describe, and by which he disgraced the
dignity of My station and profaned the sanctity of God, the Almighty, the
All-Glorious, the All-Praised. Were God to turn all the oceans of the
earth into ink and all created things into pens, they would not suffice Me
to exhaust the record of his wrongdoings. Thus do We recount that which
befell Us, that haply ye may be of them that understand.

30 O Pen of Eternity! Grieve not at the things that have befallen Thee,
for erelong shall God raise up a people who will see with their own eyes
and will recall Thy tribulations. Withhold Thy pen from the mention of
Thine enemies, and bestir it in the praise of the Eternal King. Renounce
all created things, and quaff the sealed wine of My remembrance. Beware
lest Thou become occupied with the mention of those from whom naught save
the noisome savours of enmity can be perceived, those who are so enslaved
by their lust for leadership that they would not hesitate to destroy
themselves in their desire to emblazon their fame and perpetuate their
names. God hath recorded such souls in the Preserved Tablet as mere
worshippers of names. Recount then that which Thou hast purposed for this
Temple, that its signs and tokens may be made manifest upon earth, and
that the brightness of this Light may illumine the horizons of the world
and cleanse the earth from the defilement of those who have disbelieved in
God. Thus have We set down the verses of God and made plain the matter
unto those who understand.

31 O Living Temple! Stretch forth Thy hand over all who are in heaven and
on earth, and seize within the grasp of Thy Will the reins of command. We
have, verily, placed in Thy right hand the empire of all things. Do as
Thou willest, and fear not the ignorant. Reach out to the Tablet that hath
dawned above the horizon of the pen of Thy Lord, and take hold of it with
such strength that, through Thee, the hands of all who inhabit the earth
may be enabled to lay fast hold upon it. This, in truth, is that which
becometh Thee, if Thou be of those who understand. Through the upraising
of Thy hand to the heaven of My grace, the hands of all created things
shall be lifted up to their Lord, the Mighty, the Powerful, the Gracious.
Erelong shall We raise up, through the aid of Thy hand, other hands endued
with power, with strength and might, and shall establish through them Our
dominion over all that dwell in the realms of revelation and creation.
Thus will the s