rough the power of Him unto Whom the Bayan was revealed, in preparation
for the Day when they will return to their Lord.

Indeed those who will bear allegiance unto Him Whom God shall make
manifest are the ones who have grasped the meaning of that which hath been
revealed in the Bayan; they are indeed the sincere ones, while those who
turn away from Him at the time of His appearance will have utterly failed
to comprehend a single letter of the Bayan, even though they profess
belief and assurance in whatever is revealed in it or observe its
precepts.

Say, every favourable and praiseworthy designation in the Bayan is but an
allusion to those who recognize Him Whom God shall make manifest, and who
believe with certainty in God and in His holy Writings, while every
unfavourable designation therein is meant to refer to such as repudiate
Him Whom God shall make manifest, though they may act uprightly within the
bounds laid down in the Bayan. Say, if ye embrace the truth on the Day of
Resurrection, God will assuredly pardon you for your night(73) and will
grant you forgiveness.

As to those who have faithfully observed the ordinances in the Bayan from
the inception of its revelation until the Day when Him Whom God shall make
manifest will appear, these are indeed the companions of the paradise of
His good-pleasure who will be glorified in the presence of God and will
dwell in the pavilions of His celestial Garden. Yet, within less than a
tiny fraction of an instant from the moment God will have revealed Him Who
is the Manifestation of His Own Self, the entire company of the followers
of the Bayan shall be put to proof. XVII, 1.

"Since thou hast faithfully obeyed the true religion of God ..."

Since thou hast faithfully obeyed the true religion of God in the past, it
behooveth thee to follow His true religion hereafter, inasmuch as every
religion proceedeth from God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.

He Who hath revealed the Qur'an unto Muhammad, the Apostle of God,
ordaining in the Faith of Islam that which was pleasing unto Him, hath
likewise revealed the Bayan, in the manner ye have been promised, unto Him
Who is your Qa'im,(74) your Guide, your Mihdi,(75) your Lord, Him Whom ye
acclaim as the manifestation of God's most excellent titles. Verily the
equivalent of that which God revealed unto Muhammad during twenty-three
years, hath been revealed unto Me within the space of two days and two
nights. Howev