and Most Sublime
Summit--the dawning-place of this Voice.

O _Sh_ay_kh_! Wert thou to perceive, be it less than a needle's eye, the
breaths of Mine utterance, thou wouldst abandon the world and all that is
therein, and wouldst set thy face towards the lights of the countenance of
the Desired One. Briefly, in the sayings of Him Who is the Spirit (Jesus)
unnumbered significances lie concealed. Unto many things did He refer, but
as He found none possessed of a hearing ear or a seeing eye He chose to
conceal most of these things. Even as He saith: "But ye cannot bear them
now." That Dawning-Place of Revelation saith that on that Day He Who is
the Promised One will reveal the things which are to come. Accordingly in
the Kitab-i-Aqdas, and in the Tablets to the Kings, and in the
Lawh-i-Ra'is, and in the Lawh-i-Fu'ad, most of the things which have come
to pass on this earth have been announced and prophesied by the Most
Sublime Pen.

In the Kitab-i-Aqdas the following hath been revealed: "O Land of Ta
(Tihran)! Let nothing grieve thee, for God hath chosen thee to be the
source of the joy of all mankind. He shall, if it be His Will, bless thy
throne with one who will rule with justice, who will gather together the
flock of God which the wolves have scattered. Such a ruler will, with joy
and gladness, turn his face towards, and extend his favors unto, the
people of Baha. He indeed is accounted in the sight of God, as a jewel
among men. Upon him rest forever the glory of God, and the glory of all
that dwell in the kingdom of His revelation." These verses were revealed
previously. Now, however, the following verse hath been sent down: "O God,
my God! Baha beseecheth Thee and imploreth Thee, by the lights of Thy
countenance and the billows of the ocean of Thy Revelation, and the
effulgent splendors of the Sun of Thine utterance, to aid the _Sh_ah to be
fair and equitable. If it be Thy wish, bless Thou, through him, the throne
of authority and sovereignty. Potent art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee.
There is none other God but Thee, Who hearest, Who art ready to answer."
"Rejoice with great joy, O Land of Ta (Tihran), for God hath made thee the
dayspring of His light, inasmuch as within thee was born the Manifestation
of His glory. Be thou glad for this name that hath been conferred upon
thee--a name through which the Daystar of grace hath shed its splendor,
through which both earth and heaven have been illumined. Erelong will the
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