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undeniable verses.

Thou hast asked regarding the subject of the return. Know thou that the
end is like unto the beginning. Even as thou dost consider the beginning,
similarly shouldst thou consider the end, and be of them that truly
perceive. Nay, rather consider the beginning as the end itself, and so
conversely, that thou mayest acquire a clear perception. Know thou
moreover that every created thing is continually brought forth and
returned at the bidding of thy Lord, the God of power and might.

As to the Return, as God hath purposed in His sacred and exalted Tablets
wherein He hath made this theme known unto His servants; by this is meant
the return of all created things in the Day of Resurrection, and this is
indeed the essence of the Return as thou hast witnessed in God's own days
and thou art of them that testify to this truth.

Verily God is fully capable of causing all names to appear in one name,
and all souls in one soul. Surely powerful and mighty is He. And this
Return is realized at His behest in whatever form He willeth. Indeed He is
the One Who doeth and ordaineth all things. Moreover, thou shouldst not
perceive the fulfilment of the Return and the Resurrection save in the
Word of thy Lord, the Almighty, the All-Knowing. For instance, were He to
take a handful of earth and declare it to be the One Whom ye have been
following in the past, it would undoubtedly be just and true, even as His
real Person, and to none is given the right to question His authority. He
doeth what He willeth and ordaineth whatsoever He pleaseth. Moreover, in
this station take thou heed not to turn thy gaze unto limitations and
allusions, but rather unto that whereby the Revelation itself hath been
fulfilled and be of them that are discerning. Thus do We explain for thee
in a lucid and explicit language that thou mayest comprehend that which
thou didst seek from thine ancient Lord.

Consider thou the Day of Resurrection. Were God to pronounce the lowliest
of creatures among the faithful to be the First One to believe in the
Bayan, thou shouldst have no misgivings about it and must be of them that
truly believe. In this station look not upon human limitations and names
but rather upon that whereby the rank of the First One to believe is
vindicated, which is faith in God, and recognition of His Being and
assurance in the fulfilment of His irresistible and binding command.

Consider thou the Revelation of th