uld not be removed, although no
one had requested any help from them. At that time we were devoid of
earthly means, and pleaded that they leave the matter unto us and allow
those present to carry the bodies, but they refused. Finally, a carpet was
taken to the bazaar to be sold, and the sum obtained was delivered to the
guards. Later, it was learned that they had merely dug a shallow grave
into which they had placed both blessed bodies, although they had taken
twice the amount required for shrouds and burial.

28 The pen is powerless to depict and the tongue faileth to describe the
trials which We have suffered. Yet sweeter than honey to Me is the
bitterness of such tribulations. Would that at every instant all the
afflictions of the world could, in the path of God and for the sake of His
love, be visited upon this evanescent Soul Who is immersed in the ocean of
divine knowledge!

29 We implore God for patience and forbearance, inasmuch as thou art but a
feeble creature and bereft of comprehension. Wert thou to awaken and
inhale the fragrance of the breezes that waft from the retreats of
eternity, thou wouldst readily abandon all that thou dost possess and in
which thou dost rejoice, and choose to abide in one of the dilapidated
rooms of this Most Great Prison. Beseech God to grant thee such mature
understanding as to enable thee to distinguish praiseworthy actions from
those which merit blame. Peace be upon him who followeth the way of
guidance!

LAWH-I-FU'AD

He is the Most Holy, the Most Glorious!

1 Kaf. Za'.(75) We call unto thee from beyond the sea of grandeur, upon
the crimson land, above the horizon of tribulation. Verily, no God is
there save Him, the Almighty, the Most Generous. Walk thou steadfastly in
My Cause and follow not the ways of those who, upon attaining unto the
object of their desire, denied God, the Lord of Lords. Erelong shall He
lay hold upon them in His wrath, and He, verily, is the All-Powerful, the
All-Subduing.

2 Know thou that, through the power of His sovereign might, God hath
seized him who was the foremost amongst them that passed judgement against
Us. When he saw his torment approaching, he fled to Paris to seek recourse
to physicians.

3 "Is there none to help me?" he asked.

4 He was smitten upon the mouth and told: "There is no escape!"(76)

5 And when he turned towards the angel of wrath, he well-nigh expired from
fear. "I have a house full of