s a true believer in the unity
of God who keepeth his eyes directed towards Him alone, will regard aught
else but Him as utter nothingness. I swear by God! I seek no earthly goods
from thee, be it as much as a mustard seed. Indeed, to possess anything of
this world or of the next would, in My estimation, be tantamount to open
blasphemy. For it ill beseemeth the believer in the unity of God to turn
his gaze to aught else, much less to hold it in his possession. I know of
a certainty that since I have God, the Ever-Living, the Adored One, I am
the possessor of all things, visible and invisible...

In this mountain I have remained alone, and have come to such a pass that
none of those gone before Me have suffered what I have suffered, nor any
transgressor endured what I have endured! I render praise unto God and yet
again praise Him. I find Myself free from sorrow, inasmuch as I abide
within the good-pleasure of My Lord and Master. Methinks I am in the
all-highest Paradise, rejoicing at My communion with God, the Most Great.
Verily this is a bounty which God hath conferred upon Me; and He is the
Lord of unbounded blessings.

I swear by the truth of God! Wert thou to know that which I know, thou
wouldst forgo the sovereignty of this world and of the next, that thou
mightest attain My good-pleasure, through thine obedience unto the True
One... Wert thou to refuse, the Lord of the world would raise up one who
would exalt His Cause, and the Command of God would, verily, be carried
into effect.

Through the grace of God nothing can frustrate My purpose, and I am fully
conscious of that which God hath bestowed upon Me as a token of His
favour. If it were My will, I would disclose to Your Majesty all things;
but I have not done this, nor will I do it, that the Truth may be
distinguished from aught else beside it, and this prophecy uttered by the
Imam Baqir--may peace rest upon Him--be fully realized: 'What must needs
befall us in A_dh_irbayjan is inevitable and without parallel. When this
happeneth, rest ye in your homes and remain patient as we have remained
patient. As soon as the Mover moveth make ye haste to attain unto Him,
even though ye have to crawl over the snow.'

I implore pardon of God for Myself and for all things related to Me and
affirm, 'Praise be to God, the Lord of all the worlds'.

Extracts From Another Epistle To Muhammad Shah

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