ther is gone he that
gainsaid His signs, and turned aside from His sovereignty? Where are they
who have slain His chosen ones and spilt the blood of His holy ones?
Reflect, that haply thou mayest perceive the breaths of thine acts, O
foolish doubter! Because of you the Apostle (Muhammad) lamented, and the
Chaste One (Fatimih) cried out, and the countries were laid waste, and
darkness fell upon all regions. O concourse of divines! Because of you the
people were abased, and the banner of Islam was hauled down, and its
mighty throne subverted. Every time a man of discernment hath sought to
hold fast unto that which would exalt Islam, ye raised a clamor, and
thereby was he deterred from achieving his purpose, while the land
remained fallen in clear ruin.

"O My Supreme Pen! Call Thou to remembrance the She-Serpent (Imam-Jum'ih
of Isfahan) whose cruelty hath caused all created things to groan, and the
limbs of the holy ones to quake. Thus biddeth Thee the Lord of all names,
in this glorious station. The Chaste One (Fatimih) hath cried out by
reason of thine iniquity, and yet thou dost imagine thyself to be of the
family of the Apostle of God! Thus hath thy soul prompted thee, O thou who
hast withdrawn thyself from God, the Lord of all that hath been and shall
be. Judge thou equitably, O She-Serpent! For what crime didst thou sting
the children of the Apostle of God (King of Martyrs and Beloved of
Martyrs), and pillage their possessions? Hast thou denied Him Who created
thee by His command 'be, and it was'? Thou hast dealt with the children of
the Apostle of God as neither 'Ad hath dealt with Hud, nor _Th_amud with
Salih, nor the Jews with the Spirit of God (Jesus), the Lord of all being.
Gainsayest thou the signs of thy Lord which had no sooner been sent down
from the heaven of His Cause than all the books of the world bowed down
before them? Meditate, that thou mayest be made aware of thine act, O
heedless outcast! Erelong will the breaths of chastisement seize thee, as
they seized others before thee. Wait, O thou who hast joined partners with
God, the Lord of the visible and the invisible. This is the day which God
hath announced through the tongue of His Apostle. Reflect, that thou
mayest apprehend what the All-Merciful hath sent down in the Qur'an and in
this inscribed Tablet. This is the day whereon He Who is the Dayspring of
Revelation hath come with clear tokens which none can number. This is the
day whereon every man