the
revelation of My glory, and the radiance of My light, and be not of them
that act unjustly."

O _Sh_ay_kh_! This Wronged One beseecheth God--blessed and glorified be
He--to make thee the one who will open the door of justice, and reveal
through thee His Cause among His servants. He, verily, is the
All-Powerful, the Almighty, the All-Bounteous.

O _Sh_ay_kh_! Entreat thou the one true God to sanctify the ears, and the
eyes, and the hearts of mankind, and to protect them from the desires of a
corrupt inclination. For malice is a grievous malady which depriveth man
from recognizing the Great Being, and debarreth him from the splendors of
the sun of certitude. We pray and hope that through the grace and mercy of
God He may remove this mighty obstacle. He, verily, is the Potent, the
All-Subduing, the Almighty.

At this moment a Voice was raised from the right-hand of the Luminous
Spot: "God! There is none other God but Him, the Ordainer, the All-Wise!
Recite Thou unto the _Sh_ay_kh_ the remaining passages of the
Lawh-i-Burhan (Tablet of the Proof) that they may draw him unto the
horizon of the Revelation of his Lord, the God of Mercy, that haply he may
arise to aid My Cause with perspicuous signs and exalted testimonies, and
may speak forth amongst men that which the Tongue of Testimony hath
spoken: 'The Kingdom is God's, the Lord of the worlds!'"

"Peruse thou the Kitab-i-Iqan (Book of Certitude) and that which the
All-Merciful hath sent down unto the King of Paris (Napoleon III) and to
such as are like him, that thou mayest be made aware of the things that
have happened in the past, and be persuaded that We have not sought to
spread disorder in the land after it had been well-ordered. We exhort,
wholly for the sake of God, His servants. Let him who wisheth turn unto
Him, and him who wisheth turn aside. Our Lord, the Merciful, is verily the
All-Sufficing, the All-Praised. O concourse of the kindreds of the earth!
This is the day whereon nothing amongst all things, nor any name amongst
all names, can profit you save through this Name which God hath made the
Manifestation of His Cause and the Dayspring of His Most Excellent Titles
unto all who are in the kingdom of creation. Blessed is that man that hath
recognized the fragrance of the All-Merciful and been numbered with the
steadfast. Your sciences shall not profit you in this day, nor your arts,
nor your treasures, nor your glory. Cast them all behind your backs, an