shall, if it be His Will,
bless thy throne with one who will rule with justice, who will gather
together the flock of God which the wolves have scattered. Such a ruler
will, with joy and gladness, turn his face towards, and extend his favors
unto, the people of Baha. He indeed is accounted in the sight of God as a
jewel among men. Upon him rest forever the glory of God, and the glory of
all that dwell in the kingdom of His revelation.

Rejoice with great joy, for God hath made thee "the Day Spring of His
light," inasmuch as within thee was born the Manifestation of His Glory.
Be thou glad for this name that hath been conferred upon thee--a name
through which the Day Star of grace hath shed its splendor, through which
both earth and heaven have been illumined.

Ere long will the state of affairs within thee be changed, and the reins
of power fall into the hands of the people. Verily, thy Lord is the
All-Knowing. His authority embraceth all things. Rest thou assured in the
gracious favor of thy Lord. The eye of His loving-kindness shall
everlastingly be directed towards thee. The day is approaching when thy
agitation will have been transmuted into peace and quiet calm. Thus hath
it been decreed in the wondrous Book.

LVII: WHEN THOU ART DEPARTED OUT OF THE COURT OF...

When thou art departed out of the court of My presence, O Muhammad, direct
thy steps towards My House (Ba_gh_dad House), and visit it on behalf of
thy Lord. When thou reachest its door, stand thou before it and say:
Whither is the Ancient Beauty gone, O most great House of God, He through
Whom God hath made thee the cynosure of an adoring world, and proclaimed
thee to be the sign of His remembrance unto all who are in the heavens and
all who are on the earth? Oh! for the former days when thou, O House of
God, wert made His footstool, the days when in ceaseless strains the
melody of the All-Merciful poured forth from thee! What hath become of thy
jewel whose glory hath irradiated all creation? Whither are gone the days
in which He, the Ancient King, had made thee the throne of His glory, the
days in which He had chosen thee alone to be the lamp of salvation between
earth and heaven, and caused thee to diffuse, at dawn and at eventide, the
sweet fragrance of the All-Glorious?

Where, O House of God, is the Sun of majesty and power Who had enveloped
thee with the brightness of His presence? Where is He, the Day Spring of
the tender mercies of thy