ngs, and withhold not Thy favours from the world of
being. Thou, verily, art the All-Bountiful in the heaven of Thine
eternity, and the Lord of infinite grace unto all who inhabit the kingdom
of names. Look not upon the people and the things they possess; look
rather upon the wonders of Thy gifts and favours. Gather then Thy servants
beneath Thy shade that shadoweth all mankind. Stretch forth the hand of
bounty over all creation, and the fingers of bestowal over all existence.
This, verily, is that which beseemeth Thee, though the people understand
it not. Whosoever turneth his face towards Thee doeth so by Thy grace, and
as to him who turneth away, Thy Lord, in truth, is independent of all
created things. Unto this bear witness His true and devoted servants.

41 Erelong shall God raise up, through Thee, those with hands of
indomitable strength and arms of invincible might, who will come forth
from behind the veils, will render the All-Merciful victorious amongst the
peoples of the world, and will raise so mighty a cry as to cause all
hearts to tremble with fear. Thus hath it been decreed in a Written
Tablet. Such shall be the ascendancy which these souls will evince that
consternation and dismay will seize all the dwellers of the earth.

42 Beware lest ye shed the blood of anyone. Unsheathe the sword of your
tongue from the scabbard of utterance, for therewith ye can conquer the
citadels of men's hearts. We have abolished the law to wage holy war
against each other. God's mercy, hath, verily, encompassed all created
things, if ye do but understand. Aid ye your Lord, the God of Mercy, with
the sword of understanding. Keener indeed is it, and more finely tempered,
than the sword of utterance, were ye but to reflect upon the words of your
Lord. Thus have the hosts of Divine Revelation been sent down by God, the
Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting, and thus have the armies of divine
inspiration been made manifest from the Source of command, as bidden by
God, the All-Glorious, the Best-Beloved.

43 Say: The measure of all created things hath been appointed in this
concealed and manifest Temple, wherein lie enshrined the knowledge of the
heavens and the earth, and of all things past and future. The finger of
God's handiwork hath inscribed upon this Tablet that which the wisest and
most learned of men are powerless to fathom, and hath created therein
temples inscrutable to all save His own Self, could ye but apprehend this
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