uns of which appeared, the
moons of which shone and the stars of which sparkled."

Therefore, praise God for that He honored thee with presence in this great
century and new cycle and caused thee to attain this new bounty.

I ask God to send down upon thee a blessing and upon thy family a favor
from His Kingdom.

"O thou who art anticipating the appearance of the Gift..."

O thou who art anticipating the appearance of the Gift of God!

Verily, I read thy letter which indicated that thou hast turned unto the
Blessed Spot, that the Truth (of God) hath revealed itself to thee, that
thy fear is quieted and that thou hast attained to composure, assuredly
believing in this great Cause.

Know thou, verily, there are many veils in which the Truth is enveloped:
gloomy veils; then delicate and transparent veils; then the envelopment of
Light, the sight of which dazzles the eyes, as doth the sun which is
enveloped only in its own light and, as we look at it, the sight is
blinded and eyes are dazzled.

I beg of God to remove all the veilings and familiarize the light with all
eyes, so that man may not be veiled from witnessing the Sun of Truth.

O maid-servant of God! Verily, the tests and trials of God are very great
and very violent. Beseech thou God to protect thee from all doubts and to
guard thee from the interpretations of parabolical(48) verses, as made by
those who know not in what valley they are roving, who speak according to
their own selfish purposes and after their own evil inclinations; who
accept and then reject; who believe in God and then deny Him; and who
appear firm and then backslide: thus thou beholdest these oscillating
daily.

"Leave them to amuse themselves with their own vain discourses," and turn
thou to the light of the Testament, and rejoice at the bounty of the
effulgence, and seek shelter under the shadow of the standard of the
Covenant. Thou wilt soon find it fluttering on the highest summits of
glory, surrounded by the valiant hosts of the angels of heaven and
assisted by spiritual armies of great number that proceed from the Supreme
Concourse.

"O my tender friend!..."

O my tender friend!

Verily, the union between myself and thee is on a solid foundation and a
well made basis. Neither the winds can remove it nor the events of time
annihilate it. It is everlasting and eternal, heavenly, spiritual and
divine, and it is of no end or termination. Consequently be rejoiced