resent when the Day-Star of Truth is nearing its zenith
in the heaven of its Revelation, they have not yet left their prayer-rugs.
If any one of them ever heard the wondrous verses of God recited unto him,
he would exclaim: 'Why dost thou keep me back from offering my prayers?' O
thou who are wrapt in veils! If thou makest mention of God, wherefore
sufferest thou thyself to be shut out from Him Who hath kindled the light
of worship in thy heart? If He had not previously revealed the injunction:
'Verily, make ye mention of God'(59), what would have prompted thee to
offer devotion unto God, and whereunto wouldst thou turn in prayer?

Know thou of a certainty that whenever thou makest mention of Him Whom God
shall make manifest, only then art thou making mention of God. In like
manner shouldst thou hearken unto the verses of the Bayan and acknowledge
its truth, only then would the revealed verses of God profit thee.
Otherwise what benefit canst thou derive therefrom? For wert thou to
prostrate thyself in adoration from the beginning of life till the end and
to spend thy days for the sake of God's remembrance, but disbelieve in the
Exponent of His Revelation for the age, dost thou imagine that thy deeds
would confer any benefit upon thee? On the other hand, if thou believest
in Him and dost recognize Him with true understanding, and He saith: 'I
have accepted thine entire life spent in My adoration', then assuredly
hast thou been worshipping Him most ardently. Thy purpose in performing
thy deeds is that God may graciously accept them; and divine acceptance
can in no wise be achieved except through the acceptance of Him Who is the
Exponent of His Revelation. For instance, if the Apostle of God--may divine
blessings rest upon Him--accepted a certain deed, in truth God accepted it;
otherwise it hath remained within the selfish desires of the person who
wrought it, and did not reach the presence of God. Likewise, any act which
is accepted by the Point of the Bayan is accepted by God, inasmuch as the
contingent world hath no other access unto the presence of the Ancient of
Days. Whatever is sent down cometh through the Exponent of His Revelation,
and whatever ascendeth, ascendeth unto the Exponent of His Revelation.
VIII, 19.

"There is no doubt that the Almighty hath sent down ..."

There is no doubt that the Almighty hath sent down these verses unto Him
[the Bab], even as He sent down unto the Apostle of God. Indeed no