m subject to
human limitations--such a man, however lofty the station he may occupy,
shall be denounced by the entire creation as one that hath deprived
himself of the sweet savors of the All-Merciful.

Say: Observe equity in your judgment, ye men of understanding heart! He
that is unjust in his judgment is destitute of the characteristics that
distinguish man's station. He Who is the Eternal Truth knoweth well what
the breasts of men conceal. His long forbearance hath emboldened His
creatures, for not until the appointed time is come will He rend any veil
asunder. His surpassing mercy hath restrained the fury of His wrath, and
caused most people to imagine that the one true God is unaware of the
things they have privily committed. By Him Who is the All-Knowing, the
All-Informed! The mirror of His knowledge reflecteth, with complete
distinctness, precision and fidelity, the doings of all men. Say: Praise
be to Thee, O Concealer of the sins of the weak and helpless! Magnified be
Thy name, O Thou that forgivest the heedless ones that trespass against
Thee!

We have forbidden men to walk after the imaginations of their hearts, that
they may be enabled to recognize Him Who is the sovereign Source and
Object of all knowledge, and may acknowledge whatsoever He may be pleased
to reveal. Witness how they have entangled themselves with their idle
fancies and vain imaginations. By My life! They are themselves the victims
of what their own hearts have devised, and yet they perceive it not. Vain
and profitless is the talk of their lips, and yet they understand not.

We beseech God that He may graciously vouchsafe His grace unto all men,
and enable them to attain the knowledge of Him and of themselves. By My
life! Whoso hath known Him shall soar in the immensity of His love, and
shall be detached from the world and all that is therein. Nothing on earth
shall deflect him from his course, how much less they who, prompted by
their vain imaginations, speak those things which God hath forbidden.

Say: This is the Day when every ear must needs be attentive to His voice.
Hearken ye to the Call of this wronged One, and magnify ye the name of the
one true God, and adorn yourselves with the ornament of His remembrance,
and illumine your hearts with the light of His love. This is the key that
unlocketh the hearts of men, the burnish that shall cleanse the souls of
all beings. He that is careless of what hath poured out from the finger of
th