upon Him, then bowed and said: "Peace
be unto thee, O King of kings! Peace be unto thee, O King of the Jews!"

Of the same class are the Pharisees and priests in this manifest day.
"Leave them to amuse themselves with their vain discourse." They are as
people deluded by their temptations and are isolated from the gifts of
your Lord, the Clement, the Merciful. "They are deaf, dumb and blind;
therefore, they will not understand."

Verily, I, through the grace of my Lord, have never heeded these souls,
even to reading their articles, inasmuch as their articles signify no
other than the buzzing of flies to the hearing of an eagle, or the
croaking of a frog of the material world to the ears of the leviathan of
the sea of the Kingdom. Is it to be considered as anything? No, by no
means! Verily, the eagle soareth high in the supreme apex while the flies
rumble in the lowest rubbish.

But it is incumbent upon you to block them up as a stone with decisive
arguments before which heads are bowed and voices are made humble. God
will strengthen you therein. You will surely find these Pharisees in
manifest loss. Can one ever prevent the waves of the sea of the Lofty One
from rolling? Or is it possible for me to restrain the fragrances of
sanctity from diffusion? Or can one withhold the sun from casting its rays
to all regions? No, by no means! Nay, rather such souls make the table
sent down from heaven unlawful unto themselves.

How is the bat to be compared with the most great orb which bestows bounty
upon all regions! How is the gnat to be compared with the eagle soaring in
the spacious firmament! How are the Caiaphas and Annas to be compared with
the Christ mounted on the clouds with great power and glory!

Thank God that He hath opened your insight to the Light which is shining
from the Supreme Concourse and caused you to witness His most mighty
signs. By my life! the hearts of the people of Baha' are cheered with such
gifts!

"O ye sincere, O ye firm and steadfast in the Testament..."

O ye(148) sincere, O ye firm and steadfast in the Testament of God!

I have read your letter signed by you, which shows your steadfastness and
firmness in the Covenant of God and His Testament, which was confirmed by
the trace of His Supreme Pen(149), the greatness of which hath been
divulged in all the regions, entered the palaces of kings of which both
rulers and subjects have been informed, and no human being could ever deny
it