59: O SON OF BEING! Thy heart is My home; sanctify it for My
descent....
60: O SON OF MAN! Put thy hand into My bosom, that I may rise
above...
61: O SON OF MAN! Ascend unto My heaven, that thou mayest obtain...
62: O SON OF MAN! Many a day hath passed over thee whilst thou...
63: O SON OF MAN! The light hath shone on thee from the horizon
of...
64: O SON OF MAN! My eternity is My creation, I have created it
for...
65: O SON OF MAN! My majesty is My gift to thee, and My grandeur...
66: O CHILDREN OF THE DIVINE AND INVISIBLE ESSENCE!...
67: O SON OF BEAUTY! By My spirit and by My favor! By My mercy
and...
68: O CHILDREN OF MEN! Know ye not why We created you all from
the...
69: O YE SONS OF SPIRIT! Ye are My treasury, for in you I have
treasured the...
70: O SON OF HIM THAT STOOD BY HIS OWN ENTITY IN THE KINGDOM OF HIS
SELF!...
71: O SON OF MAN! Write all that We have revealed unto thee with
the...
Part II - From the Persian
Preamble
1: O YE PEOPLE THAT HAVE MINDS TO KNOW AND EARS TO HEAR!...
2: O SON OF SPIRIT! The bird seeketh its nest; the nightingale
the...
3: O FRIEND! In the garden of thy heart plant naught but the...
4: O SON OF JUSTICE! Whither can a lover go but to the land of
his...
5: O SON OF DUST! Verily I say unto thee: Of all men the most
negligent...
6: O SON OF EARTH! Know, verily, the heart wherein the least
remnant...
7: O SON OF LOVE! Thou art but one step away from the glorious...
8: O SON OF GLORY! Be swift in the path of holiness, and enter
the...
9: O FLEETING SHADOW! Pass beyond the baser stages of doubt and rise
to...
10: O SON OF DESIRE! Give ear unto this: Never shall mortal eye
recognize...
11: O SON OF DUST! Blind thine eyes, that thou mayest behold My...
12: O MAN OF TWO VISIONS! Close one eye and open the other. Close
one to...
13: O MY CHILDREN! I fear lest, bereft of the melody of the dove
of...
14: O FRIENDS! Abandon not the everlasting beauty for a beauty...
15: O SON OF SPIRIT! The time cometh, when the nightingale of
holiness...
16: O ESSENCE OF NEGLIGENCE! Myriads of mystic tongues find
utterance in one...
17: O COMRADES! The gates that open on the Placeless stand wide...
18: O YE DWELLERS IN THE HIGHEST PARADISE!...
19: O MY FRIENDS! Have ye forgotten that true and radiant morn,...
20: O YE THAT ARE LYING AS DEAD ON THE COUCH OF HEEDLESSNESS!...
21: O MOVING FORM OF DUST! I desire communion with thee, but thou
wouldst...
22: O SON OF DESIRE! The learned and the wise have for long years...
23: O DWELLERS IN THE CITY OF LOVE! Mortal blasts have beset the
everlasting candle,...
24: O YE THAT ARE FOOLISH, YET HAVE A NAME TO BE WISE!...
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