the fire
which hath been kindled through the might of thy Lord, the All-Powerful,
the All-Compelling, the Almighty? It is the Hand of Divine might that hath
extinguished the flames of dissension. Powerful is He to do that which He
pleaseth. He saith: Be; and it is. Say: The fierce gales and whirlwinds of
the world and its peoples can never shake the foundation upon which the
rock-like stability of My chosen ones is based. Gracious God! What could
have prompted these people to enslave and imprison the loved ones of Him
Who is the Eternal Truth?... The day, however, is approaching when the
faithful will behold the Day Star of justice shining in its full splendor
from the Day Spring of glory. Thus instructeth thee the Lord of all being
in this, His grievous Prison.

CLXIV: MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN RACE! HOLD YE FAST...

Members of the human race! Hold ye fast by the Cord which no man can
sever. This will, indeed, profit you all the days of your life, for its
strength is of God, the Lord of all worlds. Cleave ye to justice and
fairness, and turn away from the whisperings of the foolish, them that are
estranged from God, that have decked their heads with the ornament of the
learned, and have condemned to death Him Who is the Fountain of wisdom. My
name hath uplifted them to lofty grades, and yet, no sooner did I reveal
Myself to their eyes than they, with manifest injustice, pronounced the
sentence of My death. Thus hath Our Pen revealed the truth, and yet the
people are sunk in heedlessness.

Whoso cleaveth to justice, can, under no circumstances, transgress the
limits of moderation. He discerneth the truth in all things, through the
guidance of Him Who is the All-Seeing. The civilization, so often vaunted
by the learned exponents of arts and sciences, will, if allowed to
overleap the bounds of moderation, bring great evil upon men. Thus warneth
you He Who is the All-Knowing. If carried to excess, civilization will
prove as prolific a source of evil as it had been of goodness when kept
within the restraints of moderation. Meditate on this, O people, and be
not of them that wander distraught in the wilderness of error. The day is
approaching when its flame will devour the cities, when the Tongue of
Grandeur will proclaim: "The Kingdom is God's, the Almighty, the
All-Praised!"

All other things are subject to this same principle of moderation. Render
thanks unto thy Lord Who hath remembered thee in this wondrous Tab