Go thou straight on and persevere in His service. Say: O people! The Day,
promised unto you in all the Scriptures, is now come. Fear ye God, and
withhold not yourselves from recognizing the One Who is the Object of your
creation. Hasten ye unto Him. Better is this for you than the world and
all that is therein. Would that ye could perceive it!

CXLV: IF YE MEET THE ABASED OR THE DOWN-TRODDEN,...

If ye meet the abased or the down-trodden, turn not away disdainfully from
them, for the King of Glory ever watcheth over them and surroundeth them
with such tenderness as none can fathom except them that have suffered
their wishes and desires to be merged in the Will of your Lord, the
Gracious, the All-Wise. O ye rich ones of the earth! Flee not from the
face of the poor that lieth in the dust, nay rather befriend him and
suffer him to recount the tale of the woes with which God's inscrutable
Decree hath caused him to be afflicted. By the righteousness of God!
Whilst ye consort with him, the Concourse on high will be looking upon
you, will be interceding for you, will be extolling your names and
glorifying your action. Blessed are the learned that pride not themselves
on their attainments; and well is it with the righteous that mock not the
sinful, but rather conceal their misdeeds, so that their own shortcomings
may remain veiled to men's eyes.

CXLVI: IT IS OUR WISH AND DESIRE THAT EVERY ONE OF...

It is Our wish and desire that every one of you may become a source of all
goodness unto men, and an example of uprightness to mankind. Beware lest
ye prefer yourselves above your neighbors. Fix your gaze upon Him Who is
the Temple of God amongst men. He, in truth, hath offered up His life as a
ransom for the redemption of the world. He, verily, is the All-Bountiful,
the Gracious, the Most High. If any differences arise amongst you, behold
Me standing before your face, and overlook the faults of one another for
My name's sake and as a token of your love for My manifest and resplendent
Cause. We love to see you at all times consorting in amity and concord
within the paradise of My good-pleasure, and to inhale from your acts the
fragrance of friendliness and unity, of loving-kindness and fellowship.
Thus counselleth you the All-Knowing, the Faithful. We shall always be
with you; if We inhale the perfume of your fellowship, Our heart will
assuredly rejoice, for naught else can satisfy Us. To this beareth witn