Eternal Truth, to summon all men to whatsoever shall sanctify them from
all attachment to the things of the earth and purge them from its
defilements, that the sweet smell of the raiment of the All-Glorious may
be smelled from all them that love Him.

They who are possessed of riches, however, must have the utmost regard for
the poor, for great is the honor destined by God for those poor who are
steadfast in patience. By My life! There is no honor, except what God may
please to bestow, that can compare to this honor. Great is the blessedness
awaiting the poor that endure patiently and conceal their sufferings, and
well is it with the rich who bestow their riches on the needy and prefer
them before themselves.

Please God, the poor may exert themselves and strive to earn the means of
livelihood. This is a duty which, in this most great Revelation, hath been
prescribed unto every one, and is accounted in the sight of God as a
goodly deed. Whoso observeth this duty, the help of the invisible One
shall most certainly aid him. He can enrich, through His grace, whomsoever
He pleaseth. He, verily, hath power over all things....

Tell, O 'Ali, the loved ones of God that equity is the most fundamental
among human virtues. The evaluation of all things must needs depend upon
it. Ponder a while on the woes and afflictions which this Prisoner hath
sustained. I have, all the days of My life, been at the mercy of Mine
enemies, and have suffered each day, in the path of the love of God, a
fresh tribulation. I have patiently endured until the fame of the Cause of
God was spread abroad on the earth. If any one should now arise and,
prompted by the vain imaginations his heart hath devised, endeavor, openly
or in secret, to sow the seeds of dissension amongst men--can such a man be
said to have acted with equity? No, by Him Whose might extendeth over all
things! By My life! Mine heart groaneth and mine eyes weep sore for the
Cause of God and for them that understand not what they say and imagine
what they cannot comprehend.

It beseemeth all men, in this Day, to take firm hold on the Most Great
Name, and to establish the unity of all mankind. There is no place to flee
to, no refuge that any one can seek, except Him. Should any man be led to
utter such words as will turn away the people from the shores of God's
limitless ocean, and cause them to fix their hearts on anything except
this glorious and manifest Being, that hath assumed a for