We
bring to pass; and none can dispute this save those who join partners with
God and doubt His Truth. Say: Nothing can withstand the power of Our might
or interrupt the course of Our command. We exalt whomsoever We please unto
the Realm of supernal might and glory, and, should We so desire, cause the
same to sink into the lowest abyss of degradation.

69 O dwellers of the earth! Would ye contend that if We raise up a soul
unto the Sadratu'l-Muntaha,(8) it shall then cease to be subject to the
power of Our sovereignty and dominion? Nay, by Mine own Self! Should it be
Our wish, We would return it to the dust in less than the twinkling of an
eye. Consider a tree: Behold how We plant it in a garden, and nourish it
with the waters of Our loving care; and how, when it hath grown tall and
mature, and brought forth verdant leaves and goodly fruits, We send forth
the tempestuous gales of Our decree, tear it up by its roots, and lay it
prostrate upon the face of the earth. So hath it been Our way with all
things, and so shall it be in this day. Such, in truth, are the matchless
wonders of Our immutable method--a method which hath ever governed, and
shall continue to govern, all things, if ye be of them that perceive.
None, however, knoweth the wisdom thereof save God, the All-Powerful, the
Almighty, the All-Wise.

70 Would ye gainsay, O people, the very thing that your eyes behold? Woe
unto you, O assemblage of deniers! That which alone is exempt from change
is His own Self, the All-Merciful, the Most Compassionate, were ye to gaze
with the eye of insight, while all else beside Him can be altered by an
act of His Will. He, verily, is the All-Powerful, the Almighty, the
All-Wise.

71 O people! Dispute not concerning My Cause, for ye shall never fathom
the manifold wisdom of your Lord, nor shall ye ever gauge the knowledge of
Him Who is the All-Glorious, the All-Pervading. Whosoever layeth claim to
have known His Essence is without doubt among the most ignorant of all
people. Every atom in the universe would charge such a man with imposture,
and to this beareth witness My tongue which speaketh naught but the truth.
Magnify My Cause and promulgate My teachings and commandments, for none
other course beside this shall beseem you, and no other path shall ever
lead unto Him. Would that ye might heed Our counsel!

72 O Living Temple! We have made Thee the Dayspring of each one of Our
most excellent titles, the Dawning-Place of each