62: O SON OF DUST! Turn not away thine eyes from the matchless wine... 63: O YE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD! Know, verily, that an unforeseen calamity followeth... 64: O OPPRESSORS ON EARTH! Withdraw your hands from tyranny, for I have... 65: O REBELLIOUS ONES! My forbearance hath emboldened you and My... 66: O EMIGRANTS! The tongue I have designed for the mention of... 67: O CHILDREN OF FANCY! Know, verily, that while the radiant dawn breaketh... 68: O WEED THAT SPRINGETH OUT OF DUST! Wherefore have not these soiled hands of thine... 69: O CHILDREN OF ADAM! Holy words and pure and goodly deeds ascend... 70: O SON OF WORLDLINESS! Pleasant is the realm of being, wert thou to attain... 71: O MY FRIENDS! Call ye to mind that covenant ye have entered into... 72: O MY SERVANT! Thou art even as a finely tempered sword concealed... 73: O MY FRIEND! Thou art the daystar of the heavens of My holiness,... 74: O CHILDREN OF VAINGLORY! For a fleeting sovereignty ye have abandoned My... 75: O CHILDREN OF NEGLIGENCE! Set not your affections on mortal sovereignty... 76: O SON OF MY HANDMAID! Guidance hath ever been given by words, and now... 77: O SON OF JUSTICE! In the night-season the beauty of the immortal... 78: O SON OF MY HANDMAID! Quaff from the tongue of the merciful the stream... 79: O SON OF DESIRE! How long wilt thou soar in the realms of desire?... 80: O MY SERVANTS! Ye are the trees of My garden; ye must give forth... 81: O MY SERVANT! The basest of men are they that yield no fruit... 82: O MY SERVANT! The best of men are they that earn a livelihood... PART I.—FROM THE ARABIC Preamble HE IS THE GLORY OF GLORIES _This is that which hath descended from the realm of glory, uttered by the tongue of power and might, and revealed unto the Prophets of old. We have taken the inner essence thereof and clothed it in the garment of brevity, as a token of grace unto the righteous, that they may stand faithful unto the Covenant of God, may fulfill in their lives His trust, and in the realm of spirit obtain the gem of Divine virtue._ “1: O SON OF SPIRIT! My first counsel is this: Possess a pure, kindly and...” O SON OF SPIRIT! My first counsel is this: Possess a pure, kindly and radiant heart, that thine may be a sovereignty ancient, imperishable and everlasting. “2: O SON OF SPIRIT! The best beloved of all things in My sight is Justice;...”