Aside from this, why is it that thou didst not mention those other
stations which the Abhá Pen hath disclosed? The tongue of this Wronged One
hath, many a day and night, given utterance to these sublime words: "O
God, my God! I bear witness to Thy unity and Thy oneness, and that Thou
art God, and that there is none other God but Thee. Thou hast
everlastingly been sanctified above the mention of any one but Thee and
the praise of all else except Thyself, and Thou wilt everlastingly
continue to be the same as Thou wast from the beginning and hast ever
been. I beseech Thee, O King of Eternity, by the Most Great Name, and by
the effulgences of the Daystar of Thy Revelation upon the Sinai of
Utterance, and by the billows of the Ocean of Thy knowledge among all
created things, to graciously assist Me in that which will draw Me nigh
unto Thee, and will detach Me from all except Thee. By Thy glory, O Lord
of all being, and the Desire of all creation! I would love to lay My face
upon every single spot of Thine earth, that perchance it might be honored
by touching a spot ennobled by the footsteps of Thy loved ones!"
By the righteousness of God! Idle fancies have debarred men from the
Horizon of Certitude, and vain imaginings withheld them from the Choice
Sealed Wine. In truth I say, and for the sake of God I declare: This
Servant, this Wronged One, is abashed to claim for Himself any existence
whatever, how much more those exalted grades of being! Every man of
discernment, while walking upon the earth, feeleth indeed abashed,
inasmuch as he is fully aware that the thing which is the source of his
prosperity, his wealth, his might, his exaltation, his advancement and
power is, as ordained by God, the very earth which is trodden beneath the
feet of all men. There can be no doubt that whoever is cognizant of this
truth, is cleansed and sanctified from all pride, arrogance, and
vainglory. Whatever hath been said hath come from God. Unto this, He,
verily, hath borne, and beareth now, witness, and He, in truth, is the
All-Knowing, the All-Informed.
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