from the darkness of doubt to the dawn of certitude. Therefore, blessed is the one who was illumined by this true dawn, and deprived is the soul who remained bereft and destitute.

=== END BH09978 ===

=== START BH09979 ===

O God of sovereignty and dominion, and Ruler of the realm of might! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which, when mentioned, the hearts of them that are possessed with longing are set ablaze and the souls of them that are nigh unto Thee hasten unto the ocean of Thy reunion and Thy presence on the Day of the Covenant, to aid Thy male and female servants to stand firm in Thy Cause, and to ordain for them that which befitteth the ocean of Thy bounty. Verily, Thou art the Powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. Nothing in all creation can withhold Thee, and Thou art, in truth, the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous.

=== END BH09979 ===

=== START BH09980 ===

To Mirza Mahmud, upon him be the Glory of God. He is the One dawning from the horizon of the heaven of Revelation. The Book of God hath been sent down in truth, yet the people understand not. The Promise hath come to pass, and the Promised One calleth aloud before all faces, yet most of the people perceive not. They have cast the Book of God behind their backs, clinging to idle fancies and vain imaginings. There hath been sent down in this Revelation what was not revealed unto the Prophets of old - nay, even more. To this bear witness the Manifestations of fairness and the Daysprings of all matters. We have shown forth clear proofs in such wise that none deny them save those who have cast away the Covenant and the Testament of God, the Lord of what was and what shall be.

=== END BH09980 ===

=== START BH09982 ===

He is the Summoner between the heavens and the earth! This is a Book which the All-Merciful hath sent down from the heaven of Will as a token of His grace, and verily I am the All-Bountiful. This is a remembrance from Us unto him who hath attained the lights of the Kingdom when the Lord of the Realms of Might came with manifest sovereignty, that he may arise to serve his Lord and make mention of Him in such wise as to cause the Tree to soar and every lofty mountain to crumble. Say: O people! By God the Truth, the appointed time is fulfilled and the All-Bestowing One is come, through Whose remembrance every book and scroll and preserved tablet hath been adorned. Thus hath the ocean of knowledge surged and the fragrance of the garment wafted. If thou hast found it, say: Praise be unto Thee, O God of the worlds!

=== END BH09982 ===

=== START BH09983 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great. A Tablet revealed by the Beloved that through it may be set ablaze the hearts of those who have cast away their desires and taken hold of that which was commanded them by God, the Lord of existence. They who have grasped the cord of God, these are the people of this exalted station. O My handmaiden! Rejoice in that My Most Exalted Pen makes mention of thee. Verily it shall profit thee in the realm of earth and heaven. Beware lest anything withhold thee from God and His sovereignty. Hold fast unto the cord of God, then make mention of Him by His Name, the Protector of all that is seen and unseen. Thus hath My tongue spoken and My Pen moved. Verily thy Lord is the Powerful over what was and what shall be.

=== END BH09983 ===

=== START BH09984 ===

O Muhammad-’Ali, upon him be the Glory of God! In My Name, the One Who standeth before all faces! This is a Book sent down by the Wronged One to him who hath drunk the choice sealed wine from the hand of the bounty of His Name, the Self-Subsisting, that the utterance may attract him to the most exalted station and draw him nigh unto God, the Lord of existence. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having given me to drink the wine of Thy knowledge and guided me to the effulgences of the lights of the Luminary of Thy Cause, and made known unto me that which lay hidden within Thy knowledge and treasured within the shell of the ocean of Thy wisdom. I beseech Thee to make me confirmed in Thy remembrance and praise and in serving Thy Cause amidst Thy creatures in such wise that the veils of the people of the world in Thy lands shall not prevent me. Verily, Thou art the Powerful, the Single, the Mighty, the All-Wise.

=== END BH09984 ===

=== START BH09985 ===

O handmaid of God, sister of one who hath migrated and attained! He is the One dawning from the horizon of the Kingdom. A Book sent down by the Sovereign of Might unto one of His handmaidens who hath turned towards the Supreme Horizon when the learned ones turned away from it and the mystics were veiled from it, save whom God, the Lord of Names and Creator of Heaven, hath willed. Thus hath the Tongue of Utterance spoken forth in this noble station. Let not the affairs of the world sadden thee. By God! The Most Great Joy hath appeared. It walketh before all faces, proclaiming: O people of the earth, set aside what ye possess. By God! God hath come with manifest sovereignty. Blessed is the handmaid who hath heard and attained, and woe unto every doubting servant.

=== END BH09985 ===

=== START BH09986 ===

In His Name, the One Who rules over all names! This is a Book from Us to people who understand. Verily it beareth witness to that which God did testify before the creation of all things - that there is none other God but Him, the Truth, the Knower of things unseen. We have sent down the verses and manifested the signs, but most of the people know not. We beseech God to assist those who are heedless today and draw them nigh unto this forbidden station. Verily We, in the prison, summon all unto God - to this do honored servants bear witness. When thou attainest unto this Tablet, render thanks unto thy Lord and say: Praise be unto Thee, O God of existence and Educator of the seen and the unseen!

=== END BH09986 ===

=== START BH09987 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great

This is a Book sent down in truth from God, the Protecting, the Self-Subsisting. Verily it gives glad tidings to mankind of this Most Great Light by which the horizon of the world hath been illumined. Blessed is he who hath turned his heart unto Him, and woe unto the deniers. This is a Day wherein all things cry out, yet most of the people hear not. The atoms have borne witness to the Revealer of verses, and the Tree hath proclaimed that there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Loving. Say: O my God! I beseech Thee by all that appeareth from Thee to make me turn toward Thee and speak forth Thy remembrance amongst Thy creatures with wisdom and utterance. Verily Thou art the One Who hath power through Thy will and dominion through Thy sovereignty. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH09987 ===

=== START BH09988 ===

In My Name, the Rememberer and the Remembered

A Book We have revealed unto one of Our handmaidens who heard My call and attained unto My days and discovered the fragrance of My manifestation from the paradise of My utterance and turned unto the ocean of My grace and favors, that she might find tranquility through the bounty of her Lord, the Forgiving, the Generous. Verily We draw nigh unto whosoever desireth to draw nigh unto the Sun of Our grace, whose lights have encompassed the worlds, and We cast upon creation that which the Tree uttereth from this gleaming, elevated Breast. Verily it is the treasury of God’s verses and the repository of His all-encompassing knowledge. He who attaineth today unto the recognition thereof is given glad tidings by the Concourse on High. He shall soon behold and witness that which hath been ordained for him in My glorious and wondrous Kingdom.

=== END BH09988 ===

=== START BH09989 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the Guardian over all possibilities

The Book speaks with the tongue of revelation at this Most Great Scene - this station round which circle the Concourse on High and the dwellers of the cities of eternity and the inhabitants of the Most Exalted Kingdom, that men might read and be thankful. How many a servant has reached the ocean yet known it not, and how many a servant has drunk in My Name, the Guardian, the Self-Subsisting. O thou who hast turned towards Me, hearken unto the call of Him Who is wronged. He calls thee that His call might draw thee to the Most Exalted Horizon and make thee steadfast in this Cause through which the Promised One hath come with manifest sovereignty. Thus doth the Pen move when the Ancient King speaketh from His exalted station.

=== END BH09989 ===

=== START BH09990 ===

In the Name of Him Who holds sway over all who are in creation! This is a Book which judgeth with truth, and verily it is a manifest Book, set forth from that Book which none hath known save God, the Lord of the worlds. Verily it is a Book inscribed by His Most Exalted Pen, wherein is recorded every wise command. Say: O people, turn with radiant faces unto the Dayspring of your Lord’s decree, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. By God’s life! The Concourse on High pray for them that have turned unto Him - to this doth this perspicuous Tablet bear witness. When thou hast attained unto the waves of the Most Great Ocean and drunk the Kawthar of revelation from the utterance of thy Lord, the All-Bountiful, arise to serve thy Lord, then make mention of Him with wisdom and utterance. Verily thy Lord, He is the Trusted Teacher.

=== END BH09990 ===

=== START BH09991 ===

In the Name of God, the All-Knowing! Your letter has been honored with the gaze of the Lord of Eternity’s loving-kindness in the Most Great Prison. Be thou thankful unto thy Lord for this great bounty. Blessed is the soul that hath this day acted in accordance with the divine ordinances and hath lived with utmost contentment in the Kingdom of Creation. From thy letter were wafted the fragrances of submission and contentment; therefore from the Most Exalted Pen these radiant words have been revealed and made manifest, that thou mayest in all nights be occupied with the praise and glorification of the Sovereign of Days and the Lord of all mankind. That which thou didst send hath been accepted. Be thou grateful to God for this. Verily He is the All-Bountiful, the All-Generous.

=== END BH09991 ===

=== START BH09992 ===

Kalihdarra Haji-’Ali. In the name of the one incomparable Friend! The petition was presented before the Throne and was adorned with the lights of His countenance. The call of all was heard and the forgiveness of the All-Merciful encompassed everyone. However, all must act according to what hath been revealed in the Book and be content and thankful with whatsoever God - glorified be His grandeur - hath ordained. At the beginning of the petition an answer was revealed from the Pen of the King of Oneness, that all may know that the petitions of the servants are heard and, through abundant grace, answers are revealed. Remember all the friends and others and the handmaidens of God in that land to the Wronged One of the horizons and convey His greetings.

=== END BH09992 ===

=== START BH09993 ===

In the Name of the One Friend!

Your letter has repeatedly arrived in the Most Great Prison and has been honored to attain the glance of the Beloved of the worlds. God willing, may you drink the wine of steadfastness from the hand of the favor of the Invisible and Manifest God at all times, and be engaged in His remembrance with utmost joy and delight.

A prayer:

Glorified art Thou, O God of the world and Educator of the nations! I beseech Thee by Thy Name which Thou hast made sanctified above the mention of those who make mention and the knowledge of the knowers, that Thou protect me beneath the shadow of Thy greatest mercy and cause me in all conditions to be turned toward the Most Exalted Horizon. There is no God but Thee, the Most High, the Most Glorious, the Lord of the last and the first.

=== END BH09993 ===

=== START BH09994 ===

In the Name of the One Friend! Your letter was seen. What you wrote was acceptable in the sight of God, for you sought divine good-pleasure. If you remain steadfast in this matter, you will attain to all good - not like some who claim to love God but, despite the Most Great Prohibition, turn toward the Most Holy Court without His leave. God, exalted be His glory, ordains the reward of attaining His presence for whomsoever He wishes. Verily He is the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful. Know thou the value of the divine Word - nothing that hath been created can compare with a single word that appeareth from the ocean of His utterance. Be thou joyous and be of those who are thankful.

=== END BH09994 ===

=== START BH09995 ===

The Word of God, even if limited to a single word, cannot be equaled by all the books of the worlds. Grieve not that We have made this Tablet brief, for within it can be seen a mighty Book. This is a Tablet that hath been mixed with the salt of God. When thou hast tasted it and discovered its savor, arise and say: Praise be unto Thee, O God of the worlds! Marvel not if We jest in prison, for sorrows have never overtaken Us in the path of thy Lord, and We are in wondrous joy. We have indeed sacrificed one of the Branches. Say: Unto Thee be praise, O Glory of the worlds! Would that thou knewest the surging waves of this Most Great Ocean and what lieth concealed therein of the pearls of the mysteries of thy Lord, the Mighty, the All-Praised!

=== END BH09995 ===

=== START BH09996 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory, the Mighty!

You have ever been and will continue to be, God willing, abiding and at rest beneath the shade of divine favors and the clouds of heavenly bounty. Strive diligently to acquire both outward and inward perfections, for the fruit of the human tree has ever been outer and inner perfections. A person without knowledge and crafts is not beloved - like trees without fruit have they been and ever shall be. Therefore you must needs adorn, according to your capacity and means, the tree of your being with the fruits of knowledge and wisdom, of meanings and utterance.

And the glory be upon you.

=== END BH09996 ===

=== START BH09997 ===

In the Name of the One Friend!

The glance of God’s favor is directed to that honored one. God is witness and creation bears testimony that this Wronged One has sought for the Afnan of the Divine Lote-Tree that which He has sought for Himself. Say: Glory be to Thee, O my God! Thou seest me clinging to the cord of Thy grace and holding fast to the hem of Thy bounty. I beseech Thee by the verses which, when they shone forth from the horizon of Thy utterance, caused all other verses to bow down before them, to gather together for me the means of earth and heaven that I may arise to serve Thy Cause among Thy servants, to exalt Thy Word, and to manifest that which lay hidden in Thy knowledge. Verily, Thou art the One Who hath power over whatsoever He willeth, by Thy Name, the Mighty, the Wondrous.

=== END BH09997 ===

=== START BH09998 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

From the Most Great Prison the glance of the favor of the Lord of Eternity hath been and will continue to be directed towards His loved ones. O Ali, the Most Exalted Pen counseleth thee and the other souls who have turned towards Him to be steadfast and to engage in that which will, in this Day, cause the exaltation of the Word of God. If those who claim to love God had acted in accordance with that which hath been revealed from the Most Exalted Pen, assuredly most of the peoples of the earth would have turned towards the Most Glorious Horizon. Blessed is he who hath arisen to act in such wise that the fragrance of sanctity hath been wafted therefrom throughout the world. We testify that he is among the faithful and the sincere ones.

=== END BH09998 ===

=== START BH09999 ===

O Mahdi, He is the All-Affectionate!

By the life of God! Whoever hears mention of Me lamenteth at what hath been visited upon Me by those who have denied the Books of God and His Messengers from time immemorial. They profess belief with their words while denying it through their deeds, as attesteth He with Whom is the Mother Book. Their riches have deceived them to such degree that they have turned away from the Face through Whose light the earth and heavens were illumined. We have manifested the Cause and revealed that which God, the Lord of all men, hath willed. Blessed art thou, O servant, in that thou hast quaffed the wine of mystic knowledge and believed in God, thy Lord, the All-Merciful. All that is on earth shall perish, while that which hath been ordained for the loved ones of God shall endure in a Kingdom sanctified above all mention.

=== END BH09999 ===

=== START BH10000 ===

He is the Ever-Present, the All-Seeing

O my God! Praise be unto Thee for having created me, revealed me, given me to drink, nourished me, reared me, and caused me to know Thee, until Thou didst make me turn toward the horizon of Thy oneness and the Kaaba of Thy presence on a day wherein the tribes of the earth did lament. I testify, O my God, that Thou hast not dealt with me save in a manner befitting Thy glory, Thy generosity and Thy favors, and that I have not acted save in ways that I would be ashamed to mention before the court of Thy Manifestation. I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by this Day wherein the morn of Thy grace did breathe and the sun of Thy loving-kindness did shine forth, to ordain for Thy chosen ones every good thing in Thy Book. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10000 ===

=== START BH10001 ===

O Husayn! In His Most Great Name!

A sincere lover is not overtaken by heedlessness, and a true lover is not deprived of that which causes the Cause to be manifest. O ye lovers of the Manifest Beloved and O ye seekers of the Present Goal! This is the day of turning unto God and the day of the Covenant and Testament. With complete strength and power hold fast to the strong cord of divine love and cling to the hem of His grace. The darkness of oppression hath encompassed the world. God willing, ye shall not in this darkness be deprived of the lights of the divine Day. Soon shall the station and rank of every steadfast seeker become manifest in the world. Thus hath My Pen spoken with My firm and mighty command.

=== END BH10001 ===

=== START BH10002 ===

He is the All-Knowing, the All-Speaking

The Wronged One of the horizons declares: Your call was heard and your letter was seen. God willing, may you attain to the lofty station of steadfastness, for false claimants have appeared and will appear in certain lands. Today two matters are most great before the Divine Throne: steadfastness and acting according to what the All-Merciful has revealed in the Book. God willing, may all attain to these two and shine forth bright and luminous from the horizon of steadfastness like the morning star. We convey greetings to all the handmaidens of God and counsel them with what has been mentioned, that perchance in the days of God they may act according to His Command and attain to His good-pleasure.

=== END BH10002 ===

=== START BH10003 ===

In the Name of the One Peerless God. O Ali-Qabl-Naqi, upon him be the Glory of God! The primary purpose of creation hath been the recognition of God, and all people, both young and old, were awaiting the days of His Manifestation. Yet when the Sun of Revelation appeared manifest and evident from the horizon of light, all remained veiled save those souls who perceived the sweetness of the divine Word. These are regarded as the most excellent of all creation in the sight of God, exalted be His glory. O handmaiden of God! Render praise unto the Ancient Lord, Who hath honored thee with mention of His Most Great Name. Know thou the value of this station and fix thy gaze upon it and hold fast unto it.

=== END BH10003 ===

=== START BH10005 ===

He is the Living One. The abode of bounty is most excellent and desirable, and the Ka’bah of purpose is sanctified from all directions and from despair and hope. It is utterly bare and pure of nearness and union, remoteness and separation. They do not accept woven and sewn garments - meaning that after manifestation, concealment is nonexistent, and after the mystery, manifestation is lost. My Lord! I possess nothing in creation save myself, and I seek naught but Thy good-pleasure in whatever Thou hast pleased for me and decreed upon me. Verily Thou art the Decreer of whatsoever Thou willest, and verily Thou art the Mighty, the Beloved.

=== END BH10005 ===

=== START BH10006 ===

In the Name of the Friend!

O handmaiden of God, Fatimih, upon thee be the Glory of God! The waves of the ocean of bounty are surging at their highest, and the Sun of loving-kindness is shining from the most exalted horizon of grace. The clouds of oppression have sought to veil it, and the veils of concealment have intervened. O friends! I tell you truly: The Word of God shall prevail, His Will shall encompass all. Today, hold fast to the cord of steadfastness, that ye may be numbered among those of whom it is said: “The censure of any censurer deterreth them not in the path of God.” O handmaiden of God! Thy name was mentioned before the Wronged One, and this Tablet was revealed. We beseech God to assist all handmaidens and illumine them with the lights of His manifestation. The Glory be upon thee.

=== END BH10006 ===

=== START BH10007 ===

In the Name of the All-Merciful God! Your letter was illumined before the Divine Presence through the people of the household, your call was heard, and mention was made of you before His countenance. Rejoice thou in this great bounty! Be not grieved by worldly conditions and their vicissitudes. Praise be to God, you have attained unto the infinite outpourings of God and have turned toward the Most Exalted Horizon. There has not been and is not any station greater than this. Now you must strive to follow God’s commandments. Be not saddened by hardship. Verily He ordaineth whatsoever He willeth for whomsoever He willeth. He is indeed the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful. May the Glory rest upon you and upon your sons and your daughter, from One Who is Mighty, All-Knowing.

=== END BH10007 ===

=== START BH10008 ===

In the Name of the Peerless Beloved! Thy letter was received and thou didst attain unto mention by the Most Exalted Pen. Reflect upon the grace of God, that from the horizon of the Most Great Prison He maketh mention of thee. By the Truth itself, were the loved ones to comprehend this station as it deserveth to be comprehended, all would arise to serve the Cause with complete joy - an arising that no sitting down would overtake nor follow after. Give thanks unto the Wronged One, the Unique, and be steadfast in His love, for the whispering of satans shall become manifest and ascendant in most cities and regions. Verily He is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH10008 ===

=== START BH10009 ===

He is the Great, the All-Bountiful

O people of God! Do not afflict yourselves as did the party of the Shi’ih, and deprive not yourselves of the lights of the Sun of true divine unity. Whosoever ascribeth partnership or similarity to the Lord of Batha (may the spirit of all else be sacrificed for His sake), such a one is deprived of the light of true divine unity. The Imams (upon them be the peace of God) were created by His Word, and received their portion and share from the ocean of His grace and bounty before creation itself. To this beareth witness the Mother Book in its final return. He, verily, is the Mighty, the All-Bestowing.

=== END BH10009 ===

=== START BH10011 ===

In the Name of the Lord of all worlds! Your call was heard in the Most Great Prison and your letter attained unto the presence of the Wronged One of the world. God willing, may you remain steadfast in the Cause of God and in all times be turned toward the horizon of the All-Merciful, for the satans have been and are lying in wait. We beseech God to protect His loved ones from the hosts of self and passion, draw them nigh unto the Most Exalted Horizon, and inspire them with that which will make them daysprings of steadfastness amidst all created things. He, verily, is the Almighty, the All-Powerful. Blessed is the state of those souls who have today turned toward the Truth and whose mention hath flowed from the Most Exalted Pen. Theirs shall be a goodly end.

=== END BH10011 ===

=== START BH10012 ===

In the Name of God, the Almighty! We have heard thy call, and thy book was presented before the Divine Throne. God willing, thou shalt drink from the ocean of knowledge and attain unto the recognition of the Sun of understanding - that is, through the grace of the Beloved of the world Who speaketh in the Most Great Prison, thou shalt at all times increase in thy awareness through the name of the Friend, until thou art wholly effaced in the path of the Friend and emergest from the pocket of immortality. O ’Ali-Asghar! He calleth the Most Great Prison the Most Great Horizon, and in His Book nameth it the Supreme Paradise. Blessed is the soul that hath borne tribulations in My path - verily, such a one is of the people of Baha in My sealed Book.

=== END BH10012 ===

=== START BH10013 ===

In the Name of the Beloved of the worlds! The Call is raised, yet few are they that hearken unto it. The horizon of the world is illumined with the splendors of the Most Great Name, yet rare indeed are they who possess true vision. I swear by the Ocean of divine knowledge that those who are endowed with insight are seen to be rarer than the philosopher’s stone. God, exalted be His glory, doth Himself bestow the choice wine of utterance, yet none are found to seek it. O friends! Hearken unto the divine Call, and act in accordance with that which He hath commanded and doth command. Verily He witnesseth and seeth, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. Every doer of deeds is this Day beneath the glance of the favor of God, and shall continue to be so. Blessed is he who hath hearkened unto My most sweet Call, and woe betide the heedless. Praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH10013 ===

=== START BH10014 ===

O Mawzun, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the One Who standeth established over the Cause with power and sovereignty. We bear witness that thou hast attained unto turning toward the Supreme Horizon when mankind turned away from it save those who held fast to this mighty Cord. Say: O people! Abandon what ye possess and take what ye have been commanded by the Ancient Ordainer. Beware lest vain imaginings withhold you from the Lord of all days or idle fancies from His luminous horizon. We have remembered thee before and after and in this exalted and glorious station. Take the Tablet with the power of God, the Lord of the wondrous Throne. Thus hath the Tongue of Grandeur spoken that thou mayest thank thy Lord, the Compassionate, the Bountiful.

=== END BH10014 ===

=== START BH10015 ===

O Mustafa! He is God, exalted be His station, the Grandeur and the Power! We bear witness that there is none other God but Him. He was from eternity in the heights of might and majesty, and unto eternity shall continue to be in the heaven of glory, power and magnificence. None hath known Him as befitteth His recognition. Every learned one hath acknowledged his powerlessness and every mystic hath confessed his shortcoming. He hath sent the Messengers as a bounty from Him unto His creation. Among the people are those who have turned unto them and those who have turned away from them, until they pronounced judgment against them with manifest injustice. Blessed is he who hath testified to that which his Lord testified before the creation of the heavens and earth, and blessed is the countenance that hath turned toward His beauteous and mighty Face.

=== END BH10015 ===

=== START BH10016 ===

Muhammad-Sadiq

He is God, the Exalted, the Great

We testify that there is no God but Him. He hath ever been sanctified beyond mention by created things and will forever remain as He hath been. He hath sent the Messengers and revealed the Books as a grace from His presence. Verily, He is the Generous, the Bountiful.

Thereafter, thy call was heard and the yearning of thy heart was made manifest. Praise be to God that thou hast drunk from the Kawthar of divine love and attained unto the lights of recognition. Know thou the value of this blessing and in all times be occupied with the remembrance of the Beloved of all possibility, and beseech God that thou mayest remain firm in His Cause and be enkindled with the fire of His love.

=== END BH10016 ===

=== START BH10017 ===

In the Name of the Beloved of all possibility! Divine counsels are a spiritual feast sent down from the heaven of the All-Merciful Will. The friends must appreciate the value of this everlasting bounty and not lose this most great favor and most perfect grace through the conjectures of transient souls. The glance of loving-kindness from the horizon of the Prison is directed to all, and He observes each soul according to its condition. Blessed are they from whose countenances radiate the All-Merciful splendor and the lights of the Divine Word. Strive that perchance ye may attain to this station and become sanctified, detached and purified from all else.

=== END BH10017 ===

=== START BH10018 ===

In the name of the one true God! The breezes of revelation have encompassed the world, and the fragrance of the musk of inner meanings has perfumed the realm of existence. Nevertheless, most of the handmaidens and servants remain deprived and forbidden therefrom. Praise be to God that thou, His handmaiden, hast been adorned with the ornament of divine love, and that which hath caused the learned ones to be agitated and the mystics to tremble hath not prevented thee from the path of truth. God willing, thou shalt at all times drink from the choice wine of the love of the All-Merciful and remain focused on the supreme horizon. Verily He is the All-Bountiful, the Generous. Verily He is the Almighty, the All-Forgiving, the All-Merciful. The glory be upon thee and upon those handmaidens who have turned toward My luminous horizon.

=== END BH10018 ===

=== START BH10019 ===

In the Name of the All-Loving God! The fragrances of thy love are diffused. God willing, mayest thou be and continue to be the recipient of this divine bounty and heavenly gift. We have heard thy call and read thy letter. Thereupon the Most Exalted Pen was moved to that which will gladden thy heart. This is indeed a great favor. At all times thou shouldst be engaged in the remembrance of God with spirit and joy. Verily He aids whosoever turns towards Him, even as He aided thee to turn to His luminous horizon. Be thou thankful to God for this, then beseech Him to protect thee and those who have believed from the cawing of every cawer and the oppression of every oppressor. Verily He is the All-Bountiful, the Protector, the Mighty, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10019 ===

=== START BH10020 ===

Those souls who considered themselves the most learned, distinguished and accomplished were not and are not mentioned in the presence of God. By the life of God! If the veil were lifted, those who turned away would circle around those who turned towards God, and would flock from all directions to attain their presence and meeting. However, consummate wisdom has concealed this, so that there might be manifested from them in His days what was hidden within them and stored in their inmost beings. This blessed verse has ever been inscribed at the head of the book of deeds by the Most Exalted Pen: “Do men think that they will be left alone on saying, ‘We believe,’ and will not be tested?”

=== END BH10020 ===

=== START BH10021 ===

In the name of God, the Eternal, without end! This is a Book which hath dawned from the horizon of utterance unto him who hath turned to the Help in Time of Need, the Almighty. We make mention of the loved ones of God in the prison, that they may arise to aid the Cause through wisdom and utterance. Sedition beseemeth not man, but rather that whereby the affairs of those on earth may be set aright. Is there one of discerning taste who can perceive the sweetness of the feast which We have sent down from the heaven of eternity upon the peoples? By My Self, the True One! Whoso hath found it hath detached himself, then arose and cried out: “The Kingdom is God’s, the Almighty, the All-Choosing!” These are verses which, should their fragrance waft over the rock, would cause it to cry out at the top of its voice: “The Beloved is come, O concourse of lovers!”

=== END BH10021 ===

=== START BH10022 ===

This is a missive from the servant to him who hath believed and been guided, and who hath detached himself from all who are in the heavens and on earth and hath turned his face toward his Lord, the Lord of the hereafter and of former times. O servant! We have caused thee to hear the melodies of the Dove which warbleth at all times upon the twigs of the Divine Lote-Tree. Glorified be thy Lord, the Most High! And now We cause thee to hear once again, as a bounty from thy Lord, the Most High, the Most Glorious. Say: Verily He is the Spirit, and at this moment He is in the Most Exalted Horizon, cooing with the cooings of the Dove of the Cause, that He may raise you up to the ultimate heaven of might. And the Spirit and glory be upon thee and upon the people of understanding.

=== END BH10022 ===

=== START BH10023 ===

In the Name of God, the Ever-Abiding. This is a Book from the presence of the Mighty, the Powerful, the All-Forgiving, unto them that have detached themselves from all faces and have turned towards the face of the All-Merciful in these days. Say: The Lion of Command hath appeared and the asses have taken flight. Thus hath the matter been decreed from before God, the Powerful, the Mighty, the Chosen One. Verily, cast aside what thou hast of allusions, then ascend by the ladder of detachment unto the Lord of Names and Attributes. Say: We have forsaken what ye possess and have taken what is with God through power and sovereignty. And the glory be upon thee and upon him over whom have wafted the sweet savors of the All-Merciful from the Yemen of the All-Glorious. There is none other God but He, the Powerful, the Mighty, the Bountiful.

=== END BH10023 ===

=== START BH10024 ===

The Engraver of Oneness is the Mighty. This is a book from this Emigrant Who hath detached Himself from all who are in the heavens and on earth and turned wholly unto God, and Who is among those who at all times bear witness in the path of God, albeit with swords of utterance - for by God, these are sharper than swords of steel. We bear witness that thou hast fulfilled thy covenant and turned toward the shore of a mighty Name, and hast wrought with thine own hands for God that which is better for thee than all the ornaments of earthly dominion. May God reward thee from Us with the most excellent reward and grant thee that which will gladden thy heart, for He is the Best of Givers. And may the glory rest upon thee and upon the sincere ones.

=== END BH10024 ===

=== START BH10025 ===

He is the Mighty. This is a Book that speaketh with truth, and in it is every wise remembrance from a penitent servant. O Letter of Kaf! We have sent thee a Tablet before this, and now do We send thee this Tablet, that thou mayest rejoice in thy spirit and give thanks unto God, thy Creator, for having bestowed upon thee through His bounty that which shall draw thee unto a luminous and holy paradise. Know thou that he who is named Husayn and who carried the body of thy father - if thou wert to observe him - he is closer to piety, and this is for thee a gracious permission, for poverty and want and harm and distress have touched him, such that afflictions have encompassed him from every distant quarter.

=== END BH10025 ===

=== START BH10026 ===

In the Name of God, the Ever-Abiding, Who perisheth not

This is My epistle unto My handmaiden, that she may rejoice in My verses, soar in the atmosphere of My remembrance, and make mention of Me amongst My handmaidens. Thus hath it been inscribed by the Pen of My decree upon the Tablet of My ordainment. Blessed is the one who hath turned unto God in these days wherein the feet of most of the servants have slipped, save those whom thy Lord, the Most Exalted, the All-Wise, hath willed. Give thanks unto thy Lord and prostrate thyself before His luminous countenance. Grieve not over that which hath befallen the Youth, for verily He is in manifest joy. He hath accepted all the tribulations of the earth and the tyranny of the oppressors in the path of His Lord, the Mighty, the Most Powerful, the Most Mighty. And praise be to God, thy Beloved and the Beloved of the worlds.

=== END BH10026 ===

=== START BH10027 ===

In the Name of the One God

Whosoever today hath drunk from the ocean of inner meanings, he hath been and shall be the recipient of all good. The souls who have accepted must hold fast to the divine Tablets and act according to whatsoever hath flowed from the Most Exalted Pen in the Most Holy Book. This is a bounty whereunto nothing in the heavens and earth can be compared. Blessed are they that act! Blessed are they that comprehend! Blessed, and again blessed, are they who remain steadfast, whom neither the cawing of every cawer, nor the might of every oppressor, nor the injustice of every transgressor, nor the braying of any learned one who hath followed his idle fancies and turned away from God, the Lord of all worlds, can deter.

=== END BH10027 ===

=== START BH10028 ===

He is the One Who stands before the faces of those who sit

Happy art thou in that the Speaker of Sinai hath desired to make mention of thee on this Day whereon the call hath been raised from every direction, and the rivers have flowed, and the trees have spoken forth: “The dominion of earth and heaven belongeth unto God, the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the One Who chooseth as He pleaseth.”

Say: Praise be unto Thee, O Lord of all beings and Master of all days, for having given me to drink of the choice wine of Thy knowledge from the hand of Thy bounty, and for having sent down unto me that which caused the ocean of knowledge to surge in Thy realm. I beseech Thee to make me one of those who have circled round Thy will and acted in accordance with what they were bidden in the Scriptures, Books, Psalms and Tablets.

=== END BH10028 ===

=== START BH10029 ===

In the Name of the Self-Sufficing Lord! The mystery of the world hath become manifest, and the secrets of the Book are evident without any veil or concealment. The Path of God with its proof is clear and hath been sent down from the Truth. We beseech Him to raise up those possessed of acute hearing and keen sight who may, through witnessing, observing and hearkening, attain, and may enlighten the people on behalf of God, glorified be His majesty, so that all may gain access to the ocean of utterance and remain not deprived of the horizon of manifestation. Thy call was heard, and the response hath been sent down from the Source of Command in the Most Exalted Horizon: “Drink thou the Kawthar of divine knowledge from the chalice of utterance in the name of thy Lord, the Commander, the Ancient of Days.” Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH10029 ===

=== START BH10030 ===

He is God. Every gathering has its dispersion, every union its separation, and every nearness is followed by remoteness. Such is the decree of the All-Wise, the All-Knowing. However, if these stages occur in the path of divine good-pleasure, they are desirable and beloved, and the true lover is content in all conditions and grateful in every circumstance - this is the ultimate goal. In such case, one must choose patience and exchange one’s own pleasure for the pleasure of the Friend. And God is the All-Sufficient, and He is the best Helper and Guardian.

=== END BH10030 ===

=== START BH10031 ===

In the name of God, the Most High, the Most Exalted! We had previously sent unto thee a mighty Tablet that thine eyes might be consoled thereby and thy face be illumined, and thus was the grace of thy Lord all-encompassing towards all the worlds. And now We have revealed unto thee clear verses and have sent them down in truth that thou mayest aid thy Lord and remember Him at morn and eventide. Arise and speak, and fear not those who have wronged. Verily thy Lord will assist whomsoever He willeth, and He, verily, hath power over all things. Beware lest the breaths of them that have disbelieved in God cause thee to waver. Thus hath the Pen of Command enjoined thee from the presence of One knowing, wise. And the Spirit be upon thee and upon whosoever hath taken unto the Lord of the Throne a way.

=== END BH10031 ===

=== START BH10032 ===

He is God! To Him belongs the invisible essence of the heavens and the earth, and none shall ever attain to His mystery, neither the denizens of the pavilions of immortality nor the concourse of the realm of the divine cloud. He has ever dwelt in the treasury of His mystery in the identity of His Essence, and will ever continue to be, not as He was before but rather He was and will be sanctified above all that has been or will be created, and above all that was or will be. Verily He is the Hidden Mystery, and He through His own Self, the Mystery, hath testified that He is He, there is no God but He, the Impenetrable, the Inaccessible, the Hidden Mystery.

=== END BH10032 ===

=== START BH10033 ===

In His name, the Most Exalted

Though in these days of tribulation the winds of sedition have extinguished the lamp of the love of the All-Merciful in the breasts of men, yet God will cause it to be rekindled through His command, for verily He hath power over all things. Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by the lamp of Thy Cause between Thy earth and Thy heaven, that Thou wilt not number me among those whom the tempests of fear and trepidation have prevented from remaining firm in Thy Cause and steadfast in Thy love. Then cause me, O my God, to be wholly detached unto Thee, remembering Thy Name and extolling Thy praise in the dominion of Thy creation. Verily, Thou art the Most High, the Mighty, the All-Choosing.

=== END BH10033 ===

=== START BH10034 ===

And We make mention at the end of the Book of the loved ones of God whose names were not mentioned before the Face, that they may be assured through the grace of their Lord, the Kind, the Forgiving. And We make mention of My handmaidens in that place who heard the Call and turned to the Most Exalted Horizon and held fast to the cord of steadfastness in this Cause whereby hearts and minds were sorely troubled. And from this hallowed and praiseworthy Spot We pronounce Our benediction upon My male and female servants. O handmaidens of God! When ye inhale the fragrance of My utterance, render thanks unto God Who hath come with the truth for the life of the world and hath sent down whatsoever He desired for His male and female servants at eventide and at dawn. The glory of God rest upon them, both men and women, from God, the Lord of existence.

=== END BH10034 ===

=== START BH10035 ===

O Muhammad! Turn your face, O wronged one, to Him Who hath mentioned thy name in prison, that thou mayest rejoice through the bounty of God, the Goal of all worlds. O Muhammad! He Who is imprisoned remembereth thee with a remembrance that all the treasures of the earth cannot equal, if thou be of them that understand. Cast behind thee the names of them who have debarred men from God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy, and hold fast unto the cord of the Most Great Name, whereby the world hath been illumined and all things have proclaimed: The kingdom of earth and heaven belongeth to Him Who hath come with manifest sovereignty. They that have turned away - these have no standing with God. They shall soon return to their abode. Thus hath the matter been decreed by the Pen of the Ancient of Days from the presence of the Mighty, the Powerful.

=== END BH10035 ===

=== START BH10036 ===

From Ibrahim, in the name of the All-Knowing, the One. O Ibrahim! The Sun of Revelation hath appeared and is visible from the horizon of the heaven of divine knowledge, and the Most Exalted Pen is occupied with the praise of the friends of God in this glorious station. Today is the day of love and unity, and the day of concord and harmony. Ye must all speak with one word and soar in one atmosphere and dwell beneath the shade of one Tree. Strive that ye may attain unto this most great bounty, that at the time of ascension ye may meet the luminous countenance of the Desired One. This is the counsel of the Most Exalted Pen unto His loved ones.

=== END BH10036 ===

=== START BH10037 ===

O Ahmad, upon him be the Glory of God! He is God, exalted be His glory, the Most Great, the All-Powerful. O Ahmad! God assist thee and make thee successful until He brought thee to the Most Great Prison where thou didst behold the Wronged One and didst hear what His Tongue uttered in remembrance of God, the Lord of all worlds. We bear witness even as His Prophets and His chosen ones have borne witness that there is none other God but Him, the One, the Single, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. We counsel thee and those who have believed to fear God and to that whereby His Cause, the Mighty, the Wondrous, may be exalted. We beseech Him, exalted be He, to make His loved ones successful and to draw them nigh unto Him at all times. Praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH10037 ===

=== START BH10038 ===

Asadu’llah and ’Ali - He is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed

O Asad! In this hour when the Supreme Pen is speaking, it is observed that his honor Asad - upon him be the Glory of God - is occupied in those regions with praise, glorification and service to the Cause. Blessed are those souls who today have attained to serving the harbingers of the Faith. We make mention at this hour of the letter Nun, and I am verily the Rememberer, the Observer, the All-Wise. And We make mention of several numbered ones from among My loved ones in that place, and I am verily the Witness, the Mighty, the All-Informed. And We make mention of ’Ali whose name was present before the Face in this hour in this exalted station. We send Our greetings upon him and upon those whom We have mentioned through symbols in this wondrous Tablet.

=== END BH10038 ===

=== START BH10039 ===

He is the Hearing, the Responding One!

O Iskandar! The tongue of the Wronged One in the nights and days speaks the blessed verse “Verily there is no God but Him, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting.” The True One Himself bears witness to the manifestations of the Wronged One’s bounties toward His chosen ones and loved ones. When thou hast attained to hearing the Call that hath been raised from the Most Exalted Horizon, say: “My God, my God! Aid me to serve Thy Cause, then write down for me the reward of attaining Thy presence. O my Lord! Thou knowest that separation from Thee hath consumed me and remoteness from Thee hath destroyed me. I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Signs and by the Crimson Ark to assist me to serve Thy loved ones among Thy servants. Verily Thou art the Powerful, the Mighty, the Wise.”

=== END BH10039 ===

=== START BH10041 ===

O My Afnan, upon thee rest My Glory, My Bounty and My Mercy!

Verily, the Servant in Attendance came and made mention of thee in Our presence. We therefore extolled thee in such wise as to cause the cities of remembrance and utterance to be set ablaze. Verily thy Lord is the Supreme Ruler over all things. We have named thee, at this moment, Nuri’d-Din. We beseech God that He may ordain for thee that which will draw thee near unto Him and be of profit to thee. He verily is the All-Gracious, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10041 ===

=== START BH10042 ===

O God of Names and Creator of earth and heaven! I beseech Thee by the hearts that have been set ablaze with the fire of Thy love, and by the breasts that have been dilated through Thy verses, and by the faces that have turned toward Thy face, and by the tongues that have responded to Thy sweetest call when it was raised betwixt earth and heaven, to ordain for me from the ocean of Thy bounty that which befitteth Thy generosity, then send down upon me from the heaven of Thy grace that which will make me steadfast in Thy Cause and regardful in all conditions of the horizon of Thy good-pleasure. Verily, Thou art the Potent over whatsoever Thou willest, and verily, Thou art the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH10042 ===

=== START BH10043 ===

O my God! Illumine the eyes of hearts with the light of Thy countenance, O Beloved, then make them steadfast in Thy Cause - verily Thou art the Mighty, the All-Forgiving - and firm in such wise that the cawing of those who claim what hath not been ordained for them in the Book will not disturb them. Thou seest, O my God, that I make mention of Thy loved ones purely for Thy sake, that their hearts may be assured thereby in this Day wherein leg is entwined with leg. O my God! Enable Thy servant who was named Muhammad-Husayn to remember and praise Thee, then open his sight with the light of Thy knowledge. O Lord! Thou art the Generous, the Ancient in Bounty. Assist Thy loved ones to whatsoever Thou willest - verily Thou art the Mighty, the All-Choosing.

=== END BH10043 ===

=== START BH10044 ===

He is the One speaking from the Supreme Horizon! O Mother of the friends! Hear thou the call of the Lord of Names from the direction of the Prison. He hath turned toward thee and maketh mention of thee. A Name of Mine, upon him be My glory, hath expressed satisfaction with thee. Thy services, one and all, are remembered before the Throne. Nothing whatsoever escapeth His knowledge. We beseech Him to grant thee the reward of thy deeds and to ordain for thee what He hath ordained for the people of the tabernacle of His glory. Rejoice thou in this glad-tidings wherewith the Tongue of Grandeur hath gladdened thee from His glorious and resplendent station. The glory be upon thee and upon thy children. We counsel them to be steadfast and to preserve what We have ordained for them. Verily thy Lord is the Ordainer, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10044 ===

=== START BH10045 ===

He is the One Who speaks in the Kingdom of Utterance! O My handmaiden! Hear My call from the precincts of My prison. Verily, there is no God but Him, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. When thou hast attained unto His utterance and found the fragrance of His garment, say: “My God, my God! Praise be to Thee for having guided Thy handmaidens to Thy straight path, when most of Thy servants and creatures turned away from it. I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by the fruits of the Tree of Thy utterance in the garden of Thy knowledge, to strengthen this handmaiden of Thine in Thy remembrance and praise and in steadfastness in Thy Cause. O my Lord! Ordain for her that which will abide with her in every world of Thy worlds. Verily, Thou art the All-Powerful, the Almighty, and worthy to answer prayer.”

=== END BH10045 ===

=== START BH10046 ===

He is the Forgiving! O My handmaiden! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness! Thy letter was sent to the Most Holy Court. Praise be to God that the fragrance of sincerity and recognition of God, exalted be His glory, wafted therefrom [inimitably]. A single letter from His presence surpasses all that hath been created on earth. I counsel thee and the handmaidens of God to that which beseemeth His Day and His Manifestation. I beseech God, exalted be His glory, to adorn all with the light of detachment and the crown of righteousness. Convey My greetings to the handmaidens in that land. Each soul mentioned in thy letter hath attained to the remembrance of the Wronged One. Well is it with you and pleasant it is for you.

=== END BH10046 ===

=== START BH10047 ===

O Faran, handmaiden of God, upon her be the Glory of God! He is the One Who speaks with truth and judges with justice. O My handmaiden! Bear thou witness unto that which God hath testified concerning His Own Self by His Own Self, before the creation of His names and attributes: that there is none other God but Him, and that He Who hath come with the truth is indeed the Ultimate Tree, the Most Exalted Horizon, and the Primal Word. Whoso hath turned unto Him hath turned unto God, and whoso hath turned away is verily among the most lost of men, though he produce the deeds of all creation. Drink thou from the chalice of utterance in My Name, and from the cup of mystical knowledge through My beauteous remembrance. Verily, glory be upon those handmaidens who have turned unto the Intended One in such wise that the allusions of those who have disbelieved in God, the Lord of all worlds, have not prevented them.

=== END BH10047 ===

=== START BH10048 ===

Mother Varaqih, upon her be the Glory of God! He is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. O My handmaiden! We have made mention of thee, and this suffices thee, wert thou of those who understand. We have sent down for thee that which will make thee independent of all else beside Me - to this beareth witness the Revealer of verses. We have remembered every servant who hath turned unto Us and every handmaiden who hath been among the devout. Grieve not over hardships. Hold fast unto the cord of the loving-kindness of the Lord of all possibilities. Beware lest the affairs of creation hinder thee. Leave aside all else but Me and hold fast unto God, the Manifestor of clear evidences. Blessed is the handmaiden whom the hardships of the world have not prevented from the Dawning-Place of Manifestations. The Glory rest upon thee and upon those handmaidens who have turned toward the horizon of the Cause and turned away from the deniers.

=== END BH10048 ===

=== START BH10049 ===

He is the Manifest, the Hidden One

O My handmaiden! God willing, thou shalt be made the recipient of divine favors and infinite bounties. How many queens of the world yearned and longed for the presence of this blessed Day but did not attain it, while thou, through the grace of God, exalted be His glory, hast attained thereunto. If thou renderest thanks for this station with a hundred thousand tongues, it would assuredly be and continue to be insufficient. Today the Speaker of the Mount is speaking. Blessed is the ear that hath been honored by His call and the eye that hath beheld His signs. Remember thy Lord at all times. Verily He heareth and seeth, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH10049 ===

=== START BH10050 ===

He is the Hearer, the Answerer

O My handmaiden! I have heard thy cry and thy lamentation in the love of God, the Lord of the worlds. Thy letter hath come and the servant present hath read it at the beginning of the night of Ridvan, and hath attained to the hearing of thy Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Blessed is the handmaiden who hath attained unto the Most Great Sea, and woe unto the queen who hath turned away from God, the Lord of all worlds. How many queens awaited the days of God, but when they appeared, turned away, following the dawning-places of idle fancies who turned away from the Face by following every heedless doubter. And how many a handmaiden, when she heard the Call, hastened and said: “Here am I, O Thou Goal of the mystics!”

=== END BH10050 ===

=== START BH10051 ===

In His Name Who speaks with pure truth! O My handmaiden, O Rubabih! Hear this most exalted word from the tongue of the Lord of all beings, and throughout the days of your life be engaged in thanksgiving and praise. Mulla ’Ali of Kand, who carried volumes of books and for years acquired sciences and arts which, in his own estimation, others were incapable and powerless to acquire, did not attain to the recognition of God, glorified be His majesty, and remained fixed and established in his own error. But you, through His boundless grace, took and drank the choice wine of recognition from the hand of bounty. Well is it with you, and woe unto him!

=== END BH10051 ===

=== START BH10052 ===

He is the Conferrer of Honour

O members of the Household! There hath befallen you in the path of God that which befell the sons of the Apostle, their daughters and their womenfolk, in the Land of Taff (Karbila) and other lands. Rest ye assured in the grace of God, and in His mercy: He, verily, is with you in every world of His worlds. He, verily, is the Beholder, the Ever-Present, the All-Seeing. Fie upon a people who wronged you, slew you, and pillaged your possessions. By My life! The people are indeed in grievous loss. The blasts of chastisement shall assail them from all sides: He, verily, is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Put your trust in God, and say: “Fortunate and blessed are we for that which hath befallen us in His Straight Path. Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.”

=== END BH10052 ===

=== START BH10053 ===

He is the One Who gazeth from His most exalted horizon

O dwellers of earth! Hearken unto the call of your Lord, the Lord of all beings. He calleth you from the precincts of His Most Great Prison and remindeth you of the signs of God and His days. Be thankful and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Thou Who hast appeared and manifested that which every reckoner and learned one was powerless to comprehend. I beseech Thee by the light of Thy countenance and the ocean of Thy bounty and the sun of Thy grace to ordain for me what Thou hast ordained for Thy servants who have quaffed the wine of understanding from the hand of Thy bestowals and attained unto the Kawthar of Thy utterance. O my Lord! Thou seest the poor one clinging to the hem of Thy robe - decree for him what Thou hast decreed for Thy chosen ones. Verily Thou art the Generous, the Bountiful.

=== END BH10053 ===

=== START BH10054 ===

In My Name, the Compassionate, the All-Bountiful! O thou resplendent Leaf and fruit of My Lote-Tree beyond which there is no passing! Grieve not over the hardships of the world. Rather, rejoice in that which God’s will hath preceded what thou didst desire. Verily thy Lord is the All-Bountiful, the All-Knowing. Thou hast at all times been under the glances of grace and beneath the canopies of bounty and justice. Blessed art thou and blessed are My handmaidens who have recognized thy station before the Wronged One and thy relationship unto Him. The glory of God be upon thee and upon those who are with thee and upon him who hath journeyed unto God and upon his mother who is mentioned before the Throne.

=== END BH10054 ===

=== START BH10055 ===

O thou who walkest in the wilderness of guidance! Hearken unto the call from the right side of the Most Exalted Tree: Verily, there is none other God but Me, the Mighty, the Bestower. By My life! Were all who are on earth to turn towards that which hath proceeded from the mouth of God, He would surely draw them to the horizon of His Cause. Thus hath the matter been decreed by thy Lord, the Chosen One. Blessed art thou for having attained unto the remembrance of God. Verily, He remembereth thee in the Prison midst tribulations the like of which the eye of time hath never beheld. To this testifieth He with Whom is the knowledge of all things and with Whom is the knowledge of the Tablets.

=== END BH10055 ===

=== START BH10056 ===

He is the One Who calls out in truth!

O thou who art mentioned before the Wronged One! Thy letter which thou didst send to Asad, upon him be My glory, hath been honored with My attention. We have heard thy call and have answered thee with words whereby the hearts of them that are nigh have been drawn. We beseech God to make thee a standard of His name among the world and its peoples. He, verily, is the Almighty, the All-Powerful. Blessed art thou for having been faithful to the Covenant and preserved the love of God and His testament in thy heart. He will assuredly assist thee and those who have turned unto Him and responded when the Call was raised between the heavens and the earth. Convey My greetings to the faces of My loved ones from whom the fragrance of steadfastness hath been wafted in this Great Announcement. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O Thou Who art the Goal of the worlds!

=== END BH10056 ===

=== START BH10057 ===

In the name of God, the Most Pure, the Most Manifest, the Most Glorious! O thou who hast turned towards Me! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord, the All-Glorious, from the blessed, hallowed, crimson Spot, from the Divine Lote-Tree beyond which there is no passing: Verily, there is none other God but Me, the Mighty, the Bountiful. Leave behind thee all created things and turn with thy heart unto God, the Revealer of verses. Say: O my Lord! I desire to lay down my life in Thy path if Thou accept it from me. Verily, Thou art the Best of those who show mercy. And if Thou deniest me what I seek from the wonders of Thy bounty, assist me in Thy service that there may appear from me the victory of Thy Cause, though it be less than can be counted. Verily, Thou art the God of the throne on high and of the earth below. There is none other God but Thee, the Supreme, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH10057 ===

=== START BH10058 ===

He Who speaketh in the Kingdom of Utterance to His Honor Mirza Ibrahim, upon him be the Glory of God. O thou who gazest upon the Countenance and art mentioned before the Throne! Say: My God, my God! Praise be unto Thee for having remembered me in the prison of ’Akka and for having sent down unto me that which hath attracted the realities of all things. I beseech Thee, O my God, by the standards of Thy guidance and the banners of Thy utterance, and by the hearts which have been set ablaze with the fire of separation from Thee in Thy days, and by the tears of the lovers throughout all regions, and by the appearance of Thy Cause on the Day of the Covenant, to ordain for me from Thy Most Glorious Pen the good of the world to come and of this world. There is none other God but Thee, the Almighty, the Glorious, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH10058 ===

=== START BH10059 ===

O Rida, in the Name of God, the Mighty, the All-Bestowing! O thou who gazest toward the shore of contentment! Blessed art thou for having found the fragrance of My good-pleasure, and drunk from the chalice of My glory, and turned thy face toward My face, and entered the stronghold of My Cause, and sought shelter beneath the shadow of thy Lord’s loving-kindness, and inhaled the sweet scents of My raiment, and hearkened unto My words and then My melodies. Soon shall My Book appear before thee. Then take it with a power from Me, and drink from the fountainhead of its words the Kawthar of My utterance, and from its allusions the Tasnim of My knowledge. Then witness in the temples of its letters their submissiveness and humility before God, the Lord of the worlds, how they appear in the posture of standing and sitting and prostration before God, the Mighty, the Exalted, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH10059 ===

=== START BH10060 ===

O Mirza Nabil who preceded [the letter] Ba’, upon him be the Glory of God! In My Name, through which the sea surged and the fragrance was diffused! O Ba’, upon thee be the Glory of God, the Lord of the Kingdom of Names! Jinab-i-Haydar hath repeatedly made mention of the friends. Praise be to God, thou hast attained unto the pearls of the ocean of utterance of the Goal of all the worlds. Say: My God, my God! Praise be to Thee for having given me to drink the wine of Thy love from the hand of Thy bounty. I beseech Thee by Thy mercy which hath preceded all existence, both seen and unseen, to ordain for me that which shall profit me in every world of Thy worlds. Verily, Thou art the Hearer, the Answerer. There is none other God but Thee, the Forgiving, the Merciful.

=== END BH10060 ===

=== START BH10061 ===

O Baba Khan, upon him be the Glory of God! In the name of the Beloved of the worlds. O Baba Khan! Verily We have called all to the highest horizon and guided them to My straight path. When the divine promise was fulfilled and the Countenance of the Promised One descended from the Kingdom of Names, all turned away, for they had clung to the path of conjecture and idle fancy. This is a Day whose greatness all the divine Books have testified to. Blessed is the soul that has attained unto it - such a one is recorded by the Most Exalted Pen in the Book of Names as being among the people of Baha. God willing, may you drink at all times from the choice wine of recognition and remain detached and free from the world and all who dwell therein.

=== END BH10061 ===

=== START BH10062 ===

O Bashir, upon him be the Glory of God!

He is the Helper, the All-Seeing

O Bashir! The Wronged One gives thee glad tidings of God’s loving-kindness and grace, and makes mention of thee in that which shall cause thy name and remembrance to endure in My Mighty Book. We counsel thee and those who have believed to practice righteousness and the fear of God, and that whereby the Word of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise, shall be exalted. Despair not of the Spirit of God and His mercy. Verily He guideth His detached servants. His mercy and His power have preceded all things, and His grace hath encompassed all who are in the heavens and on earth. Glory be to God! Authority is God’s! Sovereignty is God’s, the Almighty, the All-Powerful! Thus hath My Most Exalted Pen spoken at this moment as a token of grace from Me, and I am indeed the All-Bountiful, the Ever-Generous.

=== END BH10062 ===

=== START BH10063 ===

O Taqi! Fear God, thy Lord, then remember Him through that which guided thee and directed thee to His straight path. The All-Glorious forbiddeth vain desire and commandeth you to observe that which the Lord of all beings hath revealed in His perspicuous Book. The Sun of Revelation hath risen and the Speaker of Sinai hath spoken, yet the people remain veiled by a thick veil. They have cast aside the Lord of all beings by following their desires. Know ye that they are among the abased ones. Arise with supreme steadfastness to remember God, the Lord of the first and the last. Verily He heareth and seeth, and He is the All-Witnessing, the All-Seeing, the All-Hearing.

=== END BH10063 ===

=== START BH10064 ===

O Jalal! He Who dominates all names! O Jalal! The Self-Sufficient, the Most High, makes mention of thee from the precincts of His Most Great Prison, that thou mayest give thanks unto thy Lord, the Mighty, the All-Bestowing. He makes mention of him who makes mention of Him, and desires him who desires Him, as a token of His grace. There is none other God but He, the Mighty, the All-Knowing. Take thou the Book of God in His Name, then read it with joy and radiance. He will protect thee and teach thee and acquaint thee with the straight path. Blessed is he who has turned to the Kaaba of existence, and blessed is he who has uttered this Name whereby the mountains have been subdued. Thus have We sent down the verses and dispatched them unto thee, that thou mayest arise to serve the Cause with the greatest steadfastness on this Day whereon the tribes have lamented from every direction.

=== END BH10064 ===

=== START BH10065 ===

O Javad, upon thee be the Glory of God! He is the Helper and the Preserver. O Javad, upon thee be the Glory of God and His grace! The Most Exalted Pen hath willed from the Most Glorious Horizon to make mention of thee, that thou mayest find the fragrances of the utterance of God, the Lord of the worlds. Say: My God, my God! I beseech Thee by the fire of the Tree which shone forth in the Mount of Knowledge upon the Son of Imran, to strengthen me in such wise that through my speech Thou mayest open the doors of the ears of the world to hearken unto Thy call, O Lord of all nations. O my Lord! I am he who asketh at Thy door, and Thou art the All-Forgiving, the Ever-Pardoning, the Most Bountiful. The Cause is in the grasp of the power of God, the Lord of the Mighty Throne, the Master of the kings of the past and the future.

=== END BH10065 ===

=== START BH10066 ===

He is God! O Haji Muhammad-Baqir! You have attained to the visitation of the House and to the recognition of the Lord of the House, and this word, which is greater in the sight of God than heaven and earth, hath been revealed especially for you: “Art thou able to thank Him as befitteth? Say: No, by Thy sovereignty, except through Thy pure, holy, mighty and wondrous tongue.” “O my Lord! I have turned with my whole being unto Thee and have desired from the heaven of Thy bounty and the ocean of Thy generosity that which will cause me to soar in the atmosphere of Thy will and to act according to what Thou hast revealed in Thy Book, and to take hold of Thy Sealed Wine through Thy Self-Subsisting Name, and to drink thereof once through Thy Name and again through Thy mighty and beloved remembrance.”

=== END BH10066 ===

=== START BH10067 ===

In the Name of the Mighty, the Great!

O people of God! Today the ocean of utterance is surging and the pearls of wisdom and exposition are appearing and visible from their shells. We beseech God that He deprive you not, and in every moment bestow upon you a portion of the fruits of the Tree of Grace. Beware lest the veils of the world and its manifestations and colors prevent you. Arise to promote the Cause with complete dedication and great steadfastness, and summon humanity unto truth through wisdom and utterance. Verily, He will assist you and aid you in that which will draw you nigh unto the court of His might. He is truly the All-Bountiful, the Mighty, the Bestower.

=== END BH10067 ===

=== START BH10068 ===

Thine intention to pay a visit to the blessed House is acceptable and well-pleasing in the sight of this Wronged One, provided it is accomplished in a spirit of joy and radiance and would not prove contrary to the dictates of wisdom. Say: O people, the first duty is to recognize the one true God – magnified be His glory – the second is to show forth constancy in His Cause and, after these, one’s duty is to purify one’s riches and earthly possessions according to that which is prescribed by God. Therefore it beseemeth thee to meet thine obligation to the Right of God first, then to direct thy steps toward His blessed House. This hath been brought to thine attention as a sign of favour.

[The Friends of God in Faran]

He is the Ever-Mindful, the All-Knowing

A mention from Us to those servants whose names were mentioned before the Wronged One, Who is imprisoned in this mighty fortress. O people of God in Faran! We have mentioned you aforetime in such wise as nothing whatsoever can equal. The Lord of creation beareth witness unto this from this exalted station. Beware lest the clamor of the people of the Bayan debar you from your Lord, the All-Merciful, or the veils of every remote learned one withhold you. We have heard your call and answered you through this perspicuous Book. Verily, He seeth what ye do and heareth what ye say, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. A letter hath come to the prison wherein were inscribed the names of those who have turned toward My luminous horizon.

O Muhammad! Hearken unto the call raised from this most exalted station, from the Divine Lote-Tree: Verily, there is none other God but Me, the Single One, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Be thou vocal in My praise, hold fast unto My cord, turn thy face toward My countenance, and cleave unto this mighty News whereof Moses gave tidings on the Mount of Knowledge, and the Spirit in the wilderness of longing, and the Beloved One between Yathrib and Batha. Thus hath the matter been decreed by an ancient Commander.

O ’Ali! Blessed is the soul that hath attained unto the mention of My Most Exalted Pen in My days and hath discovered the fragrance of My garment as it was wafted throughout the world. He is assuredly among the companions of the Crimson Ark in My perspicuous Book. We counsel thee and those who have believed to perform pure deeds and that which befitteth your relationship to God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy.

O Khalil! The Glorious One hath come with such sovereignty as the hosts of the heavens and earth cannot withstand. He giveth thee and those who have believed glad tidings of that which He hath ordained for you as a command from His presence, and He is the Mighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

O Rida! The Lord of Names hath mentioned thee from this most exalted station. Give thanks unto thy Lord for this manifest bounty. He hath mentioned thee in such wise as nothing whatsoever can equal. The Tongue of God, the Mighty, the Powerful, beareth witness unto this. Say: My God, my God! Leave me not to myself, and deprive me not from the breezes of Thy Revelation, and forbid me not from the gate that hath been opened unto all who are in earth and heaven, and disappoint me not of that which Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen ones who have fulfilled Thy Covenant and Thy Testament and have acted according to that which Thou hast commanded them in Thy mighty Book.

We beseech God to draw thee nigh unto Him and to aid thee to be content in this glorious and wondrous Revelation.

O Fath-’Ali! This is the Day wherein the river hath flowed, and the sea hath surged, and the Cause hath come with manifest sovereignty. Cast aside what the people possess and say: By God, what He hath is better than what we have - to this testifieth every discerning knower. This is the Day wherein the horizon of utterance hath been illumined by the sun of knowledge, and the Dove hath warbled upon the branches: “Verily, there is none other God but Me, the Omnipotent, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.” Take hold of the Book of God with the strength granted by Us, and be not of the heedless. We counsel thee and those who have believed to be trustworthy, religious, chaste and pure. Verily thy Lord is the Counsellor, the All-Informed.

O Darvish-Khuda! We sent thee aforetime, and in this year, a Tablet from whose horizon shone the sun of thy Lord’s gracious favor. Give thanks unto God for having aided thee to turn unto Him and guided thee to His straight path, and for having sent down for thee that which maketh thee independent of every book and remindeth thee of that which beseemeth His days. Give thanks unto thy Lord for this manifest bounty.

O people of God! Ye have hearkened to the call of the Arabian Bird and to His melodies. Now hearken unto it in the Persian tongue. Verily it will draw you nigh unto Him and guide you to the Path and deliver you from grievous torment. We have mentioned you in numerous Tablets and aided you to turn toward this luminous horizon. Beware lest anything whatsoever prevent you from God, the Lord of all names, or the might of the oppressors frighten you. From the first day until now the Supreme Pen hath neither paused nor found rest, and hath, through its movement and mention, aided the Cause of God, exalted be His glory. And when the banners of divine victory were raised in certain lands, the people of the Bayan rose up from behind the veil to wage war. By God! They uttered that which made the eye of God weep and the tongue of God lament. O people of God! The idolatrous souls have never been with Us and have no knowledge of this Cause. Nevertheless, they have contrived calumnies and have aimed at the Purpose of the worlds, and with the utmost effort and endeavor are striving to mislead souls. We beseech God to make them aware of their stations and to cause them to return unto Him. Verily, He is the Hearer, the Answerer.

As to your intention to visit the House - this is acceptable and beloved in the sight of this Wronged One, provided it be undertaken in a spirit of joy and radiance and be not contrary to wisdom. Say: O people! The beginning of the matter is the recognition of God, exalted be His glory, and its end is steadfastness, and thereafter the purification of one’s wealth and whatsoever the people possess according to God’s commandment. Therefore, the divine rights must first be paid, and then attention be turned to the House. Out of pure bounty hath this word been mentioned. We beseech God to confirm all to serve His Cause in such wise that these fleeting two days and their transient ornaments may not become a barrier and prevent them from turning unto Him in devotion. O friends of God in those regions! The call is raised at all times, the Pen is in motion, and the tongue is speaking, that perchance the servants who have grown cold might be set ablaze by the fire of the Supreme Word and turn toward the most exalted horizon. Whosoever hath attained hath attained unto everlasting good and is adorned with eternal life. Blessed is he and his is a goodly destiny. The glory shining from the horizon of the heaven of My kingdom be upon you and upon him who heareth the call of God, the Lord of Lords.

=== END BH10068 ===

=== START BH10070 ===

O Mirza Hasan, the physician, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the All-Knowing Speaker! O Hasan! Upon thee be the Glory of God, the Lord of the hidden and the manifest! Praise be to God, thou hast attained unto the pearls of might and bounty from the ocean of divine grace and the Dawning-Place of the Light of the All-Merciful’s mercy. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O my Eternal Lord, for having remembered me with verses that neither the pearls of all the seas nor the treasures of all lands can equal. I testify that Thou art the Mighty, the All-Bountiful. I thank Thee for remembering me and for turning toward me from the prison, and for accepting what I have done in love for my Lord, the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting. We testify that thy deed hath been adorned with the ornament of acceptance and honored by the mention of God, the Lord of all mankind.

=== END BH10070 ===

=== START BH10071 ===

In the Name of the Ancient Days! O Karbala’i Hasan! He is the One manifest before all faces. O Hasan! The Lord of the hidden and the manifest remembers you before the face of the world and gives you glad tidings of this Revelation through which was revealed that which the Speaker of the Mount uttered: “Verily there is no God but I, the Single, the All-Informed.” By God! The hidden has been revealed and the treasured has appeared, and the Unseen calls out with the most exalted call, summoning all to the supreme horizon, this resplendent station. Give thanks to your Lord for having enabled you to recognize Him when every remote scholar denied Him. Cast aside what the people possess and take what is with your Lord, the Almighty, the All-Powerful. Thus have We remembered you that you may rejoice and give thanks to your Lord, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH10071 ===

=== START BH10072 ===

In the Name of the Ever-Abiding Speaker! O Husayn! This Wronged One broke the seal of the sealed wine in the name of the Self-Subsisting, and summoned all the peoples of the world - be they princes, divines, mystics or philosophers, male or female. Most failed to respond, being occupied with the diverse colors of the world and its glory and riches, and are so entangled that they had not, and have not, time to hearken unto the Word of Truth. Heedless of the immortal Kingdom, they cling to ephemeral hues. Blessed is the soul whom the world and all that is therein hath not prevented from the Most Exalted Horizon, nor deprived thereof.

=== END BH10072 ===

=== START BH10073 ===

O Husayn, upon thee be My glory! Thou wert enkindled with the fire of the love of God and didst arise to serve His Cause, the firm, the mighty. Be thou eloquent in His praise, turn thy face toward His countenance, and fix thy gaze upon His bright horizon. With perfect wisdom strive to unite souls and to kindle hearts. He will assuredly assist thee even as He hath assisted and confirmed thee in this Great Announcement. Preserve thy station, then make mention of thy Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Glory be upon thee and upon those who have cast behind them the idle fancies of the past, and hold fast to the lights of the Sun of Certitude from God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH10073 ===

=== START BH10074 ===

He is God! O Husayn! The Wronged One of the horizons hath summoned the people unto truth and commanded them to practice praiseworthy conduct. Today the hosts which bear the standards of triumph and the banners of victory have been and continue to be goodly deeds and pleasing character. O My loved ones! Hearken unto the call of the Wronged One and hold fast unto the fear of God. He is the Helper and the Succourer. By the command of God, exalted be His glory, corruption and contention are condemned in His sight. Unity and concord and love and fellowship are acceptable. This is the Cause that hath been revealed in diverse Tablets from the heaven of the will of the Lord of all beings and recorded and inscribed by the Most Exalted Pen. Blessed are they that act accordingly.

=== END BH10074 ===

=== START BH10075 ===

In the Name of Him Who is sovereign over all names!

O Haydar! The Wronged One hath made mention of thee from His Most Great Prison with a remembrance from which hath flowed the Water of Life for all contingent beings. Exalted be the All-Merciful Who hath manifested His Self and caused all things to speak that there is none other God but Him, the Ancient Commander. Say: All praise be to Thee, O my God, for having given me to drink from the cup of Thy bounty and for having caused me to know the Dawning-Place of Thy signs and the Dayspring of Thy clear tokens. I beseech Thee by Him Whom Thou didst name ’Ali in Thy Book, who was martyred in Thy path in the Land of Ya, to open through the key of Thy Most Great Name the doors of Thy grace and bounty unto all peoples. Verily, Thou art the Powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the Truth, the Knower of the unseen.

=== END BH10075 ===

=== START BH10076 ===

He is God! O my Lord and my God! This is a child whom Thou hast brought forth from the loins of one of Thy servants, for whom Thou hast ordained a station among the stations in the tablets of Thy decree and the pages of Thy destiny. I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which every soul hath attained unto that which it desired, that Thou make him perfect among Thy servants, manifest through Thy Name, speaking forth Thy praise, turned toward Thy direction, and drawing nigh unto Thyself. Verily Thou art He Who hath ever been powerful over whatsoever Thou willest and shall ever remain powerful over whatsoever Thou desirest. There is none other God but Thee, the Most High, the Most Great, the All-Compelling, the Mighty, the Omnipotent.

=== END BH10076 ===

=== START BH10077 ===

O Rajab-’Ali! This Wronged One hath received thy special request for a Tablet, and these exalted words have been revealed in thy name. We beseech God that thou mayest attain unto them and drink from the ocean of His bounty. All the friends of that land are at this moment present before Our face, blessed by the lights of His loving-kindness. Blessed is the soul that hath drunk from the Kawthar of freedom and hath testified to that which hath flowed from the Most Exalted Pen. This Prisoner counseleth all to perform such deeds as shed abroad the fragrance of sincerity. Work ye according to that which ye have been commanded in the Book of God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH10077 ===

=== START BH10078 ===

O Rahman! The All-Merciful hath come from the heaven of Command with majesty and sovereignty. We have heard the call of the sincere ones and have answered them through Our grace, for verily We are the Mighty, the Bestower. Blessed is he who hath cast away vain desire and taken hold of that which was enjoined upon him by God, the Lord of all mankind. And woe unto every heedless liar! The people of the Bayan have cast aside their Lord and taken hold of that which was commanded unto them by every crafty deceiver. Thus hath My Most Exalted Pen spoken, and the Tongue of Grandeur hath testified thereunto from His Most Glorious Horizon - this station round which circle the dwellers of Paradise at all times.

=== END BH10078 ===

=== START BH10079 ===

O Rahim! Know that My Pen hath found no rest or repose at any time. Its scratching hath been raised and hath summoned all unto God, the Lord of the worlds. The tongue speaketh and the heart calleth out and the fingers point, but most of the people are heedless. Their ears have been prevented from hearkening to the melodies of revelation and their eyes from this gracious scene. Blessed is the one who, strong in My Name, hath rent asunder the veils and witnessed what God, the Lord of the heavens and earths, hath witnessed. Glory be upon the people of Glory who have not been kept back by names from God, the One, the All-Informed.

=== END BH10079 ===

=== START BH10080 ===

O Maid-servant of God Zahra, upon her be the Glory of God, sister of another lion by the name of Maqsud-i-’Almiyan! O Zahra, upon thee be My Glory! The women of the world were waiting during the nights and days for the appearance of the Lord of all beings. When the divine morn’s fragrance was diffused and the banners of the Cause were unfurled, all remained veiled from the Dayspring of divine light and the Dawning-place of divine revelation by the veils of the divines. And a few attained to the hearing of the call - these are the leaves of the Divine Lote-Tree, which have been sent down by the Supreme Pen in the scriptures and tablets. Blessed art thou and blessed is every maid-servant who hath heard and responded and attained to the recognition of God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH10080 ===

=== START BH10081 ===

O Zaynal! He is the Mighty, the Great! O Zaynal! The Lord of all causes and the Sovereign of all nations doth make mention of thee from the mountain, as a token of His grace. Verily thy Lord is the All-Knowing, the Manifest One. We have gone forth from the prison and established Ourself upon the throne on the mountain. Verily thy Lord is the Almighty, the All-Powerful. He doeth what He willeth and ordaineth what He pleaseth, and He is the Mighty, the All-Praised. They that have turned away from the Countenance are assuredly among the people of tyranny in the Book of God, the Lord of all worlds. And they that have turned towards it and have attained unto the lights of the Countenance - these are among those brought nigh in a clear Book. Give thanks unto God for having been mentioned in the presence of the Wronged One, Who hath sent down for thee this wondrous Tablet.

=== END BH10081 ===

=== START BH10082 ===

O Sattar, in the name of the one incomparable God! O Sattar, Concealer of mysteries manifest, through Whose revelation the hidden secret and treasured mystery hath been made resplendent! This is the Day of vision, that one may behold, and the Day of hearing, that one may hearken, and the Day of utterance, that one may voice the praise of the Beloved of all possibility. Through the blessed nature of the Most Great Name, that which was hidden hath become manifest and visible. At times He spoke in Persian, and at times in Arabic, and at times without either. He doeth whatsoever He willeth and ordaineth whatsoever He desireth, and He is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Thus have We illumined the horizon of the heaven of proof with the luminary of utterance. Blessed is he who hath recognized, and woe unto the heedless ones.

=== END BH10082 ===

=== START BH10083 ===

O Sharaf Sultan, upon thee be the Glory of God! In the name of the Peerless Friend! O Sharaf! We have heard thy call and have favored thee with an answer through these sublime and exalted verses. The entire world cannot equal a single word of the divine utterances. Such is the bounty that every one who has turned to God has attained the Tablet of God, exalted be His glory, and some possess multiple Tablets. The entire world has not and cannot render sufficient thanks for this bounty. Be thou therefore grateful for thy Lord’s favor through this manifest generosity. Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds! And We make mention of thy daughter, Our handmaiden, and give her the glad tidings of My mercy that hath preceded all who are in the heavens and on earth.

=== END BH10083 ===

=== START BH10084 ===

He is the All-Bountiful

O Shu’a’! Praised be God, thou art mentioned in the presence of the Wronged One. Each of the various branches of learning is a beautiful veil for the temple of existence. Thou shouldst not be remiss in acquiring that which will conduce to progress and advancement. Knowledge is the light of the world. Blessed is he who is not deprived of its radiance and splendor. Knowledge is the life of the world and the adornment of nations. Knowledge is the treasure of existence and the gift of God, the Mighty, the Loving. God willing, mayest thou be possessed of zeal and enthusiasm and not be remiss in acquiring virtues. Convey My greetings to the Afnans - upon them be the favor and bounty of God - and likewise to the loved ones. Khavar is mentioned. The Glory be upon you.

=== END BH10084 ===

=== START BH10085 ===

In the Name of the True One, the Trustworthy

O Sadiq! That blessed Word through which the whole world was created is now manifest and summons all who are on earth to the Truth, exalted be His glory. By night and day the Divine Pen is in motion - whether in the house, in the wilderness, in the valleys - and now is seated upon the mountain, commanding all with utmost kindness to that which will profit them. Blessed is the soul that hath heard His call and acted upon that which hath been revealed in God’s Book. Beseech the Truth that He may cause thee and thy friends to drink of the wine of steadfastness. Verily He is the Almighty, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH10085 ===

=== START BH10086 ===

O Safar, upon whom be the Glory of God! He is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. O Safar! Thy name hath been mentioned in the Most Great Scene, and We have remembered thee in a Tablet from whose horizon hath shone forth the light of thy Lord’s tender mercy, the Compassionate. When thou attainest unto it, say: “My God, my God! I am Thy servant and the son of Thy handmaiden. I have turned with my heart, my outward being and my inward being toward Thy most exalted horizon. I beseech Thee, O Lord of all beings, by the effulgences of the lights of the Sun of Thy grace, and by the pearls of the ocean of Thy bounty and generosity, and by Thy sovereignty wherewith Thou hast subdued the hearts of Thy servants, to ordain for me the good of the hereafter and of this world. Verily, Thou art the Lord of the throne on high and of the dust below. There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the Great.”

=== END BH10086 ===

=== START BH10087 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the Guardian over all names!

O ’Abbas! Your letter has attained unto the honor of being seen and your call unto that of being heard. Praise be to God that He confirmed and guided thee. Verily, He is the All-Bountiful, the Generous, the Mighty, the Forgiving, the Merciful.

O thou who hast fixed thy gaze upon the Countenance! Say: My God, my God! Praise be to Thee for having guided me and caused me to hear and remember Thee in Thy Most Great Prison. I beseech Thee, O Lord of the worlds, by Thy Name through which Thou hast subdued the realms of hearts and souls, to make me steadfast in Thy love and firm in Thy Cause. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest through Thy word “Be” and it is.

=== END BH10087 ===

=== START BH10088 ===

He is the One Who has power over whatsoever He willeth. In His Most Great Name! O ’Abdu’l-Karim! Upon thee be the Glory of God, the Lord of the Day of Judgment. The effects of tyranny and oppression have encompassed the world and have prevented the trees of the garden of inner meanings from bearing fruit. O Karim! The saplings of divine favor have been planted in the true garden and have been watered from the Kawthar of grace, but some weakness has overtaken them; therefore grafting is necessary. And it is hoped that its grafting will be taken from the divine Lote-Tree and the Tree of detachment and will form a connection. Verily thy Lord hath power over all things.

=== END BH10088 ===

=== START BH10089 ===

He is the All-Remembering, the All-Knowing

O Abdullah! God hath come with manifest sovereignty, which the people have denied and from which they have turned aside, except such as God, the Lord of the worlds, hath willed. Blessed is the servant who hath cast away what is possessed by the people, turning unto God, the Single One, the All-Informed. Joy be unto thee for having attained unto the remembrance when He Who conversed on Sinai was established upon the throne of revelation with a sovereignty that hath conquered all who are in the heavens and on earth. We beseech God to assist His loved ones to remember Him, to praise Him, and to spread His signs. Verily He is the Almighty, the Powerful, the Great. And We make mention of Haie and those who are with him, both women and men. Verily his Lord is the All-Bountiful, the Almighty, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH10089 ===

=== START BH10090 ===

O ’Ali! Remember when thou didst turn to God and set thy face toward His Countenance in days wherein feet did slip. Blessed is the servant who hath drunk from the ocean of attainment unto His presence and hath witnessed that which the Tongue of Grandeur witnessed in the earliest days. Be thou steadfast in the Cause in such wise that the veils of those who have denied the Source and the Return shall not withhold thee. We counsel thee with that wherewith We counseled thee before, through which this Cause shall be exalted - the Cause before which, when it is made manifest, necks shall bow low. And We make mention of thy son who hath turned toward God, the Lord of Lords. Thus have We sent down the verses and dispatched them unto thee, that thou mayest give thanks unto thy Lord, the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH10090 ===

=== START BH10091 ===

He is God, exalted be His station in wisdom and utterance

O ’Ali, upon thee be My glory! Praise be to God, thou hast attained unto His grace. Verily, he who was with thee was prevented by his desires from drawing nigh unto the Lord of all mankind. God did bestow true grace and manifest destiny was transformed, yet today he remaineth heedless, as the Wronged One doth testify from His mighty prison. We beseech God that He may aid him, that perchance he may not be afflicted with his ultimate destiny. By the life of God! Were he to recognize, he would arise to serve the Cause with his very being, but vain imaginings have held him back from the Dayspring of divine commandments and ordinances. The glory that proceedeth from Us rest upon thee and upon those who are with thee.

=== END BH10091 ===

=== START BH10092 ===

In the Name of the One Peerless Friend! O ’Ali-’Askar! Praise be to God that in the morn of the Day of Manifestation thou hast been illumined by the rays of the Sun of Truth. Guard thou this mighty bounty even as thy life, and protect it even as thine eye. Thieves appear in every guise - beseech thou God to protect thee and to grant thee the greatest steadfastness. Blessed art thou for having hearkened unto the mighty Command and followed the bidding of thy Lord. Verily, He heareth and seeth, and His is the Last and the First. In all conditions, hold fast to the cord of God’s loving-kindness. Thy Lord is, verily, the All-Powerful, the Almighty. Praise be to God, the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.

=== END BH10092 ===

=== START BH10093 ===

Egypt. His honor Mirza ’Ali-Muhammad, upon him be 9 66 [Baha’u’llah]. He is the Helper, the All-Knowing.

O ’Ali before Muhammad! Upon thee be the peace of God, the Single, the One. We have mentioned thee before, and at this time with a mention whose fragrance will not cease throughout the duration of the names of God, the Lord of those in the heavens and earths. Say: My God, my God! And glory be unto Thee, O my God, my Adored One and my Goal! I beseech Thee by Him through Whose advent the celestial spheres were honored and the heaven was adorned, to open before my face the doors of Thy mercy and Thy bestowal and Thy grace and Thy wealth. Verily Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is no God but Thee, the All-Bountiful, the Mighty, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10093 ===

=== START BH10094 ===

O Ali of Tehran, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the All-Seeing, the All-Informed.

O Ali, say: O my God and my Lord! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, and by Thy Cause, and by Thy might, and by Thy power, and by Thy sovereignty, and by Thy greatness, and by Thy dominion, and by Thy majesty, that Thou aid me to remain steadfast in Thy Cause in such wise that neither the oppression of the wicked ones nor the clamor of the enemies shall hold me back. Verily, Thou art the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

And at the conclusion of this message, we make mention of thy wife who hath turned unto God, attained His presence and visited the House. We beseech Him, exalted be He, to aid her, to assist her and to make her firm in His love and in His remembrance and in His praise. Verily, He hath power over all things and is worthy to answer prayer.

=== END BH10094 ===

=== START BH10095 ===

In His Name through Whom the fragrance of the All-Merciful was wafted throughout creation! O ’Ali-Muhammad! Say: My God, my God! I beseech Thee to make me steadfast in Thy Cause and firm in Thy love in such wise that I may choose for myself naught except what Thou hast ordained for me. O my Lord! Strengthen my limbs that I may lay down what I possess in hope of that which is with Thee. I beseech Thee, O Lord of the worlds, by Thy Command whereby Thou didst subdue the nations, to assist me in all conditions to remember Thee and praise Thee and serve Thy loved ones whom neither the clamor of the malicious nor the opposition of the aggressive hath deterred. Verily Thou art the Most Powerful of the powerful and the God of all who are in the heavens and on earth.

=== END BH10095 ===

=== START BH10096 ===

O ’Ali! The Wronged One of the world remembers you from His Most Great Prison and calls you to a station where the doubts of the deniers cannot cause you to slip. We have mentioned you before in such wise that nothing in all creation can equal it, as the Creator of the heavens bears witness, if you be of those who know. Blessed is your heart for having turned to the Most Exalted Horizon, and joy be to whoever has turned their face toward their Lord, the Generous. Thus has the horizon of recognition been illumined by the Sun of your Lord the All-Merciful’s utterance. When you attain and find the fragrance of the All-Merciful, say: “Praise be unto You, O You in Whose grasp lies the reins of all who are in the heavens and on earth.”

=== END BH10096 ===

=== START BH10097 ===

He is the Truth, the Knower of the Unseen

O Greater Branch! In truth, after your departure this scene appears as the Most Great Prison. We beseech God, glorified be His majesty, to make it blessed and to make the ultimate consequences of the journey the greatest good. Always write about your circumstances - mention and news are beloved, even if they are already known. His honor the Overseer was delayed for several days due to changes in the weather, and surely they have been saddened by separation from your presence. According to the saying of those who came before: in the spiritual path, whatever comes before the seeker is for their good. Peace be upon you and upon those who are with you and who love you and serve you for the sake of God, the Exalted, the Great.

=== END BH10097 ===

=== START BH10098 ===

O Ghulam-Qabil-Husayn! Give thanks unto God for having turned unto thee the countenance of the Wronged One and for having mentioned thee in verses which God hath made the dawning-places of light. He remembereth him who remembereth Him, and desireth for him who hath desired Him bounty and bestowal, grace and glory. He remembereth whom He willeth as a token of grace from His presence, and He is the Mighty, the All-Bountiful. Whoso hath attained this Day unto My remembrance hath attained unto all good, as doth testify the Mother Book which is with Him. Say: O people! By God, the All-Bestowing One hath come at the setting-place, and He is the Hidden Book and the Treasured Mystery. He hath appeared and revealed whatsoever He desired, and He is the Almighty, the All-Choosing.

=== END BH10098 ===

=== START BH10099 ===

O ’Ali! The fragrance of thy love reached the Most Holy Court. We heard thy call and witnessed thy turning to the Most Exalted Horizon, and We make mention of thee in this Most Mighty, Most Sublime Tablet that thou mayest behold the favor of God with both thine outer and inner eyes. Praise be to God that thou hast attained unto the fruit of existence. Consider man as a tree: its fruit hath been and ever shall be the knowledge of God, and its leaves and branches are goodly deeds and spiritual qualities. Praise the Object of all creation Who hath enabled thee to attain unto this station. Rejoice thou in My remembrance of thee, then render thanks unto thy Lord, the Remembering, the All-Loving, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH10099 ===

=== START BH10100 ===

O Qasim, or Qasim! He Who is encompassed by sorrows due to what the hands of those who disbelieved in thy Lord, the Most Merciful, have wrought, makes mention of thee at this hour. Were anyone to become aware of what hath befallen the One, the Single, he would lament as one bereft until the Hour that hath been ordained by God, the Lord of Lords. Is there anyone who pondereth upon the mercy of God? Verily, He hath remembered and remembereth all who have believed in this Day wherein the pillars of what is present have been shaken. There is no name but that We have sent down for it that which brings delight to the eyes. Thus have We sent down the verses and dispatched them to those who have believed in God, the Lord of all mankind.

=== END BH10100 ===

=== START BH10101 ===

O Pen! Make mention of him who turned to the ocean of utterance when the Most Exalted Horizon appeared with this Name whereby the tribes have lamented and eyes have been startled. O Faraj! Relief hath come from God, yet the people are in strange delusion. They have shattered the idols of vain desire through the Name of the Lord of all beings and have held fast to the Sure Handle in this Day wherein the Nightingale hath warbled upon the branches. Beware lest the conditions of creation veil thee. Leave behind all mention and cling to the hem of the grace of this Most Great Remembrance, Who hath come with the truth and hath spoken in every state that there is none other God but He, the Mighty, the All-Forgiving.

=== END BH10101 ===

=== START BH10102 ===

He is the Healer

O Kalim, O my brother! Lethargy has exceeded all bounds. Arise, remove this inappropriate quilt. As the late minister said, “Be gone!” Remember your former work. Cease from meaningless complaints of illness. According to the blessed saying, “Return and give a cup!” Speak forth! Surely this suits your pleasure and agrees with your appetite. But be not deceived - this wine is spirit-giving, not hangover-inducing. It increases the search and brings perpetual awareness. Time has exceeded its limits yet the first answer has not arrived. This time too it is unknown. Peace and glory be upon you, upon your first and your last, and upon those who love you.

=== END BH10102 ===

=== START BH10103 ===

O Muhammad-Qabli-Taqi! According to the request of Mirza Muhammad-Baqir, He is the All-Commanding, the All-Wise. Today We find Ourselves in the prison of ’Akka, and sorrows encompass Us from those who have denied Our verses, disputed Our proof, violated Our Covenant, cast aside Our testament, and shown ingratitude for Our bounty. The degrees of grief have reached their end, and We give thee the glad-tidings of Our uprising, Our steadfastness, Our all-encompassing power, Our remembrance, Our sovereignty and Our might. Thus have We sent down that which will solace thine eyes and gladden thy heart, and cause thee to say with thy outer and inner tongue: The Kingdom and the Realm, the Power and the Dominion belong to God, our Lord and the Lord of all who are in the earths and the heavens.

=== END BH10103 ===

=== START BH10104 ===

O Muhammad-Husayn! Upon him be the Glory of God. He is the One Who speaks with justice. O Muhammad-Husayn! The oppressor of the land of Ya has kindled a fire that will not be extinguished. Soon the recompense of his deeds will seize him. We beseech God, blessed and exalted be He, to assist His servants in that which befits His days and is worthy of His station. Verily, He is the All-Bountiful, the Generous. Say: Praise be to Thee, O my God, for having given me to drink the Kawthar of Thy utterance from the hand of Thy bounty. O Lord! Have mercy on whoever holds fast to Thee and to Thy verses, and leave him not in the hands of the oppressors among Thy creatures. Thou art He by Whose command every clear Book was sent down and every wise decree ordained.

=== END BH10104 ===

=== START BH10105 ===

In My Name, the Speaker in the Kingdom of Utterance! O Muhammad-Husayn! We have made mention of thee time and again, and this is yet another time. Be thou thankful unto the Lord of all beings and the Master of the world to come and of the world of old, Who hath preserved thee and aided thee and assisted thee and caused thee to recognize this Great Announcement on a day when the divines of the earth and its doctors and mystics have turned away therefrom, save whom God, the Lord of the worlds, hath willed. It behooveth thee to render thanks unto God for this Most Great Remembrance through which the fragrance of the All-Merciful hath been wafted to all regions and the standard of “Verily, I am God, the Lord of all worlds” hath been raised.

=== END BH10105 ===

=== START BH10106 ===

In the Name of Him Who speaketh in wisdom! O Muhammad-i-Sadiq! Thy mention hath been made in the presence of the Wronged One, and the Most Exalted Pen hath, from the precincts of ’Akka, turned toward thee, declaring: Blessed is he who is engaged in a craft. Today, whosoever earneth his livelihood through his craft or profession is accounted among those who are nigh unto God, and his deeds are recorded as worship in God’s Book. Blessed is he who heareth that which hath been sent down in truth, and joy be unto the craftsman who perfecteth his craft and dealeth equitably with all people. He is indeed of the people of Baha in the Crimson Book. To this beareth witness the Tongue of Revelation from this mighty mountain.

=== END BH10106 ===

=== START BH10107 ===

He is the One Who gazeth from the horizon of eternity

O Muhammad-Qabli-’Ali! Bear thou witness even as God hath testified that there is none other God but Him Who hath appeared with the truth. He, verily, is the One promised in the Books of God, the Lord of the unseen and the seen. Through Him were revealed the names and attributes, and through Him were raised the standards of Divine unity in the most exalted station and the banners of power in the highest places. Blessed is the soul that hath found the fragrance of His raiment and turned toward His horizon and quaffed the living waters from the cup of His bounty. And woe unto him who hath denied His Manifestation and disbelieved in His favor which hath been sent down from the heaven of His grace, and disputed His verses that have encompassed the earth and the heavens.

=== END BH10107 ===

=== START BH10108 ===

O Muhammad-’Ali who hath attained, O Muhammad-Qabli-’Ali! Hearken unto the call of Him Who hath been wronged. He remembereth thee from the blessed Spot, and commandeth thee to that which will exalt the Cause of God, the Lord of the seen and the unseen. The promise hath come to pass, and the Lord of Eternity hath appeared with a sovereignty before which all the hosts cannot stand. Render thanks unto God for having remembered thee by His Most Exalted Pen on this darksome night. Prostrate thyself and say: “Praise be unto Thee, O Thou in Whose grasp are the reins of all things!” We make mention of thy son who hath been named ’Abdu’l-Husayn, as a token of grace from Us in this forbidden place. Hold thou fast unto the Sure Handle and cleave unto the hem of the bounty of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Well-Beloved.

=== END BH10108 ===

=== START BH10109 ===

He is the Manifest One, the Self-Subsisting before all faces

O Muhammad-Qabli-’Ali! The Day hath come and the people are in manifest loss. This is a Day wherein God hath revealed what was hidden in the breasts and the treachery of the eyes. He is verily the Powerful, the Mighty. And in it He hath fulfilled His promise and manifested His sovereignty and proclaimed before the faces of the world: “O people! The Promised One hath come! He is verily the One Who spoke on Sinai. Blessed is he who hath recognized and attained, and woe unto them that sleep. Blessed art thou for having heard and turned unto Him, and woe unto him who hath denied God’s proof and His evidence, and committed that which caused the rocks to cry out and raised the lamentation of the sincere ones.”

=== END BH10109 ===

=== START BH10110 ===

He is the Witness, the All-Hearing! O Mahmud! We have commanded all to show forth love, affection, fellowship and unity, and We have lifted the ignorant prejudices, killing, corruption and whatsoever causes grief to the hearts of God’s servants, the Lord of all worlds. We have ordained victory through the hosts of wisdom and utterance, and through deeds and character. Blessed is he who acts according to that which hath been sent down from God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Take hold of justice and fairness by Our command, for He is the Commander, the Powerful. Thou hast attained unto My mention before and at this time. Be thankful unto God for this great bounty and say: Praise be unto Thee, O God of all worlds!

=== END BH10110 ===

=== START BH10111 ===

In the Name of the One Incomparable Lord, the All-Knowing! O Mahmud! That which thou didst submit hath reached the Most Great Horizon and was heard. We have accepted from thee that which thou didst call upon thy Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. From thy petition were inhaled the sweet savors of the love of the Beloved of the world. Blessed art thou and blessed is every assured one who hath perceived that which is intended in this manifest Day. God willing, be thou ever occupied with the remembrance of God, exalted be His glory, and the service of His Cause. Soon all shall perish save that which hath appeared in the path of God, the Lord of all worlds. The glory be upon thee and upon those who have soared in the atmosphere of My nearness and held fast to My strong cord.

=== END BH10111 ===

=== START BH10112 ===

Fath-Abad. O Mahmud, upon whom be the Glory of God!

In My Name, the One dawning from the Most Exalted Horizon! O Mahmud! He who loved Me and desired Me made mention of thee. We make mention of thee through this wondrous mention, which, when it flowed from the Most Glorious Pen, caused all things to proclaim: By God! The Mother Book hath appeared, and it speaketh in every state, “There is none other God but Me, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.” When thou attainest unto My Book and findest the fragrance of My utterance, render thanks and say: “Praise be unto Thee, for I was among the heedless.” I bear witness that thou didst enter the prison and summon those in the kingdom of creation unto the Most Exalted Horizon, and didst endure the harm of the worlds. Praise be to God, the Forgiving, the Generous.

=== END BH10112 ===

=== START BH10113 ===

O Mahmud! He is the Witness and the Witnessed! O Mahmud! The Lord of existence remembers thee from His praiseworthy station and gives thee glad tidings of the loving-kindness of God, the Mighty, the All-Loving. Blessed is the soul that hath attained unto the Word of God - verily it is among the most exalted of creation in the Preserved Tablet. Beware lest the affairs of creation prevent thee from the Truth. Leave the dead and hold fast unto His Name, the Ever-Living, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. Thus hath the tongue of the Wronged One spoken in prison that thou mayest thank Him in the nights and days, at eventide and at dawn. When thou findest the fragrance of My utterance and attainest unto My Tablet, say: Praise be unto Thee, O Lord of eternity, and glory be unto Thee, O Sovereign of existence.

=== END BH10113 ===

=== START BH10114 ===

O Mahmud, the Lord of existence makes mention of thee from His all-glorious station, that thou mayest give thanks unto thy Lord, the Mighty, the Loving. We have mentioned thee before, and in this Sacred and Protected Book. Blessed art thou for having turned unto God on a day when the learned of the age denied Him - save those whom God, the Lord of the seen and unseen, did please. Rejoice thou in My mention of thee. By the life of God! All the treasures of the earth and the riches of kings cannot compare with it. The glory shining forth from the horizon of God’s utterance be upon thy father and upon thee and upon all those who are with you, both male and female.

=== END BH10114 ===

=== START BH10115 ===

He is the Rememberer and the Remembered One. O Mashhadi Muhammad! The deniers say that the people of Baha kill people. Say: No, by God! By whose command was the Dayyan martyred, and who removed Abu’l-Qasim from the world? If you were to count their evil deeds, you could not number them. The intention and desire of this Wronged One has been to remove conflict and contention from the world. To this testify the atoms of all created things and the Tablets of God, the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. At all times has this Wronged One been afflicted in the hands of the oppressors. Say: Be fair, O people, and be not of the wrongdoers. The Glory be from Us upon the people of Baha who have not broken God’s Covenant, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH10115 ===

=== START BH10116 ===

To Husayn-’Ali, upon him be the Glory of God, in My Name which is sanctified above all names

O thou who hast been named with the two Most Great Names! Hearken unto the call of the Lord of Names, Who summoneth thee from the Prison of ’Akka and inviteth thee to the Supreme Horizon - the Station wherein the Lord of all mankind proclaimeth: The Kingdom belongeth unto God, the Lord of the worlds. We counsel thee and those who have believed with that whereby the Cause of God, the Possessor of this wondrous Day, may be exalted. Say: O concourse of loved ones! Hold fast unto trustworthiness, chastity and faithfulness. He commandeth you that which profiteth you, and He is the Forgiving, the Generous. The Glory be upon thee and upon those who have attained unto this Most Great Remembrance and have turned towards His luminous horizon.

=== END BH10116 ===

=== START BH10117 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Glorious

O Nabil! My Most Exalted Pen makes mention of thee and commands thee to that which will attract the hearts of the world. Read thou My verses in the watches of the night and at the break of day. By My life! They speak forth among the nations that which will kindle in all things the fire of the love of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Powerful.

O Muhammad! The Wronged One counsels thee with that which He counseled thee before, and sends His greetings unto thee from this glorious and wondrous station. Rejoice thou at My remembrance of thee and My turning unto thee. Verily thy Lord is with thee under all conditions - He witnesseth and seeth, and He is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH10117 ===

=== START BH10118 ===

He is the Remembering, the Manifest One

O My Leaf! Praise thou the Object of the worship of all worlds, Who brought thee from nothingness into being in His days, and adorned thee with the ornament of existence, and honored thee with the crown of His grace. The bounty and loving-kindness of the Blessed Tree towards Its leaves is even as the sun shining resplendent from the horizon of the heaven of grace. I beseech God that thou mayest be the recipient of His special favors and be illumined with the light of His knowledge. We implore God to assist thee and thy mother to attain unto the Most Great Steadfastness, and to aid you both with the means of earth and heaven, and to draw you near unto Him in all conditions. Verily He is the Self-Sufficient, the Most Exalted, and the Ruler in the beginning and in the end.

=== END BH10118 ===

=== START BH10119 ===

He is the Most Glorious, the All-Glorious

O my leaf! Upon thee be My glory! In this year, through the wondrous favors of God–glorified be His majesty–a number of Afnan turned toward and attained the presence of the Blessed Tree, and achieved that which was recorded in the divine Books and Scriptures. Each one hath their station with God. Although outwardly thou didst not attain this bounty, yet thou hast been favored with a Tablet from whose horizon the Sun of God’s loving-kindness hath dawned and become manifest. Glory be upon thee and upon those who have attained, and upon a handmaiden who hath attained unto God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH10119 ===

=== START BH10120 ===

He is God! O my leaf! Upon thee be my salutations! Thy letter was received and attained the honor of being heard and was adorned with the glory of acceptance. We beseech God, blessed and exalted be He, to assist thee in that which He loveth and is pleasing unto Him, and to enable thee to mention Him and praise Him among His handmaidens and leaves, and to ordain for thee the good of the hereafter and of this world. The members of the Most Holy Family and the Exalted Cradle are present before the Face and, on behalf of that leaf, attained the honor of visitation and were adorned with the glory of acceptance. God willing, thou wilt be enabled to achieve that whose fragrance is eternal and everlasting. The kingdom shall pass away, but that which hath been revealed in the Kingdom of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise, shall endure.

=== END BH10120 ===

=== START BH10121 ===

O Leaf of the Sublime Tree! Upon thee be the Glory of God and His loving-kindness. He is the One Who calleth between [His] servants. O leaf! Praise be to the Desired One of the world Who assisted thee through the means of heaven and earth and guided thee to the Dawning-place of verses. Thou didst arrive and hear and see. We beseech God to grant that which is the cause of the Most Great Steadfastness. Be thou not saddened by the events of the world. Verily, He is with thee under all conditions. Convey My greetings to the leaves and handmaidens on behalf of the Wronged One and illumine them with the lights of the Sun of Truth. Verily, He is the Helper of His branches and leaves, and He is the Ordainer, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10121 ===

=== START BH10122 ===

O ’Abdu’l-Vahhab! He is the Most Holy, the Most Great. O Vahhab! The All-Bountiful calls thee and gives thee glad tidings through this Remembrance whereby the Tablets have been adorned. Bear thou witness even as God hath testified before the creation of all things that there is none other God but Him, and that He Who speaketh is verily the One intended from all eternity. Verily he who hath recognized this Cause and drunk the choice wine of steadfastness - none among all created things can be his equal. He around Whom the Book revolves testifieth to this. Thus hath the Tongue of Grandeur spoken forth in the Most Great Prison. Blessed is he who hath heard and hath seen the Dayspring of Lights. The glory of God rest upon thee and upon thy father who hath ascended to the Supreme Companion and upon thy mother, from God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH10122 ===

=== START BH10123 ===

He is the All-Witnessing, the All-Hearing! God makes mention of one of His handmaidens who heard the Call and responded to her Lord, the Lord of Names. Verily do We make mention of every servant who has turned unto Him and every handmaiden who has attained unto the recognition of God, the Lord of the worlds. Thus has the Most Exalted Pen spoken by the command of God, the Mighty, the All-Wise. When thou hast received My Tablet and heard My Call, render thanks unto thy Lord and glorify Him with His praise at all times. Thus doth the Wronged One command thee as He turneth toward thee from this remote spot. The glory of God rest upon thee and upon My handmaidens who have turned unto Him and hearkened unto the Call of God, the King, the Mighty, the Most Beautiful.

=== END BH10123 ===

=== START BH10124 ===

He is the All-Glorious! The Wronged One testifies that there is no God but Him, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. He hath ever been hidden in His Essence, and He Who speaketh this day speaketh from His presence that there is no God but Me, the Mighty, the Well-Beloved. Verily, the Manifestation appears from the realm of the Unseen, and the Unseen establishes His decree through the Manifestation. Thus hath the Sun of Divine Unity shone forth from the horizon of detachment. Blessed are they who know! Say: The Unseen cannot be known except through this Visible One. Blessed be the All-Loving Who hath come on the Promised Day. O H S! Adorn thyself with My attributes, then follow My path in such wise that the world and all that is therein shall not prevent thee from beholding the perspicuous countenance of thy Lord, the Generous.

=== END BH10124 ===

=== START BH10125 ===

The Tongue of Grandeur speaks in the tongue of the Dawning-Place of Names, Who is remembered by the Most Great Name: “He is, verily, none other than I, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful. And He Who has rent asunder the veil is the Manifestation of Mine Own Self and the Revealer of My Cause. Through Him the Hour has come to pass, and the Event has occurred, and the Inevitable has appeared, and thereby have all who are in the heavens and on earth swooned away. Through Him have shone forth the faces of those who have turned towards My luminous Countenance which gleams above all who are in earth and heaven. Blessed is he who has drawn nigh unto Him, and has attained unto His days, and has heard His verses, and has arisen to serve and assist Him. He is of those whom God has made sanctified from all that has been created in the realm of creation.”

=== END BH10125 ===

=== START BH10126 ===

He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing!

This is the Day of God, and the Speaker of the Bayan hath mounted the pulpit of glory in the City of Love, crying aloud: O people of God! The Day is come, yet the people are in grievous stupor. Soon shall the might of the oppressors and the calumnies of the infidels be erased by God’s prevailing Will, and there shall remain for you that which hath been ordained by the Supreme Pen in this exalted station. Praise be to God that thou hast at all times been blessed with remembrance of the Lord. Well is it with thee and with them that have held fast to the cord of godliness on this blessed, mighty and wondrous Day.

=== END BH10126 ===

=== START BH10127 ===

In the Name of Him Who hath been promised in the Books of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed! The days of fasting have arrived wherein those servants who circle round Thy throne and have attained Thy presence have fasted. Say: O God of names and creator of heaven and earth! I beg of Thee by Thy Name, the All-Glorious, to accept the fast of those who have fasted for love of Thee and for the sake of Thy good-pleasure and have carried out what Thou hast bidden them in Thy Books and Tablets. I beseech Thee by them to assist me in the promotion of Thy Cause and to make me steadfast in Thy love, that my footsteps may not slip on account of the clamor of Thy creatures. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. No God is there but Thee, the Quickener, the All-Powerful, the Most Bountiful, the Ancient of Days.

[Text published in “The Importance of Obligatory Prayer and Fasting”(May 2000), item 3.2]

=== END BH10127 ===

=== START BH10128 ===

He is the Mighty, the Perceiving, the Wise!

The Book declares. What It declares? It declares that the Mystery has come. The Shell declares: The ideal Pearl has come. The Horizon declares: The most great Orb had dawned. The Sinaitic Mountain declares: The Interlocutor has appeared. The Tree declares: Look at my branches and fruits. The Ocean declares: Consider my grandeur and Sovereignty. The Sun declares: gaze at my splendor and effulgences. The Sea declares: These are My waves, My waves. The Wronged One declares: The Power and Authority belongs to God and His Saints and elect.”

=== END BH10128 ===

=== START BH10129 ===

O Haydar-Qabli-’Ali, upon him be the Most Glorious Bounty of God! In My name, the One Who is sorrowful in His Most Great Prison. By My life, My grief, My tribulation and My affliction, if from this moment until the Day that hath no end the Supreme Pen were to address itself as “O Wronged One,” it would be justified. Every manner and kind of oppression hath been inflicted upon the Daysprings of Light and Dawning-places of Revelation, both in the past and present, yet that which hath befallen this Wronged One is without parallel or precedent. O Haydar-Qabli-’Ali, Akhtar hath manifested an oppression that hath no equal in all the world, despite the fact that from the first appearance of Akhtar until now, those around him showed him the utmost kindness and repeatedly accepted his fabrications to assist him. That shameless and unjust one sold his trust, faith, truthfulness and fairness for a few dirhams from those whose wickedness he himself had repeatedly testified to. Yes, he saw two benefits in this action: First, obtaining money, and second, drawing near to the people of error. Assuredly, that station which the rulers and divines of the world have rejected, Akhtar and his like will not accept and will speak of that which pleases them. His very words testify to his falsehood and wickedness. The Greater Branch hath never made mention of worldly matters, nor doth he now, and hath chosen naught but seclusion, worship, submission and contentment. Should anyone meet with him, they would testify that no desire for transient things remaineth in him, for the days are drawing to a close. That calumnious liar’s dealings were with his sons, and from these mentions his purpose was to speak of Akka and to subvert the Cause of God. However, he was heedless that these mentions are the cause of the exaltation of the Word of God.

Convey My greetings to the honored Sayyah. Say: We have had and have no expectation from His Excellency the Navvab. By God’s life! My thoughts are not his thoughts, nor do I walk in his ways, for this Wronged One hath come for the reformation of the world. He hath not followed and will not follow the corrupt, even should all the wolves of the earth gather against Him…

[Translation continues for several more paragraphs, ending with the closing salutations]

=== END BH10129 ===

=== START BH10130 ===

Be ye God’s manifestations of trustworthiness in every land. So perfectly should ye mirror forth this quality that even were ye to travel through cities heaped with gold, your gaze would not for a single moment be seduced by its allure. This is the standard required of you, O assemblage of true believers. Assist ye your gracious Lord with your wealth and substance so that in all the worlds of God His servants may perceive from you the sweet savours of the one true God.

He is the All-Commanding, the All-Wise.

The Dove of the Cause warbled upon the branches of the Lote-Tree of transcendent glory: O people of the Bayan! Fear God and spread not corruption in the earth after it hath been set in order, neither commit that which is unseemly. Purify yourselves from whatsoever hath been forbidden in the Book of God, the Most High, the Most Great. Beware lest ye shed blood. Whoso sheddeth blood is not of Me, and God is quit of him. This was revealed at the beginning of this Revelation from the kingdom of your Lord, the All-Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Beware lest ye commit that which your minds and hearts abhor. Fear God, O concourse of believers! Be ye detached from the world and whatsoever is therein, and dispose not of the property of others except with their permission. Thus have We sent down aforetime and now from the presence of One mighty and beauteous. Be ye the trustees of God in His lands, such that were ye to pass by cities of gold, your eyes would not turn toward them. Thus it behooveth you, O concourse of the pure in heart. Aid your Lord, the All-Merciful, through your deeds, that the sweet savors of truth may be detected from you by God’s servants between earth and heaven. Adorn yourselves, O people, with the virtues of God, and commit not that which would cause the dignity of His Manifestation to be diminished among His creatures. Thus hath God counseled you in tablets of mighty protection. Oppose no one, and dispute not with any soul. If ye find one who is receptive, remind him of the Most Great Word, and if ye find one who turneth away, turn away from him and turn unto God, your Lord. He shall suffice you against all mankind. Be ye united, O My loved ones, then gather yourselves together under the law of My Cause, and be not of them that differ. Verily the nearest of you to God is the most God-fearing and most humble among you, if ye be of them that know. By the True God! If ye be oppressed it is more beloved by Me than that ye should oppress anyone, and this is of My nature and My most excellent attribute, would ye but be assured. Be patient, O My loved ones, in adversity and tribulation, and if one should oppress you, refer his judgment to God, in Whose hand is the kingdom of all things. He, verily, is the Almighty, the All-Powerful over what He willeth, and He is the most severe of avengers. We have counseled you in most of Our Tablets not to oppose anyone, yet ye have done that which hath caused harm to return to the Lote-Tree of transcendent glory. O people! Fear God and transgress not beyond what ye have been commanded in the Tablets. This is better for you than that which ye possess, if ye be of them that know. Shun those who have denied God and associated partners with Him and disputed His signs and warred against His exalted and mighty Self. Then be patient even as We have been patient, and contend not with any of the idolaters. Trust in God in all matters, and verily He will aid Me even as He aided Me before when I was in prison beneath chains and fetters, and He aided Me in truth through the hosts of earth and heaven until He brought Me forth therefrom with manifest sovereignty. Within His grasp is the kingdom of all things. He aideth whom He willeth as He willeth, and He, verily, is the Almighty, the All-Powerful. Beware, O people, lest ye cling to names and object to Him Who created them by His command. There is none other God but He, the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Say: He created names even as He created all things, if ye be of them that know. Every possessor of power is powerless before the sovereignty of His might.

And do not object to Him Who created these names by His command – there is no God but Him, the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Say: He created the names even as He created all things, if ye be of them that understand. Every possessor of power is powerless before the sovereignty of His might, and every possessor of knowledge is ignorant before His knowledge, and every possessor of wealth is poor before His gate which openeth upon the face of all creation. Beware lest the names withhold you from their Creator. Shun those who cling to them and are among their worshippers. Say: The Prophet is he who heareth My call and believeth in My Self, and the Messenger is he who delivereth My messages, and the Imam is he who standeth before My countenance and gaineth My days, and the Guardian is he who entereth the fortress of My guardianship and detacheth himself from all else save Me, and the Successor is he who counseleth himself and then the servants with My love and My remembrance and My praise. Thus hath the Sun of utterance shone forth from the horizon of the will of your Lord, the All-Merciful, in this sacred, mighty, transcendent and impregnable Paradise. And praise be to God, my Beloved and the Beloved of them that know.

=== END BH10130 ===

=== START BH10131 ===

In My Name, through Whom the earthquake appeared and the mountains were moved! O Fadlu’llah, O thou who art remembering the Most Great Remembrance! The Mother Book remembereth thee and turneth toward thee from the direction of the Prison. The Most Great Book was and is the Self of Truth, yet the ignorant divines have abandoned the Book of God and are occupied with their own fabrications. The ocean of knowledge is manifest and the sound of the Supreme Pen is raised; nevertheless, like earthworms they are caught in the clay of doubts and vain imaginings. They are honored by the name of Truth while turning away from Him; they are known through Him while remaining veiled from Him. Would that they had been content with what had passed! Rather, they have issued the decree for the shedding of His pure blood. O remembering one! Remember the Wronged One, He Whose mention all the Prophets and Messengers have heard in the divine Books, Tablets and Scriptures, and Who, by divine command, they have all given glad tidings of to all created things. He hath been imprisoned in the most ruinous of lands, yet even this did not suffice them. Tyranny and oppression have reached such a pass that all atoms are engaged in lamentation and wailing. God willing, may you be speaking words of remembrance at all times, whose effects shall become manifest and evident in the world. Awaken those who slumber and make the heedless mindful. Verily thy Lord is powerful over all things. Glory be upon thee and upon every steadfast rememberer.

=== END BH10131 ===

=== START BH10132 ===

Blessed are the people of Baha! God beareth Me witness! They are the solace of the eye of creation. Through them the universes have been adorned, and the Preserved Tablet embellished. They are the ones who have sailed on the ark of complete independence, with their faces set towards the Dayspring of Beauty. How great is their blessedness that they have attained unto what their Lord, the Omniscient, the All-Wise, hath willed. Through their light the heavens have been adorned, and the faces of those that have drawn nigh unto Him made to shine.

=== END BH10132 ===

=== START BH10133 ===

In the Name of the One God! Blessed is he who gazeth toward the Most Exalted Horizon and acteth according to the command of the Lord of Names, and blessed is he who in these divine days is engaged in a handicraft. This is a bounty from God, for in this Most Great Revelation engagement in that which preventeth man from expectation is acceptable before God. The craft of every craftsman is accounted as worship. This is among the great favors of the Lord for His servants. Be thou grateful unto God for having aided thee and made thee aware and engaged thee in that which was hidden in His perspicuous Book. Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH10133 ===

=== START BH10134 ===

O our God, we beg of Thee by the King of Names and Maker of heaven and earth, by the rustling of the leaves of the Tree of Life and by Thine utterances, through which the realities of things are drawn unto us, to grant that the unity in the Love of God may be speedily established throughout the world; that Thou wilt guide us always and unmistakably to whatever Thou wouldst have us to do, and that we may ever be strong and fully prepared to render instant, exact and complete obedience.

=== END BH10134 ===

=== START BH10135 ===

O people of the Qur’án! Verily, the Prophet of God, Muhammad, sheddeth tears at the sight of your cruelty. Ye have assuredly followed your evil and corrupt desires, and turned away your face from the light of guidance. Erelong will ye witness the result of your deeds; for the Lord, My God, lieth in wait and is watchful of your behavior… O concourse of Muslim divines! By your deeds the exalted station of the people hath been abased, the standard of Islam hath been reversed, and its mighty throne hath fallen.

=== END BH10135 ===

=== START BH10136 ===

He is the Extoller, the All-Knowing!

O Mahd, O members of the Household!

Tonight, after supper, the portal of bounty was opened and the Wronged

One engaged in mentioning you. This day is different from other days and

this time is likewise different. Please God, ye may attain that Light which

is preserved from extinction and that Bounty which mortality overtaketh

not. Glory be upon you from God, the Most Mighty, the Most Praised.

As God loves unity and togetherness, We mentioned all on one

page.

=== END BH10136 ===

=== START BH10137 ===

The Day of the Promise is come, and He Who is the Promised One loudly proclaimeth before all who are in heaven and all who are on earth, ‘Verily there is none other God but He, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting!’ I swear by God! That which had been enshrined from eternity in the knowledge of God, the Knower of the seen and unseen, is revealed. Happy is the eye that seeth, and the face that turneth towards, the Countenance of God, the Lord of all being.

=== END BH10137 ===

=== START BH10138 ===

O Lord, deliver us from all temptations, tests and evil suggestions of those who turned their faces from Thee. O Thou merciful God, confirm us by Thine invisible hosts and reinforce us through Thy heavenly angels.

O Lord, we are weak, poor, submissive and humble; strengthen, enrich and uplift us above all earthly conditions.

O God! As Thou hast illumined our hearts with the light of knowing Thee, make us firm in Thy Blessed Covenant.

Verily, Thou art the clement, the forgiving!

=== END BH10138 ===

=== START BH10139 ===

If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

=== END BH10139 ===

=== START BH10140 ===

Grieve thou not over those that have busied themselves with the things of this world, and have forgotten the remembrance of God, the Most Great. By Him Who is the Eternal Truth! The day is approaching when the wrathful anger of the Almighty will have taken hold of them. He, verily, is the Omnipotent, the All-Subduing, the Most Powerful. He shall cleanse the earth from the defilement of their corruption, and shall give it for an heritage unto such of His servants as are nigh unto Him.

=== END BH10140 ===

=== START BH10142 ===

His honor Haydar-Qabli-’Ali, upon him be the Most Glorious Glory of God - He is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. From the murmuring of the Kawthar of the Merciful’s utterance, this blessed word was heard: No adornment hath ever been or will ever be more excellent for the temple of man than the fear of God, and no garment more befitting than upright character. We make mention of thee that thou mayest remind the loved ones of God, that haply they may hold fast unto that which will exalt them amongst the servants. Take thou the reins of the Cause and convey unto the people that which will draw them nigh unto the Truth, the Knower of all things hidden. The glory shining forth from the heaven of My grace be upon thee and upon whomsoever hath remained steadfast in this mighty Cause.

=== END BH10142 ===

=== START BH10144 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

I beseech Thee by Thy Name the All-Bountiful, and by Thy Name the All-Merciful, and by Thy Name the All-Knowing, and by Thy Name the All-Wise, and by Thy Name the Self-Subsisting, and by Thy Name the All-Loving, and by Thy Name the All-Munificent, and by Thy Name the All-Forgiving, and by Thy Name the All-Bestowing, that Thou forgive Thy loved ones and purify them from the defilement of the world and its suspicions and its idle fancies, and adorn them with the lights of certitude through Thy mercy and Thy bounty. O my Lord! Thou seest the one who hath desired to enter the precincts of Thy generosity - ordain for him the good of both this world and the next. There is none other God but Thee, the Lord of all creation and the Lord of the throne on high and of the dust beneath.

=== END BH10144 ===

=== START BH10145 ===

He is the One Who gazeth from His most exalted horizon. I bear witness, O my God, that Thou art God, there is no God but Thee. Thou hast ever been and continueth to be standing, present, seeing, speaking, One, Single, Unique, Independent. Thou hast taken unto Thyself neither father nor son nor minister nor peer, and Thou wilt ever be as Thou hast been from all eternity. I beseech Thee not to deprive this community of Thine from the fragrances of the garment of Thy Manifestation, nor to withhold them from hearkening to the rustling of Thy Pen. Verily Thou art the All-Powerful, the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH10145 ===

=== START BH10147 ===

In the Name of the All-Seeing, the All-Hearing!

Praise be to God that thou hast quaffed from the hand of divine bounty the wine of mystic knowledge and hast been illumined by the lights of the Sun of Revelation. May thou remain steadfast, forever and ever, in His love and be vocal in His remembrance. The Supreme Pen hath ordained for thee that which will gladden thy heart. Be thankful unto thy Lord for this great favor. We have heard thy call and have answered thee through Our grace. He, verily, is the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous. Make mention of thy Lord. Verily, He will assist thee and be with thee in the worlds of thy Lord. He, verily, is the True Informer, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10147 ===

=== START BH10149 ===

O my God! O my God! I testify that this is Thy Day which hath been mentioned in Thy Books, Thy Epistles, Thy Psalms and Thy Tablets. In it Thou hast manifested that which was hidden in Thy Knowledge and stored up in the repositories of Thine unfailing protection. I beseech Thee, O Lord of the world, by Thy Most Great Name whereby the limbs of the people were shaken, to assist Thy servants and Thy handmaidens to become steadfast in Thy Cause and to arise in Thy service.

Verily, Thou art potent to do whatsoever Thou willest, and in Thy grasp are the reins of all things. Thou protectest whomsoever Thou willest through Thy Power and Dominion. And verily, Thou art the Almighty, the All-Subduing, the Most Powerful.

=== END BH10149 ===

=== START BH10150 ===

He is the Dawning Place from the horizon of the Kingdom! O my God! I am Thy handmaiden who hath turned unto Thee and heard Thy most sweet call as it was raised betwixt earth and heaven, and who hath drunk the choice wine of Thy love from the hands of Thy bounty and the Salsabil of Thy knowledge from the Pen of Thy Command. I beseech Thee, O Thou the Desire of the world and the Beloved of the nations, by the Most Great Name, that Thou protect me from the fire of hatred which hath been kindled in the hearts of the people of the Bayan. Then write down for us, through Thy grace and favor, that which Thou hast written for Thy chosen ones and Thy loved ones. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest, and verily, Thou art the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH10150 ===

=== START BH10151 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

My God, my God! Thou seest me in all conditions moved by Thy command and enjoying Thy favors and bounties, both outward and inward. I beseech Thee by this grace which Thou hast ordained for me without any merit on my part, to assist Thy loved ones to arise to that which will cause Thy Cause to be exalted amongst Thy servants. I beseech Thee, O Sender of verses and Revealer of clear signs, by Thy Most Great Name whereby the hearts of the peoples of the world were stirred, to ordain for him from whom the fragrance of Thy love hath been diffused that which befitteth Thy generosity and bounty. There is no God but Thee, the Single, the One, the Mighty, the All-Praised.

=== END BH10151 ===

=== START BH10153 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious!

My God, my God! Thou seest those who have turned towards Thee in the midst of those who have turned away, and the manifestations of justice among the oppressors. I beseech Thee by Thy manifest light and by the fire of Thy love which blazeth forth on the Day of Judgment, to ordain for Thy loved ones all the good Thou hast sent down in Thy Book. Then adorn them, O my God, with the ornament of glory and power. Verily, Thou art the Mighty, the All-Choosing. Then write down for whosoever hath desired the stream of Thy presence and service to Thy Cause that which will draw him nigh unto Thee, and make him content with whatsoever Thou hast ordained for him through Thy firm command and irrevocable decree. There is no God but Thee, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH10153 ===

=== START BH10154 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory, the Most Great, the All-Powerful

O my God, my God! Thy grace hath emboldened me, and Thy justice hath made me fearful. Blessed is the servant with whom Thou dealest with grace, and woe unto him with whom Thou dealest with justice. O my Lord! I am he who hath fled from Thy justice unto Thy grace, and from Thy wrath unto Thy forgiveness. I beseech Thee by Thy power and Thy sovereignty and Thy greatness and Thy favors to illumine the world with the light of Thy knowledge, that in all things may be seen the signs of Thy craftsmanship and the mysteries of Thy power and the lights of Thy recognition. Thou art He Who hath revealed all things and hast shone upon them through Thy bounty. Verily Thou art the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous.

=== END BH10154 ===

=== START BH10155 ===

O handmaid of God! He is the Hearer, the Answerer! My God, my God! The thirst of my heart has consumed me - where is the river of Thy mercy, O God of the worlds? Thy decree and destiny have removed me far - where is the light of Thy nearness, O Goal of them that know Thee? The fire of my heedlessness has burned me - where is the fountain of Thy grace, O Beloved of those in the heavens and earth? The hosts of vain imaginings have weakened me - where is the dawning of the Sun of Thy knowledge, O Worshipped One of the sincere? My God, my God! Ordain for me what Thou hast ordained for the countenances of Thy most exalted Paradise and the supreme Heaven. Verily Thou art the All-Powerful, the All-Merciful, the Most Generous. There is no God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10155 ===

=== START BH10156 ===

In the Name of our Most Holy, Most Great, Most Exalted, Most Glorious Lord!

My God, my God! The light of Thy countenance hath guided me, and the fire of Thy Sacred Tree hath attracted me, and Thy most exalted Word hath taken hold of me, and Thy most sweet call hath awakened me. I beseech Thee by Thy Name, the Self-Subsisting, and by Thy Cause which hath been made manifest on this Day, to assist Thy chosen ones to serve Thy Cause with wisdom and utterance. Then assist him whom Thou seest turning unto the lights of Thy countenance and desiring the wonders of Thy mercy and bounty. O my Lord! Send down upon him from the heaven of Thy generosity that which will make him firm and steadfast, clinging and holding fast to Thy luminous hem and to Thy firm and mighty Cause.

=== END BH10156 ===

=== START BH10157 ===

He is the All-Glorious! My God and my Beloved! This is Thy servant who hath turned toward the sanctuary of Thy perpetuity, and who hath been set ablaze with the fire of Thy love, and who hath heard Thy call, and who hath detached himself unto Thee, hoping to enter into Thy Kingdom and to ascend unto the heaven of Thy grace and bounty. Therefore it behooveth Thy loftiness and Thy exaltation and Thy generosity and Thy munificence to assist him in this, O God of the worlds! For whoso turneth unto Thee and seeketh refuge with Thee - far be it from Thee, then far be it from Thee, to disappoint him or to deprive him of the droplets from the clouds of Thy favors and gifts, or to withhold from him the surging waves of the oceans of Thy grace and beneficence.

=== END BH10157 ===

=== START BH10158 ===

O Arab-’Ali! In the name of the true Friend! Today all who are on earth are obligated to follow the divine commandments, for these are the cause of order in the world and tranquility among the nations. God willing, may all attain to that which God has willed and act according to what He has decreed. The world has never had, nor will ever have, any constancy. Strive that in these fleeting days you may acquire eternal pearls. Pure and holy deeds will assuredly be preserved in the book of divine preservation. Blessed is the soul that has attained to this station.

=== END BH10158 ===

=== START BH10159 ===

O handmaid of God Shawkat! He is the Most Glorious! God - there is no God but Him, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. In the name of the Beloved of the worlds: This is a Day wherein all the denizens of heaven are gazing upon the faces of those souls who are standing firm and steadfast in the path of truth, inasmuch as the Ancient Beauty hath entered into the Most Great Prison. The handmaids of God must, God willing, fix their gaze upon the Luminary of the horizons and be detached from the people of hypocrisy, and like unto the rays of the dawn of inner meanings, shine forth resplendent from the horizon of the Countenance of the All-Merciful amongst the handmaids of God. Be not grieved, for the hand of divine power is not fettered. He verily is powerful and mighty over all things.

=== END BH10159 ===

=== START BH10160 ===

O Mirza ’Abdu’l-Husayn, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the One Who calls out at the heart of the world! Today the gates of utterance are opened wide, and the Luminary of divine knowledge has dawned from the heaven’s horizon of the Lord of Religions. The seas of sciences and arts are surging, and the Sun of Truth is shining forth manifest from the prison’s celestial horizon. Blessed is he who hath not deprived himself and remained not bereft of the bounty of these days. Blessed art thou and blessed is he who hath quaffed the choice wine of bestowal from the hand of the bounty of his Lord, the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous. He is indeed among the triumphant ones in His perspicuous Book.

=== END BH10160 ===

=== START BH10161 ===

Ta. He is the Most Ancient, the Most Great. Today the All-Merciful is manifest and Satan is evident. Blessed is the soul whom the whisperings of Satan did not prevent from the Most Great Announcement and the Straight Path, and who arose with perfect steadfastness to promote the Cause of the Lord of all beings. Such a one is of the people of Baha and the companions of the Crimson Ark. I bear witness that thou didst turn, until thou didst enter and hear the call of the Wronged One, and didst attain His presence and hearken to His decisive, wise call. We beseech Him, exalted be He, to assist thee and bestow upon thee the Kawthar of steadfastness from the hand of His bounty. Verily, He is the All-Bountiful, the Generous.

=== END BH10161 ===

=== START BH10162 ===

This is the day in which to speak. It is incumbent upon the people of Baha to strive, with the utmost patience and forbearance, to guide the peoples of the world to the Most Great Horizon. Every body calleth aloud for a soul. Heavenly souls must needs quicken, with the breath of the Word of God, the dead bodies with a fresh spirit. Within every word a new spirit is hidden. Happy is the man that attaineth thereunto, and hath arisen to teach the Cause of Him Who is the King of Eternity. Thus have We adorned the Tablet with the drops of ink from My All-Knowing, All-Wise Pen. Praise be to God, the Most Exalted, the Most Great.

=== END BH10162 ===

=== START BH10163 ===

Already translated for first paragraph. For the second paragraph in Persian:

In My Name, the One dawning from the horizon of the world! O servant before Husayn! Special divine verses have been revealed for all the names mentioned in the letter. God willing, may all be illumined by the splendors of the Sun of inner meanings and receive their portion from the ocean of the All-Merciful’s utterance. This is the Day of the most great favor and the most great bounty. All must dwell in perfect unity and harmony beneath the shade of the Tree of divine providence and hold fast to that which today is the cause of glory and elevation. Blessed are those whom My Most Exalted Pen was moved to remember, and blessed are those whose names We have, in Our wisdom, preferred to conceal. Beseech God that He may assist all to that which is acceptable before His throne. Soon will the present order be rolled up and another spread out in its stead. Verily thy Lord is the Truth, the Knower of things unseen. We send from this spot Our greetings upon My loved ones there, and upon thee, and upon those maidservants whose call We heard in My days. And We remember with joy and fragrance every male and female servant who has ascended unto God, the Lord of all worlds. Thus moves My Most Exalted Pen, as a grace from God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy. The glory be upon you, upon My maidservants, and upon all who stand firm and steadfast.

=== END BH10163 ===

=== START BH10164 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory, the Grandeur and the Power

Today is the day when the divine breeze is passing by and the Spirit of God is in a state of attraction and excitement. The decayed bones have been moved by the outpourings of the Ancient Sea, and the withered plants have been refreshed by the generosity of the divine clouds. Blessed is the state of those servants whom the contaminations of this mortal world have not prevented from freshness - they are alive through the Name of the Friend and attached to His grace. These are among the people of Baha in the Tablet of God, the Lord of the throne and earth, and the Master of the hereafter and the first life.

=== END BH10164 ===

=== START BH10166 ===

He is the One Who speaks with justice

The Ocean desires to send thee the pearls of wisdom and utterance, that they may attract thee and draw thee near unto God, the Lord of mankind. Blessed is thine ear, in that it hath been honored to hearken, and thine eye, in that it hath been ennobled to behold the traces of God, the Lord of Lords. Thou wert mentioned in the presence of the Wronged One. Verily thy Lord loveth His loved ones and sendeth down for them that which shall endure as long as His names and attributes endure. He, verily, is the All-Bountiful, the Ever-Flowing. The Glory be upon thee and upon them who were not hindered by utterance from their Lord, the All-Merciful, who took what was sent down for them and cast away what the servants possessed.

=== END BH10166 ===

=== START BH10167 ===

In the Name of the Mighty, the All-Wise! The Divine Lote-Tree crieth out amidst all beings and summoneth all unto God, the Lord of the worlds. And in this night it maketh mention of one of His handmaidens that the Call might draw her nigh unto the Supreme Horizon. This verily is a mighty grace. O My handmaiden! Give thanks for having heard the Call of God and turned unto Him when every heedless doubter turned away. He maketh mention of them that have turned unto Him and aideth them through the hosts of the heavens and of the earth. Make thou mention of thy Lord in the night season and in the days with this Name through which the faces of the wretched were darkened and the faces of them that have turned unto Him were illumined.

=== END BH10167 ===

=== START BH10168 ===

Go, O most generous Jesus! Verily, generosity calls out “The Kingdom is God’s, the Mighty, the Generous!” Blessed is every generous one who has turned to the ocean of generosity. And he who thereafter does not turn shall not be called generous, even if he were to give away the treasures of the heavens and earth. Verily, he who has deprived himself of this generosity is indeed miserly, by the Lord of all worlds, for he has not spent on himself the everlasting food after its descent and bestowal. Thus has the matter been decreed from the presence of One Who is All-Knowing, All-Wise. The generous one is he who spends upon himself that which has been sent down from the presence of One Who is All-Knowing, All-Aware. He is indeed of the people of generosity in this luminous horizon.

=== END BH10168 ===

=== START BH10169 ===

The Most Holy, Most Exalted, Most Great. God makes mention of one of His handmaidens, that she may be seized by the rapture of the verses and drawn nigh unto God, the Manifestor of clear proofs. O My handmaidens! Hold fast to the hem of God’s mercy, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. We have made mention of every handmaiden who has turned to the Face, and We shall make mention of those who have turned to the Face, even as We mentioned them before. He, verily, is the All-Bountiful, the Forgiving, the Generous. We counsel Our handmaidens to observe the most great sanctity from this most great and luminous Horizon. Work ye according to what ye have been commanded in the Book of God, the Lord of all worlds. Know ye the value of these days and glorify His Name, the Mighty, the Powerful.

=== END BH10169 ===

=== START BH10170 ===

The polytheists took my family and loved ones as captives from Iraq and brought them to other lands, yet the fire of hatred in their breasts was not quenched. Then they turned with blackened faces toward radiant faces and drove us from the Land of Mystery and brought us to Akka, which is the most ruined of all cities. When we entered the prison, its gate was guarded by souls who had not caught the fragrance of faith from the Egypt of certitude and across whose hearts the breezes of the All-Glorious had never wafted. Three consecutive months passed and we did not enter the bath-house. Thus did it befall the Youth from those who denied God’s favor after it was sent down.

=== END BH10170 ===

=== START BH10171 ===

He is the Mighty One, the Beginning and the End, and unto Him ascend the cries of the servants. O ye who love God among the Arabs! If God granteth you a male child, give him the title of ’Abdu’l-Baha and name him Husayn or ’Ali. This is what We have commanded you, if ye be of them that act. And if it be a female child, give her the title of Amatu’l-Baha and name her Dhakriyyih that ye may remember thereby the Day wherein the Most Great Remembrance of God will come to you with manifest sovereignty; or name her Nuriyyih or Sadhijiyyih or ’Azziyyih. All of this We have ordained for you in holy and resplendent Tablets.

=== END BH10171 ===

=== START BH10172 ===

In the Name of God, the Mighty, the Wondrous

O handmaiden of God! Remember thy Lord, then be devoted to Him and rely in all matters upon Him. Verily He watcheth over thee. He preserveth whomsoever He willeth through the sovereignty of His command and nourisheth whomsoever He desireth with the fruits of His love. Verily He keepeth count over thee. Deprive not thyself of the breezes of the days of thy Lord. Remember Him at all times - this is better for thee than all that hath been created on earth. And the glory be upon thee, O handmaiden of God, from One mighty and all-knowing.

=== END BH10172 ===

=== START BH10173 ===

He is God! O handmaid of God! I have been prevented from engaging in remembrance due to what has befallen Me from My brother and those who followed him, despite their having no knowledge thereof - and God is witness to what I say. Indeed, I have become the target of the arrows of his hatred and rancor, and at every moment there comes upon Me that which causes My soul to grieve. None is aware of this save God, your Lord and the Lord of all worlds. Be grateful to your Lord in all conditions and place your trust in Him. Verily, He will bring to you that which is better for you than all that has been created between the heavens and the earths.

=== END BH10173 ===

=== START BH10174 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Exalted

O thou who gazest upon the Countenance! Know thou that We arrived at the fortress of ’Akka with seventy souls, and it was the most desolate of all lands. When We departed from the City of Mystery, one cut his throat as a sacrifice, and at the time of entry into this land, another cast himself into the sea in his grief at separation. From their acts the most great consternation appeared in both places. Glorified be He Who turneth the servants as He willeth and sanctifieth whom He willeth through His grace. Verily He is the Mighty, the Powerful, the Bestower.

=== END BH10174 ===

=== START BH10175 ===

In the Name of the Most Holy, the Most Exalted! O Badi’u’llah! Your letter hath been presented before your Lord. We beseech God to assist thee in thy first and last matters, to sanctify thee from whatsoever is unworthy of thy relation to Him, and to grant thee the bounty of attaining His presence. He, verily, is the Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Thou hast found a scribe swifter than a steed, who mentioneth therein neither “if” nor “would that”, but recordeth what occureth to mind and what occureth not. We beseech God to assist all to remember and praise Him, and to gather them beneath the shade of His loving-kindness. He, verily, is the Powerful, the Almighty.

=== END BH10175 ===

=== START BH10176 ===

O Rida, upon thee be the Glory of God, the Most Glorious!

O Rida! God was well-pleased with thee and hath ordained for thee in the Tablet a station that was, in truth, exalted. Know thou, moreover, that he whom We reared and taught and protected hath risen against Me and pronounced the sentence of My death, whereby the life of the Concourse on High was transformed and the eyes of them that are nigh unto God shed tears upon seats of glory most sublime. Blessed art thou, for thou hast recognized thy Lord and purified thyself from turning unto every polytheist, accursed one. The Glory be upon thee and upon every insightful believer.

=== END BH10176 ===

=== START BH10177 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Exalted, the Most High!

O servant! Hear thou the Call that hath been raised betwixt earth and heaven. By God! Wert thou to become aware of its greatness and the greatness of the station of Him Who manifesteth it, thou wouldst melt away with the fire of longing even as snow melteth from the heat of the sun. Beseech thou God, thy Lord, that He grant thee to hearken unto this Melody by which the worlds would be quickened, were they to turn towards it. Verily thy Lord is powerful over all things. Be thou consumed by the heat of this Fire, that the horizons may be set ablaze through thee. Say: O concourse of the heedless! Blind are your eyes! If ye deny this Cause, in what word will ye believe?

=== END BH10177 ===

=== START BH10178 ===

He is the Most Exalted

O Ali! If you desire to enter the gathering of the mystics, purify yourself from all that souls detest. And if you wish to deliver yourself from evil ones and from all harm, leave the world to its people and never draw near to it. And if you desire to associate with the great and mighty ones, adorn yourself with knowledge and wisdom and with the refinements they possess. And if you wish to enter the pavilion of grandeur at the dawning of the lights of My beauty, detach yourself from all else save Me and from all who are in the heavens and on earth.

=== END BH10178 ===

=== START BH10179 ===

Zaidabad-i-Sirjan. Firuz, upon him be the Most Great, Most Glorious Splendor of God! O Firuz! Hearken unto the call of the All-Merciful on this Naw-Ruz wherein all things have been adorned with the raiment of My remembrance and the garment of thy Lord’s loving-kindness, the Bestower, the Bountiful. This is the Day wherein the Tongue of Grandeur maketh mention of him who hath turned unto Him - verily He is the All-Remembering, the All-Seeing. Blessed art thou for having attained unto the lights of faith and turned unto the All-Merciful while every ignorant and remote one hath turned away. We make mention of thee as a token of grace from Our presence that thou mayest rejoice and be of them that remember. The glory be upon thee and upon thy father and mother from thy Lord, the All-Merciful, the Most Compassionate.

=== END BH10179 ===

=== START BH10180 ===

He is the One Who appears to all who are in earth and heaven! O Pen! Make mention of him who turned to God, the Lord of Eternity, when most of the peoples turned away, that he may rejoice in thy remembrance. He, verily, is the All-Knowing Rememberer. Say: O my God! Praise be to Thee for having caused me to turn to the horizon of Thy bounty and to speak forth Thy praise. I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by Thy Self, to manifest through me in Thy service that which will cause my remembrance to endure in Thy dominion and Thy heaven of might. Thou art, verily, powerful to do what Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH10180 ===

=== START BH10181 ===

O Most Ancient, Most Ancient! O Pen! We observe that thou lovest brevity in the Tablets. Yea, by My life, O My Chosen Lord! If there be a receptive ear, a single word sufficeth. It is the manifestation of the Most Great Oneness unto all who are in the earth and heavens. And verily it is the supreme magnet amidst the nations - it removeth the dust and attracteth those possessed of heart. Whosoever desireth the Desired One loveth to be honored by mention from among the mentions from the presence of the Lord of Creation. Therefore hath been sent down for each one that which will gladden them in the days of thy Lord. He is verily the Mighty, the All-Bountiful. Blessed is he who hath attained unto this bounty when the Decisive Utterance was revealed.

=== END BH10181 ===

=== START BH10182 ===

O Habib’u’llah, the One Who speaks with clarity and knowledge! O My Pen! Make mention of him who hath been named Habib, that he may rejoice in the remembrance of God, the Lord of all names, and be of them that render thanks. I created all beings to hearken unto the Call, but when it was raised in truth, every heedless and remote one turned away therefrom. We have manifested Our Cause with proof and evidence, yet most of the people are among the opposers. They cast aside their God and followed their own desires - verily they are among the losers. Soon shall they lament over their own selves and say: “Alas for us, for what we neglected in the Day of God, the Lord of all the worlds!”

=== END BH10182 ===

=== START BH10183 ===

In His Name, the Most Exalted above all names! O Speaking Book! Make mention of him who believed in God, the Lord of the worlds, when most of the servants turned away from Him, following every remote transgressor. Say: O my God! I beseech Thee by the Dawning-Place of Thy revelation, the Dayspring of Thine inspiration, and the Source of Thy Command, to make me, in all conditions, one who soars in the atmosphere of Thy remembrance, detached from all else but Thee. Then ordain for me, through Thy bounty and grace, that which shall profit me in every world of Thy worlds. Verily, Thou art He Who doeth what He willeth through Thy sovereignty. There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the Glorious, the All-Forgiving.

=== END BH10183 ===

=== START BH10184 ===

He is the Mighty! O Muhammad! Do not forget God’s favor unto thee, and fear no one. He will assist whomsoever He willeth through His command. None can resist His command and none can prevent His decree. Verily He is the Truth, the Knower of the unseen. I counsel thee to fear God, besides Whom there is no other God, and then to follow the command of God, the Mighty, the Powerful. Beware lest thou turn to anyone or draw near to the faces of Satan. God will suffice thee against all else and will bring thee to the shore of a mighty Name. And the Spirit be upon thee and upon His sincere servants.

=== END BH10184 ===

=== START BH10185 ===

He is the One with power over what He wills!

We have revealed the Cause and sent down the verses and called all unto God, the All-Possessing, the Self-Subsisting. Among the people are those who cling to their vain desires, turning away from God, the Lord of all beings, and among them are those who cast away what they possessed and took what was commanded unto them from God, the Master of existence. We have made mention of them that have believed, and We make mention of them in such wise that their names shall endure throughout the kingdom of earth and heaven. Thus hath the Tongue of Grandeur spoken whilst in the midst of those who were heedless of God, the Master of existence. Glory be upon the people of Baha who have drunk, in My Name, the Sealed Wine.

=== END BH10185 ===

=== START BH10186 ===

He is, the All-Possessing, the Self-Subsisting

In the Name of God, the Glorious, the Most Glorious

We have named thee Trustee of the Bayan amidst the concourse of all worlds, that thou mayest glory in the favors of thy Lord, the All-Merciful. Verily thy Lord is the All-Wise. O Trustee! Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God! Praise be unto Thee for having guided me to the horizon of Thy Cause after Thy servants were barred therefrom, and for having admitted me into the pavilion of Thy nearness and honored me with Thy presence after the forces of the heedless had seized the prison gate. O my Lord! Aid me to serve Thee throughout my remaining days. Verily Thou art the Almighty, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH10186 ===

=== START BH10187 ===

He is the Ever-Abiding, the Most Glorious. We make mention of that which draweth the people nigh unto God, the Lord of all worlds, and teacheth all what shall profit them in every world of the worlds of their Lord, the Mighty, the Generous. Say: O servants of the Most Merciful! Answer ye the one who calleth you unto God, the Peerless, the All-Informed. Beware lest the world prevent you from attaining the presence of God. For this were ye created, did ye but know it. We make mention of you for the sake of God. Whoso is mentioned through the remembrance of God, verily he is of the people of Baha, inscribed in a mighty Tablet. We have heard thy mention and thy turning unto God. We have sent down for thee that which shall gladden thine eyes and cause thee to remember thy Lord, the All-Informed.

=== END BH10187 ===

=== START BH10188 ===

In the Name of Him Who has power over all who are in the heavens and on earth! We make mention of him who has turned towards the Dayspring of grace, and We aid him through Our bounty, for verily We are the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous. The call of the All-Merciful has been raised amidst all created things, yet most of the people are as dead. Blessed is he who has been stirred by the breeze of Revelation and has arisen to serve his Lord, Who has come with His wondrous Cause. Beware lest the might of the world frighten you or the utterances of the deniers sadden you. Thus have We adorned the brocade of inner meanings with the light of wisdom and utterance. Blessed is he who has turned towards it, and woe unto the heedless ones.

=== END BH10188 ===

=== START BH10189 ===

O Abu’l-Qasim! He is the Most Holy, the Most Great! We make mention of him who was named Abi’l-Qasim with this remembrance whereby the birds warbled upon the branches. Hearken unto that whereunto the Wronged One calleth thee. Verily, there is none other God beside Him, the Mighty, the Bestower. Blessed is he who hath inhaled the fragrance of the days of God and held fast unto that which hath been sent down from Him in the Scriptures and Tablets. Grieve not over the world and what appeareth therein. Rather, rejoice in that God hath aided thee to recognize Him and hath sent down for thee from the heaven of grace that which the contingent world cannot equal.

=== END BH10189 ===

=== START BH10190 ===

O Haji Mahmud! Verily We make mention of him who hath been named Mahmud and give him glad tidings of the signs of God, the Lord of the invisible and the visible. O Mahmud! The All-Loving maketh mention of thee from His glorious station. Rejoice thou and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Lord of existence! The seal of the Wine of immortality hath been broken, and from it hath wafted the fragrance of the raiment of Baha, yet most of the people understand not. We have adorned the world with the ornament of My Most Great Name, yet the nations hasten in the wilderness of heedlessness. They behold the proof of God yet deny it, and witness His clear tokens yet turn away from them.

=== END BH10190 ===

=== START BH10191 ===

He is the Mighty, the Wise! We enjoin Our brothers and their sons to love My Branches and to render them services. We have nurtured them and protected them and guided those among them who were guided to My straight path. O My kinsmen and sons of My brothers! Fear God and dispute not about My verses and My Branches. This is what We counseled you before and in this perspicuous Tablet.

=== END BH10191 ===

=== START BH10192 ===

He is the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting

I commune with Thee, O my God and my Beloved and the Goal of all who have detached themselves from all else but Thee, beseeching Thee to send down from the clouds of the heaven of Thy holy oneness that which will stir the realities of those who are freed from all save Thee and sanctified from whatsoever is besides Thee, that the faces of Thy loved ones may shine forth amongst Thy creatures and the breasts of those devoted to Thee may be dilated through Thy signs. Then make this servant a sign of Thy love amongst Thy servants and a repository of Thy remembrance amidst Thy creation, and make his journey, O my God, from Thee unto Thee, that Thy bounty may be perfected upon him from beginning to end. Verily, Thou art the Most Bountiful, the Most Great.

=== END BH10192 ===

=== START BH10193 ===

In the Name of the Beloved of the Contingent World!

God willing, may you, through divine grace, be detached from creation and hold fast unto Him. Turn your gaze away from all the peoples and fix it upon the All-Merciful. All that is visible shall soon pass away and perish. The fruit of human existence hath been and ever shall be the recognition of the All-Merciful. Whoso hath attained unto this fruit in this day is reckoned as human and is mentioned in the presence of the All-Glorious. Strive that perchance thou mayest drink of the everlasting Kawthar from the hand of the spiritual Cup-bearer and attain unto the true Friend. This is the counsel of the Wronged One unto His friends. Blessed are they that act!

=== END BH10193 ===

=== START BH10195 ===

In the Name of the one true God! O K.D., upon whom be the Glory of God! May you ever be occupied with the remembrance of Truth, and drink and give to drink of the true Wine whose seal has been broken by the hand of power. This blessed Day has been associated with Truth, and mention of it is recorded and inscribed in the divine Books. Blessed is the soul that has recognized and attained, and woe to the heedless! Convey greetings from this Wronged One to the friends. God willing, may all gather in complete unity within the circle of recognition and be engaged in the remembrance of the Beloved of the worlds.

=== END BH10195 ===

=== START BH10196 ===

O Mother of the Sacred Precinct! In the name of the One Beloved Friend! God willing, mayest thou ever be and continue to be the recipient of God’s favors and holding fast to the hem of His bounties. Take, in His Name, and drink, in His love, the spiritual wine that hath flowed from the finger of God’s Will, the All-Merciful. How many among the great ones and the mighty ones and the learned ones remained deprived of this luminous wine and became remote from the ultimate purpose. This true wine is the portion of the free in spirit, not the share of those lost in idle fancies. Praise be to the Beloved of the world that thou art successful in His love and art known by His Name. The Glory be upon thee.

=== END BH10196 ===

=== START BH10198 ===

O Son of Nabil! God willing, may you circle round the All-Merciful in all worlds, attain His favors, and find rest in His shadow. The mentioned Tablets were sent - deliver them, and several copies also for the handmaidens of God from among your relatives. All this is from His bounty upon you. And you must gladden all the loved ones of the All-Merciful with the utterance of the Lord of Religions, for they are mentioned and remembered in the Most Holy Presence. Blessed art thou for having turned, drawn nigh, attained the presence, heard, and witnessed with thine outward illumined eye.

=== END BH10198 ===

=== START BH10199 ===

In the Name of the peerless Lord! O handmaiden of God! This is the Day of service and the Day of remembrance. This is a Day that hath had and shall have no peer or likeness. Blessed are they who have attained unto the Day of God and recognized the Dawning-Place of His Cause. All must, God willing, gaze with utmost sanctity and detachment toward the most exalted horizon and give voice to the praise and glorification of the Lord of Names. Praise the Best-Beloved of the world, that thou hast attained unto His love and been mentioned by His remembrance. Know thou this bounty, then render thanks for it in thy days.

=== END BH10199 ===

=== START BH10200 ===

In the Name of the Beloved of earth and heaven! O handmaiden of God! The True One, exalted be His glory, says: O My handmaiden and daughter of My handmaiden! Thy letter was honored before the Countenance and was read. From the Most Exalted Pen thy name hath flowed - regard this bounty as great, and in all times be occupied with the remembrance of the All-Merciful. The greatest of all deeds in the sight of the Self-Sufficient, the Most High, is steadfastness in His Cause, for the manifestations of Satan have arisen with their deceptions. God shall soon cause them to sit down and return them to their abode in the fire.

=== END BH10200 ===

=== START BH10201 ===

O Fatimih Bigum! In the Name of the One Friend! Your letter was received before the Wronged One. God willing, through divine grace and the All-Merciful’s bounty, mayest thou be forever and always oriented toward the horizon of grace and dwelling beneath the shade of the Divine Lote Tree. The eye of God’s loving-kindness is turned toward His loved ones, and He counseleth all to such deeds, actions and utterances as will cause the exaltation of God’s Cause, and whose very performance will testify to their sanctity and detachment from whatsoever is contrary to the Book of God. Ask thy Lord to aid all to achieve that which He loveth and approveth.

=== END BH10201 ===

=== START BH10202 ===

In the Name of the Beloved of all possibility! O handmaiden of God! Your cry and the cry of the writer of your letter attained unto the presence of the Beloved of the world. God’s mercy hath ever preceded all else and His grace hath encompassed all things. From time immemorial unto time immemorial He hath never deprived those men and women who have sought Him of His infinite grace, and He hath ordained whatsoever He hath deemed expedient. Were there any worth to this world, the Self of God would not have been afflicted in the Most Great Prison. Verily He hath chosen this for Himself, but that which befitteth these days is not meet to be mentioned. He, verily, is the All-Choosing, the All-Wise. God willing, may you be engaged in the remembrance of God with the utmost sanctity and detachment.

=== END BH10202 ===

=== START BH10203 ===

Be thou of the people of hell-fire,

but be not a hypocrite.

Be thou an unbeliever,

but be not a plotter.

Make thy home in taverns,

but tread not the path

of the mischief-maker.

Fear thou God,

but not the priest.

Give to the executioner thy head,

but not thy heart.

Let thine abode be under the stone,

but seek not the shelter of the cleric.

Thus doth the Holy Reed intone its melodies,

and the Nightingale of Paradise warble its song,

so that He may infuse life eternal into the mortal

frames of men, impart to the temples of dust the

essence of the Holy Spirit and the heavenly Light,

and draw the transient world, through the potency

of a single word, unto the Everlasting Kingdom.

=== END BH10203 ===

=== START BH10204 ===

In the Name of the Self-Sufficing God! O servant of God! The Lord of Names calleth thee and saith: “Blessed is the soul that hath endured tribulations in My path, and hath offered up its life for love of My Beauty and longing to attain My presence.” The afflictions that are suffered in the path of Truth have been and ever shall be beloved. By My life! Its death is life, and its poison sweet honey. Assuredly whatsoever hath befallen His loved ones in the path of the One True Friend hath not been, nor ever shall be, lost, and all hath been inscribed by the Most Exalted Pen in God’s Book. Be thou confident and say: “Praise be unto Thee, O Lord of the worlds!”

=== END BH10204 ===

=== START BH10205 ===

In the Name of the One God

O Javad! Thy petition hath reached the Most Holy Court, and from the Dayspring of the Light of Divine Unity the answer hath been revealed. Be thou thankful and numbered among the grateful. In all conditions thou shouldst occupy thyself with the remembrance of the Best-Beloved of the worlds and speak forth the blessed and goodly Word that hath been sent down from the Pen of the Divine Command. Today pure intention, goodly deeds, and praiseworthy character are essential, that all may attain unto the station of “Enter thou among My servants and enter thou My paradise.” Remember thou thy wife and those in thy household on behalf of the Wronged One, the Stranger.

=== END BH10205 ===

=== START BH10206 ===

He is the Mighty

O beloved! Upon thee be My glory and My heavenly lights. This Wronged One hath fulfilled His promise, that perchance the faithful might appear on earth and walk among creation with the Most Great Trust. Be thou grateful to God - exalted be His dominion - that He made thee the cause of the revelation of this blessed Word, and caused the ocean of meanings to flow from the fountainhead of these words by thy name. God willing, thou shalt abide secure, safe and at rest beneath the shadow of the true Sovereign. Glory be upon thee and upon thy father and mother from the presence of the Mighty, the Generous.

=== END BH10206 ===

=== START BH10207 ===

O Khadijih, in the name of the Goal of all horizons! O Khadijih, hearken to the call of the Dayspring of the Light of Oneness, Who calleth thee from the horizon of the Most Great Prison, that thou mayest become intoxicated with the wine of the utterance of the All-Merciful and be occupied with His mention among the handmaidens of God. God willing, thou wilt, with utmost sanctity and detachment, awaken those who slumber through the breaths of the divine verses, and bring the receptive souls to a state of rapture and yearning through the Kawthar of the mention of the Dayspring of the clear proofs of the All-Merciful, so that all may be gladdened through remembrance of the Friend and remain alive and steadfast in His love. The Glory be upon thee.

=== END BH10207 ===

=== START BH10208 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the Goal of all the worlds! O friends! The Euphrates of the All-Merciful’s grace is flowing, and the Ocean of Life is manifest and evident. Through the blessedness of the Most Great Name, drink ye thereof at all times and offer it freely to all mankind, that all who dwell on earth may abandon the turbid pools of fancy and idle imaginings and turn instead to the Ocean of Life. Today is and shall ever be the springtime of goodly deeds. Beseech ye God that He may enable all to attain unto that which He hath ordained and keep them steadfast upon the straight path. He, verily, is the All-Bountiful, the Kind, the Compassionate.

=== END BH10208 ===

=== START BH10209 ===

O friends! In the name of the Beloved of all horizons! Every precious and desirable thing has thieves in pursuit of it. Therefore, you must preserve with the utmost effort and striving the pearls of divine love–which are the most excellent, delicate and beautiful jewels of the world–within the treasuries of your hearts. Verily I say, thieves lie in ambush, waiting to seize their opportunity and engage in plunder. All must hold fast to the True Protector, that they may remain safe from the evil of the commanding self. And God speaks the truth: verily He is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10209 ===

=== START BH10210 ===

He is the Mighty! O King! Why do you ask about my condition at this time when this servant dwells upon the throne of uniqueness and stands at the station of holy detachment? I have seen none save those who walk the paths of vain imaginings, for all today are veiled from the Point of Will and the all-embracing Word, and like the peoples of old and new, they cling to their own idle fancies and suppositions, turning away from the Sovereign of certitude. Thus was it before and thus shall it ever be, if ye be of them that know and are assured.

=== END BH10210 ===

=== START BH10211 ===

In the Name of the Beloved of the Worlds! O aunt! The Tongue of the All-Merciful speaks: The fragrances of thy love were inhaled and the tokens of thy sincerity were mentioned before the Throne. God willing, mayest thou be ever occupied with the remembrance of the Friend and be gladdened by His memory. Any soul who today has discovered the fragrance of the luminous Robe, the clouds of contingent limitations shall not sadden him, nor shall human restrictions veil him. Praise the Beloved of the world that thou hast drunk from the cup of Beauty, which is the countenance of the Self-Sufficient, the Most High, the Water of Life, and hast attained unto the knowledge of God, which is the source of all good. The glory be upon thee.

=== END BH10211 ===

=== START BH10212 ===

O handmaiden of God, Sakinih! He is the All-Knowing Witness! O divine maidservant! Your call was received and you too received the response. This is the station of thanksgiving and the time of praise. We counsel all handmaidens to the Most Great Purity and the Supreme Chastity, and to arise in matters that cause the exaltation of God’s Cause among women. God willing, with purified eyes and detached hearts and attentive ears and truthful tongues, speak ye and see ye and hear ye. This is the counsel of the Wronged One to His loved ones. The Glory be upon thee.

=== END BH10212 ===

=== START BH10213 ===

O handmaiden of God! Ascend from the world of creation and enter into the divine realm of sanctification and detachment, until thou beholdest the world and all that is therein as a handful of dust. Whosoever attaineth unto this station is freed from all save the Friend, and soareth on the wings of absolute freedom and detachment in the atmosphere of the love of the Beloved of all horizons. Be not grieved by the world and its hardships, for it was and is transient. Fix thy gaze upon the everlasting Beauty and that which hath been ordained for thee in the Kingdom. Verily, He is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH10213 ===

=== START BH10214 ===

Sweet in the name of the one Friend! O handmaiden of God! Today whoever has attained to the recognition of the Purpose of creation must arise in all conditions to offer praise and thanksgiving, and must speak forth: Praise be to God, you have borne trials in the path of the Friend and attained to the most great honor which is the recognition of God. Blessed art thou and blessed is she who heard and responded to the call of her Lord, the Mighty, the Powerful, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH10214 ===

=== START BH10215 ===

In the Name of the One Friend!

O handmaidens of God! May you ever be and continue to be blessed with divine favors. What you submitted in your petition was heard. Let not earthly conditions sadden you two. That which will delight the eyes has been ordained for you both and for your father. Beseech God that all handmaidens may attain unto what God has willed and act according to that which is beloved. You must engage in the remembrance of God with utmost joy and gladness, for His favor has encompassed you all and will continue to do so, God willing. Verily, He is the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH10215 ===

=== START BH10216 ===

O Gawhar, daughter of Haji Muhajir! In the name of the Beloved of all worlds! O pearl! The Ancient Beauty gazeth upon thee from the Most Great Scene and saith: The heart hath been the dawning-place of the lights of My countenance and the treasury of the pearls of My love. Thou must needs cleanse it with the water of certitude that it may be purified and sanctified from the mention of aught else but Me, and become worthy of this most great bounty and supreme gift. Beseech thou God that He may aid thee to accomplish that which He hath commanded and may free thee from all else besides Him. He, verily, is the Powerful, the All-Knowing, the Bestower. Blessed be the women of understanding!

=== END BH10216 ===

=== START BH10217 ===

In the Name of the Beloved of the World! O Muhammad-Yar! God hath been thy Helper, in that thou hast attained to the recognition of the True Friend and hast been freed from all else. God willing, thou shalt be set ablaze by the fire of the countenance of the Friend - such a blazing that all the world shall prove powerless to extinguish it. In this state thou shalt be accounted among the people of Baha. God willing, through divine grace thou shalt remain steadfast upon the straight path, detached and severed from aught else, manifesting among people such conduct as befitteth the days of God. This hath been and ever shall be sanctification from deeds that are not pleasing unto Him.

=== END BH10217 ===

=== START BH10219 ===

He is the Beloved One!

This Bird of the Eternal Rose-Garden makes mention of the fruit of the Divine Tree. God willing, through the outpourings of the All-Merciful and the favors of the Lord, may you be adorned and embellished with the robe of health. If you inquire about the condition of this Bird, it is imprisoned and afflicted in the cage of tyranny. However, since this has come to pass in the path of God, it has been and shall ever be beloved. We beseech the Exalted Truth to preserve at all times that leaf of the Tree of the All-Merciful from the evil of the envious and the oppressors, to gladden it with the remembrance of the Beloved of the worlds, and to vouchsafe unto it the bounty of reunion.

=== END BH10219 ===

=== START BH10221 ===

He is the Mighty. The fire of separation, after the comfort of the days of union and communion, has burned the soul and melted the heart. The heart is with you - ask it about the state of affairs. We hope through God’s grace that He will soon grant nearness and reunion. We long to see and yearn to speak with the Spirit of Life, Ziya’u’r-Rahman, that we may hear sweet words from those sugar-sweet lips in Samarkand. We remember Badi’u’llah with our tongue, seek him with our heart, and yearn for him with our soul. May my soul be sacrificed for thy nearness and thy words, O Badi’.

=== END BH10221 ===

=== START BH10222 ===

O sister of the Sanctuary! In the name of the Purpose of creation, the Sun of grace is shining forth and the Sea of bounty of the Lord of existence is manifest and surging. How excellent is the state of the soul that hath been illumined by its rays and hath attained unto its outpourings. Be not grieved at what hath befallen thee. God Himself hath been and will ever be thy Helper and Succourer. The world hath no permanence, and that which endureth and lasteth forever is the love of God. Praise be to God, thou hast attained thereunto. With utmost joy engage in His mention and praise, and be gladdened by His remembrance. The glory be upon thee and upon those who are with thee.

=== END BH10222 ===

=== START BH10224 ===

In answer to the daughter of the paternal aunt regarding K: As to what you mentioned concerning tribulations and ordeals, whatsoever befalleth in the path of God hath been and shall ever be beloved. Praise be to God, ye have attained unto the love of God and are mentioned before the Throne. The bounties of the world cannot compare with this bounty. I mentioned your remembrance in the Most Holy Court. Perfect bounty hath shone forth from the Dayspring of the Cause and shall continue to shine. Soon shall the enemies of God and their deeds and utterances become null and void and perish and be lost, while the mention of His loved ones shall be exalted in the assemblage of the world.

=== END BH10224 ===

=== START BH10226 ===

In the Name of God, the Almighty. After recognition of the Dawning-Place of Divine Revelation and the Dayspring of the Commands of the Self-Subsisting, steadfastness has been among the greatest of deeds. The souls who have turned towards God must be so firm that should all the peoples of the earth wish to remove them from the ocean of nearness, they would find themselves powerless to do so. How excellent is the state of that soul who has drunk from the cup of steadfastness and attained this most great bounty - such a one is among those drawn nigh unto God. O friends! Strive that ye may guide those who are lost in the valleys of idle fancies to the horizon of certitude. Verily, He is the Counselor, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH10226 ===

=== START BH10227 ===

O honored Nuv, upon whom be the glory of God! He is the One dawning from the horizon of certitude. Thou hast been blessed by God’s grace - praised be God! - and become aware of His path - the bounty be God’s! Thy mention hath been made and the glance of loving-kindness is turned toward thee. God willing, thou shalt preserve this most exalted station through the Name of the Lord of Names, and shalt not be saddened or prevented by the clamor of the oppressors and the heedless. God shall soon seize them with justice from His presence and shall show thee what He hath ordained for thee in His perspicuous Book. The glory be upon thee and upon every steadfast, upright one.

=== END BH10227 ===

=== START BH10228 ===

O Umm-Dhabih! Creation exists and is sustained through the remembrance of the Friend. Say: O people of contingent being! The Countenance of the All-Merciful declares: Today is not the day for words, nor the time for waiting. Act ye according to the divine utterances which have dawned and appeared from the Dayspring of the Most Holy Pen. O people of the realm! The Peerless Friend hath appeared unveiled, and the Hand of Divine Power hath shone forth from the horizon of the Divine Robe. While time remains, occupy yourselves with the remembrance of the Everlasting One and turn ye towards the Face of God. We have ordained the heart as the pathway of turning unto Him, for the outward path is forbidden.

=== END BH10228 ===

=== START BH10229 ===

He says, exalted be His glory: Say: O people of God and diverse parties of the world, arise to render assistance and purify the realm of love and fellowship from the defilement of discord and hatred, that perchance souls might find some respite and attain unto true freedom. I swear by the Sun of Truth that Baha has had and has no purpose except to purify the world from matters that have been the cause of harm, distress and despair. Arise with the power and might of the Supreme Pen, that perchance this purpose may become manifest and render the world successful.

=== END BH10229 ===

=== START BH10230 ===

O my God! Thou seest how the fire of oppression hath been kindled and the lamps of justice have been extinguished, until Thy most wretched servants have driven us from our homelands and made us captives in the hands of the rebellious ones, because we turned toward the fountain of Thy good-pleasure and faced the Dayspring of Thy verses and the Dawning-Place of the lights of Thy countenance. Since this was our transgression in their eyes, then by Thy might, we have accepted the harm of all the world for love of Thee and Thy good-pleasure. We beseech Thee not to withhold us for less than the twinkling of an eye from Thy Most Great Horizon. There is no God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10230 ===

=== START BH10231 ===

CXV

Thou seest, O my God, how the wrongs committed by such of Thy creatures as have turned their backs to Thee have come in between Him in Whom Thy Godhead is manifest and Thy servants. Send down upon them, O my Lord, what will cause them to be busied with each others’ concerns. Let, then, their violence be confined to their own selves, that the land and they that dwell therein may find peace.

One of Thy handmaidens, O my Lord, hath sought Thy face, and soared in the atmosphere of Thy pleasure. Withhold not from her, O my Lord, the things Thou didst ordain for the chosen ones among Thy handmaidens. Enable her, then, to be so attracted by Thine utterances that she will celebrate Thy praise amongst them.

Potent art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee. No God is there but Thee, the Almighty, Whose help is implored by all men.

=== END BH10231 ===

=== START BH10232 ===

In the Name of the All-Merciful! These are verses of holiness which have been sent down in truth from the heaven of mighty glory, that they may draw those who have believed in God and bring them near to a station of exalted glory. Blessed art thou for having attained unto the recognition of God and taken unto the Lord of grace thy way. Grieve not over anything, but place thy trust in all matters in God, thy Lord. Verily He will guard thee in truth, and verily He encompasseth all things. Thy letter hath come before Us, and We have answered thee with these verses, with which all who dwell on earth cannot compare. And the Spirit be upon thee and upon whoso is God-fearing in this Cause.

=== END BH10232 ===

=== START BH10233 ===

In the Name of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Powerful! We gave the glad tidings of this blessed Day to all men aforetime, yet when it dawned from the horizon of God’s Will, most of the servants were found heedless and turned away. Blessed is the soul that hath recognized and inhaled the fragrant breathings of the days of its Lord, the Almighty, the All-Powerful. God willing, the reward of attaining His presence shall be recorded in the Book for His loved ones - that is, for those souls who with perfect steadfastness have turned toward the Most Exalted Horizon. Grieve not at the distance, for between Us stand heedless servants. Ask God to remove the veil. Verily, He is the Almighty, the Powerful, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10233 ===

=== START BH10234 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the Goal of all worlds!

The whole world hath been created for the knowledge of Him Who is the Ancient of Days, yet when the divine tests came to pass, most of mankind remained deprived, save those souls who detached themselves from all things possible and turned with perfect certitude to the most exalted horizon. Know ye the value of this lofty and glorious station, and occupy yourselves with the remembrance and praise of the Sacred Divine Being. If ye recognize the worth of this bounty, ye shall never observe yourselves to be sorrowful, and shall, at all times, soar on the wings of certitude in the atmosphere of the love of the All-Merciful.

=== END BH10234 ===

=== START BH10236 ===

In the Most Holy Name of the Purpose of the world! Thy servant Mahdi hath appeared before the Countenance and been illumined by the lights of the Throne. He hath made mention of thy steadfastness and love in the Cause of God. This is of God’s grace unto thee. Each year thy remembrance hath been voiced in the presence of the Wronged One, and thy name hath flowed from the Most Exalted Pen. God willing, thou shalt in all times drink of the choice wine of certitude from the hands of the bounty of the Lord of all being, be gladdened by His mention and be made joyous by His name. This is a mighty grace and ere long it shall be made manifest to all the peoples of the world. Glory be upon thee and upon those who are with thee.

=== END BH10236 ===

=== START BH10237 ===

That which was revealed for the Messenger in the land of Ta. Strive that through divine grace and heavenly bounty you may remain firm and steadfast in the Cause, for the hosts of Satan lie in wait and have been and are seeking to lead astray the loved ones of God. They are but in manifest error and loss. God willing, may you ever abide at rest beneath the tree of divine oneness and be engaged in His remembrance. Glory be unto those whose names are present before the Throne - they are indeed among the triumphant. Convey greetings unto them from thy Lord - verily He is the Protector of the sincere ones.

=== END BH10237 ===

=== START BH10238 ===

His honor H-Qabli-S, upon him be the Glory of God. Allah-u-Abha H-S. Upon you be my Baha’i greeting. The hand of oppression has intended to veil the lights of the Sun of Justice and prevent the light of the Cause from reaching eyes. By the life of God, this is beyond the station of anyone on earth. The friends of God are imprisoned without any crime. We belong to God and to Him we shall return. The fire of hatred was ignited but God extinguished it through His power. Verily He has power over all things. The glory shining forth from the horizon of your Lord’s favor be upon you and upon them and upon every patient, steadfast and upright one.

=== END BH10238 ===

=== START BH10239 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great

O Hasan, upon whom be the Glory of God! A word from thy pen hath come before the Throne, and mention hath been made of thee in this exalted station. We make mention of thee as a token of Our grace, that thou mayest be assured that He remembereth whosoever hath turned unto Him and attained unto that which God, the Lord of all worlds, hath willed. Hold thou fast unto wisdom and place thy trust in the One, the All-Informed. Thus have We made mention of thee and sent down the verses. There is no God but Him, the Most High, the Most Great. Convey My greetings unto those who are with thee and gladden them with My wondrous remembrance.

=== END BH10239 ===

=== START BH10241 ===

Haji Nasir - He is the Most Exalted, the Most Faithful

How wonderful is this supreme honor and greatest glory that hath caused all the atoms of contingent beings, from the most exalted summit to the lowest point, to rejoice and hath given them to drink of the wine of radiance and the sweet crystal water, so that all created things and all that is mentioned may inscribe with the Pen of bounty upon the Tablet of thought: “Verily He is the Truth, there is no God but Him, and He is God, the Witness over all things.” And peace and glory be upon you all. The trust was received.

=== END BH10241 ===

=== START BH10242 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Unapproachable, the Most Wondrous! Move, O my God, every leaf of the leaves of the Tree of Thy love in this Ridvan wherein the Dove of Thy oneness warbled with the most wonderful melodies. I beseech Thee, O my God, by the Wronged One Who hath suffered in Thy path what none in Thy dominion hath suffered, to protect Thy leaves from the winds of trials. Make them then pure for Thy face, and cause them to gaze toward the horizon of Thy glory, and to be detached from all else besides Thee. Verily, Thou art the Doer of what Thou willest. There is no God but Thee, the Mighty, the Most Exalted, the Lord of the world to come and of the first.

=== END BH10242 ===

=== START BH10245 ===

In the Name of God, the One, the All-Compelling!

Praise be to the Beloved of the world Who hath enabled thee to attain His recognition. How many are the divines who considered themselves the leaders and guides of the people, yet today are deprived of the recognition of Truth and remain lost and wandering in the wilderness of error. And how many are the souls who deemed themselves ignorant, yet today have attained to the highest horizon of knowledge, inasmuch as the purpose of knowledge hath ever been and still is the recognition of God. Praise be to the Beloved Who hath enabled thee to attain to this bounty.

=== END BH10245 ===

=== START BH10246 ===

In the Name of the Kind Friend!

Praise the Beloved of the world that in these numbered years thou hast attained unto the effect of the Pen, the Revealer of verses. Today steadfastness in the Cause of God is accounted as the most great of deeds. God willing, at all times drink ye of this manifest nectar which is the cause and reason for the quickening of the worlds, and be ye occupied with the remembrance of the true Object of all desire. Be ye not saddened by frozen hearts. The cause of their prevention hath been this ephemeral world, and God is powerful over its transformation. Soon shall appear what He hath willed through His sovereignty. Verily He is the Almighty, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH10246 ===

=== START BH10247 ===

In the Name of the Lord, exalted and most holy! Praise be to the Goal of the world Who confirmed and assisted the Leaf in praise of the Divine Lote-Tree, granted success and showed the way. His is the praise and the glory, His is the remembrance and the splendor, through the eternity of His most beautiful names and His supreme attributes. He is the Confirmer. The spiritual missive from the Leaf, upon her be the Glory of God - one letter packet through the beloved of the heart, his honor the son of the Name of God (initial letters A.S.), upon them both be the Most Glorious Glory of God - reached the servant in the prison in the month of Dhi’l-Hijjih the sacred in the year 1303.

=== END BH10247 ===

=== START BH10248 ===

O Lord my God, my King! Praise and thanksgiving beseem Thee, for Thou didst create mankind from a handful of clay and didst bestow upon them the gem of insight and knowledge. O Generous One! We beseech of Thee that which leadeth to eternal life and everlasting existence. Deprive us not, we pray Thee. Being exists through Thy bounty - withhold not from it the adorning grace of Thy favor, and illumine all with the effulgent rays of the Day-Star of Thy unity. Thine is the command at the beginning and the end, and Thine is the decree, O Lord of creation and Master of all servants.

=== END BH10248 ===

=== START BH10249 ===

O H-S, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Take the chalice of utterance from the hands of the loving-kindness of thy Lord, the All-Merciful, then drink thereof before the faces of the religions. Thus doth command thee the Dawning-Place of the verses of God, the Lord of the Day of Resurrection. Today the Sun of Truth, from the horizon of the prison of ’Akka, speaketh this most sublime Word: I say in truth, the blessed word “but He is the Apostle of God and the Seal of the Prophets” found its consummation in “the Day when mankind shall stand before the Lord of the worlds.” This is the Most Great Glad-Tidings for the Concourse on High and the companions of the Crimson Ark and for whosoever is in the heavens and the earths.

=== END BH10249 ===

=== START BH10250 ===

In the name of God, the Everlasting. I have departed and emigrated and arrived and returned. Guard thyself lest thy deeds be rendered vain and thy hope be cut off. This sufficeth thee if thou be of them that act. Give thanks unto thy Lord for having been granted that which thou didst hope for. Say: O my Lord! Pour forth upon me patience in my exile from this severe cold, then make me to be numbered with Thy grateful servants. And when thou reachest the Abode of Peace, convey greetings from Us to thy brethren and to them who are rightly guided. And mercy be upon thee and upon thy brethren and upon the sincere servants of God.

=== END BH10250 ===

=== START BH10252 ===

He is the Living One. At the hour when the Sun of the heaven of existence cast aside the veil of manifestation from Its countenance, and the Moon of the cloud of purpose raised high the covering of limitations above the hills of power, the face of the former became sanctified from the multiplicities of the servants, and the rising of the latter became purified from the attractions of the lands. God willing, may you ever drink from the wine of love and be sustained by the vintage of the decree of affection. Glorified then be God beyond that which we were in His love, and exalted be He above what they mention. Then convey My greetings unto her who was with thee, and greetings upon thee and upon the sincere servants.

=== END BH10252 ===

=== START BH10253 ===

The sublime autograph in the letter of the honored Afnan - upon him be all remembrance and glory - was given by this servant to the servant who was present before the Throne, and after beholding it he offers countless glorifications to His Holiness, and mentioned that a prayer from His Holiness had arrived. At the time when the place outside the prison was illumined with the lights of the presence, this servant presented it in the Most Holy Court and it was accepted. Blessed be His Holiness, again blessed be His Holiness. God willing, may he ever be speaking in praise of the Truth and remembering with wondrous mentions.

=== END BH10253 ===

=== START BH10254 ===

He is God! O spiritual friend, Haji Ali! The details concerning my brother were submitted to the Most Holy Court. They commanded that service to one’s mother is beloved in the sight of God. They should return to their homeland. A Tablet of bounty will be sent and their pilgrimage will be accepted, God willing. Abdul-Karim Najafabadi from Alexandria has requested that I obtain permission for him to turn towards the Most Holy Court. Permission was granted. His honor Aqa Siyyid Ali should write and give him the glad tidings of permission, and write on my behalf that he should turn towards the Most Holy Quarter. And you and Afraj should come. And peace, Zia.

=== END BH10254 ===

=== START BH10256 ===

O handmaids of God! Hear the divine Word with the ears of your souls, and comprehend with pure hearts the loving counsels of the All-Merciful that flow from the Pen of the Beloved of all possibilities. The world is transient and impermanent, and ever shall be. Hold fast with the hand of trust to the hem of the favor of the Eternal Sovereign, that through His grace you may abide in the everlasting worlds. The Kawthar of mercy is surging, and creation, having not partaken, is bewildered. Blessed is he who drinks thereof and says: “Praise be to Thee, O Quickener of the worlds!”

=== END BH10256 ===

=== START BH10257 ===

O Asadu’llah! The Most Great, the Most Glorious! The remembrance of God is for him who hath held fast unto His remembrance when He appeared in truth with manifest sovereignty. Say: Whoso turneth away from this remembrance, he hath not truly held fast unto God’s remembrance, even should he remember Him throughout the duration of the kingdom. Thus doth the All-Merciful testify in a Tablet wherein hath been sent down every wise command. God accepteth not the deed of anyone save through this firm foundation. How many a worker hath been prevented today from attaining the presence of his Lord, though created for that purpose, and how many a heedless one hath attained and been numbered among the successful! Blessed art thou for having been remembered before the Face through this wondrous remembrance.

=== END BH10257 ===

=== START BH10258 ===

You mentioned making deposit funds through Amin. In response let it be mentioned that though whatever his eminence Amin, upon him be Baha’u’llah’s glory, considers advisable has been and is beloved, since he has no thoughts of self and whatever efforts he has made until now have been for the sake of God, nevertheless this time it was decided that he would take his family and proceed to the Most Holy Court and engage in a certain matter in this land. His engagement in trade and other affairs would cause delay. God willing, may he attain his goal safely and soundly.

=== END BH10258 ===

=== START BH10259 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Glorious

Make mention of thy Lord’s favor unto His servant who took God as his Helper and recognized Him in days when all turned away from Him and took idols for themselves as protectors besides God. Say: Today there is no refuge for anyone from God’s command save for those who have entered beneath this shade which hath been exalted in truth. Arise to promote the Cause and fear no one, for verily He will guard thee from the hosts of Satan, and His grace hath ever encompassed all who are in the heavens and on earth.

=== END BH10259 ===

=== START BH10260 ===

O handmaid of God, sister of His Honor Nazar, mother of Aqa Husayn, the most ancient, the most great! A mention from Our presence unto her who has turned to the Qiblih of the world and has drunk the choice wine of grace from the hands of the favors of her Lord, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy, that the remembrance of God may attract her to the most exalted station, the station which God has sanctified from the touch of the polytheists. Your mention was made in the presence of the Countenance and this perspicuous Tablet was revealed for you. Give thanks to your Lord for this bounty, with which nothing that has been created on earth can compare, and say: Praise be unto Thee, O God of the worlds, Beloved of the mystics, and Goal of them that seek Thee!

=== END BH10260 ===

=== START BH10261 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

A mention from Us unto him who hath believed in God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting, and hath testified to that whereunto God did testify in the eternity of eternities that there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Well-Beloved. Verily, We make mention of them that are in creation and We desire from him who hath followed God’s command and hath turned with his heart unto this praiseworthy station. Blessed is he who hath attained unto that which the All-Merciful hath sent down in the Qur’an and hath held fast unto the cord of his Lord’s loving-kindness, the Mighty, the All-Loving. Thus hath the matter been decreed by the Most Exalted Pen from the presence of God, the Lord of the seen and the unseen.

=== END BH10261 ===

=== START BH10262 ===

O Mashhadi ’Ali! He is the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Glorious! A mention from Us unto him who hath soared on the wings of faith unto God, the Single, the One, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy, that the rapture of the Call may seize him and draw him nigh unto God, the Lord of the worlds. We make mention of him who hath made mention of his Lord, and cast upon him that which hath caused the hearts of them that have recognized to take flight. Know thou the measure of this bounty, then render thanks unto thy Lord, the Mighty, the Powerful. Be thou eloquent in the name of thy Lord and mindful in His beauteous remembrance. Thus hath My Most Exalted Pen taught thee that which shall profit thee in this world and the world to come. When thou hast attained unto it say: Praise be unto Thee, O Thou the Beloved of them that have recognized Thee!

=== END BH10262 ===

=== START BH10264 ===

He is the One manifest between earth and heaven

A mention from the Wronged One to him who desired to drink from the ocean of knowledge in the name of his Lord, the Powerful, the Mighty, that the mention might draw him to a station wherein neither the conditions of the people of creation would prevent him from the Lord of Names, nor the doubts of the learned from Him Who came with the truth with mighty sovereignty. Hold fast to the cord of thy Lord’s favor and cling to His luminous hem. We counsel thee to remain steadfast in this Cause, and We send Our greetings upon thee and upon the faces of My loved ones from this distant station.

=== END BH10264 ===

=== START BH10265 ===

O Muhammad-Vali Khan! In the name of the Goal of all the worlds, mention was made of you in the prison. Praise be to God that through His supreme grace and greatest bounty you have attained unto the recognition of God - Who is the Dawning-Place of verses and the Dayspring of evidences. No station greater than this has existed or will ever exist before God. Should the light of this station, even less than an atom thereof, be shed upon the world, all would exclaim: “This is from God’s bounty, the Most High, the Most Great!” We counsel you to steadfastness in the Cause of your Lord and in that whereby the mention of God, the Lord of all worlds, is exalted.

=== END BH10265 ===

=== START BH10266 ===

True is He, the Most High, the All-Knowing, the All-Encompassing! Glorified be He Who hath sent forth the Messengers as a testimony that there is none other God but Him, the Sovereign, the Self-Subsisting! Blessed is he who hath discovered the fragrances of revelation in the days of his Lord and hath quaffed His sealed wine. We have heard thy call and beheld thy turning unto the Wronged One, and have remembered thee with this remembrance whereby hearts have taken flight. The glory be upon thee and upon those who have cast away idle fancies at God’s bidding and have turned with supreme steadfastness toward His manifest horizon. We inscribe for whomsoever We desire the reward of attaining His presence. Verily thy Lord is He Who ordaineth what He pleaseth. He, verily, is the Truth, the Knower of things unseen.

=== END BH10266 ===

=== START BH10267 ===

He is the Most High, the All-Compelling, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise!

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses and manifested the clear proofs, whilst the people were in grievous error. We have, through a sovereignty from Us and a power from Our presence, rent asunder the veils, and verily We are the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. We have guided the people to the Most Great Path - among them are those who have turned towards it and those who have turned away. Blessed, then blessed are they who have turned towards it, who have cast the world behind their backs and have directed their hearts unto God, the Lord of all worlds. Be thou thankful that thou hast been mentioned by the Most Exalted Pen, and that this shining Countenance hath turned unto thee.

=== END BH10267 ===

=== START BH10268 ===

In His Name, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed

Glory be to Him Who hath sent down the verses and made manifest the clear proofs. He, verily, is the Single, the One, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. He ordaineth as He pleaseth, even as He ordained aforetime, and hath counselled all with that whereby His binding and all-wise Command may be upraised. We entered the garden, whereupon the shadow prostrated itself before the Lord of all worlds, and We heard from the murmuring of the water that which My Messengers had testified to aforetime when We revealed Ourselves unto them through this Great Name. And the flowers bowed down before the Revealer of mysteries, and the leaves spoke forth My beauteous praise. Thus have We mentioned what We witnessed, that thou mayest give thanks unto thy Lord, the Merciful.

=== END BH10268 ===

=== START BH10269 ===

In the name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious!

Glorified be He Who hath awakened His servants through His call, and raised them to the heaven of His knowledge, and adorned them with the ornament of justice through His grace and bounty. O my Lord! Thou seest him who hath turned toward Thee and hearest his confession of Thy oneness and singleness. I beseech Thee by the murmur of the water of Thy bounty, from which is heard the acknowledgment of that which Thy Books and Thy Scriptures and Thy Tablets have acknowledged, that Thou open before his face the doors of Thy providence and Thy grace. Then grant him every good thing Thou hast sent down in Thy Book. Verily, Thou art the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous.

=== END BH10269 ===

=== START BH10270 ===

He is the Expositor, the All-Knowing!

Glorified be He Who speaketh the truth and summoneth all unto His Self, the One Who hath dominion over the worlds. Your letter hath come before the Throne, and We have sent down verses for you both that ye may rejoice and be numbered among the thankful. Give praise unto your Lord, the All-Merciful, for having aided you to believe in Him when most of the servants turned away. Thus doth the Most Exalted Pen speak forth from this sublime station. The Wronged One hath heard your call and hath answered you through His grace. Verily, He is the Most High, the Mighty, the Inaccessible. Hold fast unto the cord of God and cling ye unto His Book which hath been sent down from the heaven of the will of your Lord, the All-Merciful, the Most Compassionate.

=== END BH10270 ===

=== START BH10271 ===

He is the One Who has power over all who are in the earthly realm and the heavenly kingdom! Glorified be He Who is established upon the throne and has summoned all to the supreme horizon, the station from which the Luminary of Revelation has shone forth from God, the Mighty, the All-Forgiving. The Call has been raised and the Most Great Sign has appeared. Blessed is the ear that hath heard, and the eye that hath seen, and the man who hath arisen to serve the Cause of his Lord, the Mighty, the Loving. When thou hast drunk the choice sealed wine from My Name, the Self-Subsisting, say: Unto Thee be praise, O Thou Who art wronged, and unto Thee be glory, O Thou Who art mentioned in the preserved Tablet.

=== END BH10271 ===

=== START BH10272 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I testify that the light of Thy days hath encompassed Thy servants, and Thy most sweet call hath awakened those who slumbered among Thy creation. I beseech Thee by the suns of the heavens of Thy Revelation and the trees of Thy paradise and garden, to protect Thy loved ones from the evil of Thine enemies, then aid them with the hosts of wisdom and utterance. Verily Thou art the Mighty, the Powerful, the All-Bountiful. O my Lord! Thou seest Thy servant turning toward the gate of Thy grandeur and clinging to the cord of Thy grace. I beseech Thee to ordain for him the good of this world and the next. Verily Thou art the Lord of all creation, there is none other God but Thee, the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous.

=== END BH10272 ===

=== START BH10273 ===

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Praise be to Thee, O my God, I and all created things bear witness

that Thou art God, no god is there but Thee. From all eternity Thou

hast been sanctified from the mention of all things and unto all eternity

Thou shalt be as Thou hast ever been, no god is there but Thee. In Thee

is our final destination. I ask Thee, O God, my God, to protect the

bearer of this white page from all evil and affliction, from every plague

and pestilence. Thou, verily, guardest whomsoever Thou willest and

Thou, truly, hast encompassed all things in Thy knowledge.

=== END BH10273 ===

=== START BH10274 ===

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Magnified be Thy name, O God, the Lord of heaven! Attire my head with the crown of martyrdom, even as Thou didst attire my body with the ornament of tribulation before all that dwell in Thy land. Grant, moreover, that they whose hearts yearn over Thee may draw nigh unto the horizon of Thy grace, above which the Day-Star of Thy beauty sheddeth its radiance. Ordain, also, for them what will make them rich enough to dispense with aught else except Thee, and rid them of all attachment to such as have repudiated Thy signs.

There is none other God but Thee, the Guardian, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH10274 ===

=== START BH10275 ===

In the Name of God, the Mighty, the Great!

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou didst adorn the frontispiece of the Book of Creation, to make such of Thy handmaidens as have been touched by tribulations in Thy path to be numbered among the denizens of the Most Glorious Paradise. Then send down upon them at all times that which will preserve them from turning to any one except Thee. O Lord! They have turned to Thee and have migrated in Thy path. Deal with them according to what beseemeth Thy glory and befitteth Thy sovereignty. Verily, Thou art the One Who hath power over all who are in the heavens and on earth. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10275 ===

=== START BH10276 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Holy! Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou didst take unto Thyself the spirits of all things and didst give them life anew through what Thou hadst ordained in the heaven of Thy decree, and through which those who have recognized Thy unity hastened to the scene of annihilation and the sincere ones to the place of sacrifice, and offered up their souls in their love for Thy beauty and their longing for reunion with Thee and attainment unto Thy presence - that Thou mayest make me to be of them who have detached themselves from all names and have clung to Thy Self, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious. Verily, Thou art the Powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH10276 ===

=== START BH10277 ===

He is the Expositor, the All-Knowing

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name the Compassionate, and by Thy Name the Kind, and by Thy Name through which Thou didst open the gates of generosity upon the faces of the world, such that neither error prevented Thee from giving, nor did the disobedience of Thy servants prevent Thy bounty and grace. Thou didst conceal through Thy Name the Concealer and forgive through Thy Name the All-Forgiving. O Lord! Thou seest the distant one who hath desired the Kawthar of Thy nearness. I beseech Thee by the waves of the ocean of Thy mercy and the mysteries hidden in Thy Books to assist me in Thy remembrance and in service to Thy Cause and in acting according to what Thou hast revealed in Thy Book. Verily Thou art the Powerful, the Mighty, and worthy of answering prayer.

=== END BH10277 ===

=== START BH10278 ===

In the Name of Him through Whom we have subdued hearts! Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name that hath dominion over all names, and by Thy signs whereby the realities of all things were drawn unto Thee, and by Thy mercy that hath preceded all who are in earth and heaven, and by the power of Thy Most Exalted Word, to open before the face of him who hath been named Abdul-Karim the gates of bounties and favors. O Lord! Thou seest him turning toward Thee and directing himself to the lights of Thy countenance. I beseech Thee to make him a banner of Thy Name amidst Thy creatures. Verily, Thou art God, the Powerful, the Dominant over all who are in the heavens and earths.

=== END BH10278 ===

=== START BH10279 ===

In the name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious!

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I testify that Thy proof hath vanquished the proofs of the past, and Thy evidence hath appeared with justice, and Thy signs have encompassed the kingdom of earth and heaven, and Thy clear tokens have been manifested before all faces. I beseech Thee by the light of Thy Cause and the fire of Thy Sacred Tree to confirm him who hath turned unto Thee and held fast to the cord of Thy bounty. Ordain for him that which will gladden his eyes and rejoice his heart. Then send down upon him from the heaven of Thy generosity a blessing from Thy presence. Verily, Thou art the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous.

=== END BH10279 ===

=== START BH10280 ===

O Mohammed-Taqi!

The Most Glorious! God, there is no God but Him, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting, the Most Great, the Most Glorious! Glory be unto Thee, O my God! Do Thou clothe the hearts of Thy loved ones with the armor of steadfastness and assurance, that the arrows of the intimations of those who have disbelieved in the Sovereign of all possibility may not affect them. Then adorn their heads with the crown of Thy name, the All-Merciful. Then send down upon them from the clouds of Thy mercy and the heaven of Thy grace that which will make them independent of all else save Thee and detached from all except Thyself. Verily, Thou art the Chosen One in Thy Cause, the Obeyed One in Thy decree, and the Beloved One in what Thou willest. There is no God but Thee, the Mighty, the Powerful, the Helper.

=== END BH10280 ===

=== START BH10281 ===

He is the All-Merciful!

Glorified art Thou, O my God! This is Thy servant who hath believed in Thee and loved Thy loved ones and turned away from Thine enemies and walked in the path of certitude until he reached the pivot of journeys and recognized the Manifestation of Thy Chosen Cause. Therefore, O my God, protect him through Thy bounty, then aid him through Thy grace, and deprive him not from Thy gate. Then send down upon him, O my God, that which will prosper his affairs in this world and the next. Verily Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the Powerful, the Guardian, the Self-Subsisting. And glory be upon the people of glory.

=== END BH10281 ===

=== START BH10282 ===

In the Name of God, the Eternal, the Everlasting!

Glorified art Thou, O my God! This is a leaf who hath sought Thy face, who hath been moved by the breezes of Thy grace, who hath been seized with passionate love for Thee, who hath answered Thy call and turned toward Thy countenance. I beseech Thee by Thy mercy which hath preceded all things to make her steadfast in what she was in Thy love. Then grant her what Thou hast ordained in the heaven of Thy grace for the choicest of Thy handmaidens. Then open before her face the doors of bounty in this world and the next. Verily, Thy grace hath preceded Thy justice, and Thy mercy hath preceded Thy wrath. Thou art, in truth, the All-Forgiving, the All-Merciful.

=== END BH10282 ===

=== START BH10283 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Exalted

Glorified art Thou, O my God! This is a leaf which the breezes of Thy loving-kindness have stirred, and which the melodies of Thy glorious oneness have attracted, and which Thy love hath taken to such a station that it is prevented from turning to any besides Thee, and its face is honored by turning only unto Thee. Thy tender mercies and favors have taken it to such a degree that its name hath become renowned in the Most Great Paradise. I beseech Thee, O my God, to maintain it in what it is, through the perpetuity of Thy glory, and to never cut off from it the wafting of the breezes of Thy mercy throughout all eternity. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest, and verily, Thou art the Forgiving, the Merciful.

=== END BH10283 ===

=== START BH10284 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory! Wisdom and Utterance

Glorified art Thou, O my God, my Lord, my Support! I beseech Thee by the movement of Thy Pen of destiny, and by the traces of Thy Pen, and by Thy most exalted attributes, and by the Dawning-Places of Thy revelation in the kingdom of creation, to make me detached from all else save Thee and holding fast to the cord of Thy bounty. O Lord! Thou seest this evanescent one seeking the Kawthar of Thy perpetual grace from the hands of Thy bounty, and this weary one seeking the kingdom of Thine utterance. I beseech Thee by Thy Cause whereby the limbs of the idolaters trembled and the cry of the transgressors was raised, to make me steadfast and vocal in Thy service and remembrance. There is no God but Thee, the Mighty, the All-Conquering, the Powerful.

=== END BH10284 ===

=== START BH10285 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory, the Most Great, the All-Powerful

Glorified art Thou, O God of the Messengers and Guide of all paths! I beseech Thee by the Name through which the sincere ones have soared in the atmosphere of Thy love and the near ones have hastened to the ocean of Thy bounty, to confirm every servant who has turned to Thy most exalted horizon and to protect him, through the hosts of the seen and the unseen, from the oppressors among Thy creatures. Then grant him, O my God, through Thy generosity, the good of this world and the next, and bless whatever he has done in pursuit of Thy good-pleasure. Verily, Thou art the One with power over whatsoever Thou willest, and within Thy grasp is the kingdom of all who are in the heavens and the earths.

=== END BH10285 ===

=== START BH10286 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

Glorified art Thou, O God of the unseen and the visible, and the Sovereign over all existence! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, the All-Loving, to assist the servants to attain unto unity, and enable them to remember and praise Thee, and to arise to serve Thy Cause. O my Lord! I implore Thee by the mysteries of Thy Book, and the lights of Thy countenance, and the manifestations of Thy power, to ordain for Thy sincere ones the reward of attaining Thy presence. Then write down for them that which will draw them nigh unto Thee, and grant them the good of this world and of the world to come, and that whereby their hearts may be gladdened, O Thou Lord of all beings! There is none other God but Thee, the Almighty, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH10286 ===

=== START BH10287 ===

In His Name, the All-Loving!

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name, through which the ocean of eternity surged, to cause Thy loved ones to drink of the wine of Thy oneness, and enable them to voice Thy praise and glorification amidst Thy creatures. O Lord! Thou knowest that I have desired for them naught save that which will draw them nigh unto the heaven of Thy bounty, and I have commanded them naught save that which Thou hast commanded. O Lord! Open before their faces the portals of Thy mercy, then shelter them within the precincts of Thy grace, and cause them to stand firm in their love for Thee. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the All-Powerful. There is none other God but Thee, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10287 ===

=== START BH10288 ===

O my God! Thou seest Thy Most Great Name and the Ancient Mystery enveloped in the shadows of sorrows while the hosts of Satan have surrounded it. By Thy glory, O my Lord, the All-Merciful! I shall arise from the horizon of tribulation through Thy sovereignty and might, and shine forth from the horizon of utterance with praise of Thy Self. I beseech Thee, O God of Names and Creator of heaven, to send down upon the hearts of the sincere ones that which will draw them near unto Thee and cause them to speak Thy praise amongst Thy creatures with such detachment as to attract the hearts of Thy creation and to cause the mountains of the earth to crumble through Thy power. There is no God but Thee, the Omnipotent, the Exalted, the Most High, the Most Glorious.

=== END BH10288 ===

=== START BH10289 ===

O my God, glorified art Thou! Thou seest that one of Thy handmaidens hath appeared before Thy throne and seeketh Thy grace and bounty. O Lord! Assist her to serve the Greater Branch and make her content and well-pleasing in such wise that if she should behold another in His presence, she would remain unchanged in herself and would in all conditions gaze upon Thee, saying at all times: “Praise be unto Thee, O Thou in Whose hand is the reins of authority. Verily Thou art the Mighty, the All-Choosing.” Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having caused her to be numbered among the people of Thy pavilion of glory and the tabernacle of Thy protection. Verily Thou art the Mighty, the Bountiful.

=== END BH10289 ===

=== START BH10290 ===

Tablet on which is written “Baha’u’llah, He is the All-Witnessing, the All-Hearing”:

Glorified art Thou, O my God! This is a leaf from among Thy leaves who hath clung to the Tree of Thy grace and hath departed from her homeland, turning toward the most exalted homeland - the station from whose horizon shone forth the lights of the countenance of her Most Glorious Lord. She hath entered the gate of Thy mercy and heard Thy call and witnessed that for which most of Thy creatures died in their yearning. I beseech Thee to make her articulate in Thy remembrance and praise, and turning toward Thy horizon and Thy station. Thou art He Whom the affairs of creation cannot frustrate. Thou doest what Thou willest and ordaineth what Thou pleasest. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the Most High, the Most Great.

=== END BH10290 ===

=== START BH10291 ===

In the name of our Lord,

the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious!

Praise be unto Thee, O My God and My Master, My Sustainer and My Beloved, My Heart’s Desire! Thou seest Thy servant who is called by the name of ’Ali-’Askar, as he draweth nigh unto the Kaaba of Thy wisdom and attaineth unto that which Thou didst reveal in Thy Book. He verily is of those who hath beheld and beareth witness to Thy most mighty Signs, and hath attained Thy favour, and hastened along the pathway of Thy good pleasure.

I beg of Thee by Thy most excellent Names and Thy most exalted Attributes to write down for him with the pen of Thy power that which beseemeth the heaven of Thy bounty and the ocean of Thy grace.

Thou art verily the Bestower, the Mighty, the Powerful, Who art wont to answer the prayers of all men.

=== END BH10291 ===

=== START BH10292 ===

He is the Healer! Glorified art Thou, O my God, my Beloved, my Lord, my Support, my Protector, my Helper and my Succourer! I beseech Thee by the Light whereby the horizon of the heaven of Thy bounty was illumined, to send down upon this handmaiden of Thine mercy and healing through Thy generosity and grace. O Lord! Thou seest her trembling from fear of Thee. I implore for her healing and care and rest and tranquility by Thy command, O Thou through Whom the hidden mystery and the veiled decree were made manifest! O Lord! Purify her from ailments and grant her well-being. Verily Thou art the Generous, the Healer, the Gracious.

=== END BH10292 ===

=== START BH10293 ===

He is the One Who gazeth from His Most Great Prison. Glorified art Thou, O my God and my Beloved! This is one of Thy handmaidens who hath held fast to the cord of Thy loving-kindness and responded when Thy call was raised between Thy heaven and Thy earth, and turned toward Thy horizon when the divines of Thy lands and the theologians of Thy countries turned away from it. I beseech Thee, by the rain-showers of the heaven of Thy mercy and by the outpourings of Thy days, to aid her to remain steadfast in Thy love and to ordain for her that which shall bring comfort to her eyes and tranquility to her heart. Verily, Thou art the One Who hath power over whatsoever He willeth. There is none other God but Thee, the Forgiving, the Generous.

=== END BH10293 ===

=== START BH10294 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious!

Glorified art Thou, O Lord of Names and Creator of Heaven! Thou seest one of Thy servants who hath turned unto Thee, attained unto Thy days, responded to Thy call, and held fast unto Thy cord, and who, despite his lack of means, hath accomplished what every possessor of wealth was prevented from doing. O Lord! Aid him with the hosts of the seen and the unseen, draw him nigh unto Thee, and ordain for him through Thy grace and bounty that which shall endure in Thy Books and Thy Tablets. Verily, Thou art the One Who hath power over whatsoever He willeth. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10294 ===

=== START BH10295 ===

All praise be to Thee, O Lord of all creation and King of the seen and unseen. I beseech Thee by the pearls of the ocean of Thy knowledge, and by the splendors of the light of the Day-Star of Thy loving kindness, to aid me to remember Thee and to praise Thee, and to turn towards the splendors of the Dawning-place of Thy grace. I am Thy maid-servant, O my Lord, and the daughter of Thy maid-servant. I have believed on Thee, and on Thy signs, and I recognize Thy unity and Thy oneness. Deny me not, I implore Thee, what is with Thee. Powerful art Thou to do what Thou choosest. No God is there but Thee, the All-Forgiving, The Most Compassionate.

=== END BH10295 ===

=== START BH10296 ===

He is the Sanctified above all that hath been and shall be!

Glorified art Thou, O Thou through Whose Name the trees were planted and the fruits appeared and the righteous spoke amidst the wicked, through that which moved the Most Exalted Pen by Thy command, O Thou Who art the Lord of all names! I beseech Thee by Thy sovereignty and Thy power to make me one who hath attained unto Thy good-pleasure, who hath recognized Thy truth, who standeth firm in Thy Cause, who taketh hold of Thy Book and who cleaveth to Thy commandments. Verily Thou art He Whom tribulations cannot frustrate, nor can the oppression of them who have disbelieved in Thy most exalted Word weaken Thee. There is none other God but Thee, the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the All-Forgiving, the Most Generous.

=== END BH10296 ===

=== START BH10297 ===

He is the Most Ancient, the Most Great! Glorified art Thou, O Thou through Whose remembrance the sincere ones have risen to mention and praise, and by Whose name the faithful have been drawn to the Most Glorious Horizon. O my Lord! This is a leaf from among the leaves of Thy Lote-Tree and a handmaiden from among Thy handmaidens, whom Thou hast related unto Thyself as a bounty from Thee. O my Lord! Protect her, then, within the fortress of Thy protection, and grant her that which Thou hast ordained for Thy leaves from Thy Most Exalted Pen. O my Lord! Thou seest her turning toward Thee. I beseech Thee not to disappoint her of that which is with Thee. Verily, Thou art the One with power over whatsoever Thou willest. There is none other God but Thee, the Forgiving, the Generous.

=== END BH10297 ===

=== START BH10298 ===

He is the Witnessing, the Witnessed One! Glorified art Thou, O Thou in Whose hand is the dominion of all created things and in Whose grasp are the reins of all existence. I beseech Thee by the Revealer of verses and the Manifestor of clear signs, Who soared in the atmosphere through Thy name and walked upon the sea through Thy power and might, to ordain from the Supreme Pen for Thy handmaidens that which will draw them nigh unto the shore of the sea of Thy oneness and grant them what Thou hast destined for Thy trusted ones and chosen ones. O Lord! Thou art the All-Bountiful, possessed of great bounty. There is no God but Thee, the Ruler over whatsoever Thou willest. Within Thy grasp is the kingdom of the dominion of the heavens and earth, and verily Thou art the Mighty, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10298 ===

=== START BH10299 ===

In the Name of our Most Holy, Most Great, Most Exalted, Most Glorious Lord!

Glorified art Thou, O Thou at whose separation the near ones have lamented and by whose utterance the sincere ones have been drawn! I beseech Thee by the light of Thy Cause whereby the cities of knowledge and wisdom have been illumined, that Thou aid him who hath heard Thy sweetest call and hath answered Thee, O Lord of all beings! O my Lord, ordain for him from the ocean of Thy mercy a portion, and from the stars of Thy bounty a share, and from the revelations of Thy Name, the Self-Subsisting, that which befitteth Thy generosity, O Thou Who hast power over what was and what shall be!

=== END BH10299 ===

=== START BH10300 ===

O H S! He is the Most Holy, the Most Glorious! The Divine Lote Tree proclaims: There is none other God but Me, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. I created you for My recognition, would that ye might know. Say: abandon the cup, for lo, the Most Great Ocean surgeth with His most excellent names and exalted attributes - these are but Its drops, while the people lie dead. Nothing shall profit them this Day though they cling to all that is hidden and visible, save God, the Powerful, the Mighty, the Loving. Be thou assured through thy Lord’s grace. Say: O people! The Self-Subsisting is come, and calleth you to a praiseworthy station. Blessed is he who hath turned unto God - he is indeed of the people of eternity inscribed in a preserved Tablet.

=== END BH10300 ===

=== START BH10301 ===

He is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed

God testifeth that thou hast turned unto Him and believed, and hast heard and responded when the Call was raised between earth and heaven, and hast acknowledged that which the Tongue of Grandeur hath spoken. We beseech God to aid thee to preserve that wherewith He hath honored thee, and to ordain for thee the good of both this world and the next. Then know thou that there appeared before the Gate he who rent asunder the veil in the final return, and delivered the Message, as attested by God, the Lord of lords. He made mention of thy kindly deed, and it was accepted. Verily thy Lord is the Mighty, the All-Bestowing. And the glory be upon thee and upon him who hath believed in God, the One, the Chosen One.

=== END BH10301 ===

=== START BH10302 ===

He is the Mighty! God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Beauteous, and that the Point of the Bayan is His servant and His splendor unto all who are in the heavens and on earth. And thou, O servant, give thanks unto God, thy Creator, for having singled thee out for His love and sent unto thee this luminous Tablet. Give thanks, and again give thanks, in thy heart and in thine essence, at every morn and eventide. Take heed lest thou grieve over aught, but rather rejoice in the joy of God, the Mighty, the Powerful. Thus hath the Dove warbled in this remote prison, that thou mayest be of them that render thanks.

=== END BH10302 ===

=== START BH10303 ===

In His name, the Everlasting, the Ever-Abiding

God testifieth that there is none other God besides Him, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. He Who hath appeared with the truth and speaketh amongst the people hath borne all tribulations for the salvation of the worlds. From His Most Great Prison He calleth the peoples unto the One, the All-Informed. Blessed is he who hath heard His call and turned unto Him, and woe betide him who hath turned away and followed every doubting learned one. We have heard thy call and have answered thee through this blessed, mighty and wondrous Tablet. Place thy trust in God in all matters. Verily He preserveth whomsoever He willeth through His sovereignty which prevaileth over the worlds.

=== END BH10303 ===

=== START BH10304 ===

In My Name, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. O My leaf! Bear thou witness unto that whereunto God hath Himself borne witness, and she who hath affirmed and acknowledged the testimony of God - verily she is of the denizens of the highest Paradise, inscribed in the Crimson Book which none hath beheld save God, the Lord of all mankind. Thus have We caused thee to hear the rustling of My Lote-Tree and the scratching of My Pen, that thou mayest give thanks unto thy Lord, the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. The glory rest upon thee and upon every leaf who hath held fast unto the cord of the will of her Lord, the Forgiving, the Bountiful.

=== END BH10304 ===

=== START BH10305 ===

In His Name, the Ever-Abiding, the Everlasting

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. He hath ever existed in the heights of might and power, in the loftiness of majesty and transcendence. The hosts of the world cannot withhold Him. He summoneth all peoples, through His Most Great Name, to His highest horizon and His most glorious appearance. Exalted is the Lord of Names! He doeth what He willeth through His sovereignty and ordaineth what He pleaseth through His power. Within His grasp is the Kingdom of earth and heaven, and in His hand the dominion of creation and command. There is none other God but Him, the Most High, the Manifest, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10305 ===

=== START BH10306 ===

In the Name of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise! God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is the sovereignty in the Kingdom of Utterance, and His the dominion in the Realm of divine knowledge and certitude. None other God is there but Him, the Mighty, the Great. O My Afnan! Upon thee be My glory! I counsel thee to be patient and tranquil, and to observe that which God hath revealed in His Book. Circle round the will of My Afnan, upon whom be My glory and My mercy and My loving-kindness, then follow what he commandeth thee. Verily thy Lord counseleth thee with that which shall profit thee in the world to come and in this world. Know thou that his good-pleasure is My good-pleasure. Well is it with him who hath attained thereunto, by the decree of One Who is All-Knowing, All-Wise.

=== END BH10306 ===

=== START BH10307 ===

O Muhammad Husayn! He is the Most Ancient, the Most Great. God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him. His are the greatness and majesty, the might and power, and the bounties. He taketh and He giveth, and He is powerful over what He willeth. The conditions of His creation do not frustrate Him, nor doth the clamor of His servants prevent Him. He hath given glad tidings unto all in His Books and Scriptures and Tablets of this Day which hath dawned from the highest horizon with His Most Glorious Name. Exalted be the Lord of Names and Creator of the heavens, the Manifestation of this mighty Cause. Praise be to God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10307 ===

=== START BH10308 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is the grace and bounty, His the generosity and munificence, His the grandeur and favors. He it is Who transmuteth hardship into ease, and poverty into wealth, and abasement into glory, and darkness into light. I beseech Him to ordain for whosoever hath turned unto Him a blessing from the heaven of His bounty and a mercy from the clouds of His generosity. Verily He is the One Who hath power over whatsoever He willeth through His word “Be” and it is. The Command is in the hand of our Lord, the Guardian, the Self-Subsisting. There is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Beloved.

=== END BH10308 ===

=== START BH10309 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Holy. God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath come with clear proofs is verily the Dawning-Place of My Cause, and the Dayspring of My Revelation, and My Hidden Book, and My Preserved Tablet, and the Heaven of My wisdom, and the Ocean of My knowledge. Whoso hath attained unto Him, he is of the most exalted among all created things, and whoso hath turned away, he is of the idolaters. Blessed is he who hath on this day spoken in praise of God, turning away from those who disbelieved in God when He came unto them with a perspicuous command. Thus have the verses been sent down in truth, as the Ancient Beauty walketh in His mighty prison.

=== END BH10309 ===

=== START BH10310 ===

The Most Great, the Most Holy

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. Whoso turneth toward the Most Exalted Horizon in this Day must needs be raised by it as banners of virtuous character throughout all regions, that through them may be manifested that which God, the Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise, hath willed. Blessed is he from whom appeareth that which bringeth tranquility to hearts and who followeth the command of his Lord in His Most Great, Most Holy Manifestation, the Mighty, the Powerful. Victory hath been ordained through remembrance and utterance. This is what every soul hath been commanded by the All-Merciful. To this testifieth every assured and discerning one.

=== END BH10310 ===

=== START BH10311 ===

He is God, the Interpreter in the Kingdom of Utterance. God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath appeared is verily the Savior of all nations and the Quickener of the world. The clamor of the people doth not prevent Him from that which He desireth, nor doth the croaking of those in the lands. Whoso hath attained unto Him hath attained unto the impenetrable Mystery, and whoso hath turned away, is assuredly among the perishing ones. O my Lord! I beseech Thee by Thy Self to aid me to serve Thee amongst Thy servants, and to ordain for me that which shall profit me in every world of Thy worlds. Verily Thou art the Bestower, the Forgiver, the Merciful.

=== END BH10311 ===

=== START BH10312 ===

O Darab! In the name of Him Who is the Guardian over all who are in the heavens and on earth. God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who speaketh with truth is verily the Tongue of My grandeur and the Dawning-Place of My glory and the Horizon of My favors and the Sun of My Will and the Heaven of My Purpose and the Pen of My Command and My Preserved Tablet and the Book of My Laws unto all who are in the heavens and on earth. Through Him were opened the gates of My mercy and the rain of My loving-kindness was showered and the ocean of My generosity surged and the fragrance of My garment was wafted abroad. Blessed is he who hath turned unto Him and found and said: “Praise be unto Thee, O Beloved of the heavens and of the earth!”

=== END BH10312 ===

=== START BH10313 ===

He is God, the Most Glorious

In the Name of God, the Eternal, Who perisheth not

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. He openeth unto whom He willeth the gates of good things. He is, verily, the Single One, the All-Powerful, the Mighty, the Compelling. Are ye saddened by the world and that which occurreth therein after ye behold the Sun of Joy shining from the horizon of grace? Put your trust in Him. Verily, He is with you, and His Self is the One that encompasseth all regions. He hath chosen you for the service of His Cause through wisdom. Exalted is this station which God hath made among the most sublime of stations. Rejoice in that thou hast turned unto Him when every polytheist and doubter turned away.

=== END BH10313 ===

=== START BH10314 ===

HE IS GOD, THE MOST HOLY

In the name of God, the Everlasting, Who perisheth not. God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. He aideth whom He willeth through the hosts of the heavens and earth. He is, verily, the One, the Chosen. Blessed art thou, inasmuch as thou hast inhaled the fragrances of holiness from this Garment through which the fragrance of divine knowledge hath been wafted throughout all creation. He who hath recognized hath attained, and he who hath turned towards Him is reckoned among the most exalted of beings before the Truth, the Most High. The Pen hath been forbidden to mention the mysteries of pre-existence. Erelong shall its reins be loosened. Thy Lord is, verily, the Powerful, the Mighty, the Bestower.

=== END BH10314 ===

=== START BH10315 ===

The Most Holy, Most Exalted, Most Glorious

God testifieth of His own Self unto His own Self, before the creation of all things, that there is none other God but Him, and that He Who speaketh with truth is indeed the Supreme Scripture for all who are in the realms of creation, and the Most Great Book for all who are in the world, and the Hidden Tablet for all who are in the unseen and the visible. Through Him hath the Resurrection come to pass, and the pillars of all beings have quaked, save whom God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, hath willed. Through Him have the Kingdom and the Dominion smiled, and every rejected idolater hath wailed. Through Him is every deed accepted and the call of every caller heard and every beloved command upraised.

=== END BH10315 ===

=== START BH10316 ===

The Most Great, the Most Glorious. God hath testified of His own Self by His own Self before the creation of His heaven and His earth that there is none other God but Him, the Single, the One, the Powerful, the All-Choosing. And He Who hath come is verily the One mentioned in the highest heaven and inscribed in the Tablets of your Lord, the Most High, the Most Glorious, and promised in the radiant Scriptures. And whosoever after Him layeth claim, he hath indeed uttered falsehood. By My Self that ruleth over all horizons, bear thou witness unto that whereunto God hath testified, then stand firm in the Cause with the spirit of power and assurance. Grieve not for him who hath ascended; verily he dwelleth in the seat of truth with thy Lord, the Mighty, the All-Bestowing.

=== END BH10316 ===

=== START BH10317 ===

In the Name of the Mighty, the All-Knowing!

He who is mentioned hath testified concerning Him Who hath come with the truth that He, verily, is God; there is none other God but Him, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. He hath come with the truth and summoned all unto Him, yet the people have turned away. They have denied the favor of God and His signs, and have turned aside from the Truth, the Knower of things unseen. We have counseled those who have believed in that which the All-Bestowing hath sent down in the Book, but most of the people understand not. Blessed is he who hath cast away vain imaginings and hastened unto the ocean of the mercy of his Lord, the Possessor of existence. Rejoice thou in that thou hast been mentioned before the Face, and this irrevocable Book hath been sent down unto thee.

=== END BH10317 ===

=== START BH10318 ===

O Ahmad! He is the One with power over whatsoever He willeth. In His Name, the Powerful! He Who is the Intended One beareth witness unto him who hath appeared with the truth and hath come from the heaven of the Cause with manifest sovereignty. O people of Milan! Verily your Lord, the All-Merciful, calleth you unto the Kawthar of life, and it is My love, the mighty, the wondrous. All the ornaments of the earth shall perish, and there shall endure that which hath been sent down from God, the Lord of all worlds. Verily He aideth whomsoever He willeth with hosts ye cannot see, and seizeth whomsoever He pleaseth, for He is the All-Powerful, the Almighty. Thus have We sent down the verses and made manifest the evidences, yet most of the people remain heedless.

=== END BH10318 ===

=== START BH10319 ===

He is the Mighty, the Everlasting, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise!

The Hidden beareth witness unto My Concealed Name, and the Concealed beareth witness unto My Hidden Name, that there is none other God but Me, the Mighty, the Loving. The River hath flowed, and the verses have been sent down, yet the people comprehend not. We desire to write for thee that which the Point of the Bayan and the Primal Beauty intended for the people of Baha, that thou mayest render thanks unto thy Lord, the Generous. God is well-pleased with thee - these are words which, wert thou to expend all that is on earth, thou wouldst not attain unto. But God doeth what He willeth and ordaineth what He pleaseth, and He is the Mighty, the Generous.

=== END BH10319 ===

=== START BH10320 ===

He is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed

My Most Exalted Pen beareth witness that there is none other God but Him. He giveth life and causeth death, causeth death and giveth life, and He is the Single, the One, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. We have heard thy call and have called out to thee from the Most Sacred Side of the Throne, and have remembered thee with a remembrance through which thy station hath been elevated, and the station of all who have turned to God, the Single, the All-Informed. Give thanks unto thy Lord, for He hath aided thee and sent down for thee that which shall endure throughout the eternity of My Most Beautiful Names. And I am verily the Rememberer, the Compassionate, the Generous. The glory be upon thee and upon those who have believed in God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy.

=== END BH10320 ===

=== START BH10321 ===

He is the All-Seeing, the All-Informed

My Most Exalted Pen beareth witness unto the people of Baha that there is none other God but Me, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. God hath heard the cry of him who hath turned unto His Face and perceived the fragrance of His garment in the days of his Lord, the Mighty, the All-Loving. O people of God! Rejoice in this Most Great Remembrance through which every hidden mystery hath been made manifest. He remembereth and praiseth His own Self, and remembereth His Afnan after His Aghsan, then those who have held fast unto that which is praiseworthy. Glory be unto him who hath shown justice in the Cause of God, the Lord of what was and what shall be.

=== END BH10321 ===

=== START BH10322 ===

[Guardian of the Cause, upon him be the Glory of God] He is the Speaker in the Kingdom of Utterance

Blessed art thou for having turned, in the early days of thy life, unto thy Lord, the Lord of the Mighty Throne. Say: My God, my God! Thou seest me turning toward the heaven of Thy Revelation, speaking forth Thy praise and Thy verses, and acknowledging that which hath shone forth from the horizon of the kingdom of Thy knowledge. I beseech Thee to make me confirmed in the assistance of Thy Cause and the exaltation of Thy Word, in such wise that the standards of Thy Cause may be raised in Thy cities and domains. Verily Thou art the Guardian of the world and the Educator of the nations. There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the Powerful.

=== END BH10322 ===

=== START BH10323 ===

He is the Dawning-Place from the horizon of eternity! Blessed art thou for having attained unto the recognition of thy Lord, the Lord of all names, and for having turned toward the Most Exalted Horizon. Say: O my God! Praise be unto Thee for having caused me to recognize Thy Beauty and given me to drink from the chalice of Thy knowledge, and made me to turn toward the horizon of Thy Revelation and to direct my steps to the Dayspring of Thy recognition. I beseech Thee to assist me in Thy love and good-pleasure and in serving Thy Cause in Thy days. Then ordain for me, O my God, that which is best for me and draw me nigh unto Thee under all conditions. Verily Thou art the Almighty, the Ordainer. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH10323 ===

=== START BH10324 ===

In the Name of God, the Mighty, the Merciful! Well is it with thee, O servant, for having sheltered him who came unto thee, and honored and glorified him. By God! Were it not for My fear of the Nimrod of the Bayan, We would have given thee glad tidings with a word that would cause the realities of those who have drunk the pure wine from the Beauty of God, the Most Manifest, the Most Luminous, to rejoice, and would rend asunder the hearts of the polytheists. This is the reward of thy deed in thy love for God on the day when the pillars of the sincere ones were shaken. And the Spirit be upon thee and upon thy family who circle round about thee, from God, the Mighty, the Inaccessible. And praise be to the Beloved of the mystics.

=== END BH10324 ===

=== START BH10325 ===

Another submission is that whatever expressions of humility, submissiveness, self-effacement, nothingness, remembrance, praise and glorification were offered in the presence of Their Holiness the Two Most Great, Most Exalted, Most Noble Branches - may my spirit and the spirits of all the worlds be sacrificed for the dust of their footsteps - were repeatedly presented, and in each instance They mentioned this one with special words reflecting pure grace and favor. Whatever this servant has presented in this station was and will remain utterly deficient. Completed on Tuesday the 18th of Dhi’l-Qa’dih 1302.

=== END BH10325 ===

=== START BH10326 ===

He is the Mighty One! Take God as thy Reckoner, then as thy Guardian, then as thy Surety. Verily God sufficeth thee against all else. Whoso findeth intimacy with Him shall never find intimacy with another, and he who knoweth Him shall be content with Him above all others. Whoso entereth beneath His shade shall be enriched above every outstretched shade. Verily He is with thee wheresoever thou mayest be. Be thou patient and grieve not, then be content with what He hath ordained for thee, for this is better for thee than all that thou hast known or shalt know, for the matter hath been decreed and fulfilled, and We are witness to this.

=== END BH10326 ===

=== START BH10327 ===

He is the Wondrous One!

Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth from the heaven of holy wonderment, that ye may thereby recognize the most excellent of countenances in this Face which gleameth from behind the veils of light. Say: This is the Book of Command from the Point of the Bayan unto His servant who hath attained the presence of the Throne yet knew Him not, inasmuch as the Beauty of Glory had veiled His face from the eyes of all the worlds. O servant! Arise from thy seat, then stand firm in the recognition of thy Lord, and deprive not thyself of the Kawthar of holiness in this Paradise.

=== END BH10327 ===

=== START BH10328 ===

He is the Ever-Abiding, the Mighty, the Inaccessible

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by this Name, which hath been encompassed by tribulations from all directions and upon which calamities have descended from every quarter, to such extent that it findeth no helper in Thy earth nor any succorer in Thy dominion, that Thou mayest ease for this people the pangs of travail, preserve them therefrom, deliver them from this hardship, and transform it into comfort and tranquility. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest and supreme over whatsoever Thou desirest. Verily, Thou art the Mighty, the Beauteous, and verily, Thou art the Forgiving, the Merciful.

=== END BH10328 ===

=== START BH10329 ===

He Who Migrates in the Path of His Lord

Glory be unto Thee, O my God! This is Thy servant who hath turned towards Thy presence and sought Thy good-pleasure, who hath separated himself from his family out of his longing for Thee and his love of Thee, and hath attained unto that station wherein he hath journeyed in Thy path and reached the summit of glory and love, until he visited the mystery of Thy Beauty and Thy holy Sanctuary. Therefore, O my God, honor him with that which befitteth Thy station and beseemeth Thy sovereignty. Then make him praised in deed even as Thou hast made him Ahmad in name. Verily, Thou art the Mighty, the Supreme, the All-Glorious, the Best-Beloved.

=== END BH10329 ===

=== START BH10330 ===

He is the Mighty. Glorified art Thou, O my God! This is Thy servant who hath sewn the robe of the glory of Thy sovereignty and the garments of the sanctity of Thy Temple, and who emigrated with Thy Most Exalted Beauty until he entered with Him into this Most Great Prison. I beseech Thee therefore, O my God, not to sever the thread which Thou hast made a means between him and the lights of Thy Beauty and the knowledge of Thyself. Then make him steadfast in Thy love, and grant him the best of what lieth with Thee, and establish for him from Thy grace a seat of constancy, and prepare for him from Thy command in this Cause guidance.

=== END BH10330 ===

=== START BH10332 ===

He is God! Glorified art Thou, O my God! This is one of Thy handmaidens, a ray from Thy rays, and a melody from Thy melodies, who was born in Thy days and appeared at the time of the exaltation of the manifestation of Thy supreme sovereignty upon the banners of Thy guidance and the rising of Thy Most Splendid Light in the heaven of Thine eternity. Therefore, O my God, protect her through Thy power, then give her to drink from the cups of Thy loving-kindness, and honor her dwelling place through Thy might, that she may perceive the lights of Thy Beauty from the temples of Thy Glory and be illumined by the dawning splendors of the manifestations of Thy grace in the heaven of Thy holy presence. Verily Thou doest what Thou willest, and verily Thou art the King, the Powerful, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH10332 ===

=== START BH10333 ===

Muhammad Kazim - In the Sad

Glorified art Thou, O my God! By Thy might, my heart is torn asunder from separation and estrangement from Thee, and my soul is entangled from remoteness from Thy reunion and meeting. Therefore, O my God, I beseech Thee by this Name which hath been encompassed by tribulations through what was ordained in the tablets of Thy decree, that Thou send down upon Thy servants that which shall open their eyes, that they may know Thee from all else and become aware of Thy hidden and most hidden Command in this Most Glorious and Most Splendid Temple. Verily, Thou art the One Who hath power over whatsoever Thou willest, and Thou art, in truth, powerful over all things.

=== END BH10333 ===

=== START BH10336 ===

In the evening, O my God, I remember Thee with the hosts of those near unto Thee, and at dawn I call upon Thee, O my Hope, with the melodies of the sincere ones. The gleaming splendors of Thy countenance have so enthralled me that sleep hath fled from mine eyes and tranquility hath departed from my soul. I beseech Thee, O God of the world and Beloved of the nations, to draw me near in all conditions unto the ocean of Thy grace, and to ordain for me through Thy Most Exalted Pen that which will render me pure for Thy sake and steadfast in Thy service. O Lord! Thou art the All-Sufficient, and I am Thy servant who seeketh refuge, who hopeth, who is abject and poor.

=== END BH10336 ===

=== START BH10337 ===

O Thou Who art the All-Sufficing, the All-Protecting!

O my God! This is Thy servant who hath bowed down before Thy Manifestation and hath submitted himself before the dawning rays of the lights of Thy glory and sovereignty. I beseech Thee to protect me beneath the shelter of Thy protection and safeguarding, and to preserve me within the cave of Thy generosity and guardianship. Therefore, O my God, since his heart is clinging to the handhold of trust in the sovereignty of Thy protection, and relying upon the wondrous effulgences of the manifestations of Thy watchfulness, do Thou protect him from every evil and calamity, and from the afflictions that his enemies may bring down upon his head, that Thou mayest gain dominion over them through Thy sovereignty and power, and prevail over Thine enemies through Thy mighty wrath and ancient indignation.

=== END BH10337 ===

=== START BH10338 ===

He is God! The heaven of might and grandeur, and the firmament of power and justice, has encompassed all atoms and essences through the encompassing power of the names and attributes. He has set in motion the sphere of divine direction belonging to the Ancient Throne, according to the ordained decree in the kingdom of will, by means of a luminous golden thread. And He caused the mighty sphere of ancient and wondrous attributes to flow and circulate upon the sea of eternity through the blessing of one of the holy names. Then, by His absolute will, He placed its reins, by permission of a Manifestation, within the grasp of power of a trusted one. Such is the decree of the Mighty, the Powerful.

=== END BH10338 ===

=== START BH10340 ===

The Most Great, the Most Holy! The sun hath dawned from the horizon of divine decree, whereon hath been inscribed by the Most Glorious Pen: “The Prison is for the Dayspring of Lights.” We, in the most wretched of dwellings, summon the people unto the Kingdom. Recognize this, O ye who are endowed with insight! The wine of idle fancy hath seized all who dwell on earth, save those who have turned with their hearts to the Horizon of all horizons. When anyone raiseth a call, We answer him, though We have prescribed for every soul that when he heareth, he should say: “Here am I, O God of all who are in the heavens and on earth!” Gather ye together, O My loved ones, for the sake of the Cause. Thus have ye been commanded in the Tablets.

=== END BH10340 ===

=== START BH10341 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Unapproachable, the Most Holy!

Thy letter hath reached Our presence and We have read it, for We are ever the Reader thereof. We beseech God to assist thee in His Cause and to grant thee that which He loveth and is pleased with, for verily He is powerful over all things. Be thou assured in thyself, then place thy trust in God, thy Lord and the Lord of all worlds. He, verily, aideth those who have detached themselves from all else save Him and have drawn nigh unto Him with hearts submissive and repentant. He will send down upon thee that which He hath ordained for thee in His Most Great and Glorious Kingdom. And glory be upon thee and upon him who hath believed in God, the Single, the One, the Mighty, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH10341 ===

=== START BH10342 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great! Your letter has attained unto the Most Exalted Horizon, and the Lord of Names calls out to you as a token of His grace, that you may be numbered among the thankful ones. Say: O my God! I am he who has held fast to the cord of Thy bounty and clung to the hem of Thy favors, who has acknowledged Thy singleness and confessed Thy oneness, and who has become certain that Thou art the Lord of existence and the Bestower of both the unseen and the seen. I beseech Thee to give me to drink, at all times, of Thy hidden nectar and Thy treasured Kawthar. Then ordain for me a seat of truth with Thy chosen ones and Thy sincere ones, and grant me that which befits Thy generosity and munificence. Verily, Thou art the Giver, the Bountiful, the Forgiving, the Generous.

=== END BH10342 ===

=== START BH10343 ===

He is God, exalted is He! The winds of destiny have scattered the loved ones of God, the Most High, the Most Exalted. Some are in Mosul the hunchbacked, some in Damascus the spacious, and some in other cities, while this Youth is in the fortress of Akka, though tribulations encompass Him from all sides. He counsels you to preserve the Cause and calls you to the Most Great Word, which God has made the mirror of His beauty amidst the worlds. Grieve not over what has befallen Us, but help your Lord, the Most Merciful. The Youth shall soon emerge, and the denizens of the highest paradise and the angels drawn nigh shall welcome Him.

=== END BH10343 ===

=== START BH10345 ===

O ’Azizu’llah, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the One Who gazeth from the Most Exalted Horizon. Thy mention hath been made in the presence of the Wronged One, and He remembereth thee with this perspicuous remembrance, that thy heart may rejoice thereby, and thy breast be dilated, and thy tongue may speak forth: “All praise belongeth unto God, the Lord of the worlds.” We have heard thy call and have answered thee, and We beseech the All-Bountiful that He may assist thee under all conditions to make mention of Him and to praise Him, and to serve His mighty Cause. It behooveth thee and My loved ones to hold fast unto the cord of wisdom, as bidden by One Who is All-Knowing, All-Wise. Upon thee and upon them be the glory of God, the Protector, the Mighty, the Powerful.

=== END BH10345 ===

=== START BH10347 ===

O Jafar! He is the Most Holy, the Most Great! The dawn has witnessed My rising, the afternoon My turning and calling, and the night My sorrow and imprisonment among My servants. And beyond these, One has called out with the most exalted call from the luminous Spot, saying: “There is no God but Me, the Single, the All-Informed.” This is the Day of God, but the people are in grievous doubt. They have cast certitude behind their backs and followed vain imaginings and idle fancies. Give thanks unto God for having remembered the Wronged One, Who hath sent down unto thee this perspicuous Tablet. Say: Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds!

=== END BH10347 ===

=== START BH10348 ===

He is the Most Manifest

The Beauty of the All-Merciful has appeared - may the spirit of all who dwell in the realms of glory be sacrificed for Him! The countenance of the All-Bountiful has dawned from the horizon of possibility. By God, all created things have swooned with longing for His presence and meeting with Him. Yet the people of the Bayan remain heedless and in loss. O Mahd, although my heart has been transformed by rapture, and my pen trembles with ardor, and my hand quivers with ecstasy, how can I write that which would bring solace to your eyes and the eyes of all the world? Yet for love of your Lord has the Pen inscribed whatsoever God has willed.

=== END BH10348 ===

=== START BH10349 ===

He is God

He is the One Who warbles upon the branches. Your letter has attained unto the Most Great Scene, and the Lord of Destiny addresses you and says: Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I am the leaf which Thy Will and Purpose have caused to grow until it appeared from Thy Branch. I beseech Thee, O Lord of the nations and Sovereign of eternity, to make me one of those who circle round Thee in every world of Thy worlds. O Lord! Thy leaf was stirred by Thy Will and has resigned its affair unto Thee. Verily, Thou art powerful to do what Thou willest, and Thou art, in truth, the Near One, the Witness, the Trusted One.

=== END BH10349 ===

=== START BH10350 ===

Your Book hath been read before the Throne, and We have accepted what thou didst intend for the sake of God, the Lord of the worlds. Rejoice thou in that My Most Exalted Pen hath answered thee. It behooveth thee to soar on the wings of longing and to render thanks unto thy Lord, the Bestower, the Bountiful, the All-Forgiving, the All-Generous. Thy Book hath attained unto acceptance, and We bid thee to act in accordance with what thou possessest, as ordained by One Who is All-Knowing, All-Wise.

=== END BH10350 ===

=== START BH10351 ===

In His Most Great Name! The Tongue hath spoken before the faces of the world and given them glad tidings of the Most Great Name, that they might rejoice in the days of God, the Lord of the worlds. Yet they have risen in oppression and turned away from Him through Whom the horizon of revelation was illumined and God came with manifest sovereignty. They have cast aside the Lord of all beings and seized upon their desires - verily they are among the abject ones. The days have passed and the Caller hath cried out, yet they remain asleep. The intoxication of the world hath seized them in such wise that they have turned away from My Most Great Name. Blessed art thou for having turned and hearkened unto the call of God, the King, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10351 ===

=== START BH10352 ===

He is the Mighty, the Beloved

The Mother Book hath spoken at the return before the faces of the servants: By God, the Lord of creation hath come! The Kingdom is God’s, the Lord of Lords. He hath desired to send unto thee a sign from His signs, that He may give thee to drink of the Kawthar of His utterance and cause thee to enter into the Kingdom of His knowledge - a bounty from His presence, for He is the Mighty, the All-Bountiful. Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by the Kawthar of Thy utterance and the pearls of the ocean of Thy knowledge, to ordain for me that which shall endure through the potency of Thy Will and the power of Thy Purpose. Verily, Thou art the Strong, the Mighty, and worthy to answer.

=== END BH10352 ===

=== START BH10353 ===

His honor Aqa Husayn, who hath borne tribulations. In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Impregnable, the Most Glorious. The Tongue of Grandeur hath spoken amidst all creation: Verily, there is none other God but Me, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. And He Who hath come from the horizon of eternity is indeed the cloud of My mercy and the heaven of My grace and the Dawning-Place of My verses and the Source of My sovereign commands to all the worlds. Whoso holdeth fast unto Him hath surely held fast unto the cord of My loving-kindness and clung to the hem of My generosity. And whoso turneth away, he is of them that have attributed partners unto God’s verses from time immemorial, and for him there is no portion of this mighty ocean.

=== END BH10353 ===

=== START BH10354 ===

The Most Powerful. God, there is no God but Him, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. In the name of the Peerless Friend! I swear by the Beloved of hearts and the Object of adoration of all possibility that if all the handmaidens of the earth were to hear with the ear of the heart this blessed word which hath dawned forth from the Dayspring of the utterance of the All-Merciful - wherein He addresseth thee saying: “O My handmaiden and daughter of My handmaiden!” - they would all sacrifice their lives in His Name. May they perceive the fragrant breezes of the utterance of the Best-Beloved of the worlds and drink of the wine of inner meanings that is concealed therein. This is the Day of assistance. Blessed are they who have turned unto the Truth and have detached themselves from all else save Him.

=== END BH10354 ===

=== START BH10355 ===

In the Name of the Most Unapproachable, the Most Glorious

Say: I praise Thee, O my God, for having cast upon me Thy Word, and made known to me Thy proof, and given me to drink from the Kawthar of Thy love, and taught me the ways of Thy favors, and shown me the manifestations of the lights of Thy Days which Thou didst announce in Thy Scriptures and didst give glad tidings of in Thy Books and Thy Tablets. O Lord! Having made me recognize Thee, deny me not through Thy bounty, for verily the Generous One disappointeth not His suppliants, and the Merciful One depriveth not those who hope in Him. I beseech Thee, O Sovereign of Names and Ruler of earth and heaven, to make me in all conditions steadfast in Thy Cause and holding fast to the cord of Thy good-pleasure. Verily Thou art the Mighty, the Beloved.

=== END BH10355 ===

=== START BH10356 ===

O Thou Who art the Lord of the world! I beseech Thee by the Most Great Name through which every polytheist lamented, and every denier cried out, and every infidel perished, to make me of those who have drunk the wine of revelation from the hand of Thy bounty and who have soared on the wings of certitude to the heaven of Thy Cause. O Lord! Aid Thy loved ones to remember and praise Thee, then ordain for them from Thy generosity that which will profit them in Thy worlds. Verily Thou art He to Whose Self the tongue of all in the Kingdom hath testified even as Thou didst testify to Thine Own Self. Verily Thou art the Almighty, the Powerful.

=== END BH10356 ===

=== START BH10357 ===

The Most Holy, Most Great, Most Glorious. Say: O God, O Cleaver of the dawn and Commander of the winds! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which the Hidden Treasure and the Concealed Name were made manifest, to render me assisted in revealing Thy Cause among Thy creation through the wisdom which Thou hast sent down in Thy Tablets. Then make me to be of those who have circled round Thy will, who have sought the Kaaba of Thy presence, who have stood before Thee, and who have heard Thy most sweet call from Thy Most Exalted Pen. Verily, Thou art the Lord of all beings. Within Thy grasp is the kingdom of all things. Thou doest what Thou willest through Thy sovereignty. There is none other God but Thee, the Almighty, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10357 ===

=== START BH10358 ===

Prayer revealed by Baha’u’llah for [name omitted] upon him be the Glory of God. He is established upon the Throne. Say: O God, O Sovereign of all names and Creator of heaven! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which the heaven of Thy Revelation was raised up, and the ocean of Thy Will surged, and the fragrance of Thy Robe was wafted abroad, to assist me to remember Thee and to diffuse Thy Cause, and to draw me near unto Thee at all times through Thy sovereignty and Thy power. Then make me to triumph over Thine enemies and to prevail over the rebellious among Thy creatures. Verily Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest and dominant over whatsoever Thou desirest. There is no God but Thee, the Exalted, the Mighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10358 ===

=== START BH10359 ===

He is the One manifest from the horizon of eternity! Say: O God, my God, Lord of all things and Creator of names! I beseech Thee by the breathings of Thy revelation and the breezes of Thine inspiration and the ocean of Thy bounty and the heaven of Thy favors to make me in the nights and days stand firm in Thy service and remember Thee with that remembrance whereby the world was illumined and the clamor of the nations was raised. Thou art He Who, O my God, hast guided me unto Thyself and related me unto Thee. Write down for me, then, what Thou hast written for Thy chosen ones. Verily Thou art the One powerful through Thy sovereignty. All existence testifieth that Thou art the All-Compelling, the Mighty, the Loving.

=== END BH10359 ===

=== START BH10360 ===

Say: When We journeyed from the Orient of Eternity to the Occident of the Cloud, We found a people from among the dwellers of Sinai who were standing upon the land of allusions. Thereupon We revealed unto them from the Most Great Mystery, in this Greatest Word, through the hidden symbol, symbols beyond reckoning. Whereupon they fell unconscious upon the dust as though they had never been created on earth. Thus was the matter decreed by the Omnipotent, the Self-Subsisting. And thou, arise with supreme steadfastness, then aid thy Lord, and He will assist thee with a sovereignty that is powerful in truth.

=== END BH10360 ===

=== START BH10361 ===

O Muhammad-’Ali! Upon him be the Glory of God! He is the Compassionate, the All-Bountiful!

Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name, and glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy most firm Command, and glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which the hearts of the nations were attracted, to open before my face, through the key of Thy Name, the Self-Subsisting, the gates of Thy mercy and Thy blessing and Thy bounty. Then cause to rain down upon me from the clouds of Thy grace the showers of Thy generosity and munificence. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest, and within Thy grasp are the reins of all who are in the heavens and on earth. There is none other God but Thee, the Almighty, the All-Compelling, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH10361 ===

=== START BH10362 ===

O He Who is sanctified above all mention! Say: Glory be to Thee, O my God! I am he who hath turned toward Thee and drawn nigh unto the horizon of Thy Revelation and hath heard Thy sweetest call which was raised from the divine Lote-Tree. I beseech Thee, O Lord of eternity and Creator of nations, to make me in all conditions one who gazeth toward Thee and is detached from all else but Thee. Then enable me to act according to Thy good-pleasure and that which Thou hast commanded me in Thy Tablets. Thou art He Who hath ever been in the heights of might and power and the summit of loftiness and grandeur. There is no God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10362 ===

=== START BH10363 ===

O Muhammad-’Ali!

In the name of Him Who rules supreme over all names! Say: Glory be to Thee, O Desire of the world and Sovereign of nations! I beseech Thee by the Most Great Name which was hidden in Thy knowledge and treasured up with Thee, to ordain for me that which Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen ones who have acknowledged that which Thy Prophets have uttered. O Lord! I am the poor one who hath turned unto the ocean of Thy wealth, and I am the sinner who hath sought the Kawthar of Thy forgiveness. I implore Thee not to disappoint me in that which I have desired from the heaven of Thy bounty and the sun of Thy grace. Verily, Thou art the All-Powerful, the Most Exalted, the Mighty, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10363 ===

=== START BH10364 ===

In the name of Him Who is the Ever-Watchful, the Near One! Say: Glory be to Thee, O Thou through Whose Name the hidden Secret and the treasured Symbol were made manifest! I beseech Thee by the mysteries of Thy Most Great Name, and by the lights of Thy countenance, O Lord of eternity, and by the knowledge which no highest consciousness of contingent beings nor loftiest manifestation among created things hath comprehended, to make me one of the Hands of Thy Cause among Thy creatures, that I may arise to serve Thy Cause and make mention of Thee with wisdom and utterance in Thy kingdom. Thou, verily, art the One Who hath power over whatsoever He willeth, and in Thy grasp are the reins of all things. There is none other God but Thee, the Possessor of all names and Creator of the heavens.

=== END BH10364 ===

=== START BH10365 ===

In His Name, the One All-Powerful over the world! Say: Praise be to Thee, O Lord of eternity, for having caused me to hear Thy call and for having made known to me the ocean of Thy bounty and the heaven of Thy generosity. I beseech Thee, O Beloved of the worlds and Desire of them that have recognized Thee, to make me among those who have stood firm in Thy love, who have spoken Thy praise, who have held fast to the cord of Thy Cause, and who have clung to the hem of Thy mercy. Then ordain for me that which befitteth Thy majesty and beseemeth Thy station and Thy power. Thou art He to Whose power and sovereignty all atoms have testified, and to Whose grandeur and glory all created things have borne witness. There is none other God but Thee, the Most Exalted, the Mighty, the Great.

=== END BH10365 ===

=== START BH10366 ===

Say: O Land of Ta (Tehran), I have come from the direction of grandeur and majesty with the announcement of God, the Powerful, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy. The fragrance of the All-Merciful has been diffused throughout all contingent being. Turn your hearts illumined and be not of those who hesitate. Thou art the one whom God hath made the dawning-place of His Manifestation and the dayspring of His verses and the mine of His wisdom and the treasury of the pearls of His wondrous utterance. Blessed art thou, and blessed is he who dwelleth in thee, and joy be to thee and joy be to him who attaineth unto thy presence and establisheth for himself a seat within thee. We beseech God to illumine all through the light of recognition and draw them nigh unto His holy and luminous court.

=== END BH10366 ===

=== START BH10367 ===

O Shah Khalil, who hath attained and been blessed with the presence - He is the One Who standeth through His Name, the Self-Subsisting. Say: O people of the Bayan! The All-Merciful hath come with manifest sovereignty. This is the Day whereon all things proclaim: The Kingdom belongeth unto God, the Almighty, the All-Praised. Thou hast heard the Call and drunk the wine of everlasting life from the hand of bounty, a grace from the presence of One tender and generous. Give thanks unto God, thy Lord, for this most great favor, which all the treasuries of the world cannot equal. To this beareth witness the Mother Book in this exalted and glorious station. The glory from Our presence be upon thee and upon all who are steadfast, firm and upright.

=== END BH10367 ===

=== START BH10368 ===

In the Name of the One All-Knowing God

The Supreme Pen at all times summons humanity to the Most Glorious Horizon, yet all are observed to be as dead save a few who have drunk from the Living Waters and, in the path of the All-Merciful, have detached themselves from all who dwell on earth. Blessed are they and theirs shall be a goodly return. Strange it is that they have abandoned the Exalted Truth and occupied themselves with fleeting things. Soon shall they find themselves in manifest loss. Blessed art thou for having attained unto the recognition of thy Lord and for this Mighty, Wondrous Book which hath been sent down for thee.

=== END BH10368 ===

=== START BH10369 ===

O Ramadan-’Ali!

He is the One manifest from His most exalted horizon

The Most Exalted Pen commands: O friends! Hold fast to that which is the cause of exaltation and elevation and the means of raising up the Cause among the servants of God - glorified be His majesty. Whatsoever He has commanded has been and continues to be for the good of His servants. Every person of insight bears witness to what has been mentioned, and every hearing ear is aware. Strive with the utmost diligence and effort to make up for what has passed, for verily that which is lost today will not return. The Tongue of Grandeur in this noble station bears witness to this. The glory be upon you from the presence of the Forgiving, the Merciful.

=== END BH10369 ===

=== START BH10370 ===

He is the One singing upon the branches

Say: O My Afnan! Glory be unto Thee, O my God, my Goal and my Beloved! Thou seest one of Thy leaves turning unto Thee, clinging to the Tree of Thy grace, and seeking the wonders of Thy bounty and Thy mercy. I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by the light of Thy countenance and the breezes of Thy Revelation, to preserve me through Thy power and Thy sovereignty, lest the tempests of trials in Thy days cause me to fall. O my Lord, I am she who hath turned unto Thee, holding fast to the cord of Thy generosity. I beseech Thee to cause me to be immersed in the ocean of Thy oneness and to stand before the door of Thy bounty in every world of Thy worlds. Verily, Thou art the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH10370 ===

=== START BH10371 ===

O God of the worlds! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name, whereby the dwellers of the cities of names and the Concourse on High were seized with ecstasy, to ordain for Thy handmaiden that which will draw her nigh unto Thee and attract her to Thy good-pleasure. O Lord! I am one of Thy handmaidens who hath sought the Kaaba of divine knowledge in Thy days. O Lord! Open through Thy power the pathways of attaining Thy presence and reunion with Thee, even as Thou didst open the prison gates through Thy might and sovereignty. I beseech Thee by the fire burning in the hearts of Thy loved ones to make me and Thy handmaidens steadfast in Thy Cause. Verily Thou art the Exalted, the Powerful, the Mighty.

=== END BH10371 ===

=== START BH10372 ===

O my God, my Beloved, my Helper and my Sustainer! How many days have I heard Thy mention and Thy call, yet failed to act in a manner befitting Thy days. Whenever I reflect upon myself, my grief and regret and sighs and shame increase. I beseech Thee, O Thou through Whose Name the ocean of forgiveness surged and the fragrance of the garment of Thy Name, the All-Merciful, was diffused, to assist me in serving Thee and remembering Thee. And I know with certainty that serving Thee is serving Thy chosen ones who have not preceded Thee in utterance and who act according to Thy command.

=== END BH10372 ===

=== START BH10373 ===

O Handmaiden of God, mother of the esteemed J, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the Most Holy.

Say: O Thou Beloved of the world and the One remembered by the Greatest Name! I beseech Thee to ordain for Thy handmaidens that which will attract them to the horizon of Thy good-pleasure and provide them with the Kawthar of Thy verses. O Lord! I am Thy handmaiden and the daughter of Thy handmaiden. I have turned to Thee and have held fast to the cord of Thy bounty. Ordain for me that whereby faith may be preserved, for verily Thou art the All-Merciful. Neither the conditions of contingent beings nor the clamor of the followers of religions can prevent Thee. Thou doest what Thou willest and ordainest what Thou desirest. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10373 ===

=== START BH10374 ===

He is the Caller

A Book sent down by the Most Merciful to him who hath believed in God when every possessor of knowledge denied, save whom God, the Lord of the hereafter and the former times, and the King of the throne and earth, willeth. He, verily, is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Verily He calleth unto His servant who hath turned unto Him and giveth him glad tidings through a Tablet that hath shone forth from the horizon of the utterance of his Lord, the Almighty. Read thou My verses and glorify the praise of thy Lord at all times. Thus hath God adorned thee with the ornament of His wondrous remembrance. Glory be upon the people of glory who bow down before none save the countenance of God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH10374 ===

=== START BH10375 ===

In the Name of Him Who caused the Ocean to surge and the Fragrance to waft! This is the Book of Effulgence which beareth witness to what hath befallen the Wronged One at the hands of them that cast the Command behind their backs and followed vain imaginings - a Day whereon souls shall weep and shall bewail their lot by reason of what hath come upon Him from the hosts of idle fancies in the days of God, the Mighty, the Bestower. O peoples of the earth! Fear ye God, and follow not those who disputed the signs of God when they were sent down with power and sovereignty. Thus hath the Sun of Utterance shone forth from the horizon of the heaven of knowledge, and the Nightingale hath warbled upon the branches.

=== END BH10375 ===

=== START BH10376 ===

In the Name of the All-Bountiful, the All-Merciful! The Perspicuous Book hath been made manifest by the command of the Lord of the Worlds. Whosoever attaineth unto it and taketh hold of it through divine strength is mentioned before the Throne as being among the dwellers of the most exalted Paradise. O handmaiden of God! Strive that thou mayest not be deprived of the fragrances of the Lord of Names and Attributes, nor be forbidden from His wondrous and glorious outpourings. Be not saddened by the transient affairs of this base world. Keep thy heart illumined and joyous through the remembrance of the King of Oneness. This is the counsel of the Ancient Beauty unto His handmaidens.

=== END BH10376 ===

=== START BH10377 ===

The Most Great, the Most Glorious. A Book from Us for people who understand. Verily it hath been sent down in truth from God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. Let them that remember know that He remembereth them, and His remembrance precedeth all who remember and all who are remembered. O people! Rejoice in the Most Great Remembrance and put your trust in God, the Mighty, the Beloved. Let not the affairs of creation grieve you if ye desire the truth and are among those who observe. Soon shall the carpet of creation be rolled up, and ye shall circle round the Truth. Ye shall find yourselves in the most exalted station, gazing upon the Countenance. Thus doth God give you glad tidings in the Book, and the knowledge of all things is in a hidden Book.

=== END BH10377 ===

=== START BH10378 ===

In the Name of the All-Knowing! This is a Book sent down in truth from the presence of the Truth, the Knower of the Unseen. It summons all in the Most Great Prison unto God, the All-Possessing, the Self-Subsisting. Say: By God! That which was hidden behind the veils of the Unseen hath appeared, and the Tongue hath spoken in the Kingdom of Utterance: “There is none other God but I, the Manifest, the Self-Evident.” How many a Prophet hath lamented My separation, and how many a Messenger hath yearned for My days. To this do the denizens of the realm of the Kingdom and of dominion bear witness. Blessed is he who hath turned his face unto My countenance, who hath spoken My praise, and who hath acted according to that which was enjoined in My Preserved Tablet.

=== END BH10378 ===

=== START BH10379 ===

O Rida, He is the All-Knowing, the Witness, the All-Informed! This is a Book sent down in truth, wherein is guidance for the people unto God, the Almighty, the All-Praised. O Rida! We counsel thee to perform pure deeds in the love of God, the Lord of Names. Soon shall all that is in the world perish, and there shall endure that which hath been sent down from the Kingdom of thy Lord’s Will, the Ancient Revealer. Take hold of this Tablet with the strength bestowed by Us, and glorify the praise of thy Lord, the Possessor of this mighty Day. Beware lest the affairs of the world withhold thee. Cast away what the people possess and take what hath been sent down from the presence of One mighty and powerful.

=== END BH10379 ===

=== START BH10380 ===

In the Name of the One God! Thy letter hath reached the Most Great Horizon, and that which was mentioned therein was observed. Blessed art thou for having turned unto God, the One, the All-Informed. We have forgiven thee and accepted thy turning unto Us. Rejoice thou at this and be of them that are thankful. Strive thou that in the days of God thou mayest act in a manner befitting and meet - that is, that ye may act according to that which hath been revealed in the Book of God and which causeth not the clamor of the people - so that the fragrance of holiness may be wafted from thee. This is what My Most Exalted Pen counseleth thee. Give thanks unto thy Lord, the Teacher, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10380 ===

=== START BH10381 ===

In the Name of the One Friend! Your letter was seen and your call was heard, and the response has descended from the Most Exalted Pen. Today that which is necessary and obligatory is service to the divine Cause. God willing, may you be illumined by the lights of the horizon of revelation and engaged in service to the Cause. Thus does your Lord, the All-Knowing, command you. Strive to bestow the Kawthar of divine knowledge upon the people of the world of possibility, that perchance a soul may attain unto it and become aware of the ultimate purpose. Thus have We adorned the head of your letter with the crown of grace and utterance, that you may rejoice therein and give thanks to your Lord, the Bestower, the Forgiving, the Generous.

=== END BH10381 ===

=== START BH10382 ===

In the Name of the Beloved of all possibility! Thy letter was present before the Throne and attained the notice of the Lord of Names. As a bounty, We adorned its beginning with divine, sublime and wondrous verses, that thou mayest know with certainty that He remembers whoso remembereth Him, and turneth unto whoso turneth unto Him, and directeth His attention unto whoso hath set his face toward His shining horizon. Convey My greetings to all the friends in that land. Today all must fix their gaze upon the divine ordinances and act in accordance with whatsoever hath been revealed in the Most Holy Book. This will profit you in all the worlds of your Lord, the Almighty, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH10382 ===

=== START BH10383 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having shown unto Thy loved ones the waves of the ocean of Thy utterance and the effulgences of the Daystar of Thy bounty, and for having sent down for each one of them that which surpasseth all the riches and ornaments of the world and whatsoever hath been ordained therein. I beseech Thee, O Thou Who art the Sovereign of existence and the Ruler of the seen and the unseen, to assist whosoever hath turned towards Thee and hath sought Thy nearness and Thy good-pleasure and to act according to that which Thou hast revealed in Thy perspicuous Book. There is no God but Thee, the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10383 ===

=== START BH10384 ===

O honored Muhammad-Hasan who hath attained and achieved victory! In the name of Him through Whom the light hath shone forth from the horizon of manifestation. Praise be unto Thee, O my God, and thanksgiving be unto Thee, O my Desire, and glory be unto Thee, O Lord of earth and heaven, for having caused me to recognize Thy manifest Cause and Thy mighty Message, and for having given me to drink, from the chalice of Thy bounty, the wine of Thy presence, and for having made me to hear Thy most sweet call while Thou wert seated upon the throne of bounty. I beseech Thee, O Lord, O Desire of all hearts, to open before my face the door of Thy mercy and Thy riches. Verily, Thou art the Powerful, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH10384 ===

=== START BH10386 ===

When the nine had passed, He was manifested with this Name unto all things, even as thou didst witness how in that year the revelation of the Divine Unity was both hidden yet visible, and manifest yet concealed. None recognized it save whom God wished through His grace that dominates both the unseen and the visible realms, until the years of respite had elapsed. Then did God lift the veil of light and made manifest that which had been concealed. Thereupon the heavens were cleft asunder, and the earth was rent, and the mountains crumbled, and the Balance was set up, and all who were in the Bayan were gathered together. Then were the people of Paradise admitted therein, and the denizens of the Fire consigned to their abode. This is clear justice.

=== END BH10386 ===

=== START BH10387 ===

He is God! It is known that the favors of God transcend all other blessings, and in the servant’s attainment to this exalted station, the absence of worldly ornaments and adornments matters not. For the eyes of the lovers are illumined by divine bestowals and their hearts are calmed by the wonders of His remembrance. If thou attainest intimacy with God, thou wilt pass beyond the transient kingdom and find thy dwelling in the realm of rest, and thou wilt see sorrow no more and count not grief. And the spirit be upon thee. Always send news of your condition and mention the word of victory with love.

=== END BH10387 ===

=== START BH10390 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Great, the Most Glorious!

Thy letter was presented before the Throne and was observed. God willing, thou wilt in all conditions hold fast to the divine commandments which have been sent down in the revealed Books from the Supreme Pen, for this is the cause of the life of the world and the preservation of nations. God hath forgiven thee and thy father as a bounty from His presence. Verily, He is the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful. Today ye must conduct yourselves with the utmost wisdom and act in accordance with that whereby the Cause will be exalted. Verily, He is with His chosen ones and ordaineth for them that which will profit them in this world and the next. He, verily, is the Almighty, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH10390 ===

=== START BH10391 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great

O Mashhadi Haydar! The Divine Call is raised in all times, and the Supreme Pen speaks in every moment. This Pen has been and will ever be the Will of God, exalted and glorified be He, and it declares: O ye who have turned towards God! Today is the day of certitude and deeds, not the day of conjecture and doubt. The friends of God must act upon the commandments revealed in the Book of God with perfect steadfastness and assurance. Glory be unto him who follows that which the All-Merciful hath revealed in the Tablets. Thus hath the Tongue spoken in the Kingdom of Utterance that ye may be among those who act.

=== END BH10391 ===

=== START BH10392 ===

O Baqir! In the name of the one true Friend, your call hath reached the hearing of Him Who is the Lord of all names. Both your poetry and prose were beheld. Blessed is the tongue that the oppressor’s might prevented not from the mention of God, and likewise blessed is the pen that spoke forth in praise of the true Sovereign. Blessed art thou and blessed is thy father who believed in God on a day wherein trembling seized the dwellers of the earth, save whom God pleased - thy Lord, the Almighty, the All-Bountiful. Rejoice thou in My remembrance of thee, for verily it shall profit thee and be with thee. Thy Lord, truly, is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH10392 ===

=== START BH10393 ===

In the Name of the One Peerless Lord of all horizons!

The breathings of divine revelation have encompassed the world and the fragrance of His raiment hath pervaded all things. Yet some have attained while others remain deprived, for they have clung to the vain imaginings of their leaders. Say: This Day hath been named the Day of God in the divine Books - know ye its value, and while time remaineth, deprive not yourselves of the outpourings of this blessed Day. Strive that ye may drink of the crystal clear waters of the recognition of His sacred Being and receive your portion of the choice sealed Wine. He, verily, is the Ordainer, the Bestower, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH10393 ===

=== START BH10394 ===

He is the Mighty One

This is the Tablet wherein hath been ordained the preservation of what was and what will be, yet the people perceive not.

Therein doth the Dove sing forth from the Pole of eternity and the Cock of the Throne draw nigh, would ye but hear.

O servant! Give thanks unto God for having sent down unto thee from the heaven of His Command this blessed and missive Tablet. Guard thou it in the strongholds of preservation, then seek victory through it in the occasions of triumph, then seek assistance through it from all who are in the heavens and on earth. Thus doth the Tongue of God, the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting, instruct thee. And the Spirit be upon thee and upon those who know.

=== END BH10394 ===

=== START BH10395 ===

O Muhammad-Rida of Khamin! This is the circle of the Command through which the heaven’s sphere doth turn, and this is a truth which hath been irrevocably inscribed by the Pen of God in the Mother Book. By it are the spheres of existence set in motion, and unto everyone is rendered their due right, their proper station, and their befitting grace. Verily, He hath power over all things. He ordaineth the measures of glory for whomsoever He willeth, and clotheth with the garment of love whomsoever He pleaseth, and strippeth it from whomsoever He desireth. Verily He, in His own Self, the Truth, hath ever encompassed all the worlds.

=== END BH10395 ===

=== START BH10396 ===

O Muhammad in the City! This is a Book inscribed by the Pen of Command, the All-Wise. Without doubt it hath been sent down from the presence of One Mighty, All-Knowing, and from it have been ordained the measures of all things in Tablets of glory well-preserved. Say: O people! Bear ye witness that there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Gracious, and that ’Ali-before-Nabil is the Manifestation of His Beauty and the Manifestation of His Glory, and the Repository of His Knowledge, and the Mine of His Revelation, and the Harborer of His Command and His Grandeur, and the Source of His Might and His Sovereignty, and verily there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Triumphant, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10396 ===

=== START BH10397 ===

The Most Great This is a book for My Self which has dawned upon the worlds. This is a remembrance for one who has sought My protection. Verily it has been sent down for it and it is a remembrance from Our presence. Unto Us doth truth return unto truth, and light unto this wondrous light. This is a beauty which We have caused to dawn from the horizon of wisdom and glory for this eye whereby were opened the eyes of the mystics. This is the breath of God for this noble and exalted sense of smell. The rays return, for it is the Sun, and the ultimate ascent is this luminous station. Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH10397 ===

=== START BH10398 ===

This is a tablet for the house and its residents. He is the Mighty. This is a letter from this servant to her whom God has related to His servant, that she may know that We have not forgotten her, and that whatever befalls Us and her comes only from God. Therefore it behooves us to thank God at all times and be content with what He has ordained for us of His firm decrees, and not be anxious about what descends from Him, nor be disturbed by what He has decreed by His command. I counsel thee, O handmaiden of God, to patience and forbearance and calm and dignity. Verily, the patient ones shall be paid their recompense without measure.

=== END BH10398 ===

=== START BH10399 ===

In the letter Kaf. Aqa Mahmud, brother of the tailor, who migrated with God - the Kingdom on that Day being God’s, the True One - this is a Book sent down in truth, wherein mention is made of a servant whom God has associated with His servant, that he might give thanks to his Lord and detach himself from those who have denied God and warred against His Self and rejected His signs and associated partners with His Being, and that he might turn his face toward Him Who was named the Quarter of Eternity, then the Sinai of the Cloud, then the Horeb of Origination, then the Crimson Paran, then the Sacred Precinct - thus was the command sent down from the Kingdom of Names, from God, the Powerful, the Mighty, the Sovereign, the All-Choosing.

=== END BH10399 ===

=== START BH10400 ===

In the Name of the Most Mighty, He is the All-Glorious

This is a Book which speaks with truth and makes mention of the people in this Day wherein the Nightingale of Iraq cries out with a wondrous lamentation, and counsels His loved ones to remember God, the All-Subduing, the Mighty, the Powerful. Therefore, O ye luminous concourse, grieve not over anything, nor over all that hath befallen Us at the hands of the company of the idolaters, for We have offered up Our spirit in the days of God ere the creation of the heavens and the earth. And ye, strive within your own selves and souls to follow the Cause of God and to be numbered among the strivers, that the lights of guidance may shine forth unto you from a holy and luminous dawn.

=== END BH10400 ===

=== START BH10401 ===

O Husayn, who hast attained the presence of the Beloved at His Throne! This is the Living Waters which hath flowed from the Pen of the Most Merciful. Blessed is he who hath drunk thereof and is numbered among those who have attained. Say: By these waters are souls quickened. Drink, O people, and turn neither to the right nor to the left. Thus doth the Most Exalted Pen command you, as a bounty from God, the Most High, the Most Exalted. Act ye according to that which ye have been commanded by One All-Knowing, All-Wise. And whoso hath not drunk, verily he is dead - the designation of life cannot be applied to him. This is a revelation from God, and verily He is the Ancient Revealer.

=== END BH10401 ===

=== START BH10402 ===

Not every heart is capable of acting as a repository for divine love. For not every soul is suited for growing wondrous herbs–only the heart of a human being who continues to bear the trustworthiness of the All-Merciful and to give the fruit of wisdom and eloquence. Blessed be the All-Merciful, who is endued with grace and beneficence. Not everyone who has the form of a human being is worthy of the Most Great Panorama, nor will such a one necessarily be accounted a human being before God. For all who remain bereft of the robe of mystical insight are reckoned as beasts of the field by God.

=== END BH10402 ===

=== START BH10403 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

He is the One Who calleth betwixt earth and heaven, and He is the One manifest through the Greatest Name in the world. I beseech Thee, O God of Names and Creator of heaven, to assist Thy loved ones who have cast behind their backs the manifestations of idle fancies and vain imaginings, and have taken hold of that which Thou didst command them in Thy mighty Book. O Lord! Ordain for them every good thing which Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen ones, then adorn them with the ornament of steadfastness in Thy Cause. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful. There is no God but Thee, the Self-Sufficient, the Most Exalted.

=== END BH10403 ===

=== START BH10405 ===

And as to the question about items found along the way, God’s decree is that if they are found in cities and villages, a crier must make one proclamation and inform the people of that city or village. If the owner is found, they shall return it and collect the crier’s fee. Otherwise, they shall wait nineteen days. If the owner is not found, it reverts to the finder. And if it occurs in the wilderness, its limit is set at two units in the Book of God.

=== END BH10405 ===

=== START BH10406 ===

In the name of God, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved! This is a leaf which moveth as moved the leaf of the Spirit upon the branches of the Manifest Tree. And when the breezes of glory blow upon it, there proceedeth from it the sound that there is no God but Him, the Mighty, the All-Knowing. And it guideth men to the precincts of nearness before the presence of the Mighty, the One. And it remindeth them of the Day wherein the Dove of the Cause warbleth with melodies of wondrous attraction, and giveth glad-tidings unto all created things in the court of mighty glory. This is what hath been inscribed by One All-Wise, All-Informed, that it might serve as a reminder from Him unto all who are in the heavens and on the earth.

=== END BH10406 ===

=== START BH10407 ===

He is the Compassionate, the All-Bountiful! The Necessary Being regardeth not any temporal attribute. The Incomparable One is sanctified and exalted above the how and wherefore of the world. The praise of all created things exalteth Him not, nor doth the blame of all contingent beings abase Him. O Tahmasb! We have turned toward thee from the precincts of the Prison, and have cleansed thee with the waters of loving-kindness and remembrance, and have sent down for thee that which the happenings of earth cannot alter. Rejoice thou in the bounty of thy Lord. He is with whosoever desireth Him, and He is the Forgiving, the Merciful. The glory shining forth from the horizon of the heaven of My mercy be upon thee and upon those who have attained and witnessed that which God, the Lord of all worlds, hath witnessed.

=== END BH10407 ===

=== START BH10408 ===

He is the Living One

The Face of the Beloved is unveiled and the Countenance of the Praised One is manifest and visible, so that the mirrors of contingent being may ascend from the unseen realm of existence to the divine holy world, and after the removal of the veils of majesty they may become strong and resplendent from the pure Beauty of the Eternal, that they may rejoice in the manifest Word and make mention of the all-embracing Word, so that the seas and waves may be reminded by your remembrance, that they may be seated upon the crimson carpet and rest upon white cushions, for this is the sweetness of existence and divine joy and heavenly gift, and peace be upon you.

=== END BH10408 ===

=== START BH10409 ===

He is the All-Knowing! We have come and sent down that from which the fragrance of remembrance and utterance has been wafted from the presence of the All-Merciful. Blessed is he who has found! By My life, none shall find save he who has cast away all that is with the Shi’ites except the Two Remembrances and what was sent down in the Book of God which was called the Furqan, whereby truth was distinguished from falsehood, whereby the light shone forth from the horizon of manifestation, whereby all created things were gladdened and all beings rejoiced. Command and wisdom and might and power belong to God, the Sender of verses and the Lord of names and attributes.

=== END BH10409 ===

=== START BH10411 ===

O son of Afnan! O thou who speakest My Name, who dwellest in My vicinity, and who drinkest the wine of My utterance! My Most Exalted Pen hath testified to thy presence, thy sincerity, and thy steadfastness in the Cord of God, the Most Strong. Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by the light of Thy Cause whereby the earth and heaven were illumined, to ordain for me what Thou hast ordained for such of Thy servants as are nigh unto Thee and for such of Thy creation as are sincere. Then send down upon me from the clouds of Thy bounty mercy and blessing from Thy presence. Verily, Thou art the Mighty, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH10411 ===

=== START BH10412 ===

O My loved ones! Be not grieved by what ye witness this day. Soon shall the dominion of the oppressors and the proud ones pass away, and the might of the rebellious and the tyrannical ones shall vanish like unto those who have gone before. We have clear vision. Verily, he who turneth away and opposeth is like unto deceptive lightning, or like unto an empty cloud, or like unto a towering mirage. And among the greatest of calamities is when the oppressor layeth claim to justice, and the liar to truthfulness, and the ignorant one to knowledge. Yea, with the beautiful is found the ugly, with the worthless the precious, with the righteous the wicked, and with the learned the ignorant. Thus hath wisdom required, and thus hath the All-Merciful willed, and thus hath the Divine Will ordained.

=== END BH10412 ===

=== START BH10413 ===

O Ahmad! Today the irrevocable Cause hath appeared from the Lord of nations and the Adorner of the world. He verily guideth all unto God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. Rejoice thou in that the Wronged One hath remembered thee from His Most Great Prison and aided thee to hearken in days wherein the fire of hatred was kindled. We counsel thee and those who have believed to show forth such steadfastness as will cause the heaven of idle fancies to be cleft asunder, the earth of vain imaginings to be split open, and the mountain of the people’s conceit to crumble. Thy Lord is verily the Powerful over whatsoever He pleaseth through His cherished and mighty command.

=== END BH10413 ===

=== START BH10414 ===

O Ahmad or Ahmad ’Ali! Upon thee be My Baha and My loving-kindness! The Most Great Branch was present and mentioned thee with utmost love. We too joined in mentioning thee, and We beseech God, glorified be His majesty, for that which is conducive to the exaltation of thy station and honor among the people. Say: My God, my God! Thou seest me turning toward Thee. I beseech Thee by Thy power to raise me up, and by Thy sovereignty to assist me, and to send down upon me the signs of Thy grace, Thy loving-kindness, Thy mercy and Thy bounty. Verily Thou art the All-Bountiful, the All-Generous. There is no God but Thee, the Self-Sufficient, the Most Exalted.

=== END BH10414 ===

=== START BH10415 ===

O Lion! We have mentioned thee time and again, and this is yet another time. Give thanks to the Lord of all beings and the Master of the hereafter and of former times for this bounty which hath been manifested from His Most Exalted Pen in this perspicuous Tablet. Be as beseemeth My Cause and My days. Thus doth command thee He Who is the All-Knowing Commander. The glory be upon thee and upon those whose names thou didst mention before the Throne and for whom hath been sent down from the Kingdom of utterance that which hath illumined the whole earth. To this beareth witness every fair-minded and perceiving one.

=== END BH10415 ===

=== START BH10416 ===

O Karbila’i Iskandar, upon him be the Glory of God! In My Name, the Speaking, the Trustworthy! O Iskandar! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness! The world hath been encompassed by the dark smoke of ignorance and foolishness. All affairs proceed contrary to outward appearance - the mountain walketh upon the path, and from barren soil spring forth new and varied flowers. It is as though the Resurrection hath come to pass and the mysteries of the Hour been revealed. Blessed is he who hath been illumined by the light of awareness and knowledge. Glory be from Us upon thee and upon those who have heard and said: “God, there is no God but He, the Single, the One, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.”

=== END BH10416 ===

=== START BH10417 ===

In the name of the One Who standeth before the faces of all servants! O Isma’il! Upon thee be the glory of thy Lord, the Exalted! He hath made mention of thee at this hour with verses whereby the realities of all faces were attracted and the hearts of the treacherous ones who cast the Covenant of God behind their backs, clinging to what they possessed of images and idols, were repelled. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having guided me unto Thy manifest and evident path and for having sent down unto me that which hath testified to my turning toward Thy luminous horizon. I beseech Thee not to disappoint me of what lieth with Thee. Verily, Thou art the Most Merciful of the merciful ones. And this was revealed for his honor Hasan Aqa, upon him be the glory of God.

=== END BH10417 ===

=== START BH10418 ===

Afnan Haji Mirza Mahmud, upon him be the Glory of God and His loving-kindness.

In My Name, the Remembering, the All-Knowing

O My Afnan! Upon thee be My Glory and My loving-kindness. We beseech God to exalt thee through His Name and to open before thy face the door of His bounty and to aid thee with the hosts of His utterance. Verily, there is none other God but Him. He ordaineth as He pleaseth, and He is the Commander, the All-Knowing. The Glory be upon thee and upon My loved ones there who love thee for the sake of God, the Lord of the worlds. The honored Name of Jud, upon him be My Glory and My loving-kindness, was present and We heard from him mention of thee. We have remembered thee through this clear Book.

=== END BH10418 ===

=== START BH10420 ===

He is the One Who warbles upon the branches! O My Afnan! The Tongue of Grandeur hath testified that there is none other God but Him. His is the dominion of earth and heaven. He doeth what He willeth through a sovereignty that cannot be withstood by all the hosts of the world. He is, verily, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. We bear witness that thou hast turned toward the Most Sublime Horizon and entered the Prison, and attained the presence of the Wronged One in this exalted Station. We have accepted thy turning and thy presence before the Throne. He, verily, is the One Who hath power over whatsoever He willeth through His word “Be” and it is. Rejoice thou in My remembrance and in that which hath been revealed from the Most Exalted Pen. Thy Lord is, in truth, the All-Forgiving, the All-Kindly.

=== END BH10420 ===

=== START BH10422 ===

He is the One with power over whatsoever He willeth, in His Name, the All-Encompassing over all names!

O my God, the Most Merciful and the All-Powerful over all contingent beings! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Exalted Being to protect the Sultan and deliver him from whatsoever affliction and hardship he is in. Then I beseech Thee to deal with him in a manner befitting the ocean of Thy generosity, the heaven of Thy grace, and the sun of Thy favors, by the honor of the Seal of Thy Messengers, the Dawning-Place of Thy Revelation, the Recipient of Thine Inspiration, and the Dayspring of Thy lights. O Lord! Ward off from him the hands of evil through the Hand which Thou hast made to be above all the hands of Thy creation. Verily, Thou art the All-Powerful, the Most Exalted, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10422 ===

=== START BH10423 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Glorious

O my God and the God of all created things, my Beloved and the Beloved of all who dwell on earth and in heaven! I beseech Thee by the oneness which Thou hast made the garment of Thy Self, and by the eternity which Thou hast made the ornament of Thy temple, that Thou mayest, through Thy Name the All-Giving, take up a chalice of the water of life and, through Thy Name the All-Bountiful, pass it round among all contingent beings. Verily Thou art He Who hath named Thyself the All-Merciful. This Name of Thine requireth the manifestations of Thy favors upon Thy creation and the evidences of Thy bounties unto Thy creatures. O Lord! Deal with them according to Thy generosity and grace. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the Most High, the Most Great.

=== END BH10423 ===

=== START BH10424 ===

To Him Who is in Both Worlds, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy. O my God, my Lord and my Support! I beseech Thee by the lights of Thy countenance and by the manifestations of the Exponents of Thy Cause to enable me to recognize the Dawning-Place of Thy verses, the Dayspring of Thy revelation and the Manifestation of Thy Self. O Lord! I am the ignorant one who hath sought the ocean of Thy knowledge, and I am the heedless one who hath turned toward the horizon of Thy recognition. I beseech Thee not to withhold from me the sun of Thy grace and the heaven of Thy generosity, and ordain for me that which shall profit me in all the worlds of Thy worlds. Verily, Thou art the All-Witnessing, the All-Perceiving, the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.

=== END BH10424 ===

=== START BH10425 ===

He is the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious!

O my God, my Lord and my Master! Thou seest the Wronged One amidst the heedless ones among Thy creatures who have turned away from Thy sovereignty and denied Thy signs when Thou didst send them down from the heaven of Thy Will and the atmosphere of Thy Purpose. O Lord! The sorrowful one hath clung to Thy Name, the Joy-Giving, and the grief-stricken to Thy Name, the All-Subduing over all names. Send down, then, from the heaven of Thy bounty that which will gladden the hearts of Thy servants and Thy handmaidens. Verily, Thou art the All-Subduing over all names, and the All-Powerful over earth and heaven. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH10425 ===

=== START BH10426 ===

O My handmaiden! He is the Interpreter, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise! O My handmaiden! Hearken unto My call from around My Throne which hath been established in the Land of the Prison through that which the hands of the heedless have wrought. Were thine ear to hear My call, it would surely draw it to a station wherein it would hear from all things: “The Lord of Names hath appeared in the Prison of ‘Akka and uttereth: ’There is none other God but Me, the Forgiving, the Generous.’” Hold thou fast unto the cord of God and cling to this exalted hem. Blessed is the handmaiden who hath attained unto the days of God; verily she is among the dwellers of Paradise in this glorious station.

=== END BH10426 ===

=== START BH10427 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the Ruler over all the world! O my handmaiden! Hearken thou unto My call. I say: Glory be unto Thee, O Lord of Names, and praise be unto Thee, O Creator of Heaven! I beseech Thee by the light of Thy countenance and the fire of the Tree of Thy Cause not to deprive me of the glances of Thy favors, nor to shut me out from the ocean of Thy outpouring and the river of Thy grace. O my Lord! I am a handmaiden who hath turned toward the heaven of Thy bounty and the horizon of Thy Manifestation. I beseech Thee by Thy Most Exalted Pen to ordain for me that which Thou hast ordained for Thy handmaidens who have believed in Thee and in Thy signs and who have circled round Thy throne. Thou art, verily, the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH10427 ===

=== START BH10428 ===

In the Name of the Ever-Abiding, the Eternal

O My handmaiden! Bear thou witness unto that whereunto God Himself hath testified ere the creation of all things: that there is none other God but Him, and that He Who hath appeared is indeed the Hidden Treasure and the Concealed Mystery, and that He is the One through Whom the hearts and minds were set ablaze, through Whom the Divine Lote-Tree spoke forth, through Whom the Rock cried out, through Whom the Dove sang, and through Whom the Nightingale of Heaven proclaimed: There is none other God but Him, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Blessed art thou, inasmuch as thy letter hath attained unto the presence of the Throne, and this manifest Book hath been sent down unto thee.

=== END BH10428 ===

=== START BH10429 ===

O My handmaiden! His honor Jalal, upon him be My glory, hath attained the presence of the Wronged One and achieved the honor of meeting Him. He made mention of thee. Therefore, the Tongue of Grandeur hath spoken this exalted word: Give thanks unto thy Lord, for He hath made mention of thee in such wise that thy name shall endure throughout the kingdom of God, the Lord of the worlds. We make mention of all the handmaidens in that land and give them the glad-tidings of God’s tender care - exalted be His glory. We beseech Him to guide them all. He is the Powerful, the Mighty.

=== END BH10429 ===

=== START BH10430 ===

In My Name, the Ever-Abiding, the Everlasting

O My handmaiden! Thy letter hath arrived and We have read it through Our grace, and We answer thee with this exalted Tablet. Rejoice thou in that God hath aided thee to recognize the Dawning-Place of His verses, when most of mankind have turned away from Him. Verily thy Lord is the Protector of the righteous women and the Lord of the righteous men. Grieve thou not over anything, but remember thy Ancient Lord. He remembereth every handmaiden who hath turned unto Him. Verily thy Lord is the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful. He hath ordained for His loved ones that which shall profit them in this world and in the world to come. He, verily, is the All-Giving, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH10430 ===

=== START BH10431 ===

He is the One Who speaks, the Expositor, the All-Knowing

O My handmaiden! Say: Glory be to Thee, O my God, O Thou by Whose name the gate of heaven was opened, and by the motion of Whose finger the veils of them that dwell on earth were rent asunder! I beseech Thee by the Most Exalted Horizon, the Station from which the Sun of Thy beauty hath shone forth, to strengthen me under all conditions to make mention of Thee and to praise Thee. O Lord! Thou seest Thy handmaiden turning unto Thee, gazing toward Thee, and seeking the ocean of Thy bounty and the sun of Thy grace. I beseech Thee not to disappoint her in that which she desireth from the wonders of Thy bounty and favor. Verily, Thou art the Most Exalted, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH10431 ===

=== START BH10432 ===

He is God, exalted be His station, the Wise, the Eloquent

O Amin! We beseech God, the Lord of all worlds, to aid thee through His sovereignty and to guard thee with His hosts, and to ordain for thee every good thing that He hath sent down in His Book, and to enable thee to act in accordance with that which thou hast been commanded by His firm and mighty wisdom. The Branch hath appeared before Our face and asked for thy presence. We have answered him with this perspicuous Book and decreed what he desired through the bounty of the Wronged One. Verily, He is the Hearer, the Answerer. Praise be unto Him, for He is the Lord of the world and the Object of desire of all who are in the heavens and on earth.

=== END BH10432 ===

=== START BH10433 ===

He is God! O people of Baha! Be not grieved at what hath befallen Us. He hath soared with the spirit, and We are now in a garden of delight. Sorrow and distress befit those whom ye behold imprisoned in this world. He who hath soared to the Supreme Horizon remaineth beneath the shadow of My Hidden Name and My Resplendent Being. He is in joy and gladness. Be not sorrowful, but remember what hath been revealed in the Tablets. Be patient, for He is the Mighty, the All-Patient. The glory of Baha be upon you, O My loved ones! Then blessed are ye for having been scattered throughout the lands for love of Me.

=== END BH10433 ===

=== START BH10434 ===

O Nabil-i-Akbar, upon him be the Most Glorious Glory of God! He is the Most Glorious, the Most Splendid! O thou who art mentioned in My most exalted horizon! Hearken unto My most sweet call. It behooveth thee to assist today the Cause of God, thy Lord, through such steadfastness as will make firm thereby the feet of all mankind upon His Most Great Path. Having quaffed the choice wine of My utterance from the chalice of My bounty, say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Exalted Word, through which all things were attracted, to illumine the heart of the sovereign with the light of Thy knowledge and to aid him to manifest Thy justice amongst Thy servants. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Powerful, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH10434 ===

=== START BH10435 ===

He is God, exalted be His mention! O thou who hast dawned from the horizon of faithfulness! My Branch hath appeared before Me and read what thou didst send. We perceived from him the fragrance of devotion and the most great steadfastness. We beseech God, blessed and exalted be He, that there may be manifested from thee and from those who are with thee that which will guide the people to the path of righteousness. They have sought permission to attain Our presence. We beseech God to grant thee what thou hast desired from the heaven of His bounty and the ocean of His bestowals. He is the Mighty. Peace and remembrance and glory be upon thee and upon those in thy household, from God, the Lord of all men.

=== END BH10435 ===

=== START BH10437 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Ancient, the Most Glorious

O Jalil! The Lord of the world remembers you from His Most Great Prison and gives you glad tidings of the Supreme Paradise, the station whereon has been established the throne of the manifestation of your Lord, the Merciful, the Compassionate. Blessed is he who has attained unto the Word of God, and the ear that has heard His sweetest call, and the eye that has beheld His most glorious countenance. This is the station exalted and sublime. Hold fast to the cord of steadfastness and cling to My luminous robe. Thus does He command you Who has built this mighty edifice which remains unchanged by the vicissitudes of time. To this testifies every fair-minded one possessed of knowledge. Praise be to God, the Most High, the Most Great.

=== END BH10437 ===

=== START BH10438 ===

He is God, the One dawning from the horizon of the heaven of mystical knowledge!

O Habibullah! The Wronged One makes mention of you in such wise that you may find from it the fragrance of the love of God and the sweet-scented breezes of the garment of His chosen ones - they who hastened to the Sea of Life and attained unto that which none of the followers of religions have attained, save whom God, the Possessor of the kingdom of earth and heaven, the Merciful to both kings and subjects, and the Sovereign of the realm of might, did will. Blessed is the soul that has attained unto this most exalted, most glorious station. And woe unto him who has disbelieved and turned away from God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy.

=== END BH10438 ===

=== START BH10440 ===

O Habib’u’llah! He is the Most Ancient, the Most Great! O Beloved! The Best-Beloved remembers thee. Verily He is the Wronged One Who hath been imprisoned in the path of God, the All-Possessing, the Self-Subsisting. Rejoice thou in My remembrance of thee and hold fast unto My cord. Verily thy Lord is the Mighty, the Loving. Reflect upon the world and its transience and its conditions, and be thou detached therefrom through My Name, the All-Possessing over the kingdom of earth and heaven. All that thou seest today shall perish, and there shall remain for thee this forbidden remembrance. Give thanks unto God for having aided thee and revealed unto thee that whereby thy remembrance shall endure in a preserved tablet.

=== END BH10440 ===

=== START BH10442 ===

He is the All-Knowing Speaker

O Hasan! Hear the Call of God, the Lord of the hidden and manifest, from the green Tree upraised in the blessed, luminous land. He verily guideth thee unto His path and protecteth thee from the evil of those who have disbelieved and denied the proof of God, the Lord of all worlds. Thy letter hath arrived and We have read it, and have revealed for thee that which hath diffused the fragrances of the verses of thy Lord. He, verily, is the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous. Remember thy Lord in the nights and days, and glorify on My behalf My loved ones who have turned unto Him and have said: “Praise be unto Thee, O Thou Who art the Goal of all who are in the heavens and on earth.”

=== END BH10442 ===

=== START BH10443 ===

He Who is established upon the throne of utterance!

O Hasan! Rejoice thou that the Wronged One of the horizons hath turned toward thee - He Who was imprisoned for having summoned all mankind unto the Day of the Covenant. We desired the life of the world, its sanctification and exaltation, yet he desired to shed My blood and cause My tribulation. Blessed is the soul that hath cast away all else save Me and hath turned unto the lights of My countenance and the effulgences of the Orb of My loving-kindness. Verily he is of the people of My land and the companions of My ark. We beseech God to adorn him with such an ornament as shall illumine the earth and all who dwell therein. Verily He is the Almighty over what He willeth, and He is the Single, the One, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH10443 ===

=== START BH10444 ===

In the name of the Mother Book! O Hassan! He speaks: “I have written an essence concerning His remembrance: that He cannot be indicated by any indication, nor by what was revealed in the Bayan.” From this blessed word is established this supreme truth that this Most Great Manifestation and Mighty Announcement cannot be known through the Point and the Bayan. Therefore, if any soul denies the divine verses and heavenly evidences and lordly favors in this Manifestation, he is deprived of the Most Great Sea and forbidden from the effulgences of the lights of the Sun of Truth. Take what has been revealed in truth and be of those who are secure. Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH10444 ===

=== START BH10445 ===

O Hassan, upon thee be the Glory of God, Lord of the hidden and manifest! Thou art present and mentioned before His face. Give thanks unto thy Lord for this manifest bounty. We made mention of thee before in such wise as did perfume the cities of wisdom and utterance. We beseech God to aid thee and assist thee in that which shall cause thy mention to endure, even as He assisted thee and enabled thee to make mention of Him and to praise Him and to serve His manifest Cause. Praise and glory from the Wronged One be upon thee and upon thy family and those who are with thee and who love thee for the sake of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10445 ===

=== START BH10446 ===

In the Name of the Beloved of the worlds! O Husayn! The Wronged One of the world calls out from the Most Great Prison and summons thee to the supreme horizon. Cast away what the people possess and take what thou art commanded by the One Who is the Mighty, the Powerful. Today is the day of steadfastness and the day of the manifestation of service. Strive that there may appear from thee in the path of God that which shall endure throughout the duration of the kingdom and the heavenly realm. We have remembered thee in this Most Impregnable, Most Holy and Wondrous Tablet that thou mayest give thanks unto thy Lord and arise to celebrate His beautiful remembrance and to serve His mighty Cause.

=== END BH10446 ===

=== START BH10447 ===

O Haji Husayn who hath attained! O Husayn, He Who is remembered remembereth thee from this Spot which God hath made the circling-point of the denizens of the all-highest Paradise and the dawning-place of revelation - but the people, they know not. Take hold of the Book of God with the power that proceedeth from Him, then advance with supreme steadfastness toward the most exalted Horizon, then act according to that which thou hast been commanded by the Wronged One. By the life of God! From the traces of My Pen hath been wafted the fragrance of the All-Merciful. Blessed is he who hath found it and hath exclaimed: “Thine be the praise, O Lord of the Kingdom of eternity, and Thine be the glory, O Thou the Desire of the worlds!”

=== END BH10447 ===

=== START BH10449 ===

He is the One Who has dominion over earth and heaven!

O Haydar, upon thee be My glory! Hearken unto My call, for verily it draweth thee unto a horizon wherein all atoms cry out with praise and glory, wisdom and splendor unto God, Creator of heaven and Lord of all things. Blessed is the man who hath arisen to serve My Cause, and the eye that hath been illumined by beholding My traces, and the tongue that hath spoken My praise, and the ear that hath been honored by hearkening unto My wondrous call. Give thanks unto God for having aided thee and enabled thee to attain recognition, and for having sent down unto thee that which hath diffused the fragrance of loving-kindness and favors throughout all regions. Verily, He is the Almighty, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH10449 ===

=== START BH10450 ===

He is God, exalted is He!

O lady, upon thee be my Baha! Let Munirih remain until her eye recovers its health. Movement would be harmful. God willing, healing will be granted. Convey my greetings. The wrongs of Haifa have exceeded its good deeds. The command is in God’s hands - He doeth and decreeth whatsoever He willeth, and He is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. However, if some were to come it would be closer to wisdom, for in that land during this season there are many eye ailments. In any case, they should move with wisdom and prudence. No specific command hath been issued in this regard. We send greetings to all the friends. Peace be upon you and upon him who was named ’Ali-Rida.

=== END BH10450 ===

=== START BH10451 ===

He is the One Who speaks the truth amongst creation

O Khalil, rejoice that the ocean of forgiveness has turned toward your brother who has ascended to God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. We have forgiven him as a bounty from Us, that you may give thanks to your Lord, the King of Kings. This is the day wherein the sun of generosity has dawned and the heaven of munificence has been upraised through this Name that speaks from its praiseworthy station. By this Name the limbs of all names have trembled. Through this Light the earth has brightened and faces have been illumined. O Khalil, praise God that you have been mentioned by His Most Exalted Pen time and again. He is verily the Witness, the Observer, the Mighty, the Loving.

=== END BH10451 ===

=== START BH10452 ===

In the Name of the one God! O Khalil, the Sacrificer! In the divine days he sacrificed in the path of the Friend all that he possessed. All the Concourse on High desired to make the sacrifice, but He did not accept it. With firm resolve he advanced and attained unto the most great martyrdom, the supreme horizon and the utmost goal. Blessed are they who have attained unto this station, that is, who have recognized the Sacrificed One and drunk from the cup of His love. They are, verily, of the people of the highest Paradise in the Book of God, the Lord of the worlds. Thus hath My Most Exalted Pen spoken, as a token of grace from Me, and I am the All-Bountiful, the All-Generous.

=== END BH10452 ===

=== START BH10453 ===

O Khalil! The Glorious One has come and the Son has gone to the place of sacrifice and did not return, and gave up His spirit and all He had in the path of God, the Lord of Lords. By God’s life, He turned with a face by which earth and heaven were illumined, as the Creator of Names bears witness to this in this mighty station. By God’s life, the Concourse on High circled round Him and every trustworthy Messenger sought blessing from His dust. Be thou thankful to God that He heard thy call and answered thee through this perspicuous Book.

=== END BH10453 ===

=== START BH10454 ===

In My Name, the Answerer

O Rubabih! Your letter was mentioned. Blessed is the tongue that hath called upon God through His words and held fast unto His utterances. We heard thy call and graciously answered it. God willing, thou and all handmaidens shall be assisted in that which God loveth. Blessed is the soul that hath been adorned with this garment and perceived the fragrance of this station. We convey Our greetings to all the handmaidens in that land and counsel them to be steadfast. He is the All-Wise, the All-Knowing, and the All-Powerful, the Most Mighty.

=== END BH10454 ===

=== START BH10455 ===

He is the All-Powerful, the All-Choosing

O Rajab-’Ali! Your brother who circumambulated the Kaaba of God, the Lord of what was and what shall be, hath made mention of you. Say: My God, my God! Thou seest Thy loved ones beneath the talons of Thine enemies and hearest their cries and lamentations in Thy days. I beseech Thee by Thy loved ones whom the oppressors have torn limb from limb in the land of Ya, and by their blood and dismembered parts, to protect Thy loved ones through Thy power and deliver them from the wickedness of Thy creation. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest and in Thy grasp is the reins of all affairs of the first and the last ones.

=== END BH10455 ===

=== START BH10456 ===

In the Name of the Lord of Being! O Rajab-’Ali! We make mention of thee and command the loved ones to that which profiteth them. Trustworthiness is among the foremost ornaments. Blessed is he who is adorned with this sacred and luminous ornament. It is the source of glory and the mine of wealth and the repository of divine names. Blessed is he who holdeth fast unto it - such a one is reckoned with the people of this most exalted station before God. Rich is he who graspeth it, and poor is he who is deprived of it, though he possess all the treasures of the earth.

=== END BH10456 ===

=== START BH10457 ===

He is the All-Bountiful, possessed of great favor.

O Rahim! Your letter reached the presence in the Most Great Prison. This Wronged One counsels the friends and enjoins upon them goodly deeds and praiseworthy character which attract hearts and minds. Blessed is the one who hath held fast unto the divine virtues and is detached and free from all else. Praise be to God, from thy words waft the fragrances of the love of the Beloved of the worlds. Put away what the people possess of wickedness and evil, holding fast unto righteousness and the fear of God. Thus hath the Tongue spoken in the kingdom of utterance, as a command from the presence of the Wise Commander.

=== END BH10457 ===

=== START BH10458 ===

He is the Compassionate, the All-Bountiful

O Rida! Upon thee be the Glory of God, the Lord of Names and Attributes! Praise be to God, thou art adorned with the ornament of sincerity and art voicing the blessed Word of Unity. The most excellent of all deeds and actions is the recognition of God, exalted be His glory. Thou hast attained unto this. We beseech God, blessed and exalted be He, to aid thee and confirm thee in that which He loveth and is pleased with, and to ordain for thee that which will gladden thee and exalt thee in all His worlds, whereby thine eyes and the eyes of His loved ones may be solaced. Verily, He is the All-Bountiful, the Gracious. There is none other God but Him, the One, the Unique, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10458 ===

=== START BH10459 ===

He is the Hearing, the Answering One! O Rida! The Wronged One makes mention of thee - He Who hath chosen for Himself no will or purpose, but hath chosen the will of the Intended One and the purpose of God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. When thou attainest unto the ocean of My utterance, say: My God, my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Signs and by the revelations of the lights of the Dayspring of Thy Manifestation in the kingdom of creation, to make me steadfast in Thy Cause and fluent in Thy praise amidst Thy creatures. O my Lord! Deprive me not of Thy Sealed Wine, sealed by Thy Name, the Self-Subsisting. Then make me of those who have aided Thy Cause through the hosts of wisdom and utterance. Verily, Thou art the Mighty, the Glorious, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH10459 ===

=== START BH10460 ===

In the Name of Him Who speaketh before all faces! O Ramadan! The proof hath come, yet most of the people understand not. Say: Praise be to Thee, O my God, for having guided me unto Thy straight path and Thy mighty announcement. I beseech Thee by the blood that was shed in the land of Ya, and by Him Whom Thou didst name the Mahdi in Thy Most Great Prison - who sacrificed himself in Thy path out of longing to attain Thy presence - and by the cry of Thy lovers and the lamentation of them that love Thee, to aid me to perform such deeds as shall diffuse the fragrance of Thy acceptance and good-pleasure. Verily Thou art the Generous, the Lord of great bounty. There is no God but Thee, the Single, the All-Informed.

=== END BH10460 ===

=== START BH10461 ===

O Zaynu’l-’Abidin! The clear Book hath been sent down; they have denied it. The fragrances of revelation were diffused; they turned away from them. They cling to their vain desires and are heedless of God. Such is the state of these heedless souls. They are ablaze with the fire of hatred and strive to extinguish the light of the Lord of all things. We beseech God to adorn them with the ornament of justice and fairness that they may recognize this Day and what hath appeared therein. Verily, He is powerful over all things. Blindness a hundred thousand degrees worse than the former is better and more excellent, for the former was prevented from outward vision, but the latter is deprived of eternal knowledge. Blessed are they that attain!

=== END BH10461 ===

=== START BH10462 ===

His honor Aqa Siyyid Asadu’llah, upon him be the glory of God - He is the One Who speaks before all faces

O Siyyid Asadu’llah! We beseech God that He may aid thee to be steadfast in this Most Great Announcement and enable thee to achieve that which befits His days. Say: Praise be unto Thee for having sent down to me from the heaven of Thy utterance the signs of Thy generosity and grace. I beseech Thee by the Light that shone forth from the horizon of Sinai and by the Fire which Thou didst manifest from the Tree of Revelation, to make me firm in Thy love, steadfast in Thy Cause, and speaking in Thy praise. Verily Thou art the Powerful, the Mighty, the All-Choosing.

=== END BH10462 ===

=== START BH10464 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the Overseer of all names! O ’Ashur! The Mountain hath quivered within itself when it heard the Call of God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. The rapture of that Call hath seized the Lote-Tree of Sinai, which crieth out with the most exalted call: “The Lord hath come with manifest sovereignty!” Blessed be the ear that hath attained unto hearing, and woe betide every heedless one who is rejected. That which was hidden in knowledge and treasured with God, the King of Kings, hath been revealed. Blessed is he who hath turned, and heard, and responded, and woe betide every denier who hath disbelieved in God, the Lord of the Kingdom. Thus hath the Tongue spoken, when the Wronged One was in His praiseworthy station.

=== END BH10464 ===

=== START BH10465 ===

O Abbas! The King of mankind today makes mention, with utmost joy and gladness, of the people of the Carpet. They were seven souls who, in the Land of Ya, ascended due to the oppression of the peerless oppressor and attained the most great martyrdom. Blessed art thou, O Abbas, in that God hath caused thee to be mentioned in connection with His Most Great Announcement and His firm Command. Thank God, thy Lord, for having aided thee to turn towards Him when most of the servants turned away, and guided thee to His straight Path.

=== END BH10465 ===

=== START BH10466 ===

O ’Abdu’l-Ahad! We counsel thee and those who have believed to that whereby the Cause of God, the Mighty, the All-Bestowing, may be exalted. Say: O people of the earth! Sully not the chalice of divine knowledge. Fear ye the All-Merciful, then act according to what He hath revealed in the Book. Beware lest the ornaments of earth withhold you from Him Who is the Lord of the Cause, Who hath come from the dawning-place of the Spirit with power and sovereignty. O people of Baha! Turn ye with all your being unto God and arise to serve the Cause with such strength of heart and resolve as to shake the mountains. Thus hath the finger of certitude rent asunder the veils of idle fancy.

=== END BH10466 ===

=== START BH10467 ===

In My Name, the Speaker before the faces of the servants! O Abdul-Rasul! Verily the Truth speaks: The Day has come, yet the people are in manifest loss. They have cast behind their backs the Most Great Profit, clinging to the vain imaginings of their ignorant ones. Verily they are in grievous loss. Rejoice in My remembrance of thee, then give thanks to thy Lord, the All-Bountiful. He has turned toward thee from the direction of the Prison and remembered thee with that which no mention of any discerning mystic or learned sage can equal. We have remembered Our loved ones in various Tablets, then him who attained My presence and was named Baha’i in My Luminous Tablet.

=== END BH10467 ===

=== START BH10468 ===

O ’Azizu’llah, verily I say unto thee: through the effulgences of the Luminary of divine utterance, the Desired One of all worlds, the universe hath been illumined, and through the Kawthar of the presence of the Lord of all possibility, all things have been purified and sanctified. Blessed be the ear that hath heard the divine call raised from the supreme horizon, and blessed be the eye that hath beheld the lights of the manifestation of Him Who conversed on Sinai. We beseech God to honor thee and adorn thee with the light of His special favors. He is, verily, powerful and mighty over all things.

=== END BH10468 ===

=== START BH10469 ===

He is the One with power over whatsoever He willeth!

O ’Ali-A?ghar! The Wronged One remembereth thee from the precincts of His Most Great Prison, that He may draw thee nigh unto God, the Mighty, the All-Bestowing. Take hold of the Book of God with the power that proceedeth from Him, then make mention of Him at eventide and at dawn. He hath remembered thee with that which all the treasures of the earth cannot equal. To this beareth witness the Mother Book which is with Him. By God! The Book speaketh, yet the people are in a wondrous sleep. They hear the call, yet deny it. They are indeed of the people of the veil. Glory be upon thee and upon him who hath shattered the idols of vain imaginings through the name of his Lord, the Mighty, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH10469 ===

=== START BH10470 ===

He is God, exalted is He!

O ’Ali-Akbar! In this moment thy name was present before the Wronged One and was favored with the glance of loving-kindness. We beseech God to assist thee in all conditions. Verily, He is the Self-Sufficient, the Most Exalted. And We make mention in this Most Exalted Spot of My handmaiden who hath been named Gawhar Sultan. We beseech God to assist her in His remembrance and praise, and to ordain for her that which He hath ordained for the denizens of the highest Paradise. Verily, He is the Munificent, the Generous. The glory from Us be upon thee and upon her and upon My handmaiden who hath been named ’Ata’iyyih and upon every handmaiden who hath believed in God, the One, the All-Informed.

=== END BH10470 ===

=== START BH10471 ===

He is the Supporter, the All-Knowing! O ’Ali! The world is manifesting hypocrisy, except for those whom God has willed. Some souls have been prevented from the Luminary of the horizons - they cling to names while remaining deprived and forbidden from their Creator. We beseech God to illumine all with the light of true unity and sanctify them from all else besides Him. And we beseech God to ordain for the relatives of Zaynu’l-Muqarrabin, upon him be My glory and loving-kindness, that which is everlasting and eternal. Verily, He is powerful over all things.

=== END BH10471 ===

=== START BH10472 ===

He is the Hearing, the Answering One!

O ’Ali, upon thee be My glory! There hath come upon Us from him whom We sheltered for numbered years that which hath caused all things to lament and raised the crying of earth and heaven. Thus hath the matter been decreed from before God, the Commander, the All-Wise. We had mentioned thee before, and before before, through verses that diffused the fragrance of revelation and illumined the hearts of them that are nigh. Glory be from Us upon thee and upon thy kindred and upon them that are with thee, who heard the call and answered their Lord, the Speaker, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10472 ===

=== START BH10473 ===

In the Name of the One God! O ’Ali-Qabli-Akbar! Today, he who possesses insight is the one who hath turned towards the Most Great Horizon. Today the accepting and the rejecting appear in two forms. The accepting one saith: “My God, my God! Grant Thy servants a portion from the ocean of awareness, and deprive them not of the effulgent lights of the Luminary of vision. Thou didst desire reunion; the Wronged One too desireth it, but the smoke of heedless hearts hath become an obstacle, and the hatred of souls hath appeared as an impenetrable barrier. We beseech God to preserve thy reward like unto a treasure in His Kingdom. He is indeed the Preserver, the Powerful, the Mighty.”

=== END BH10473 ===

=== START BH10474 ===

O Ali before Akbar, Upon him be the Glory of God! In My Name, the Dominator over all names! The oppressor of the land of Ya has sought to extinguish the light and has committed that which none from the beginning of the world until now has ever perpetrated. I swear by the light of utterance that whatsoever he hath wrought hath been and is the cause of the exaltation of the blessed Word, despite himself and those who are with him and love him. The true glad-tidings are that the friends of God have intended to ascend and have sacrificed their lives in the path of the Goal of all the worlds. Blessed art thou for this clear Book which hath been sent down unto thee.

=== END BH10474 ===

=== START BH10475 ===

O thou [Ayn-’Ali-Shah] or ’Ayn! The Eye of God which slumbers not hath turned unto thee - He heareth and seeth, and He is the Truth, the Knower of the unseen. Behold the grace and mercy of God - verily they have encompassed the sincere ones. Thy Lord, the All-Merciful, is indeed the Mighty, the Loving. When the Truth came, the people turned away from it save those who clung to the cord of their Lord, Who hath dominion over what was and what shall be. They who turned away have no portion in the Book. Leave them to their vain disputations and idle play until they meet that Day wherein their eyes shall be downcast, overwhelming them with abasement - that Day which they were promised.

=== END BH10475 ===

=== START BH10479 ===

O Ghulam, upon whom was conferred the name of “He Who is Dominant over all Names”: Upon thee be the Glory of God, the Mighty, the All-Knowing! Thou hast attained unto that which was revealed in the Books of God. Thou didst attain His presence and didst hear, and wert among those who stood before the gate which was opened unto all who are in the heavens and on earth. We have turned toward thee from the precincts of the Prison, and have made mention of thee in such wise as to diffuse the fragrance of the All-Merciful throughout all creation. Verily thy Lord is the Compassionate, the Bountiful. Glory be upon thee and upon those who are with thee, from One Who is All-Knowing, All-Wise.

=== END BH10479 ===

=== START BH10480 ===

He is God, exalted is He!

O Qasim, upon thee be My glory! Hibatu’llah, upon him be My glory, made mention of thee. We have made mention of thee that thou mayest rejoice and be of them that are thankful. Blessed is he who hath attained unto the Word of God in His days and hath quaffed the choice wine of revelation from the hand of His bounty. He, verily, is the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous. And We make mention of My handmaiden Fatimih and remind her of My verses and give her the glad-tidings of My loving-kindness. I am, verily, the All-Powerful, the Almighty. The glory from Our presence be upon thee and upon her and upon My handmaiden Ridvaniyyih and upon those women who have heard the call and turned unto God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10480 ===

=== START BH10482 ===

O Mirza ’Abdu’l-Asad, O Pen of the Command! Make mention of him who hath been named ’Abdu’l-Asad, that he may rejoice in the days of his Lord and perceive the fragrance of the garment from this wondrous utterance. Verily the Bayan proclaimeth “The Desired One is come!” and the Furqan beareth witness to that which God hath testified in the Books of old. Yet the people remain in manifest remoteness. They behold the sun, yet deny it - nay, they are of the wrongdoers. They have wronged their own selves in the days of God and wronged those who hastened unto the Most Great Ocean when they discovered the fragrance of God, the Mighty, the All-Wise. Blessed is he who hath turned unto Him, and woe unto the heedless ones.

=== END BH10482 ===

=== START BH10483 ===

He is the One Who speaks in the Kingdom of Utterance!

O Muhsin! Upon thee be My glory! We have arisen this day speaking in remembrance of thee and in remembrance of him who hath ascended unto God, the Lord of the Mighty Throne. Thou hast attained unto My Tablet, My loving-kindness and My mercy which have preceded all who are in the heavens and on earth. We have revealed that which lay hidden in knowledge and concealed behind the veil of light and sealed with the seal of God, the Lord of the Exalted Throne. Rejoice thou in My remembrance of thee, then make mention of My loved ones. We have remembered them aforetime and aided them to turn towards God on a day wherein most of the servants turned away from God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy.

=== END BH10483 ===

=== START BH10484 ===

O Muhammad the Most Ancient and Most Great! O Muhammad! When the Sun of Truth dawned from the horizon of Hijaz, the people of metaphors objected to it. Among them were those who said “He hath spoken falsely” and among them were those who said “He is a lying sorcerer.” Likewise did they speak when the Spirit came with spirit and fragrance. Whenever We desired to draw them near, they fled and said “This is naught but a man of doubt.” Blessed is he who hath cast the world behind him, turning unto the Mighty, the Bestower. Be thou steadfast in the Cause and say: “Praise be unto Thee, O Thou Who didst remember me when I was in the hands of the wicked ones.”

=== END BH10484 ===

=== START BH10485 ===

O Muhammad-Ja’far (or Muhammad-Qibl-i-Ja’far) of Karbila! The Lord of mankind makes mention of thee from the Most Great Prison and commands thee to that whereby the Cause of God, the Lord of all worlds, will be exalted. Act ye in such wise as will cause your mention to endure in the Book which none toucheth save such as are steadfast and firm. Let not the affairs of the world sadden thee. Rejoice thou in this remembrance than which nothing that hath been created in the heavens or on earth can equal. Thus have I been bidden by God, the Ancient Commander. Blessed is he who hath read My verses and acted in accordance with that which hath been sent down from My mighty, My wise Pen.

=== END BH10485 ===

=== START BH10486 ===

O Muhammad-Qabl-i-Rahim, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the All-Seeing, the All-Informed! O Muhammad-Qabl-i-Rahim! Thou hast attained unto the Most Great Horizon and the favors of the Lord of Divine Decree. Know thou the worth of this most exalted station. We counsel thee with that which will cause the elevation of thy station. The world is transient - look not unto it, but rather unto Him Who created and manifested it. This Wronged One hath ever enjoined upon His servants that which is conducive to the appearance of divine bounty and blessing. The door of wealth is trustworthiness. We counsel all Our loved ones to observe it. Hold fast unto it, then know its station. Verily, the Wronged One is the True Counsellor, the Trustworthy.

=== END BH10486 ===

=== START BH10487 ===

He is the Dawning One from the horizon of utterance

O Muhammad-Qabli-Rida, thou art remembered and thy name hath attained. God willing, through the loving-kindness of the Best Beloved of the world, thou shalt taste the sweetness of the utterance of the All-Merciful in these days which are more delicate than spirit and more subtle than the spring breeze. How many among those who claimed to love attained this station for themselves, yet when the divine touchstone appeared, they remained deprived by a cry from the choice wine and forbidden by a scratch from the Supreme Pen. Hold fast to the cord of steadfastness and cleave to the hem of the mercy of thy Lord, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH10487 ===

=== START BH10488 ===

O Maryam, handmaiden of God, upon her be the Glory of God! He is God. O Maryam! The Ancient King in the Most Great Prison proclaims: Today is the sovereign of days - know thou its worth and be occupied with the remembrance and praise of the Goal of all worlds. The divine call hath so enraptured the mountains, yet the servants remain deprived thereof. The fragrances of revelation are diffused, yet all are forbidden from them save whom God, the Lord of all worlds, hath willed. The handmaidens who have borne tribulations in the path of God - all are mentioned in the Most Holy and Exalted Court and have attained His special favors.

=== END BH10488 ===

=== START BH10489 ===

In the Name of Him Who is established upon the Throne of Utterance!

O Mashhadi Rida! The Lord of Names declareth: The Kingdom belongeth unto God, the Lord of all the worlds. And the Lord of Creation declareth: Glory be unto God, the Object of the mystics. And the Divine Lote-Tree proclaimeth: He Who conversed on Sinai hath come, speaking: Verily there is none other God but Me, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. He whom ’Ali, who hath held fast to the cord of God, the Sure Handle, hath mentioned thee. We have commanded him to return that he may make mention of you and that those whom God hath related unto him may rejoice in meeting him. Verily thy Lord is the Compassionate, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Blessed be they whom the oppression of the oppressors hath not deterred from drawing nigh unto God, the Peerless, the All-Informed.

=== END BH10489 ===

=== START BH10490 ===

In the Name of the Most Holy! O peoples of the earth! How long will ye prevent the Youth from making mention of His Lord, the All-Glorious, the All-Knowing? And how long will ye occupy yourselves with the world and its ornaments? Verily it is a passing shadow. Death shall soon overtake you, and it is a vigilant watcher that neither armies and hosts can repel, nor your might, O concourse of the obstinate! If ye are able, prevent then the winds of the All-Merciful from blowing; and when they blow, this Leaf moveth as it willeth. This is not of itself, but is from God, and all the hosts of earth cannot prevent that which He desireth, nor can the might of the oppressors.

=== END BH10490 ===

=== START BH10491 ===

I am seeing through the horizon of knowledge: O people of the earth! We desired the garden, and when We established Ourselves therein upon the throne, We heard it cry out and say: “O thrones of the world, rejoice ye, for the Beauty of the Ancient One hath been established upon me. Then give thanks unto my Lord, the Great, for this wondrous favor. This is a day wherein grace hath encompassed all religions, and the Divine Lott Tree hath called out from the Most Exalted Horizon: ‘Verily, there is none other God but Him, the One, the Single, the All-Knowing.’ Whoso hath turned and beheld, he hath attained unto this grace, and whoso hath turned away, he is accounted among the polytheists in My perspicuous Book.”

=== END BH10491 ===

=== START BH10492 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory, the Most Great, the Most Powerful

O Thou through Whose Name the world hath been honored! I beseech Thee by the Most Great Name to send down from the heaven of Thy loving-kindness upon him who hath turned to Thee in the early days of Thy Cause a blessing from Thy presence. O my Lord! He is among those who attained Thy presence aforetime and recognized that which was uttered in Thy perspicuous Book. O my Lord! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Exalted Self to ordain for him every good thing that existed in Thy knowledge, then inscribe for him through Thy bounty and grace that which shall gladden his eyes. Verily Thou art the Generous Giver. There is none other God but Thee, the Forgiving, the Merciful.

=== END BH10492 ===

=== START BH10493 ===

In the Name of Him by Whom the fragrance of God, the Sovereign, the Self-Subsisting, hath been wafted!

O thou who hast turned thy face unto Mine Own! My Pen remembereth thee at this moment. Blessed is the servant by whose name the tongue of My grandeur hath been moved, and blessed is he who hath turned towards God, the One, the All-Knowing. We have sent down the verses and manifested the clear proofs, yet most of the people remain heedless. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having guided me unto Thy path and revealed unto me that which shall endure as long as Thy names endure. Ordain for me that which is best for me. Verily, Thou art the Most Merciful of them that show mercy, and the Fulfiller of the needs of them that cleave fast unto Thee.

=== END BH10493 ===

=== START BH10496 ===

O Na?ir! The Greater Branch was present and made mention of thee. Praise be to God that for years thou hast dwelt beneath the shade of the Divine Lote-Tree, and this Wronged One hath been with thee in all conditions. We beseech God to open before thy face the portals of His bounty and bestowals, to give thee to drink from the Kawthar of His utterance, and to ordain for thee all the good that He hath sent down in His Book. Verily He is the All-Bountiful, the Generous. Peace and glory be upon thee and upon thy son ?abibu’llah. We beseech God to assist him to remember and praise Him, and to aid him in that which will draw him nigh unto Him. Verily He is the Ever-Flowing, the All-Forgiving, the All-Merciful.

=== END BH10496 ===

=== START BH10497 ===

He is the All-Remembering, the All-Knowing

O Nasru’llah! Say: Praise be to Thee, O my God, for having given me to drink from the Kawthar of Thy knowledge and enabled me to turn toward Thy horizon. I beseech Thee by the rain-showers of Thy mercy, which have caused the cities of meaning and utterance to smile, to enable me to act according to what Thou hast commanded me in Thy Mighty Book. O my Lord! Thou seest the weak one clinging to the cord of Thy power, awaiting the wonders of Thy generosity and grace. I beseech Thee not to disappoint him in what he seeketh from the heaven of Thy mercy and the ocean of Thy bounty. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is no God but Thee, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH10497 ===

=== START BH10498 ===

O Leaf among the Afnan, mother of `Aliyyih, who hath attained Our presence and achieved victory! He is the Witness, the All-Informed. O My leaf! I bear witness that thou didst leave thy homeland out of love for God, the Possessor of the Hidden and the Manifest, and didst turn toward the Dawning-Place of verses and the Rising-Point of clear proofs, and didst attain unto the presence of the Kaaba of God, the Lord of all the worlds. Praise be to God Who bestowed His grace and granted His confirmation, such that thou didst turn toward and enter into a place that hath been the point of circumambulation of the Concourse on High. Well is it with thee, O My handmaiden and My leaf and fruit of My divine Lote-Tree! We beseech God to ordain for thee the good of all His worlds. Verily, He is the Compassionate, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH10498 ===

=== START BH10499 ===

He is the All-Seeing, the All-Knowing

O my Leaf and Mother of Afnan! Upon thee be My glory and My mercy which has preceded all who are in the heavens and earths. Praise thou the Beloved of the world, that manifest stars from thee circle round the Sun and are engaged in service. Know thou this bounty to be great, and be thou vocal in thanksgiving to the Beloved of the worlds. Verily He is with His Afnan, and soon shall their stations be made manifest in the realm, despite those who have disbelieved in God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. And glory be upon thee.

=== END BH10499 ===

=== START BH10500 ===

O Leaf, wife of the Afnan who has ascended to God, He Who is the Protector of all who are in earth and heaven! O my leaf and my handmaiden! The lamentation of your heart has influenced the regions and your wailing has saddened the dwellers of the pavilions. In all matters fix your gaze upon God and place your trust in Him. He is your Master and your Sovereign. Ask Him to ordain that which is beneficial for you and to make your days blessed. Verily He has power over all things and is worthy to answer prayer.

=== END BH10500 ===

=== START BH10501 ===

O my Leaf, O Khadijih, daughter of His uncle, upon her be the Glory of God! In the name of the Goal of all the worlds. O my Leaf, O Khadijih! From the first days until now thou hast been adorned with the effulgences of the lights of the Sun of Truth and hast been nourished by the choice wine of His utterance. Thy mention and thy service have ever been remembered before the Wronged One and recorded by the Most Exalted Pen in the Crimson Book. Praise be to God that thou didst attain unto the Salsabil of His love and didst drink from the Kawthar of His grace. By the life of God! Thy mention is recorded in the most exalted Paradise. This is what My tongue hath testified to in My Most Great Prison.

=== END BH10501 ===

=== START BH10502 ===

He is the Witnessing, the All-Hearing! The Lord of the worlds remembers thee from the Most Great Prison. Be thankful unto God for this supreme favor. Blessed is he who hath drunk from the Kawthar of My love and tasted the sweetness of My utterance whereby the ocean of knowledge hath surged amongst the peoples. However, most of the people are among the heedless. They have cast the principles of God behind their backs and taken their own limitations. Verily they are among those who wander distracted. Be steadfast in the Cause and firm in the love of thy Lord in such wise that neither the allusions of the people nor the doubts of those who have denied God, the Lord of the worlds, shall cause thee to slip.

=== END BH10502 ===

=== START BH10503 ===

Here is my soul-consuming beloved! O Lord of all lovers! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou didst take from all Thy servants a covenant concerning Thyself in Thy Books and Thy Scriptures and Thy Tablets, to cause me in all conditions to be immersed in the ocean of Thy love, speaking Thy praise, and turned toward the direction of Thy bounty. Verily Thou art the All-Powerful, the Most Exalted, the Forgiving, the Generous.

=== END BH10503 ===

=== START BH10504 ===

In the Name of the Peerless Intended One! O Karbila’i Yusuf, upon him be the Glory of God! The Joseph of God has been cast into the well of hatred. The darkness of heedlessness and ignorance hath encompassed the world and deprived all of their just reward from the Dawning-Place of Divine Revelation and the Dayspring of His Cause, save whom God willeth. The clouds of tyranny have prevented the Sun of Justice from shining forth. Blessed is the soul that hath held fast to the cord of loving-kindness and saved itself from the depths of heedlessness. Thus doth thy Lord counsel thee and mention unto thee what hath befallen Him at the hands of the hosts of the oppressors.

=== END BH10504 ===

=== START BH10505 ===

O my God! O my God! Unite the hearts of Thy servants, and reveal to them Thy Great Purpose. May they follow Thy Commandments and abide in Thy Law. Help them, O God, in their endeavor, and grant them strength to serve Thee. O God, leave them not to themselves, but guide their steps by the light of Knowledge, and cheer their hearts by Thy Love. Verily, Thou art their Helper and their Lord!

=== END BH10505 ===

=== START BH10506 ===

Already translated for the first paragraph. For the second paragraph in Persian:

He is the Supporter. The missive of Jinab-i-Karbila’i Isma’il Beg, upon him be the Glory of God, in the amount of twelve manats, was received by the servant through His Holiness the Trustee, upon him be the Glory of God and His grace, in the year 1304.

=== END BH10506 ===

=== START BH10507 ===

O Lord of Names and Creator of Heaven! Deliver Thy loved ones from the prison of the enemies. Verily, Thou art the Sovereign of destiny and the Dawning-Place from the horizon of God’s will. O Source of eternity! By the life of Glory, cut not off hope, but aid these souls. Thou rulest as Thou pleasest and in Thy grasp is the Kingdom of creation. The fangs have been sharpened for the flesh of the loved ones. Do Thou protect the companions, O Lord of necks and Ruler in the Return. Many a today has become yesterday. At any rate, wholly detached from all else, let them repeat these effulgent words nine times. Verily He is the Powerful, the All-Choosing.

=== END BH10507 ===

=== START BH10508 ===

O thou promoter of the Cause! May all the Glory of the All-Glorious rest upon thee! In the name of Him Who kindles, moves, stirs, calms and encompasses all things!

O Dayspring of Revelation! The rapture of the verses hath seized thee in such wise as cannot be described in words, so that when I sit, it raiseth me up with such an uprising as the onslaught of the ungodly cannot quell. When I am silent, the All-Powerful causeth me to speak and biddeth me to cry out betwixt earth and heaven. When I sleep, my heart calleth me and addresseth me saying: “This is not the time for slumber. Arise to fulfill thy Lord’s command, the Lord of all mankind.” Say: O people! The Hour hath struck and the Rock hath cried out: “The Kingdom is God’s, the Lord of all men!” Think ye that the tyrants can prevent the Lord of all creation from that which He desireth? Nay, by His true Self! Should they bring all the armies of the earth, verily thy Lord is powerful over whatsoever He willeth. He doeth what He desireth with a sovereignty that all who are in the realm of possibility are powerless to withstand.

At the time of revelation, it occurred to My servant who was present before the Throne as he wrote God’s verses, that this Tablet was befitting for thy servant, the Friend, since its fire was kindled and its flames spread to all regions. We say: Were his warmth in the love of God to increase less than a whit beyond what it is, he would arise to make mention of God in such wise as would transcend wisdom, which We have enjoined in the Scriptures and Tablets. It behooveth the Friend to be tranquil, that he may hold fast to wisdom lest mischief arise. Thus hath the matter been decreed in the Book.

He saith in secret: “It behooveth the Friend to be set ablaze with the fire of God that the moist and frozen hearts may be set alight thereby, and that all in the regions may be illumined thereby.” There is no disagreement between the servant and his Lord. He desired by the fire the warmth of the love of God for the enkindling of cities and lands, and We desired the light of God’s manifestation that the hearts of all in creation might be illumined thereby. Blessed art thou, O My Name, in that thou hast fulfilled God’s Covenant and drunk the choice wine of steadfastness from the hand of thy Lord, the Self-Sufficient, the Most Exalted.

We have heard that wherewith thou didst call upon God and found therefrom the fragrance of thy sincerity to God when the Dayspring of Revelation was in the hands of the ungodly. We answered thee with that which hath perfumed the musk of utterance throughout all creation. This is of My bounty unto thee. Verily thy Lord is the Most Exalted, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful.

Know thou that in these days there hath been sent down from the heaven of the will of thy Lord, the All-Merciful, that which is the spirit of life for the body of the world and the cause of everlasting life for those who have turned unto God, the Lord of all men. It hath been named the Most Holy Book, and therein have been revealed the laws and whatsoever God hath sanctified from all directions. Blessed is he who readeth it and pondereth that which hath been revealed therein of the verses of God, the Almighty, the Mighty, the Chosen One.

Say: O people! Take ye hold of it with the hand of resignation, then observe it that ye may drink what floweth therein from the springs of the mercy of your Lord, the Mighty, the All-Bestowing. By My life! It hath been revealed in such wise as to stupefy minds and thoughts. It is the Most Great Testimony unto all mankind and the proof of the All-Merciful unto all who are in the heavens and on earth. Through it the fragrance of the garment hath been diffused and the breeze of God hath wafted. Blessed are they who are endued with understanding. Thus hath the sun of elucidation dawned from the horizon of utterance as a bounty from Us to those who have believed in God, the One, the Powerful, the Dominant, the Mighty, the All-Forgiving.

O thou promoter of the Cause! Proclaim what We have revealed unto thee with wisdom.

Thus hath the breath of God wafted. Blessed are they who are endued with understanding! Thus hath the Sun of explanation dawned from the horizon of divine utterance as a token from Us to those who have believed in God, the One, the Powerful, the Overshadowing, the Mighty, the All-Forgiving. O thou who conveyest the Message! Deliver what We have revealed unto thee with wisdom and utterance. Then glorify on behalf of the Wronged One My loved ones who are there, that they may give thanks unto God, their Lord, and rejoice in this Remembrance which God hath made the Dawning-Place of all remembrance. Indeed, the glory of God rest upon thee and upon them at all times.

=== END BH10508 ===

=== START BH10509 ===

How long will ye, O concourse of divines, level the spears of hatred at the face of Baha? Rein in your pens. Lo, the Most Sublime Pen speaketh betwixt earth and heaven. Fear God, and follow not your desires which have altered the face of creation. Purify your ears that they may hearken unto the Voice of God. By God! It is even as fire that consumeth the veils, and as water that washeth the souls of all who are in the universe.

=== END BH10509 ===

=== START BH10510 ===

Already translated up to “All-Informed.” Here is the translation of the remainder:

Upon thee and upon thy mother and thy sister be the glory of God and His mercy and His favors and His grace. We send Our greetings upon their faces and upon those who were with them in those days and who served and made mention of God. He is verily the Compassionate, the Generous. Thus hath the grace of God encompassed thee and them. He is verily the Mighty, the [Praiseworthy].

=== END BH10510 ===

=== START BH10511 ===

The Son of Greatness hath said that which is revealed from the heaven of Will in this Supreme Manifestation is to unite the people in love and friendship toward all. The people of Baha who have drunk the pure wine of reality must associate with all the world with a perfect spirit of joy and fragrance and remind them of that which is for the benefit of all. This is the commandment of the wronged one to his saints and sincere ones.

=== END BH10511 ===

=== START BH10512 ===

I swear by the one true God! This is the day of those who have detached themselves from all but Him, the day of those who have recognized His unity, the day whereon God createth, with the hands of His power, divine beings and imperishable essences, every one of whom will cast the world and all that is therein behind him, and will wax so steadfast in the Cause of God that every wise and understanding heart will marvel.

=== END BH10512 ===

=== START BH10513 ===

Vie ye with each other in the service of God and of His Cause. This is indeed what profiteth you in this world, and in that which is to come. Your Lord, the God of Mercy, is the All-Informed, the All-Knowing. Grieve not at the things ye witness in this day. The day shall come whereon the tongues of the nations will proclaim: ‘The earth is God’s, the Almighty, the Single, the Incomparable, the All-Knowing!’

=== END BH10513 ===

=== START BH10514 ===

He is the Mighty, the Most Glorious

O My sister! Hearken unto the call of thy brother at the time when He was afflicted at the hands of those who desired to put Him to death without any clear proof from His Lord, the Merciful, nor any manifest evidence. And there hath befallen Me that which cannot be expressed in words and at which the Eye of Grandeur and Majesty weepeth upon the throne of mighty glory. Thou, verily, grieve not at anything, but rather be thou submissive and bow down low, that thou mayest be numbered among the submissive ones upon the tablets of guarded glory.

=== END BH10514 ===

=== START BH10515 ===

In the Name of Him by Whom the foundations were shaken! When the Promise came to pass and the Promised One appeared, the hearts of those who disbelieved in God, the One, the Chosen, were thrown into commotion. How many a learned one pronounced judgment against the Intended One, and how many an illiterate one turned to Him and responded to the Lord of Lords! This is the Day which was adorned with His mention in the Books of God aforetime. Blessed is he who hath understood that which God intended from the beginning to the end. We have mentioned every name that appeared before Our face, as a token of grace from Us, and verily We are the Mighty, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH10515 ===

=== START BH10516 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Never-Ending! When the dust settles, the Divine Spring of thy Lord, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious, shall come. Soon shall the Hand of Power rend asunder the bosom of this pitch darkness, and the Sun shall rise from its horizon nigh. When the winds of trials blow, be thou as an immovable mountain and an impregnable fortress. Purify thy heart from all allusions, that it may be illumined by the lights of the countenance of thy Lord, the Possessor of Names and Attributes. The days shall pass hereafter as they have passed heretofore. Therefore, seize the moment and hold fast to the Sure Handle. Verily, it shall protect thee from all the worlds.

=== END BH10516 ===

=== START BH10517 ===

O Mirza Asadu’llah, upon him be the Glory of God, the Mighty, the All-Wise! Your letter hath attained unto the hearing of the Lord of Names in this Most Exalted Station, and We have answered thee as a token of Our grace, that thou mayest rejoice and be of them that render thanks. We previously sent unto thee the Tablet of the Proof, through which the fragrance of the All-Merciful was wafted throughout creation. Exalted be God, the Sovereign, the Ancient Revealer! Convey My greetings unto My loved ones who have cast aside all else but Me and have attained unto the wine of steadfastness in My days. Verily thy Lord is the All-Remembering, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH10517 ===

=== START BH10518 ===

He is the Guide, the All-Sufficient, the Helper, the Forgiving, the Generous

I beseech Thee, O my God, Lord of Names and Creator of heaven, by Thy Name through which Thou hast subdued all things, to protect Thy male and female servants who have turned unto Thee from the schemes of every schemer, the oppression of every oppressor, and the fire of every idolater. Then ordain for them from Thy Most Exalted Pen that which will draw them nigh unto Thee in every world of Thy worlds. Verily, Thou art the Almighty Whom the contingencies of creation cannot frustrate. Thou art, in truth, the Strong, the Powerful. And praise be to God, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH10518 ===

=== START BH10519 ===

Arise, O My son who hath loved Me! He is the One Who commandeth with wisdom and utterance. I beseech Thee, O my God, by the exaltation of Thy Most Sublime Word and the power of Thy Most Exalted Pen, to assist Thy party in that which beseemeth Thy Cause, O Sovereign of all names and Creator of the heavens! Then I implore Thee, by the rustling of the Divine Lote-Tree of Thy Command and the light of Thy countenance, to ordain for him who hath clung to Thee and to Thy verses that whereby his station may be exalted in Thy dominion. Verily, Thou art the Powerful through Thy sovereignty. There is none other God but Thee, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH10519 ===

=== START BH10520 ===

In the Name of the One Friend

Praise be to God that thou hast attained recognition of His Being from the ocean of divine bounty and hast turned thyself to the true Ka’bah. After this most great attainment, all the friends must fix their gaze upon and act according to that which God hath commanded them in the Book. Supplicate and beseech the Truth, by day and by night, that He may cause all to remain steadfast in His Cause and enable them to act according to that which hath been revealed in the Book. He, verily, is the Commander, the Rememberer, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH10520 ===

=== START BH10521 ===

Let His Honor H.S.Y., upon him be the Glory of God, observe:

He is the Most Glorious

O my God! Thou knowest that this servant is enkindled with the fire of Thy love, wandering in the wilderness of longing for Thee, attracted by the wondrous lights of Thy beauty, and speaking in remembrance of Thee. Therefore, cause him to ascend on wings of holiness to the kingdom of Thy verses, aid him with the confirmations of the unseen realm of Thy oneness, give him to drink from the cup of immortality offered by the hands of Thy sanctity, and bring him into the presence of the brilliant rays shining from Thy beauty. Verily, Thou art the Mighty, the Powerful.

=== END BH10521 ===

=== START BH10522 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

My God, my God! Make Thy protection my right hand and Thy safeguarding my left hand and Thy remembrance before me and Thy praise above my head. I beseech Thee by Thy signs which none but Thee can reckon, and by Thy mysteries which none but Thee can fathom, to assist Thy servants in that which befitteth Thy days. Then aid, O my God, him who hath turned unto Thee and held fast unto Thy cord and done that which Thou didst command him in Thy Book. Verily Thou art the All-Bountiful, the All-Generous.

=== END BH10522 ===

=== START BH10523 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

My God, my God! I testify that these days are Thy days, wherein Thou hast opened the gates of Thy grace and mercy unto the faces of Thy servants. I beseech Thee by them who have borne Thy throne and who have arisen to serve Thy Cause in such wise that neither the tyrants of the age nor the Pharaohs of the land could deter them - O my Lord! ordain through Thy Most Exalted Pen for him who hath turned unto Thee the best of this world and of the world to come. Verily, Thou art the All-Forgiving, the Kind, the Mighty, the Bountiful. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10523 ===

=== START BH10524 ===

In the Name of Him through Whom hath shone forth the Luminary of Divine Power! O my God, my God! I testify that Thou hast sent down the Proof and made manifest the Way, and hast clarified for Thy servants that which was hidden throughout all eternity. I beseech Thee, O Lord of the End, by Thy Name, the Self-Sufficient, the Most High, to protect Thy servants and handmaidens from the mischief of the people of the Bayan who have denied the ocean of Thy grace after it surged before the faces of the world. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest, and by Thy Name doth move the Kingdom of Names. There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the Great.

=== END BH10524 ===

=== START BH10525 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

My God, my God! This servant acknowledgeth Thy loftiness and Thy transcendence, Thy power and Thy oneness, Thy uniqueness and Thy sovereignty, and beseecheth Thee by Thy binding decree and by Thy sealed choice wine to assist Thy handmaiden who hath turned toward Thy horizon and believed in Thee and in Thy signs on a day when the divines of Thy earth and the theologians of Thy lands have turned away. O Lord! Ordain for her that which beseemeth Thy generosity and Thy power. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10525 ===

=== START BH10526 ===

He is the Speaker in the Kingdom of Utterance

O my God, my God! Take not Thy servants to task for their grievous transgressions and their great sins. Adorn their heads with the crowns of justice and equity, and illumine their hearts with the light of Thy knowledge, O Thou Who art the Lord of the Kingdom of immortality and Who hast manifested Thyself through Thy Most Great Name, the All-Glorious. Thou art He Whose mercy and grace have preceded all else. Ordain for them that which will draw them nigh unto Thee, and make them to know Thy path, Thy balance, Thy testimony and Thy proof. Verily, Thou art the One Who hath power to do what He willeth through Thy word “Be” and it is. The Command is in Thy grasp and within Thy hold. There is none other God but Thee, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH10526 ===

=== START BH10527 ===

He is the Mighty

O my God! Thou seest me in the serpent’s mouth, and witnessest how it stingeth me at every moment and instant. Wilt Thou not help me, O my God, after I have clung to the hem of Thy bounties? Wilt Thou not have mercy upon me, O my Beloved, after I have held fast to the robe of the glory of Thy favors and decrees? Therefore, O my God, do Thou help me through the sovereignty of Thy help, and preserve me from this affliction, O Thou in Whose hand is the kingdom of creation, and Thou art knowing of all things.

=== END BH10527 ===

=== START BH10528 ===

In the Name of our Most Holy, Most Great, Most Exalted, Most Glorious Lord!

My God, my Master, my Support, my Beloved, and my Desire! I beseech Thee by the Mother Book which speaketh before the faces of the parties in the final return, such that no veil hindereth it and no cloud obscureth its light, to ordain for him who hath drunk the choice wine of Thy love that which shall make him steadfast in Thy Cause and firm in Thy service. Then write for him that which shall solace his eyes and bring peace to his heart. Verily, Thou art the Strong, the Triumphant, the Powerful, and worthy to answer prayer.

=== END BH10528 ===

=== START BH10531 ===

In the Name of the Peerless, One God

Today both the light and the fire are manifest, and both the call of the All-Merciful and of Satan are raised. How lofty is the station of the one who hath fixed his gaze upon the Most Glorious Horizon and hath detached himself from all else but God. He is assuredly among the sincere ones in the perspicuous Book. Praise be to God that the glance of divine favor hath turned to thy letter and hath mentioned thee in this Most Glorious Remembrance. Know thou this and be not of the heedless ones.

=== END BH10531 ===

=== START BH10532 ===

He is the Helper

Today the True One, glorified be His majesty, is the Helper of creation, yet the people in their ignorance have arisen in rejection, expulsion, turning away and opposition. Verily He desires their life while they desire His death. Soon they shall find themselves in manifest error. We counsel all to patience, steadfastness and tranquility. He is the Commander and the Knowing One, and He is the Powerful and the Mighty. The glory be upon thee from God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH10532 ===

=== START BH10533 ===

In the name of God, the Mighty, the Bestower. Verily God hath ordained for every matter an appointed time. When the promise cometh, that which hath been decreed in the kingdom of destiny shall be sent down to the people of creation. With Him is the knowledge of all things in a Preserved Tablet. He shall fully recompense those who call upon Him morning and evening, at every daybreak and nightfall. There is no guardian except Him. His is the creation and the command. He doeth whatsoever He willeth through His word, and ordaineth what He desireth through His binding decree.

=== END BH10533 ===

=== START BH10534 ===

He is the Single, the One!

Verily the heaven of bounty desired to send thee a star from among the stars of mystical knowledge from the direction of its Name, the All-Merciful. When its light taketh hold of thee and its manifestation attracteth thee, rise from the horizon of the House and say: O concourse of earth and heaven! By God, the King of the Kingdom of Names hath come with a sovereignty that no might can frighten and no power can weaken and no veil can conceal and no clamor of them that have denied the Day of Judgment can silence. Thus have We adorned the crown of thy heart with the diadem of the bounty of thy Lord, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH10534 ===

=== START BH10535 ===

O Father of the one who circles round the countenance, Muhammad-Husayn - Allah is Most Great with exceeding greatness! O father of the emigrant! Hear the call of the King of Kings from the right-hand side from this Prison which We built by the hand of power for Our Own Self, the Truth, before the creation of the heavens and the earth - that there is no God but I, the Beloved, from a beginning that hath no beginning. Then he whom God brought forth from thy loins, verily he hath emigrated with God and is now circling round the mighty throne.

=== END BH10535 ===

=== START BH10536 ===

O My name, the A?daq!

Render thanks unto God that We called thee to appear before the Seat of Glory, to hear Us and to witness the Light of the Countenance of thy Lord, the Exalted, the Mighty, the Single, the Supreme; and We sent thee back to inform the people of what thou hast seen and understood, and to call them to the utmost constancy, lest their steps falter at the clamour of any corrupt pretender. O My name! Recall every day Our counsel to thee in Our Presence. Verily, thy Lord is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH10536 ===

=== START BH10537 ===

O My handmaiden! Blessed art thou for having turned thy heart to the Qiblih of all horizons. Beware lest anything withhold thee from God, the Cleaver of daybreak. Remember thy Lord with joy and fragrance. Thus hast thou been commanded by thy Lord, the Mighty, the All-Knowing. How many a learned one hath been debarred from the Known One, and how many an ignorant one hath drawn nigh unto the Mighty, the Bestower! How many men have been veiled by vain imaginings, and how many women have rent asunder the veils! Verily the grace is in God’s hand - He bestoweth it upon whomsoever He willeth. He, verily, is the Almighty, the All-Choosing.

=== END BH10537 ===

=== START BH10538 ===

He is the All-Knowing

O Ziya’u’llah! He sends His greetings to thy face from this manifest horizon. Say: Praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds! Thou hast found a scribe more universal than anything and more nimble than a shadow. His pen ranges through the field of eloquence as if he were Quss ibn Sa’idah. His verse is more orderly than Europe’s system, and his prose more resplendent than the Pleiades’ necklace. Blessed is the scribe who occupies himself with the remembrance of the Lord of Names, morning and evening. May the glory rest upon thee and upon those who are with thee.

=== END BH10538 ===

=== START BH10539 ===

He is the All-Encompassing, the All-Powerful, the Self-Subsisting

O Mahmud! The All-Desired One calls you from His Praiseworthy Station to God, the Mighty, the Loving. Whosoever has turned to Him has turned to God and attained the Kawthar of revelation from the hand of his Lord, the Kind. Reflect upon God’s grace and mercy - verily He remembers you from the horizon of the prison, having found from you the fragrance of His cherished love. Remember Him at all times, turning away from those who have turned away from His extended path.

=== END BH10539 ===

=== START BH10540 ===

O Mustafa in Medina! He is the Mighty. O Mustafa! Bear witness within thyself that verily He is God, there is none other God but Him, the Sovereign, the Powerful, the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting. Say: By God! The Fire hath returned in the Tree and speaketh forth: ‘I am, verily, God, the Mighty, the Exalted, the Well-Beloved.’ Be thou steadfast then in thy love and be not of them who in God’s Covenant remain not firm. Say: By God! He knoweth the treachery of eyes and what the breasts conceal.

=== END BH10540 ===

=== START BH10541 ===

O Mihdi! Be thou assured that there is none other God but Him. His are Creation and Command. He doeth what He willeth and ordaineth what He pleaseth. Then I counsel thee to walk in My ways and be not of the heedless. Therefore render thanks unto God, thy Lord, for what We have mentioned thee in a glorious Tablet. Then convey My greetings unto all who have believed in God, the Mighty, the Powerful, the All-Knowing. And the Spirit be upon thee and upon those who have been patient.

=== END BH10541 ===

=== START BH10543 ===

O Aqa Muhsin! We make mention of him who has been named Muhsin, that he may inhale the sweet fragrance of the utterance of the All-Merciful and be among those who are firmly established. How many a strong one has turned away from the Cause, and how many a weak one has hastened unto God - a command from Him. Verily He is the Helper of every one who turns toward Him and is steadfast. Blessed is he who has testified to that which God has testified, and woe unto every distant barking one who has heard and denied this bounty that has encompassed the heavens and the earths. Thus has the Pen spoken in the Most Great Prison, that every seeing hearer may rejoice.

=== END BH10543 ===

=== START BH10544 ===

O Aqa Musa! We make mention of him who was named Musa and We bid him to that which We have bidden those servants who have turned towards this glorious station. Behold and remember when the Interlocutor came with clear signs, every remote scholar turned away from Him. Then remember when the Spirit came with proof from His Lord, the divines opposed Him until they pronounced judgment against Him with such tyranny as caused every seeing mystic to lament. Be thou thankful unto God for having aided thee and made known unto thee that which was hidden from creation. Verily thy Lord is the Compassionate, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH10544 ===

=== START BH10545 ===

He is God, exalted is He!

Thou art the one whom We caused to hear, in the earliest days, the rustling of My Divine Lote-Tree, and the murmuring of the Kawthar of Mine utterance, and the scratching of My Pen, and the warbling of the Bird of My loving-kindness that hath preceded all worlds. Arise and proclaim with wisdom: O concourse of contingent beings! The All-Merciful hath come with proof and evidence, in such wise that neither the clash of the swords of enemies, nor the neighing of the steeds of the mighty ones, nor the croaking of the divines can deter Him. He speaketh and declareth before the face of the world: Verily, there is none other God but Me, the Speaker, the Manifest, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10545 ===

=== START BH10546 ===

In the Name of the One All-Knowing God! May you ever drink from the Kawthar of divine knowledge and be occupied with the remembrance of the Beloved of all possibilities. Whosoever has drunk from that Kawthar through the name of God, the grace of God, and the confirmation of God - the troubles of this transient world shall not prevent him from eternal stations, nor shall the sorrows of this realm hold him back from the remembrance of the Ancient King. The glory be upon you and upon those with you. Convey My greetings to the faces of those women who have believed in God, the Single, the All-Informed.

=== END BH10546 ===

=== START BH10547 ===

O Abu’l-Qasim! In the name of the All-Knowing Lord! May you ever abide, now and always, secure and at rest beneath the sheltering shadow of the peerless King’s loving-kindness. The Most Exalted Pen is occupied, by day and by night, with the remembrance of His loved ones. We beseech God that He may cause all to be set ablaze with the fire of His knowledge and enable them to serve His Cause. This is the Day for pure deeds. How blessed is the state of one whose deeds and character become the cause of guidance for heedless souls. The glory of God rest upon you.

=== END BH10547 ===

=== START BH10548 ===

In the Name of the Beloved of the World! O handmaiden of God! Your call was heard and your letter attained unto the presence of the Throne. Be thankful unto your Lord for this manifest bounty. Today it is incumbent upon all to act according to the divine ordinances and to remain oriented toward the Most Exalted Horizon. The most exalted station belongeth to the one who heareth the divine call with the ear of the soul. Such a one, in life and in death, circleth round about. This is the most great bounty and the supreme favor. Blessed is he who hath attained thereunto and is of those who are certain.

=== END BH10548 ===

=== START BH10549 ===

In the Name of the Ever-Abiding Speaker! O people of Za! The Most Exalted Pen beareth witness unto those souls who in that land attained unto the most great martyrdom. By the Sun of the Bayan! The fragrance of the garment of the love of the All-Merciful hath been and still is diffused from that land. Blessed are they who have attained unto the presence of the martyrs of that land and who have sought to serve them. Hear ye the voice of the Wronged One, know ye your stations, and preserve them through His Name. The glory be upon you!

=== END BH10549 ===

=== START BH10550 ===

He is God! O servant of God! The gaze of God hath been upon thee, for until He gazeth upon one, none would gaze upon Him. His gaze hath preceded all the worlds, even as His mercy hath preceded and shall ever precede them. His remembrance of His servants hath ever preceded their remembrance of Him, yet not every ear heareth His remembrance, nor doth every heart perceive it. Beseech God that thou mayest not be debarred from His remembrance nor deprived of the fragrances of His days.

=== END BH10550 ===

=== START BH10551 ===

O Ancient and Most Great One! O servant of the Friend! Hearken with the ear of thy spirit to the call of the Friend. As long as thou art turned to Him, His eye is ever upon thee. The bodies of them that have turned to Us are even as gold among other bodies. Were He not looking upon thee, thou wouldst not be speaking His praise. He beholdeth thee and proclaimeth thy mention, even as He hath revealed and sent down this most impregnable Tablet in thy name from within the Most Great Prison amidst the oppressors. Blessed art thou for having attained unto this bounty and for being numbered among them that have turned unto Him.

=== END BH10551 ===

=== START BH10553 ===

In My Name, the Mighty

O Zahra! The Sun of loving-kindness hath dawned, and the showers of mercy are falling, and in all times doth the tongue of the All-Merciful counsel the servants and handmaidens of the earth to that which bringeth salvation and deliverance. Yet few are found who hear and act upon it. All must supplicate the exalted Lord for confirmation that perchance they may arise to make good what hath been lost. Verily He is the Counselor, the Compassionate, the Generous, and praise be to God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10553 ===

=== START BH10554 ===

O Siyyid Mahdi! O ye who soar in the atmosphere of the All-Merciful! Be not veiled by the recorded words from the Beauty of Oneness, for all the divine knowledge and heavenly wisdom of which people today are proud have issued from and return to the Primal Point, and that Point came into being through the effect of the Pen of the All-Merciful. Therefore it is not befitting that people become proud of that which is recorded and remain deprived on the Most Great Day. Strive that perchance through divine assistance ye may attain unto the ocean of inner meanings.

=== END BH10554 ===

=== START BH10555 ===

He is the Ever-Abiding

O ’Askar! The Supreme Pen beareth witness that thou art among those who have believed and attained. Be thou thankful and be of them that render thanks. Thou didst migrate to attain the presence of God and didst achieve the meeting with the Beloved, and yet again thou didst enter the Most Great Prison with the Ancient Beauty. Praise be to the Goal of all the worlds that thou didst attain unto the root of all good. Beseech thou God that thou mayest circle round Him in all the worlds. Take thou this station and leave all else to whomsoever desireth it.

=== END BH10555 ===

=== START BH10556 ===

O Seyyed Mahmud! The Divine Educator has educated all through His name “the Educator of the World.” Through the tongue of His own Manifestations He has given the glad-tidings of the appearance of the Most Great Name to all who are in the world. Yet when the divine light dawned from the horizon of oneness, all remained occupied with their own desires and remote from Him, save those souls who quaffed the wine of inner meanings from the hand of divine bounty. We bear witness that they are indeed the triumphant ones. God willing, drink ye of the wine of steadfastness and be ye mindful of the Dawning-Place of loving-kindness.

=== END BH10556 ===

=== START BH10558 ===

His other brother is ’Abdu’l-Husayn. He is a witness and testimony that what was concealed in the eternity of eternities is now manifest. Nevertheless, the people of earth remain deprived of this most great bounty, for which no likeness or parallel can be observed, save those souls who have transcended all contingent beings and fix their gaze upon the horizon of the All-Merciful. Blessed is he who has sought the Intended One with his heart, and he whose tongue has spoken His remembrance, and he whose eyes have beheld His signs, and he whose ears have heard His most sweet call from His most exalted horizon. Blessed are they who have attained.

=== END BH10558 ===

=== START BH10559 ===

He is God! That which was inscribed has become manifest, and that which was concealed has become renowned. Praise be to God that He has caused the fruits of the trees of oneness to be encompassed within a single fruit and to appear from a single tree. Blessed are those who are in the heavens and on earth, for through divine bounty and through the grace and generosity of the eternal Sovereign, these servants have attained to that which was the hope of His chosen ones, and these companions have been honored with that which was the desire of His sincere ones.

=== END BH10559 ===

=== START BH10560 ===

He is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. The ocean of meanings hath, in most times, out of pure bounty and grace, sprinkled its drops upon that honored one, and Tablets sublime and wondrous have been specifically revealed. And this is a bounty that shall abide with you throughout all worlds. Counsel the servants there, on My behalf, to show forth the greatest steadfastness in this Cause whereby the hearts of the people of insight have been sorely troubled. And the glory be upon thee and upon whosoever hath remembered God with the tongue of His loved ones and seekers. Verily, He is the Hearer, the Answerer.

=== END BH10560 ===

=== START BH10562 ===

He is the Mighty

A description of the state of trees speaking: Heat from the fire of their condition is manifest from the tree today. The horizons of the hearts of the friends are illumined by the lights of the Luminary of Manifestation and are set ablaze by the heat of divine love. The light is radiating, the fire is visible, power is manifest, might is resplendent. By the life of God, the rending of the veils of names and their splitting appears greater to the eye than the splitting of the moon. I swear by the lights of the Face, in this Revelation the splitting of the sun is visible, were you to know.

=== END BH10562 ===

=== START BH10563 ===

First part -

He is the Mighty, the Beloved! All have been created for the divine meeting, and all have had and have their share of this most exalted station. However, the veils of the people have become an obstacle between the Generous Outpourer and His loved ones. This pertains to the outward realm; in the inward realm, whosoever hath acted according to the divine commandments and held fast to the Most Holy Book which hath been sent down from the holy Kingdom, is reckoned before God as one of the people of the divine presence.

=== END BH10563 ===

=== START BH10564 ===

In the Name of the One Incomparable Speaker!

The exalted Truth hath testified to the greatness of this glorious Day and the majesty of the Cause, yet none hath comprehended the purpose of the utterance of the All-Merciful nor discovered the greatness of the Day of God. They hear but understand not, they see but remain heedless. Praise be to God that thou hast attained unto the Divine Word which is this most sublime Tablet. Beseech the Truth, exalted be His glory, that He may keep thee steadfast and not deprive thee of the reward of this most exalted, most holy Day.

=== END BH10564 ===

=== START BH10565 ===

He is God! Praise be to God that thou hast ascended unto the heaven of sanctification and drunk from the Salsabil of holy spirituality. Yet the winds of discord are blowing - the breezes of the All-Merciful wafting from one direction while the odor of Satan passeth from another. My Beloved hath forewarned that all would turn away from the direction of the All-Merciful and become immersed in the sea of self. Indeed today the sea is turbulent and the waves are mounting higher - until such time as some soul, through the aid of the Most Great Heaven, shall pass safely across that sea.

=== END BH10565 ===

=== START BH10566 ===

He is God! Praise God that thou hast drunk from the Kawthar of His love and hast been awakened from the slumber of heedlessness by the breeze of His grace. Strive then, lest satanic manifestations steal away this divine subtlety, for thieves lie in wait for every precious pearl, and highway robbers lurk in ambush for the caravan of the Merciful One’s Yemen. Beseech God that the trust of His love may remain secure from the thieves of days in the treasury of the heart.

=== END BH10566 ===

=== START BH10567 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great! Praise be to the Best-Beloved of the worlds, that ye have attained unto His recognition and turned towards the horizon of His Cause. Know ye the value of this bounty and be ye engaged at all times in His mention and praise. Your call was heard purely through His grace, and an answer was revealed from the horizon of the Prison, that ye might inhale from its words the fragrance of the divine Raiment and remain steadfast in His Cause. He, verily, is the Counselor, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH10567 ===

=== START BH10568 ===

He is God! In times when the winds of tests and trials are blowing, the lovers of the Countenance of the All-Merciful must remain completely assured, settled upon the couch of certitude. Otherwise, in days of glory when the breezes of divine power are passing by, all have claimed and will claim to love the Beauty of the All-Glorious. But that claim depends upon another test, for it is not known whether the cause was outward circumstances or the Divine Spirit itself. And the Spirit be upon thee.

=== END BH10568 ===

=== START BH10569 ===

He is the One to be obeyed in all conditions! O dervish! The festival befits Me not. Indeed, anxiety is My gladness and grief is My delight and tribulation is My festival and the prison is My paradise and the well is My vista and suffering is My companion. Thus do We perceive for Our Self in these days. And since the matter is thus, what shall We say regarding your affair and how shall We judge for you? We are God’s and unto Him shall we return. Be patient even as We were patient. Perchance God will bring about a matter from His presence. Verily He is the All-Powerful, the Almighty.

=== END BH10569 ===

=== START BH10570 ===

O Muhammad-Husayn! God is He! Mention has been made of the grievous days in the Tablet of Steadfastness. The Truth has informed all in wondrous and sublime Tablets of the great tribulation, that perchance the people might not be perturbed when it comes to pass, and might not be debarred from the path of the All-Merciful. Nevertheless, some souls, when the winds of trials blew, returned to the nethermost depths and turned away from the realm of divine oneness, save those who gaze with the eye of the All-Merciful and drink from the Kawthar of assurance. And the Spirit be upon thee.

=== END BH10570 ===

=== START BH10571 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Perspicuous, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise!

A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath been named ’Abdu’l-Ahad, that he may rejoice and be of them that are steadfast. Then know thou that thy call hath won My hearing in My Most Great Prison, when sorrows had encompassed Me through that which the hands of such as We commanded to fear God had wrought, yet they were of them that slumber. Verily they who have attained on this day are assuredly among the dwellers of Paradise in the Book of God, the Lord of all worlds. Give thanks that thy letter hath been presented and there hath been sent down for thee that which shall gladden the eyes of the worlds.

=== END BH10571 ===

=== START BH10572 ===

He Who is the Afnan, Mirza Aqa, upon him be the Glory of God, the Most Glorious

God is Most Glorious! This is a mention from Us to one who has attained the lights of the Countenance when the Light was shining from the Most Exalted Horizon and the Tree was proclaiming: “There is no God but I, the Mighty, the Powerful.” Blessed art thou for having been the recipient of the gaze of the Ancient Being and for having this Clear Tablet revealed for thee. Know thou its station, then give thanks unto thy Lord, the Compassionate, the Generous. The Glory be upon thee from Us, and upon those with thee, and upon all who are firm, steadfast and upright.

=== END BH10572 ===

=== START BH10573 ===

In the Name of the All-Bountiful, the All-Merciful. Thy mention hath reached the Seat of Mention, and thy lamentation and ardor in the love of the Beloved of the worlds hath been heard. Say: O my God! Ordain for me, through Thy sovereignty and power, that which shall profit me in every world of Thy worlds. Then aid me to stand firm in Thy Cause and to arise to serve Thee. Verily, Thou art the All-Powerful, the Almighty. Thus hath the light shone forth from the horizon of Thy Tablet through that which hath been honored by the words of Thy Lord, the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful. Blessed art thou, and thy wife, and thy son, inasmuch as ye have been honored by the mention of God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH10573 ===

=== START BH10574 ===

He is the Most Holy

The mercy of the All-Merciful upon every community that has believed in the All-Merciful, in whose heart has been kindled the love of the All-Merciful, whose tongue has spoken in praise of the All-Merciful, who has turned away from Satan and turned toward the All-Merciful, and has sold both paradise and all that is ordained in the gardens of paradise for the love of…

And verily thou, O handmaiden of the All-Merciful, blessed art thou for having turned toward the All-Merciful. Beware lest thou… from praising the All-Merciful. Then detach thyself from all else save the All-Merciful.

=== END BH10574 ===

=== START BH10575 ===

In His Name, the One Who is Supreme over the world! The sprinklings of the Ancient Ocean have trickled forth from the Fountain of the Pen of the Lord of nations in the form of these words: Thy mention was mentioned before the Throne and thy letter was observed. God willing, thou wilt ever drink from the ocean of divine bounty and attain unto His remembrance which is, in truth, the immortal wine of the eternal realm. God willing, thou wilt be assisted in that which is, in the sight of God, among the most mighty of all affairs - and that is His remembrance amongst His servants and the propagation of His wise and unalterable Cause.

=== END BH10575 ===

=== START BH10576 ===

He is the Manifest One, standing before the faces of the world

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Beautiful Names

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Exalted Attributes

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great, Most Glorious Name, through which the ocean of bounty surged and the fragrance of eternity wafted, to assist Thy servant Rida in that which Thou lovest and approvest. He is the one who, O my God, hath taken shelter beneath the canopy of Thy glory, entered the prison by Thy command and departed by Thy leave. Ordain for him what Thou hast ordained for Thy sincere servants. Verily, Thou art the Most Merciful of the merciful ones.

=== END BH10576 ===

=== START BH10577 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory, the Most Great, the All-Powerful

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by the waves of the ocean of Thy utterance, and by the pearls of knowledge that were hidden in the treasuries of Thine infallibility, and by the dominion of Thy Pen of destiny, to aid him whom Thou hast exalted among Thy servants and made a ruler and commander over Thy creation to manifest that which Thou hast revealed in Thy Book. O Lord! Assist His Excellency the Governor to execute Thy commandments with justice and fairness, and ordain for him from Thy Most Exalted Pen the good of this world and the next. Verily, Thou art the Lord of the throne on high and of the dust below. There is none other God but Thee, the Lord of all mankind and the Creator of earth and heaven.

=== END BH10577 ===

=== START BH10578 ===

XLIX

Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! I entreat Thee by Thy Name through which the Hour hath struck, and the Resurrection came to pass, and fear and trembling seized all that are in heaven and all that are on earth, to rain down, out of the heaven of Thy mercy and the clouds of Thy tender compassion, what will gladden the hearts of Thy servants, who have turned towards Thee and helped Thy Cause.

Keep safe Thy servants and Thy handmaidens, O my Lord, from the darts of idle fancy and vain imaginings, and give them from the hands of Thy grace a draught of the soft-flowing waters of Thy knowledge.

Thou, truly, art the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Generous.

=== END BH10578 ===

=== START BH10579 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Pen through which Thou didst give life to all worlds, and by Thy Name through which Thou didst create the heavens and the earths, to aid those who have turned unto Thee and have entered the stronghold of Thy Cause, detached from all who dwell on earth. O Lord! The men are Thy servants and the women are Thy handmaidens, and all else besides them are Thy creation and within the grasp of Thy power. Protect them through Thy grace, then grant them the blessing of meeting Thee, and ordain for them that which shall profit them in this world and the world to come. Verily, Thou art the Mighty, the Great.

=== END BH10579 ===

=== START BH10580 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious!

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I testify that the ocean of Thy mercy hath surged before the faces of Thy servants, and the sun of Thy grace hath shone forth from the horizon of the heaven of Thy bounty. I beseech Thee by that which is within Thy knowledge, which none hath known except Thyself, and by the winds through whose rushing sound Thy remembrance and praise are heard, to assist Thy servant who hath cast away all else save Thee, turning toward the horizon of Thy bestowals. Then ordain for him every good thing which Thou hast sent down in Thy Book. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Powerful.

=== END BH10580 ===

=== START BH10581 ===

Praise be unto Thee, O Lord my God! We have observed the Fast in conformity with Thy bidding and break it now through Thy love and Thy good-pleasure. Deign to accept, O my God, the deeds that we have performed in Thy path wholly for the sake of Thy beauty with our faces set towards Thy Cause, free from aught else but Thee. Bestow, then, Thy forgiveness upon us, upon our forefathers, and upon all such as have believed in Thee and in Thy mighty signs in this most great, this most glorious Revelation. Potent art Thou to do what Thou choosest. Thou art, verily, the Most Exalted, the Almighty, the Unconstrained.

[Text published in “The Importance of Obligatory Prayer and Fasting”(May 2000), item 3.3]

=== END BH10581 ===

=== START BH10583 ===

O Ibrahim! The All-Glorious! God, there is no God but He, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. He is the Most Glorious! Glory be unto Thee, O my God! Strengthen the hearts of Thy loved ones through Thy power and sovereignty, lest those on earth strike fear into them. Then cause them, O my God, to shine forth from the horizon of Thy greatness and to rise from the dayspring of Thy might, that the intimations of those who have disbelieved in Thee and Thy signs may not hinder them. Then aid them, O my God, to assist Thy Cause in Thy realm and to make mention of Thee among Thy creation. Verily, Thou art the Powerful, the Exalted, the Mighty, the Omnipotent.

=== END BH10583 ===

=== START BH10584 ===

He is the Mighty! Glorified art Thou, O my God and the God of all names! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou hast subdued all things and whatsoever hath been created between earth and heaven, to send down upon this handmaiden of Thine from the kingdom of Thy power that which beseemeth Thy bounty and Thy grace. O Lord! Thou seest her clinging to the cord of Thy loving-kindness and holding fast to the hem of Thy generosity. Ordain for her every good recorded in Thy Book. Verily, Thou art the Ever-Forgiving, the Bountiful, the Generous. There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the Great.

=== END BH10584 ===

=== START BH10585 ===

Glorified art Thou, O my God, my Master, my Sovereign, my Lord, my Support and my Hope! I beseech Thee, by the waves of the ocean of Thy oneness from which Thy mention and praise can be heard, to open before the faces of those who seek Thee the gates of meeting with Thee. Then grant them, O my God, the water of life of attaining Thy presence. Verily, Thou art the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous, and within Thy grasp is the dominion of all who are in the heavens and on earth.

=== END BH10585 ===

=== START BH10586 ===

He is the Most Manifest, the Most Pure, the Most Glorious

Glorified art Thou, O my God, O Master of the nations and Quickener of moldering bones and King of eternity! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name to lead all souls, even if by chains, unto the path of Thy good-pleasure. O my God, they are a people who comprehend not and know not what is best for them, and verily Thou art the All-Knowing, the All-Forgiving, the Most Merciful. Then establish, O my God, the hearts of Thy loved ones upon the path which hath been raised up through Thy glorious and most glorious Name. Verily Thou art the Ruler over whatsoever Thou willest, and verily Thou art the Most High, the Most Great.

=== END BH10586 ===

=== START BH10587 ===

For that prayer that was attributed to Abu Basir, upon him be the glory of God, the Mighty, the Powerful:

He is the Most High! Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by the lights of Thy countenance to clothe all created things with the robe of forgiveness, and adorn their temples, O my God, with the garments of mercy and loving-kindness. O Lord! They are weak and Thou art the Mighty, the Powerful. They are poor and Thou art the Ancient of Days, the All-Possessing. O Lord! Draw every heart unto the Dayspring of Thy Revelation and every eye unto the horizon of Thy grace. Thou art verily the Almighty, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH10587 ===

=== START BH10588 ===

He is the All-Glorious.

Praise be to Thee, O my God! Thou didst call me, and I answered Thee. Thou didst summon me, and I hastened unto Thee, entering beneath the shade of Thy mercy and seeking shelter at the threshold of the door of Thy grace. Thou hast nurtured me, O Lord, through Thy providence, chosen me for Thee alone, created me for Thy service, and appointed me to stand before Thee. I beseech Thee, by Thine all-glorious Name and by Thy beauty that hath dawned above the horizon of Thy most exalted Essence, to cause me to be related to Thee even as Thou hadst done so aforetime, and not to separate me from Thyself. Cause then to appear from me, O my God, that which is worthy of Thee. Thou art, in truth, powerful over all things.

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=== END BH10588 ===

=== START BH10589 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Praise be unto Thee for having aided Thy loved ones to do what is right and to fulfill what Thou hast commanded them in Thy perspicuous Book. I beseech Thee by the light of Thy countenance, through which the heavens and earth were illumined, to ordain for them that which shall prosper them at every moment. Verily, Thou art the Revealer of the Word and the Manifestation of Religions. O Lord! Send down upon them from the heaven of Thy mercy a blessing from Thee. Verily, Thou art the Compassionate, the Bountiful.

=== END BH10589 ===

=== START BH10591 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the Most Glorious

Glorified art Thou, O Creator of names and Fashioner of earth and heaven! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Glorious Name, through whose grief the dwellers of Thy most exalted Paradise did lament, to cause Thy handmaidens to drink from the Salsabil of Thy remembrance and the Kawthar of Thy love. Then make them, O my God, bearers of glad tidings in Thy days, celebrators of Thy praise, preserved from all that Thy good-pleasure abhorreth, circumambulating around Thy Will, and turned toward the Dawning-Place of Thy Purpose and the Dayspring of Thy Decree. Verily, Thou art the All-Powerful, the Most Exalted, the All-Compelling, the Almighty, the Sovereign.

=== END BH10591 ===

=== START BH10592 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the All-Compelling above all names! Glorified art Thou, O Creator of the heavens and All-Compelling over all things! I beseech Thee by the pearls of the ocean of Thy knowledge and the mysteries within the hearts of Thy chosen ones, and by the Word which Thou hast made to be a trust in the breasts of the sincere ones among Thy creation and the unified ones among Thy servants, that Thou protect Thy handmaidens from the evil of the people of the Bayan who have girded up their loins to lead Thy creation astray. Verily Thou art the All-Powerful, the Mighty. The ranks of the world cannot prevent Thee, nor can the power of the nations render Thee powerless. There is no God but Thee, the Mighty, the Wise.

=== END BH10592 ===

=== START BH10593 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious!

Glorified art Thou, O Lord of the Kingdom and Ruler of the Realm of Might! I testify to Thy oneness and Thy singleness, and to Thy glory and Thy majesty and Thy sovereignty. I beseech Thee by the Most Great Word whereby the hearts of all humanity were attracted, and by the Fire which Thou didst kindle in the Tree of Knowledge and in the hearts of Thy loved ones, to ordain for Thy chosen ones the presence before Thy face, and to decree for whoever hath turned unto Thee the good of this world and the next. Verily Thou art the Creator of heaven and within Thy grasp are the reins of the Kingdom of Names.

=== END BH10593 ===

=== START BH10594 ===

He Who speaketh in the prison: Glory be unto Thee, O Lord of existence and King of the seen and unseen! I beseech Thee by this Day wherein the earth hath been illumined by the light of Thy countenance and the heaven by the splendor of Thy manifestation, to send down from the heaven of Thy decree that which will adorn the people of Thy kingdom with the ornament of Thy justice and sanctify them from whatsoever beseemeth not Thee and Thy days. O my Lord! Ordain for me and for all who have turned unto Thee the good of all the worlds that are Thy worlds. Verily, Thou art the All-Powerful, the Almighty.

=== END BH10594 ===

=== START BH10595 ===

He is the Ruler by Right!

Glorified art Thou, O Lord of all beings and King of the throne and earth! I beseech Thee by the Name through which the trumpet was sounded and the dwellers of the graves arose, and through which Beauty was made manifest and the mountains were set in motion, to grant me the Kawthar of bounty from the hands of Thy favors and the choice wine of steadfastness through Thy grace and sovereignty. O my Lord! Assist me to serve Thy Cause and to arise for that whereby Thy Name may be exalted. Verily Thou art powerful over what Thou willest and Thou art the Protector, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH10595 ===

=== START BH10596 ===

O Leaf, daughter of the King of Martyrs! Upon you and those with you be the Glory of God. He is the All-Seeing, the All-Speaking. The Divine Lote Tree calls out: “O My Leaf, O My Leaf!” The Lord exclaims: “O My handmaiden, O My handmaiden!” The Supreme Pen chants: “O My Letter, O My Letter!” O Leaf, the Speaker of Sinai utters these words and makes mention of you. Can all the treasures of earth equal this? Nay, by My forgiving, generous Self! Therefore be thankful and say: “Praise be to Thee, O Beloved of the mystics and Goal of all the worlds!”

=== END BH10596 ===

=== START BH10597 ===

He is the Ever-Living

The envoys in the wilderness of separation and forgetfulness, and the strangers in the desert of abasement and silence, in the land of exile and utmost humiliation, are mindful of their gratitude to the Eternal Lord and the Peerless Sovereign, and with this wondrous remembrance and exalted word they warble: Should the arrow of tribulation come, behold our souls are its target; yet through divine grace this abasement is the glory of all glory, and this poverty the sovereign of all wealth. Such is God’s bounty which He bestoweth on whomsoever He willeth.

=== END BH10597 ===

=== START BH10598 ===

The Supreme, the Most Holy, the Most Glorious. The Glory bears witness, between earth and heaven, to the Lord of Names, even as the Lord of Eternity has borne witness to the Self of Glory, that verily He is my sovereignty in my realms, and the dominion of my power in my kingdom, and the heaven of my bounties to my creation, and my call unto all who are endowed with ears, and my beauty unto all who are endowed with sight, and my essence unto all who are possessed of understanding. By my life! Through Him were opened the roses of inner meanings in the paradise of true knowledge, and the Utterance spoke forth throughout all creation: Verily, there is none other God but Him, the Omnipotent, the Exalted, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH10598 ===

=== START BH10599 ===

He is the Expositor, the All-Knowing

The Most Exalted Pen testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His are the sovereignty and dominion, the grandeur and the power. He taketh and giveth. Within His grasp lieth the kingdom of all things. He, verily, is the One, the Single, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Blessed is the handmaiden who hath turned unto Him at a time when every learned one hath turned away from God. Thus doth God make mention of whomsoever He willeth among His handmaidens. He, verily, is the One Who hath power over whatsoever He willeth. There is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Beautiful.

=== END BH10599 ===

=== START BH10601 ===

In His Name, the Ever-Abiding, the Eternal, the Most Exalted, the Most Great

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him and that He Who hath appeared is verily the Dayspring of My Cause amidst My servants and the Orient of My Revelation unto all who are in the heavens and on the earth. Whoso hath believed in Him hath believed in Mine own Self and hath arisen to mention Me and to aid My Cause. And whoso hath turned away from Him hath been among them that turned away from Me in the eternity of eternities. Thus hath the matter been decreed from the Pen of My decree in a Tablet whereof none hath been apprised save My knowledge which hath encompassed both worlds.

=== END BH10601 ===

=== START BH10602 ===

In His Name, Who speaks in the Kingdom of Utterance! God testifies that there is none other God but Him, and He Who hath appeared in truth is verily the Most Straight Path amidst all nations, and the Balance of Guidance unto all creatures, and the Sign of Grandeur unto all who are in the heavens and earths. Through Him the divine fragrances wafted and the breeze passed by and the sovereignty of God was made manifest in all else than Him. Whoso turneth unto Him hath turned unto the Purpose and recognized the Promised One, and whoso turneth away is indeed of the most abject of the Jews in My wondrous Tablet.

=== END BH10602 ===

=== START BH10603 ===

O Ali-Akbar-i-Banna! He is established upon the Throne. God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and He Who calleth out is verily the Ocean of Grace and the Heaven of Justice. He is indeed the One Who hath arisen at the midmost heart of the world and summoned all beings by His Most Great Name in such wise that all the tribes of the earth were stirred up. Behold Him, O people of possibility, with illumined eyes, then turn toward Him with pure hearts, that ye may recognize the Dawning-Place of Power and the Treasury of Might that hath encompassed all who are in the heavens and on earth.

=== END BH10603 ===

=== START BH10604 ===

In the Name of Him Who holds sway over the world! God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who speaketh is verily the One mentioned in the Books of God, the Lord of all worlds. This is a Day whereon all things proclaim: The Kingdom is God’s, the Almighty, the All-Praised. Hold fast unto the Book of God, then act according to that which is contained therein. Thy Lord, verily, is the Ordainer, the All-Wise. We have witnessed thy devotion and have made mention of thee in words that all the treasures of the heavens and earth cannot equal. When thou attainest unto them, render thanks unto thy Lord, the Wronged One, the Peerless.

=== END BH10604 ===

=== START BH10605 ===

He is the Mighty One

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him and that the Ancient Beauty Who hath come in the name of ’Ali is the Truth of Truth upon Truth, and we are all His worshippers, and unto Him boweth down in adoration whatsoever is in the heavens and on earth, and all are prostrate before Him. Say: O people! This is the servant of God and His bondsman, then His proof and His glory. Fear ye God and ascribe no partners unto Him. Thus doth God counsel you, if ye be of them that hearken.

=== END BH10605 ===

=== START BH10606 ===

O Hassan, among the people of the Most Glorious Sultan! God - there is no God but He, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. He is the Most Compassionate. In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Impregnable! God beareth witness that there is none other God but He. He giveth life and causeth death, then causeth death and giveth life. Verily He is the One Who gazeth from the Most Exalted Horizon and speaketh from the Most Glorious Tongue that I am, verily, the One Who is worshipped in the last and in the first, and the people have not prevented Him from that which was ordained by God, the Creator of Names and the Fashioner of earth and heaven.

=== END BH10606 ===

=== START BH10607 ===

He is the Mighty!

The Wronged One testifieth to God’s unity and oneness, to His might and grandeur and sovereignty. We bear witness that there is none other God but Him, the Truth, the Knower of things unseen. Within His grasp is the reins of all affairs. He doeth what He willeth and decreeth what He pleaseth, and He is the Mighty, the Loving. We beseech Him at this hour to ordain for His loved ones that which will draw them nigh unto Him and exalt them through His name, and send down upon them a blessing from His presence. Verily He is the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous.

=== END BH10607 ===

=== START BH10608 ===

O Khatun, handmaiden of God! He is the Most Holy, the Most Great! The Wronged One beareth witness in the Most Great Prison that there is none other God but Him, and that He Who hath appeared is indeed the One promised in the Books of God, the Lord of all worlds. We testify that He was one in His essence and one in His dominion, He Who hath conquered the world. He is, verily, the Almighty, the All-Powerful. O My handmaiden! Rejoice thou that thy mention hath been honored by God’s hearing, and that this Clear Book hath been revealed unto thee - a Book that speaketh of God’s grandeur and His sovereignty, and guideth mankind unto His straight Path.

=== END BH10608 ===

=== START BH10609 ===

O Varqa, upon him be the Most Glorious Glory of God! He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. My Most Exalted Pen beareth witness to thy acceptance and thy turning unto Him and thy arising to serve the Cause when those who were expected to seek His release from God, the Mighty, the Great, turned away from it. Blessed art thou, and blessed is he who hath heard thy mention and found fellowship with thee and perceived from thee the fragrance of My wondrous love. Remind My loved ones and give them the glad-tidings of My gracious remembrance. The Glory shining from the horizon of the heaven of My bounty be upon thee and upon him who hath taken the cup of the Choice Wine in the name of his Lord, the All-Informed.

=== END BH10609 ===

=== START BH10610 ===

In My Name, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

My Most Exalted Pen beareth witness that thou, O Afnan, Mirza ’Ali, upon whom be all the most glorious and resplendent glory, hast turned unto God, the Lord of all beings, and hast attained the lights of the meeting with Him, and hast drunk from the hand of bounty the Kawthar of reunion. Blessed art thou for having turned and hastened until thou didst enter the Most Great Scene and didst hear the call of God, the Self-Subsisting, the All-Compelling. We send Our glorification upon thy face and upon My Afnan who have partaken of My choice sealed wine from the hands of grace.

=== END BH10610 ===

=== START BH10611 ===

In the Name of the All-Knowing Speaker!

Blessed is the one whose pinnacle of recognition has been adorned with the crown of steadfastness. By the life of God! That crown illumines the people of heaven and shineth bright like the morning star. God willing, may all attain unto this most exalted station and this supreme rank. At all times thou shouldst be thankful unto the Divine Truth that He hath aided thee to make mention of Him and to praise Him, and enabled thee to recognize the Dayspring of His Cause and the Dawning-Place of His verses. Verily, He is the All-Bountiful and verily, He is the Almighty, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10611 ===

=== START BH10612 ===

In the Name of the Kind Friend! Thy petition hath been made mention of in the Most Holy Court, and the Supreme Pen, in this most glorious and most exalted station, maketh mention of thee. This is a station whereof the pens of the world and the tongues of the children of men are powerless to make mention. The Point of the Bayan hath said: The whole world existeth that it might attain unto but one word of His exalted utterances. Now thou hast attained unto a Tablet - know thou this and be of them that render thanks. Verily, praise be unto God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH10612 ===

=== START BH10613 ===

In the name of the peerless one God! Thy petition was presented before the Most Great Horizon and the eye of mercy was directed towards it. Be not grieved at separation and remoteness, for this is the Most Great Day of joy wherein sorrow is not permitted. Hold fast unto that which will cause the exaltation of God’s Cause. Blessed is the soul that ariseth today with complete sincerity and becometh adorned with that which guideth mankind and speaketh thereof. Thus have We adorned the head of thy letter with the crown of utterance. Rejoice thou and be of the thankful ones.

=== END BH10613 ===

=== START BH10614 ===

He is God, exalted be He! Upon thee, O thou who hast turned thy face unto God, be the glory of thy Lord, the Most Glorious! Blessed art thou, inasmuch as thou hast drunk from the fountain of reunion from the hands of bounty, and from the Kawthar of immortality through the grace of thy Lord, the Most High, the Most Exalted. I beseech God to nourish thee at all times with the fruits of the tree of generosity and beneficence, and to aid thee throughout all days to remember and praise Him amidst mankind. Verily, He is the All-Powerful, the Most High, the Mighty, the All-Knowing. There is no God but Him, the Self-Subsisting, the Single, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH10614 ===

=== START BH10615 ===

He is the Witnessed One, the Manifest, the Most Glorious

Look thou to the heaven that thou mayest witness the beauty of thy Lord, the Most Exalted, and be of them that are well-assured. Written by the Finger of God, say: This is the Hidden One, and whoso affirmeth aught beside Him hath indeed joined partners with God, and thus hath the matter been decreed. Purify thyself from all else but Me, then make mention of My tribulations, and tarry not even for a moment. Verily thy letter hath come before the Throne, and We have read it and ordained for thee a station that was, in truth, exalted. And glory be upon the people of glory.

=== END BH10615 ===

=== START BH10616 ===

He said: We beseech God, blessed and exalted be He, that through him He may set affairs aright and open the gate of joy, and that He may write down for him from His Most Exalted Pen that which will protect him from the evil of the deniers and the calumniators and the clamor of the liars. Verily, He is powerful over all things. We beseech God, blessed and exalted be He, that He may protect him and protect His loved ones from the evil of His enemies who have cast righteousness behind their backs and embraced wickedness and been consumed by the fire of greed and passion and have exchanged trustworthiness for treachery and truth for falsehood and calumny. We beseech God, blessed and exalted be He, that He may strengthen him and His loved ones and protect them from the evil of every traitor and every deceiver and every hateful one. Verily, He is the Powerful, the Mighty, the All-Choosing. And we beseech Him, exalted be He, that He may enable him to achieve that which He loves and is pleased with and aid him through His sovereignty. Verily, He is the Powerful, the Mighty, the All-Bestowing.

=== END BH10616 ===

=== START BH10617 ===

He is the Mighty

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which the seas of the glory of Thy singleness were set in motion and the suns of the sanctity of Thy divinity shed their radiance, to aid Thy servants who have turned toward the arenas of Thy nearness, then detached themselves from all directions and turned to Thy countenance. Then preserve, O my God, this servant who hath clung to the handle of Thy love and sought refuge in Thy presence and protection, for in Thy hand is the kingdom of all things and Thou art, verily, powerful over all things.

=== END BH10617 ===

=== START BH10618 ===

He is the Mighty! Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by this Exile who hath been driven from His native land by Thy heedless servants, and by the burning of the hearts of them that are nigh unto Thee in His separation and departure, and by the cry of the hearts of the unitarians in their yearning for Thee, to make firm the feet of this servant upon the path of Thy love. Then preserve him, O my Beloved, from every tribulation and hardship that might come between him and Thy beauty. Verily, Thou art the Almighty over all things, and verily, Thou art the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH10618 ===

=== START BH10619 ===

He is the Beloved. Glorified art Thou, O my God! This is Thy servant who hath turned toward the realms of the sanctity of Thy divinity, and desired to enter the sanctuary of Thy Being and to gain admittance to the house of Thy oneness, that he might witness the subtleties of Thy beauty in the manifestations of Thine identity. Therefore, O my Beloved, send him unto this most exalted station, and grant him fruits which no hands of any of Thy servants can reach save those who are sincere among Thy creatures. Verily, Thou art, of a truth, the All-Powerful, the Omnipotent.

=== END BH10619 ===

=== START BH10620 ===

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I call upon Thee by Thy Name through which Thou didst raise up the heavens upon the thread of Thine eternity and didst elevate the pavilions of the Cause upon the throne of the glory of Thine oneness, that Thou mayest send down upon those who have mentioned Thy Most Exalted Name and who have followed the path of Thy love in the realm below, and then raise them up, O my God, unto the stations of holiness in Thy presence, that they may dwell in Thy habitations and drink from the cup of Thy good-pleasure. Verily, Thou art the Omnipotent over all things, and Thou art the Mighty, the Beloved.

=== END BH10620 ===

=== START BH10621 ===

He is the Mighty!

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou witnessest how I have been afflicted in Thy realm. On one side, O my God, hatred hath appeared in the hearts of Thine enemies, and on the other side, O my God, rancor and hypocrisy and hatred have emerged in the hearts of Thy loved ones. Thus, O my God, Thou hast made me to stand between these two groups. Therefore, O my God, aid me through Thy bounty and destroy mine enemies. Verily, Thou art powerful over all things.

=== END BH10621 ===

=== START BH10622 ===

He is the Glorious, the All-Glorious! All praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having made me the target of Thy tribulations and the object of Thy decrees, and for having caused to descend upon me that which Thou hast not caused to descend upon any other among Thy creatures, inasmuch as Thou hast placed me beneath the hands of the most contemptible of Thy creation, and the most tyrannical of Thy creatures, and the basest of Thy servants, whom I am powerless even to mention. Therefore, O my God, through Thy bounty and favor, deliver me, and then, O my God, free me from his clutches. Verily, Thou art powerful over all things.

=== END BH10622 ===

=== START BH10623 ===

In the Name of God, the Most High, the Most Exalted!

O my God! Every leaf of the leaves of the Tree of Thy love desireth that the breezes of Thy mercy might pass over it. Therefore, it behooveth Thy grace and bounty to send upon it that which will attract it through Thy Name and move it through Thy love. I beseech Thee by those whom Thou hast made captives in Thy path and who have been deprived of the comfort of the world in their love for Thee, to bestow upon every leaf that which will preserve it from all else save Thee and sanctify it from aught except Thyself. Verily, Thou art the All-Powerful, the Most Exalted, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. And praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH10623 ===

=== START BH10624 ===

He is God, exalted is He! Darkness hath encompassed all regions, and that which was inscribed in the Books of God, the Omnipotent, the Mighty, the All-Choosing, hath come to pass. There hath befallen Us, at the hands of the contentious rabble who cannot distinguish between a roar and the braying of a donkey, that which caused the Maid of Heaven to weep in the All-Glorious Paradise and the Holy Spirit to lament at the Lote Tree beyond which there is no passing. Yet We render thanks unto God for whatsoever hath befallen Us in His love and good-pleasure, and We beseech Him to preserve His loved ones from turning unto the world and to make them sincere unto His mighty and transcendent Countenance.

=== END BH10624 ===

=== START BH10625 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great!

The call of the All-Merciful has been raised throughout all contingent being, yet most of the people hear it not. The Supreme Horizon hath been illumined by the lights of the countenance of thy Lord, the Lord of all names, yet the people understand not. Give thanks unto God for having aided thee to attain recognition and for causing thee to hear that which the Tree of Sinai doth utter. Hold fast unto God, thy Lord, and shun those who have turned away from this Sealed Nectar. Praise be unto thee for having remembered the Prisoner, unto whom this Forbidden Tablet hath been revealed.

=== END BH10625 ===

=== START BH10626 ===

He is the Glorious, the Most Glorious

The Wronged One has turned His face toward him whom God has related unto Him, that He might give thanks and say: Praise be unto Thee and thanksgiving be unto Thee, O Thou Who didst raise me up through Thy command and didst guide me through Thy bounty! I beseech Thee not to deprive me of whatsoever Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen ones. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. The Glory shining forth from the Divine Lote-Tree be upon its branches and upon all who are firm and steadfast.

=== END BH10626 ===

=== START BH10627 ===

The Wronged One has turned His face from the prison towards him who was named Kazim, and We make mention of him with that which has diffused the fragrance of the All-Merciful throughout all creation. Exalted is this glorious and wondrous station! We have counseled all to be trustworthy, truthful and faithful, and to manifest those qualities through which the Cause of God was revealed in former ages. Blessed is he who hath heard and acted, and woe unto the heedless. Hold fast unto the Strong Cord and cling to the hem of thy Lord, the Merciful.

=== END BH10627 ===

=== START BH10628 ===

In the Name of God, the Luminous, the Most Luminous

O Javad, upon thee be the Glory of God. The Most Great Name hath testified that thou didst turn and believe in God, the Lord of Eternity, on a Day wherein the peoples turned away, save whom God, the Lord of the worlds, did will.

In the Name of God, the Luminous, the Most Luminous

Upon thee be My Glory and My Mercy. I testify that thou didst hear the call of thy Lord, the Most Glorious, and didst turn to the Supreme Horizon and bore witness to that which the Lord of all being did bear witness - He Who came with a Cause before which every mighty cause hath bowed down.

=== END BH10628 ===

=== START BH10629 ===

He is the One Who Warbles upon the Branches

Say: O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou didst create the world and subdue the nations to render me detached from all else save Thee and to enable me to hold fast to the cord of Thy bounty. O my Lord! Thou art He to Whose exaltation and power every tongue hath testified, and to Whose sublimity and majesty every heart hath witnessed. I beseech Thee to withhold me not from the outpourings of Thy days, and to ordain for me that which shall profit me in every world of Thy worlds. Thou, verily, art the All-Powerful, the Most Exalted, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10629 ===

=== START BH10630 ===

O Afnan, his eminence Buzurg, upon him be the glory of God! He is God, the All-Explaining, the Most High, the All-Knowing. Say: O my God, I beseech Thee by the heaven of Thy loving-kindness and the heaven of Thy utterance and the Dawning-Place of Thy revelation and the Day-Spring of Thy inspiration, to grant me the choice wine which Thou hast unsealed with the fingers of Thy might and bestowed upon the people of Thy kingdom through Thy bounty and favors. O Lord! Deny me not the heaven of Thy generosity and the ocean of Thy grace. Ordain for me that which befitteth Thy majesty. Verily, Thou art the Powerful, the All-Knowing, the Bestower, the Ancient Giver.

=== END BH10630 ===

=== START BH10631 ===

O my God! I beseech Thee by the Dawning-Place of Thy signs and the Dayspring of Thy Revelation, Who hath been imprisoned in the most desolate of lands, inasmuch as He summoned all mankind unto the horizon of Thy Cause and the heaven of Thy bounty, to draw me and those who have believed near unto Thy most exalted horizon and the manifestation of Thy most resplendent Beauty. Then cause us, O my God, to drink the wine of Thy reunion and the Kawthar of Thy presence. Thou art He from Whose knowledge nothing escapeth, and Whom the might of the Pharaohs and the power of tyrants cannot frustrate. No God is there but Thee, the Mighty, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10631 ===

=== START BH10632 ===

O Thou Who speaketh from the Most Great Prison! Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God, Lord of all created things, and glory be unto Thee, O my God, the Desire of all contingent beings! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, the All-Subduing Lord of the kingdom of names and attributes, and by the Dawning-Place of Thy signs and the Manifestation of Thy clear tokens, to aid me to serve Thy Cause. Then cause me, O my God, to be steadfast in Thy Cause and to voice Thy praise. Then exalt me, O my God, through Thy Name amongst Thy creation and through my service amongst Thy servants. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Glorious, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH10632 ===

=== START BH10633 ===

He is the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious

Muhammad-Qabli-’Ali

Say: Glorified art Thou, O Lord of the world and King of the nations! I beseech Thee by the Name through which Thou didst raise up the heaven and establish the mountains and the nightingale sang upon the branches, to ordain for Thy chosen ones that which befitteth the ocean of Thy bounty and the heaven of Thy generosity. O my Lord! All things have testified to my evanescence and Thy permanence, to my powerlessness and Thy might. Do with me as beseemeth Thee. I testify that Thou art the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous.

=== END BH10633 ===

=== START BH10634 ===

In the Name of the Peerless Lord!

The Most Exalted Pen in these days mostly speaks in the Persian tongue so that all may attain to the purpose of God. This is naught but through the grace of the Sovereign of existence and the Lord of the seen and unseen. Praise be to God that you have attained unto the recognition of the Dawning-Place of divine verses. Now strive that you may adorn your temples with the ornament of His holy commandments. This is the divine counsel that hath shone forth from the Dayspring of His celestial revelation. Blessed are they that have attained!

=== END BH10634 ===

=== START BH10635 ===

In the Name of the peerless Lord, the Supreme Pen commands all to attain the station of sanctification and detachment, and to pure deeds and praiseworthy conduct. O Qasim, thou hast entered into the Most Great Presence and hast heard the call of the Wronged One of the horizons. God willing, thou shouldst gaze upon the horizon of guidance, sanctified from all that is with the peoples. Verily He commandeth you to that which is praiseworthy, verily He is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. As for those souls, both men and women, that were mentioned in thy petition - God willing, may they all remain steadfast upon the straight path and hold fast unto His cord.

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=== START BH10636 ===

In the Name of the Peerless, the One God! The Most Exalted Pen gives glad-tidings to those who are turned towards the Most Exalted Horizon, and adorns each one with the ornament of remembrance. By the Sun of the heaven of sanctification! No ornament has been or ever will be superior to this ornament. All the peoples of the world must strive with their very souls to attain unto this ornament, that perchance they may be blessed with it. Verily, thou must render thanks unto God for having adorned thee therewith and mentioned thee through His irrevocable Pen in this station, the mighty, the inaccessible.

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=== START BH10637 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the Goal of all the worlds!

The Supreme Pen addresses Its loved ones in the Persian tongue, that they may comprehend the utterance of the All-Merciful, be mindful, and with complete assurance remain firm and steadfast in the Cause of the Beloved of the worlds. O handmaiden of God! The Wronged One of the world calls out to thee from the Most Great Prison, that thou mayest not be deprived of the choice wine of divine knowledge and the living waters of faith, and that thou mayest at all times be occupied with His remembrance and praise. This is the cause of salvation in both worlds.

=== END BH10637 ===

=== START BH10638 ===

O Muhammad Hasan! Rise and say: O people of the Bayan! Fear the All-Merciful. Do ye object to Him Whom God hath made the Dawning-Place of His power and sovereignty, and made the Bayan a gift unto His Own Self? Fear God and follow not every doubting idolator. This is He Who hath sent down the Book for His remembrance and God hath made it a leaf for His Paradise, each leaf whereof proclaimeth: The Covenant hath come and the Lord of the Day of Separation hath appeared. Blessed is he who in this Day hath fulfilled the Covenant while the idolators have risen up in hypocrisy.

=== END BH10638 ===

=== START BH10639 ===

The Most Holy, Most Glorious. This is the Clear Book sent down from God, the Lord of the worlds, unto him who hath grasped His firm and mighty cord. He remembereth in the prison His servant that he may rejoice in the verses of God, the Lord of the mighty throne. Beware lest the things of the world withhold thee from the Lord of Names. Drink thou the water of life in My Name, the Mighty, the Wondrous. Say: O my God! Thou beholdest me turning towards the sanctuary of Thy presence and the Kaaba of Thy Cause. I beseech Thee by Thy radiant and luminous Beauty to make me steadfast in Thy love in such wise that the power of the oppressors shall not frighten me.

=== END BH10639 ===

=== START BH10640 ===

O Zaqran Haji! This Most Ancient, Most Great Book have We sent down in truth unto him who acknowledgeth the testimony of God when He appeared through His decisive and wondrous Cause. Verily the Dawning-Place of verses hath melodies which, were they to be revealed, would cause all who are in the heavens and on earth to swoon away, except whom God willeth, the All-Powerful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. He who hath turned unto Him this Day is assuredly of the people of Baha in the kingdom of creation, and he who hath turned away is verily among the dead. This is the Day of steadfastness - blessed is he who hath clung fast thereunto and is of them that are firm.

=== END BH10640 ===

=== START BH10641 ===

O captive of Nayriz! You have written in the name of the Beloved of the world and have attained unto the presence of the Lord of Names. As to what you wrote concerning bewilderment - verily bewilderment is beloved in the Book, as expressed in His words “Increase my bewilderment in Thee!” Know thou in what place thou dost find thyself, morning and evening, in the vicinity of thy Lord’s mercy, the All-Forgiving, the All-Merciful. God willing, may your bewilderment also be in the knowledge of God. Be thankful unto thy Lord for this remembrance, through which every sweet remembrance is made more delightful. May the glory of God rest upon you all from God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH10641 ===

=== START BH10642 ===

In His Name, the Speaker in all times! Your letter is present and has attained to the lights of the Most Great Countenance. Your call was heard and your mention was observed. We have forgiven you as a grace from Our presence. Verily your Lord is the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous. We have adorned the head of your letter with the crown of My Most Great Remembrance. Be not disturbed by the clamor of the people. Verily He protects whomsoever He willeth through His sovereignty that overshadows the worlds. Continue this remembrance. I beseech Thee, O Lord of all beings, to assist me in that which Thou lovest and art well-pleased with.

=== END BH10642 ===

=== START BH10643 ===

In the Name of the one true God! Thy letter hath been received before the Throne and thou hast attained unto the sweet-scented breezes of the garment of reunion. Thy call hath been heard, and this abasement which thou hast confessed is in truth the essence of glory. God willing, thou shalt drink continuously from the choice wine of divine grace and bestow it upon the servants. I testify that thou hast believed in God and drunk of the sealed nectar, which is My love, the cherished and hidden. Hold thou fast unto it and be of them that are steadfast, firm-rooted, unwavering, and triumphant, for the clamorous ones stand behind My servants who have turned unto God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH10643 ===

=== START BH10644 ===

He is God, the Manifest, the All-Knowing! Thy letter reached the Wronged One and was adorned with the lights of the countenance of the Intended One. Praise be to the Best-Beloved of the worlds that in His days thou hast attained unto His recognition and turned thyself unto the Most Exalted Horizon. Know thou the value of this most great bounty. Although today its worth is not known, ere long God, glorified and exalted be He, will make manifest its value and demonstrate its station unto all the peoples of the world. Be thou grateful and be of them that render thanks.

=== END BH10644 ===

=== START BH10645 ===

In His Name, the One Who standeth without transition!

Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having given me to drink, in Thy path, from the cup of tribulation, and for having made me a captive in the hands of the wicked ones. By Thy glory! Were anyone to cut me into pieces, I would not depart from the shadow of Thy mercy, and every limb of my body would proclaim that Thou art God, the Lord of all worlds. I beseech Thee, O Creator of existence, to make me steadfast upon Thy extended path, then cause me to speak Thy praise amongst the people of Thy kingdom in such wise that the veils of those who have disbelieved in Thee, O my Lord, the Mighty, the All-Loving, shall not hinder me.

=== END BH10645 ===

=== START BH10646 ===

In the name of God, the Lord of the Manifestation, Who spoke on the Mount!

Praise befitteth and is meet for the Lord of minds and hearts Who, through His Beloved Name, adorned the non-existent world with the light of being, and guided it from sheer nothingness to the realm of immortality. He bestowed upon non-existence the ornament of existence, and illumined the darkness of aversion with the light of acceptance. Through one exalted Word which shone forth from the horizon of the heaven of will, the ocean of knowledge surged, the sun of wisdom dawned, and the heaven of knowledge and insight was upraised. Glorious is His bounty, mighty His sovereignty, exalted His utterance, and there is no God but Him.

And blessing and peace and glorification and glory and remembrance and praise be upon the Hands of His Cause, who drank from the hands of bounty the choice wine of the most great steadfastness. These are servants whom neither the hosts of the wicked nor the ranks of the evil ones did frighten, and who performed that which they were bidden by God, the Lord of the Day of Return.

Your letter, which was in truth a sign of love shining forth from the horizon of the pen of detachment, arrived. Praise be to God, from each word the fragrance of trust, acceptance and devotion wafted. After observing and reading it, it was taken to the Supreme Heaven, and after attaining the presence before the face of the Lord of all beings and receiving full permission, the letter was presented and was honored to be in His presence and to be heard. At that moment, the ocean of utterance surged in such wise that this servant and all things are incapable and powerless to write and enumerate it. God knows what He revealed, and at the end of the utterance, what the perceptive faculty grasped were these manifest verses. His mighty utterance, exalted be His proof:

O Haydar-’Ali! The Branch, His Holiness Badi’u’llah, presented your letter in its entirety before His face. Blessed art thou for having turned to the Supreme Horizon and attained that which was mentioned in the Books of the Prophets. We beseech God to strengthen thee with such steadfastness as cannot be prevented by the hosts of the world and their ranks, nor by the might of princes and their swords, nor by the doubts of the divines and their rejection. Verily, He is the One Who has power over whatsoever He willeth through His binding and wise command. Well is it with thee for having drunk the wine of revelation from the hand of thy Lord’s bounty when most of the servants were debarred therefrom. This is from God’s grace unto thee. Be grateful and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Lord of the servants, and glory be unto Thee, O Glory of the worlds! Let not the doings of the wicked grieve thee, nor the power of the oppressors frighten thee. Take the Book of God with strength from Him and authority from His presence, then read it before those who have denied this manifest Light. Say: O peoples of the earth! Fear ye the Lord of the Throne and be not of the heedless ones. The banner of divine knowledge hath been raised on the right hand of the Throne and the standard of piety on its left. Thus hath the matter been decreed, yet most people are in evident error. This is the Day wherein the Sinai smiled at its Interlocutor and the Herald called out between earth and heaven: O peoples of the earth! The Promise hath come, and the Promised One calleth you unto God, the Lord of the worlds. This is the Day which God hath adorned with His mention of His near servants. Cast away what the people possess and take what ye have been given from God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. We desire naught from you. We mention you for the sake of God. Verily, He is powerful over all things. Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by the light of Thy Cause, and the potency of Thy Word, and the power of Thy Pen, to transform the heedlessness of the world into knowledge and wisdom. Then open before the faces of Thy loved ones the gates of inner meanings and utterance. O my Lord! Thou seest me and Thy loved ones in the hands of the oppressors among Thy creatures. I beseech Thee to transform their tyranny into justice and their oppression into equity. Then send down upon them from the heaven of Thy power that which will transform their fear into tranquility, their weakness into strength and might, and their agitation into supreme steadfastness. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest, and in Thy grasp are the reins of all affairs. There is no God but Thee, the Mighty, the All-Forgiving.

Glory be to God! The rain of loving-kindness from the heaven of mercy of the Desired One of the worlds hath descended in such wise that none hath been nor is capable of reckoning it. These days are different days, and their fragrance is sweet and perfumed. The Sun shineth with new splendors and effulgences, and the Tree of Sinai is adorned with the ornament of divine wisdom. Glory be to God! From the water is heard “The All-Bestowing hath come!”, from the trees “The Chosen One hath come!”, and from all things “The Lord of all names hath appeared!” The fragrances of revelation have perfumed the world, and the breezes of inspiration have seized all creation. O people of God! This Prisoner at this moment beseecheth from the Lord of all worlds, for each one of you, that which is everlasting and eternal. He is the One Who, by the scratching of the Pen, attracted the world, and through the power of the Word adorned creation with the ornament of detachment and trust. The Prisoner and all created things bear witness to His power and might, to His glory and dominion.

My God, my God! Withhold not Thy servants from drawing nigh unto the Most Great Ocean which surgeth in Thy name before the faces of all nations. I beseech Thee, O Revealer of verses and Manifestor of clear tokens, by the mysteries hidden in Thy knowledge and the pearls treasured in the vaults of Thine infallibility, to aid me and Thy loved ones to remember Thee, to praise Thee, and to spread Thy signs throughout Thy realm. Then protect them, O Lord of existence, from all things seen and unseen, from the croaking of the croakers, the imaginings of the heedless, and the doubts of the suspicious ones. Verily, Thou art the Most Merciful of the merciful and the Fulfiller of the needs of the sincere ones.

Mention was made of Mashhadi Mahdi, upon him be the glory of God, and likewise mention was made of certain other loved ones. After these were presented before the Most Holy and Most Exalted Presence, there was revealed for each one that which is the Dawning-Place of the Light of Truth and the Day-spring of divine loving-kindness. It is hoped that all may drink from the ocean of utterance of the Desired One of the worlds and not remain deprived. This is what was revealed for Mashhadi Mahdi:

He is the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous

O Mashhadi Mahdi! Praise be to the Desired One of the world Who hath made the world fresh and verdant through His manifest verses, and made manifest the hidden and treasured mysteries like unto the sun. Exalted be His power and great be His signs! Today the loved ones of God must hold fast to unity and harmony and occupy themselves with teaching the Cause. From this blessed day the divine fragrance of the Day of God wafteth. Blessed is he who hath found and attained, and woe unto the heedless! Praise be to the One Who existeth, Who aided thee and illumined thee with the light of recognition. Say: Praise be to Thee, O my God, for having illumined my heart with the light of Thy knowledge and for having sent down unto me that which shall endure as long as Thy sovereignty endureth. I beseech Thee, O Lord of the worlds, by Thy Most Great Name through which Thou didst open the door of bounty unto all who are in earth and heaven, and by the lights of Thy Kingdom and the mysteries of Thy Dominion, to make me steadfast in Thy Cause and firm in Thy love in such wise that neither the world nor aught therein shall prevent me from turning toward the court of Thy glory and drawing nigh unto Thee. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

And specifically for ’Ali-A?ghar-i-Milani a Tablet was previously revealed and that same one is being sent. This Prisoner hath repeatedly heard mention of him from the tongue of Grandeur. Blessed is he and blessed are they that have attained.

And this is what was revealed for Muhammad-Ja’far-i-Usku’i:

In My Name that is sanctified from all names […]

O Muhammad-Qabl-Ja’far! The Lord of Power hath turned toward thee from the direction of His Most Great Prison and maketh mention of thee, that My remembrance may draw thee to the Kingdom of Mine utterance and bring thee near unto My glorious and resplendent court. Should anyone ask thee concerning Baha, say: Verily, He is under the claws of hatred by reason of that which the hands of the oppressors have wrought. By God’s life! The tribulations prevent Him not from making mention of God, the Lord of the Kingdom of Names. He hath stood before the faces of all the world and spoken that which shall guide them to the path of God, the Lord of all worlds. Nothing whatsoever hath deterred Him, neither hath the might of His enemies frightened Him, nor the ranks of them that harbor hatred. His appearance amongst men and His establishment upon the throne without veil or covering bear witness to this. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O my Beloved and my heart’s Desire, for having guided me to the horizon of Thy knowledge, honored me with visiting Thy holy places, and mentioned me in Thy prison. O my Lord! Thou seest me clinging to the cord of Thy justice. Ordain for me that which shall profit me among Thy servants. By Thy name! Verily, Thou art the All-Bountiful, the Generous.

O Haydar-Qabl-’Ali! We have heard the cry of the lovers from ’Ishqabad and have succored them through Our grace, and We have sent forth ’Abdu’l-Karim despite the enemy’s displeasure. We have been with them in all conditions. Verily thy Lord is the All-Powerful, the Self-Subsisting, the Most High. And We have heard the call of Our loved ones in Usku. We give them the glad-tidings of Our grace and Our mercy, which have preceded existence in both the seen and unseen realms. However, We counsel all to such deeds and character as will cause the servants to draw nigh unto the Dayspring of God’s Cause and the Dawning-Place of His divine light. Should they hold fast to that which hath been revealed in the divine tablets, they shall witness all the world turning toward God. We beseech Him to aid all in that which will exalt His Word.

As for the request for attaining His presence, after it was presented before the Countenance of the Desired One, these sublime words were revealed in response from the Source of verses and the Lord of names and attributes - may my spirit be a sacrifice for His utterance. His exalted Word and mighty proof states: Permission for attaining presence in these days is contrary to wisdom. We beseech God to ordain its reward to be specifically revealed from the Supreme Pen and recorded in the Crimson Book. And regarding His Holiness the Trustee who is now imprisoned for the sake of God, a command hath been revealed from the heaven of God’s firm decree concerning these matters. If they succeed in carrying it out, truly the reward of attaining His presence shall be recorded by the Supreme Pen. Verily He is the All-Bountiful, possessed of great bounty, and He is the All-Commanding, the All-Wise.

The mention of the loved ones of ’Ishqabad hath repeatedly been made in the presence of God, exalted be His glory, and His Holiness Afnan hath repeatedly mentioned each one and presented their names. Praise be to God, all have drunk from the ocean of bounty and received their portion and share of the sealed wine through His blessed name, the Self-Subsisting. Well is it with them.

At this hour, two hours after nightfall, the supplication which that honored one mentioned at the end of the book was presented and read in the Most Holy and Most Exalted Presence, and the Tongue of Grandeur spoke these verses in response - exalted be His utterance and His proof, and glorified be His majesty and His sovereignty:

O thou who gazest upon the horizon of Revelation! The Most Great Branch presented thy supplication in most eloquent terms before Our presence. Blessed art thou for having turned unto Him when the people turned away, and for having recognized the Manifestation of Him Who conversed upon Sinai when those in all lands denied Him. Say: O my Lord! I beseech Thee by Thy power that hath subdued all who are in earth and heaven, and by Thy Name through which Thou hast made the Kingdom of Names to be subservient, and by the Crimson Ark which Thou hast specially ordained for the people of Baha, to make me known through Thy Name and steadfast in the promotion of Thy Cause. O my Lord! This is a day wherein the ocean of Thy bounty hath surged and the fragrance of Thy grace hath wafted. I beseech Thee not to disappoint Thy servants from turning to the Dayspring of Thy gifts and favors. O my Lord! Thou hearest the sighing of those who long for Thee and the cry of those who love Thee in their separation and remoteness from Thee. I beseech Thee to ordain for them, by Thy Most Exalted Pen, the reward of attaining Thy presence and meeting Thee. Verily Thou art the Mighty, the Prevailing, the All-Powerful, the All-Wise.

As to the mention made of Abbas-Ali-i-Iskayi, who wrote and sent glad tidings of the steadfastness and devotion of the people of that land - after this was presented in His presence, that which all the pens of the world are powerless to describe was again revealed concerning him and the friends of Isku. According to His command, that honored one should mention them all and give them glad tidings through the effulgent lights of the utterance of Him Who is the Goal of all beings. Verily our Lord is the Helper, the All-Wise. There is no God but Him, the Mighty, the Great.

Mention was made of the handmaidens of God. After presentation in His presence, a special mention was revealed for each one. His blessed and exalted Word:

In My Name, the Remembering, the All-Knowing

O Mother of Ali-Akbar! Rejoice in what hath been sent down for thee from the heaven of thy Lord’s loving-kindness, that which hath attracted the hearts of the devoted ones in the loftiest chambers of the Most Exalted Paradise. Thus have We sent down for thee that which testifieth to thy acceptance and thy turning unto God, the Lord of all worlds.

O Mother of Muhammad-Ja’far! The Wronged One hath remembered thee at this hour with verses whose fragrance shall not cease to perfume the air for as long as God’s kingdom shall endure, the Mighty, the Powerful.

O Mother of Mashhadi-Ali! The divine call is raised from the direction of the Prison and maketh mention of thee, that thou mayest give thanks unto thy Lord, the Master of the Day of Judgment.

O Mulla Baji! Thy mention was made before the Wronged One and there was revealed that which nothing hidden in earth or heaven can equal, to this thy Ancient Lord doth testify.

O Mother of Mir-Muhsin! Say: Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having made me one of Thy handmaidens and for having revealed unto me Thy verses which were the hope of them who are nigh unto Thee.

O sister of Muhammad-Qabli-’Ali! All the servants and handmaidens of the earth were brought from nothingness into being for the recognition of God. Yet on the Day of Resurrection most remained heedless and veiled, while thou didst attain thereunto. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O Lord of the worlds, and glorified art Thou, O Beloved of them that know, for having sent down unto me from the precincts of Thy prison that which brought solace to the eyes of the steadfast ones in their exalted station. Ye must all, throughout the nights and days, be engaged in praising and thanking God, inasmuch as He hath favored the handmaidens of that land with verses the like of which hath never been seen. The glory shining forth from the horizon of the heaven of My kingdom be upon My loved ones and My handmaidens who have believed in God, the Lord of the mighty throne. By the life of our Beloved! On this luminous night the ocean of divine utterance surgeth in such wise that none hath been or is capable of measuring or recording it. Thus hath His grace encompassed His servants and handmaidens. It behooveth Me and you to hold fast unto the cord of God in such wise that neither the hosts of the oppressors nor the ranks of the transgressors–they who have denied God’s proof and evidence, disbelieved in His verses, and cast aside His laws on this wondrous and glorious Day–can turn us away therefrom. Light and glory, remembrance and praise be upon you, O company of the sincere and the detached. Authority and dominion belong unto God, our Lord and the Lord of all who are in the heavens and the earths.

-Baha’u’llah

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=== START BH10647 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having guided Thy loved ones to the Most Great Ocean through Thy bounty and grace, and for having given them to drink therefrom through Thy loving-kindness and mercy. I beseech Thee, O Thou at Whose Name the stones have cried out and the kernels have spoken, to assist them each day to serve Thee and to remember and praise Thee. Then accept from them what they have wrought out of love for Thy good-pleasure. O Lord! Thou art the Generous, the Possessor of great bounty. There is no God but Thee, the Forgiving, the Merciful.

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=== START BH10648 ===

O Samandar, upon thee be the Most Glorious Glory of God! He is the One with power over whatsoever He willeth. Praise be to God, thou hast attained unto that which hath been the cause of joy to the Concourse on High and the Most Exalted Paradise. Blessed is thy deed, in that it hath been accepted before God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having enabled me to perform a deed from which the fragrance of Thy good-pleasure hath been wafted. I beseech Thee, O Thou Who dispelleth sorrows, by Thy Name which is sanctified above all creation, to ordain for me and for Thy loved ones that which shall gladden hearts. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, the Glorious, the Best-Beloved.

=== END BH10648 ===

=== START BH10649 ===

He is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed!

The food from heaven is the knowledge of God, and His everlasting bounty is His wondrous remembrance. The verses are what hath appeared from His presence - to this testifieth everyone possessed of insight and knowledge. O My loved ones! Hear ye My call, and be not of the heedless. Beware lest ye deny God and His Most Great and Supreme Sovereignty. A Book hath spoken with truth, did ye but know it. Verily it hath been sent down from God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. It giveth glad tidings of what hath been ordained for them - that is, for mankind. Blessed are the people who understand.

=== END BH10649 ===

=== START BH10650 ===

In the Name of the one God! The Beloved of the worlds dwelleth in the Most Great Prison, and thou hast recognized the value of this oppression. Know thou also, by the life of God, that oppression is most beloved. Drink thou secretly of the Kawthar of the knowledge of the All-Merciful and recognize its value. The days of outward ascendancy shall come, but they will not possess this sweetness. And if thou wouldst observe carefully, thou wouldst behold the greatness of the Cause together with the aforementioned condition. This is the sweetest utterance that hath flowed from the Most Exalted Pen. Blessed art thou for having attained unto it.

=== END BH10650 ===

=== START BH10651 ===

O Safar! Those who doubt and imagine vainly have never received and will never receive a share from the chalice of certitude of the Lord of the worlds. Therefore, blessed are those souls who walk with complete certitude in the path of the All-Merciful and detach themselves from all who dwell in the realm of possibility. The eye was created for the Most Great Vision and the heart for the Kawthar of the recognition of the All-Merciful Spirit. Therefore, one must strive so that the heart may attain His recognition and the eye may behold His countenance.

=== END BH10651 ===

=== START BH10652 ===

It has been known to that beloved one that at the time of writing this petition until now, considerable delay has occurred - it is nearly a year since it was written. Due to lack of confidence in the way, it was postponed and not sent. If the funds that were mentioned should reach certain souls, and if you have not sent them and they are still available, they should be given to the mentioned persons, otherwise other arrangements must be made for them. This was mentioned solely so that no burden would fall upon you. Since the petition has taken very long and you are unaware, this servant said perhaps before this letter arrives you will have already sent them and nothing else remains.

=== END BH10652 ===

=== START BH10653 ===

He is the Ever-Living! Mirza Yahya has for some time desired to journey and travel in the company of one of the friends of God in the wide-reaching plains of love. As he has begun from God, he will, God willing, return unto God, and from all else besides God will he return, and with God shall his return be. And after traversing the stages of love, he shall attain and reach the divine homeland and the ultimate goal. This is of God’s grace which He bestoweth upon whomsoever He willeth, and God is the Most Great.

=== END BH10653 ===

=== START BH10654 ===

He is God! The Primal Point, after traversing the realms of the Kingdom, appeared adorned with the seal of finality, and from its composition diverse forms became manifest, culminating in the Most Great Form. And from the different forms that were brought into being through the marriage of the Single Point, that which pertained to the Treasury remained in its own dwellings. Therefore strive to bring forth, through the divine will, the treasures hidden from mortal eyes. This is the counsel of this imprisoned servant to that servant. And the Spirit be upon thee.

=== END BH10654 ===

=== START BH10655 ===

The Point of Unity in this age of praise is singing verses of detachment, and the Eternal Dove on the everlasting branch is warbling with Abha raptures. The essential realities of the loved ones have perished from a single cry of the Bird of Divine Jealousy, and the radiant beings of the companions have ascended to the realm of evanescence from half a surge of the seas of the Presence of the Eternal. Verily, unto the Countenance of the Lord do we return. The first and second letter and the Purpose of the Eternal Sovereign is to preserve and protect the Two Countenances. Do good as God hath done good unto thee. And peace be upon thee.

=== END BH10655 ===

=== START BH10656 ===

Greatness and Glory

We walk, and the people walk behind Us; but they go far astray from Us.

We make mention of God, and all things remember Him too. Happy are those who listen but alas for those who are negligent.

We move, and all things visible and invisible move too; but those who are asleep are far from Us and are deprived.

O, `Ali, assist your Lord by your behaviour and moral standards. This is worthy of those who cling to this Strong Rope. Adorn your bodies with the robe of courtesy, and your hearts with mention of Me, the Loving, the Newly-Revealed.

Such has taught you your Lord, the Merciful and forgiving.

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=== START BH10657 ===

In the Name of the One True Friend! Blessed is the state of one who in this Day has inhaled the fragrance of sanctification and the sweet-scented savor of holiness from the roses of the paradise of utterance of the All-Merciful, and has attained unto that which God has willed. O handmaiden of God! Strive thou to act in accordance with the conditions of faith and to attain thereunto. Faith in God consisteth not in words alone - deeds are required. Make an effort to act according to that which is the good-pleasure of the Beloved. All must drink from the heavenly chalice of divine counsel and fix their gaze upon His countenance. And the glory be upon thee.

=== END BH10657 ===

=== START BH10658 ===

O Mahdi in Ta! He is the Most Glorious! This is the Book of Eternity from the presence of Baha to him who was named Mahdi in the Tablets of mighty glory. Be thou at peace within thyself, then stand firm in the Cause and be thou steadfast therein. Verily We have not forgotten thee, for We have ever been a Guide unto him who hath turned to the Gate, a Forgiver unto him who hath repented, and One Who remembereth him who hath rent asunder the veil and recognized the Sovereign of Eternity in both beginning and return, and who was numbered among the believers mentioned by the Pen of Command upon the Tablet.

=== END BH10658 ===

=== START BH10659 ===

O daughter of My most luminous and most manifest Uncle! This is the Book of God, the Mighty, the Wise, unto all who are in the heavens and on earth, that all may discover the fragrances of the verses of their Lord, the Mighty, the Praised One. Blessed is the young who hath turned to the Countenance and the aged who hath been illumined by this resplendent Beauty. Blessed is the child who hath rent asunder the veils. Woe unto every doubting man! O daughter of My uncle, turn thou unto God with thy heart and say: O my God! I am she who hath turned unto the Qiblih of all horizons. I beseech Thee to preserve me from the glories of them that are veiled, and to deliver me unto Thyself. Verily, Thou art the Most Merciful of the merciful ones.

=== END BH10659 ===

=== START BH10660 ===

In the name of God! This is a letter from the servant of God to her who hath believed in her Lord and was numbered among the devout handmaidens before God. Remember thy Lord in the watches of the night and at the beginning and end of day, then prostrate thyself before the countenance of thy Lord, for verily He is knowing of all things. Grieve not over anything, but place thy trust in God - verily He sufficeth thee against all the world. Then remind thy daughters from this servant that they may take a path unto Him Who occupieth the throne. And the Spirit be upon thee.

=== END BH10660 ===

=== START BH10661 ===

Muhammad-’Ali! O Most Wondrous, Most Glorious! This is a Book from Us to him who hath turned to the All-Possessing, the Most High, that he may inhale from this Tablet the fragrance of the utterance of his Lord, the All-Merciful - this Tablet from whose horizon hath shone forth the Sun of wisdom and knowledge. Be thou thankful unto God, inasmuch as the Most Exalted Pen hath moved to make mention of thee, and there hath flowed from the ocean of thy Lord’s will, the All-Merciful, “Make thou mention of Me amongst My servants.” This hath been prescribed for every soul by the Mighty, the All-Choosing. And glory be upon you, O people of righteousness!

=== END BH10661 ===

=== START BH10662 ===

He is God, exalted be His station, the All-Wise, the All-Eloquent

This is a Book from Us to those who are on earth, that it may draw them unto God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting. Say: O people of the earth, hearken unto the divine call on this luminous Day, and meditate upon His Cause, and with the ear of your innate nature hear that which hath been sent down from the heaven of His Will, that haply ye may attain unto your goal and be blessed with His presence. These are the pearls of utterance which have been sent down from the treasury of the Pen of the All-Merciful. Blessed are they that attain thereunto.

=== END BH10662 ===

=== START BH10663 ===

O My nephew! This is a Book from Us to one whom God has related to His Own Self, the One Who dominates all worlds, that his eyes may be consoled by the remembrance of God, the Mighty, the Wise. O thou who art young in years! Be great in utterance in celebrating the praise of thy Lord, the Possessor of Destiny, through that which hath been sent down unto thee from the All-Greatest Horizon - that which causes the eyes to be gladdened. Verily thy Lord is the All-Forgiving, the Most Merciful. We beseech God to preserve you from the arrows of the hints of the suspicious ones, and to ordain for you that which is best for you. Verily He is the Protector of those who turn unto Him.

=== END BH10663 ===

=== START BH10664 ===

He is the Mighty, the Most Holy, the Most Exalted

This is a Book sent down from the heaven of immortality, calling those who have believed in God and His signs to a station of holy radiance. Blessed is he who hath heard the call and hath ascended on holy wings to an atmosphere that hath been sanctified above the mention of all the worlds. O servant! Leave all things behind thee, then take for thyself a praiseworthy station at the right hand of the Throne. Be thou a sword of judgment to the enemies of thy Lord and a mercy of glory to His loved ones. Thus hast thou been commanded from the presence of One mighty and all-knowing.

=== END BH10664 ===

=== START BH10665 ===

In the City, to the sister of Abdul-Karim who hath migrated unto God. Sovereignty belongeth this day unto God, the One, the All-Choosing. This is the Tablet of Command which hath been sent down in truth from the presence of One Who hath ever been the Ancient. Therein is mentioned one of the handmaidens of God, that she may give thanks unto her Lord and be numbered among the thankful ones in a wondrous Tablet of glory. O handmaiden of God! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord, then stand firm in the love of God, then remember Him with beauteous remembrance. And the glory rest upon thee and upon every handmaiden who hath believed in her Lord and held fast unto a mighty pillar.

=== END BH10665 ===

=== START BH10666 ===

He is God! This is a Tablet that no books of heaven and earth can equal, for by it faith in God, the Mighty, the Powerful, the All-Choosing, is established. By what is in the hands of people their faith cannot be established. Thus hath the Command been sent down from thy Lord, the Mighty, the All-Forgiving. Take hold of the Book and leave all else. Then stand firm in the Cause and fear not the evil ones. Verily, they who have turned away are those who still suckle at the breast of ignorance though their time of maturity hath come, and the decree of infancy is pronounced upon them.

=== END BH10666 ===

=== START BH10667 ===

He is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed

This is the station of submission and contentment. It behooveth him who hath quaffed the living waters of immortality from the hand of bounty–he who hath been designated by the letter ?a by the Most Exalted Pen, and by another name in the Book of Names–to entrust all affairs unto God, the Lord of the Beginning and the End, and to say: “O my God! I have willed what Thou hast willed. I have placed my trust in Thee, and I am certain that Thou art the Trustworthy, the All-Wise. I have committed the reins of all affairs into the grasp of Thy Will, and have chosen what Thou hast chosen. Verily, Thou art the Mighty, the All-Choosing.”

=== END BH10667 ===

=== START BH10668 ===

Badiqan Husayn-Quli, upon him be the Glory of God - He is the Most Holy, the Most Glorious

This is the Day wherein the Call hath been raised, the Speaker of the Mount hath spoken forth, and the All-Merciful hath come with the kingdom of verses; yet most among the people comprehend not. They have forsaken that which they were commanded and have committed that which hath caused the denizens of Paradise to lament, and those who have turned to the Supreme Horizon when they heard the call of God, the Self-Subsisting, the All-Compelling. Thus have We sent down the verses unto thee that thou mayest give thanks unto thy Lord, the Wronged One, Who hath been imprisoned in this luminous City which God hath mentioned in His preserved Tablet.

=== END BH10668 ===

=== START BH10669 ===

In the Name of Him Who speaketh in the world

This is a day whereon the garden was honored by the advent of its Lord, the All-Merciful. And when He descended therein, He revealed verses in such wise that the realities of all things were drawn unto them, and the sincere ones bowed down before Him. All the trees were stirred with rapture, and from their rustling was heard that which the ear of Moses had heard aforetime. Thus hath the decree been fulfilled, but most of the people perceive it not. When thou hast attained unto the Tablet of God and found its fragrance, render thanks and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Lord of the seen and the unseen!

=== END BH10669 ===

=== START BH10670 ===

He is the Summoner! This is a Day wherein both the Witness and the witnessed lament over what hath befallen the Family of the Apostle at the hands of them that have denied God, the Mighty, the All-Loving. Abu-Jahl supposed that he was upholding God’s religion by turning away from a Face through which the heavens and earth were illumined. Thus was the matter decreed, but the people comprehend not. They cut off the hand of God, then rejoice in their seats. O thou who hast turned to the Countenance! Read thou what We have sent down unto thee, whereby thy breast will be dilated and thine eyes consoled. By My life! It is the Gladdener of hearts.

=== END BH10670 ===

=== START BH10672 ===

O emigrant ’Abdu’r-Rahim! He is the All-Seeing, the All-Hearing!

Every soul who in this Day has attained unto this most sublime and most mighty Cause and remained steadfast therein, hath attained unto all good. This is what God hath testified at the beginning of days. The first step is the recognition of God, exalted be His glory, and afterward to act according to that which hath been sent down in the Book from the Pen of the All-Bountiful. God willing, may all be enabled to achieve this, for therein lieth the good of both worlds, both now and forever. Blessed is he who hath quaffed My sealed wine through My Name, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH10672 ===

=== START BH10673 ===

He is the One with power over whatsoever He willeth through His word “Be” and it is! Verily, this evanescent servant proclaimeth before the face of the world that regarding the conflict between the two powers, the Will of God hath ordained thus: after the complete weakening of the Ottoman state, other powers shall intervene and establish peace, and after some time the government of the earth shall completely change, tyranny shall encompass the world, then after a universal revolution the Sun of Justice shall dawn from the horizon of the unseen. Thus hath spoken the Tongue of manifest truth.

=== END BH10673 ===

=== START BH10674 ===

The people of the worlds and the Concourse of the near ones bear witness that there is none other God but Him, and that this servant has prostrated himself with his soul and spirit and all that is within him, before all existence both hidden and manifest, before God his Lord and the Lord of all things, and the Lord of what is known and what is not known, and what is recognized and what is not recognized, and the Lord of the heavens and earth and the Lord of all the worlds.

=== END BH10674 ===

=== START BH10675 ===

O Mirza Majid! Turn thy face, O Pen, unto him who hath been named Majid, then make mention of him through that which hath been sent down unto thee from the presence of Him Who causeth the dawn to break. Say: We counsel thee to fear God and to remember Him - a remembrance which hath preceded all remembrance. Beware lest the conditions of creation cause thee to slip. Leave them to themselves and place thy trust in Him through Whom feet have slipped. How many a learned one hath been debarred from the Known One, and how many an ignorant one hath attained to the knowledge of God on a day wherein eyes were dazzled.

=== END BH10675 ===

=== START BH10676 ===

He is the Overseer of all names.

O Abu’l-Hasan! We have heard your call and witnessed your turning to Us. You intended to attain Our presence. We beseech God to assist you in that which befits the Days of God and to ordain for you the reward of attaining His presence. Today steadfastness is the greatest of all deeds. Say: O friends! The best garment in the sight of the Lord of Oneness, after trustworthiness, has been and ever shall be truthfulness. Hold fast unto it and be free and detached from its opposite.

=== END BH10676 ===

=== START BH10677 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great

O Ibrahim! He Who possesseth the Book remembereth thee and announceth unto thee glad tidings of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. This is a day wherein the Friend calleth out and the Interlocutor proclaimeth: “Praise be unto Thee, O God of the worlds, for having manifested and revealed that which lay hidden within the treasuries of Thy knowledge, the Mighty, the Inaccessible.” I testify that through Thy coming Thy domains have been honored, and through Thy Name every mouldering bone hath been quickened. I beseech Thee to aid me to arise to serve at the door of Thy bounty and to remain steadfast in Thy service at every morn and eventide.

=== END BH10677 ===

=== START BH10678 ===

O Ahmad from Karbala! He is the One Who calls between earth and heaven! O Ahmad! The Dawning-Place of praise and the Dayspring of Revelation remembers you with verses that none in the world can enumerate. To this bears witness the Lord of Eternity in this station which has been named by all names in the Crimson Tablet which none has comprehended save the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Shouldst thou find the sweetness of My utterance and the delicacy of My call, thou wouldst lament for what hath befallen Me at the hands of the heedless ones. Hold fast unto wisdom and place thy trust in God, the Mighty, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10678 ===

=== START BH10679 ===

He is seated upon the throne of utterance

O Iskandar! We have turned toward thee from the precincts of the Prison and have sent down for thee that which will attract thee to the supreme horizon, the station wherein the Call hath been raised. When thou hearest and attainest unto it, say: Praise be unto Thee, O Thou Who art the Goal of the hearts of them that know and the Beloved of those who dwell in the heavens and the earth. Convey My glorification unto thy sons, and remind them of My verses, and illumine them with the light of My loving-kindness which hath encompassed both worlds.

=== END BH10679 ===

=== START BH10680 ===

He is the Strong, the Mighty

O Iskandar! Your letter has been presented before the Most Great Scene and this servant, present before the face of your Lord, the Possessor of Destiny, has read it and revealed for you this wondrous Tablet. Be steadfast in serving your Lord, speaking His praise, turning to Him, and soaring in His sublime atmosphere. He ordains for whomever He wishes the reward of attaining His presence. Verily your Lord is the Forgiving, the Generous. Blessed art thou and blessed is he who has attained the most great steadfastness in the Cause of God, the Lord of all beings. And woe to every heedless doubter.

=== END BH10680 ===

=== START BH10681 ===

He is the Expositor, the All-Knowing

O God of earth and Creator of heaven! I beseech Thee by the Name through which the ocean of Thy knowledge surged and the pearls of Thy wisdom appeared, to send down from the clouds of Thy mercy and the heaven of Thy Will that which will purify the earth from the defilement of every transgressor who hath disbelieved in Thee and in Thy signs. O my Lord! I am he who hath turned his face toward Thy countenance and set his face toward the horizon of Thy recognition. Ordain for me that which befitteth Thy generosity and bounty. Verily, Thou art the Bountiful, the Generous.

=== END BH10681 ===

=== START BH10682 ===

In the Name of God, the Ancient, the Ever-Abiding!

O my God! Thou seest and knowest that the oppressors have wronged Thy loved ones who have turned toward the Dayspring of Thy Revelation, the Dawning-Place of Thine inspiration and the Source of Thy Cause, and have driven them, together with their children and their women, from their homeland - though they had manifested naught except that which Thou didst command them through Thy Most Exalted Pen. I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by Thy Most Glorious Name, to send down from the heaven of Thy bounty that which shall exalt the monotheists and abase the polytheists. There is no God but Thee, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH10682 ===

=== START BH10683 ===

He is the Compassionate, the All-Bountiful! O my God, my Lord and my Hope! Thou knowest that the Wronged One loveth to make mention of the son of him who turned towards Thy horizon, who arose to serve Thee, who spoke forth Thy praise, and who led Thy sheep to Thy spring. I beseech Thee, O God of the world and Desire of the nations, to ordain for him the best of what Thou hast sent down in Thy Book. Verily, Thou art the One Who hath power over whatsoever He willeth. There is none other God but Thee, the Hearer, the Answerer.

=== END BH10683 ===

=== START BH10684 ===

O Begum! In the name of the All-Knowing Beloved! O my handmaiden! Your call has attained the honor of being heard, and the glance of God from the direction of the Most Great Prison is turned toward you. Were you to find the sweetness of this utterance which has appeared from the Dayspring of the mouth of the All-Merciful’s loving-kindness, you would, throughout your entire life, be moved to exclaim: “Praise be unto Thee, O God of the worlds!” Know thou the value of this bounty and preserve it as you would your very life.

=== END BH10684 ===

=== START BH10685 ===

O my handmaiden! The Wronged One remembers thee from the prison precincts and commands thee to that which befits His mighty Day. Hold fast to the cord of My loving-kindness in all conditions. Verily He is with thee and with those who have turned unto Him when He came with manifest sovereignty. Thou art she who hath attained to the service of My Name and His presence - know this and be grateful to thy Lord, the Compassionate, the Generous. The glory be upon thee and upon My handmaidens who are there. We send Our greetings unto them from this exalted station.

=== END BH10685 ===

=== START BH10686 ===

O wronged exile! The Tongue of Grandeur and My Most Exalted Pen bear witness that thou didst hear the rustling of the Sadratu’l-Muntaha in the earliest days and didst respond to thy Lord, the Lord of all beings, and didst bear in His path what caused the dwellers of this ordained prison to be overcome with grief. Praise be to God, the Self-Subsisting, the All-Compelling. May the glory shining from the horizon of the heaven of utterance rest upon thee, O thou in whose name this Tablet hath been sent down from God, the Lord of what was and what shall be.

=== END BH10686 ===

=== START BH10687 ===

He is the Ever-Present, the All-Seeing, the All-Knowing

O thou who hast turned thy face towards My countenance and drunk the choice wine of revelation from the cup of Mine utterance! Hear My call from the precincts of My prison. There is none other God but Him, the Single One, the All-Informed. Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God, and glory be unto Thee, O my Heart’s Desire! Thou seest me turning towards the horizon of Thy Manifestation. I beseech Thee, by the lights of Thy countenance and the mysteries of Thy Book, to aid me to arise for the triumph of Thy Cause. Verily, Thou art the Powerful over whatsoever Thou willest, and within Thy grasp are the reins of all who are in the heavens and on earth.

=== END BH10687 ===

=== START BH10688 ===

O God, my God! I have set out from my home, holding fast unto the cord of Thy love, and I have committed myself wholly to Thy care and Thy protection. I entreat Thee by Thy power through which Thou didst protect Thy loved ones from the wayward and the perverse, and from every contumacious oppressor, and every wicked doer who hath strayed far from Thee, to keep me safe by Thy bounty and Thy grace. Enable me, then, to return to my home by Thy power and Thy might. Thou art, truly, the Almighty, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH10688 ===

=== START BH10689 ===

He is God! Blessed is Ali who attained in the first days. O thou who art mentioned before My throne and inscribed in My Book! Upon thee be My glory, My mercy and My loving-kindness. Verily, the dawning-places of hatred desired to extinguish the light of God, the Lord of Names, and to quench the fire of the Divine Lote-Tree. By God! The hands of Caesars and Pharaohs fell short - how much more these rabble! The glory shining forth from the horizon of the heaven of My grace be upon thee and upon every patient believer.

=== END BH10689 ===

=== START BH10690 ===

He is God, exalted be His majesty, glory and power!

O thou who art firm and steadfast in faith in God! Thou hast been mentioned in the presence of the Wronged One. We beseech Him, exalted be He, to make thee a dawning-place of reform and a manifestation of comfort for all creation. Preserve that wherewith We have remembered thee. Verily He is the Hearer, the Answerer. Peace be upon thee and upon those with thee and upon thy son. We beseech Him, exalted be He, to grant him what he desireth through the grace of God, the Self-Sufficient, the Most Exalted.

=== END BH10690 ===

=== START BH10691 ===

He is God! O daughters of Samandari! Mention of each of you hath been and is before the Most Holy Court, and at this moment from the heaven of bounty the rain of generosity hath showered down in your name. We beseech God that He may assist you in that which causeth the sanctification and glorification of the Cause of God. The relatives, both men and women, must not delay for an instant in acquiring perfection. Thus have We counseled before and in this Manifest Tablet.

=== END BH10691 ===

=== START BH10693 ===

O ?a! Hearken to the call of Baha and counsel the servants to trustworthiness, religiosity, truthfulness and purity. By My life, that which was hidden in the hearts of the mystics shall soon be made manifest. We beseech God to assist thee under all conditions and make thee a banner in His name among His creation. Verily, He is the Omnipotent, the All-Choosing. And We have made mention of him whom thou didst mention in thy letter, that he may rejoice and be among the successful ones.

=== END BH10693 ===

=== START BH10694 ===

He is the Most Holy

How wonderful is this supreme abasement that hath once again touched Me in the path of God’s love! By God, it is dearer to Me than the kingdom of the heavens and earth, and I would not exchange it for aught else in all creation, whether past or future. Thy Lord is witness to what I say. Were We to look to this world, We would not have borne what no one else in all the worlds hath borne. It shall perish in an instant, while glory and dominion will endure forever with God and His loved ones, and praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH10694 ===

=== START BH10695 ===

In His Name, the Manifest, the All-Knowing

O Hassan, upon thee be My glory! The Promise hath come, and the Promised One calleth out before the faces of the unseen and the seen, and commandeth them with that which draweth them near and acquainteth them with what was hidden from them. Verily thy Lord is the All-Bountiful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Grieve not over anything, for that which hath been ordained for My loved ones is such that the pens of the world and the tongues of the sincere are powerless to describe. Thus hath He mentioned thee from His presence in a mighty Tablet. And this is what was revealed for His Honor Haji Aqa, upon him be the glory of God.

=== END BH10695 ===

=== START BH10696 ===

O Mulla Husayn Pasha (or Hasan)! The Wronged One remembers you as He sits upon the throne of command by the leave of God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. He has come with the truth to adorn the world with mercy and tranquility, but most of the people do not understand. They have clung to vain imaginings, turning away from the Sun of Certainty. Thus have their souls deluded them, and they do not see. Say: O concourse of the heedless! I swear by God! The promised day is come, the day when tormenting trials will have surged above your heads, and beneath your feet, saying: “Taste ye what your hands have wrought!”

=== END BH10696 ===

=== START BH10697 ===

O Hasan! Arise to serve with perfect wisdom. There are many souls whose inner reality differs from their outer appearance. Observe carefully lest you fall into the snare of the treacherous and the false ones. Not every utterance is worthy of acceptance, nor is it permissible to trust every soul. The people of God must be true money-changers, distinguishing the pure from the impure among men. If today in any place the clamor of the polytheists is raised, it has been and will be the cause of harm to the Tree. Drink thou the wine of divine love and give others to drink thereof.

=== END BH10697 ===

=== START BH10698 ===

He is the Manifest, the Speaking, the All-Knowing!

O Husayn! The Supreme Pen beareth witness to thy turning unto God, thy humility, thy submissiveness and thy resignation in the days of God, exalted be His glory. Well is it with thee and blessed art thou! We beseech God to aid thee under all conditions to preserve this mighty station. I swear by the lights of His countenance that whatsoever is witnessed cannot be compared with a single word from the words of God. Be thou thankful and among them that render praise.

=== END BH10698 ===

=== START BH10699 ===

O Husayn-Aqa! O Husayn! He Who was made a target for the arrows of the enemies in the path of God, the Lord of the Day of Judgment, makes mention of thee. Mine eyes have witnessed what no eye among all creation hath witnessed, and Mine ears have heard what the ears of men in former ages have not heard. Thy Lord, the All-Informed, bears witness to this. Grieve thou not over anything. Remember thy Lord in the night season and in the days. Verily, this shall profit thee in every world among the worlds of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Peerless.

=== END BH10699 ===

=== START BH10700 ===

O My Messenger, upon thee be all the glory of the Most Glorious! O my friend and messenger of My Cause, upon thee be My glory and My mercy! I testify that thou hast turned to the Most Glorious Purpose when the Most Exalted Pen made its shrill sound, and hast turned to Him from Whom all have turned aside except whom God hath willed. Blessed art thou, and joy be unto thee, in that thou hast arisen to serve the Cause and art speaking in praise of God, the Lord of the worlds. Joy be unto him who hath heard from thee this Most Great News, and woe unto him who hath denied and become among those who have perished.

=== END BH10700 ===

=== START BH10701 ===

He is the All-Commanding, the All-Wise

O Rida! Verily the Wronged One is in manifest sorrow. My sorrow is not for the martyrdom of My loved ones, nor for what hath befallen Me at the hands of the divines of the Qur’an, nor from the kings and rulers. That which hath befallen Me is such as I do not wish to mention. To this My Most Exalted Pen beareth witness in this Great Prison. He who circled round Me made mention of thee. We make mention of thee in this wondrous Tablet. We beseech God to give thee to drink, from the cup of His bounty, the choice wine of His utterance. Verily, He is the All-Giving, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH10701 ===

=== START BH10702 ===

O Lord of creation and Ruler over all lands! I beseech Thee by the Name through which was raised the scratching of Thy Most Exalted Pen between earth and heaven, to ordain for Thy chosen ones that which will bring tranquility to their souls and gladness to their hearts. O my Lord! Thou seest Thy loved ones in the hands of Thine enemies. I beseech Thee to decree for me and for them the good of this world and the next. Verily, Thou art the Omnipotent over what Thou willest, and Thou art indeed the Mighty, the Powerful.

=== END BH10702 ===

=== START BH10703 ===

He is the All-Bountiful

O Heaven of Healing! I beseech Thee by the sun of Thy grace, and the moon of Thy loving-kindness, and the star of Thy generosity, to inscribe healing from Thy Most Exalted Pen for this star in the heaven of Thy Manifestation. O Lord! This is a branch among Thy branches and a fruit among the fruits of the Divine Lote-Tree amidst humanity. I beseech Thee to protect him from poisonous winds and earthly diseases that afflict. Send down upon him, O my God, a mercy from Thy presence and a light from Thy nearness. Verily, Thou art the Healer, the Sufficient, the Compassionate, the Forgiving.

=== END BH10703 ===

=== START BH10704 ===

O Samandar! The Wronged One makes mention of thee from His Most Great Prison, and enjoins thee to that which will cause the trees to be set ablaze and the rivers to flow. Verily thy Lord is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Speak forth the verses of thy Lord whereby hearts are melted and the breasts of them that have advanced towards God are set aflame. Leave the cold to him who cannot distinguish his right hand from his left. The glory rest upon thee and upon those that are with thee from the presence of One mighty, all-wise.

=== END BH10704 ===

=== START BH10705 ===

He is the Healer! O Thou Healer! I beseech Thee by the light of Thy countenance, and the radiance of Thy face, and the glory of Thy Cause, and the oceans of Thy mercy, and the river of Thy grace, and the heaven of Thy bounty, and the sun of Thy generosity, and by Thy names and attributes and signs and manifestations, that Thou mayest ordain for Thy loved ones and for this handmaiden that which will protect them from aught else but Thee and from every affliction and sickness. O my Lord! Sickness hath completely overtaken her, therefore send down upon her, through Thy bounty, that which will purify her from it. Verily, Thou art the All-Powerful, the Almighty.

=== END BH10705 ===

=== START BH10706 ===

O Abbas! His honor Haydar-’Ali mentioned you, and the Sun of the favor of God - glorified be His majesty - turned toward you from the horizon of the prison, that perchance its effulgences might endow those who are dejected with the warmth of divine love. He is the One Whose power the might of the world could not prevent nor render weak. He appeared and with perfect steadfastness called out before the faces of all peoples, commanded all to that which God hath willed, and gave them the glad-tidings of the waves of the ocean of His grace.

=== END BH10706 ===

=== START BH10707 ===

He is God! O ’Abbas! The world is receptive and its people are heedless. They seek after thorns and thistles - that is, vain imaginings and idle fancies - while turning away from the pearls of utterance, clinging instead to pebbles and date-stones. Today there are seekers for all things except the pearls of wisdom and utterance that have appeared from the treasury of the Most Exalted Pen. These remain without seeker or buyer. Ere long will the world change and people will eagerly seek after them with their very souls. Blessed are they that attain!

=== END BH10707 ===

=== START BH10708 ===

O ’Abdu’l-Husayn, upon him be the Glory of God!

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious!

O ’Abdu’l-Husayn! God willing, mayest thou be favored by the loving-kindness of the Beloved of the world and drink from the ocean of His grace. All things have arisen in lamentation and wailing at this most great calamity, yet the people, being heedless, are unaware of it. Soon shall they become conscious of that which they have wrought against the truth in the days of God. Rejoice thou in that thou art under the gaze of thy Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10708 ===

=== START BH10709 ===

O Abdullah! The breezes of this Day are wafting over thee. Be thou aware and be not of the heedless ones. This is the Day for which the loved ones of God and His chosen ones in former ages have mourned in their separation from it. To this testifieth every fair-minded and seeing one. Cast aside what thou hast of idle fancies and take fast hold of the hem of thy Lord, the Lord of all mankind. He, verily, will suffice thee in truth. Thy Lord is, in truth, the All-Powerful, the Almighty. Be thou steadfast in the Cause and speak forth in remembrance of thy Lord, the Mighty, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH10709 ===

=== START BH10710 ===

In the Name of the Self-Subsisting Lord over all names!

O Aziz! Upon thee be My Glory! We have indeed glorified thee through thy turning to My horizon, and adorned thee with the ornament of My love, and delivered thee through My grace, and guided thee to My path, and illumined thee with the light of My presence, and given thee to drink, both morn and eve, from the Kawthar of My knowledge. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having manifested unto me that which was inscribed by the Most Exalted Pen, and for having sent down unto me that whose fragrance shall never cease throughout the duration of Thy kingdom and Thy dominion. Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH10710 ===

=== START BH10711 ===

O ’Ali-Rida! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord, the Lord of Names. He, verily, draweth thee nigh unto Him and guideth thee unto a glorious station. O concourse of men! He Who was promised in the Books of God hath come, He Whose remembrance was treasured in the hearts of the Messengers. He hath come to reform the world and refine the nations. Well is it with him who hath turned towards Him, and woe betide him whom the world hath deluded and kept back from this manifest grace. We beseech God to assist thee in that which He loveth and is well-pleased with, and to ordain for thee what He hath ordained for His sincere servants.

=== END BH10711 ===

=== START BH10712 ===

O Aunt, unto whom be the Glory of God! He is the All-Seeing, and He is the All-Hearing!

O Aunt! We have taken the pearls of utterance from the Ocean of the mercy of the All-Merciful and sent them unto thee. I swear by the Sun of Truth that all that exists in the world of creation cannot equal these pearls of utterance. Give thanks unto thy Lord for this mighty favor and say: “Unto Thee be praise, O Thou Who art wronged, and unto Thee be glory, O Thou Who art imprisoned in the hands of the heedless ones!”

=== END BH10712 ===

=== START BH10713 ===

O ’Inayatu’llah, upon whom be the Glory of God! He is the All-Knowing and the All-Powerful. O ’Inayatu’llah ’Attar, upon whom be the Glory of the Chosen One! Mention hath been made of thee, wherefore the glance of loving-kindness hath been directed towards thee and thou hast been made to attain unto the verses of the Most Exalted Pen. Today no consideration is given to mere kinship. We have mentioned thee for the love of God. Strive thou to attain unto a station worthy of these days. Praise be to the Goal of all existence Who brought thee forth from the loins of one of His loved ones. Verily, thy Lord is the All-Forgiving, the All-Merciful.

=== END BH10713 ===

=== START BH10715 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory. The All-Glorious, the All-Powerful.

O Ghulam-Husayn! Your mention hath been made in the presence of the Wronged One, and He maketh mention of thee and biddeth thee to observe wisdom in these days. He beseecheth the Exalted One to enable thee and assist thee to do that which He loveth and pleaseth Him. Be thou eloquent in wisdom and hold fast unto it under all conditions. Verily, He is with His servants who act. We have heard thy call and have answered thee that thou mayest rejoice and be of those who are thankful.

=== END BH10715 ===

=== START BH10716 ===

In the Name of the Helper, the Self-Subsisting

O Fadl! Upon thee be My Baha! This Wronged One is faithful and cherishes faithfulness. Thou hast ever been and art before Our sight. Praise be to God that neither the veils of the opposers nor the clouds of the transgressors held thee back. Thou didst hold fast unto truth and turn toward its horizon. God willing, thou shalt drink from the ocean of utterance and be illumined by the effulgences of the lights of the Sun of true unity. Glory be upon thee and upon those with thee and upon every steadfast, firm and upright one.

=== END BH10716 ===

=== START BH10717 ===

O Yusuf Kha, upon him be the glory of God! He is the One Who speaks from His most exalted horizon.

O Most Exalted Pen! Mention with the Most Glorious Writing him who has turned to the Lord of all humanity, that the Call may so attract him that the doubts of the suspicious ones will not prevent him. O Yusuf Kha, upon thee be My glory! We have beheld thy heart and heard thy call. We have made mention of thee with that which nothing created on earth can equal. Give thanks unto thy Lord for this manifest bounty. Then make mention of thy wife on My behalf and give her the glad tidings of God’s loving-kindness, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH10717 ===

=== START BH10718 ===

O Karbila’i Pasha! The Most Exalted Pen commands: Make mention of the Pasha whom this servant present has mentioned. Verily, thou art the compassionate, generous rememberer. Prevent no one from the ocean of My loving-kindness, and turn not away anyone who has turned to thy luminous countenance. Make mention of all who have turned towards God with beauteous remembrance. Thus have We commanded thee before and after. Verily thy Lord is the Mighty, the Powerful. Blessed art thou for having heard and responded, and woe unto the deniers.

=== END BH10718 ===

=== START BH10719 ===

His Name, the Grief-Stricken

O Kazim! Praise be to the True Bestower Who confirmed you in His recognition and singled you out for His remembrance. The names of all the emigrants have been inscribed in the Crimson Tablet, which none may touch save they that are purified, sanctified, near ones, and sincere ones. You have ever been favored by God’s loving-kindness - strive, therefore, that this supreme gift may remain preserved. Such is the testament of this Wronged One, the Prisoner, unto the loved ones of God, glorified be His majesty.

=== END BH10719 ===

=== START BH10720 ===

O Attar! He is the All-Bountiful, the Lord of Great Grace!

O All-Bountiful One! Upon thee be the glory of God, the Lord of the worlds! In these days mention of thee hath repeatedly been revealed from the Supreme Pen. The Most Great Branch was present at this moment and made mention of thee. We have remembered thee with that which hath no equal among all remembrances. We beseech God, blessed and exalted be He, to make thee mighty amongst His servants and eloquent in His praise throughout His lands. Verily He is the Mighty, the All-Bestowing. The Glory from Us be upon thee and upon those who are with thee, both men and women.

=== END BH10720 ===

=== START BH10721 ===

O Karbila’i Muhsin! He Who hath caused every possessor of grace to bow down before Him remembereth thee. Wondrous is he who performeth that which is commanded him by God. Verily He is the Beneficent One in My mighty Book. Blessed is he who hath hearkened unto the Call and responded to his Lord on a Day whereon all things spoke forth that which the Most Exalted Pen spoke when the Ancient Beauty was established upon the throne of His Name, the Mighty. Thus have We manifested the pearls of knowledge from the ocean of the bounty of your Lord, the Almighty, the Strong, the Powerful.

=== END BH10721 ===

=== START BH10722 ===

O Muhammad-Hasan! He Who hath desired permission - He is the All-Commanding, the All-Ruling, the All-Knowing. O Muhammad-Hasan! He who hath attained My presence, and drunk the choice wine of My utterance, and guided the people to My path, hath made mention of thee. We make mention of thee in this perspicuous Book, and have beseeched the Lord of the throne and of earth to grant thee permission to attain His presence. Then did the Sun of permission shine forth from the horizon of the heaven of thy Lord’s command, the Almighty, the Powerful. Turn thou unto the Most Exalted Horizon, and hold fast unto wisdom in thy path. Thus hath spoken the tongue of the All-Commanding, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10722 ===

=== START BH10723 ===

O Muhammad-Sadiq, upon him be the Glory of God

In the Name of God, the Lord of the Exalted Throne

O Muhammad-Sadiq! The True One, exalted be His glory, hath created the servants for His recognition and brought them forth from nothingness into being. Yet when the Day appeared and the Standard of Divine Unity was raised up, all turned away save whom God, the Lord of the worlds, willed. Religion is a manifest light. We beseech God to aid all to hold fast unto it and to cling to its hem. Verily He is the Ordainer, the All-Wise, the Mighty, the Great.

=== END BH10723 ===

=== START BH10724 ===

This is what hath shone forth from the horizon of utterance: O Muhammad! Upon thee be the peace of God and His loving-kindness. Thou hast ever been and art remembered, and the glance of loving-kindness is directed towards thee, and the tongue of loving-kindness speaketh thy praise, and the heart of loving-kindness is turned towards thee, for God hath made thee a treasure and hath deposited within thee the pearls of His love, the Mighty, the Wondrous. Blessed be your gathering, and your remembrance, and your utterance, and your love, and your fellowship, and your intentions, and your purposes in the path of God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH10724 ===

=== START BH10725 ===

He is the All-Seeing, the All-Knowing

O Muhammad! Upon thee, and upon my Afnan, and upon those who are with you and love you and know your stations with God, be my glory and my loving-kindness and my mercy which have preceded all who are in the heavens and the earth. God shall soon make manifest your station among His servants and shall exalt your names through His Name, the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting. We have named God’s destined grace and His sent-down feast as ‘Shu’a’ [Ray] in the Kingdom of Names. Blessed is he who is content with all that hath appeared and been sent down from God, the Compassionate, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH10725 ===

=== START BH10726 ===

In My Name, the All-Seeing

O Muhammad-Qabli-Javad! My Most Exalted Pen remembers thee from the prison on a day when the servants are fasting for the sake of God, the Lord of creation. Reflect upon the affairs of men. All divine commandments and prohibitions are established and confirmed by a word, yet they have imprisoned the Author of the Word with manifest injustice while occupying themselves with His former commandments. Blessed art thou for having turned unto Him and believed. The glory of God rest upon thee and thy family, from God, the Revealer of verses.

=== END BH10726 ===

=== START BH10727 ===

In the Name of the All-Powerful! O Muhammad-Qablih-Husayn! The Sovereign of Days is manifest, and the Lord of Revelations is seated upon the throne of Sinai, and hath appeared with such verses and evidences as the like of which have never been witnessed in the world. Nevertheless, all remain heedless and veiled, save whom God willeth. Render thanks unto the Goal of all creation, Who hath enabled thee to recognize this Cause, to the greatness of which all divine Scriptures and Books have testified. Blessed are they that are assured, and blessed are they that have attained!

=== END BH10727 ===

=== START BH10728 ===

O Muhammad-Rida, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the Helper! O Muhammad, before Rida! The Wronged One beareth witness to thy turning, thy acceptance, thy presence, and thy arising before the gate which was opened unto all who are in the heavens and on earth. We bear witness that thou hast drunk the choice wine of utterance from the hand of the bounty of thy Lord, the Most Merciful, and hast attained unto that which was inscribed by the Most Exalted Pen in the Books of God, the Lord of the worlds. We counsel thee to remain steadfast in this Cause whereby the feet of the mystics have slipped, save those whom God, the Lord of the worlds, hath willed.

=== END BH10728 ===

=== START BH10729 ===

O Muhammad (or Muhammad-i-Ya), the Day of praise and thanksgiving has come, wherein the Concourse on High rejoices, yet most of the people are as dead. Sleep has overtaken them in such wise that they remain heedless of the call of God, the Lord of the worlds. Blessed is he whose foot has not slipped from the Path, and blessed is the one possessed of vision who has turned towards the Most Great Horizon and has said: “Praise be unto Thee, O Thou Who art the Wronged One, the Lonely One, the Stranger.” Thus have We adorned the heaven of utterance with the stars of knowledge. Blessed is he who has recognized and prostrated himself before the face of God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy.

=== END BH10729 ===

=== START BH10730 ===

In the Name of God, the Lord of the worlds! O Muhammad! Turn thy face towards God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. Lo, the Book crieth out and saith: O Chosen One! Arise by My leave, then turn towards Mine all-highest horizon. Thus have We adorned thy head with the crown of My leave, the Mighty, the Inaccessible, and thine ear with hearkening to My holy, glorious and wondrous call, and thy form with the robe of My loving-kindness, the Mighty, the Beauteous. Upon thee be My glory and upon thy family and upon those who are with thee and upon him who aideth and upon those who have believed in God, the Single, the All-Informed.

=== END BH10730 ===

=== START BH10732 ===

He is God, exalted be He!

O Mahdi! Hear the call from the direction of God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting. He remembers you with a remembrance from which you will drink the waters of steadfastness in the Cause of God, the Mighty, the Loving. Soon will the cawing of the cawers rise up in that place. This is what We informed the servants of before, and We inform you as a grace from Us. Verily your Lord is He Who has sovereignty over what was and what will be. The glory from Us be upon you and upon those who have taken the Book of God before all faces.

=== END BH10732 ===

=== START BH10734 ===

O Nuru’llah! The Wronged One of the horizons remembers thee from the prison-precincts and summons thee to God, the Lord of lords. He who emigrated in My path hath appeared and mentioned thy name. We make mention of thee through verses whose fragrance shall never cease to endure throughout the eternity of the names of God, thy Lord, the Goal of all desire. Give thanks unto God for this most great favor and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Master of all necks, and laudation be unto Thee, O Dawning-Place of verses.

=== END BH10734 ===

=== START BH10735 ===

He is the All-Knowing, the All-Bountiful! O Leaf! Know thou, then recognize, that We chose thee for My remembrance and acquainted thee with the path of My grace and mercy, and gave thee to drink of the Kawthar of My utterance from the hand of My bounty, and caused thee to hear My call and the rustling of My Pen, and informed thee of that which flowed from the choice wine of My loving-kindness in the rivers of My paradise, and selected thee to arise to serve My manifest Cause and to make mention of My mighty news. Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name to make me successful in that which Thou hast sent down in Thy manifest Book. Verily, Thou art the Most Merciful of the merciful ones.

=== END BH10735 ===

=== START BH10736 ===

O Warbler! That which thou didst send to the servant who standeth before the Throne hath been presented and hath won the attention of the Wronged One in this glorious and noble station. We answer thee with this Tablet - verily thy Lord is the All-Merciful, the Mighty, the All-Knowing. Remind the people of My days and acquaint them with that which behoveth them in this Day wherein I have raised the banner of ‘There is none other God but Me, the Mighty, the Great.’ Glory be upon thee and upon whosoever heareth thy words concerning this wondrous Cause.

=== END BH10736 ===

=== START BH10737 ===

He is the Guide to His Straight Path! O My Leaf! The Wronged One makes mention of thee from the precincts of the Prison, and gives thee glad tidings of the favors of thy Lord, before Whose Name the Concourse on High, and the dwellers of the Cities of Names, and the people of this Most Glorious Horizon have bowed down in adoration, whilst it increaseth naught in the oppressors save loss. Rejoice, O My Leaf! Then make mention and glorify thy Lord at eventide and at dawn. The glory of God rest upon thy father and thy mother and [thy brother] and upon thee from God, the Mighty, the All-Bestowing.

=== END BH10737 ===

=== START BH10738 ===

O Husayn, upon him be the Glory of God, He is the Mighty, the All-Knowing! O helper, upon thee be the Glory of God, the Lord of Power! Say: Glory be to Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by the ocean of Thy utterance and the mysteries of Thy Book and the lights of Thy Manifestation, to make me one of those who have attained unto Thy presence and have drunk the choice wine of recognition from the hand of Thy bounty. O Lord! I am Thy servant and the son of Thy servant. I have turned toward Thee, clinging to the cord of Thy grace. I beseech Thee not to disappoint me of that which is with Thee. Verily, Thou art the Ever-Forgiving, the All-Merciful.

=== END BH10738 ===

=== START BH10739 ===

He is the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

O Yahya! The promise hath come to pass, and the Spirit crieth out among the servants. Verily, those who lay claim to knowledge and wisdom have debarred themselves from this bounty that hath encompassed all regions. We have tested them and found them in wondrous doubt. Blessed art thou for having cast away vain imaginings and taken hold of the Book by the command of God, the Lord of all religions. The glory from Us be upon thee and upon those whom We have mentioned at this time through verses that have encompassed the earth and the heavens.

=== END BH10739 ===

=== START BH10740 ===

He is the Ever-Abiding

Whatsoever is in the heavens and on the earth and between them boweth down in adoration unto God, for verily there is no sovereign but Him. His is the creation and the command, and all are seized with trembling and convulsion through His might. He it is before Whose fear the thunder doth glorify Him, and the lightning through dread of Him, and He bringeth forth the signs from the kingdom of power and destiny. Say: Verily are all manifestations enshrouded by His bidding, and all winds stirred by His sovereignty, and none denieth this save every denier and vainglorious one.

=== END BH10740 ===

=== START BH10741 ===

He is the Helper

I testify that you have helped your Lord and were among the helpers. By My testimony all things bear witness - this is the foundation, were you to be among those who know. What you do by His command and good-pleasure is true help in the sight of your Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Go forth but do not commit that which would cause sedition. Trust in God - verily He seizes whom He wishes and He has power over all things. We have accepted what you intended in the path of God. Return to your place, then remember your Lord, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy.

=== END BH10741 ===

=== START BH10742 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the All-Glorious!

O child of tender years!

Thy Lord invoketh, on thy behalf, His own Self, saying:

O Thou Who holdest within Thy grasp the Kingdom of names and the Empire of all things, Thou seest how I have become a stranger from my land on account of my love for Thee. I beg of Thee, by the beauty of Thy countenance, to make my remoteness from home a means whereby Thy servants may be drawn nigh unto the Fountain-head of Thy Cause and the Dayspring of Thy Revelation. O God, I call on Thee with a tongue that hath spoken no word of disobedience against Thee, imploring Thee, by Thy sovereignty and might, to keep me safe in the shelter of Thy mercy and to grant me strength to serve Thee and to serve my father and mother. Thou, verily, art the Almighty, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH10742 ===

=== START BH10743 ===

He is the Helper!

Mahd-i ’Ulya! As divine favour is these days all-embracing and the Afnans, upon them be God’s Glory, are under the Sidrih, a robe of honour was bestowed, a robe whose warp is the bounty of God and whose woof is His grace. From the beginning of the world until now no one had outwardly attained such a robe. Verily, God hath made this bounty a treasure and honour for thee. Two sets of chintz were sent, each set containing two robes - two specially for the mother of His honor Mirza and Umm-i-’Aliyyih, upon them be God’s grace, and two specially for Furugh and ’Aliyyih, and one specially for Jamilih. These should be sewn and given so that on special days they may adorn their frames of submission therewith and be occupied with the remembrance of God and these days. We send greetings and glorification to all. The Glory be upon you.

=== END BH10743 ===

=== START BH10744 ===

Say: Beware, O people of Baha, lest the strong ones of the earth rob you of your strength, or they who rule the world fill you with fear. Put your trust in God, and commit your affairs to His keeping. He, verily, will, through the power of truth, render you victorious, and He, verily, is powerful to do what He willeth, and in His grasp are the reins of omnipotent might.

=== END BH10744 ===

=== START BH10745 ===

O God! O God! We beg of Thee by all the Names by which Thou art known, to exalt the humiliation of Thy chosen ones by Thy glory, their weakness by Thy strength, their impotence by Thine omnipotence, their poverty by Thy wealth, and their fear by Thine assurance.

O Lord, illumine our hearts by the light of knowing Thee. O Lord! Behold these thirsty ones journeying toward the river of Thy bestowal and hastening to the ocean of Thy generosity.

Verily, Thou art the powerful, the mighty, the benevolent!

=== END BH10745 ===

=== START BH10746 ===

Be fair, ye peoples of the world; is it meet and seemly for you to question the authority of one Whose presence ‘He Who conversed with God’ (Moses) hath longed to attain, the beauty of Whose countenance ‘God’s Well-beloved’ (Muhammad) had yearned to behold, through the potency of Whose love the ‘Spirit of God’ (Jesus) ascended to heaven, for Whose sake the ‘Primal Point’ (the Bab) offered up His life?

=== END BH10746 ===

=== START BH10747 ===

The day is approaching when the wrathful anger of the Almighty will have taken hold of them. He, verily, is the Omnipotent, the All-Subduing, the Most Powerful. He shall cleanse the earth from the defilement of their corruption, and shall give it for an heritage unto such of His servants as are nigh unto Him.

=== END BH10747 ===

=== START BH10751 ===

He is God! If thou remainest firm in the love of God, the wellsprings of divine wisdom will flow from thy heart and tongue, and thou wilt become aware of the meanings of the divine words, for His love hath ever been and shall continue to be the teacher of pure hearts and sanctified souls. Its effulgences remain concealed and hidden behind the veil of the heart. Rend thou the veil, that the lights of its revelation may shine forth upon the Sinai of thy breast.

=== END BH10751 ===

=== START BH10752 ===

He is the All-Explaining, the All-Knowing

Praise be to God Who hath broken the seal of the choice Wine with the finger of power and hath caused to descend from the heaven of utterance that whereby all things have proclaimed: “The Kingdom belongeth to Him Who hath appeared with the truth with such conclusive proof as hath caused all necks to bow down.” O Ghulam-Husayn! Rejoice thou in that which the Wronged One hath spoken whilst in the hands of the wicked. Say: Praise be to Thee for having enabled me to turn towards Thee when most of Thy servants had turned away from Thee.

=== END BH10752 ===

=== START BH10753 ===

He is God, exalted be His station! Praise be to God alone, and salutations upon Him after Whom there shall be no Prophet. O my God and my Lord! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou didst adorn the Night Journey and didst open the gate of Divine Unity to all servants, that Thou mayest cause to descend from the heaven of Thy grace upon those who love Thee the rain of Thy mercy. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is no God but Thee, the All-Hearing, the All-Responding.

=== END BH10753 ===

=== START BH10754 ===

He is God, exalted be His station, His grandeur and His power!

Praise be to the Lord of the worlds Who, through His supreme Word, adorned the peoples from nothingness with the ornament of existence, and through His blessed Word of unity provided instruction. Whoso attaineth unto it attaineth unto all that is in the first and last worlds. To this the tongue of proof in the Kingdom of utterance doth testify.

Glorified art Thou, O my God, my Lord and my Support! This servant desireth to make mention of Thee and to praise Thee, yet findeth himself prevented from that which he desireth, for I know of a certainty that mention of aught else but Thee reacheth not unto Thee nor ascendeth to the heaven of Thy Cause and the atmosphere of Thy Will. I beseech Thee, O God of the seen and unseen, by Thy Name which Thou hast made the Sovereign of all names, and by Thy Command which hath encompassed earth and heaven, to enable me to do that which befitteth the court of Thy glory and the carpet of Thy nearness. O Lord! Thou knowest and seest that I desire to make mention of Thy Afnan whom Thou hast exalted through Thy Tablets and aided through Thy unseen hosts. I beseech Thee by the lights of Thy countenance to open before their faces the doors of Thy glory and bounty. Verily, Thou art the Almighty, before Whose power the power of all things hath proven powerless. There is no God but Thee, the Sender down of verses and the Manifestor of clear proofs.

My spirit be a sacrifice unto your mention and your utterance! Your noble letter arrived, bringing to mind the days of attaining your presence and meeting. In truth, when one attaineth unto the presence and meeting of holy and sanctified souls, in one respect he hath attained unto Paradise. In any case, after the arrival of the letter and its reading and observation, and the manifestations of joy and gladness and delight and enthusiasm and expansion, we proceeded to the Holy Shrine and presented it before His blessed face, and He said […]

The Seal of the Prophets - may our souls be a sacrifice for Him - hath declared: “A time shall come upon My people when no one’s religion shall remain secure except for those who flee from peak to peak…” In truth, that time is this time. This Wronged One and those who love Him are all clinging to the cord of resignation and the hem of contentment. This people have ever been, and continue to be, possessed of the utmost love towards the government and people of Iran, to such an extent that none of the peoples in diverse regions have been as obedient to the government’s commands as this people. This fact is evident and manifest to all. Nevertheless, you witness the conduct of those associated with the government - how they daily inflict harm upon ones such as yourselves, whom all know harbor no ill intent toward anyone and who deal with God’s servants with trustworthiness, love and kindness. Glory be to God! One is bewildered how they could consent to attribute theft to you who are among the most honored people of Iran, spreading it by word in that city and by telegraph to outlying regions, executing and carrying out whatever the slanderers say. Glory be to God! Where has honor gone, and what has become of care and kindness? It is reported that His Excellency the Ambassador, the Most Noble Mu’inu’l-Mulk - may God strengthen him - has arrived. What did he say and what did he declare? We beseech God to assist him in executing justice. Verily He is powerful over all things. Praise be to God, His Majesty the Shah of Iran in these days deals with this people with the utmost kindness and love, and each day there appears from him that which is a truthful witness and an eloquent testimony to his grace and favor. We beseech God, blessed and exalted be He, to cause through him the standards of His justice to be raised among His creation and the banners of His grace to be unfurled amidst His creatures. Verily He is the Powerful, the Mighty, the All-Choosing. Peace and mercy be upon you and upon those with you who love you and serve you for the sake of God, the Lord of the Mighty Throne. Indeed this servant is bewildered, for in the early stages of affairs in Astaneh, there was hope that through God’s grace - exalted be His glory - and the assistance of His Excellency the Ambassador, the Most Noble Mu’inu’l-Mulk - may God, blessed and exalted be He, strengthen him - matters would be concluded with justice. However, thereafter that which caused despair became manifest. For some time now the Master - may our spirits be a sacrifice for Him - has said nothing. Occasionally some associates have approached the Most Exalted Station and, with the utmost humility and submissiveness, inquired about the reason for this silence and its cause. Nevertheless, not a word has issued from His blessed tongue except that one day He said: “He is the All-Patient; He has commanded you to beautiful patience. He is the Concealer; He has commanded you to mighty concealment.” This servant in all conditions beseeches and hopes that the All-Glorious Truth may make the rulers aware of the sweetness, delight, loftiness and greatness of justice, and not deprive His servants of this supreme bounty and most evident light. He is powerful and mighty over all things.

Mention was made of the spiritual friend His honor Aqa Azizu’llah, upon him Baha’u’llah. Their attention towards those parts where they have gone is fitting. Wherever they may be, I beseech from God, exalted be His glory, bounty and favor for them. Verily God our Lord is the Compassionate, the Generous. Unceasingly do they circle round in remembrance of your honor and beseech from God, exalted be His station, whatsoever is the cause of eternal salvation and glory.

My God, my God! Assist Thy Afnan to that which beseemeth Thy glory, Thy grandeur and Thy power. Verily Thou art the One Who hath power over whatsoever He willeth. There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the All-Forgiving.

Regarding the shop you wrote about - it is very good, for it provides employment for the two brothers, upon them Baha’u’llah. It is both a means of occupation and livelihood - blessed from both aspects, God willing, it has been and is. Praise be to God, both honored loved ones have attained unto the word “Nasr”, meaning they are designated with the victory of God. It is hoped that the third victory will be the advancement of the affairs of the wronged community in the world, and likewise the advancement of your honor’s affairs. With the generous ones, tasks are not difficult. This servant conveys greetings and praise to them and beseeches from God glory, bounty, exaltation and blessing for them. And God is the Hearer, the Answerer.

Concerning mention of the spiritual beloved His honor Aqa Ahmad, upon him Baha’u’llah, you wrote that he has gone to Alexandria and until now no news has come from him. We beseech God, blessed and exalted be He, to unite your company from all directions. Verily He is the Mighty, the Bestower. In this land also, until now no one suitable for work there has appeared, except for the beloved of the heart His honor Haji Siyyid Javad, upon him Baha’u’llah, who has arrived. There is intention today to mention this matter to him - perhaps he will give it attention.

Another matter is that the beloved of the heart His honor Nazir, upon him Baha’u’llah, said that during the days they were at the Threshold they observed a letter with you, either in the handwriting of the beloved of the heart His honor Ismu’l-Jud, upon him Baha’u’llah, or from here which by command was to appear that your honor should write that His honor Ibrahim Effendi, upon him be God’s peace, should not send tobacco to His honor Aqa Nuru’llah and His honor Aqa Ali-Muhammad, upon them Baha’u’llah. God forbid! God forbid! No such command has appeared from the Most Exalted Horizon, and mention of these matters has not occurred in this land. Outwardly it is not known who has committed such a falsehood. Knowledge is with God in His clear Book. In these days they have shown kindness toward His honor Effendi, upon him be God’s peace, and said: We beseech God, blessed and exalted be He, to assist him with the hosts of the invisible and visible realm, to open before his face the gates of favor, and to send down upon him from the clouds of His mercy a blessing from His presence and a mercy from His side. Verily He is the Most Merciful of the merciful ones and the Most Generous of the generous ones. O Ibrahim! Trust in all matters in God, the Lord of the Tree and the Mount, and commit thy affairs unto Him. Verily He is the Gracious, the Effusive, the Trustworthy, the All-Wise. And say […]

O my God, my God! I beseech Thee by the waves of the ocean of Thy mercy, and by the pearls hidden in the depths of Thy bounty, and by Thy Prophets and Thy Messengers and Thy Books and Thy Scriptures, to aid me to remember Thee and praise Thee, and to practice righteousness and godliness through Thy care and Thy bestowal. Ordain for me the good of this world and the world to come. Verily, Thou art the Lord of all names, and within Thy grasp is the dominion of all who are in the heavens and on earth.

From what is evident, the station of the Master’s favors toward His Honor Effendi is clear and manifest, requiring no further mention. This evanescent servant beseeches the Eternal Truth to withhold not from any of the peoples of the earth His infinite mercy and boundless grace, and to adorn all with the ornament of truthfulness and illumine them with the light of justice. Verily, He is powerful over all things.

In these days, the beloved of my heart, His Honor Nazir, upon him be Baha’u’llah’s glory, is present and residing in the vicinity. He mentioned His Honor Effendi, upon him be Baha’u’llah’s glory, and requested a Tablet for his son. After it was presented before Him, He showed His favor. It is hoped that an exalted Tablet will issue forth from the Dawning-Place of generosity and be sent. The two large containers of cheese that His Honor Effendi and other souls, upon them be God’s peace, sent have arrived. It is hoped that God, exalted be His glory, will manifest its recompense and assist them in that which is the cause and means of everlasting remembrance, as well as the cause of eternal blessing. In truth, what they sent was very good and outstanding, and praise be to God, it was honored with acceptance in His presence. Blessed be he and them. And the beloved of my heart, His Honor Nazir, has requested tobacco from His Honor Effendi. God willing, they will send it and be assisted in deeds that are the cause of the Friend’s good-pleasure. Peace and praise and remembrance and glory be upon you all and upon those with you and those who love you and hear your words for the sake of God, our Lord and your Lord and the Lord of all who are in the heavens and on earth. And praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

The Servant

7 Jamadi’l-Avval 1308

=== END BH10754 ===

=== START BH10757 ===

O Mirza Nasru’llah, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the Ever-Abiding One. The Mother Book moves and says: Glory be to Thee, O my God, and glory be to Thee, O my Adored One and my Beloved! I beseech Thee by the martyrs of the land of Ya, and by their patience and steadfastness, and by those whom the oppressors have imprisoned without crime or fault, to ordain for this servant of Thine the good of the hereafter and of this world. Verily, Thou art the Lord of all beings and the Lord of the throne on high and of the dust below.

=== END BH10757 ===

=== START BH10758 ===

In the Name of the All-Bountiful, the Most Compassionate! This is the Day unto whose greatness and blessedness all the chosen ones of God, His Prophets and His Messengers have borne witness. Know thou its worth and act in a manner befitting it. Whosoever is enabled in this Day to perform a deed purely for the sake of God - his name shall be inscribed as one of the denizens of the most exalted Paradise in the Crimson Book. Blessed is he who acts, and woe unto the heedless. Praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH10758 ===

=== START BH10759 ===

He is the All-Knowing in the Kingdom of the Most Glorious

Hearken unto that which is revealed unto thee from the direction of eternity in this Most Holy, Most Pure, Most Great Spot, that He is the Light in the countenance of the Manifestation, and the One remembered in His heart, and the Beloved in His inner being, and the Speaker in His breast, and the One Who maketh mention upon His tongue, and the Doer through His limbs, and the Beholder through His sight, and the Hearer through His ear, yet the people perceive not and walk in the wilderness of fancy.

=== END BH10759 ===

=== START BH10760 ===

He is the Mighty, the Beloved! Give thanks unto God for that thy name hath been mentioned before the Throne and there hath been sent down for thee, from the heaven of thy Lord’s bounty, that which no earthly thing can equal. Be thou a speaker in the name of thy Lord and content with whatsoever hath been ordained for thee in His preserved Tablet. Grieve not at anything - rather, rejoice in that He Who calleth thee from this praiseworthy station. Thus doth the Most Great Pen cause thee to hear its shrill voice, from the presence of this wronged Exile.

=== END BH10760 ===

=== START BH10762 ===

He is the Mighty, the All-Knowing! My Most Exalted Pen makes mention of My Afnan who hath inhaled the fragrance of My loving-kindness, who hath turned unto My horizon, and who hath clung to the cord of My bounty in days wherein every oppressor hath arisen, every transgressor raised his voice, and every polytheist denied God, the Lord of this wondrous Day. Render thanks unto thy Lord for having aided thee to recognize His Most Great Command and to hold fast unto this Momentous Announcement. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O God of the worlds!

=== END BH10762 ===

=== START BH10763 ===

He is God. O my handmaiden! Do not despair of God’s mercy, but be devoted and remember, then prostrate and bow before your Lord, the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate. Say: Glory be to You, O my God! I beseech You by Your Name through which You established Yourself upon the throne of Your Name, the All-Merciful, not to deprive me of the breezes from the paradise of Your reunion and the fragrances from the garden of Your presence. Verily You are powerful over whatsoever You will, and verily You are the Forgiving, the Generous.

=== END BH10763 ===

=== START BH10764 ===

He is the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting!

O handmaiden of God! Give thanks within thyself, inasmuch as God doth make mention of thee at this moment with the tongue of divine and beloved sanctity, and doth by this means exalt thy name in the meadows of His good-pleasure. Beware lest thou forget the presence of God at the time when thou wert in His presence at both sunrise and sunset. Then remember My handmaiden on My behalf and give her the glad-tidings of My remembrance of her, that she may rejoice within herself and abide in a praiseworthy love.

=== END BH10764 ===

=== START BH10765 ===

O Zaynu’l-’Abidin! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord, the All-Merciful, from this mighty Prison. The Kingdom belongeth unto God, the One, the Single, the Almighty, the All-Wise. Adorn thy heart with My love, and thy tongue with My remembrance, and thy head with the crown of My Cause, the Mighty, the Impregnable. They who follow My commandments, these are under the shadow of My tender care and within the tabernacle of My mercy that hath encompassed all worlds. Remember thy Lord; verily He remembereth thee in this land of exile amidst the hands of the idolaters.

=== END BH10765 ===

=== START BH10766 ===

He is the Mighty! O ’Ali! Thou hast walked with thy feet towards God and turned with thy spirit to the shore of an impregnable nearness. May God reward thee, on Our behalf, with such a recompense as none have attained save those who were among the wayfarers in God’s good-pleasure. Then convey Our greetings to the faces of them that are nigh, and the Spirit be upon thee and upon God’s sincere servants. Then convey greetings to the women who are in the house, whom God hath made to be among the devout ones.

=== END BH10766 ===

=== START BH10767 ===

O Pen of Baha! Make mention of him who hath been named Abu’l-Qasim, that he may give thanks unto his Lord, the Compassionate, the Bountiful. He hath come with the truth and hath manifested what He desired. Through this the idol hath wailed and every remote scholar hath cried out. They denied the favor of God after its descent and disbelieved in the All-Merciful when He came with manifest sovereignty. They deviated from the truth, whereupon God caused their hearts to deviate, and God guideth not the people who are transgressors.

=== END BH10767 ===

=== START BH10768 ===

The Most Holy, the Most Glorious. O Glory! God glorifies Himself and those who have believed in Him on the Day when eyes are transfixed, save whom thy Lord, the Mighty, the Great, hath willed. We beseech God that He may draw thee nigh unto Him and cause thee to enter the holy presence and give thee to drink of the choice wine of His wondrous and glorious utterance. Read thou the Tablet and say: Praise be to God! Verily He remembereth those who turn unto Him.

=== END BH10768 ===

=== START BH10769 ===

He is the All-Merciful!

O Nuriyyih! Blessed art thou for having been illumined by the Sun of Beauty after it had risen at the meridian with the sovereignty of God, the Mighty, the Exalted. Beware lest thou pause for a moment in the remembrance of God. Remember Him at morn and eventide. And mercy be upon thee and upon all those women who have wholly turned unto God, the Powerful, the Supreme, the Mighty, the Most Generous.

=== END BH10769 ===

=== START BH10770 ===

O Shaykh-’Ali-Mirza, upon thee be the Glory of God, the Most Glorious! We have adorned thee with the ornament of Our favor and given thee glad tidings of that which hath been ordained for thee from My Most Exalted Pen. Be thou steadfast in the Cause in such wise that the sincere ones may find in thee that which beseemeth the days of thy Lord, the All-Knowing. Preserve this most exalted station through the name of thy Lord, the Most Glorious. Soon shalt thou behold the effects of that which We have bestowed upon thee. Verily, thy Lord is the Rememberer, the All-Informed.

=== END BH10770 ===

=== START BH10771 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory, the All-Bountiful, the All-Giving

We make mention of Assad, upon him be My glory, and give him the glad-tidings of the mercy which hath been sent down from the heaven of the bounty of God, the Lord of the worlds. We have named her Farahangiz and We beseech the Mighty One to protect her and make her blessed. Verily, He is the All-Bountiful, the All-Generous. The peace from Us be upon those who dwell in that house. This is yet another bounty from the presence of the Mighty, the Beautiful.

=== END BH10771 ===

=== START BH10772 ===

Verily, We make mention in this station of him who heard My call and turned to My face and attained in My days and ascended to the supreme horizon and was of them that attained. He was named Aqa Jan in an exalted Tablet. Blessed is he and blessed is he who makes mention of him in accordance with what was sent down for him from the presence of a trusted Speaker. We have made mention of him before and after, and verily We are the Best Rememberer.

=== END BH10772 ===

=== START BH10773 ===

In My Name, the Rememberer! We make mention of all who are present and absent, and of those who have ascended unto God, the Protecting, the Self-Subsisting. I testify that My servant Baqir hath ascended on the wings of love and certitude unto his Lord, the All-Merciful. Upon him be My glory and the glory of them that are in the highest Paradise and the glory of those who circle round the Throne at eventide and at dawn. We were with him at the time of his ascension, and before it, whereof beareth witness He with Whom is the Mother Book.

=== END BH10773 ===

=== START BH10779 ===

He is the Well-Beloved. God willing thou art in peace and tranquillity

under the shade of the mercy of the All-Merciful One, beneath the canopy

of the providence of the Most Sanctified One. Apparently I am a little

one. I am not possessed of the art of writing. But because this Unlettered

One is clinging to the Divine Lote-Tree I can read without any knowledge

and without being taught writing I write. All this is evident unto those

who have eyes as this emanates from the world of the Interior. Those who

are outside have been and still are unaware of this great mystery.

=== END BH10779 ===

=== START BH10780 ===

The first fragrance that wafted from Divine Revelation and the first light that shone from the horizon of the Countenance be upon thee, O thou who hast attained unto the days of the Wronged One and what hath been sent down therein from the heaven of the Will of God, the Lord of the worlds. O youth! We bear witness that thou didst answer the Call of the Lord of all beings when it was raised between earth and heaven, and didst acknowledge His Manifestation and His sovereignty and His establishment upon the throne. And We bear witness that thou didst leave thy homeland, seeking the homeland of God, and didst traverse land and sea in thy longing to attain His presence.

=== END BH10780 ===

=== START BH10781 ===

In the Name of the Goal of all the worlds!

O Ahmad! The Word of God is in one station likened unto a divine Lote-Tree - blessed are they who have found their habitation beneath its shade. And in another station it is likened unto a Pavilion - well is it with such souls as have taken up their abode in that place of security. And it hath been called by all the most beautiful names. Well is it with him who hath attained unto it and recognized its station and rank and its influence and power and dominion.

=== END BH10781 ===

=== START BH10782 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great

O handmaiden of God! The Sun of divine favors has shone upon you and the effulgences of the lights of the Eternal have appeared in your heart. For had you not been blessed with the lights of the Sun of Truth, you would not have been successful in recognition. Now strive that the pearl of His love remain preserved in the treasure of the heart. And none attains to this station except through following that which has appeared from the Dayspring of the Cause. The glory be upon you and upon your son.

=== END BH10782 ===

=== START BH10783 ===

In the Name of the one true God! O handmaiden of God! Thy petition hath been received at the Most Holy Court, and its opening is adorned with the crown of the remembrance of the Lord of Names. God willing, thou shalt in all conditions be occupied with the remembrance and praise of God. And concerning thy question about the dream - none hath the right to test God. We shall interpret it for thee as a bounty from Us, and shall reveal unto thee what We showed thee. Be thou assured and be of those who render thanks.

=== END BH10783 ===

=== START BH10784 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great. O handmaid of God! Thy letter was seen and from the Supreme Pen the answer to it hath been revealed. Those souls who have today turned towards the Dawning-Place of Revelation and have attained unto the hearing of the divine Call - the end of such souls hath been and shall be good, and they are honored and distinguished by divine forgiveness. Thus doth My Supreme Pen testify in this exalted Tablet.

=== END BH10784 ===

=== START BH10785 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Great! O handmaiden of God, Habibih Sultan! We have heard your call, and the Ancient Countenance has been and will continue to be turned from the Most Great Prison toward His loved ones. We beseech God to enable all to act according to His love and good-pleasure. Give thanks unto thy Lord for having remembered thee as a bounty from Him. Verily, He is the All-Bountiful, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH10785 ===

=== START BH10786 ===

The Most Holy, The Most Glorious

O daughter of ’Ali! Hearken unto the Call of the King of earth and heaven, Who calleth from the right hand of the Most Great Prison and summoneth thee to the Kingdom of the Ancient of Days. Praise be to the Best-Beloved of the worlds that thou hast been under His gaze, and God willing, thou shalt in all conditions be turned toward the Most Great Scene. Place thy trust in God and commit thy affairs unto Him. Verily He beholdeth whosoever turneth toward His shining and luminous Countenance.

=== END BH10786 ===

=== START BH10788 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

O my Lord! I beseech Thee by the revelations of Thy Most Great Name unto all peoples and by the lights of Thy countenance, O Thou Master of eternity, to protect Thy loved ones from the dictates of self and passion, and to adorn them with the ornament of Thy glory, O Thou Lord of all humanity and Sovereign of the hereafter and of the former times. O my Lord! Withhold them not from the gate of Thy bounty, nor from the ocean of Thy generosity. Thou, verily, art the All-Powerful, the Almighty.

=== END BH10788 ===

=== START BH10789 ===

O Sughra, give a hearing ear to the sound of the Pen of the Most High and pass beyond that which is other than God. Rejoice in His praise and be happy with His remembrance. I swear by the Ancient Beauty that were man to traverse all the heavens and earth, and carry out a search, he will never find happiness and joy save in His love. Therefore, strive that thou mayest be adorned with the diadem of His love amongst the handmaidens of God, and upon thee be the Spirit.

=== END BH10789 ===

=== START BH10790 ===

O Fatimih Bigum, handmaiden of God! In the name of the kind Friend! O maid-servant of God! May you act, at all times, according to that which hath been commanded from the presence of the Most Merciful, and remain turned toward the horizon of His grace. Seek steadfastness from God, for verily the satans lie in ambush for the servants with utmost craftiness and ever have done so. Say: O my God! Protect me beneath the shadow of Thy supreme loving-kindness. Verily Thou art the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10790 ===

=== START BH10791 ===

In the Name of the Lord of Names! O Muhammad-Qablil-Husayn! Hold fast to this firm Word which is as the water of life to those who thirst. Look not unto creation and its conditions, but unto the Truth and His sovereignty and grandeur and glory. That which hath flowed from the Most Exalted Pen is as a lamp unto the darkened world and as a sun unto the realm of knowledge.

=== END BH10791 ===

=== START BH10792 ===

O Muhammad! He is the One Present and Beholding. O Muhammad! The Fire is speaking in all trees with “The Chosen One hath come,” and the Light from the horizon of Sinai is dawning and shining with infinite radiance. God willing, through the loving-kindness of God, exalted be His glory, may the eye not be deprived of it and the ear not be barred from it. Blessed is He Who hath caused thee to know Him and hath mentioned thee in this noble station.

=== END BH10792 ===

=== START BH10793 ===

O Leaf of the Divine Lote-Tree! Strive, for this is the Day of striving and endeavor, that thou mayest learn from the wondrous melodies of the Lote-Tree. Unseal the musk that is sealed, and manifest the light of thy heart, so that all steadfast handmaidens may find their way to the paradise of reunion with the Immortal Beloved through the fragrance of thy love and utterance. God willing, mayest thou be adorned with the ornament of detachment and be free and independent of all else save Him.

=== END BH10793 ===

=== START BH10796 ===

Regarding the letter of Mirza Ghulam-’Ali: Concerning what they wrote about marriage - it is not permissible to pass it by, for it is among God’s traditions established among creatures, as has been revealed in detail from the Holy Kingdom in the Most Holy Book. All must act according to it. And regarding that honored one’s journey to the Most Holy Court, permission is granted to journey for a few days and return.

=== END BH10796 ===

=== START BH10797 ===

In the name of the God of knowledge! The Sun of Manifestation has risen and the Ocean of bounty is surging. Blessed are they who have turned with perfect certitude to the horizon of the All-Merciful and have received their portion from the dawning-rays of the Sun of Truth and the waves of the Sea of inner meaning. The servants and handmaidens must at all times beseech God not to deprive any from this greatest bounty. Verily He is the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH10797 ===

=== START BH10799 ===

From the Source of the Command it has been revealed: It is incumbent upon all the loved ones of Truth to reflect upon steadfastness and its degrees, so that they may comprehend the wisdom of God’s utterance, Who in most Tablets has called the people unto steadfastness. Say: O My loved ones, reflect deeply upon the veils of glory and ever keep them before your eyes, lest perchance the glorified veils of idle fancy prevent you from the Court of Oneness. And the splendor be upon you.

=== END BH10799 ===

=== START BH10800 ===

He is the Mighty, the Beloved

Through the golden words came Aqa Zia, and through the word “We strengthened them with a third” came the speaker, and likewise Aqa Badi’. Therefore this Tablet, which hath shone forth from the horizon of the heaven of bounty, was sent. God willing, ye have been and are successful in every good thing. If ye pass beyond laziness, ye shall also attain unto “We strengthened them with the first.” The Glory be upon you and upon those who are with you and love you.

=== END BH10800 ===

=== START BH10801 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory. Wisdom and utterance.

Say: O oppressed servants throughout all regions! On the Day of Reckoning He summons all unto the Lord of Creation. The purpose is that those possessed of sight and hearing may with justice and fairness hearken unto the divine verses and reflect upon that which hath been made manifest. This is the divine counsel. Blessed are they who hold fast unto it and act according to that which hath been sent down in the Book.

=== END BH10801 ===

=== START BH10803 ===

In the Name of the loving Lord! Know ye of a certainty that ye are remembered before the Throne, and the Supreme Pen hath turned to your mention. Verily the Wronged One remembereth every wronged man and woman, and the Stranger loveth every stranger, man and woman, and every captive man and woman, especially those who are made such in the path of God. This is God’s testimony wherewith We have adorned the beginning of thy book, that His favor unto thee may be evident.

=== END BH10803 ===

=== START BH10805 ===

[He is the Most High, the Most Holy, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise]

Reflect upon the bounty of thy Lord, that He remembereth thee by virtue of thy remembrance of Him. I swear by My life, wert thou to recognize this bounty as it deserveth to be recognized, such joy and gladness would seize thee that neither the misfortunes of the world nor the clamor of souls would sadden thee. He, while in prison, remembereth His loved ones and sendeth unto them, at all times, the sweet savors of the All-Merciful, that He may draw them nigh unto the Mighty, the All-Loving.

=== END BH10805 ===

=== START BH10807 ===

He is the Mighty! The True Beauty hath appeared, O friends - acquire ye vision! A spiritual bounty hath descended from the holy divine heaven, O companions - gain ye understanding! And the gates of wondrous paradise have been opened, O loved ones - attain ye awareness! That perchance through the grace of the King of existence, the eye and ear and heart may not remain deprived of the outpourings of the Holy Spirit. Thus hath He ordained through bounty for people who comprehend.

=== END BH10807 ===

=== START BH10808 ===

He is the Truth, the One Who has power over all things! The Beauty of the Unseen lifted the veil of Glory from the Countenance of the Exemplar, and immediately His face appeared - and unto God belongs the most glorious similitude - manifest and visible from the Throne of the Divine Cloud. O joy to him who is illumined by the lights of His presence, the Self-Subsisting, and who is brightened by the radiance of His holy countenance. And glory be upon you, O companions of God and those who are with you in His Cause, and peace.

=== END BH10808 ===

=== START BH10810 ===

He is the Deliverer. I remember and am sincere to his honor Naji. Praise be to God that the loved ones are engaged in love and affection and strive in divine good-pleasure and are bound. May they forever be mindful and grateful in His remembrance, and praising and thankful for His bounties. Numerous Tablets have been sent until now which, through God’s might and power, have arrived and will arrive.

=== END BH10810 ===

=== START BH10811 ===

He is the Mighty!

Some time hath passed during which the nightingales of the divine garden have fallen silent, and the parrots of the spiritual Egypt have been deprived of heavenly sweetmeats. Why, at last, have ye ceased to soar, and remained thirsty despite the Most Great Ocean? I swear by God that whatsoever is visible shall soon come to an end, and the mercy of the Spirit encompasseth thee and whomever returneth unto Him. And this is boundless grace. Be not heedless.

=== END BH10811 ===

=== START BH10812 ===

He is the One Who speaks the Truth!

O HS! We have remembered you with a remembrance that shall endure throughout the duration of the Kingdom of God, the Lord of Lords. Verily He hath come from the heaven of immortality with a Cause before which neither the hosts of earth nor of the heavens can stand. Beware lest the might of the wicked keep thee back from God, the Lord of all men. When thou hearest My call, say: “My God, my God! Praise be to Thee for having enabled me to turn towards Thee. I beseech Thee to make me successful in this Cause whereby feet have slipped.”

=== END BH10812 ===

=== START BH10814 ===

He is God, exalted be His glory in wisdom and utterance!

Praise befitteth and is meet for the Lord of the Day of Judgment, Who hath illumined the contingent world with the lights of utterance and adorned it with the blessed word “The Kingdom is God’s.” Neither the might of the polytheists nor the clamor of the heedless could prevent the penetration of His perfect Word, nor could the power of the aggressors weaken the authority of His Most Exalted Pen. With but a single pen He arose against the whole world, and gave glad tidings to all of the Great Announcement which was among the irrevocable promises of God, and guided them. Yet weak eyes were prevented from beholding the horizon of manifestation, and ears that heard not were deprived of hearkening to the Most Sweet Call and the scratching of the Most Exalted Pen. Glorified be His dominion and magnified be His proof. There is no God but Him.

My God, my God, my Lord, my Support, my Goal, my Beloved and the Ultimate Object of my desire! Thou seest the turning of Thy loved ones to the horizon of Thy manifestation, their orientation to the lights of Thy countenance, and their arising to serve Thy Cause. I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by the Call that was raised from Thy most exalted horizon, by Thy Light wherewith the earth and heaven were illumined, and by the Fire of Thy Lote-Tree whereby Thou didst guide Moses on Mount Sinai, to ordain for whosoever hath turned unto Thee in Thy days and made mention of Thy servant, the Wondrous One, Who hath been imprisoned in the jail of Thine enemies, that which beseemeth the heaven of Thy bounty and bestowal. O my Lord! Thou knowest that he desired naught but to demonstrate his love for Thee in this Day wherein the fire of hatred hath been kindled in the breasts of the worshippers of names. O my Lord! Guard him through Thy grace, then aid him through Thy power and sovereignty that he may arise to serve Thee among Thy servants and assist Thee through wisdom and utterance. Verily Thou art the Confirmer, the Mighty, the Bountiful.

Then I beseech Thee, O God of Names and Creator of earth and heaven, to ordain for me from Thy Most Exalted Pen the recompense of those who have aimed at the Ultimate Goal and the Most Exalted Summit, and whom the attraction of Thy verses seized in such wise that they turned to the place of sacrifice and spent their wealth and souls in Thy path, O Lord of all beings and King of the kingdom of names. Verily Thou art powerful over what Thou willest and in Thy grasp are the reins of all in the earths and the heavens.

[Letter continues with details about various martyrs and events…]

=== END BH10814 ===

=== START BH10816 ===

They must make a diligent effort in preserving the Book of God, for once again the correct manner of reading has been revealed - whatever is in the hands of the servants must be made to conform and agree with it. And regarding the Book of Iqan, its correct version was bestowed upon His Honor Ali-Qabel-Akbar, upon him be Baha - the existing copies must either be made to conform with it or be rewritten anew from it, this latter being preferable and more fitting.

=== END BH10816 ===

=== START BH10817 ===

Regarding the matter of purchasing the specific house, again it hath been revealed from the heaven of God’s command: “Soon shall We raise up one who will purchase what thou hast desired, through pure love. Verily thy Lord is the All-Powerful, the Almighty.” At the Throne, there is nothing available to be sent, but in the inmost heart We have enabled one of the loved ones. God willing, it shall become manifest to thee in the outward realm. Verily thy Lord is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH10817 ===

=== START BH10818 ===

He is God! The Remembrance of God from the Divine Lote-Tree hath been witnessed at the right hand of the Throne. Blessed is the one who draweth nigh unto it, who is nourished by its fruits, and who taketh for himself beneath its shade a station that is faithful to the truth. O handmaiden of God! Give thanks unto thy Lord and forget not His favor, for indeed His favor toward thee hath been great. And the glory rest upon thee and upon every leaf that hath been illumined by the lights of God.

=== END BH10818 ===

=== START BH10819 ===

This is a remembrance from Us to him who hath believed in the One, the All-Knowing, he whose name was presented before the Wronged One in this exalted station. Verily, We arose this day and desired this station which We have mentioned time and again, and have revealed therein that whereby the fragrance of utterance hath been wafted throughout all creation.

=== END BH10819 ===

=== START BH10821 ===

He is the Ever-Living, the All-Powerful, the Self-Subsisting! The Cup-Bearer of ’Ama offers the goblet of the wine of faithfulness with radiant light, that ye may become enraptured in the Sinai of love through the manifestation of Beauty, and after attaining unto “when he recovered from his swoon,” ye may hear from the tongue of the heart the blessed verse “And to God belongeth the Kingdom of the heavens and of the earth,” that ye may enter, intoxicated, into the gathering of love and the assembly of affection and become thankful. And peace be upon you.

=== END BH10821 ===

=== START BH10824 ===

He is the Most Pure, the Most Manifest, the Most Glorious

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I render Thee thanks for having made me a captive in the hands of the oppressors for Thy sake. I swear by Thy glory that the sweetness of what I have tasted from the cup of destiny in Thy love hath not departed from my palate. O my Lord, cause Thy servants to recognize Thy beauty, and deprive them not of the wine of Thy mercy which hath flowed from the finger of Thy will in Thy days. Thou art, verily, the All-Powerful, the Almighty.

=== END BH10824 ===

=== START BH10826 ===

He is the Glorious, the All-Glorious! Glorified art Thou, O my God! This is Thy Call which hath been raised from the right hand of the throne of Thy grandeur, whereby it hath drawn unto itself the hearts of Thy servants. O Thou in Whose grasp are all who are in Thy heavens and on Thine earth! Wouldst Thou turn them away, O my God, while Thou art the One Who calleth them? Wouldst Thou deny them while Thou art the Giver? Far be it from Thy great bounty, O Lord of the Day of Judgment! Thou, verily, art the Most Merciful of the merciful ones.

=== END BH10826 ===

=== START BH10827 ===

In Thy name, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious!

Glory be unto Thee, O my God! This is a leaf from among the leaves of the Tree of Thy Paradise, stirred by the breezes of the spirit of Thy love and moved by the attractions of Thy passion and yearning. She hath turned toward the sanctuary of Thy divine unity, hoping from Thy boundless mercies and infinite compassions that Thou wilt cause her to enter the garden of Thy sanctification and the retreats of Thy holy oneness. Therefore, O my God, fulfill her hope through Thy bounty and favor. Verily, Thou art the All-Merciful, the Compassionate.

=== END BH10827 ===

=== START BH10828 ===

He is the Most Holy

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by the Ancient Beauty and the Most Great Name to protect those whom Thou hast chosen for Thyself and made the leaves of this Tree which hath been raised up by Thy command. Have mercy, O my God, upon their young and old through Thy grace and bounty. Then make them to be among those who have acknowledged Thy oneness and recognized that which hath been sent down in the Tablets of Thy Cause. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest, and verily, Thou art the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10828 ===

=== START BH10829 ===

He is the Most Holy

Praise be unto thee, O Lord my God, I beseech Thee by Thy decisive Holy Utterance whereby the root of doubt and misgivings hath been eradicated and the glory of Thy name, the Almighty, the Bountiful, hath shone forth, to protect every child that hath been admitted beneath the shade of Thy loving-kindness, and to have mercy, O my God, on those babes whom the people have banished from their homes while [sic] were still at their mothers’ breasts, for no other reason than the love they have cherished for Thee. O Lord! Have pity upon them through Thy bounty. Thou art verily the Most Merciful.

=== END BH10829 ===

=== START BH10830 ===

He is the All-Possessing, the All-Powerful, the Almighty!

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou seest and knowest that I have desired naught save the creation of Thy servants and their attainment unto the summit of Thy grace and bounty, that their eyes may be gladdened and their hearts rejoiced. O Lord! Make known unto them Thy path and teach them, through Thy bounty and generosity, that which Thou hast willed for them. O Lord! Deprive not the horizons of the light of unity. Thou art, verily, the Lord of the Day of Separation. There is no God but Thee, the All-Powerful, the Almighty.

=== END BH10830 ===

=== START BH10831 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious!

Glorified art Thou, O Thou Who art the Self-Subsisting One of Names and the Possessor of the throne on high and the earth below! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great, Most Impregnable, Most Holy, Most Mighty, Most Glorious Name to ordain for whosoever hath turned unto Thee and carried out what Thou hast revealed in Thy Book the reward of every steadfast one whom neither the tyranny of the servants nor the clamor of the lands hath deterred. Verily, Thou art the All-Bountiful, the All-Generous, and within Thy grasp lie the reins of all who are in the heavens and on earth.

=== END BH10831 ===

=== START BH10832 ===

He is the Almighty!

My hair is My Messenger. It is calling aloud at all times upon the branch of Fire within the hallowed and luminous garden of Paradise, that perchance the inmates of the realm of creation may detach themselves from the world of dust and ascend unto the retreats of nearness – the Spot where the Fire seeketh illumination from the light of the Countenance of God, the Glorious, the Powerful.

O ye that have consecrated yourselves to this Fire! Sing ye melodies, pour out sweet tones, rejoice with exceeding gladness and make haste to attain the presence of Him Who is the Object of adoration, bearing witness that no God is there besides God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise, the All-Compelling.

=== END BH10832 ===

=== START BH10833 ===

O Nazir, upon him be the Glory of God, who has migrated and attained! In His Name, the All-Knowing, the Most Great! God bears witness that there is no God but Him, and that He Who has come is verily the Sovereign of existence, both seen and unseen. He testifies that you have turned to the Most Exalted Horizon and have attained the Kawthar of the presence time and again. Know thou this most great station, then preserve it through My Name, the Preserver.

=== END BH10833 ===

=== START BH10834 ===

The Most Holy, The Most Glorious, The Most Great

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him and that He Who hath come from the heaven of revelation is the Source of My Beauty and the Dawning-Place of My Cause and the Manifestation of My verses and the Revealer of My clear tokens. Whoso turneth unto Him hath turned unto My Face and beheld My Beauty and drunk the choice wine of My favor and the living waters of My loving-kindness. And whoso thereafter turneth away, he is of them that have denied My proof and gainsaid My testimony and been heedless of My sovereignty that hath encompassed the worlds.

=== END BH10834 ===

=== START BH10835 ===

He is the Ever-Abiding. God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him and that ’Ali-before-Muhammad is His Manifestation and His Concealment, His Name and His Beauty, His Mystery and His Light, His Cause and His Utterance, His Speech and His Word, His Wisdom and His Proof, His Evidence and His Revelation, His Word and His Sovereignty, His Grace and His Bounty. His is the Command and the Creation, and verily He is the Mighty, the Powerful.

=== END BH10835 ===

=== START BH10836 ===

He is.

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and He Who speaketh is verily the Dawning-Place of revelation and the Rising-Point of inspiration. To this beareth witness My tongue and My wondrous pen. He is. The eye of the world hath been solaced by the appearance of God, the Lord of ancient days and Sovereign of nations, yet most among mankind know not. My blessed seal is My proof, My Self My evidence, My Cause My testimony, and My resplendent beauty. He is. The promise hath come to pass and the Promised One hath appeared unto the King of manifestation. Blessed is he who seeth…and heareth with the ear the Call of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH10836 ===

=== START BH10837 ===

He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing! May my Spirit, my Blessings and my Favor be upon thee! Blessed art thou, who in thy tender age hast acknowledged the grandeur and majesty of God. Blessed be the mother who nursed thee and fulfilled her duty as was befitting. We beseech God to inscribe for thee from His Most Exalted Pen that which beseemeth His generosity, munificence and grace. Verily, He is the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous. Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH10837 ===

=== START BH10838 ===

He is the Mighty, the Praiseworthy!

Blessed art thou for having been seized by the intoxication of the Kawthar of utterance in such wise that thou didst traverse the pathway of the world until thou didst enter My Most Great Prison and didst hear the call of the Wronged One concerning the Cause of God, the Lord of the worlds. We bear witness that thou didst visit the Most Great Scene and didst believe in God, the Lord of destiny, and didst drink the most pure wine from the hand of the bounty of thy Lord, the All-Informed. Thus have We made mention of thee that thou mayest rejoice and be of them that are thankful. Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH10838 ===

=== START BH10839 ===

He is the All-Giving, the Generous

Blessed art thou for having turned unto God and believed in Him, the Lord of all worlds, and for having drunk the choice wine of reunion from the hand of the bounty of thy Lord, the Compassionate, the Generous. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having aided me and caused me to know Thee. I beseech Thee to make me steadfast in Thy mighty Cause and to ordain for me that which shall profit me in every world of Thy worlds. Verily, Thou art the All-Powerful, the Almighty.

=== END BH10839 ===

=== START BH10840 ===

My God, my Adored One! Deprive not Thy servants of the fruits of their existence, and grant them their portion from the ocean of Thy bounty. Thou art the One Whose power the might of the world hath not weakened, and Whose Purpose the pomp of earthly sovereigns hath not prevented. I beseech of Thee Thy ancient grace and Thy fresh favors. Thou art verily the All-Bountiful, the Ever-Forgiving, the Bestower, the Almighty.

=== END BH10840 ===

=== START BH10842 ===

In the Name of the One Friend! Thy petition hath reached the Divine Throne, and whatsoever was mentioned therein hath been observed. God willing, through the grace of the All-Merciful thou shalt at all times drink of the water of life and remain firm and steadfast in the Cause of God with complete steadfastness. We have adorned the head of thy letter with these blessed words: “O My servant! I have, of My grace, forgiven thee. Be thou grateful unto thy Lord, the Forgiving, the Merciful.”

=== END BH10842 ===

=== START BH10843 ===

He is!

Glorified be He Who is established upon the throne and Who rules as He pleases with the sovereignty of His command. And verily He is this and this is He, but the people are in delusion, then in conjecture, then in doubt, then in drunkenness and heedlessness and in a veil thicker than all thick things and heavier than the weight of the heavens and earth - and none knows this save the detached ones.

=== END BH10843 ===

=== START BH10844 ===

He is the Hidden, the Manifest!

Glorified be God for this fiery thread and this divine cord! At times I behold it as fire, for by it are consumed the hearts of the sincere. At times I behold it as breezes, for by it are stirred the hearts of the unitarians. And at times there issueth from it a sound like unto melodies that draw unto them the hearts of the lovers. Glorified be God for this moving, gleaming Spirit!

=== END BH10844 ===

=== START BH10845 ===

He is the Mighty

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which Thou didst manifest Thy Beauty unto the people of Thy kingdom and didst send upon all created things the breezes of the grace of Thy mercy, to forgive this servant who hath clung to the cord of Thy loving care and held fast to the hem of Thy bounty. Then grant him, O my God, that which will detach him from all else but Thee and enable him to attain unto the shore of Thy nearness, for in Thy hands is the dominion of all things and Thou art, verily, powerful over all things.

=== END BH10845 ===

=== START BH10846 ===

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by the beauty of Thy countenance, through which the lights of Thy sun of pre-existence and the splendors of Thy moon of oneness have shone forth upon all created things, that Thou make Thy servant who hath believed in Thee one of the temples of Thy divine unity, and raise him to such a station that he may dwell in the precincts of Thy mercy and rest beneath the shade of Thy loving-kindness. Make him, then, to be virtuous in deed even as Thou hast named him virtuous in name, for verily Thou art the One with power over all things.

=== END BH10846 ===

=== START BH10847 ===

He is the Mighty

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Do Thou aid those who have sought no help except through the wondrous aids of Thy triumph and victory, and who have turned to none save Thy gracious countenance, and who have faced none but Thy resplendent beauty. Therefore, O my Beloved, have mercy upon them through the sovereignty of Thy mercy, and deprive them not of Thy grace and bounties, nor of attaining Thy presence and Thy gifts. Verily, Thou art powerful over all things.

=== END BH10847 ===

=== START BH10848 ===

He is God, exalted is He! We have been afflicted with a most grievous calamity, and trial and hardship, and darkness of tribulation. Yet through God’s grace the Sun has risen from the supreme horizon. Behold, it moves before Us at Our behest. Soon will it transform the darkness of night into the light of day through its effulgence and radiance, and its signs will appear throughout all regions. Blessed is he who remains firm upon the throne of steadfastness and power in the Cause of his Lord, the Mighty, the Chosen One.

=== END BH10848 ===

=== START BH10849 ===

He is God, God, and there is none other besides Him. The Promise has come to pass and the Promised One has appeared, and the Sun of proof and testimony has dawned from the horizon of manifestation. Blessed art thou for having cast away and taken hold, and having arisen and proclaimed: “The Kingdom is God’s, the Almighty, the Glorious, the Bestower!” Be thou steadfast in such wise that through thee every wavering one may become firm and every agitated soul may find tranquility. Thus have We ordained for thee in the Book.

=== END BH10849 ===

=== START BH10850 ===

He is God, the Most High, the Most Exalted!

That which thou didst send from the heaven of thy love hath come before this servant, and I have forwarded it to the place which thou didst desire. We beseech God to accept from thee that which hath proceeded from thee, and to raise thee up unto the canopy of nearness which was, in the Tablet, most exalted. His honor Mirza Muhammad will present the details of affairs, and convey greetings to all the loved ones. Baha.

=== END BH10850 ===

=== START BH10851 ===

In His Name, the One Who has dominion over the world! There has come before the Wronged One a letter containing the names of those who have turned toward God, the All-Possessing, the Self-Subsisting. We make mention of them in truth as a bounty from Our presence, for verily He is the All-Merciful, the All-Forgiving, the Kind. The One Who is mentioned makes mention of thee in return for thy mention of Him. Verily His grace encompasses both the unseen and the visible. Be thou thankful to God for this, then remain steadfast in His Cause and place thy trust in Him in all matters.

=== END BH10851 ===

=== START BH10852 ===

O Abu’l-Hasan! He is the One, the Single One.

Thou hast remembered thy Lord time after time, and hast been mentioned by the Supreme Pen again and again. Act according to what We have enjoined upon thee in the Book, then safeguard the Cause of thy Lord. Verily this will profit thee in this world and the next. By My life! Through it God will grant thee from His bounty what thou hast desired, and will ordain for thee the good of this world and the next. He, verily, is the True Speaker, the All-Seeing.

=== END BH10852 ===

=== START BH10853 ===

In My Name, the One dawning from the horizon of the heaven of proof! The Wronged One hath heard thy call and hath answered thee with that which was as the gentle rain of mercy unto blessed [good] soil, as the breeze of providence unto the gardens of knowledge, as the sun of certitude unto the heaven of utterance, as the river of life unto the thirsty one, and as the fragrance of the All-Merciful unto the people of Baha. Thank thou My Most Exalted Pen, for It hath made mention of thee with that which shall endure throughout the duration of the Kingdom of God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH10853 ===

=== START BH10854 ===

In the Name of God, the Most High, the Most Exalted!

That which caused the kingdoms of earth and heaven to tremble hath appeared, all things were shaken, the dwellers of earth and heaven lamented, and the faces of the doubters were transformed. Stand thou firm in the Cause through a power from God, thy Lord, then breathe the spirit of life into the hearts of all mankind. That which ye were promised in the Tablets hath been fulfilled, and every wise matter hath been made clear. And the Spirit be upon thee from thy Lord, the Mighty, the Beautiful.

=== END BH10854 ===

=== START BH10855 ===

He is the All-Answering

We have read thy letter and heard thy call and have answered thee with this exalted Tablet. Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God, my Lord! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, the Dominant over all names, to make me swayed by the breezes of Thy Will and moved by the sovereignty of Thy Purpose. Then cause me to be content with what Thou hast ordained for me through Thy bounty and grace, and steadfast in Thy Cause amidst Thy creation. Verily, Thou art the All-Powerful, the Most Exalted, the Most High, the Most Great.

=== END BH10855 ===

=== START BH10856 ===

He is the Mighty, the Great!

Say: Glory be to Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy most sweet call, and by the Name of Thy Most Great, Most Glorious Name, and by Thy [perspicuous] Book and Thy firm [and steadfast] Cause, to ordain for Thy loved ones the good of this world and of the world to come. Then open before their faces the doors of Thy grace and blessing. Verily, Thou art the All-Powerful over whatsoever Thou willest, and within Thy grasp are the reins of all who are in the heavens and on earth.

=== END BH10856 ===

=== START BH10857 ===

In His name, the Everlasting, the Eternal

Say: Glory be to Thee, O my God! All praise be to Thee for having caused me to turn towards the ocean of Thy bounty and the heaven of Thy grace, and for having illumined me with the lights of the Sun of Thy knowledge in Thy days. I beseech Thee, O God of the worlds and the Goal of them that have recognized Thee, to assist me in serving Thee, that there may appear from me that which will endure in its traces in Thy kingdom. Thou art He in Whose grasp is the dominion of the kingdom of the heavens and of the earth. There is no God but Thee, the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10857 ===

=== START BH10858 ===

In His Name through which the Book has called out! O Mahmud! Upon thee be the Glory of God, the Mighty, the Loving! Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God! Thou seest me clinging to the cord of Thy bounty and holding fast to the hem of Thy grace. I beseech Thee by the waves of the ocean of Thy utterance and the effulgences of the Orb of Thy proof to number me with such as were not held back by swords from drawing nigh unto Thee, nor by cannons from turning toward the lights of Thy countenance. Verily, Thou art the One Who hath power over whatsoever He willeth through Thy word “Be” and it is.

=== END BH10858 ===

=== START BH10859 ===

He is the Dawning One from the horizon of the heaven of utterance

Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God, and glory be unto Thee, O my Heart’s Desire! I beseech Thee by Thy Baha at its most resplendent and by Thy sovereignty which hath encompassed earth and heaven, to ordain for me what Thou hast ordained for them that stand before the gate of Thy grandeur and drink the choice wine of Thy utterance in Thy presence. Aid me to serve Thee and to serve Thy chosen ones. Verily Thou art the Succourer, the Helper, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10859 ===

=== START BH10860 ===

In the Name of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed! The Supreme Pen hath repeatedly and successively remembered ‘Ali-i-Marfu’. Blessed is he in that he hath heard and turned unto God, and hath attained and rendered thanks unto his Lord, the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful. In all conditions fix your gaze upon the Self-Sufficing Lord and hold fast unto the cord of His grace and cling to the hem of His bounty. Verily He is the One Who hath power over whatsoever He willeth. There is none other God but Him, the Most Exalted, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10860 ===

=== START BH10861 ===

O Handmaiden of God! In My Name, the Most Glorious

Say: Praise be unto Thee, O Lord of all names, and I glorify and thank Thee, O Thou in Whose hand is the Kingdom of decree, for having taught me the way of Thy knowledge in Thy days, and having made me recognize Thy signs, and having shown me the horizon of Thy manifestation. O my Lord! I am a leaf among the leaves of the Tree of Thy Cause, which the winds of Thy will and the breezes of Thy revelation have stirred. I beseech Thee not to deprive me from the ocean of Thy bounty. Verily Thou art the Almighty, the Supreme, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH10861 ===

=== START BH10862 ===

In the Name of the Friend! Your letter hath reached the Most Great Horizon, and turned toward the Dawning-Place of the Cause. Praise be to God that thou hast been mentioned in His remembrance and been sustained in His days. Beseech thou God that He may assist thee to serve His Cause and enable thee to achieve His good-pleasure. God willing, at thy end thou shalt attain unto that which hath no end, and be adorned with the ornament of steadfastness. Verily thy Lord is the All-Bountiful, the Bestower, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10862 ===

=== START BH10863 ===

In the Name of the One Bountiful God! Your letter is before Me and that which was mentioned therein hath been heard. God willing, thou shalt at all times hearken unto the call of the All-Merciful and discover its sweetness. I swear by the Educator of all beings that should one discover its sweetness, he would find himself detached from the world and all who dwell therein. Blessed art thou for having heard the call of God, turned thy face towards His countenance, and been counted among those who have responded.

=== END BH10863 ===

=== START BH10864 ===

In the name of the one God! Thy letter reached the Most Great Prison, attaining unto the lights of the countenance of the Ancient King, and that which was recorded therein was mentioned. Praise be to God, thou hast been adorned with the embellishment of the recognition of the Beloved of all possibility. Guard this blessed garment in His name, for thieves lie in wait in their ambush. God protect us and you from the evil of those who have denied and oppressed and plundered and turned away. Verily He is the Mighty, the Powerful.

=== END BH10864 ===

=== START BH10865 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the Goal of all existence! Your letter was seen and your call was heard. Verily, He answereth him who calleth upon Him. Verily, He is the Answerer, the All-Seeing. Be assured by the grace of God and be free and detached from all else. What is essential today is steadfastness in the Cause and adherence to the divine ordinances which have dawned and are manifest from the horizon of the Book. Blessed art thou and blessed are the devoted women who have believed in God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH10865 ===

=== START BH10866 ===

He is God, exalted be His station! By the life of God! His honor Nabil, son of Nabil, upon him be My Baha and glory, has been and is in the Most Exalted Prison with the permission, leave and good-pleasure of this Wronged One. However, if his honor Afnan, upon him be My Baha and loving-kindness, should send someone to that place for the conduct of affairs, so that the aforementioned gentleman might for a few days repair to these parts by way of recreation, this would be pleasing.

=== END BH10866 ===

=== START BH10867 ===

His honor Jamal, the Name of God, upon him be the Glory of God, the Self-Sufficient, the Most High

He is God, exalted be His station, the Wisdom and the Utterance

Praise be to God, the first day of the feast has come to an end with the blessed, right and upright deeds of His Majesty Sultan Abdul-Hamid, may God, blessed and exalted be He, strengthen him. Truly I say, the fragrances of the days of the rightly-guided Caliphs and the near-standing leaders were diffused in this blessed month of Ramadan. We testify that he walks with the banner of justice on his right and the standard of equity on his left, and the heaven before his face.

=== END BH10867 ===

=== START BH10868 ===

He is God, the Mighty

The inscribed Tablet hath descended from the heaven of loving-kindness and hath made manifest the hidden meanings like unto a spiritual sun from the mystic horizon. Without proof it showed the way, and without Gabriel it guided the sorrowful heart to the path of joy. God willing, so long as the divine lamp shineth in the eternal niche, that true Beauty shall remain established upon the throne of everlasting glory.

=== END BH10868 ===

=== START BH10869 ===

The All-Glorious, the Most Glorious One hath not forgotten His remembering servant, and the Intended One will not deprive the seeker of the effulgences of His lights. How excellent is the state of that soul whose remembrance ascendeth to the throne and from whose heart’s paradise there reacheth the Divine presence a sweet fragrance, purely for the sake of God. These are the days of grace - we look to grace. Were we to look to justice, not a single word would flow from the Pen of the Ancient of Days. Verily, He knoweth all things.

=== END BH10869 ===

=== START BH10871 ===

He is the Beloved! Those who repose upon the carpet of oneness, and who are seated in the court of love, and who recline upon the cushions of eternity, and who gaze upon the Countenance of the Ancient of Days - unto all of them do I convey my greetings and salutations, and unto you especially do I express them, and trouble you that you should definitely make every effort to deliver the books, as many customers have appeared. And mercy be upon you and upon those who are with you in the horizon of glory. 81296

=== END BH10871 ===

=== START BH10872 ===

O Jalal, upon thee be the Glory of God! He is the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Glorious!

The Wronged One of the world turneth toward thee and maketh mention of thee. This is a bounty sanctified above all likeness and comparison, for thou art of the Truth, related to the Truth, and mentioned in the presence of the Truth. Martyrdom in the path of the Beloved is the glory of life, and abasement in His love is the glory of all glory. The Glory be upon you, O people of Glory!

=== END BH10872 ===

=== START BH10876 ===

His exalted Word: The letter from the shaykh of the greater city, upon him be My Baha, was considered. The glance of favor is directed toward each one. Convey My greetings on behalf of the Wronged One and say: You have ever been and continue to be before Our sight. The Self of Truth hath testified to your acceptance, your turning and your steadfastness. Upon you be My remembrance, My praise, My glory and My mercy which hath preceded all who are in the heavens and the earth. And praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH10876 ===

=== START BH10877 ===

He is the All-Witnessing, the All-Informed

We testify that there is none other God but Him. He hath sent forth the Messengers and revealed the Books as a token of His grace, and He is the Truth, the Knower of all things that are hidden. Blessed is he who hath cast away idle fancies, clinging to the cord of the loving-kindness of his Lord, the Mighty, the All-Loving. Thou hast attained unto His presence and beheld Him, and hast gained the honor of hearing the call of the Wronged One in His Most Great Prison. To this beareth witness He Who proclaimeth that there is none other God but Him, the Single, the One, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH10877 ===

=== START BH10880 ===

In the Name of the Beloved of the World!

Blessed is the condition of the leaf that hath clung fast to the Divine Lote-Tree in such wise that the blasts of trials and tests severed her not therefrom. His honor Ismu’llah Mihdi hath mentioned before Our Most Holy and Exalted Presence thy sincerity, steadfastness and love. God willing, mayest thou at all times be the recipient of His special Merciful favors and abide in tranquility beneath His shade. The Glory be upon thee.

=== END BH10880 ===

=== START BH10881 ===

This is Our remembrance for him who consorted with his Lord yet knew Him not, who heard the call of God yet answered it not, and upon whom in every moment there shone forth the Sun of Beauty from the horizon of glory, yet he recounted not its effulgences. Would that he had paused in his affair and been content with what We have mentioned, and that there had not issued from his mouth that which caused the hearts of the pure ones to be consumed.

=== END BH10881 ===

=== START BH10882 ===

He is God! This is a tablet for one of the handmaidens of God, that she may be mindful of the remembrance of her Lord, the Most High, the Most Great. O My handmaiden! Be thou steadfast in the Cause of God, then dwell in the shelter of His mercy. Verily, He shall suffice thee above all the peoples. Beseech thy Lord at all times that He close not before thy face the gates of the Paradise of His good-pleasure, that thou mayest inhale from it the fragrance of the garment of the remembrance of thy Lord, the Most High, the All-Powerful, the Almighty.

=== END BH10882 ===

=== START BH10883 ===

This is a Book from Us to him who answered his Lord when the Call was raised from the right of the Mount through this Revelation, wherewith the All-Merciful hath come with manifest sovereignty. O My God and My Lord! Adorn the temples of Thy servants with the ornament of Thy most beauteous Names, even as Thou hast adorned the Throne with the lights of Thy Most Glorious Name. Then give them to drink of the sealed wine in this Day that is hidden and concealed, for verily Thou art the Sovereign of the unseen and the seen.

=== END BH10883 ===

=== START BH10884 ===

O Fath in the letter Alif! He is the Mighty. This is a Tablet which God hath manifested at this time with truth and through it hath sent forth a temple in the dominion and there is none to ordain save Him. His is the creation and the command and all shall return unto Him. None shall understand it. He shall appear with truth and shall raise up Our Cause through a power from Us and a might from Our presence and He shall fear no one and the perverters shall not prevent Him.

=== END BH10884 ===

=== START BH10885 ===

O Fath [Victory] in the Alif, He is the Everlasting One! This is a tablet from among the tablets of Paradise, and a leaf from among the leaves of the All-Highest Heaven, and a word from God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting, and a remembrance from His presence, and a book from His side concerning what was and what will be, and through it the Cause of God appeared in all ages, and the lights of holiness shone forth, and this Youth arose with a command and manifest sovereignty.

=== END BH10885 ===

=== START BH10886 ===

He is God. This is a leaf which is stirred by the breezes of holiness that waft from the direction of the divine companionship, the place wherein is made mention of God, so that through its movements may be stirred the hearts of those who have turned with their all unto God and have detached themselves from all else. Blessed is he who in all matters hath placed his trust in God, his Lord, and hath taken Him as his helper in his dwelling and his sojourn. Verily, those who have desired the divine countenance - God will soon requite them with the most excellent requital and will answer whosoever calleth upon Him.

=== END BH10886 ===

=== START BH10889 ===

In the Name of God, the Forgiver!

Although this evil state in which I am, O my God, maketh me deserving of Thy wrath and punishment, Thy good pleasure and Thy bounties demand Thy forgiveness to encompass Thy servants and Thy good favour to reach them. I ask Thee by Thy Name which Thou hast made the King of all names to protect me by Thy power and Thine omnipotence from all calamity and all that is repugnant to Thee and all that is contrary to Thy Will. Thou art Supreme over all things.

=== END BH10889 ===

=== START BH10890 ===

Likewise, We have enjoined upon all to engage in some occupation. Blessed is he who beareth burdens but causeth none to bear his own. Let him engage in craft and profession - a single coin earned thereby is, in the sight of God, more beloved than the treasure that is gathered unrightfully and made ready.

=== END BH10890 ===

=== START BH10891 ===

O My Leaf! Hearken thou unto My Voice: Verily there is none other God but Me, the Almighty, the All-Wise. I can well inhale from thee the fragrance of My love and the sweet-smelling savour wafting from the raiment of My Name, the Most Holy, the Most Luminous. Be astir upon God’s Tree in conformity with thy pleasure and unloose thy tongue in praise of thy Lord amidst all mankind. Let not the things of the world grieve thee. Cling fast unto this divine Lote-Tree from which God hath graciously caused thee to spring forth. I swear by My life! It behoveth the lover to be closely joined to the loved one, and here indeed is the Best-Beloved of the world.

=== END BH10891 ===

=== START BH10892 ===

He is God! O Abu’l-Hasan! In this moment this precious pearl hath appeared from the ocean of the knowledge of God, exalted be His glory: “The Day is come and all sovereignty belongeth unto God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting.” Say: O my God, my God! Thy remembrance is the beloved of hearts and the goal of souls, and Thy Name is the Sovereign of existence and the Lord of the seen and unseen. O Generous One! Deprive not Thy loved ones of the ocean of Thy mercy. Thou art the Mighty, the Powerful.

=== END BH10892 ===

=== START BH10893 ===

In the Name of Him Who is the Goal of the world! O Abraham! Fix thy gaze upon this blessed Word which is even as the sun in the heaven of utterance: “Create in me a being that I may be for Thee.” Arise then to render thanks and praise, for He hath guided thee to the Most Great Ocean and caused thee to be mentioned by the Most Exalted Pen. Say: Thine be the praise and Thine the glory and Thine the grandeur and majesty, O Thou Who art the Beloved of the heavens and the earth!

=== END BH10893 ===

=== START BH10894 ===

O son of the martyr! Upon thee be the Glory of God, the Mighty, the All-Praised! There hath befallen you from the oppressor of the land of Sad that which hath caused every seeing one to weep. We beseech God to grant you your rights from him. Verily He is the Just, the Mighty, the All-Powerful. Thou hast been mentioned before the Wronged One, to this beareth witness He Who hath acknowledged the unity of God and His grandeur and hath testified that there is none other God but Him, the Truth, the Knower of things unseen.

=== END BH10894 ===

=== START BH10896 ===

He is the Compassionate, the All-Bountiful! O Ahmad! Upon thee be My glory, My loving-kindness and My mercy which hath preceded all who are in the heavens and on earth. We beseech God, exalted be He, to assist thee in that which is befitting for His days. Verily, He is the Helper, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Signs, and glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great, Most Glorious Name to assist me in the service of Thy Cause. Verily, Thou art the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.

=== END BH10896 ===

=== START BH10897 ===

O Ahmad! The Day of Resurrection hath come, yet the heedless are in a strange sleep. The Hidden Mystery hath been made manifest, yet those who turn away are in grievous delusion. The voice of the Nightingale hath been raised, yet most of the people are among the heedless ones. The Tongue of Grandeur proclaimeth, yet most of the people are among those who wander distraught. Blessed art thou, and blessed is thy father, and blessed is he who hath attained unto the recognition of God, the Almighty, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH10897 ===

=== START BH10898 ===

O Karbila’i Ahmad (or Ahmad)! Your name hath been mentioned before the Wronged One, and there hath been sent down for thee that which caused the dwellers of the most exalted Paradise to perceive the fragrance of their Lord, the Speaking, the All-Knowing. Leave thou those who have denied the signs of God, and take hold, with the hand of submission, of My mighty Tablet. We have commanded all to that which profiteth them. Some have turned towards it and some have turned away, and he who turneth away is among the distracted ones.

=== END BH10898 ===

=== START BH10899 ===

O Name of Bounty, upon thee be My glory! The letter of Mulla Ali, upon him be My glory, was considered. Write a reply to him and on behalf of the Wronged One show loving-kindness to him and the other people of that land. He asked about two matters. First, regarding the washing of the feet in winter and summer - both have one ruling. In both cases lukewarm water is preferable, though there is no harm in using cold water.

=== END BH10899 ===

=== START BH10901 ===

He is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed! O My Afnan! The Divine Lote-Tree bears witness that you turned to it and endured hardships in its path until you entered the Spot of Paradise and attained the presence and saw and heard the call of the Wronged One in His mighty prison, and achieved that which nothing on earth can equal. Verily your Lord is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Grieve not over anything - you have reached the right-hand Valley and are among those who are secure. Say: Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds!

=== END BH10901 ===

=== START BH10902 ===

He is God, exalted be His station, the All-Wise, the All-Knowing

O My Afnan! Upon thee be My glory and loving-kindness. My servant Mahdi was present. The letter which you sent through him was heard. We beheld thee in Our presence and made mention of thee in such wise as shall endure throughout the duration of the kingdom of earth and heaven. Rejoice and be of those who are thankful. The glory be upon thee from Us, and upon those who are with thee and who love thee and hearken to thy words concerning this Most Great Announcement.

=== END BH10902 ===

=== START BH10903 ===

O Afnan, Aqa Siyyid Ahmad, upon whom be all the Glory of God, the Most Glorious! O My Afnan! O thou who gazest upon My countenance and hast clung to the hem of My robe! Verily thy Lord, the Most Glorious, maketh mention of thee amongst men in such wise that the fragrance thereof shall never cease to endure throughout the kingdom of God, the Lord of the throne on high and of the earth below. We have accepted what thou hast wrought in My path and what thou hast uttered in praise of Me in My days. Be thou thankful that We have been with thee in all conditions.

=== END BH10903 ===

=== START BH10905 ===

Faran Mirza Kuchak

He is the Ruler over whatsoever He willeth!

Thy letter hath come before the Throne and hath been illumined by the light of thy Lord’s countenance, the Powerful, the Supreme, the Mighty, the All-Wise. Therein thou didst call upon God, thy Lord, the Lord of the Throne and of the dust, and the Lord of all the worlds, and didst seek from Him that which beseemeth not those who have detached themselves in the love of God from all else besides Him. Beware lest thou be among the heedless. Read thou what hath been sent down from the Supreme Pen in the Tablets of thy Lord, and be of them whom the breezes of revelation have so seized that they have forsaken the world and all that is therein, clinging fast to the Most Firm Handle. We have revealed to the King of Iran: “O King! Wert thou to hear the shrill voice of the Most Exalted Pen and the cooing of the Dove of Eternity upon the branches of the Divine Lote-Tree in remembrance of God, the Creator of Names and Fashioner of earth and heaven, it would bring thee to a station wherein thou wouldst behold in existence naught save the effulgence of the Worshipped Beauty, and wouldst see sovereignty as the most contemptible thing, leaving it to whomsoever might desire it, and would turn toward the Horizon which shineth with the light of His Countenance.” And We revealed to the King of Paris: “Dost thou take pride in the treasures thou dost possess, when thou knowest they shall perish? Or dost thou glory in that thou rulest a span of earth, when all of it, in the estimation of the people of Baha, is worth not even as much as the black in the eye of a dead ant? Leave them to such as desire them and turn unto the Most Great Purpose. The poor man is he who beareth this weighty burden, and the lowly one is he who taketh pride in such fleeting glory. Choose thou for thyself that which God hath chosen for thee. He ordaineth for whomsoever He willeth that which profiteth him in this world and the next. He is verily the Forgiving, the Generous. Thou knowest not what profiteth thee. He, verily, knoweth better than thou, wert thou of them who are informed. Be thou content with what God hath been pleased to ordain for thee, and place thy trust in Him in all matters. He is verily the Protector of those who trust in Him.” What thou didst seek - verily it was not mentioned before thy Lord. By My life! It is the source of pride and vainglory. It beseemeth not him who hath clung to the hem of detachment in this Most Holy, Most Mighty, Most Exalted, Most Wondrous Day. Say: O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, the All-Encompassing over all things, to ordain for me that which shall profit me in this world and the next, and shall establish me in Thy service amongst Thy creatures. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is no God but Thee, the Giving, the Bountiful, the Mighty, the Compassionate. Then forgive me, O my God, for what I have done in Thy days, and by Thy grace and bounty absolve me of my misdeeds. Verily, Thou art powerful over this from time immemorial.

=== END BH10905 ===

=== START BH10906 ===

He is the All-Glorious! O my God! This is Thy servant who hastened to the fields of Thy mercy and ran to the wilderness wherein no voice is heard except Thy voice, and who sought to drink from the clouds of Thy grace and bounty. Therefore, O my God, disappoint him not in what he seeketh from Thy generosity and favor. Clothe him with the garments of immortality in Thy most exalted Paradise and Thy most glorious Companion. Then grant him that which will cause him to ascend unto the stations of nearness, “the distance of two bow-lengths or even less.”

=== END BH10906 ===

=== START BH10907 ===

He is the Glorious, the All-Glorious

O my God! This is a day wherein Thou hast honored the world through the advent of the Dawning-Place of Thy Cause, unto Whom returneth whatsoever returneth unto Thee. I beseech Thee to ordain for everyone who hath turned unto Thee the reward of them that have attained unto Thy presence and have quaffed the choice wine of nearness unto Thee. O my Lord! Illumine the horizon of Thy justice through Thy sovereignty, then preserve it from the clouds of tyranny and the veils of oppression. Verily, Thou art the All-Powerful, the Most Exalted, the Mighty, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH10907 ===

=== START BH10908 ===

He is the Mighty. O my God and [my Lord]! I beseech Thee by the lights of Thy Kingdom and the mysteries of Thy Dominion, and by Thy Name through which Thou hast subdued Thy earth and Thy heaven and illumined the hearts of Thy servants, to ordain for me the reward of every martyr and every [trustworthy one] and every [steadfast one] and every upright one. O my Lord! Withhold not Thy servants from turning to the ocean of Thy bounty and Thy grace. Verily, Thou art the Forgiving, the Generous.

=== END BH10908 ===

=== START BH10909 ===

O Name of God, upon whom be all the most glorious glory of God! O thou who art wronged and estranged! The Most Exalted Pen maketh mention of thee and consoleth thee in what hath befallen thee in the path of God, the Lord of all mankind. We have remembered thee at eventide and at dawn with that which hath caused the fragrance of My loving-kindness to be wafted to all regions. Upon thee be My peace and My glory and My mercy which hath preceded all who are in the heavens and on earth.

=== END BH10909 ===

=== START BH10910 ===

He is the Ordaining, the All-Wise

O thou who art present before the Wronged One! Turn towards Iran, which is beloved and acceptable. Say: Glory be to Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by the sighs of those who are enkindled with Thy love, and by the tears of them who are near unto Thee in their separation from Thee, to ordain for me that which will draw me nigh unto Thee. Then open before my face the doors of Thy bounty and bestowal, and that which will profit me in all the worlds of Thy worlds. Verily, Thou art the Powerful, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH10910 ===

=== START BH10913 ===

He is the Most High, the Most Exalted

O thou who gazest upon Mine horizon! The entire world hath been thunderstruck by this Most Great Word, save whom thy Lord willeth. He hath appeared in the garment of “I am” and speaketh forth with “I am the One Who is manifest.” This is the deadly poison for the evil ones and the water of life for the righteous. Thus hath My Most Exalted Pen spoken, to the shame of every infidel who hath disbelieved in God, the Lord of the Throne and of the dust.

=== END BH10913 ===

=== START BH10914 ===

He is the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious

O Aqa Khan! The divine fragrances have been wafted, yet the people remain in manifest remoteness. They have cast the Cause of God behind their backs, clinging to the vain imaginings of the heedless. Among men are those who have taken their own desires as lord instead of God - verily they are among the abased ones. Give thanks to thy Lord for having sent down unto thee that which all the remembrances of the world and whatsoever is with the nations cannot equal. To this doth this perspicuous Tablet bear witness.

=== END BH10914 ===

=== START BH10915 ===

O Baqir, bear thou witness unto that which God Himself hath testified: that there is none other God besides Me, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. Grieve not over this world and its conditions. Rather, rejoice in this remembrance, which all the treasures of the earth cannot equal. To this My Most Exalted Pen doth testify in this glorious and elevated station.

=== END BH10915 ===

=== START BH10916 ===

O Baqir! We have heard thy call and witnessed thy turning unto Us. We make mention of thee with that which shall endure throughout the dominion of the earthly realm and the Kingdom. We made mention of thee before, and at this time, that thou mayest render thanks unto thy Lord, the Possessor of existence. We have sent down for whosoever hath desired the Face that which shall give him the glad-tidings of the loving-kindness of his Lord, Who hath come from the horizon of might with a Cause before which nothing can stand. To this beareth witness He Who hath circled round the Throne in this praiseworthy station.

=== END BH10916 ===

=== START BH10917 ===

O Jamalu’d-Din! Upon thee be the glory of God, the True, the Manifest King! Praise be to God, thou hast attained unto the Luminary of utterance of the Object of all the worlds and art adorned with His mention. We beseech God to assist thee and make thee a standard of His name in His lands and a remembrance from Him in His realms. The glory from Us be upon thee and upon him who was named Faraju’llah and upon those who are with thee among the sincere servants of God.

=== END BH10917 ===

=== START BH10918 ===

O Javad! Nabil hath appeared before the Wronged One. We have accepted what ye desired in the path of God and have written for you, from My Most Exalted Pen, the reward of what ye intended. By My life! This is a bounty, and this is a mercy, and this is the manifestation of loving-kindness from God, the Mighty, the Beautiful. That which hath shone forth from the horizon of Revelation in this Tablet beareth witness to that which hath been inscribed by the finger of thy Lord, the Almighty, the Powerful. Rejoice ye, then give thanks unto your Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

=== END BH10918 ===

=== START BH10919 ===

He is God, exalted be He!

O Javad! O rememberer! Your remembrance was mentioned before the Wronged One, and this most exalted Word was revealed from the highest horizon in your name: Give thanks to your Lord for this great bounty. We also remember My handmaiden Sakinih Sultan and give her the glad-tidings of the loving-kindness of the All-Merciful. The splendor from Us be upon you and upon her and upon My other handmaiden who was named Bahiyyih in this clear Tablet.

=== END BH10919 ===

=== START BH10921 ===

He is the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious

O Hasan! The Wronged One turns to thee and counsels thee with that which will exalt God’s Cause amongst His servants, and with those virtues which We have ordained as hosts for this Cause - the Cause that hath made the pillars of existence to quake and hath thrown into commotion all hearts and minds. The glory rest upon thee and upon thy children and thy wife. Gladden them with the remembrance of My having remembered them, and illumine them with the light of My glorious and beloved utterance.

=== END BH10921 ===

=== START BH10922 ===

O Hasan! Say: O deniers! The Herald, that is, the Primal Point, hath declared: “Verily, in every state He speaketh: ‘I, verily, am God. There is none other God but Me, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.’” By the Sun of Truth! Were it not for this utterance of the Bab, this Wronged One would have remained silent concerning such mentions. He desired it, and this Wronged One, before the faces of the people on that day, raised the call and summoned all to the most holy, luminous and glorious court.

=== END BH10922 ===

=== START BH10923 ===

He is God! O Hassan! The Light is imprisoned in darkness, and the Speaker of the Mount is forbidden to speak, for the ears of the world are occupied with listening to unworthy tales, while the Tongue of Truth uttereth Its own praise and pondereth upon Its manifestation and mysteries and signs. Soon shall the veil be lifted, and the lights of the effulgences of the Sun of Truth shall illumine and enlighten the world. He is the Powerful, the Mighty.

=== END BH10923 ===

=== START BH10925 ===

In the name of the All-Seeing, O ?akim-Aqajan! That which was promised in the Books hath appeared. He is Jehovah, and He is the Comforter, and He is the Spirit of Truth, and He is the Great News which the All-Merciful hath given tidings of in the Qur’an. He it is Who hath walked upon the approaches of the earth and raised His pavilion upon the most exalted spot. Blessed art thou for having recognized Him and been numbered among those who have turned towards Him.

=== END BH10925 ===

=== START BH10926 ===

O Haydar-’Ali, upon whom be the Most Glorious Beauty of God! God is Most Glorious! O Haydar, before ’Ali, upon thee be My glory and My mercy! I bear witness that thou hast arisen to serve the Cause of God and hast clung to the hem of teaching in days wherein the fire of discord hath been kindled in all regions. Blessed art thou and blessed is he who loveth thee and hearkeneth unto thy words concerning this Announcement whereby the pillars of the world have been shaken, save those whom God hath willed.

=== END BH10926 ===

=== START BH10927 ===

He is God! O Khalil! Thou hast attained unto the pure wine of revelation and drunk from the Kawthar of immortality from the hand of bounty. Thou hast been mentioned time and again. We counsel thee and those who have believed to serve the Cause of God, your Lord and the Lord of the Throne and earth, and the Master of the hereafter and this world. Verily, He is the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous. He commandeth His servants to do that which draweth them nigh unto Him and maketh them to be of those who fear not neither shall they grieve.

=== END BH10927 ===

=== START BH10929 ===

O Karbala’i Rida, upon him be the Glory of God, of Usku - He is the One Who has dominion over all names

O Rida! Upon thee be the Glory of God, the Sovereign of the Kingdom of Names! Hearken unto the Call from this Spot which God hath made the point round which circle them that are nigh unto Him and His Messengers. Verily, there is none other God but Him, the Single, the One, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. We have witnessed thy turning unto Us, whereupon We turned unto thee, and We heard thy call, whereupon We called out unto thee from this glorious and wondrous Spot. Verily thy Lord is the All-Bountiful, the Almighty, the All-Forgiving, the Most Generous.

=== END BH10929 ===

=== START BH10930 ===

He is the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious!

O Rida! We were speaking in remembrance of God, the Lord of all beings. The leaf sent by Zaynu’l-Muqarrabin, upon him be My glory and loving-kindness, was presented before the Wronged One, and therein was thy name. We make mention of thee with this wondrous and glorious mention. Blessed is the ear that hath been honored to hear My call, and the eye that hath been privileged to behold My horizon, and the hand that hath taken hold of My manifest and perspicuous Book. We beseech God to aid thee and those who have believed to remain steadfast in this momentous Announcement.

=== END BH10930 ===

=== START BH10931 ===

He is the All-Seeing! O Spirit of God! The Most Great Spirit hath turned toward thee from the direction of the Prison and remembereth thee with that which its fragrance shall never pass away, by virtue of the eternity of My Kingdom and the permanence of My Dominion. When thou findest and knowest this, say: Praise be unto Thee, O Ocean of Bounty, and thanksgiving be unto Thee for having manifested me and caused me to speak, in my earliest days, with Thy remembrance and Thy praise. Verily Thou art the Forgiving, the Merciful.

=== END BH10931 ===

=== START BH10932 ===

O Sakinih Khatun, by the name of the All-Knowing Speaker! O Sakinih, thou hast heard the call of the Wronged One, before and after, and hast drunk from the choice wine of utterance. The Ever-Abiding Truth hath ever been and will continue to be turned with the glance of loving-kindness toward His male and female servants. His mercy hath preceded all, His grace hath encompassed all. Strive, that perchance there may appear from thee a deed befitting these days. Verily thy Lord is the Helper, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH10932 ===

=== START BH10933 ===

O Samandar, upon thee be the Glory of the Wronged One! We have read what thou didst send to My name Mahdi, upon him be the glory of God and His loving-kindness. Be thou assured of thy Lord’s loving-kindness. Verily He knoweth the treachery of the eyes and what the breasts conceal. No matter is hidden from God. He is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. However, action hath been and is being taken according to the requirements of wisdom. Verily He is the Single, the One, the All-Choosing.

=== END BH10933 ===

=== START BH10934 ===

He is God! O Seyyed Muhammad! Say: My God, my God! I beseech Thee by the lights of Thy throne and the manifestations of Thy power, and by the Lamp through which Thy dominion and Thy kingdom were illumined, and by Thy Most Great Name whereby the ocean of recognition surged before the faces of the peoples, to ordain for me that which will draw me nigh unto Thee and make me steadfast in Thy Cause - the Cause whereby the feet of the people of Thy realm have slipped. Verily Thou art the One Who hath power to do what Thou willest through Thy word “Be” and it is.

=== END BH10934 ===

=== START BH10935 ===

His honor Shukru’llah, upon him be the Glory of God. He is the Manifest, the Speaking One, the Most Great. O Shukru’llah! Thou hast attained unto that which was mentioned and recorded in the divine Books. Beseech thou God that He may assist thee to preserve this lofty and glorious station. The days are passing; strive thou to attain unto that which shall be inscribed in the Book of God and shall remain preserved from obliteration. This is the counsel of the Wronged One unto His loved ones. Blessed are they that act.

=== END BH10935 ===

=== START BH10936 ===

O Karbila’i Samad (or Samad)! The Dawning-Place of Revelation has turned toward thee and makes mention of thee with that which shall cause the fragrance of utterance to endure throughout the eternity of the names of thy Lord, the Forgiving, the Merciful. Rejoice thou that God has forgiven every name that has attained the presence of the Wronged One. He is verily the All-Bountiful, the Mighty, the Generous. O My loved ones in that land! Hearken unto My call from the direction of My prison, then read what has been sent down unto you from the Pen of God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy.

=== END BH10936 ===

=== START BH10937 ===

In My Name, the All-Bountiful! O ’Abdu’l-Karim! The Most Exalted Pen hath summoned all to the most sublime summit and at all times doth summon them still. The path is manifest, the Kawthar is flowing, and the choice wine is at hand - take ye and drink in the name of the True Friend. On this day all things are engaged in the remembrance of God and speak thereof, yet the servants remain heedless save those souls who have detached themselves from the world and have cleaved unto its Lord.

=== END BH10937 ===

=== START BH10939 ===

He is the Speaker, the Rememberer, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed

O ’Abdu’l-Baha! Upon thee be My glory! Repeatedly have thy letters been presented before the Wronged One and attained the honor of His presence. Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Glorious Name, through which the limbs of all names have trembled, and glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Greater Signs, through whose fragrances all things have been attracted, to illumine my deeds with the light of Thy acceptance. Verily, Thou art the Generous, the Bountiful, the Mighty, the Loving.

=== END BH10939 ===

=== START BH10941 ===

He is the Glorious, the All-Glorious! This is the Tablet of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. O My servant, O Thabit! There hath been sent down in a Book concerning him who loveth Me – We have made mention of thee time and again that thou mayest render thanks unto thy Lord, the Manifestor of clear evidences. We have heard thy call and have summoned thee from the direction of the Ancient One, the seat of the throne of thy Lord, the Possessor of nations. Verily thy Lord doeth what He willeth, and He is the Mighty, the Bestower. We have desired to answer him whose letter hath come before the Wronged One, that the verses may draw him to the Dayspring of knowledge.

=== END BH10941 ===

=== START BH10942 ===

He is the Mighty, the Great

O Ali! We have remembered all My loved ones and have sent down for them that which bringeth joy to the eyes of them that know. Say: My God, my God! Aid me to serve Thy Cause and to perform such deeds as may be adorned with the glory of Thy acceptance. O my Lord! I am Thy servant and the son of Thy servant. Deprive me not from the door of Thy grace, and disappoint me not from that which lieth with Thee. Verily, Thou art the All-Bountiful, the All-Generous.

=== END BH10942 ===

=== START BH10943 ===

He is God! O ’Ali-Rida! That which hath been revealed and sent down from the Supreme Pen is the cause of salvation and prosperity for all people, were they to observe with illumined hearts and divine vision. Yet heedlessness hath prevented their eyes from beholding. Ask God to assist all to that which beseemeth His days. He is the All-Knowing, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH10943 ===

=== START BH10944 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Manifest, the Most Manifest! O ’Ali-Rida! Hearken unto the call of the Wronged One. Verily, there is none other God but Him, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. Thou playest with the children while the All-Merciful remembereth thee from this exalted Station. We beseech Him, exalted be He, to enable thee to do that which He loveth and pleaseth, and to ordain for thee that which shall profit thee in this world and the world to come. Verily, He is the Mighty, the All-Wise.

=== END BH10944 ===

=== START BH10945 ===

He is the One Who has stirred all created things with the finger of His will!

A mention from the One Who is mentioned unto him who has turned with his heart, confessed with his tongue, heard with his ear, and arisen upon his feet to the remembrance of God and the service of His Cause in days wherein the Herald has called out in all directions: “The Self-Subsisting has come with the Kingdom of verses and His sealed wine!” Beware, O people of the earth, lest ye deprive yourselves of the most pure wine which the hands of the bounty of your Lord, the Possessor of Destiny, do proffer. Draw nigh with radiant faces, then drink thereof in His Name, the Mighty, the Loving. Thus has the ocean of proof surged before all religions when the Pen of God, Lord of what was and what shall be, did move. Say: Fear God, O people, and follow not your desires. Follow Him Who has come to you with the Tablet of proof and the Kawthar of utterance, then drink thereof through My remembrance, the Mighty, the Inaccessible.

O Zayn! Upon thee be the Glory of God, His mercy and His favor. The Most Great Branch appeared before the countenance of the Lord of mankind and mentioned thee. We make mention of thee with that whereby the hearts of the Concourse on High, the dwellers of the Most Exalted Paradise, and the Supreme Heaven have been attracted. Blessed is he who has heard and recognized, and woe unto every heedless and veiled one.

O Zayn! By My life and My Cause, every letter that appears from My Most Exalted Pen calls out with the most loud cry in the kingdom of creation: “O concourse of earth and heaven! Open your eyes, for the Chosen One has come with a sovereignty before which the sovereignty of the world cannot stand, and with a Command which the armies of the nations cannot prevent.” To this testifies every fair-minded one and every just one who has spoken the truth concerning this Cause, whereby the limbs of all names have trembled and the heart of every heedless one who has denied God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting, has been disturbed.

O Zayn! There has come before the Wronged One a letter sent by one of My servants who heard My call and turned to My direction. He has been named Hassan by the Tongue of Grandeur in this praiseworthy station. Give him My glad-tidings and remind him of My verses. Say: O Hassan! Rejoice that thy mention has flowed at this moment from the Pen of God, the Lord of the worlds. He has sent thee from the palm tree of utterance the fresh dates of knowledge, and from the Tree of Sinai the melody of God, the Powerful, the Mighty, the Beloved. By My life! If thou wouldst hear with thine ear, it would call out and say: “O people of earth and heaven! By God, the regions have been perfumed by the fragrance of utterance wafted from God, the Lord of existence. Cast the rejectors behind you and turn to the Word which, when it shone forth from the horizon of the heaven of the Pen, caused those of Sinai to swoon in the land of extinction, save whom God willed, the Lord of the Frequented House.”

O Hassan! Observe, then mention what the tongues of the rejectors have uttered in this promised Day. The Most Great News has come unto them, whereby the Books of God, both past and future, have been adorned with verses that have filled the horizons and with clear proofs that have erased the traces of discord. Yet most people are unaware. They have cast the ocean behind them, playing with a mere pond, and they do not understand. Say: O people of Baha! Counsel the servants through deeds and character. This is what ye were commanded aforetime by God. Fear God and be not of those who see and deny. Say: Hear the call of God with your ears, then behold the Light shining from the horizon of the Cause with your eyes, nay rather with the eye of God, the Lord of the unseen and the seen. Verily, My Herald - upon him be My glory, My favor, and My mercy - commanded all to look upon My verses with My eyes, but the people turned away from what he said and took for themselves a path to tyranny […]

We desire at this time to make mention of those whom thou hast mentioned, that the rapture of this remembrance may seize them in such wise that neither the vanities of the world nor the wealth of kings and subjects may deter them.

O Muhammad! We have turned unto thee at this hour and make mention of thee in truth, inasmuch as thy name was presented before the Wronged One. When thou dost inhale the fragrance of My utterance from the direction of My prison, say:

My God, my God! Thy call hath attracted me, Thy grace hath guided me, Thy bounty hath given me to drink, and Thy generosity hath encompassed me. I beseech Thee, O God of the world and Creator of the nations, by Thy Most Great Name through which the fire of hatred was kindled in the breasts of the perverse ones and the light of the Cause shone in the hearts of them that have recognized Thee, and by the Word at whose appearance all the books of the world submitted to it, to ordain for me through Thy All-Knowing Pen that which shall abide with me in all the worlds of Thy worlds. Thou, verily, art powerful over whatsoever Thou pleasest, and within Thy grasp are the reins of all affairs.

We also make mention in this place of thy brother as a token of grace from Us, and verily We are the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous. The glory from Us be upon thee and upon him and upon thy wife and upon those who are with thee among the people of Baha who have not been hindered by the intimations of the heedless nor by the might of those who have disbelieved in the Day of Judgment.

We make mention in this place of him who was named Siyyid ’Ali, that the fragrances of My revelation may attract him and draw him nigh unto My glorious and wondrous Kingdom. O ’Ali! Hearken unto the call from the direction of ’Akka. Verily it hath been raised in truth from One Who is All-Knowing, All-Informed. We beseech God to ordain for thee the reward of attaining His presence and standing before His face and arising to serve His wondrous Cause, and to aid thee in that whereby thy remembrance and thy name shall endure in His perspicuous Book. By the life of God! The Wronged One loveth to meet His loved ones, but the oppressors have intervened between Me and them and have committed that which hath caused the Spirit of Faithfulness to lament. When thou drinkest the choice wine of My praise from the hand of My bounty, say:

My God, my God! The wine of Thy utterance hath intoxicated me and the Kawthar of Thy knowledge hath attracted me. I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which the One Who conversed on Sinai spoke forth and the decree of resurrection appeared and the dwellers of the graves arose, and by Thy standing and Thy sitting, and by the breezes of Thy revelation and the sending down of Thy verses, to ordain for me the reward of those who have sought Thy presence and circled round Thy throne and hearkened unto Thy call and beheld Thy horizon. O Lord! Thou seest the poor one seeking the Ultimate Goal and the wronged one the manifestations of Thy justice, O Lord of all being and Sovereign of the throne on high and of the dust below. I beseech Thee to ordain for me that which shall make me steadfast in Thy Cause and firm in Thy love and active in carrying out what Thou hast revealed in Thy Books. Verily Thou art the Powerful One Who, when Thy power is manifested, obliterateth all traces of the world’s power, and when the Day-Star of Thy will shineth forth, the wills of all nations are struck dumb. There is no God but Thee, the Almighty, the All-Powerful, and worthy to grant requests.

He is the Compassionate from the horizon of the Prison.

O Muhammad! The letter from Siyyid Muhammad, upon him be Baha, was presented before the Wronged One and was heard. Praise be to God, he hath repeatedly attained unto the divine verses. Today every word that appeareth from the Dayspring of God’s Will concerning His sincere ones and those near unto Him shall endure throughout the kingdom of earth and heaven. O Muhammad! God willing, thou shalt hold fast unto wisdom and utterance and engage in teaching God’s Cause. Today the ocean of verses surgeth, and the heaven of proof is adorned with the stars of evidence, and such rains of utterance and meanings have been sent down from the heaven of divine mercy that those who circle round have been unable to reckon them. Nevertheless, the deniers have said that which no oppressor hath ever said, to such extent that before Our face they busy themselves with misleading some heedless soul from the path. Thus do We recount unto thee what hath befallen Me at the hands of the heedless ones. Say: O deniers! Like unto the former people, deprive not yourselves of the effulgent lights of the Day-Star of Manifestation. Rend asunder the veils in the name of the True One and shatter the idols of vain imaginings with the arm of certitude. How long will ye worship fancy, and till when will ye pursue vain imaginings? Today the breezes of God are wafting, and the fragrances of divine revelation are diffused, and the tongue of utterance speaketh before the faces of all who are in the realm of being. Let go and take up - let go that which the people possess and take up that which cometh from the horizon of the heaven of God’s bounty. Today the fruits of the Ultimate Tree are visible, the Mount Sinai speaketh in praise of the Lord of Manifestation, and the Lote-Tree circleth round the House. Well is it with him who showeth equity in the Cause of God, and woe unto the hesitators.

We make mention at this time of him who is named Ali, that he may give thanks unto God, the Lord of the Mighty Throne, and We remember Our loved ones in Kha and Ra - and verily I am the Forgiving, the Merciful.

O Muhammad! We have made mention and continue to make mention of all the loved ones, and We counsel them to manifest great steadfastness. For twelve hundred years the people of Iran took pride over other religions in mentioning the Successor, yet when the Dayspring of God’s Will and the Dawning-Place of divine light - through Whose word the realm of mystical knowledge, successorship and imamate was and is created - shone forth from the horizon of purpose, all rushed forth with spears and arrows of rancor and hatred, and finally martyred Him. Until now they have not understood the station of the Day of God. Say: By the life of God! This is the Day wherein the Primal Point uttereth “I am the first of the worshippers” and the seat of the Throne is the circling-place of the Concourse on High. Say: Have mercy on yourselves and choose not eternal torment through love of vain imaginings and idle fancies. For the sake of God have We spoken and continue to speak, and in the path of God do We summon all to the supreme horizon. Say: O people! Know with clear certainty that until ye pass beyond the river of names, ye shall not attain unto the ocean of inner meanings. This is a word that was hidden in the treasuries of My Most Exalted Pen, and We have revealed it in truth and sent it forth with justice. Blessed is he who hath heard and said: “I believe in God, the Possessor of the seen and unseen.”

Repeatedly hath this word flowed from the tongue of grandeur: “Blessed are the people who know.” We beseech God to aid His loved ones to guide people through deeds and character, and to guide them to the Great Announcement. The glory from Us be upon him who hath heard the call and said: “Yea, yea, O Lord of Names! Yea, yea, O Lord of mankind! Here am I, here am I, O Master of the Throne and earth, and Sovereign of the hereafter and of former times!”

=== END BH10945 ===

=== START BH10946 ===

O ’Ali! We have heard of thy arrival in prison and make mention of thee, that thy heart may rejoice and thou mayest be of them who heard the call and answered their Ancient Lord. Blessed art thou for having turned unto Him, blessed art thou for having attained, and blessed art thou for having migrated. By My life! The Most Exalted Pen hath been moved to make mention of thee in My mighty and impregnable Tablet, and through it tongues shall be opened in thy remembrance. Verily thy Lord is the All-Knowing Speaker.

=== END BH10946 ===

=== START BH10947 ===

He is God! O ’Ali! Praise be to God that thou art adorned with the ornament of acceptance and the light of faith. Thy mention hath been made in the presence of the Wronged One, and the Sun of the loving-kindness of God hath shone forth from the horizon of the heaven of the Supreme Pen in the form of words, that thou mayest thank thy Lord, the Compassionate, the Generous. We make mention of My handmaiden and give her the glad-tidings of God’s loving-kindness, the Lord of the worlds. The glory of God be upon you and upon her and upon those who are with you, from the presence of One Who is All-Knowing, All-Wise.

=== END BH10947 ===

=== START BH10948 ===

In the Name of the Ever-Abiding, the Bountiful One! O aunt! The Master of Oneness calleth thee and saith: With a hundred thousand tongues render thanks unto the Beloved of the worlds, inasmuch as He hath set thee ablaze with the fire of the Divine Lote-Tree and guided thee to the horizon of nearness. Blessed art thou and blessed is she who hath attained unto the lights of recognition in this Morn wherein the tongue of the All-Merciful speaketh: The Kingdom belongeth unto God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise!

=== END BH10948 ===

=== START BH10949 ===

He is God! O servant! Your name is known but your service is not known. Glory be to God! The servant is in the land of Qaf while the Master is in the Most Great Prison. Yes, in these days various matters are witnessed. The firefly hath laid claim to the station of the sun. We testify that it is among the liars. Blessed art thou for the Ancient Beauty hath turned His face toward thee from the direction of His Most Great Prison and hath mentioned thee with words that equal not the mentions of the peoples. And I am the All-Knowing Witness.

=== END BH10949 ===

=== START BH10950 ===

O Ghulam-Rida! In the Name of God, the All-Seeing! O Ghulam-Rida! Consider man as a sword: while it remains in its sheath, its quality remains hidden and concealed. Through God’s grace, you must be freed from the sheath of darkness, that your quality may become manifest to all the world. The quality of man lies in his conduct and deeds. We beseech God, exalted be He, to aid you to achieve that which befits you in this wondrous and glorious Day.

=== END BH10950 ===

=== START BH10951 ===

He is God! O Ali-Qabel! We beseech God to confirm the people of that land so they may hear from you that which you impart for the sake of God. Blessed is the servant who hearkens to your counsel and to that which your tongue hath uttered concerning the Cause of God, the All-Subduing, the Self-Subsisting. The friends in that land are remembered in the presence of God and have attained His grace. The glory of God rest upon you and upon them from God, the Mighty, the Powerful.

=== END BH10951 ===

=== START BH10952 ===

O Fatimih, handmaiden of God, upon her be the Glory of God! He is God! O Fatimih, hold fast unto the Word and be free and detached from aught else. Today the lights of the Sun of true Divine Unity have shone forth by God’s command. How excellent is the state of the one who hath attained unto it. At all times the rain of mercy is pouring down from the heaven of bounty, yet the people remain heedless of it. Blessed is he who hath attained, and woe unto the heedless ones.

=== END BH10952 ===

=== START BH10953 ===

In the Name of Him Who speaketh in the Kingdom of Utterance

O Pen! Make mention of him who hath turned unto thee and attained unto the hearing of thy scratching and attained unto thy presence and stood before thy face - he who hath been named Mahdi in the Book of God, the Lord of the worlds. O Mahdi! Rejoice in thy station, then render thanks unto thy Lord Who hath fulfilled His promise concerning thee and caused thee to hear His call and made thee know His station. Verily, He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.

=== END BH10953 ===

=== START BH10954 ===

He is the Mighty in the Supreme Concourse

O My Pen! Make mention of him who hath been named ’Ali-Aqa, that he may rejoice in that which the Tongue of Grandeur hath moved with his name, and in that which God hath made to be revealed unto him as a light amidst the darkness of the earth, and as a fire in the Lote-Tree of the Bayan, and as a manifestation in the world and the Most Great Name amongst the peoples. Thus have We sent down that which We desired from the heaven of Our loving-kindness that hath encompassed all who are in the heavens and on the earth.

=== END BH10954 ===

=== START BH10955 ===

In His Name, the All-Bestowing!

O Muhammad! Verily God sends His blessings and glorification upon those who have turned to this Manifestation and have heard from Him that which He spoke on the Mount. He, verily, is the One mentioned in the scriptures of God, the Lord of the worlds. The white earth hath been adorned by His coming, and the holy vale by the fragrances of His luminous robe. Blessed is he who hath attained unto His day, and woe unto the heedless ones. The glory be upon thee and upon thy family.

=== END BH10955 ===

=== START BH10956 ===

He is the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious! O Muhammad after Mirza! We have turned unto thee at this time and revealed unto thee pearls from the shells of My wondrous ocean of utterance. When thou attainest unto them, arise from thy place and turn toward the Kaaba of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise, and say: “Praise be unto Thee, O Thou the Desire of the world, for having adorned my being with the ornament of Thy remembrance, the mighty, the wondrous. I beseech Thee to ordain for me that which will draw me nigh unto Thee. Verily, Thou art the All-Powerful, the Commander, the All-Wise.”

=== END BH10956 ===

=== START BH10957 ===

In My Name, the Most Great

O Muhammad-Hasan! Bear thou witness unto that whereunto God Himself hath testified ere the creation of the kingdom of earth and heaven - that there is none other God but Me, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved. We have turned toward thee from this Most Great Station and have made mention of thee in such wise that thou mayest discover through it the sweet fragrance of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Beloved. Be thou grateful unto God for this supreme bounty and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Thou Who art the Lord of the seen and the unseen!

=== END BH10957 ===

=== START BH10958 ===

His honor Aqa Muhammad, known as Babi, or Muhammad: Blessed is he who has clung [to the Faith] in the days of his Lord and has arisen to serve his Master among the people. Verily those who have turned away from the Truth are as dead ones - they have no portion in the Book. God is the Revealer of verses. Take hold of the Book of God with the strength that comes from Him and follow not every ignorant one who has turned away from the Path. Thus have We remembered thee that thou mayest thank thy Lord and speak forth His praise throughout all lands.

=== END BH10958 ===

=== START BH10959 ===

He is the Manifest, the Speaking One, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise

O Muhammad, upon thee be My glory! The Most Great Ocean desires to reveal unto thee what lay hidden within His shells of the pearls of wisdom and utterance, that thou mayest be assured through thy Lord’s bounty and give thanks to Him at eventide and at dawn. Glorify the name of thy Lord and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Thou Who hast guided me and remembered me and illumined me with the light of Thy knowledge when I was oppressed among the hands of the ignorant.

=== END BH10959 ===

=== START BH10961 ===

He is the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious

O Muhammad-i-Qabli-Ja’far! The trees hear My call in the morning and the evening, at nightfall and at dawn. By My life! In the early hours My ears hear My own call. Were anyone to hear it, they would rush from their home crying out and saying: “My soul be a sacrifice for Thee, O Thou through Whose name the lights have shone forth! I beseech Thee by Thy bounty and generosity not to disappoint me in attaining that which Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen servants.”

=== END BH10961 ===

=== START BH10962 ===

He is the Most High, the Most Glorious! O Muhammad-Qabli-Hasan! The Light crieth out and saith: O ye that lie buried in the graves! By God, He Who conversed with Moses from the Burning Bush hath appeared. Why do I see you among the dead? Arise from the sepulchers of self and desire, then hearken unto the call of your Lord, the Most High, the Most Glorious. Beware lest the veils of them that doubt and the whisperings of the heedless shut you out. The dominion of earth and heaven is in the grasp of the power of our Lord, the Almighty, the All-Powerful.

=== END BH10962 ===

=== START BH10963 ===

In the Name of God, the Everlasting! O Muhammad-Qabli-Hasan! Fix thy gaze upon this blessed Word, which is even as the Most Great Luminary for the world of vision: “Make mention of Me on My earth, and I will make mention of thee in My heaven.” Render thanks unto the Best-Beloved of the worlds, that He hath adorned thee with the ornament of acceptance and guided thee to the Dayspring of the lights of unity. Be thou grateful unto Him Who hath remembered thee through that which all the treasures of the earth cannot equal.

=== END BH10963 ===

=== START BH10964 ===

He is the Most Holy, sanctified from all names

O Muhammad-Qabil-Hasan! By God’s glory! If He speaks but one letter concerning a soul, verily it shall suffice him. His grace encompasses all and His mercy has preceded all things. What is incumbent upon you is steadfastness in His Cause and acting according to what has been revealed in the Book. Thus does the All-Knowing teach you. Give thanks and be among the grateful ones.

=== END BH10964 ===

=== START BH10965 ===

He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing! O Muhammad-Qabli-’Ali! The world and whatsoever appeareth therein shall ere long return to nothingness. Hold thou fast unto that which beseemeth thee throughout the Kingdom of earth and heaven, and that is a deed which is performed purely for the sake of God by His servants. We beseech God that thou mayest attain unto it. Verily, He is the Almighty, the All-Powerful. Peace be upon thee and upon those who have attained unto the oneness of God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH10965 ===

=== START BH10966 ===

To Muhammad-’Ali, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the Truth, the Knower of the Unseen

O Muhammad-Qabli-’Ali! We have turned toward thee and found the love of God wafting from thee, and We have remembered thee in a Tablet from whose horizon shineth the light of thy Lord’s gracious favor. Convey My greetings to those who are with thee and remind My loved ones through this perspicuous Book. Verily We hear and see them, and We are the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.

=== END BH10966 ===

=== START BH10967 ===

O Muhammad Karim, who hath emigrated and attained, He is the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful! O Muhammad-i-Karim! I bear witness that thou didst leave thy homeland, turning unto the most exalted homeland, and didst traverse the path until thou didst arrive at the Valley of the Noble One, and didst visit a House which God hath built by the hand of power, and didst hear the call of the Wronged One, and didst drink the choice sealed wine of His love. Blessed art thou, and blessed is he who loveth thee for the sake of God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH10967 ===

=== START BH10968 ===

O Muhammad-Mahdi, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the Hearer, the Answerer!

O Muhammad, before Mahdi! We have heard thy call and have answered thee through this perspicuous Tablet. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having remembered me and revealed unto me that which causeth to spring forth from the soil of hearts the roses of Thy knowledge and the flowers of Thy love. I beseech Thee by the penetrating influence of Thy Books and Thy Scriptures and Thy Tablets, and by the ocean of Thy verses and the heaven of Thy bounty, to ordain for me that which shall make me independent of all else save Thee and detached from whatsoever hath prevented Thy servants from drawing nigh unto Thee. Thou knowest, O my God, that this is a plant which hath grown in the soil of Thy acceptance - withhold not from it the rain from the clouds of Thy grace and the heaven of Thy generosity. Illumine its outer and inner being, and the inner depths of its inner being, with the light of Thy Cause whereby Thy earth and heaven were illumined. Verily Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest. There is no God but Thee, the Forgiving, the Generous.

=== END BH10968 ===

=== START BH10969 ===

He is the Single One, the All-Informed

O Muhammad-Qabli-Mihdi! You have been mentioned in the presence of the Wronged One for successive years, and We have previously revealed for you that which, were We to cast it upon the world, all things would proclaim: “The appointed time has come, and He Who reveals the verses has appeared with His proof and His evidence!” Blessed is he who has attained, and woe unto every heedless and remote one. The glory from Us be upon you and upon every steadfast and upright one.

=== END BH10969 ===

=== START BH10970 ===

He is the Glorious, the All-Glorious

O Muhammad-Qabli-Mahdi! Say: O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Baha at its most splendid and all Thy Baha is splendid, to assist me and Thy loved ones to draw nigh unto Thee, to turn towards the horizon of Thy Manifestation, to hold fast to Thy firm cord, and to cling to the hem of Thy luminous mercy. Verily, Thou art the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous. The glory that proceedeth from Us rest upon thee and upon thy wife who hath believed in God, the Lord of all worlds.

=== END BH10970 ===

=== START BH10971 ===

In the name of the Lord of Days! O Mahmud! That which was promised in the divine Books hath in this day been manifested as the Mahmud, yet the unjust people failed to recognize it and arose in oppression, until they imprisoned the Wronged One in the prison of ’Akka. However, God, exalted be His glory, made this imprisonment the cause of freedom and this confinement the means of liberation for all the peoples of the world. For this we thank Him throughout the duration of the kingdom and the heavenly realm.

=== END BH10971 ===

=== START BH10972 ===

He is God! O Mustafa! Upon thee be the glory of God, the Lord of all beings. Take thou a cup of My choice-sealed wine, then drink thereof in My Name, the Self-Subsisting. Verily it will draw thee nigh unto thy Lord and cause thee to enter the pavilion of knowledge, wisdom and utterance. Exalted is the All-Merciful Who bestoweth this mighty favor and Who giveth to drink of this most pure Kawthar. When thou hast attained unto it, say: Praise be unto Thee, O Ocean of Bounty, and unto Thee be glory, O Thou Who art the Sovereign of the Kingdom of Names!

=== END BH10972 ===

=== START BH10973 ===

CLXVI

O Thou Whose face is the object of my adoration, Whose beauty is my sanctuary, Whose habitation is my goal, Whose praise is my hope, Whose providence is my companion, Whose love is the cause of my being, Whose mention is my solace, Whose nearness is my desire, Whose presence is my dearest wish and highest aspiration, I entreat Thee not to withhold from me the things Thou didst ordain for the chosen ones among Thy servants. Supply me, then, with the good of this world and of the next.

Thou, truly, art the King of all men. There is no God but Thee, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Generous.

=== END BH10973 ===

=== START BH10974 ===

In the Name of the Everlasting Speaker

O Nasru’llah! Praise thou the Best-Beloved of the world Who hath enabled thee to attain unto that which, hadst thou possessed all the treasures of earth and expended them, thou wouldst not have attained thereunto. Now ponder upon the grace and bounty and mercy of God - exalted be His glory - and with thy outward and inward tongue utter the blessed words “Thine is the praise, O Thou Who art the Beloved of the worlds” and be thou ever mindful thereof.

=== END BH10974 ===

=== START BH10975 ===

O Varqa, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the Most Exalted, the Most High! O Varqa! Verily thy Lord remembereth thee, that thou mayest remember the servants and give them the glad-tidings of My mercy which hath preceded all things. Verily thy Lord is the All-Commanding, the All-Wise. Be thou assured of the grace of God. Verily He is with thee, He heareth and seeth, and He is the All-Witnessing, the All-Informed. The Glory be upon thee and upon My loved ones who are there. Remember them on My behalf, for I am verily the Compassionate, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH10975 ===

=== START BH10976 ===

He is the Hearer, the Answering One! O My Leaf! Praise be to God that thou hast attained unto the most great bounty. All the queens of the world yearned for this blessed Day, and with their very souls sought earnestly the presence of the Beloved of all worlds. Yet when the lights of the dawn of Revelation shone forth from the horizon of Will, all remained veiled therefrom while thou didst attain unto it. Therefore give thanks unto thy Lord for this manifest grace.

=== END BH10976 ===

=== START BH10977 ===

O My Leaf, daughter of H. S., upon her be the Glory of God! He is the Most Glorious! God hath loved true faithfulness and in all conditions regardeth it. Be not grieved at what hath come to pass. Hold fast to the cord of contentment and grasp the hem of His Will. Verily He is nearer to thee than thou art to thyself, and He will aid thee in all circumstances if thou standest firm in the Cause through the power of God, the Mighty, the Subduer, the Powerful.

=== END BH10977 ===

=== START BH10979 ===

He is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise! My Most Exalted Pen beareth witness unto My Most Glorious Self that He, verily, is the Truth, there is none other God but Him. He doth witness and see, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. And it beareth witness that I am well-pleased with thee. I rejoice in this most great bounty. Hadst thou expended all that is on earth, thou wouldst not have attained unto this Tablet. But God doeth whatsoever He willeth, and He is the All-Bountiful, the All-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.

=== END BH10979 ===

=== START BH10980 ===

O Nabil-i-Qabl-i-Baqir, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise Witness. My Pen and the tongue of My loving-kindness bear witness that thou didst answer the Call when it was raised from the Ultimate Tree, and didst turn thyself to the Most Exalted Horizon on a Day when every learned one turned away, and every ignorant one remained in doubt. Glory be upon thee and upon thy brother who attained the presence of his Lord, the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH10980 ===

=== START BH10981 ===

He is the Most Glorious

O Afnan, esteemed Buzurg, who has attained unto God! My Pen and My tongue bear witness that thou didst acknowledge the unity of God and His justice when the banner of tyranny was raised in the world and every idolatrous betrayer raised his cry, and thou didst arise to serve the Cause in days wherein feet did stumble. Upon thee be the glory of God, the Lord of the Throne on high and of earth below, the Sovereign of the hereafter and of this world.

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O Muhammad-Baqir of Yazd, upon him be the Glory of God, He Who dominates all who are on earth and in heaven! O Baqir! Your mention came before the Wronged One and the gaze of favor was directed toward you. The True One, exalted be His glory, has appeared with enduring bounties and heavenly sustenance, and stands before the faces of the world. Yet most of the peoples turned away and rose up against Him. The kings saw no benefit for themselves in acknowledging Him, and likewise the ministers and clergy, even though in the divine Books and Scriptures the Purpose has been clearly and explicitly made manifest, and the True One has proclaimed in the most exalted utterance that this supreme Manifestation has come for the reformation of the world and the advancement of the peoples. The intention is that all might be illumined by the light of unity and associate with one another in love and harmony, so that the whole earth may be regarded as one country and one land. However, those souls who are deprived of sincerity and purity have imagined the True One to be like themselves, and therefore strive and struggle to extinguish the divine light. Would that the servants knew! Would that the people understood! For if they became aware and discovered the Purpose, all would turn toward Him and would utter the blessed words “We belong to God.” Beseech the True One that He withhold not the rebellious from the ocean of His bestowal and bounty, nor deprive the ignorant from the effulgences of the Sun of knowledge, that all may discover and come. Blessed art thou, for thou hast attained to My mention in My prison - a mention that cannot be equaled by the mentions of the world and what the peoples possess. To this testifies He Who speaks in every condition that there is no God but He, the Single, the One, the Speaking, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

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He is the Most Wise!

O Greater Branch! Upon thee be My Glory and My favour. Praised be God Who hath enabled Mahd and members of the Household to do that which hath been revealed in the Qur’an. Praise be to God Who hath consoled ar-Rahim - upon him be My Glory and My favour - and one of the two Most Great Names, and Husayn and Ali-Akbar - upon them be the peace of God and His peace - concerning what befell them. Verily, He is the All-Patient, the All-Knowing. Furthermore, his honor Diya and Badi’, together with his honor Haji and Aqa Muhammad and others should proceed one hour before sunset, and after meeting either return or remain. The purpose is that one of the Branches should be with them. Otherwise, proceed as deemed advisable. Should his honor Nazir be present it would be most excellent. All should proceed mounted. We send greetings to members of the Household, Mahd and others. Their deeds are accepted and their efforts appreciated. Ruqiyyih and Hubbiyyih are, God willing, holding fast to the cord of patience. In truth they are content and thankful. Blessed are they! Therefore, comely patience, and God is the Help to be sought against that which they describe.

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He is the Most Generous!

God beareth witness that verily there is no God but Him. He guideth to His straight path whomsoever He willeth.

O Munirih! The Lord of humankind maketh mention of thee and giveth thee the glad-tidings of God’s mercy and His bounty. Well is it with thee and blessed art thou and [thy son], thy daughters, thy mother, sister and brother who have attained that which hath been willed by God, the Lord of all worlds. May glory rest upon Javad and upon [his son] and daughter and upon those who are with him.

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God the true One is My Witness! This is the Day whereon it is incumbent upon everyone that seeth to behold, and every ear that hearkeneth to hear, and every heart that understandeth to perceive, and every tongue that speaketh to proclaim unto all who are in heaven and on earth, this holy, this exalted, and all-highest Name.

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In the Name of our Most Holy, Most Great, Most Exalted, Most Glorious Lord! I beseech Thee, O God of Names and Sovereign over all things, by the lights of Thy Kingdom and Thy Dominion, to rain down upon him who hath turned unto Thee the showers of Thy mercy from the clouds of Thy grace. O Lord! Assist him through Thy bounty and ordain for him that which befitteth the heaven of Thy generosity. Verily, Thou art the All-Bountiful, the Forgiver, the Merciful.

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O Quli Khan! Your flowing verses caused joy and delight to hearts, and were specifically presented at the Most Holy Court. Praise be to God that you have attained this greatest gift. Blessed are you for having drunk from the Living Waters and attained the praise of our Lord, the Most Merciful. God willing, may you ever be speaking His praise and engaged in His remembrance.

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Allah’u’Abha! I bear witness that thou didst depart from thy dwelling, advancing toward the Ultimate Goal and the Most Exalted Summit, and didst traverse land and sea until thou didst enter the Most Exalted Paradise and didst attain the presence of God, the Lord of the first and the last. Therefore do thou give thanks and say: Praise be unto Thee, O God of the mystics and Goal of all the worlds.

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He is God, exalted be He!

Praise be to God Who has aided His servant to be content with His good-pleasure in service to His Cause, and enabled him to circle round His precincts and dwell in His presence. We beseech Him to open before his face and that of his son the gates of grace, bounty and bestowal. Verily, He is the Lord of all beings, the Lord of the throne on high and of the earth below.

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My God, my Lord, my Beloved, my Goal! I have come unto Thee and I beseech of Thee that which is the cause of Thy forgiveness. Thou art the Ocean of bounty and the Lord of existence. From time immemorial Thy glance hath been the cause of the appearance of bounty and bestowal. Deprive not Thy servants and withhold them not from the sacred precincts of nearness. Thou art the Bestower, the Kind. There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful.

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PRAISE BE TO THE LORD OF EXISTENCE who hath made manifest the Path and guided His servants unto it. Glory be to God! The signs of divine favor are evident in all things, yet the people remain deprived thereof, save those whom God hath delivered through His grace and sovereignty. My spirit be a sacrifice unto your remembrance, your praise and your service. The numerous blessed letters from your honor were received. Each was as a door opened for those who seek and are sincere. Blessed is he who turneth unto the gate of God’s favor, the Lord of all worlds. After reading and becoming acquainted with their contents, we approached the Presence and, after gaining permission, presented them before the Countenance of the Desire of the worlds, and they attained the honor of being heard. His blessed Word, exalted be He:

O My Afnan! Upon thee be My glory and My favor. The Wronged One, in the midst of sorrows, maketh mention of thee with that which draweth thee nigh unto God, the Lord of the worlds. He hath aided thee through His verses and will aid thee through His clear proofs, and will assist thee through hosts whereby the doors of divine knowledge were opened to all who dwell in the realm of possibility, and the seal of the choice wine was broken through this Name that hath encompassed all creation. Blessed is he who hath testified to that which God hath testified, and hath acknowledged that which the Tongue of Grandeur hath uttered: verily, there is no God but Him, the All-Bountiful, the Generous. O My Afnan! Discord hath appeared among the servants, and vain imaginings have encompassed the dwellers of the earth. We beseech God, blessed and exalted be He, to protect His servants and to aid them through His sovereignty, and to confirm them in such steadfastness as neither the hosts of the world nor the power of those who have denied the Day of Judgment can shake. Convey My greetings to the faces of My loved ones and give them the glad-tidings of that which hath caused the ocean of life to surge at this time, and the Sun of the Covenant to shine forth by the command of God, the Lord of the worlds. Say: Beware lest the clamor of the idolaters frighten you. By God’s life! The Tree, though under the swords, remembereth His loved ones and counseleth them with that which exalteth them, and adviseth them to hold fast unto the cord of God, the Lord of the mighty Throne. We beseech God to adorn their temples with the ornament of steadfastness and to give them to drink of the Kawthar of His utterance from the hands of His bounty. He is verily the Giver, the Compassionate, the Forgiving, the Merciful.

Praise be to God! The glad-tidings have arrived and the hearts of the friends in these regions have been illumined with the light of joy, for His Afnan have succeeded in completing the edifice raised in the name of Truth. Your honor and the other Afnan - upon them be God’s grace, mercy and favor - this is a great bounty and an exalted station. This is an edifice that brightens the eyes of those near unto God and the Messengers. Your honor and the fair-minded know that this Wronged One hath neither taken nor desired aught for Himself. His purpose hath been the manifestation of God’s Cause and the exaltation of His Word. In the night seasons We summoned the servants to the horizon of grace, and in the daytime We occupied Ourselves with allaying the fire of hatred in hearts and souls. We beseech Him to assist all and grant them success in that which is befitting. He is the Powerful One whom the might of the world cannot weaken, nor can the power of the nations deter Him from His purpose. He is verily the Self-Subsisting, the Commander, the Ruler, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

Among the tidings that have brought joy to this Wronged One and His loved ones are the radiant effulgences of Abdul-Karim, upon him be the glory of God, the Mighty, the All-Knowing. This matter merits a hundred thousand thanksgivings. It is hoped that the loved ones in that land will hold fast to unity and concord, for should the fragrance of discord be diffused, it would lead to the abasement and humiliation of all. O party of God! This is the day of victory - deprive not yourselves thereof. Praise be to God, the manifest martyrdom in the City of Ya hath caused the exaltation of the Cause of God, and there hath been revealed specifically for them that which hath no likeness or parallel. Well is it with them and pleasant it is unto them. Tarry not in teaching the Cause, and make not yourselves deprived of true oneness like the previous party. All must read the Most Holy Book, that they may become aware of that which hath been sent down therein from the heaven of the Will of the Lord of the worlds. Time and again have We uttered this most exalted Word: mighty is the Cause and mighty is the Day. Blessed is the soul that hath freed and detached itself from all else save God and hath held fast unto the Truth - a holding fast which the hosts of the oppressors and the turning away of the deniers cannot sever or separate. Convey to each and every one of the loved ones the greetings and salutations of the Wronged One. By the life of God! They are present before Our face and are visible beneath the glances of Our loving-kindness. It is hoped that all may be assisted to achieve that which shall cause its fame to encompass the East and the West. Verily God is the All-Bountiful, the Generous, the All-Giving, the All-Knowing. The splendor shining forth from the horizon of the heaven of My mercy be upon you, O My Afnan, and upon My loved ones who have quaffed the choice wine of revelation from the hands of My bounty, who have stood before the faces of My servants saying: “The Kingdom, the Dominion, the Glory and the Power belong to God, the Peerless, the Single, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting.”

Praise be to God! That which is a treasury of utterance for the unlettered, a stronghold of security for the fearful, and a source of riches for the poor, hath been made manifest. Grace and bounty have appeared in such wise that the tongue of the world is powerless to make mention thereof. From every direction hath come sorrow, and from every quarter are evident the signs of grief. Nevertheless, the Tongue of the All-Merciful speaketh from the Kingdom of Utterance such verses as are the very life of the world. This servant beseecheth the True One to transform the doubts and fancies of His servants into the light of certitude, that all may attain unto that which causeth the heavens and the earths and all things to rejoice in its mention and to be gladdened by its remembrance.

My God, my God! Deprive not Thy servants of the wonders of Thy bounty, and grant them their portion from the Kawthar of Thy utterance in such wise that it may seize them from themselves and draw them nigh unto Thee, O Lord of the worlds and Master of nations. There is none other God but Thee, the Omnipotent over what was and what shall be.

As to what was written concerning Haji Seyyed Mirza from Sedeh and Aqa Seyyed Muhammad, upon them be the Glory of God, after being presented before His presence, these manifest verses were revealed. He speaks, exalted and sanctified be He:

In My Name, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise[…]

O Siyyid Qabl-i-Mirza! The Wronged One of the world, from the Most Great Prison, that is, the fortress of Akka, hath turned toward thee and made mention of thee with such mention that when it issued forth from the mouth of the Divine Will, the earth revealed its treasures, the seas their pearls, the suns their radiance, the moons their light, the Mother Book its utterance and its word, the mountains their mines, and hearts and minds their wisdom and their secrets. Verily thy Lord is the All-Bountiful, the Almighty, the All-Compelling, the Mighty, the Effulgent. Can aught be compared with My Word? Nay, by My true Self! Can anyone enumerate what hath been sent down from the heaven of bounty? Nay, by the Lord of the Day of Judgment! Today every fair-minded one hath acknowledged the greatness of the Cause, and every mighty just one hath confessed his powerlessness and shortcoming. This is the Lord of all days and the captivating call to all peoples. Blessed is he who hath heard and found the fragrance of the utterance of God, the Mighty, the Wondrous. O Branch! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness. We have made mention of thee through these verses whereby the Cry hath been raised, the ocean of oneness hath surged, and that which was hidden and treasured in God’s knowledge, the Lord of the exalted Throne, hath been manifested. O thou who gazest upon the Countenance! We counsel thee and those who have believed to observe trustworthiness, godliness, forgiveness and generosity, that the lights of virtuous character may shine forth and illumine the earth amidst this darkness that hath encompassed the kingdom of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. The glory that shineth from the horizon of the heaven of revelation be upon thee and upon those who have hearkened, hastened, and answered their Lord, the Mighty, the Beloved.

And this is what was revealed for His Honor Aqa Siyyid Muhammad, upon him be the glory of God:

He is the One Who speaketh the truth amongst mankind.

O Muhammad! Reflect upon that which the wicked ones of Hijaz visited upon the Lord of the world, Ahmad. During the nights and days He was occupied with guiding the misguided and reforming their souls. Nevertheless they perpetrated that which caused the atoms to lament and the verses themselves to weep - a weeping that caused the dwellers of the heavens and earth to wail. No harm was evident, no opposition existed. Through the Most Great Mercy and Supreme Compassion, He summoned all to the highest horizon and gave them glad tidings of God’s infinite favors. The counsel of the Lord of existence left no impression upon the evil hearts of that obstinate people. They were like dried up trees, unworthy of fruit. Even now it is observed that whatever is planted in barren soil remaineth fruitless. We beseech God, exalted be His glory, to cultivate the soil of His people’s hearts through the hands of wisdom, that from the sowing of the seed eternal and enduring fruits may appear, and that He may cause all to attain true and everlasting life. This is the day of the friends, for the Book itself speaketh and heaven and earth uttereth praise and glory. Blessed is the servant who hath attained unto the hearing of God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy, and the vision of God, the Lord of this exalted station. Make mention of the friends on behalf of the Wronged One, that perchance this mention may move them all from this earthly realm and raise them above the heavens. Verily God is the Almighty, the Powerful, and worthy to answer prayer. The glory that is manifest, resplendent, and shining from the horizon of the heaven of utterance be upon thee and upon My friends who have turned with illumined hearts unto God, the Almighty, the All-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.

As was previously stated, mercy took precedence, but now it is observed that mercy, bounty, grace, and generosity have all taken precedence, as is evident and manifest from the revealed verses. Enemies are visible from every direction. Regarding His Majesty the Sultan, in most of the Tablets there hath flowed from the Pen of the Lord of all beings that which diffuseth the fragrance of favor. Nevertheless, for forty years he hath not restrained his wrath for a moment, and thus have the rulers acted in ways the like of which the eye of creation hath never witnessed. This evanescent servant beseecheth the eternal Truth to enable all to attain unto that which draweth them nigh and leadeth them into His presence. Verily, the Cause is in His hands and authority is in His grasp. He doeth what He willeth and ordaineth what He pleaseth.

Concerning what was written about the investigation and inquiry by the officials of His Imperial Majesty - may God, the Blessed, the Most High, strengthen him - and the reply of Mirza Ali, verily this investigation is praiseworthy, for they will become aware of that which is acceptable in the sight of God, exalted be His glory. After presenting these matters before the countenance of the Goal of all the worlds, these exalted words were sent down from the heaven of will. His word, exalted be His glory, and all-encompassing be His grace and His knowledge: […]

O Afnan! Upon thee be My Glory! That which Mirza Abdul-Karim - upon him be My Glory - hath mentioned is the truth in which there is no doubt. However, these matters did not and do not require any question, for from the horizons of the heavens of Divine Tablets the Light of Commands and Laws hath dawned and shone forth, praise be to God. Therefore there hath not been and is not any veil over matters that would cause upheaval, agitation, clamor and discord. All the Tablets are sanctified from that which would cause the appearance of the fire of hatred in hearts and souls.

O Afnan! Upon thee be My Glory and My loving kindness! The Tablet of the Call was sent, and it beareth the Most Great Glad-Tidings. We previously commanded that a copy thereof be made and presented to the government that they might become aware of a gift that is sanctified and free from likeness and peer. And if copies thereof be spread abroad, it would cause certain matters to arise, therefore it is not permitted save after permission.

O Afnan! The King of Iran hath disappointed Us. Thou knowest that for forty years they killed, burned, and dismembered these people and cast them into pits, and not a single soul arose to defend them, let alone to fight. Nevertheless, His Majesty the King did not arise for justice. In his reign such tyranny appeared that Pharaoh, Nimrod, Shimr and Yazid have sought refuge in God from it. What heart could accept such tyrannies? Consider the lives of Siyyid Hassan and Siyyid Husayn in the Land of Sad, how Zillu’s-Sultan arose with such oppression. Now the cry of those two oppressed luminous lights is heard from the sands of Egypt. That unjust one without equity martyred those men after taking six thousand tumans in cash, and that same day three times did the attendants raid the women and children. In the first plunder they took the boxes and chests and ornaments, and likewise whatever was in the place of commerce - they took it all. They branded a hundred camels in the name of the government, and in the second raid they seized all the household furnishings, from carpets to vessels and other items. They confined the residents of the house in one room and locked the door, with no explanation given. After sunset the chief gardener of the prince went with porters and carried away all the flowers and trees that had been obtained from various places - that is, from Europe and India and China. Hath such cruelty ever had an equal in the world, or is there any likeness to it? Nay, by the Self of God Who standeth over the Letter Sin, and by the Cause of God that dominateth the world! By the life of God, because of the tyranny that occurred in Iran, the Faithful Spirit wept and the Most Great Spirit lamented. The lamentation of the Mother Book was raised up and the cry of the Point of the Bayan was heard. The decrees of His Majesty the Sultan had no effect beyond his own mansion […]

The cry of the Point of the Bayan was heard. The decrees of His Majesty the Sultan had and have no effect outside his palace. Glory be to God! In the days when the Sultan, in his own estimation, was commanding the oppressors of the earth to show forbearance and reject bribes, Zill-i-Sultan was collecting fines all around. Now reflect upon the ruler and the ruled, and take refuge in God. All know that this Wronged One has been a well-wisher of the government and people of Iran, and We have specifically mentioned Nasir in numerous Tablets and sought for him the good of this world and the next. However, the seat was not worthy of this supreme bounty. Ask God to transform the throne of oppression into the seat of justice. That which is the cause of joy to those near unto God after the supreme sorrow hath been revealed in the Most Holy Book. Again, make mention of the loved ones of that land on behalf of the Wronged One. O Abul-Fadl! Upon thee be the Glory of God, the Lord of Justice. Thou hast ever been and art still remembered. Blessed art thou and joy be unto thee. We beseech God to protect thee that thou mayest remember Him and be occupied with His praise. We hope that in this Revelation the loved ones may attain unto the lights of true Divine Unity, not like the Shi’ih sect who each day would carve an idol with their own hands and worship it. Among them was one who claimed to be the Fourth Pillar, who every year would write a refutation of the Primal Point and commit such acts as caused the dwellers of the highest Paradise to weep and lament. We beseech God to aid all to do that which He loveth and pleaseth. Verily He is the Lord of creation, the Lord of the Last and the First.

Blessed is the one who hath attained unto the recognition of the Day of God. The taunts and turning away of the servants did not prevent him from drawing nigh unto the Lord of creation. He testified among mankind to the Lord of Names. This evanescent servant beseecheth God, exalted be His glory, to open the door of His bounty unto the faces of His loved ones and to raise them all from the depths of poverty to the heights of wealth. He is verily the Powerful, the Mighty, in the Last and the First.

In your second letter mention was made of the wishes and desires of the loved ones, upon them be the Glory of God. After being submitted before the Most Holy Presence, it was graciously accepted. Some phrases were somewhat modified and sent. We beseech God, blessed and exalted be He, to adorn His servants with attentive ears and penetrating eyes. Verily He is the Lord of all creation.

Regarding what you wrote about the beloved of hearts, His Honor Mirza Abul-Fadl, upon him be the Glory of God and His favors, it is now commanded that remaining in that place is most appropriate and preferable.

As for your mention of the receptivity and detachment of the people of Bukhara and Samarkand, it is indeed exactly as you have written. After being submitted before the Seat of Grace, these exalted words issued forth from the Dayspring of the Will of the Revealer of verses. He speaks, exalted be His utterance and mighty His proof: He is the One Who calleth unto truth […]

O my God, my God! Thou seest Thy Afnan and Thy loved ones turning unto Thee, clinging to the Tree of Thy grace and holding fast to the hem of Thy bountiful robe. O Lord! Illumine the earth and heaven with their light, and send down upon them what Thou didst send down upon Thy chosen ones and trusted ones. O Lord! Thou seest the Afnan standing in service to Thy Cause and voicing Thy praise amongst Thy creatures. I beseech Thee to open before their faces the portals of Thy knowledge and wisdom, that they may draw the servants nigh unto the court of Thy glory and the carpet of Thy holiness. O Lord! Unite through Thy most exalted Word the hearts of all people, that the world may be illumined with the light of Thy oneness and the radiance of Thy singleness. Verily, Thou art the One Who hath power over whatsoever He willeth. There is none other God but Thee, the Hearer, the Answerer.

As to those souls who are sanctified, assured and well-pleased - whomsoever they deem fit may journey each year from the City of Love to those regions, that they may guide with spirit and fragrance, with wisdom and utterance, the dwellers of the dusty earth to the highest horizon. Great indeed is the reward for this blessed and accepted deed. Blessed are they that act.

This is a day of thanksgiving and praise, nay rather, a day for the manifestation of all the divine names and attributes. Blessed is the soul that hath arisen for the sake of God and held fast to the service of His Cause.

Regarding the Most Holy, Most Exalted Tablet of the Call, whatsoever ye have deemed expedient and mentioned hath been adorned with the honor of acceptance, and after being presented at the Most Holy, Most Exalted Court, He said: “O My Afnan! Upon thee be My glory and My loving-kindness. The Tablet of the Call is among the greatest bounties of God, exalted be His glory. It hath no peer or likeness, for whatsoever was the cause of agitation, discord, conflict, disputation and corruption - all this hath been erased from the Book by the hand of power, and whatsoever was conducive to peace, unity, harmony and reconciliation hath been recorded by the Most Exalted Pen. Its allusions are the quickeners of the world and its utterances are the water of life for all peoples. By My life! No bounty can equal this most great bounty, and no matter this momentous matter.” Praise be to God, the mighty and glorious Empire is the supporter of this community, and we beseech God at all times that He may aid His Majesty the Emperor to assist this Revelation, that all the horizons of the world may be illumined by the splendors of the light of His justice, and that the oppressed ones among all parties may find rest in the cradle of security and comfort, and may voice their prayers for the perpetuation of his eternal sovereignty. Verily, He is the One Who hath power over whatsoever He willeth through His word “Be” and it is.

In these days news of the yellow wind is reaching us from the assembly of the wise ones and physicians, but until now its appearance hath been prevented and its advent barred. And afterward the matter is in the hand of God, our Lord and the Lord of all worlds.

Among the recent news is that the revered Afnan, His honor Aqa Mirza Aqa, upon him be the Glory of God, the Lord of all beings, and the beloved of hearts, His honor Nazir, upon him be the Glory of God, have arrived. Among the fresh tidings is that due to the wickedness of the wicked, the door of retribution has been opened. His Majesty the King of Iran did not read the Tablet of God, and now as recompense he must repeatedly read letters from which the fire of hatred blazes forth from the horizon of every word, until an answer befitting the question is given, and likewise with telegrams. Take Iran in ruins, for it has kindled either a new fire in the earth or the fire of divine wrath. From every direction it has encompassed the bewildered king, robbing him of sleep and rest. Tribulations have so encompassed him that his messenger found no opportunity to deliver his master’s messages. However, as commanded, the people of justice must in no way interfere. They must remain with perfect dignity and composure. Nothing contrary to propriety or opposed to righteousness should be manifested by them, for the station of this party today is sanctified above the ways of the world’s parties. To the extent possible, they should strive to quench the blazing fire that burns against the government and nation. It is hoped that praiseworthy and pleasing qualities and conduct will be manifested by this party. In truth, a great sedition has arisen against the government - to this bears witness He with Whom is the clear Book.

Regarding the construction of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkar, and obtaining permission and documents for His honor Aqa Ghulam-’Ali from the people of Ya, and renewed special permission for His honor Aqa Mashhadi Rida, upon them both be the Glory of God, and the correspondence of His honor Aqa Ghulam-Husayn and Aqa Rida and Aqa Khayru’llah, upon them be the Glory of God, and the departure of the known leaf from the land of Ta - all these matters were presented before the holy and sanctified Throne of Truth and attained the honor of being heard. His blessed and exalted Word […]

O Afnan! Upon thee be my Baha! Praise be to God that thou hast succeeded in constructing the Mashriqu’l-Adhkar of God, whose remembrance and fragrance shall endure and persist as long as the Kingdom endureth. However, considering that the honored Afnans (upon them be my Baha and loving-kindness) have from the earliest days assisted the Cause of God with hand and tongue, with hearing and sight, all the atoms of creation have testified and do testify to the service, devotion, sincerity and purity of these sanctified souls. Glory be to God! In times of difficulty and distress, those blessed souls have again attained unto this special blessed station. Before this Wronged One, whatsoever was for the acquisition of the House was bestowed in Alexandria - thou thyself knowest this - and whatsoever was in the storehouse in Beirut was given to settle the debt of one of the believers, and the details of both are clear and evident to thee. Had there been means available, it would have been sent specifically for the construction to thee. Although whatsoever both of you possess - that is, thyself and the other one (upon both of you be my Baha and loving-kindness) - is considered the pure property of this Wronged One. By chance, on this blessed night, the supplication of the honored Afnan was specifically read in the presence, and likewise some time ago, and before that. From each word, nay from each letter, nay from each dot thereof, the fire of love was ignited. God willing, may the bestowals of the Most Great Ocean and the gifts of the Sun of Truth encompass them.

As regards the proceeding of the leaves to the Land of Ta, this matter was left to Ali-Qabl-i-Haydar (upon him be my Baha) to execute whenever he deemed it advisable. However, their movement appears very difficult, and thy proceeding to the Land of Ta is not permitted. Although the Sultan is now secretly remorseful for what he hath wrought against this wronged community, God willing, may His grace take hold of him and enable him to compensate for what he hath missed in the days of God.

As for the permission at the time of presentation, it was granted in the presence, and whatsoever the friends of that land have sent hath been accepted according to what was mentioned in the letter. We beseech God to assist all to do that which He loveth and is pleased with. Give them the glad tidings of My acceptance and illumine them with the light of My utterance and remind them of My verses which have preceded all who are in the heavens and on earth. O Afnan! Verily thy Lord mentioneth at the end of the utterance he who was named Rida in the Book of Burhan, and We give him the glad tidings of My acceptance of him and My turning toward him and My mention of him in days wherein My heart and My pen and My outward and My inward being and My loved ones who have sacrificed their wealth and their souls in the path of God, the Lord of the worlds, have lamented. Both Jinab-i-Rida and his parents have had and continue to have permission to proceed. Praise be to God, the father attained unto that which was recorded and inscribed in the divine Books, and likewise the son. Upon them both be the glory of God and His loving-kindness and the grace of God and His mercy.

O my God, my God! I remember Thee through Thy two servants who did not break Thy Covenant and Testament, who soared in Thy atmosphere and attained to Thy remembrance and praise. O Lord! Ordain for them and for those who love them, both male and female, that which Thou didst ordain for the Companions of Sinai in this Revelation whereby the pavilion of glory was raised up, those in the graves arose, and the law of resurrection was made manifest. There is no God but Thee, the Mighty, the Powerful, the All-Forgiving.

Furthermore, regarding the mention of the passport that was seized in Bukhara: if Bukhara is firmly and definitively under the protection of its august government, there is no harm in obtaining a passport and it would be good. It would be better and more appropriate to inquire also from the spiritual friend, Aqa Ali-Haydar, upon him be the Glory of God, as he is aware of some of the laws of the august government, may God strengthen it. In any case, I have beseeched and continue to beseech God, exalted be His glory, for your honor’s dignity and elevation. On one occasion, these exalted words were heard from the Master of all beings. He said that the Afnan, praise be to God, has been blessed in his attention and steps. Although he has endured hardship, since he has succeeded in rectifying certain matters, the hardship is comfort. We beseech God to exalt him through His grace and favor and to ordain for him and his Afnan the best of this world and the next. Verily, He is the Giver, the Bestower, the Mighty, the Generous.

Manifest verses have been revealed especially for the mentioned names, upon them be the Glory of God. It is hoped that all will attain unto them. Verily our Lord is the Forgiving, the Merciful.

This petition was about to be sent when your telegraphic news arrived, and since a response was issued from His presence, the sending was delayed until another herald brought new tidings, and that was your blessed letter which brought spiritual glad-tidings on the morning of the twenty-fifth of Rabi’u’th-Thani. After opening and reading the letter, such joy and delight took hold that at that very moment it was presented to His presence and fully conveyed. Then the divine ocean of utterance surged and the effulgences of the Sun of Knowledge encompassed the world to such an extent that no one was or is capable of enumerating it. Then these sublime words were revealed and made manifest from the Dayspring of Utterance, His words, exalted be His utterance and mighty be His proof: […]

O Afnan! Upon thee be My Glory and My Loving-kindness! Praise be to God that the realm of darkness hath been illumined by the light of guidance, and the parched desert of thirst hath been refreshed by the waters of divine mercy. This is indeed a great bounty and its station exalted. We beseech God to increase, day by day, His confirmations upon you, and to render your purpose so refined that its manifestation through the realm of utterance may captivate the world. Exalted is the penetrating power of My sweetest utterance and My most glorious remembrance! Blessed are those Afnans who have arisen to aid My Cause, who have taken the Kawthar of utterance from the hand of My bounty and have drunk therefrom once in My Name and again in remembrance of Me, through which the horizons of the heavens of wisdom and utterance were illumined. We beseech Him, exalted be He, to ordain for them and for My loved ones that which will make them the lights of His Kingdom in His earthly realm and the mysteries of His wisdom in His perspicuous Book.

O Afnan! The letters which thou didst send previously to this servant, each one hath been favored with loving-kindness, mercy, grace, attention and response. Well is it with thee and with My loved ones who have attained with joy unto the cup of martyrdom in My path. The ecstasy of the cup of martyrdom transcendeth all earthly delights. Whosoever partaketh thereof will, with utmost joy, eagerness, longing and gladness, hasten to the station of sacrifice. O God! Grant us, through Thy loving-kindness, Thy grace, Thy mercy, Thy power, Thy might and Thy sovereignty, for verily Thou art the All-Powerful, the Almighty. There is no God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

Concerning what thou didst mention about the gathering of the loved ones in a special council for the conduct of affairs, this hath been accepted. In truth it is necessary. At the beginning of the entry of the Wronged One into the military barracks in the city of Akka, the establishment of a council was decided upon. However, due to changes of location and variations in movement and rest, it was postponed. And concerning what thou didst write about the unity, harmony, joy, gladness, delight and happiness of the Afnan and the loved ones - this became the cause of joy and exultation. We beseech God to assist all to remain steadfast in what was mentioned at every moment, for truly the manifestation of discord hath been and is the cause of the dissipation of God’s Cause. The world is not worthy of mention. Erelong its carpet shall be rolled up, save the carpet that is spread in the name of Truth through the endeavors of His loved ones - that shall endure in the world through the perpetuity of the Most Great Name. We beseech God to assist all in that which will cause His Cause to be exalted and His traces to encompass all. Verily He is the All-Bountiful, the Generous.

The signs of victory and triumph are evident from every direction. Blessed are they who have directed their endeavors to the exaltation of the Cause and who are occupied with the greatest steadfastness in uniting hearts and souls. We hope that the three mentioned souls may be illumined and gladdened by the effulgences of the Tree of Sinai, and We beseech God, exalted be His glory, to grant them success. Were all the peoples of the earth to become aware of the leaves and fruits of the Blessed Tree, they would all expend their endeavors in its service.

They mentioned the consultative council and the blessed, assured souls therein. Praise be to God, each one hath been honored with the mention of the Wronged One and special favors. Divine confirmation and assistance circle round the loved ones. Soon their names, their mention and their deeds shall be spread throughout the East and West of the earth - a promise from Us. Verily thy Lord fulfilleth His promise through His sovereignty and power. He is the Powerful, the Mighty.

Reflect upon the manifest power in the earth. In a moment He transformed punishment into sweetness and hardship into mercy, to such extent that the oppressor repeatedly acknowledged his error and in utter abasement sought Our good-pleasure. And were he to know what hath been ordained for him, he would cast himself into the fire, or flee to the mountains and lament until death. Thus was the matter decreed in the Mother Book by God, the Powerful, the Mighty, the Subduer.

What transpired - the martyrdom of the martyrs who attained the supreme triumph, likewise the exaltation of God’s Word among those within and without, and the manifestation of power and might in that transformation - each is a clear testimony to the power, grandeur and all-encompassing nature of God, exalted be His glory. Blessed are they who know and blessed are they who have attained. However, if mention of the gathering and consultative council is made to the government and permission is obtained, this would be most preferable, seemly and excellent. The splendor shining from the horizon of the heaven of My grace be upon My Afnan and My loved ones who have acknowledged and confessed that which the Tongue of Grandeur hath spoken before the faces of the servants. The Command is in God’s hands, the Lord of creation and the Commander in the beginning and the return.

The new sublime letter was indeed a book of joy for the friends. There was no delay whatsoever in responding to it - the moment of its presentation and the moment of response occurred in one place and time. Your services to the divine Cause have each been adorned with acceptance and divine good-pleasure. Now, since you have given the glad tidings of presence through the penetrating, swift missive, therefore many are waiting. I beseech God, exalted be His glory, to grant you complete health and perfect well-being, and to cause you to attain the Most Great Scene with boundless joy and delight. And may you receive with supreme profit all that has been delayed during this period. Blessed is God, our Lord, Who bestows a hundred thousand Euphrates of nearness for a single drop from the sea. Who can reckon His grace and mercy? Who can count His favors and gifts? We beseech God to increase the endeavors of His loved ones there and to ordain for them from the Pen of His grace the verses of His mercy, His favor, His generosity and His bounty. Verily, He is powerful over all things.

As to what you wrote regarding the trees, fruits and seeds, after presenting it He said: “God willing, may the trees and seeds that the honored Afnan has obtained be planted like the trees planted in the Most Holy Place in the Most Great Name, and may they appear with new and distinguished fruits, and may their mention remain eternal and everlasting until the end that has no end. Blessed be the tree, blessed be the fruit, blessed be the speaker, and blessed be the hearer.”

Whoever has spoken these words has spoken exceedingly well: “The prayer is from Thee and the answer too is from Thee.” I bear witness that He was his helper in receiving, and likewise his confirmer in planting, and similarly He aids in receiving again and grants success in partaking, through His grace, His favor and His beneficence. Blessed and exalted be the glory, the remembrance and the praise upon your honor and upon those who are with you and who hear your words concerning God, our Lord and your Lord.

=== END BH10993 ===

=== START BH10994 ===

In the Name of our Lord, the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

My God, my God! Do not withhold Thy servants from the ocean of Thy bounty, nor disappoint them of that which Thou hast ordained for Thy loved ones. I beseech Thee by the sweet-scented breezes of Thy verses and by the light of Thy Cause whereby the horizons of Thy lands were illumined, to send down upon him who hath turned unto the lights of Thy countenance that which befitteth Thy generosity. Verily, Thou art the Forgiving, the Merciful.

=== END BH10994 ===

=== START BH10996 ===

In the Name of the One God! Today the friends of God must act in accordance with that which hath been sent down from the heaven of His everlasting Command. Blessed is he who hath attained unto that which he hath been commanded in the Mighty Book. We have heard thy call, and have adorned the head of thy letter with these sublime words: Be thou thankful unto thy Lord, the Bestower, the Bountiful.

=== END BH10996 ===

=== START BH10997 ===

In the Name of the All-Knowing Speaker! Today the ocean of mercy is surging and the breezes of forgiveness are wafting from the direction of the favor of the Desire of all worlds. As they pass over receptive souls, all are adorned with the ornament of divine pardon. The Tongue of Grandeur has given and continues to give glad-tidings to all. We beseech God to preserve all and to adorn them with the crown of protection. He is the Powerful, the Mighty.

=== END BH10997 ===

=== START BH10998 ===

He is the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious

The Most Exalted Pen proclaims: There is none other God but Me, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. Bear thou witness to that which God hath testified in this blessed Tablet. Blessed art thou for having been remembered in the Most Great Prison by this Beloved Pen. The glory rest upon thee and upon whosoever hath heard the call and responded to his Lord, the Mighty, the All-Loving.

=== END BH10998 ===

=== START BH10999 ===

O Afnan, Nabil-i-Qabil-i-Taqi, upon him be the Most Glorious Glory of God! God is Most Glorious! Verily the Divine Lote-Tree calleth out to its branches and counseleth them to remain supremely steadfast in this Cause whereby the limbs of all names have quaked. Blessed art thou for having remained faithful to God’s Covenant and Testament at a time when the divines of the earth have violated it, save those whom God, thy Lord, the Most Exalted, the Most Great, hath willed.

=== END BH10999 ===

=== START BH11001 ===

In the Name of the Protector! O loved ones of God! Ascend by the ladder of meanings and utterance unto your Lord, the All-Merciful. Beware lest your present condition prevent you from your ultimate destiny, and lest possessions veil you from the remembrance of your Lord, the Mighty, the Most High. Be at rest in the remembrance of God and His love, then detach yourselves from those who have disbelieved in God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy.

=== END BH11001 ===

=== START BH11002 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Ancient! O loved ones of God! Do not grieve over what hath befallen the Luminary of the horizons. Verily, the sun is eclipsed and the moon is darkened. Ere long shall We, with the fingers of might, rend asunder the veil that hath come between Us and the servants, that His lights may shine forth amongst the worlds. And praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH11002 ===

=== START BH11003 ===

O My Name the All-Forgiving! Through Thee have I been tried, and through Thee have I drunk what no one hath drunk, and tasted what no soul hath tasted. Were I not beholding Thee, I would have destroyed the wicked ones and delivered My chosen ones from the fiery letters. Had not My mercy preceded all things, I would have returned existence unto non-existence by reason of what hath befallen My loved ones - how much more by what hath befallen My Own Self!

=== END BH11003 ===

=== START BH11004 ===

In My Name, the Most Exalted, the Most High!

O My handmaiden! Be thou attracted by My melodies, then drink from the cup of My loving-kindness, then take shelter in the shade of the cloud of My mercy, then become intoxicated with the wine of My bestowals, then hearken unto My call from the direction of My throne, then read the wondrous verses and words I have revealed. And know thou that My words are a light by which the hearts of the yearning ones are illumined, and a fire by which the hearts of the lovers are consumed, and a fountain of life by which My loved ones are quickened, and a wine by which My chosen ones are intoxicated, and an ocean wherein are treasured the pearls of My wisdom, and a treasury wherein are deposited the gems of My knowledge. Blessed is he who hath attained unto the recognition of My Self, and soared in the atmosphere of My love, and ascended unto the heaven of My gracious favors, and immersed himself in the ocean of My divinity, and discovered the sweet fragrances of holiness from the garment of My grace, and hath sanctified himself from all else save Me, and turned with his heart unto the sanctuary of My greatness, and arose to aid My Cause, and walked in the ways of My good-pleasure.

O My handmaiden! Remember thy Lord in thy standing and thy sitting, in thy sleep and thy wakefulness. By God! He who loveth Me sleepeth not even when sleeping, nor is he occupied with aught save My remembrance and My love and My praise, even should he be engaged in all the affairs of earth. Rejoice, O My handmaiden, then grieve, O My servant woman. As for the rejoicing, it is for My manifestation and My dawning and My effulgence and My exaltation and My radiance and My power and My glory; and as for the grief, it is for My anguish and My exile and My distress and My imprisonment and My tribulation. Glad-tidings unto him who readeth this and findeth that which is diffused therefrom. And upon thee, O thou who hast desired thy Lord within thyself and hast been invested with the robe of His guidance, and upon all handmaidens, pure ones, devoted ones, seeking ones, hoping ones, remembering ones.

=== END BH11004 ===

=== START BH11005 ===

O My handmaiden! By God, at all times doth the Tongue of God give utterance to verses of grief, whereas the oceans of life should be flowing in recognition of My All-Merciful Self. Therefore, the curse of God be upon those who have wronged Me without clear proof or an illuminating Book. And thou, remember thy Lord, then be devoutly obedient, that thou mayest be accounted among those who remember, recorded by the Pen of God.

=== END BH11005 ===

=== START BH11006 ===

O sister of Jinab-i-Rida! O handmaiden of God! Hearken unto the call of this Youth Who hath been afflicted in the prison of envy and hath been slain at every moment by the sword of hatred - and God is my witness to what I say. I weep for My loneliness and solitude and exile. Purify thyself, then, from the love of aught else but Me, that thou mayest find a way to attain My presence.

=== END BH11006 ===

=== START BH11007 ===

O Jamshid! Be thou patient in separation and be not distressed within thyself, and be of them that are patient. Then beseech God that He may bring about a reunion between us and you, for verily He hath power over all things. And the Spirit be upon thee and upon the patient servants of God.

=== END BH11007 ===

=== START BH11008 ===

O My servant! Verily thy Lord, when He chastiseth His servants, is called by His name the Just One, and when He forgiveth, is called by His name the All-Forgiving, and He careth not whether He be called by this or by that, for verily He is sanctified above all names, and verily He is the One possessed of such power as none knoweth save His own Self, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH11008 ===

=== START BH11009 ===

In the name of God, the All-Knowing! O Pen! Be thou intimate with the remembrance of the Ancient King, and efface from thy heart whatsoever preventeth thee from being immersed in the depths of this Most Great Ocean. Then speak forth in praise of God and His remembrance amongst the peoples. Verily, through His remembrance are the hearts of the mystics revived, and verily He is the Kawthar of life - blessed then be they that drink thereof.

=== END BH11009 ===

=== START BH11010 ===

God is Most Glorious! O My Most Exalted Pen! We have desired to make mention of one who has turned towards My horizon when he heard My call and arose to render Me victorious when he read My mighty Book. O Nightingale! Rejoice in that the Tongue of Grandeur hath testified to thee and acknowledged thy turning unto Him, thy humility, thy lowliness, and thy rising up to serve His Cause, the Firm, the Strong.

=== END BH11010 ===

=== START BH11011 ===

O Guest! Bear witness within thyself that He is God, alone with no partner. His is the glory and the eternity, His the grandeur and the splendor, His the sovereignty and the cloud of divinity. He doeth whatsoever He willeth through His power, and He, verily, is the Sovereign, the All-Knowing, the Ruler, the Self-Subsisting. Then make mention of Majid and Baqir and Muhsin.

=== END BH11011 ===

=== START BH11012 ===

He is the Mighty! O Hadi! Be patient in what hath befallen thee and what hath befallen Us from the irrevocable and manifest decree. Put thy trust in God, for in Him do the sincere ones place their trust. Fear thou no one, then stand firm in love and be of the patient ones. Then remind from Our presence thy son that he may be of the content ones.

=== END BH11012 ===

=== START BH11013 ===

In the City, O leaf Muhammad-Sadiq! He is the Most Holy, the Most Glorious. The breezes of polytheism have wafted from the heart of every base polytheist. Hold fast to this Tree lest thou fall upon the face of the earth. Thus doth command thee the Pen of sublime justice. Hold fast to the Tree, then taste of the fruits of the Lote-Tree of Paradise and be steadfast in the love of God.

=== END BH11013 ===

=== START BH11015 ===

He is God, exalted is He!

God willing, may you be engaged at all times in praising the All-Merciful with the utmost joy and delight, in such wise that the happenings of creation shall not prevent you from extolling the Truth. O Muhammad! The spiritual wine of oneness is prepared and the Bearer of the eternal countenance is the Cup-Bearer - take and drink, and give to drink! Say: Praise be unto Thee, O Quickener of the worlds!

=== END BH11015 ===

=== START BH11016 ===

His honor Siyyid Rida, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the One dawning from the horizon of utterance. The beginning of faith in God, exalted be His glory, has been and is [recognition], and its end is steadfastness in it. Blessed is he who has attained unto both the first and the second. He is indeed numbered with the people of inner meaning before God, the Lord of the worlds and the Goal of the mystics.

=== END BH11016 ===

=== START BH11017 ===

In the Name of the One Friend!

O Asadu’llah! The Lord of the worlds declareth in this utterance which hath been sent down from the heaven of the All-Merciful’s will: “Act thou according to My commandments for the love of My beauty.” This is a word which the All-Merciful revealed aforetime in Baghdad and in this Great Prison. When thou attainest unto it, say: “Praise be to God, the Beloved of them that know!”

=== END BH11017 ===

=== START BH11018 ===

In the Name of the Beloved Creator!

O handmaiden of God! Should the Word of God be confined to a single word, that word has been and will ever be the sovereign of all words, and the fragrance of the All-Merciful wafting from it throughout the ages is most excellent. How blessed is the soul that has inhaled it and has turned with an illumined heart toward its direction.

=== END BH11018 ===

=== START BH11020 ===

The Most Wondrous, the Most Glorious

O servant of the Everlasting Friend! He saith: Thy letter was presented before the Countenance. As it was adorned with the ornament of the love of the Beloved, after having attained the honor of presentation before the Most Holy Court and gaining the bounty of attaining His presence, it became the bearer of the trust of the mysteries of the Pen and returned to that direction. Blessed art thou for having turned toward the Qiblih and for having won victory through God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH11020 ===

=== START BH11022 ===

He is the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting

O friends! Come forth from the garden of self and passion, and enter gracefully into the paradise of the love of Baha. Step out of the realm of fancy into the arena of certitude. Though ere long all shall be deprived of this spiritual revelation and this mighty sovereign dawning, save whom thy Lord willeth, the Mighty, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH11022 ===

=== START BH11024 ===

He is God! O friends! In this springtime of the All-Merciful, when the Divine Tree of Will hath been adorned with wondrous fruits of knowledge, strive ye to pluck these ripe fruits with your own hands and partake thereof, for in other seasons they cannot be found, and even if found, they will surely lack their original freshness.

=== END BH11024 ===

=== START BH11027 ===

In the Name of the One Friend! O handmaiden! Thy letter hath reached the divine presence, and the glance of favor hath been directed toward thee. God willing, thou shalt drink from the cup of sanctification and be adorned with the robe of detachment. Give thanks to the Best-Beloved of the worlds that thou hast attained unto the traces of the Most Exalted Pen. Blessed is every handmaiden who hath acted according to what hath been revealed in the Book.

=== END BH11027 ===

=== START BH11029 ===

O dear one! He is the Mighty, the Great! O dear one! True glory belongs exclusively to those souls who are glorified through the glory of God, for the glory of no glorious one and the power of no powerful one shall endure save through the Name of God - exalted be His glory! God willing, you shall attain to this most exalted station and sublime rank. Verily your Lord is the Giving, the Bountiful. The glory be upon you!

=== END BH11029 ===

=== START BH11030 ===

He is the Beloved

O Ali! Praise be to God that thou hast beheld the Friend, attained unto the Friend, and been blessed with the remembrance of the Friend. O Light of the Dawning-place of lights! He, the Chosen One, saith: Thou art remembered in My presence - this sufficeth thee, by the Lord of the mighty Throne! Verily, the glory be upon thee and upon thy son and upon them that are with thee amongst the loved ones of thy Lord.

=== END BH11030 ===

=== START BH11031 ===

In the name of God, the Compassionate! O nightingales! While the heaven of mercy is upraised, take wing; while the flower is at market, lament; while the gates of reunion are open, hasten! Eat sweets and grieve not, and in remembrance of the Friend, drink the wine of nearness. Attach not your hearts to this life, but surrender your souls to the Beloved.

=== END BH11031 ===

=== START BH11032 ===

In the Name of the All-Knowing, the One!

O Karbila’i Muhammad-Husayn! Praise be to God that thou hast attained to kissing the dust at the threshold of the Name of God. Strive thou that, through divine grace, thou mayest be honored with the most great steadfastness. This is the most exalted station, the highest rank, the primal pearl, the mystery of “or nearer,” the ultimate station, and the furthermost goal. Blessed are they that attain!

=== END BH11032 ===

=== START BH11033 ===

In the Name of the one incomparable God! O handmaiden of God! Thy name hath been mentioned at the Most Holy Court, wherefore this Most Exalted Tablet hath been sent down from the heaven of the mercy of the All-Merciful, that thou mayest inhale from it the fragrance of the Beloved of all worlds, and remain steadfast in His love with firm footsteps and an illumined heart, and be occupied at all times with the remembrance of the All-Merciful.

=== END BH11033 ===

=== START BH11034 ===

O Fatimeh! He is the Most Holy. O handmaiden of God! Thy letter hath come before Our face and thy remembrance is mentioned before the Throne. This is the most great bounty wherewith thou hast been favored. Strive thou that the heedlessness and forgetfulness of the peoples of the worlds may not prevent thee from the direction of the All-Merciful, and that thou mayest ever dwell, in spirit and fragrance, beneath the shade of the divine Lote-Tree, in rest and in peace.

=== END BH11034 ===

=== START BH11035 ===

In the Name of the Beloved of the world! O Mahdi! Drink thou the everlasting nectar flowing from the Divine Word through the Hand of bounty, and partake of the most pure Kawthar streaming from the direction of the Most Great Scene through the Hand of grace. Say: Praise be unto Thee, O Thou Who hast honored me with the trace of Thy Pen and hast called me with the tongue of the Manifestation of Thine Essence while He was imprisoned among the oppressors.

=== END BH11035 ===

=== START BH11036 ===

In My Name, the Guide! O Hadi! Through divine bounty thou hast drunk from the chalice of mystical knowledge and turned thy face toward the Most Exalted Horizon. That which is now required is steadfastness in this Most Great Cause. By My life! None shall attain unto it save the sincere ones, for most of mankind are heedless and veiled from the original purpose, except those whom thy Lord willeth.

=== END BH11036 ===

=== START BH11037 ===

He is God. O leaf! I hope that, by divine grace, you are safe and at rest. We sent Munirih - the choice is yours. We gave permission for fifteen days of service. O leaf! The Tree commands: do not fall short in knowledge, calligraphy and character. The human being requires the conditions of humanity. The Glory be upon you.

=== END BH11037 ===

=== START BH11039 ===

In the letter of the revered Afnan, his honor Aqa Mirza Muhammad-Taqi, upon him be the Glory of God, the Most Glorious - regarding what he had written that they had sent a letter to this servant which arrived, and that they had written and sent a detailed reply to it - God willing it has now arrived. And now they convey countless glorifications and praises.

=== END BH11039 ===

=== START BH11040 ===

He is God!

O you who gaze toward the horizon! At this time, the Branch of the Divine Lote-Tree was present and made mention of you. Therefore We make mention of you with a mention whose fragrance has diffused the sweet-scents of love and affection among the servants. We beseech God to assist you and enable you to achieve that whereby your name may be exalted throughout all lands.

=== END BH11040 ===

=== START BH11043 ===

He is [the Ever-Living]

The Sea of Eternity is in waves, and the Light of Grandeur is in vibration, and the honored Temple is in joy. So blessed are ye and those who are with you in what your Lord hath bestowed upon you and your Creator hath honored you with. And peace be upon you.

[In the margin of the text, parallel to the word “the Ever-Living,” the word “God” has been written.]

=== END BH11043 ===

=== START BH11045 ===

He is the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting

Blessed is He in Whose hand is the Kingdom of the heavens and of the earth. Verily He hath power over all things through His wisdom. He exalteth whom He willeth and abaseth whom He willeth, He giveth to whom He willeth and withholdeth from whom He willeth, He aideth whom He willeth and forsaketh whom He willeth. Verily He is the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH11045 ===

=== START BH11047 ===

He is the Beloved

O Husayn! This is a Tablet which remembereth thee from before the Wronged One, and by which the Concourse on High remembereth thee through the everlasting Book of God, the Lord of all beings. Say: Glory be unto Thee, O my God! Praise be unto Thee for having enabled me to attain unto Thy presence and to hear Thy voice, as I stand before the door of Thy bounty. I beseech Thee to open before my face the door of Thy blessings and loving-kindness. Verily, Thou art the All-Bountiful, the All-Generous.

=== END BH11047 ===

=== START BH11048 ===

He is He

Praise be to God that while Moses the Interlocutor beheld the Face of Guidance without beginning from the fire of the Tree that was neither of the East nor of the West and was guided, as He said “I perceive guidance at the fire,” these companions have become illumined and guided by the light of the divine Lote Tree and the manifestation of the Essence of the Eternal. Well is it with them that have attained!

=== END BH11048 ===

=== START BH11049 ===

He is the Mighty

Praise be to God Who hath wafted the holy breezes from the divine paradise of meaning upon all created things, that all might behold with both outward and inward vision the lights of the Divine Beauty, and that none upon earth might be prevented or held back from the remembrance of the True Object of Worship. Thus hath it been sent down in truth, if ye would but know.

=== END BH11049 ===

=== START BH11050 ===

He is the Expositor, the All-Knowing!

Praise be to the Lord of the Kingdom, Who illumined the world with the lights of the Most Great Name and raised high the pavilion of “Verily I am God” despite His enemies. Blessed is the soul that hath attained unto true unity and become detached and free from all else but God. Such a one is Our friend and among the people of the Ark of Our grace.

=== END BH11050 ===

=== START BH11051 ===

In His Name, the Most Exalted, the Most Great

Praise be to the Beloved of the worlds, that thou hast attained, through His greatest bounty and Most Great Name. In all conditions be vigilant in the Cause of God, that perchance in these fleeting days eternal stations may be acquired. Know thou the value of the blessing of attainment and the days of reunion, and be occupied at all times with the remembrance of God. Blessed are they that act.

=== END BH11051 ===

=== START BH11052 ===

In the Name of the One Friend! Praise be to the Beloved of the worlds, that thou hast attained unto the presence of the Dawning-Place of His Cause and the Manifestation of His grace, and hast been clothed with the robe of forgiveness from the hand of divine bounty. Beseech the True One, exalted be His glory, that thou mayest ever drink from the pure water of steadfastness and remain detached and free from all else but Him.

=== END BH11052 ===

=== START BH11053 ===

At that moment all who are in the heavens and on earth prostrated themselves before God, and the Holy Spirit breathed into the temples of the Concourse on High, and the Dove warbled in the midmost heart of eternity, and all necks bowed down before His command, while the proud were in the fire of hell and grievous peril, and verily He was witness over all things.

=== END BH11053 ===

=== START BH11054 ===

O Mirza Abu’l-Hasan, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the Answerer! In the Tablet of Wisdom this blessed verse hath been sent down: Look not upon creatures and their works, but rather upon the Truth and His sovereignty. Thus hath the matter been decreed from before God, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. The choice wine existeth, the Cause is manifest, and the bounty is evident, yet the people are deprived save whom God willeth, the Mighty, the Beloved.

=== END BH11054 ===

=== START BH11055 ===

Allah-u-Abha! We convey greetings to the true friend and counsel him as befits. Blessed is he who awakens at the Call and arises to serve the Cause of his Lord. And woe unto him whom vain desires have kept back from God, the Lord of the first and the last. Joy be unto thee for having drunk the wine of everlasting life from the hands of the bounty of thy Lord, the Most Merciful.

=== END BH11055 ===

=== START BH11056 ===

Convey greetings to the friends in that land. We beseech God that He may assist all to do what is necessary and befitting. That honored one must at all times set the people ablaze with the remembrance of God, exalted be His glory, and His name. The Glory be upon you and upon those with you and upon those who have said “We believe in God, the Single, the All-Informed.”

=== END BH11056 ===

=== START BH11058 ===

The Most Holy, the Most Glorious. A mention from Us to one of Our maidservants, that she may remember her Lord in every eventide and morn. Be thou joyful in My remembrance of thee, then praise thy Lord, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. Then give thanks to the All-Merciful for having adorned thy home with the Branches. He, verily, is the All-Bountiful, the Ancient of Days. Thus doth the Wronged One remember thee as He walketh in the house and remembereth His Lord, the Most Exalted, the Mighty, the Inaccessible.

=== END BH11058 ===

=== START BH11060 ===

He is the Ever-Living

The Holy Spirit is watchful and the Spirit of companionship waiting expectantly - when will the melody of light be mentioned and the drumbeat of manifestation become renowned? When will the countenance of the letter Ha without garment unveil itself and the face of the letter Ba without veil reveal its mystery? So that the mighty throne may quiver and the ancient seat be filled with delight. And peace be upon you.

=== END BH11060 ===

=== START BH11061 ===

He is the All-Seeing, the All-Informed

Glorified be He Who has manifested the Cause, sent down the verses, and caused all things to speak forth His most resplendent, most glorious remembrance. He it is Who has broken the seal of the choice sealed Wine through His Name, the Self-Subsisting, and Who has elevated the station of His Afnan and their kinship to Himself as a bounty from His presence. Verily, He is the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous. Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds.

=== END BH11061 ===

=== START BH11062 ===

He is the Dawning One from the horizon of eternity! Glorified be He Who hath adorned thy temple with the ornament of hearing and brought thee into the presence of the Throne and caused thee to hear His wondrous and glorious call. Nothing can be compared with this, nay, by the Lord of the worlds! Be thou thankful in all circumstances, then praise Him and say: Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having strengthened me and honored me and brought me into Thy noble presence.

=== END BH11062 ===

=== START BH11063 ===

He is the Preserver

Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name, and Thy Most Mighty Word, and by Thy Most Beautiful Names and Thy Most Exalted Attributes, that Thou protect this servant from every affliction and decree, and from every epidemic and plague, and from whatsoever tribulations and hardships may arise in the earth. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou willest, and Thou art the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH11063 ===

=== START BH11064 ===

His honor ’Attar, upon him be the Glory of God, in My Name, the One speaking before all faces: Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great, Most Glorious Name to send down from the clouds of Thy mercy the rains of grace, might and transcendence. Verily, Thou art the One with power over whatsoever Thou willest through Thy sovereignty that pervadeth all who are in the heavens and on earth.

=== END BH11064 ===

=== START BH11065 ===

He is the All-Glorious, the Most Glorious

O honored Andalib, upon him be the Glory of God!

Glory be unto Thee, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Exalted Name, and by Thy Most Resplendent Light, and by Thy Beloved Name through which Thou didst unite hearts and souls, to unlock, through the key of Thy Most Great Name, the door of Thy bounty unto him who hath clung and held fast to the hem of Thy Most Pure Robe. There is no God but Thee, the Compassionate, the All-Giving, the All-Bountiful, the Ever-Generous.

=== END BH11065 ===

=== START BH11067 ===

In Thy name, the All-Giving, the Most Effulgent!

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I know not by what remembrance to remember Thee that would befit the majesty of Thy presence, for all remembrances beside Thine own fade away before the radiant splendor of the countenance of Thy remembrance. Therefore, through Thy generosity and grace, Thy loving-kindness and bounty, cause it to descend, O Thou in Whose hand are the keys of all remembrance! Verily, Thou hast power over all things.

=== END BH11067 ===

=== START BH11068 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Great, the Most Glorious!

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Praise be unto Thee for having made me the lamp of the worlds and the light of those who know Thee. Thou knowest, O my God, that mine eyes are turned toward Thy servants. Deliver them, O my God, from self and passion, and draw them nigh unto the Most Glorious Horizon in Thy days. Verily, Thou art the Generous. There is no God but Thee, the Great.

=== END BH11068 ===

=== START BH11069 ===

In the name of God, the Most Great, the Most Glorious! Glorified art Thou, O my God! Praise be unto Thee for having given Baha the cup of tribulation to drink. By Thy glory, O Thou Who art the Lord of all names! Through his love for Thee, Baha is not dismayed by tribulation, and through it he glories over all who are in earth and heaven. I beseech Thee not to disappoint those who have set their hopes on the court of Thy mercy. Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the Powerful, the Gracious.

=== END BH11069 ===

=== START BH11070 ===

In the Name of God, the Most Holy, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious!

Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thanks be to Thee for having sacrificed me for the life of the worlds, and thanks be to Thee for having imprisoned me for the emancipation of the worlds. I beseech Thee by Thyself not to turn away Thy servants from the Dayspring of Thy grace, nor to withhold them from the Kawthar of Life in Thy days. Thou art, verily, the All-Powerful, the Supreme, the Self-Subsisting.

=== END BH11070 ===

=== START BH11071 ===

He is the Ever-Abiding

Glorified art Thou, O my God, O Creator of names and Fashioner of earth and heaven! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Holy, Most Glorious Beauty to make the hearts of Thy servants sanctified from self and desire, that Thy love may be established therein, O Thou Who hast raised up the heaven. Verily Thou art God; there is none other God but Thee, the One Who dominates all things and Who has power over all things, by Thy Most Glorious Name.

=== END BH11071 ===

=== START BH11072 ===

In the Name of our Most Holy, Most Great, Most Exalted, Most Glorious Lord! Glorified art Thou, O God of Names and Creator of heaven! I beseech Thee by the leaves of the Divine Lote-Tree, and by its fruits, branches, boughs and rustling, that Thou change the fire of separation from Thy loved ones into the light of reunion with Thee, and their remoteness into nearness unto Thee. Verily, Thou art the Ancient One, possessed of great bounty. There is none other God but Thee, the Mighty, the Generous.

=== END BH11072 ===

=== START BH11073 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great! Glorified art Thou, O God of the land and whatsoever moveth thereon, and Lord of the sea and whatsoever swimmeth therein! I beseech Thee by the Name through which the heaven of Thy Cause was raised up and the sun of Thy Will shone forth, to illumine Thy earth with the light of Thy justice and the radiance of Thy countenance. Then ordain for Thy loved ones that which will make them independent of all else save Thee and draw them nigh unto Thee. Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the Powerful.

=== END BH11073 ===

=== START BH11074 ===

In the Name of our Most Holy, Most Great, Most Exalted, Most Glorious Lord!

Glory be unto Thee, O God of the unseen and the seen! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, the All-Loving, which hath encompassed all that is seen and unseen, to ordain for him who hath turned unto Thee a station beneath Thy shade. Verily, Thou art the All-Bountiful, the Generous. Verily, Thou art the All-Outpouring, the Merciful. Verily, Thou art the Munificent, the Giver, the Mighty, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH11074 ===

=== START BH11076 ===

O Abu-Talib, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the Wronged One. The Most Exalted Pen beareth witness unto him who hath turned unto God, the Lord of all beings, and hath quaffed the choice wine of steadfastness from the hands of bounty and bestowal. He, verily, is the All-Witnessing, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Glory be unto those who have attained unto the lights of the Countenance when the All-Merciful came with manifest sovereignty.

=== END BH11076 ===

=== START BH11078 ===

His glory be exalted! God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, and He Who speaketh is verily the Most Great and Hidden Treasure Who hath appeared in truth as a bounty from His presence - verily He is the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous. The Supreme Pen hath acknowledged thy turning unto God, the Lord of the Throne and of the dust, and thy submissiveness before the Throne and thy self-effacement at the Gate.

=== END BH11078 ===

=== START BH11079 ===

He is God, exalted is He! God testifies that He is the All-Powerful, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. He has appeared and revealed whatsoever He willed. Nothing escapes His knowledge. He is the Truth, the Knower of the unseen. He gives to drink the choice sealed wine through His Name, the Self-Subsisting, and gives glad tidings to His branches of that which hath been ordained for them from His Most Exalted Pen - that which cannot be mentioned by any mention. And He is the Mighty, the All-Choosing.

=== END BH11079 ===

=== START BH11081 ===

The holy maidens of the celestial throne and the veiled beauties of the divine paradise and the immaculate houris of the pavilion of chastity and the maidens confined to the tabernacle of virtue are, upon the carpet of the throne of beauty, engaged with the spirit of fellowship in melodious songs and heavenly anthems, that perchance dead hearts may come to everlasting life and divine melodies and attain the presence of their Beloved.

=== END BH11081 ===

=== START BH11082 ===

O friends of God in Shahrud! He is the One Who speaks in the Kingdom of Utterance!

My God, my God! Hearts have melted in separation from Thee, and the hearts of Thy servants are consumed in remoteness from Thee. My God, my God! The cries of the lovers have risen from all regions, and the lamentations of the chosen ones in their separation have ascended. Thou hast, O my God, manifested the Dayspring of Thy signs and the Dawning-place of Thy revelations, that all who dwell in Thy heaven and earth might be honored by meeting Thee, yet the polytheists and the heedless have interposed themselves between them and the effulgences of the light of Thy countenance. O Lord! Thou seest the faces turned toward the gleaming lights of Thy countenance, the hearts drawn to the horizon of Thy manifestation, the tongues uttering Thy praise and speaking of what hath befallen them from the fire of separation from Thee, and the eyes awaiting the wonders of Thy mercy and the manifestations of Thy nearness and Thy presence. Wilt Thou deny them, O my God, after the ocean of reunion hath surged through Thy name and Thy command, and the horizon of meeting hath shone forth with the luminary of Thy generosity and grace? O Lord! Thou seest the hands of hope clinging to the hem of Thy bounty. I beseech Thee by the breezes of Thy revelation, the pearls of the oceans of Thy knowledge, and the manifestations of Thy sovereignty amongst Thy creatures, to ordain for Thy loved ones reunion with Thee and attainment unto Thy presence. Then cause them to hear Thy sweet call before Thy throne, or inscribe for them, with Thy Most Exalted Pen, the recompense of attaining unto the gate of Thy grandeur, which Thou hast opened before the faces of all in Thy dominion.

My God, my God! Thou knowest and seest that there hath come before the Wronged One, in His Most Great Prison, a leaf whereon were inscribed the names of Thy loved ones who have drunk the choice wine of recognition from the cups of Thy gifts and the Salsabil of certitude from the hands of Thy grace. I beseech Thee, O God of Names and Creator of heaven, by Thy Name through which Thou hast transformed fire into light and removed the veils from hearts and minds, to aid them to remain firm with supreme steadfastness, that their feet may not slip through the doubts of the transgressors and the hints of those who have turned away - they who have broken Thy Covenant and Thy Testament, who have disputed Thy signs, disbelieved in Thy proof, and turned aside from Thy evidence after it had encompassed Thy earth and Thy heaven. I beseech Thee, O Lord of eternity and Sovereign of nations, to assist them to recognize the Source of Thy laws and the Manifestation of Thy Self. Then remember those whose names have been presented before Thy face, that they may rejoice in Thy remembrance, Thy acceptance, and Thy attention. Verily, Thou art the Most Generous of the generous ones and the Most Merciful of the merciful. Bounty is in Thy grasp and generosity in Thy right hand. Thou doest what Thou willest and ordainest what Thou pleasest. Verily, Thou art the Mighty, the Praiseworthy.

O Ghulam-Rida! The Wronged One remembereth thee from the precincts of the Prison and counseleth thee with that whereby the Cause of God, the All-Possessing, the Self-Subsisting, may be exalted. Take hold of the Book with strength from Us in such wise that the doubts of those who have disbelieved in God, the Lord of existence, may not hinder thee. Arise with supreme steadfastness in the Cause of thy Lord, the Lord of all beings, and say: O peoples of the earth! Fear God, the Lord of the Throne and of the dust, and be not of those who have denied God’s favor when it was sent down through grace. Turn with illumined hearts to the Most Sublime Horizon. This is what ye have been commanded, both before and after. He beareth witness to this Who hath spoken in every condition that there is none other God but Me, the Truth, the Knower of the unseen. Say: By God! The horizon of certitude hath been illumined by the Light of proof. Fear ye God and follow not the sources of idle fancies and vain imaginings. He Who was hidden in the universe and mentioned in the hearts of the Prophets and inscribed by the Most Exalted Pen in the Books of God, the Lord of the seen and unseen, hath been made manifest. Thus have We revealed unto thee the proof and sent down that whereby thine eyes and the eyes of those who have attained to revelation and witnessing may be solaced.

O Heydar-’Ali! The Most Exalted Pen makes mention of thee and counsels thee with that which hath been revealed in the Book. Be thou eloquent in My remembrance, steadfast in My Cause, directed towards Mine horizon, firm in My path, and holding fast to the hem of the robe of thy Lord’s grace, the Lord of creation. A single letter of thy Lord’s verses is worth more than all that is witnessed and seen, as attested by the Mother Book which is with Him. Blessed is the soul that hath attained unto My days, the heart that hath turned unto My countenance, the man that hath arisen to serve My Cause, and the eye that hath beheld the lights.

O ’Abdu’l-Karim! The Wronged One makes mention of thee and gives thee glad tidings of God’s loving-kindness, the Lord of all beings, and counsels thee with that which befitteth the days of God, the Lord of Lords. Turn not unto the world and its conditions and what transpireth therein. All that is therein shall perish, and that which hath been revealed from the Pen of thy Lord’s Revelation, the One Who ruleth over all in earth and heaven, shall endure. We have sent down the verses and dispatched them unto those who believed when God came with power and sovereignty. Blessed is he who hath attained unto the knowledge of his Lord, and woe unto every heedless doubter.

O Pen! Make mention of him who hath been named Muhammad and reveal unto him that which will draw him nigh unto the Mighty, the Bestower, Who hath appeared and manifested what He desired. He it is Who hath spoken and caused all things to speak: “There is none other God but I, the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting.” When thou hast attained unto My verses and found the fragrance of Mine utterance, say: “Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having enabled me to recognize Thee and for having acquainted me with Him Who was hidden within the treasuries of Thy power. I beseech Thee to assist me to be steadfast in Thy Cause. Verily, Thou art the Almighty over whatsoever Thou willest. Within Thy grasp are the reins of all things. There is none other God but Thee, the Self-Sufficient, the Most Exalted.”

O Shaykh Muhammad! Hear My call and remember My days and what hath befallen Me at the hands of those among My tyrannical servants who denied My manifestation, My appearance, My dawning, and My verses which have encompassed the horizons. We make mention of thee and counsel thee with that which will manifest man’s station among the religions. Exalted is the All-Merciful Who created thee and caused thee to know this Cause whereby feet have slipped. Let not the doubts of the opposers sadden thee, nor the onslaught of those who have disbelieved in God, the Revealer of verses. Be thou steadfast in the Cause of thy Lord and speak forth My Name amongst the servants. Thus hath the fragrance of revelation been wafted throughout the world, yet most of the people are wrapped in heedlessness and veils.

O Baqir! Hear the call from the right side of the luminous spot at the Lote-Tree beyond which there is no passing. Verily, there is no God but Him, the Mighty, the All-Forgiving. Blessed is the penitent who hath turned unto God, and the humble one who hath submitted to this Cause whereby necks have been laid low. Beware lest the veils of the world withhold thee or the onslaught of those who have denied the Source and the Return cause thee to fear. O Rida! Hear the call that hath been raised between earth and heaven, calling all unto God, the Manifestation of clear evidences. By God! He hath come, before Whom the verses have bowed down and around Whom the Manifestations of the Cause from thy Lord, the Lord of Lords, have circled. Be thou so steadfast in the Cause that the hearts of the wicked ones who have denied God’s proof and evidence and committed that which hath caused the clouds to cry out, shall not disturb thee. Thus hath My Most Exalted Pen spoken upon the branch of eternity. Blessed is he who hath heard, and woe unto every froward denier.

O Mulla Ali! The Lord Who hath come with truth, with power and sovereignty, maketh mention of thee. By God! Neither do the Pharaohs hinder Him, nor do the oppressors frighten Him. He hath appeared and revealed whatsoever He desired. He, verily, is the Herald in the realm of destiny. Behold the effects of My Most Exalted Pen and ponder thereon. Verily it will draw thee nigh unto the Most Glorious Horizon and will open before thy face the gate of joy and ecstasy. Beware lest the clamor of the people of the Bayan debar thee from the Dawning-Place of the revelation of thy Lord, the All-Merciful, or the deeds of those who have disbelieved in God, the Lord of Days, cause thee to grieve. Say: O people! Be fair in the Cause of God and follow not those who have cast the Book of God behind their backs, clinging to idle fancies and vain imaginings. Thus hath the Truth spoken as a token of His grace. He, verily, is the Protector over what is and what shall be.

O Muhammad-Qabli-Husayn! The oppressors of the earth have unsheathed the swords of hatred against the countenance of God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. They have committed that which hath caused the dwellers of the all-highest Paradise and this glorious station to lament. Say: O people of the Bayan! Fear ye the All-Merciful and follow not those who have denied that which hath been sent down from the Most Exalted Pen in this perspicuous Tablet. The verses have been revealed and the evidences have appeared, yet the people do not understand. Blessed is he who hath turned with his heart to the Most Exalted Horizon, and whose face hath turned toward the face of God, the Lord of what was and what shall be. Thus did the Pen move when the Ancient King was established upon the Most Great Throne and proclaimed: “There is none other God but Me, the Mighty, the Loving.”

O Muhammad-Qabli-Hasan! The rustling of the Sadratu’l-Muntaha hath been raised and the water of life hath flowed in the realm of creation. Blessed is he who hath heard and drunk thereof, and woe unto every heedless one who is veiled. Beware lest the veils of the learned keep thee back. Take thou the chalice of My bounty and drink therefrom My choice sealed wine. How many a learned one hath been debarred from the Known One, and how many an ignorant one hath drawn nigh and said: “Praise be unto Thee, O Lord of the seen and the unseen, for having manifested Thyself, sent down Thy verses and guided Thy servants unto Thy straight path!”

O Ali! The Wronged One maketh mention of thee at this manifest time and calleth thee unto God, the Lord of the worlds. Beware lest anything prevent thee from God, the Lord of Names, or the intimations of the heedless ones, who have cast the Truth behind their backs, turning unto every remote ignorant one, veil thee. Cast away what the people possess and take that which thou art bidden by God, the Mighty, the Praiseworthy. Thus have We sent down the verses and explained them in truth as a command from Us, and We, verily, are the Powerful, the Mighty.

O Husayn! Hearken unto the scratching of My Most Exalted Pen. Verily, it hath been raised between earth and heaven, and the fragrances of revelation have been diffused in all directions. That which hath befallen the Wronged One in the path of God hath not prevented the trees from yielding their fruits, nor the ocean of inner meanings from its waves. But the One Who conversed on Sinai speaketh and saith: “O people of the earth! Cast away what ye possess and take what hath been given you by God, the Lord of Lords.” We have arisen to promote the Cause in such wise that the clamor hath not deterred Us from the remembrance of God, the Lord of all men. We proclaimed before the faces of the world: “The Promise is come and this is the Promised One Who calleth you unto God. Turn ye unto Him and be not of those who disbelieved in the bounty of God and disputed His signs that have encompassed the horizons.” Thus hath the cock crowed and the Dove of the Cause warbled upon the branches.

O Mulla Hasan! The Supreme Pen hath never paused for an instant; it moveth and speaketh, and through its movement all things were set in motion and all created things appeared. The whole world was created for this Most Great Revelation. This fact hath been mentioned in the Books of old and those that followed, and is manifest today. The Herald, the Primal Point, took the essence of the Bayan and revealed it in these exalted words. His word is this: “I have written the essence concerning His mention, which is that He cannot be known through My allusions, nor through what hath been revealed in the Bayan.” This word is the essence of the Bayan, nay the sovereign of the Bayan. Although this Most Great Revelation, by the testimony of all the sacred Books, hath never needed any proof or evidence other than itself. Its verses have encompassed the world, and the manifestations of its power are clear and evident. Blessed is the eye that hath seen and the ear that hath hearkened.

O Abul-Qasim! The Wronged One maketh mention of thee. From the earliest days until now, both night and day, before the eyes of all men, we have made mention of God, exalted be His glory. The river of mercy hath ever flowed from the Pen of the Dayspring of Revelation, and when some trace of its effects became manifest, certain souls rose up in opposition–more severe than the opposition of the former people who martyred the Lord of all beings–and some spoke words beyond all bounds. The heedless souls have made and continue to make claims. The people of God must be vigilant and aware. The Cause of God hath never been, nor will it ever be, the plaything of the ignorant. If every day someone were to make a claim, God’s Cause would become suspended and delayed among the people. This matter is clear and evident to those possessed of insight. God willing, may all unite and, through their unity, illumine the horizons with the light of this dawning.

O Habib! Hearken unto the voice of Truth that hath been raised from the direction of the Prison. By God’s life! His Word is the sovereign of all words, and His utterance the king of all utterances. Were all the ears on earth to hearken aright, all would turn to the Most Exalted Horizon and would return from that which they possess to that which is with God. The Sun of Truth is shining, the ocean of inner meanings is surging, and the heaven of knowledge is adorned. This Day is unlike all other days, and this Revelation unlike all other revelations. Blessed are they who have turned unto it and attained the recognition of God. Know ye the value of these divine days. By My life! Neither the treasures of earth nor all that it containeth can equal them. He, verily, is the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous.

O Ali! God willing, mayest thou remain steadfast in the Cause of God and hold fast unto His praise with such firmness that the world shall have no power to deter thee.

Blessed are the people of Kha who have heard the Call and answered their Lord, the Speaker, the All-Knowing. We have repeatedly made mention of the people of that land. We beseech God to set them all ablaze with such fire that through the heat of the love of God all the peoples of the world may be attracted. One of the people of Kha, named Muhammad, attained Our presence. He hath heard what the near ones have heard. We beseech God to protect him and enable him to make mention of Him and praise Him.

O Pen! Make mention of him whose book was present before the Throne and who was named Mirza Baba. Verily We make mention of him and of My loved ones who have believed in God, the Lord of the worlds. O people of God! Take heed lest anything prevent you or the hosts of the world weaken you. Arise with supreme steadfastness in the Cause of God, the Lord of all humanity. He hath aided you, caused you to know Him, drawn you nigh unto Him, and He is the Compassionate, the Generous. O Baba! Each of the names of the loved ones mentioned in thy letter hath been recorded by the Most Exalted Pen and is being sent, that all may be set ablaze and hold fast unto that which He loveth and is pleased with. We counsel all to act in accordance with that which hath been sent down in God’s Book from the Pen of His command. It guideth you to the straight path and biddeth you to that which will exalt your station amongst the religions. The glory be upon thee and upon them and upon My maidservant and My other maidservants (Hajiyih Bigum and Zahra). Give them the glad-tidings of My loving-kindness, My grace and My mercy. Verily thy Lord is the Forgiving, the Merciful, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing, and He is the Manifest, the Responsive.

=== END BH11082 ===

=== START BH11083 ===

He is the Most Holy, the Most Great! Well is it with thee, for thy letter hath attained unto the presence of the Throne, as the Wronged One walketh and uttereth the verses of God, the Lord of all worlds. We make mention of thee as a token of Our grace, that thou mayest give thanks unto thy Lord, the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful. Wert thou to know, thou wouldst soar upon the wings of longing by virtue of thy having been mentioned by this wondrous Pen.

=== END BH11083 ===

=== START BH11084 ===

He is God! Blessed are ye, O exiles of the earth! Ye are they who have turned towards the realms of banishment out of longing to attain the presence of the Dayspring of the Light of Oneness, and have borne in the path of God that which caused the dwellers of the Kingdom to lament. Ye are they whom neither the might of princes held back from the Lord of Names, nor the croaking of the raven from your Lord, the Mighty, the All-Bestowing.

=== END BH11084 ===

=== START BH11085 ===

He is the Glory of the Most Glorious!

Make this land, O my God, blessed and secure for me. Guard me,

then, O my God, at the time of my entering into it and my going out

from it. Make it, then, a fortress for me and for whomsoever worships

Thee and bows down before Thee, that I may be protected therein

through Thy bounty and kept safe within it from the darts of those who

have disbelieved in Thee, through Thy strength. Thou, verily, art the

Potent, the Mighty, the All-Powerful, the All-Merciful.

=== END BH11085 ===

=== START BH11086 ===

He is the Peerless!

Praise be unto Thee, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Exalted Name in the Tabernacle of effulgent splendour, and by Thy Most Sublime Word in the Dominion of transcendent glory, to protect this servant, who hath enjoyed companionship with Thee, hearkened unto the accents of Thy voice and recognized Thy proof. Vouchsafe, then, unto him the good of both this world and the next, and grant unto him the station of righteousness in Thy presence, that his feet may not slip from Thine all-glorious and most exalted path.

(Prayer revealed for Haji Muhammad-?ahir-i-Malamiri)

=== END BH11086 ===

=== START BH11087 ===

O mother of Ibrahim, who hast migrated unto God! Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which all darkness hath been dispelled and all light hath dawned forth, and the Face hath been illumined in the heaven of all possibilities, and Beauty hath shone forth in the kingdom of all created things, to guard the bearer of this Tablet through Thy sovereignty and power. Verily, Thou art powerful over all things.

=== END BH11087 ===

=== START BH11088 ===

He is the Giver! Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name through which the gates of Thy mercy were opened before the face of all created things, and by these exiles who have scattered from their homes in the paths of Thy good-pleasure, to gather Thy loved ones upon the shores of Thy bounty and mercy. Then assist them through Thy beneficence, for verily Thou hast power over all things.

=== END BH11088 ===

=== START BH11089 ===

He is the Mighty!

Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thy most exalted attributes and Thy most great names, and by Thy Most Perfect, Most Ancient and Most Exalted Word, to rain down upon this people from the clouds of Thy mercy and the heavens of Thy grace the showers of Thy bounty and favors, that Thou mayest cleanse them from whatsoever preventeth them from the wondrous tokens of Thy loving-kindness and bestowals. Verily, Thou art powerful over all things.

=== END BH11089 ===

=== START BH11091 ===

Glorified art Thou, O my God and my Beloved! Thou seest my poverty and neediness amidst both the loved ones and the wayward. Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for Thy decree and ordainment, and thanks be unto Thee, O my Lord, for Thy direction and execution thereof. And we bear witness that Thou art the All-Bountiful in Thy deeds and the Sovereign in Thy dominion, and Thou art powerful over all things.

=== END BH11091 ===

=== START BH11092 ===

He is the Mighty, the Self-Subsisting!

Glorified art Thou, O my God, O my God! O my Lord, my Lord! O my Beloved, my Beloved! Thine is the dominion and the kingdom, and Thine the power and might and grandeur. Thou givest and Thou withholdest. There is no God but Thee, the Mighty, the All-Conquering, the Powerful, the All-Knowing.

=== END BH11092 ===

=== START BH11093 ===

He is God, exalted is He! We have been afflicted with consuming grief, a troubled life, and clinging tribulation. We praise God in all these things. Our gaze has ever been fixed upon the Most Exalted Horizon and our face turned toward the Most Glorious Countenance. And we say: Praise be to Thee, O my God, for having singled us out for tribulations in Thy path. Verily Thou art the Lord of the last and the first.

=== END BH11093 ===

=== START BH11094 ===

O Abdul-Karim, upon him be the Glory of God! He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. The Ocean of Inner Meanings has desired to send unto thee a chalice from the Kawthar of utterance. When thou hast drunk thereof, say: “Glory be unto Thee, O my God! Praise be unto Thee for having turned toward me from the direction of Thy prison and remembered me with that which the treasuries of kings and rulers cannot equal. I bear witness that Thou art verily the All-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful.”

=== END BH11094 ===

=== START BH11095 ===

His honor Muhammad Sadiq Khan, son of the late Mirza Na’im. He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing! Thy letter was received and We held back Our Pen until the appointed time arrived. Then We loosened its reins and made mention of thee in such wise as cannot be equaled by all the treasures of the earth combined. Be thou grateful unto God for this supreme bounty and say: “Praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds!”

=== END BH11095 ===

=== START BH11097 ===

The Supreme Pen hath testified in the days of God, the Lord of all beings, that thou didst hearken unto the proof and didst turn thereby unto the All-Merciful, and didst drink the choice wine sealed with His Name, the Self-Subsisting. We counsel thee to preserve this most exalted station and this supreme rank.

=== END BH11097 ===

=== START BH11098 ===

O ’A.B., upon him be the Glory of God! God is Most Glorious! My Most Exalted Pen hath testified to thy turning unto God, the Most High, the Most Exalted. This is a testimony that cannot be equaled by the treasures of the world nor by whatsoever the peoples possess. That which hath been ordained for thee by God, the Lord of the worlds, shall erelong be sent down. Rejoice thou in this bounty, then render thanks unto thy Lord, the All-Bountiful.

=== END BH11098 ===

=== START BH11099 ===

O Afnan, his honor Mirza Aqa, upon him be all My most glorious and most resplendent Glory! He is the One Who calleth from the Divine Lote-Tree. Thou hast attained unto the presence and heard the Call and drunk the choice wine of utterance from the hands of grace and bounty. Give thanks unto God, thy Lord. The Wronged One beseecheth Him to honor thee and grant thee the heavenly table under all conditions. Verily, He is the All-Hearing, the Self-Sufficient, the Almighty, the Exalted, the Most High.

=== END BH11099 ===

=== START BH11100 ===

O Muhammad Mustafa, upon him be the glory of God! He is the All-Seeing, the All-Informed! Thou hast attained unto the presence and hast drunk the choice wine of reunion from the hand of bounty and bestowal. The Wronged One beseecheth God, his Lord, to ordain for you that which will draw you nigh unto Him and to decree for you the good of the world to come and of the first. Verily, He is the Lord of humanity and the Lord of the throne on high and of the dust below.

=== END BH11100 ===

=== START BH11102 ===

In the Name of Him Who ruleth over the worlds!

O My loved ones in the world! Hearken unto the call of the Dayspring of Revelation from the precincts of His sanctified House, which God hath made the circling-point of the Concourse on High and the Dawning-places of His Command from time immemorial, that the call of God may gladden you and sanctify you from the world and its sorrows, and draw you nigh unto the Dayspring of grandeur and power. We have remembered those who have turned towards the Countenance, and have made it a treasure for them in Our worlds which none hath known save His Own Self, the All-Encompassing over all possibility. Blessed are ye, O My loved ones, for having attained unto the Goal when the learned and princes turned away, and for having drunk from the Kawthar of life when every heedless doubter was debarred therefrom. Ye are they whom the veils of men hindered not, nor were ye kept back by the intimations of such as disbelieved in God, the Lord of all men. Ye have turned with radiant faces toward the Most Exalted Horizon and have heard the call of the Lord of Names when it was raised betwixt earth and heaven. Rejoice ye, then give thanks unto your Lord, the Mighty, the All-Bestowing. How many a king desired to attain Our presence, and how many a scholar lamented for the days of attainment, yet when the appointed time was fulfilled and the Horizon of Revelation shone forth, they kept back from it and held fast unto their own opinions. The world was created for the Most Great Day. Verily He hath come with the truth, but the people are in doubt and dissension. The world hath been illumined through the revelation of Our Most Great Name: among men some have recognized while others have not. Blessed is he who hath heard and perceived and said: “Praise be unto Thee, O Dawning-place of the signs!” Turn, O My loved ones, with radiant hearts toward the seat of the throne of your Lord, the Lord of Names. Then aid Him through remembrance and utterance. The doors have been barred and the doorkeeper standeth ready. Should God so will, He will open them through the key of His Most Great Name and drive them away through His sovereignty that hath encompassed all created things. When anyone desireth to enter into the presence of the Throne, they speak concerning him that which causeth the dwellers of Paradise and the Concourse on High to lament. He is, in truth, the Mighty, the All-Knowing. We have forbidden the people from coming into Our presence, because of what the hands of such as were heedless of the Command have wrought and who followed every wicked deceiver. It behooveth everyone to act according to what hath been commanded by God, the One, the Chosen. Beware lest remoteness sadden you. Whoso hath today attained unto recognition and acted according to what was commanded, he is reckoned among those who are nigh in the Mother Book. Consider the favor and bounty of God - He remembereth you through grace in this Prison which was built of solid rock, and sendeth unto you that which will solace your eyes. Follow ye the commandments and laws of God, and hold fast unto the hem of the mercy of your Lord, the Cleaver of the Dawn. Hold ye fast unto the cord of unity in the path of God, the Lord of creation. Through your unity the hearts of them that have disbelieved in the Beginning and the End shall be shaken. Teach your children to recite the verses of God at morn and at eventide. God hath prescribed for every father to educate his children, both male and female, in learning and letters, then crafts and professions. Thus have We taught you in Our Most Holy Book which We have sent down from Our hallowed Kingdom. Blessed is he who hath laid hold upon it through Our power. He is of the people of this station. Strive ye that there may appear from you that which beseemeth the days of your Lord, the Lord of all men. The glory be upon you and upon those who have attained unto what ye have attained and have drunk the Kawthar of life from the hands of the bounty of your Lord, the Lord of Religions.

=== END BH11102 ===

=== START BH11103 ===

He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing!

The ocean hath surged and the divine fragrance hath wafted, and the Day is come, yet the people are in manifest doubt. The Cry hath been raised and the Hour hath appeared and the Trumpet hath been sounded, when He Who conversed with God took His seat upon the throne of Revelation and the Herald proclaimed: The Kingdom is God’s, the Almighty, the Self-Subsisting! Glory be to those who have believed in God, the Mighty, the Loving!

=== END BH11103 ===

=== START BH11104 ===

God the Most Glorious! The ocean of divine knowledge has surged when the fragrance of the All-Merciful was diffused. Enter, O people of Baha, into the Crimson Ark, then board it in My Name, the Most Exalted, the Most High. Blessed art thou for having attained unto the Kawthar of My utterance in My days and for having acknowledged that which My Tongue hath acknowledged in the kingdom of My wondrous expression.

=== END BH11104 ===

=== START BH11106 ===

In My Name, the Most Holy, the Most Ancient, the Most Great! Say: O my God! Thou seest me standing before the throne of Thy grandeur, hearing Thy call, gazing upon Thy countenance, holding fast to the cord of Thy bounty, and clinging to the hem of Thy grace. I beseech Thee to assist me in serving Thy Cause, then to unite my scattered affairs that I may become capable of teaching Thy Cause. Verily, Thou art the All-Powerful, the Most Exalted, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

=== END BH11106 ===