Regardest thou as one wronged he who in this world was never dealt a single blow, and who was continually surrounded by five of the handmaidens of God?  And imputest thou unto the True One, Who, from His earliest years until the present day, hath been in the hands of His enemies, and been tormented with the worst afflictions in the world, such charges as the Jews did not ascribe unto Christ?  Hearken unto the voice of this Wronged One, and be not of them that are in utter loss.

And, likewise, He saith:  “How many the fires which God converteth into light through Him Whom God shall make manifest; and how numerous the lights which are turned into fire through Him!  I behold His appearance even as the sun in the midmost heaven, and the disappearance of all even as that of the stars of the night by day.”  Hast thou ears, O world, wherewith to hear the voice of the True One, and to judge equitably this Revelation Which, as soon as it appeared, Sinai exclaimed:  “He that discoursed upon Me is come with evident signs and resplendent tokens, in spite of every heedless one that hath gone far astray, and of every lying calumniator, who hath wished to quench the light of God with his calumnies, and blot out the signs of God through his malice.  They, verily, are of such as have acted unjustly in the Book of God, the Lord of the worlds.”

And likewise, He saith:  “The Bayan is from beginning to end the repository of all of His attributes, and the treasury of both His fire and His light.”  Great God!  The soul is carried away by the fragrance of this utterance, inasmuch as He declareth, with infinite sadness, that which He perceiveth.  Likewise, He saith to the Letter of the Living, Mulla Baqir—­ upon him be the glory of God and His loving-kindness:  “Haply thou mayest in eight years, in the day of His Revelation, attain unto His Presence.”

Know thou, O Hadi, and be of them that hearken.  Judge thou equitably.  The companions of God and the Testimonies of Him Who is the Truth have, for the most part, suffered martyrdom.  Thou, however, art still alive.  How is it that thou hast been spared?  I swear by God!  It is because of thy denial, whereas the martyrdom of the blessed souls was due to their confession.  Every just and fair-minded person will bear witness unto this, inasmuch as the cause and motive of both are clear and evident as the sun.

And likewise He addresseth Dayyan, who was wronged and suffered martyrdom, saying:  “Thou shalt recognize thy worth through the words of Him Whom God shall make manifest.”  He, likewise, hath pronounced him to be the third Letter to believe in Him Whom God shall make manifest, through these words:  “O thou who art the third Letter to believe in Him Whom God shall make manifest!” And likewise He saith:  “Should God, however, be willing, He will make thee known through the words of Him Whom God shall make manifest.”  Dayyan, who, according to the words of Him Who is the Point—­may