thou hast
cast behind thy back the Law of God, and laid hold on the dictates of thy
passions. Nothing, in truth, escapeth His knowledge; He, verily, is the
Incomparable, the All-Informed. O heedless one! Hearken unto that which
the Merciful hath revealed in the Qur'an: 'Say not to every one who
meeteth you with a greeting, "Thou art not a believer."' Thus hath He
decreed in Whose grasp are the kingdoms of Revelation and of creation, if
thou be of them that hearken. Thou hast set aside the commandment of God,
and clung unto the promptings of thine own desire. Woe, then, unto thee, O
careless one that doubtest! If thou deniest Me, by what proof canst thou
vindicate the truth of that which thou dost possess? Produce it, then, O
thou who hast joined partners with God, and turned aside from His
sovereignty that hath encompassed the worlds!

"Know thou that he is truly learned who hath acknowledged My Revelation,
and drunk from the Ocean of My knowledge, and soared in the atmosphere of
My love, and cast away all else besides Me, and taken firm hold on that
which hath been sent down from the Kingdom of My wondrous utterance. He,
verily, is even as an eye unto mankind, and as the spirit of life unto the
body of all creation. Glorified be the All-Merciful Who hath enlightened
him, and caused him to arise and serve His great and mighty Cause. Verily,
such a man is blessed by the Concourse on high, and by them who dwell
within the Tabernacle of Grandeur, who have quaffed My sealed Wine in My
Name, the Omnipotent, the All-Powerful. If thou be of them that occupy
such a sublime station, produce then a sign from God, the Creator of the
heavens. And shouldst thou recognize thy powerlessness, do thou rein in
thy passions, and return unto thy Lord, that perchance He may forgive thee
thy sins which have caused the leaves of the Divine Lote-Tree to be burnt
up, and the Rock to cry out, and the eyes of men of understanding to weep.
Because of thee the Veil of Divinity was rent asunder, and the Ark has
foundered, and the She-Camel was hamstrung, and the Spirit (Jesus) groaned
in His sublime retreat. Disputest thou with Him Who hath come unto thee
with the testimonies of God and His signs which thou possessest and which
are in the possession of them that dwell on earth? Open thine eyes that
thou mayest behold this Wronged One shining forth above the horizon of the
will of God, the Sovereign, the Truth, the Resplendent. Unstop, then, the
ear