prideful. Ye are all created out of water, and
unto dust shall ye return. Reflect upon the end that awaiteth you, and
walk not in the ways of the oppressor. Give ear unto the verses of God
which He Who is the sacred Lote-Tree reciteth unto you. They are assuredly
the infallible balance, established by God, the Lord of this world and the
next. Through them the soul of man is caused to wing its flight towards
the Dayspring of Revelation, and the heart of every true believer is
suffused with light. Such are the laws which God hath enjoined upon you,
such His commandments prescribed unto you in His Holy Tablet; obey them
with joy and gladness, for this is best for you, did ye but know.

149 Recite ye the verses of God every morn and eventide. Whoso faileth to
recite them hath not been faithful to the Covenant of God and His
Testament, and whoso turneth away from these holy verses in this Day is of
those who throughout eternity have turned away from God. Fear ye God, O My
servants, one and all. Pride not yourselves on much reading of the verses
or on a multitude of pious acts by night and day; for were a man to read a
single verse with joy and radiance it would be better for him than to read
with lassitude all the Holy Books of God, the Help in Peril, the
Self-Subsisting. Read ye the sacred verses in such measure that ye be not
overcome by languor and despondency. Lay not upon your souls that which
will weary them and weigh them down, but rather what will lighten and
uplift them, so that they may soar on the wings of the Divine verses
towards the Dawning-place of His manifest signs; this will draw you nearer
to God, did ye but comprehend.

150 Teach your children the verses revealed from the heaven of majesty and
power, so that, in most melodious tones, they may recite the Tablets of
the All-Merciful in the alcoves within the Mas{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}riqu'l-Ad{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}kars. Whoever
hath been transported by the rapture born of adoration for My Name, the
Most Compassionate, will recite the verses of God in such wise as to
captivate the hearts of those yet wrapped in slumber. Well is it with him
who hath quaffed the Mystic Wine of everlasting life from the utterance of
his merciful Lord in My Name--a Name through which every lofty and majestic
mountain hath been reduced to dust.

151 Ye have been enjoined to renew the furnishings of your homes after the