ith the most luminous gems. Man, himself, hath been
invested with the gifts of understanding and knowledge. The whole creation
hath been made the recipient of the revelation of the All-Merciful, and
the earth the repository of things inscrutable to all except God, the
Truth, the Knower of things unseen. The time is approaching when every
created thing will have cast its burden. Glorified be God Who hath
vouchsafed this grace that encompasseth all things, whether seen or
unseen! Thus have We created the whole earth anew in this day, yet most of
the people have failed to perceive it. Say: The grace of God can never be
adequately understood; how much less can His own Self, the Help in Peril,
the Self-Subsisting, be comprehended!

48 O Temple of the Cause! Grieve not if Thou findest none ready to receive
Thy gifts. Thou wast created for My sake; occupy Thyself therefore with My
praise amidst My servants. This is that which hath been ordained for Thee
in the Preserved Tablet. Having found upon the earth many a soiled hand,
We sanctified the hem of Thy garment from the profanity of their touch and
placed it beyond the reach of the ungodly. Be patient in the Cause of Thy
Lord, for erelong shall He raise up souls endowed with sanctified hearts
and illumined eyes who shall flee from every quarter unto Thine
all-encompassing and boundless grace.

49 O Temple of God! No sooner had the hosts of Divine Revelation been sent
down by the Lord of all names and attributes bearing the banners of His
signs, than the exponents of doubt and fancy were put to flight. They
disbelieved in the clear tokens of God, the Help in Peril, the
Self-Subsisting, and rose up against Him in enmity and opposition. Amongst
them were those who claimed: "These are not clear verses from God, nor do
they proceed from an innate and untaught nature." Thus do the unbelievers
seek to remedy the sickness of their hearts, utterly heedless that they
thus render themselves accursed of all who dwell in heaven and on earth.

50 Say: The Holy Spirit Itself hath been generated through the agency of a
single letter revealed by this Most Great Spirit, if ye be of them that
comprehend. And that innate and untaught nature in its essence is called
into being by the verses of God, the Help in Peril, the All-Glorious, the
Best-Beloved. Say: This nature prideth itself in its relation to Our
transcendent Truth, whilst We, for Our part, glory neither in it nor in
aught else, for all