rded as
lawful, to none is given the right to question His authority. Whoso will
hesitate, though it be for less than a moment, should be regarded as a
transgressor.

163 Whoso hath not recognized this sublime and fundamental verity, and
hath failed to attain this most exalted station, the winds of doubt will
agitate him, and the sayings of the infidels will distract his soul. He
that hath acknowledged this principle will be endowed with the most
perfect constancy. All honour to this all-glorious station, the
remembrance of which adorneth every exalted Tablet. Such is the teaching
which God bestoweth on you, a teaching that will deliver you from all
manner of doubt and perplexity, and enable you to attain unto salvation in
both this world and in the next. He, verily, is the Ever-Forgiving, the
Most Bountiful. He it is Who hath sent forth the Messengers, and sent down
the Books to proclaim "There is none other God but Me, the Almighty, the
All-Wise".

164 O Land of Kaf and Ra!(10) We, verily, behold thee in a state
displeasing unto God, and see proceeding from thee that which is
inscrutable to anyone save Him, the Omniscient, the All-Informed; and We
perceive that which secretly and stealthily diffuseth from thee. With Us
is the knowledge of all things, inscribed in a lucid Tablet. Sorrow not
for that which hath befallen thee. Erelong will God raise up within thee
men endued with mighty valour, who will magnify My Name with such
constancy that neither will they be deterred by the evil suggestions of
the divines, nor will they be kept back by the insinuations of the sowers
of doubt. With their own eyes will they behold God, and with their own
lives will they render Him victorious. These, truly, are of those who are
steadfast.

165 O concourse of divines! When My verses were sent down, and My clear
tokens were revealed, We found you behind the veils. This, verily, is a
strange thing. Ye glory in My Name, yet ye recognized Me not at the time
your Lord, the All-Merciful, appeared amongst you with proof and
testimony. We have rent the veils asunder. Beware lest ye shut out the
people by yet another veil. Pluck asunder the chains of vain imaginings,
in the name of the Lord of all men, and be not of the deceitful. Should ye
turn unto God and embrace His Cause, spread not disorder within it, and
measure not the Book of God with your selfish desires. This, verily, is
the counsel of God aforetime and hereafter, and to this God'