n God, the Almighty,
the All-Loving.

Blessed is the wayfarer who hath recognized the Desired One, and the
seeker who hath heeded the Call of Him Who is the intended Aim of all
mankind, and the learned one who hath believed in God, the Help in Peril,
the Self-Subsisting.

How vast the number of the learned who have turned aside from the way of
God and how numerous the men devoid of learning who have apprehended the
truth and hastened unto Him, saying, 'Praised be Thou, O Lord of all
things, visible and invisible.'

By the righteousness of God! The world's horizon is resplendent with the
light of the Most Great Luminary, yet the generality of mankind perceive
it not. Verily He Who is the Sovereign Truth moveth before the eyes of all
men. Unto this beareth witness the One Who is proclaiming in the midmost
heart of the world, 'In truth no God is there but Me, Omnipotent over all
things, whether of the past or of the future.'

Great is the blessedness of the believer who hath directed himself towards
Him and hath gained admittance into His presence, and woe betide every
disbeliever who hath turned away from God and followed the wayward and the
outcast.

"O FRIEND! In the Bayan We directed everyone in this..."

O FRIEND! In the Bayan We directed everyone in this Most Great Revelation
to see with his own eyes and hear with his own ears. However when the
horizon of the world was illumined with the resplendent light of this
Revelation, many people forgot this divine commandment, lost sight of this
heavenly exhortation and immersed themselves in the vain imaginings which
their minds had devised. Indeed the face of the sun of justice and
fairness is hidden behind the clouds of idle fancy which the foolish ones
have conceived. Therefore it is not to be wondered at that the movements
of the birds of darkness attract attention. Through the potency of the
Name of the Best-Beloved, invite thou the receptive souls unto God's holy
court, that perchance they may not remain deprived of the heavenly
Fountain of living water. He is in truth the Gracious, the Forgiving.

The gaze of the loving-kindness of God--exalted and glorified is He--hath
everlastingly been directed towards His beloved friends; verily He is the
One Who knoweth and remembereth.

"O JAVAD! Such is the greatness of this Day that the Hour..."

O JAVAD! Such is the greatness of this Day that the Hour itself is seized
with perturbation