John, son of Zacharias, said what My Forerunner hath said:  “Saying, repent ye, for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand.  I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He that cometh after Me is mightier than I, Whose shoes I am not worthy to bear.”  Wherefore, hath My Forerunner, as a sign of submissiveness and humility, said:  “The whole of the Bayan is only a leaf amongst the leaves of His Paradise.”  And likewise, He saith:  “I am the first to adore Him, and pride Myself on My kinship with Him.”  And yet, O men, the people of the Bayan have acted in such a manner that Dhi’l-Jaw_sh_an, and Ibn-i-Anas, and Asbahi have sought and still seek refuge with God against such deeds.  This Wronged One hath, in the face of all religions, busied Himself day and night with the things that are conducive unto the exaltation of the Cause of God, whereas those men have clung unto that which is the cause of humiliation and injury.

And likewise, He saith:  “Recognize Him by His verses.  The greater your neglect in seeking to know Him, the more grievously will ye be veiled in fire.”  O ye among the people of the Bayan that have turned aside from Me!  Ponder upon these most sublime words, that have proceeded from the wellspring of the utterance of Him Who is the Point of Knowledge.  Hearken ye, at this moment, unto these words.  He saith:  “On that Day, the Daystar of Truth will address the people of the Bayan and will recite this Surih of the Qur’an:  ’Say:  O ye unbelievers!  I worship not that which ye worship, and ye do not worship that which I worship.  I shall never worship that which ye worship, neither will ye worship that which I worship.  To you be your religion, to Me My religion.’” Gracious God!  Notwithstanding these lucid statements, and these shining and luminous tokens all are occupied with their vain imaginings, and are unaware of, and veiled from, the Desired One.  O ye that have gone astray!  Awake from the sleep of heedlessness, and give ear unto these words of My Forerunner.  He saith:  “The tree of affirmation, by turning aside from Him, is accounted as the tree of denial, and the tree of denial, by turning towards Him, is accounted as the tree of affirmation.”  And likewise, He saith:  “Should anyone lay claim unto a Revelation, and fail to produce any proof, do not protest, and sadden Him not.”  Briefly, this Wronged One hath, night and day, been uttering the words:  “Say:  O ye unbelievers!”, that haply this may be the means of awakening the people, and may adorn them with the adornment of fairness.

And now, meditate upon these words, which diffuse the breath of despair, in His sorrowful invocation unto God, the Lord of the worlds.  He saith:  “Glorified art Thou, O My God!  Bear Thou witness that, through this Book, I have covenanted with all created things concerning the Mission of Him Whom Thou shalt make manifest, ere the covenant concerning Mine own Mission had been established.  Sufficient witness art Thou and they that have believed in Thy signs.  Thou, verily, sufficest Me.  In Thee have I placed My trust, and Thou, verily, takest count of all things.”