“O King!  Wert thou to incline thine ears unto the shrill voice of the Pen of Glory and the cooing of the Dove of Eternity, which on the branches of the Lote-Tree beyond which there is no passing, uttereth praises to God, the Maker of all Names and the Creator of earth and heaven, thou wouldst attain unto a station from which thou wouldst behold in the world of being naught save the effulgence of the Adored One, and wouldst regard thy sovereignty as the most contemptible of thy possessions, abandoning it to whosoever might desire it, and setting thy face toward the Horizon aglow with the light of His countenance.  Neither wouldst thou ever be willing to bear the burden of dominion save for the purpose of helping thy Lord, the Exalted, the Most High.  Then would the Concourse on high bless thee.  O how excellent is this most sublime station, couldst thou ascend thereunto through the power of a sovereignty recognized as derived from the Name of God!”

Either thou or someone else hath said:  “Let the Surih of Tawhid be translated, so that all may know and be fully persuaded that the one true God begetteth not, nor is He begotten.  Moreover, the Babis believe in his (Baha’u’llah’s) Divinity and Godhood.”

O Shay_kh_!  This station is the station in which one dieth to himself and liveth in God.  Divinity, whenever I mention it, indicateth My complete and absolute self-effacement.  This is the station in which I have no control over mine own weal or woe nor over my life nor over my resurrection.

O Shay_kh_!  How do the divines of this age account for the effulgent glory which the Sadrah of Utterance hath shed upon the Son of ’Imran (Moses) on the Sinai of Divine knowledge?  He (Moses) hearkened unto the Word which the Burning Bush had uttered, and accepted it; and yet most men are bereft of the power of comprehending this, inasmuch as they have busied themselves with their own concerns, and are unaware of the things which belong unto God.  Referring to this, the Siyyid of Findirisk hath well said:  “This theme no mortal mind can fathom; be it even that of Abu-Nasr, or Abu-’Ali Sina (Avicenna).”  What explanation can they give concerning that which the Seal of the Prophets (Muhammad)—­may the souls of all else but Him be offered up for His sake—­hath said?:  “Ye, verily, shall behold your Lord as ye behold the full moon on its fourteenth night.”  The Commander of the Faithful (Imam ’Ali)—­peace be upon him—­moreover, saith in the Khutbiy-i-Tutunjiyyih:  “Anticipate ye the Revelation of Him Who conversed with Moses from the Burning Bush on Sinai.”  Husayn, the son of ’Ali—­peace be upon him—­likewise saith:  “Will there be vouchsafed unto anyone besides Thee a Revelation which hath not been vouchsafed unto Thyself—­A Revelation Whose Revealer will be He Who revealed Thee.  Blind be the eye that seeth Thee not!”