th sorrow,...
57: O SON OF DUST! Beware! Walk not with the ungodly and seek...
58: O SON OF MY HANDMAID! Wouldst thou seek the grace of the Holy
Spirit,...
59: O HEEDLESS ONES! Think not the secrets of hearts are hidden,
nay,...
60: O FRIENDS! Verily I say, whatsoever ye have concealed within...
61: O SON OF MAN! A dewdrop out of the fathomless ocean of My...
62: O SON OF DUST! Turn not away thine eyes from the matchless
wine...
63: O YE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD! Know, verily, that an unforeseen
calamity followeth...
64: O OPPRESSORS ON EARTH! Withdraw your hands from tyranny, for I
have...
65: O REBELLIOUS ONES! My forbearance hath emboldened you and My...
66: O EMIGRANTS! The tongue I have designed for the mention of...
67: O CHILDREN OF FANCY! Know, verily, that while the radiant dawn
breaketh...
68: O WEED THAT SPRINGETH OUT OF DUST! Wherefore have not these
soiled hands of thine...
69: O CHILDREN OF ADAM! Holy words and pure and goodly deeds
ascend...
70: O SON OF WORLDLINESS! Pleasant is the realm of being, wert thou
to attain...
71: O MY FRIENDS! Call ye to mind that covenant ye have entered
into...
72: O MY SERVANT! Thou art even as a finely tempered sword
concealed...
73: O MY FRIEND! Thou art the daystar of the heavens of My
holiness,...
74: O CHILDREN OF VAINGLORY! For a fleeting sovereignty ye have
abandoned My...
75: O CHILDREN OF NEGLIGENCE! Set not your affections on mortal
sovereignty...
76: O SON OF MY HANDMAID! Guidance hath ever been given by words,
and now...
77: O SON OF JUSTICE! In the night-season the beauty of the
immortal...
78: O SON OF MY HANDMAID! Quaff from the tongue of the merciful the
stream...
79: O SON OF DESIRE! How long wilt thou soar in the realms of
desire?...
80: O MY SERVANTS! Ye are the trees of My garden; ye must give
forth...
81: O MY SERVANT! The basest of men are they that yield no fruit...
82: O MY SERVANT! The best of men are they that earn a livelihood...

PART I.--FROM THE ARABIC

Preamble

HE IS THE GLORY OF GLORIES

_This is that which hath descended from the realm of glory, uttered by the
tongue of power and might, and revealed unto the Prophets of