fore the Lord of the worlds.

Know thou moreover that in the Day of His Manifestation all things besides
God shall be brought forth and placed equally, irrespective of their rank
being high or low. The Day of Return is inscrutable unto all men until
after the divine Revelation hath been fulfilled. He is in truth the One
Who ordaineth whatsoever He willeth. When the Word of God is revealed unto
all created things whoso then giveth ear and heedeth the Call is, indeed,
reckoned among the most distinguished souls, though he be a carrier of
ashes. And he who turneth away is accounted as the lowliest of His
servants, though he be a ruler amongst men and the possessor of all the
books that are in the heavens and on earth.

It behoveth thee to look with divine insight upon the things We have
revealed and sent unto thee and not towards the people and that which is
current amongst them. They are in this day like unto a blind man who,
while moving in the sunshine, demandeth: Where is the sun? Is it shining?
He would deny and dispute the truth, and would not be of them that
perceive. Never shall he be able to discern the sun or to understand that
which hath intervened between him and it. He would object within himself,
voice protests, and would be among the rebellious. Such is the state of
this people. Leave them unto themselves, saying: Unto you be that which ye
desire and unto us that which we desire. Wretched indeed is the plight of
the ungodly.

Know thou moreover that the former Manifestation affirmed that the return
and rising of the spirits would occur on the Day of Resurrection, while in
truth there is a return and resurrection for every created thing. However
We do not wish to mention aught that is not set forth in the Bayan, lest
perchance the people of malice raise a great outcry. O would that that
which interveneth between the children of men and their Creator were
dispelled that they might be enabled to behold God's invincible
sovereignty and dominion, quaff from the wellspring of His heavenly
streams, be sprinkled with the outpourings of the ocean of true
understanding and be purged from the defilements of the ungodly and the
suspicious.

As to thy question concerning the worlds of God. Know thou of a truth that
the worlds of God are countless in their number, and infinite in their
range. None can reckon or comprehend them except God, the All-Knowing, the
All-Wise. Consider thy state when asleep. Verily, I say, thi