which hath been recorded in the Books and Scriptures. None save
a very few, who were destitute of any power amongst men, turned towards
His face. And yet today every man endowed with power and invested with
sovereignty prideth himself on His Name! In like manner, consider how
numerous, in these days, are the monks who, in My Name, have secluded
themselves in their churches, and who, when the appointed time was
fulfilled, and We unveiled Our beauty, knew Us not, though they call upon
Me at eventide and at dawn. We behold them clinging to My name, yet veiled
from My Self. This, verily, is a strange thing.

109 Say: Take heed lest your devotions withhold you from Him Who is the
object of all devotion, or your worship debar you from Him Who is the
object of all worship. Rend asunder the veils of your idle fancies! This
is your Lord, the Almighty, the All-Knowing, Who hath come to quicken the
world and unite all who dwell on earth. Turn unto the Dayspring of
Revelation, O people, and tarry not, be it for less than the twinkling of
an eye. Read ye the Evangel and yet refuse to acknowledge the All-Glorious
Lord? This indeed beseemeth you not, O concourse of learned men!

110 Say: If ye deny this Revelation, by what proof have ye believed in
God? Produce it then. Thus hath the summons of God been sent down by the
Pen of the Most High at the bidding of your Lord, the Most Glorious, in
this Tablet from whose horizon the splendour of His Light hath shone
forth. How many are My servants whose deeds have become veils between them
and their own selves, and who have been kept back thereby from drawing
nigh unto God, He Who causeth the winds to blow.

111 O concourse of monks! The fragrances of the All-Merciful have wafted
over all creation. Happy the man that hath forsaken his desires, and taken
fast hold of guidance. He, indeed, is of those who have attained unto the
presence of God in this Day, a Day whereon commotions have seized the
dwellers of the earth and filled with dismay all save those who have been
exempted by God, He Who layeth low the necks of men.

112 Adorn ye your bodies whilst the raiment of God is stained with the
blood of hatred at the hands of the people of denial? Issue forth from
your habitations and bid the people enter the Kingdom of God, the Lord of
the Day of Judgement. The Word which the Son concealed is made manifest.
It hath been sent down in the form of the human temple in this day.
Blessed be the Lord