pose of ennobling the world
of being and of elevating the minds and souls of men, hath been sent down
that which is the most effective instrument for the education of the whole
human race. The highest essence and most perfect expression of whatsoever
the peoples of old have either said or written hath, through this most
potent Revelation, been sent down from the heaven of the Will of the
All-Possessing, the Ever-Abiding God. Of old it hath been revealed: "Love
of one's country is an element of the Faith of God." The Tongue of
Grandeur hath, however, in the day of His manifestation proclaimed: "It is
not his to boast who loveth his country, but it is his who loveth the
world." Through the power released by these exalted words He hath lent a
fresh impulse, and set a new direction, to the birds of men's hearts, and
hath obliterated every trace of restriction and limitation from God's holy
Book.

O people of Justice! Be as brilliant as the light, and as splendid as the
fire that blazed in the Burning Bush. The brightness of the fire of your
love will no doubt fuse and unify the contending peoples and kindreds of
the earth, whilst the fierceness of the flame of enmity and hatred cannot
but result in strife and ruin. We beseech God that He may shield His
creatures from the evil designs of His enemies. He verily hath power over
all things.

All praise be to the one true God--exalted be His glory--inasmuch as He
hath, through the Pen of the Most High, unlocked the doors of men's
hearts. Every verse which this Pen hath revealed is a bright and shining
portal that discloseth the glories of a saintly and pious life, of pure
and stainless deeds. The summons and the message which We gave were never
intended to reach or to benefit one land or one people only. Mankind in
its entirety must firmly adhere to whatsoever hath been revealed and
vouchsafed unto it. Then and only then will it attain unto true liberty.
The whole earth is illuminated with the resplendent glory of God's
Revelation. In the year sixty He Who heralded the light of Divine
Guidance--may all creation be a sacrifice unto Him--arose to announce a
fresh revelation of the Divine Spirit, and was followed, twenty years
later, by Him through Whose coming the world was made the recipient of
this promised glory, this wondrous favor. Behold how the generality of
mankind hath been endued with the capacity to hearken unto God's most
exalted Word--the Word upon which must depend