n's
hearts; and of these the loved ones of Him Who is the Sovereign Truth are,
in this Day, as the keys. Please God they may, one and all, be enabled to
unlock, through the power of the Most Great Name, the gates of these
cities. This is what is meant by aiding the one true God--a theme to which
the Pen of Him Who causeth the dawn to break hath referred in all His
Books and Tablets.

It behoveth, likewise, the loved ones of God to be forbearing towards
their fellow-men, and to be so sanctified and detached from all things,
and to evince such sincerity and fairness, that all the peoples of the
earth may recognize them as the trustees of God amongst men. Consider to
what lofty heights the injunctions of the Almighty have soared, and how
abject is the habitation wherein these feeble souls are now abiding.
Blessed are they who, on the wings of certitude, have flown in the heavens
which the Pen of thy Lord, the All-Merciful, hath spread.

Behold, O _Dh_abih, the works which God, the Sovereign Truth, hath
wrought. Say thou: How great, how very great, is the power of His might
that encompasseth all worlds! Exalted, immeasurably exalted, is His
detachment above the reach and ken of the entire creation! Glorified,
glorified be His meekness--a meekness that hath melted the hearts of them
that have been brought nigh unto God!

Though afflicted with countless tribulations, which We have suffered at
the hands of Our enemies, We have proclaimed unto all the rulers of the
earth what God hath willed to proclaim, that all nations may know that no
manner of affliction can deter the Pen of the Ancient of Days from
achieving its purpose. His Pen moveth by the leave of God, Who fashioneth
the crumbling and rotten bones.

Considering this most mighty enterprise, it beseemeth them that love Him
to gird up the loins of their endeavor, and to fix their thoughts on
whatever will ensure the victory of the cause of God, rather than commit
vile and contemptible deeds. Wert thou to consider, for but a little
while, the outward works and doings of Him Who is the Eternal Truth, thou
wouldst fall down upon the ground, and exclaim: O Thou Who art the Lord of
Lords! I testify that Thou art the Lord of all creation, and the Educator
of all beings, visible and invisible. I bear witness that Thy power hath
encompassed the entire universe, and that the hosts of the earth can never
dismay Thee, nor can the dominion of all peoples and nations deter Thee
fr