re God and such as
are endowed with the knowledge of the Book. This is indeed the eternal
Truth which God, the Ancient of Days, hath revealed unto His omnipotent
Word--He Who hath been raised up from the midst of the Burning Bush. This
is the Mystery which hath been hidden from all that are in heaven and on
earth, and in this wondrous Revelation it hath, in very truth, been set
forth in the Mother Book by the hand of God, the Exalted...

O concourse of kings and of the sons of kings! Lay aside, one and all,
your dominion which belongeth unto God...

Let not thy sovereignty deceive thee, O _Sh_ah, for 'every soul shall
taste of death,'(9) and this, in very truth, hath been written down as a
decree of God. _Chapter I._

"O King of Islam! Aid thou, with the truth, after having ..."

O King of Islam! Aid thou, with the truth, after having aided the Book,
Him Who is Our Most Great Remembrance, for God hath, in very truth,
destined for thee, and for such as circle round thee, on the Day of
Judgement, a responsible position in His Path. I swear by God, O _Sh_ah!
If thou showest enmity unto Him Who is His Remembrance, God will, on the
Day of Resurrection, condemn thee, before the kings, unto hell-fire, and
thou shalt not, in very truth, find on that Day any helper except God, the
Exalted. Purge thou, O _Sh_ah, the Sacred Land [Tihran] from such as have
repudiated the Book, ere the day whereon the Remembrance of God cometh,
terribly and of a sudden, with His potent Cause, by the leave of God, the
Most High. God, verily, hath prescribed to thee to submit unto Him Who is
His Remembrance, and unto His Cause, and to subdue, with the truth and by
His leave, the countries, for in this world thou hast been mercifully
invested with sovereignty, and wilt, in the next, dwell, nigh unto the
Seat of Holiness, with the inmates of the Paradise of His good-pleasure...

By God! If ye do well, to your own behoof will ye do well; and if ye deny
God and His signs, We, in very truth, having God, can well dispense with
all creatures and all earthly dominion. _Chapter I._

"Be thou content with the commandment of God, the ..."

Be thou content with the commandment of God, the True One, inasmuch as
sovereignty, as recorded in the Mother Book by the hand of God, is surely
invested in Him Who is His Remembrance...

O Minister of the _Sh_ah! Fear thou God, besides Whom there is none other
God but Him, the Sovereign Truth, the Just,