and those souls are as resplendent stars shining with the light of
guidance.

Happy is the soul that seeketh, in this brilliant era, heavenly teachings,
and blessed is the heart which is stirred and attracted by the love of
God.

19: PRAISE BE TO HIM THROUGH WHOSE SPLENDOURS THE ...

Praise be to Him through Whose splendours the earth and the heavens are
aglow, through Whose fragrant breathings the gardens of holiness that
adorn the hearts of the chosen are trembling for joy, to Him Who hath shed
His light and brightened the face of the firmament. Verily there appeared
luminous and sparkling stars, glittering, shining out, and casting forth
their rays upon the supreme horizon. They derived their grace and
brilliance from the bounties of the Abha Realm, then, stars of guidance,
they poured down their lights upon this earth.

Praise be to Him Who hath fashioned this new era, this age of majesty,
even as an unfolding pageant where the realities of all things can be
exposed to view. Now are clouds of bounty raining down and the gifts of
the loving Lord are clearly manifest; for both the seen and the unseen
worlds have been illumined, and the Promised One hath come to earth and
the beauty of the Adored One hath shone forth.

Salutations, blessings, and welcome to that Universal Reality, that
Perfect Word, that Manifest Book, that Splendour which hath dawned in the
highest heaven, that Guide of all nations, that Light of the world--the
billowing ocean of Whose abounding grace hath flooded all creation, in
such wise that the waves thereof have cast upon the sands of this visible
world their shining pearls. Now hath the Truth appeared, and falsehood
fled away; now hath the day dawned and jubilation taken over, wherefore
men's souls are sanctified, their spirits purged, their hearts rejoiced,
their minds purified, their secret thoughts made wholesome, their
consciences washed clean, their inmost selves made holy: for the Day of
Resurrection hath come to pass, and the bestowals of thy Lord, the
Forgiving, have encompassed all things. Salutations and praise be unto
those luminous, resplendent stars that are shedding down their rays from
the highest heaven, those celestial bodies of the girdling zodiac of the
Abha Realm. May glory rest upon them.

And now, O thou honoured man who hath hearkened unto the Great
Announcement, rise up to serve the Cause of God with the resistless power
of the Abha Kingdom and the breath