rm of the mischief-maker.
Liberty causeth man to overstep the bounds of propriety, and to infringe
on the dignity of his station. It debaseth him to the level of extreme
depravity and wickedness.

124 Regard men as a flock of sheep that need a shepherd for their
protection. This, verily, is the truth, the certain truth. We approve of
liberty in certain circumstances, and refuse to sanction it in others. We,
verily, are the All-Knowing.

125 Say: True liberty consisteth in man's submission unto My commandments,
little as ye know it. Were men to observe that which We have sent down
unto them from the Heaven of Revelation, they would, of a certainty,
attain unto perfect liberty. Happy is the man that hath apprehended the
Purpose of God in whatever He hath revealed from the Heaven of His Will
that pervadeth all created things. Say: The liberty that profiteth you is
to be found nowhere except in complete servitude unto God, the Eternal
Truth. Whoso hath tasted of its sweetness will refuse to barter it for all
the dominion of earth and heaven.

126 In the Bayan it had been forbidden you to ask Us questions. The Lord
hath now relieved you of this prohibition, that ye may be free to ask what
you need to ask, but not such idle questions as those on which the men of
former times were wont to dwell. Fear God, and be ye of the righteous! Ask
ye that which shall be of profit to you in the Cause of God and His
dominion, for the portals of His tender compassion have been opened before
all who dwell in heaven and on earth.

127 The number of months in a year, appointed in the Book of God, is
nineteen. Of these the first hath been adorned with this Name which
overshadoweth the whole of creation.

128 The Lord hath decreed that the dead should be interred in coffins made
of crystal, of hard, resistant stone, or of wood that is both fine and
durable, and that graven rings should be placed upon their fingers. He,
verily, is the Supreme Ordainer, the One apprised of all.

129 The inscription on these rings should read, for men: "Unto God
belongeth all that is in the heavens and on the earth and whatsoever is
between them, and He, in truth, hath knowledge of all things"; and for
women: "Unto God belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth and
whatsoever is between them, and He, in truth, is potent over all things".
These are the verses that were revealed aforetime, but lo, the Point of
the Bayan now calleth out, exclaiming, "O