lessing from the heaven of
the bounty of his Lord, the Gracious, the Bestower, the Generous, the
Ancient of Days. He, verily, hath willed for you that which is yet beyond
your knowledge, but which shall be known to you when, after this fleeting
life, your souls soar heavenwards and the trappings of your earthly joys
are folded up. Thus admonisheth you He in Whose possession is the Guarded
Tablet.

98 Various petitions have come before Our throne from the believers,
concerning laws from God, the Lord of the seen and the unseen, the Lord of
all worlds. We have, in consequence, revealed this Holy Tablet and arrayed
it with the mantle of His Law that haply the people may keep the
commandments of their Lord. Similar requests had been made of Us over
several previous years but We had, in Our wisdom, withheld Our Pen until,
in recent days, letters arrived from a number of the friends, and We have
therefore responded, through the power of truth, with that which shall
quicken the hearts of men.

99 Say: O leaders of religion! Weigh not the Book of God with such
standards and sciences as are current amongst you, for the Book itself is
the unerring Balance established amongst men. In this most perfect Balance
whatsoever the peoples and kindreds of the earth possess must be weighed,
while the measure of its weight should be tested according to its own
standard, did ye but know it.

100 The eye of My loving-kindness weepeth sore over you, inasmuch as ye
have failed to recognize the One upon Whom ye have been calling in the
daytime and in the night season, at even and at morn. Advance, O people,
with snow-white faces and radiant hearts, unto the blest and crimson Spot,
wherein the Sadratu'l-Muntaha is calling: "Verily, there is none other God
beside Me, the Omnipotent Protector, the Self-Subsisting!"

101 O ye leaders of religion! Who is the man amongst you that can rival Me
in vision or insight? Where is he to be found that dareth to claim to be
My equal in utterance or wisdom? No, by My Lord, the All-Merciful! All on
the earth shall pass away; and this is the face of your Lord, the
Almighty, the Well-Beloved.

102 We have decreed, O people, that the highest and last end of all
learning be the recognition of Him Who is the Object of all knowledge; and
yet, behold how ye have allowed your learning to shut you out, as by a
veil, from Him Who is the Dayspring of this Light, through Whom every
hidden thing hath been revealed. Could