Regardest thou as one wronged he who in this world was never dealt a
single blow, and who was continually surrounded by five of the handmaidens
of God? And imputest thou unto the True One, Who, from His earliest years
until the present day, hath been in the hands of His enemies, and been
tormented with the worst afflictions in the world, such charges as the
Jews did not ascribe unto Christ? Hearken unto the voice of this Wronged
One, and be not of them that are in utter loss.
And, likewise, He saith: "How many the fires which God converteth into
light through Him Whom God shall make manifest; and how numerous the
lights which are turned into fire through Him! I behold His appearance
even as the sun in the midmost heaven, and the disappearance of all even
as that of the stars of the night by day." Hast thou ears, O world,
wherewith to hear the voice of the True One, and to judge equitably this
Revelation Which, as soon as it appeared, Sinai exclaimed: "He that
discoursed upon Me is come with evident signs and resplendent tokens, in
spite of every heedless one that hath gone far astray, and of every lying
calumniator, who hath wished to quench the light of God with his
calumnies, and blot out the signs of God through his malice. They, verily,
are of such as have acted unjustly in the Book of God, the Lord of the
worlds."
And likewise, He saith: "The Bayán is from beginning to end the repository
of all of His attributes, and the treasury of both His fire and His
light." Great God! The soul is carried away by the fragrance of this
utterance, inasmuch as He declareth, with infinite sadness, that which He
perceiveth. Likewise, He saith to the Letter of the Living, Mullá
Báqir—upon him be the glory of God and His loving-kindness: "Haply thou
mayest in eight years, in the day of His Revelation, attain unto His
Presence."
Know thou, O Hádí, and be of them that hearken. Judge thou equitably. The
companions of God and the Testimonies of Him Who is the Truth have, for
the most part, suffered martyrdom. Thou, however, art still alive. How is
it that thou hast been spared? I swear by God! It is because of thy
denial, whereas the martyrdom of the blessed souls was due to their
confession. Every just and fair-minded person will bear witness unto this,
inasmuch as the cause and motive of both are clear and evident as the sun.
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