ut know it. This is the
Dawning-Place of the Cause of God, were ye to recognize it. This is the
Source of the commandment of God, did ye but judge it fairly. This is the
manifest and hidden Secret; would that ye might perceive it. O peoples of
the world! Cast away, in My name that transcendeth all other names, the
things ye possess, and immerse yourselves in this Ocean in whose depths
lay hidden the pearls of wisdom and of utterance, an ocean that surgeth in
My name, the All-Merciful. Thus instructeth you He with Whom is the Mother
Book.

The Best-Beloved is come. In His right hand is the sealed Wine of His
name. Happy is the man that turneth unto Him, and drinketh his fill, and
exclaimeth: "Praise be to Thee, O Revealer of the signs of God!" By the
righteousness of the Almighty! Every hidden thing hath been manifested
through the power of truth. All the favors of God have been sent down, as
a token of His grace. The waters of everlasting life have, in their
fullness, been proffered unto men. Every single cup hath been borne round
by the hand of the Well-Beloved. Draw near, and tarry not, though it be
for one short moment.

Blessed are they that have soared on the wings of detachment and attained
the station which, as ordained by God, overshadoweth the entire creation,
whom neither the vain imaginations of the learned, nor the multitude of
the hosts of the earth have succeeded in deflecting from His Cause. Who is
there among you, O people, who will renounce the world, and draw nigh unto
God, the Lord of all names? Where is he to be found who, through the power
of My name that transcendeth all created things, will cast away the things
that men possess, and cling, with all his might, to the things which God,
the Knower of the unseen and of the seen, hath bidden him observe? Thus
hath His bounty been sent down unto men, His testimony fulfilled, and His
proof shone forth above the Horizon of mercy. Rich is the prize that shall
be won by him who hath believed and exclaimed: "Lauded art Thou, O Beloved
of all worlds! Magnified be Thy name, O Thou the Desire of every
understanding heart!"

Rejoice with exceeding gladness, O people of Baha, as ye call to
remembrance the Day of supreme felicity, the Day whereon the Tongue of the
Ancient of Days hath spoken, as He departed from His House, proceeding to
the Spot from which He shed upon the whole of creation the splendors of
His name, the All-Merciful. God is Our witness. Were We