ey would, of a certainty,
attain unto perfect liberty. Happy is the man that hath apprehended the
Purpose of God in whatever He hath revealed from the Heaven of His Will,
that pervadeth all created things. Say: The liberty that profiteth you is
to be found nowhere except in complete servitude unto God, the Eternal
Truth. Whoso hath tasted of its sweetness will refuse to barter it for all
the dominion of earth and heaven.

CLX: HE IS INDEED A TRUE BELIEVER IN THE UNITY OF...

He is indeed a true believer in the unity of God who, in this Day, will
regard Him as One immeasurably exalted above all the comparisons and
likenesses with which men have compared Him. He hath erred grievously who
hath mistaken these comparisons and likenesses for God Himself. Consider
the relation between the craftsman and his handiwork, between the painter
and his painting. Can it ever be maintained that the work their hands have
produced is the same as themselves? By Him Who is the Lord of the Throne
above and of earth below! They can be regarded in no other light except as
evidences that proclaim the excellence and perfection of their author.

O _Sh_ay_kh_, O thou who hast surrendered thy will to God! By
self-surrender and perpetual union with God is meant that men should merge
their will wholly in the Will of God, and regard their desires as utter
nothingness beside His Purpose. Whatsoever the Creator commandeth His
creatures to observe, the same must they diligently, and with the utmost
joy and eagerness, arise and fulfil. They should in no wise allow their
fancy to obscure their judgment, neither should they regard their own
imaginings as the voice of the Eternal. In the Prayer of Fasting We have
revealed: "Should Thy Will decree that out of Thy mouth these words
proceed and be addressed unto them, 'Observe, for My Beauty's sake, the
fast, O people, and set no limit to its duration,' I swear by the majesty
of Thy glory, that every one of them will faithfully observe it, will
abstain from whatsoever will violate Thy law, and will continue to do so
until they yield up their souls unto Thee." In this consisteth the
complete surrender of one's will to the Will of God. Meditate on this,
that thou mayest drink in the waters of everlasting life which flow
through the words of the Lord of all mankind, and mayest testify that the
one true God hath ever been immeasurably exalted above His creatures. He,
verily, is the Incomparable, the Ever