righteousness of Him Who hath called thee into being and unto Whom
ere long thou shalt return, if thou remainest, at the moment of death, a
disbeliever in the signs of thy Lord thou shalt surely enter the gates of
hell, and none of the deeds thy hands have wrought will profit thee, nor
shalt thou find a patron nor anyone to plead for thee. Fear thou God and
pride not thyself on thine earthly possessions, inasmuch as what God doth
possess is better for them that tread the path of righteousness.

Verily in this Day all that dwell on earth are the servants of God. As to
those who truly believe in God and are well assured in the signs revealed
by Him, perchance He will graciously forgive them the things their hands
have committed, and will grant them admission into the precincts of His
mercy. He, in truth, is the Ever-Forgiving, the Compassionate. But the
verdict of divine chastisement is pronounced against those who have turned
away disdainfully from Me and have repudiated the conclusive proofs and
the unerring Book with which God hath invested Me, and on the Day of
Severing they shall find no protector or helper.

I swear by Him Who createth all beings and unto Whom all shall return, if
anyone at the hour of death beareth hatred towards Me or disputeth the
clear tokens wherewith I have been invested, then naught but afflictive
torment shall be his lot. On that day no ransom will be accepted, nor will
any intercession be permitted, unless God so please. Verily He is the
All-Compelling, the All-Glorious; and no God is there other than Him, the
sovereign Ruler, the Almighty, the Most Severe.

If thou rejoicest in My imprisonment, woe then unto thee for the grievous
torment which will soon overtake thee. Indeed God hath permitted no one to
pass unfair judgement, and if thou wouldst fain do so, then soon shalt
thou learn.

From the first day that I cautioned thee not to wax proud before God until
the present time, four years have elapsed, and during this space naught
have I witnessed, either from thee or from thy soldiers, except dire
oppression and disdainful arrogance. Methinks thou dost imagine that I
wish to gain some paltry substance from this earthly life. Nay, by the
righteousness of My Lord! In the estimation of them that have fixed their
eyes upon the merciful Lord, the riches of the world and its trappings are
worth as much as the eye of a dead body, nay even less. Far from His glory
be what they associate with Hi