ith the hosts of the seen and unseen, and will
set thee king over all that whereon the sun riseth. Thy Lord, in truth, is
the All-Powerful, the Almighty.
134 The breezes of the Most Merciful have passed over all created things;
happy the man that hath discovered their fragrance, and set himself
towards them with a sound heart. Attire thy temple with the ornament of My
Name, and thy tongue with remembrance of Me, and thine heart with love for
Me, the Almighty, the Most High. We have desired for thee naught except
that which is better for thee than what thou dost possess and all the
treasures of the earth. Thy Lord, verily, is knowing, informed of all.
Arise, in My Name, amongst My servants, and say: "O ye peoples of the
earth! Turn yourselves towards Him Who hath turned towards you. He,
verily, is the Face of God amongst you, and His Testimony and His Guide
unto you. He hath come to you with signs which none can produce." The
voice of the Burning Bush is raised in the midmost heart of the world, and
the Holy Spirit calleth aloud among the nations: "Lo, the Desired One is
come with manifest dominion!"
135 O King! The stars of the heaven of knowledge have fallen, they who
seek to establish the truth of My Cause through the things they possess,
and who make mention of God in My Name. And yet, when I came unto them in
My glory, they turned aside. They, indeed, are of the fallen. This is,
truly, that which the Spirit of God hath announced, when He came with
truth unto you, He with Whom the Jewish doctors disputed, till at last
they perpetrated what hath made the Holy Spirit to lament, and the tears
of them that have near access to God to flow. Consider how a Pharisee who
had worshipped God for seventy years repudiated the Son when He appeared,
whereas one who had committed adultery gained admittance into the Kingdom.
Thus doth the Pen admonish thee as bidden by the Eternal King, that thou
mayest be apprised of what came to pass aforetime and be reckoned in this
day among them that truly believe.
136 Say: O concourse of monks! Seclude not yourselves in your churches and
cloisters. Come ye out of them by My leave, and busy, then, yourselves
with what will profit you and others. Thus commandeth you He Who is the
Lord of the Day of Reckoning. Seclude yourselves in the stronghold of My
love. This, truly, is the seclusion that befitteth you, could ye but know
it. He that secludeth himself in his house is indeed as one dead. It
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