ye are
doing...

Indeed I am but a man like unto you. However, God bestoweth upon Me
whatever favours He willeth as He pleaseth, and that which your Lord hath
decreed in the Mother Book is unbounded. _Chapter LXXXVIII._

"God, of a truth, revealed unto Me in the sacred house of ..."

God, of a truth, revealed unto Me in the sacred house of the Ka'bah,
'Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me. I have singled Thee out for
Myself and have chosen Thee as the Remembrance. Indeed, whosoever beareth
allegiance unto Thee by walking in the way of the Bab, for him the
recompense of the next world hath surely been prescribed...' It is
ordained in the Book that upon the realization of the Cause of the
Remembrance, the Most Great Event will have come to pass according to the
dispensation of Providence, and God, truly, is potent over all things.
_Chapter LXXIX._

"O Qurratu'l-'Ayn! Say: Verily I am the One Who is ..."

O Qurratu'l-'Ayn! Say: Verily I am the One Who is hailed in the Mother
Book as the 'Great Announcement'. Say: The people have grievously differed
over Me, whereas in truth there is no difference between Me and the Bab;
and God, the Eternal Truth, is sufficient witness. _Chapter LXXVII._

"I Am the Mystic Fane which the Hand of Omnipotence ..."

I am the Mystic Fane which the Hand of Omnipotence hath reared. I am the
Lamp which the Finger of God hath lit within its niche and caused to shine
with deathless splendour. I am the Flame of that supernal Light that
glowed upon Sinai in the gladsome Spot, and lay concealed in the midst of
the Burning Bush. _Chapter XCIV._

"As a token of pure justice, We have indeed sent tidings ..."

As a token of pure justice, We have indeed sent tidings unto every Prophet
concerning the Cause of Our Remembrance, and verily God is supreme over
all the peoples of the world. _Chapter LXXXIII._

3: EXCERPTS FROM THE PERSIAN BAYAN

"It is better to guide one soul than to possess all ..."

It is better to guide one soul than to possess all that is on earth, for
as long as that guided soul is under the shadow of the Tree of Divine
Unity, he and the one who hath guided him will both be recipients of God's
tender mercy, whereas possession of earthly things will cease at the time
of death. The path to guidance is one of love and compassion, not of force
and coercion. This hath been God's method in the past, and shall continue
to be in the f