ing combined with the Persian Ambassador against
Him; reminds him of the counsels of Jesus Christ, as recorded in the
Gospel of St. John; warns him that he will be held answerable for the
things his hands have wrought; and counsels him, together with those like
him, not to deal with any one as he has dealt with Him.

To the Persian Ambassador in Constantinople, He, in that same Tablet,
addresses lengthy passages in which He exposes his delusions and
calumnies, denounces his injustice and the injustice of his countrymen,
assures him that He harbors no ill-will against him, declares that, should
he realize the enormity of his deed, he would mourn all the days of his
life, affirms that he will persist till his death in his heedlessness,
justifies His own conduct in Tihran and in 'Iraq, and bears witness to the
corruption of the Persian minister in Ba_gh_dad and to his collusion with
this minister.

To the entire company of the ecclesiastical leaders of Sunni Islam in
Constantinople He addresses a specific message in the same Suriy-i-Muluk
in which He denounces them as heedless and spiritually dead; reproaches
them for their pride and for failing to seek His presence; unveils to them
the full glory and significance of His Mission; affirms that their
leaders, had they been alive, would have "circled around Him"; condemns
them as "worshippers of names" and lovers of leadership; and avows that
God will find naught acceptable from them unless they "be made new" in His
estimation.

To the wise men of the City of Constantinople and the philosophers of the
world He devotes the concluding passages of the Suriy-i-Muluk, in which He
cautions them not to wax proud before God; reveals to them the essence of
true wisdom; stresses the importance of faith and upright conduct; rebukes
them for having failed to seek enlightenment from Him; and counsels them
not to "overstep the bounds of God," nor turn their gaze towards the "ways
of men and their habits."

To the inhabitants of Constantinople He, in that same Tablet, declares
that He "feareth no one except God," that He speaks "naught except at His
(God) bidding," that He follows naught save God's truth, that He found the
governors and elders of the city as "children gathered about and
disporting themselves with clay," and that He perceived no one
sufficiently mature to acquire the truths which God had taught Him. He
bids them take firm hold on the precepts of God; warns them not to wax