men and to purify thee from the insinuations of the
froward. Strengthen thy loins then for the promotion
of the Cause and pay no attention unto the words uttered
by the people of the Bayan, for they are truly incapable
of understanding and have failed to comprehend the
essence of the Cause as is revealed in this august,
this Most Great Announcement. Thus have We inspired
thee, and infused into thy heart that which will make
thee independent of the allusions of mankind.
The glory of God be upon thee and upon them that give
ear unto the words thou dost utter for the love of
God, thy Lord, and remain steadfast in His Cause.
All praise be unto God, the Lord of the worlds.
He is the Most Holy, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most High
O MY Name!(64) Yield thou praise unto God for having
graciously chosen thee to be a shower of bounty for
that which We have sown in the pure and blessed soil
and enabled thee to serve as a springtime of tender
mercy for the wondrous and sublime trees We have planted.
Indeed so great is this favour that of all created
things in the world of existence, none can ever hope
to rival it. We have moreover given thee to drink
the choice wine of utterance from the chalice of the
heavenly bestowals of thy merciful Lord, which is
none other than this Tongue of holiness—a
Tongue that, as soon as it was unloosed, quickened
the entire creation, set in motion all beings and
caused the Nightingale to pour forth its melodies.
This is the Fountain of living water for all that
dwell in the realm of being.
Oftentimes have We wafted upon thee the sweet savours
of the All-Merciful from this Branch which moveth
over the Tablet of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Unconstrained.
By the righteousness of the One true God! Were
all created things, visible and invisible, to direct
themselves towards Him, thou wouldst find them winging
their flight unto the Supreme Goal, the Spot wherein
the divine Lote-Tree exclaimeth: Verily, no God
is there but Me, the Almighty, the All-Bountiful.
Great is thy blessedness, inasmuch as thou hast been
journeying throughout the lands of God, and been the
embodiment of joy and assurance for the people of
Baha who have renounced all else but Him, and set their
hearts towards this Court which hath shed its radiance
upon all realms, and sprinkled them with the surging
waters of this Ocean wherewith thou thyself hast been
sprinkled—an Ocean which hath encompassed
all created things.
