let.
All-Praise be to God, the Lord of the glorious throne.

Were any man to ponder in his heart that which the Pen of the Most High
hath revealed and to taste of its sweetness, he would, of a certainty,
find himself emptied and delivered from his own desires, and utterly
subservient to the Will of the Almighty. Happy is the man that hath
attained so high a station, and hath not deprived himself of so bountiful
a grace.

In this Day, We can neither approve the conduct of the fearful that
seeketh to dissemble his faith, nor sanction the behavior of the avowed
believer that clamorously asserteth his allegiance to this Cause. Both
should observe the dictates of wisdom, and strive diligently to serve the
best interests of the Faith.

Let every man observe and meditate on the conduct of this wronged One. We
have, ever since the dawn of this Revelation until the present time,
refused either to hide Ourself from Our enemies, or to withdraw from the
companionship of Our friends. Though encompassed with a myriad griefs and
afflictions, We have, with mighty confidence, summoned the peoples of the
earth to the Day Spring of Glory. The Pen of the Most High is disinclined
to recount, in this connection, the woes it hath suffered. To reveal them
would, no doubt, plunge into sorrow the favored among the faithful, they
that truly uphold the unity of God and are wholly devoted to His Cause.
He, verily, speaketh the truth, and is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
Our life hath, for the most part, been spent in the midst of Our enemies.
Witness how We are, at present, living in a nest of serpents.

This Holy Land hath been mentioned and extolled in all the sacred
Scriptures. In it have appeared the Prophets of God and His chosen Ones.
This is the wilderness in which all the Messengers of God have wandered,
from which their cry, "Here am I, here am I, O my God" was raised. This is
the promised Land in which He Who is the Revelation of God was destined to
be made manifest. This is the Vale of God's unsearchable decree, the
snow-white Spot, the Land of unfading splendor. Whatever hath come to pass
in this Day hath been foretold in the Scriptures of old. These same
Scriptures, however, unanimously condemn the people that inhabit this
land. They have, at one time, been stigmatized as the "generation of
vipers." Behold how this wronged One is now, whilst surrounded by a
"generation of vipers," calling aloud and summoning all men to Him Who i