h been made the recipient of the wondrous signs and tokens of Thy
sovereignty, and the heavens have been filled with the revelations of
Thine incomparable majesty, and the seas have been enriched with the
sacred pearls of Thine omniscience and wisdom, and the trees adorned with
the fruits of Thy knowledge. Through Him all things have sung Thy praise,
and all the eyes have been turned in the direction of Thy mercy. Through
Him the faces of all have been set towards the splendors of the light of
Thy countenance, and the souls of all have been inclined unto the
revelations of Thy divine greatness.

How great is Thy power! How exalted Thy sovereignty! How lofty Thy might!
How excellent Thy majesty! How supreme is Thy grandeur--a grandeur which He
Who is Thy Manifestation hath made known and wherewith Thou hast invested
Him as a sign of Thy generosity and bountiful favor. I bear witness, O my
God, that through Him Thy most resplendent signs have been uncovered, and
Thy mercy hath encompassed the entire creation. But for Him, how could the
Celestial Dove have uttered its songs or the Heavenly Nightingale,
according to the decree of God, have warbled its melody?

I testify that no sooner had the First Word proceeded, through the potency
of Thy will and purpose, out of His mouth, and the First Call gone forth
from His lips than the whole creation was revolutionized, and all that are
in the heavens and all that are on earth were stirred to the depths.
Through that Word the realities of all created things were shaken, were
divided, separated, scattered, combined and reunited, disclosing, in both
the contingent world and the heavenly kingdom, entities of a new creation,
and revealing, in the unseen realms, the signs and tokens of Thy unity and
oneness. Through that Call Thou didst announce unto all Thy servants the
advent of Thy most great Revelation and the appearance of Thy most perfect
Cause.

No sooner had that Revelation been unveiled to men's eyes than the signs
of universal discord appeared among the peoples of the world, and
commotion seized the dwellers of earth and heaven, and the foundations of
all things were shaken. The forces of dissension were released, the
meaning of the Word was unfolded, and every several atom in all created
things acquired its own distinct and separate character. Hell was made to
blaze, and the delights of Paradise were uncovered to men's eyes. Blessed
is the man that turneth towards Thee, and