40 In this station, were He Who is the Embodiment of the End to say:  “Verily, I am the Point of the Beginning”, He would indeed be speaking the truth.  And were He to say:  “I am other than Him”, this would be equally true.  Likewise, were He to proclaim:  “Verily, I am the Lord of heaven and earth”, or “the King of kings”, or “the Lord of the realm above”, or Muhammad, or ’Ali, or their descendants, or aught else, He would indeed be proclaiming the truth of God.  He, verily, ruleth over all created things and standeth supreme above all besides Him.  Hast thou not heard what hath been said aforetime:  “Muhammad is our first, Muhammad our last, Muhammad our all”?  And elsewhere:  “They all proceed from the same Light”?

41 In this station the truth of the unity of God and of the signs of His sanctity is established.  Thou shalt indeed see them all rising above the bosom of God’s might and embraced in the arms of His mercy; nor can any distinction be made between His bosom and His arms.  To speak of change or transformation in this plane would be sheer blasphemy and utter impiety, for this is the station wherein the light of divine unity shineth forth, and the truth of His oneness is expressed, and the splendours of the everlasting Morn are reflected in lofty and faithful mirrors.  By God!  Were I to reveal the full measure of that which He hath ordained for this station, the souls of men would depart from their bodies, the inner realities of all things would be shaken in their foundations, they that dwell within the realms of creation would be dumbfounded, and those who move in the lands of allusion would fade into utter nothingness.

42 Hast thou not heard:  “No change is there in God’s creation"?(29) Hast thou not read:  “No change canst thou find in God’s mode of dealing"?(30) Hast thou not borne witness to the truth:  “No difference wilt thou see in the creation of the God of Mercy”? (31) Yea, by My Lord!  They that dwell within this Ocean, they that ride upon this Ark, witness no change in the creation of God and behold no differences upon His earth.  And if God’s creation be not prone to change and alteration, how then could they who are the Manifestations of His own Being be subject to it?  Immeasurably exalted is God above all that we may conceive of the Revealers of His Cause, and immensely glorified is He beyond all that they may mention in His regard!

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    Great God!  This sea had laid up lustrous pearls in store;
    The wind hath raised a wave that casteth them ashore. 
    So put away thy robe and drown thyself therein,
    And cease to boast of skill:  it serveth thee no more!