hast adorned thine heart with the ornament of the love of thy Lord, the
All-Glorious, the All-Praised. He that hath attained this station in this
day, all good shall be his.

Pay thou no heed to the humiliation to which the loved ones of God have in
this Day been subjected. This humiliation is the pride and glory of all
temporal honor and worldly elevation. What greater honor can be imagined
than the honor conferred by the Tongue of the Ancient of Days when He
calleth to remembrance His loved ones in His Most Great Prison? The day is
approaching when the intervening clouds will have been completely
dissipated, when the light of the words, "All honor belongeth unto God and
unto them that love Him," will have appeared, as manifest as the sun,
above the horizon of the Will of the Almighty.

All men, be they high or low, have sought and are still seeking so great
an honor. All, however, have, as soon as the Sun of Truth shed its
radiance upon the world, been deprived of its benefits, and have been shut
out as by a veil from its glory, except them that have clung to the cord
of the unfailing providence of the one true God, and have with complete
detachment from all else but Him turned their faces towards His holy
court.

Render thanks unto Him Who is the Desire of all worlds for having invested
thee with such high honor. Ere long the world and all that is therein
shall be as a thing forgotten, and all honor shall belong to the loved
ones of thy Lord, the All-Glorious, the Most Bountiful.

CXLI: A BOOK SENT DOWN IN TRUTH UNTO MEN OF...

A Book sent down in truth unto men of insight! It biddeth the people to
observe justice and to work righteousness, and forbiddeth them to follow
their corrupt inclinations and carnal desires, if perchance the children
of men might be roused from their slumber.

Say: Follow, O people, what hath been prescribed unto you in Our Tablets,
and walk not after the imaginations which the sowers of mischief have
devised, they that commit wickedness and impute it to God, the Most Holy,
the All-Glorious, the Most Exalted. Say: We have accepted to be tried by
ills and troubles, that ye may sanctify yourselves from all earthly
defilements. Why, then, refuse ye to ponder Our purpose in your hearts? By
the righteousness of God! Whoso will reflect upon the tribulations We have
suffered, his soul will assuredly melt away with sorrow. Thy Lord Himself
beareth witness to the truth of My words. We