thou but know the things sent down by My Pen, and discover the
treasures of My Cause, and the pearls of My mysteries which lie hid in the
seas of My names and in the goblets of My words, thou wouldst, in thy love
for My name, and in thy longing for My glorious and sublime Kingdom, lay
down thy life in My path. Know thou that though My body be beneath the
swords of My foes, and My limbs be beset with incalculable afflictions,
yet My spirit is filled with a gladness with which all the joys of the
earth can never compare.

163 Set thine heart towards Him Who is the Point of adoration for the
world, and say: "O peoples of the earth! Have ye denied the One in Whose
path He Who came with the truth, bearing the announcement of your Lord,
the Exalted, the Great, suffered martyrdom?" Say: This is an Announcement
whereat the hearts of the Prophets and Messengers have rejoiced. This is
the One Whom the heart of the world remembereth, and is promised in the
Books of God, the Mighty, the All-Wise. The hands of the Messengers were,
in their desire to meet Me, upraised towards God, the Mighty, the
Glorified. Unto this testifieth that which hath been sent down in the
sacred Scriptures by Him Who is the Lord of might and power.

164 Some lamented in their separation from Me, others endured hardships in
My path, and still others laid down their lives for the sake of My Beauty,
could ye but know it. Say: I, verily, have not sought to extol Mine own
Self, but rather God Himself, were ye to judge fairly. Naught can be seen
in Me except God and His Cause, could ye but perceive it. I am the One
Whom the tongue of Isaiah hath extolled, the One with Whose name both the
Torah and the Evangel were adorned. Thus hath it been decreed in the
Scriptures of thy Lord, the Most Merciful. He, verily, hath borne witness
unto Me, as I bear witness unto Him. And God testifieth to the truth of My
words.

165 Say: The Books have been sent down for naught but My remembrance.
Whosoever is receptive to their call shall perceive therefrom the sweet
fragrances of My name and My praise; and he who hath unstopped the ear of
his inmost heart shall hear from every word thereof: "The True One is
come! He indeed is the beloved of the worlds!"

166 It is for the sake of God alone that My tongue counselleth you and
that My pen moveth to make mention of you, for neither can the malice and
denial of all who dwell on earth harm Me, nor the allegiance of the entire
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