wilt rejoice in the all-highest Paradise until the following Resurrection.
Consider with due attention, for the path is very strait, even while it is
more spacious than the heavens and the earth and what is between them. For
instance, if all those who were expecting the fulfilment of the promise of
Jesus had been assured of the manifestation of Muhammad, the Apostle of
God, not one would have turned aside from the sayings of Jesus. So
likewise in the Revelation of the Point of the Bayan, if all should be
assured that this is that same Promised Mihdi [One Who is guided] whom the
Apostle of God foretold, not one of the believers in the Qur'an would turn
aside from the sayings of the Apostle of God. So likewise in the
Revelation of Him Whom God shall make manifest, behold the same thing; for
should all be assured that He is that same 'He Whom God shall make
manifest' whom the Point of the Bayan hath foretold, not one would turn
aside. IX, 3.
"In the Name of God, the Most Exalted, the Most Holy. ..."
In the Name of God, the Most Exalted, the Most Holy. All praise and glory
befitteth the sacred and glorious court of the sovereign Lord, Who from
everlasting hath dwelt, and unto everlasting will continue to dwell within
the mystery of His Own divine Essence, Who from time immemorial hath
abided and will forever continue to abide within His transcendent
eternity, exalted above the reach and ken of all created beings. The sign
of His matchless Revelation as created by Him and imprinted upon the
realities of all beings, is none other but their powerlessness to know
Him. The light He hath shed upon all things is none but the splendour of
His Own Self. He Himself hath at all times been immeasurably exalted above
any association with His creatures. He hath fashioned the entire creation
in such wise that all beings may, by virtue of their innate powers, bear
witness before God on the Day of Resurrection that He hath no peer or
equal and is sanctified from any likeness, similitude or comparison. He
hath been and will ever be one and incomparable in the transcendent glory
of His divine being and He hath ever been indescribably mighty in the
sublimity of His sovereign Lordship. No one hath ever been able
befittingly to recognize Him nor will any man succeed at any time in
comprehending Him as is truly meet and seemly, for any reality to which
the term 'being' is applicable hath been created by the sovereign Will of
the Almig
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