Think not that because these things have come to pass after Husayn’s martyrdom, therefore all this glory hath been of no profit unto him.  For that holy soul is immortal, liveth the life of God, and abideth within the retreats of celestial glory upon the Sadrih of heavenly reunion.  These Essences of being are the shining Exemplars of sacrifice.  They have offered, and will continue to offer up their lives, their substance, their souls, their spirit, their all, in the path of the Well-Beloved.  By them, no station, however exalted, could be more dearly cherished.  For lovers have no desire but the good-pleasure of their Beloved, and have no aim except reunion with Him.

Should We wish to impart unto thee a glimmer of the mysteries of Husayn’s martyrdom, and reveal unto thee the fruits thereof, these pages could never suffice, nor exhaust their meaning.  Our hope is that, God willing, the breeze of mercy may blow, and the divine Springtime clothe the tree of being with the robe of a new life; so that we may discover the mysteries of divine Wisdom, and, through His providence, be made independent of the knowledge of all things.  We have, as yet, descried none but a handful of souls, destitute of all renown, who have attained unto this station.  Let the future disclose what the Judgment of God will ordain, and the Tabernacle of His decree reveal.  In such wise We recount unto thee the wonders of the Cause of God, and pour out into thine ears the strains of heavenly melody, that haply thou mayest attain unto the station of true knowledge, and partake of the fruit thereof.  Therefore, know thou of a certainty that these Luminaries of heavenly majesty, though their dwelling be in the dust, yet their true habitation is the seat of glory in the realms above.  Though bereft of all earthly possessions, yet they soar in the realms of immeasurable riches.  And whilst sore tried in the grip of the enemy, they are seated on the right hand of power and celestial dominion.  Amidst the darkness of their abasement there shineth upon them the light of unfading glory, and upon their helplessness are showered the tokens of an invincible sovereignty.

Thus Jesus, Son of Mary, whilst seated one day and speaking in the strain of the Holy Spirit, uttered words such as these:  “O people!  My food is the grass of the field, wherewith I satisfy my hunger.  My bed is the dust, my lamp in the night the light of the moon, and my steed my own feet.  Behold, who on earth is richer than I?” By the righteousness of God!  Thousands of treasures circle round this poverty, and a myriad kingdoms of glory yearn for such abasement!  Shouldst thou attain to a drop of the ocean of the inner meaning of these words, thou wouldst surely forsake the world and all that is therein, and, as the Phoenix wouldst consume thyself in the flames of the undying Fire.