pter LXXI._

"O Peoples of the earth! Verily the true God calleth ..."

O Peoples of the earth! Verily the true God calleth saying: He Who is the
Remembrance is indeed the sovereign Truth from God, and naught remaineth
beyond truth but error,(50) and naught is there beyond error save fire,
irrevocably ordained...

O Qurratu'l-'Ayn! Point to Thy truthful breast through the power of truth
and exclaim: I swear by the One true God, herein lieth the vicegerency of
God; I am indeed the One Who is regarded as the Best Reward(51) and I am
indeed He Who is the Most Excellent Abode. _Chapter LXXII._

"O ye concourse of the believers! Utter not words of ..."

O ye concourse of the believers! Utter not words of denial against Me once
the Truth is made manifest, for indeed the mandate of the Bab hath
befittingly been proclaimed unto you in the Qur'an aforetime. I swear by
your Lord, this Book is verily the same Qur'an which was sent down in the
past. _Chapter LXXXI._

"O Thou cherished Fruit of the heart! Give ear to the ..."

O Thou cherished Fruit of the heart! Give ear to the melodies of this
mystic Bird warbling in the loftiest heights of heaven. The Lord hath, in
truth, inspired Me to proclaim: Verily, verily, I am God, He besides Whom
there is none other God. He is the Almighty, the All-Wise.

O My servants! Seek ye earnestly this highest reward, as I have indeed
created for the Remembrance of God gardens which remain inscrutable to
anyone save Myself, and naught therein hath been made lawful unto anyone
except those whose lives have been sacrificed in His Path. Hence beseech
ye God, the Most Exalted, that He may grant you this meritorious reward,
and He is in truth the Most High, the Most Great. Had it been Our wish, We
would have brought all men into one fold round Our Remembrance, yet they
will not cease to differ,(52) unless God accomplish what He willeth
through the power of truth. In the estimation of the Remembrance this
commandment hath, in very truth, been irrevocably ordained...

God hath indeed chosen Thee to warn the people, to guide the believers
aright and to elucidate the secrets of the Book. _Chapter LXXXV._

"Should it be Our wish, it is in Our power to compel, ..."

Should it be Our wish, it is in Our power to compel, through the agency of
but one letter of Our Revelation, the world and all that is therein to
recognize, in less than the twinkling of an eye, the truth