in very truth, prepared for them, in the world to come, a severe torment.
_Chapter XXI._

"O Qurratu'l-'Ayn! We have, verily, dilated Thine ..."

O Qurratu'l-'ayn!(23) We have, verily, dilated Thine heart in this
Revelation, which stands truly unique from all created things, and have
exalted Thy name through the manifestation of the Bab, so that men may
become aware of Our transcendent power, and recognize that God is
immeasurably sanctified above the praise of all men. He is verily
independent of the whole of creation. _Chapter XXIII._

"The angels and the spirits, arrayed rank upon rank, ..."

The angels and the spirits, arrayed rank upon rank, descend, by the leave
of God, upon this Gate(24) ...' and circle round this Focal Point in a
far-stretching line. Greet them with salutations, O Qurratu'l-'Ayn, for
the dawn hath indeed broken; then proclaim unto the concourse of the
faithful: 'Is not the rising of the Morn, foreshadowed in the Mother Book,
to be near at hand?(25)

O Qurratu'l-'Ayn! Turn Thou eagerly unto God in Thy Cause, for the peoples
of the world have risen in iniquity, and but for the outpouring of the
grace of God and Thy mercy unto them, no one could purge even a single
soul for evermore.(26) O Qurratu'l-'Ayn! The life to come is indeed far
more advantageous unto Thee and unto such as follow Thy Cause than this
earthly life and its pleasures. This is what hath been foreordained
according to the dispensations of Providence...

O Qurratu'l-'Ayn! Say: Verily I am the 'Gate of God' and I give you to
drink, by the leave of God, the sovereign Truth, of the crystal-pure
waters of His Revelation which are gushing out from the incorruptible
Fountain situate upon the Holy Mount. And those who earnestly strive after
the One True God, let them then strive to attain this Gate.(27) Verily God
is potent over all things...

O peoples of the earth! Give ear unto God's holy Voice proclaimed by this
Arabian Youth Whom the Almighty hath graciously chosen for His Own Self.
He is indeed none other than the True One, Whom God hath entrusted with
this Mission from the midst of the Burning Bush. O Qurratu'l-'Ayn! Unravel
what Thou pleasest from the secrets of the All-Glorious, for the ocean is
surging high(28) at the behest of the incomparable Lord. _Chapter XXIV._

"Are ye wickedly scheming, according to your selfish ..."

Are ye wickedly scheming, according to your selfish fancies, an evil plo