..."

Glorified is He besides Whom there is none other God. In His grasp He
holdeth the source of authority, and verily God is powerful over all
things. We have decreed that every long life shall in truth suffer
decline(17) and that every hardship shall be followed by ease,(18) that
perchance men may recognise the Gate of God as He Who is the eternal
Truth, and verily God shall stand as witness unto those that have
believed. _Chapter XIII._

"O ye servants of God! Verily, be not grieved if a thing ye ..."

O ye servants of God! Verily, be not grieved if a thing ye asked of Him
remaineth unanswered, inasmuch as He hath been commanded by God to observe
silence, a silence which is in truth praiseworthy. We have indeed enabled
Thee to truly see in Thy dream a measure of Our Cause, but wert Thou to
acquaint them with the hidden Mystery, they would dispute its truth among
themselves. Verily Thy Lord, the God of truth, knoweth the very secrets of
hearts(19) ...

O peoples of the world! Whatsoever ye have offered up in the way of the
One True God, ye shall indeed find preserved by God, the Preserver, intact
at God's Holy Gate. O peoples of the earth! Bear ye allegiance unto this
resplendent light wherewith God hath graciously invested Me through the
power of infallible Truth, and walk not in the footsteps of the Evil
One,(20) inasmuch as he prompteth you to disbelieve in God, your Lord, and
verily God will not forgive disbelief in Himself, though He will forgive
other sins to whomsoever He pleaseth.(21) Indeed His knowledge embraceth
all things... _Chapter XVII._

"O Peoples of the East and the West! Be ye fearful of God ..."

O Peoples of the East and the West! Be ye fearful of God concerning the
Cause of the true Joseph and barter Him not for a paltry price(22)
established by yourselves, or for a trifle of your earthly possessions,
that ye may, in very truth, be praised by Him as those who are reckoned
among the pious who stand nigh unto this Gate. Verily God hath deprived of
His grace him who martyred Husayn, Our forefather, lonely and forsaken as
He was upon the land of Taff [Karbila]. Yazid, the son of Mu'aviyih, out
of corrupt desire, bartered away the head of the true Joseph to the
fiendish people for a trifling price and a petty sum from his property.
Verily they repudiated God by committing a grievous error. Erelong will
God wreak His vengeance upon them, at the time of Our Return, and He hath,