ord of the
visible and the invisible.

Indeed God hath created everywhere around this Gate oceans of divine
elixir, tinged crimson with the essence of existence and vitalized through
the animating power of the desired fruit; and for them God hath provided
Arks of ruby, tender, crimson-coloured, wherein none shall sail but the
people of Baha, by the leave of God, the Most Exalted; and verily He is
the All-Glorious, the All-Wise. _Chapter LVII._

"The Lord hath, in truth, inspired Me: Verily, verily, I am ..."

The Lord hath, in truth, inspired Me: Verily, verily, I am God, He besides
Whom there is none other God, and I am indeed the Ancient of Days...

O people of the Kingdom! By the righteousness of the true God, if ye
remain steadfast upon this line which standeth upright between the two
lines, ye shall, in very truth, quaff the living waters from the Fountain
of this wondrous Revelation as proffered by the hand of His Remembrance...

I swear by your true Lord, by Him Who is the Lord of the heavens and of
the earth, that the divine Promise concerning His Remembrance is naught
but the sovereign truth and, as decreed in the Mother Book, it shall come
to pass...

Say, O peoples of the earth! Were ye to assemble together in order to
produce the like of a single letter of My Works, ye would never be able to
do so,(32) and verily God is cognizant of all things...

O Qurratu'l-'Ayn! Say: Behold! Verily the Moon hath faded; verily the
night hath retreated; verily the dawn hath brightened;(33) verily the
command of God, your true Lord, hath been accomplished...

Out of utter nothingness, O great and omnipotent Master, Thou hast,
through the celestial potency of Thy might, brought me forth and raised me
up to proclaim this Revelation. I have made none other but Thee my trust;
I have clung to no will but Thy Will. Thou art, in truth, the
All-Sufficing and behind Thee standeth the true God, He Who overshadoweth
all things. Indeed sufficient unto Me is God, the Exalted, the Powerful,
the Sustainer. _Chapter LVIII._

"O Thou Remnant of God! I have sacrificed myself wholly ..."

O Thou Remnant of God! I have sacrificed myself wholly for Thee; I have
accepted curses for Thy sake, and have yearned for naught but martyrdom in
the path of Thy love. Sufficient witness unto me is God, the Exalted, the
Protector, the Ancient of Days.

O Qurratu'l-'Ayn! The words Thou hast uttered in this momentous Call have
griev