"O My Supreme Pen! Call Thou to remembrance the She-Serpent (Imám-Jum’ih
of Iṣfáhán) whose cruelty hath caused all created things to groan, and the
limbs of the holy ones to quake. Thus biddeth Thee the Lord of all names,
in this glorious station. The Chaste One (Fátimih) hath cried out by
reason of thine iniquity, and yet thou dost imagine thyself to be of the
family of the Apostle of God! Thus hath thy soul prompted thee, O thou who
hast withdrawn thyself from God, the Lord of all that hath been and shall
be. Judge thou equitably, O She-Serpent! For what crime didst thou sting
the children of the Apostle of God (King of Martyrs and Beloved of
Martyrs), and pillage their possessions? Hast thou denied Him Who created
thee by His command ‘be, and it was’? Thou hast dealt with the children of
the Apostle of God as neither ‘Ád hath dealt with Húd, nor _Th_ámúd with
Ṣáliḥ, nor the Jews with the Spirit of God (Jesus), the Lord of all being.
Gainsayest thou the signs of thy Lord which had no sooner been sent down
from the heaven of His Cause than all the books of the world bowed down
before them? Meditate, that thou mayest be made aware of thine act, O
heedless outcast! Erelong will the breaths of chastisement seize thee, as
they seized others before thee. Wait, O thou who hast joined partners with
God, the Lord of the visible and the invisible. This is the day which God
hath announced through the tongue of His Apostle. Reflect, that thou
mayest apprehend what the All-Merciful hath sent down in the Qur’án and in
this inscribed Tablet. This is the day whereon He Who is the Dayspring of
Revelation hath come with clear tokens which none can number. This is the
day whereon every man endued with perception hath discovered the fragrance
of the breeze of the All-Merciful in the world of creation, and every man
of insight hath hastened unto the living waters of the mercy of his Lord,
the King of Kings. O heedless one! The tale of the Sacrifice (Ishmael)
hath been retold, and he who was to be offered up hath directed his steps
towards the place of sacrifice, and returned not, by reason of that which
thy hand hath wrought, O perverse hater! Didst thou imagine that martyrdom
could abase this Cause? Nay, by Him Whom God hath made to be the
Repository of His Revelation, if thou be of them that comprehend. Woe
betide thee, O thou who hast joined partners with God, and woe betide them
that have taken thee as their leader, without a clear token or a
perspicuous Book. How numerous the oppressors before thee who have arisen
to quench the light of God, and how many the impious who murdered and
pillaged until the hearts and souls of men groaned by reason of their
cruelty! The sun of justice hath been obscured, inasmuch as the embodiment
of tyranny hath been stablished upon the throne of hatred, and yet the
people understand not. O foolish one! Thou hast slain the children of the
Apostle and pillaged their possessions. Say: Was it, in thine estimation,
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