? No, by Him Who
is the Lord of all worlds! Not for one short moment did We rebel against
thee, or against any of thy ministers. Never, God willing, shall We revolt
against thee, though We be exposed to trials more severe than any We
suffered in the past.

In the day time and in the night season, at even and at morn, We pray to
God on thy behalf, that He may graciously aid thee to be obedient unto Him
and to observe His commandment, that He may shield thee from the hosts of
the evil ones. Do, therefore, as it pleaseth thee, and treat Us as
befitteth thy station and beseemeth thy sovereignty. Be not forgetful of
the law of God in whatever thou desirest to achieve, now or in the days to
come. Say: Praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds!

CXV: THE PEN OF REVELATION, O _DH_ABIH, HATH, IN...

The Pen of Revelation, O _Dh_abih, hath, in most of the divinely-revealed
Tablets, recorded these words: We have admonished all the loved ones of
God to take heed lest the hem of Our sacred vesture be smirched with the
mire of unlawful deeds, or be stained with the dust of reprehensible
conduct. We have, moreover, exhorted them to fix their gaze upon
whatsoever hath been revealed in Our Tablets. Had their inner ears been
attentive to the Divine counsels which have shone forth from the Day
Spring of the Pen of the All-Merciful, and hearkened unto His Voice, most
of the peoples of the earth would have by now been adorned with the
ornament of His guidance. What had been pre-ordained, however, hath come
to pass.

Once again doth the Tongue of the Ancient of Days reveal, while in this
Most Great Prison, these words which are recorded in this snow-white
Scroll: O ye the beloved of the one true God! Pass beyond the narrow
retreats of your evil and corrupt desires, and advance into the vast
immensity of the realm of God, and abide ye in the meads of sanctity and
of detachment, that the fragrance of your deeds may lead the whole of
mankind to the ocean of God's unfading glory. Forbear ye from concerning
yourselves with the affairs of this world and all that pertaineth unto it,
or from meddling with the activities of those who are its outward leaders.

The one true God, exalted be His glory, hath bestowed the government of
the earth upon the kings. To none is given the right to act in any manner
that would run counter to the considered views of them who are in
authority. That which He hath reserved for Himself are the cities of me