God willing, Persia may be adorned with, and attain unto, that whereof she
hath thus far been deprived. Say: "O _Sh_áh! Exert thyself so that all the
peoples of the world may be illumined with the effulgent splendors of the
sun of thy justice. The eyes of this Wronged One are turned towards naught
save trustworthiness, truthfulness, purity, and all that profiteth men."
Regard Him not as a traitor. Glorified art Thou, O my God, and my Master,
and my Mainstay! Aid Thou His Majesty the _Sh_áh to execute Thy laws and
Thy commandments, and show forth Thy justice among Thy servants. Thou art,
verily, the All-Bounteous, the Lord of grace abounding, the Almighty, the
All-Powerful. The Cause of God hath come as a token of His grace. Happy
are they who act; happy are they who understand; happy the man that hath
clung unto the truth, detached from all that is in the heavens and all
that is on earth.
O _Sh_ay_kh_! Seek thou the shore of the Most Great Ocean, and enter,
then, the Crimson Ark which God hath ordained in the Qayyúm-i-Asmá for the
people of Bahá. Verily, it passeth over land and sea. He that entereth
therein is saved, and he that turneth aside perisheth. Shouldst thou enter
therein and attain unto it, set thy face towards the Kaaba of God, the
Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting, and say: "O my God! I beseech Thee by
Thy most glorious light, and all Thy lights are verily glorious."
Thereupon, will the doors of the Kingdom be flung wide before thy face,
and thou wilt behold what eyes have never beheld, and hear what ears have
never heard. This Wronged One exhorteth thee as He hath exhorted thee
before, and hath never had any wish for thee save that thou shouldst enter
the ocean of the unity of God, the Lord of the worlds. This is the day
whereon all created things cry out, and announce unto men this Revelation,
through which hath appeared what was concealed and preserved in the
knowledge of God, the Mighty, the All-Praised.
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