and soul, with entire
devotion, supplication, humbleness and submissiveness, endeavor to
promulgate the law of God and strive to diffuse the fragrances of God.
Exert yourself to become the real president of assemblies of spiritual
ones and a companion of the Kingdom of the Merciful.

Thou hast asked in regard to the 10th verse of the 21st chapter of
Revelation and to the 17th verse:

Know that the firmament of the bright sun of the world of possibilities is
divided into twelve sections, according to mathematical principles, which
are called the twelve constellations; likewise, the Sun of Truth manifests
and pours forth His bounty in twelve constellations of holiness. By these
constellations are meant holy souls who are the manifestations of purity
and the dawning-points of the lights of Unity. Observe that in the day of
His Holiness the Speaker of God (Moses), there were twelve holy souls who
were the leaders of the Truth. In like manner, in the cycle of His
Holiness the Spirit (Jesus Christ), note that there were twelve apostles
under the shadow of the light of the Most High, and the Sun of Truth was
manifested through those bright dawning-places like unto the phenomenal
sun. Likewise, in the time of His Holiness Mohammed, consider that there
were twelve dawning points of holiness who were the manifestations of
confirmation. Such is the case.

Accordingly, St. John, the divine, declared in his vision regarding the
twelve doors and the twelve foundations. By the great and holy city of
Jerusalem, which is descended from heaven, is meant the sacred law of God.
This subject has been repeatedly explained in many Tablets and in the
Scriptures of the ancient prophets. For example, it is said in one place:
"I beheld Jerusalem marching on to the wilderness." The purport is that
this Heavenly Jerusalem has twelve doors through which the advancing souls
enter into the City of God. These doors are the souls who are the stars of
guidance and doors unto bounty and knowledge. "At the gates twelve angels
stood." By "angel" is meant the power of the confirmation of God; that the
candle of the power of the divine confirmation shines forth and is
illumined in those souls. That is to say, that each one of those souls
will be confirmed by the mightiest power. Those twelve gates surround the
whole universe. This signifies that all existence is under the shadow of
those souls; also, that these doors are the foundation of the city of God,
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