avens and on earth. No God is there but
Him, the Almighty, the Great. Thus have We adorned the heaven of Our
Tablet with the suns of Our words. Blessed the man that hath attained
thereunto, and been illumined with their light, and woe betide such as
have turned aside, and denied Him, and strayed far from Him. Praised be
God, the Lord of the worlds!"

O _Sh_ay_kh_! We have enabled thee to hear the melodies of the Nightingale
of Paradise, and unveiled to thine eyes the signs which God, by His
all-compelling behest, hath sent down in the Most Great Prison, that thine
eye might be cheered, and thy soul be well-assured. He, verily, is the
All-Bounteous, the Generous. Arise thou through the power of His testimony
to serve the Cause of God, thy Lord, the God of Mercy. If thy faith be
fearful, seize thou My Tablet, and preserve it in the bosom of trust. And
when thou enterest into the place of resurrection, and God asketh thee by
what proof thou hast believed in this Revelation, draw forth the Tablet
and say: "By this Book, the holy, the mighty, the incomparable." Thereupon
all will lift up their hands towards thee, and will seize the Tablet, and
will press it to their eyes, and will inhale therefrom the fragrance of
the utterance of God, the Lord of the worlds. Were God to torment thee for
having believed in His signs in this Revelation, for what reason could He
then torment such as have disbelieved in Muhammad, the Apostle of God, and
before Him in Jesus, the Son of Mary, and before Him in the One Who
conversed with God (Moses), and before Him in the One Who is the Friend of
God (Abraham), and as far back as the One Who was the First Manifestation,
Who was created by the will of thy Lord, the Potent, the All-Encompassing.
Thus have We sent down Our verses unto one before thee, and recalled them
unto thee, in this day, that thou mayest understand, and be of them who
are well assured. O thou who assumest the voice of knowledge! This Cause
is too evident to be obscured, and too conspicuous to be concealed. It
shineth as the sun in its meridian glory. None can deny it unless he be a
hater and a doubter.

At this moment it behooveth us to turn unto the Desired One, and cleave
unto these most sublime words: "O God, my God! Thou hast lighted the lamp
of Thy Cause with the oil of wisdom; protect it from contrary winds. The
lamp is Thine, and the glass is Thine, and all things in the heavens and
on earth are in the grasp of Thy power.