81 Let thine ear be attentive, O King, to the words We have addressed to thee.  Let the oppressor desist from his tyranny, and cut off the perpetrators of injustice from among them that profess thy faith.  By the righteousness of God!  The tribulations We have sustained are such that any pen that recounteth them cannot but be overwhelmed with anguish.  No one of them that truly believe and uphold the unity of God can bear the burden of their recital.  So great have been Our sufferings that even the eyes of Our enemies have wept over Us, and beyond them those of every discerning person.  And to all these trials have We been subjected, in spite of Our action in approaching thee, and in bidding the people to enter beneath thy shadow, that thou mightest be a stronghold unto them that believe in and uphold the unity of God.

82 Have I, O King, ever disobeyed thee?  Have I, at any time, transgressed any of thy laws?  Can any of thy ministers that represented thee in ’Iraq produce any proof that can establish My disloyalty to thee?  Nay, by Him Who is the Lord of all worlds!  Not for one short moment did We rebel against thee, or against any of thy ministers.  Never, God willing, shall We revolt against thee, though We be exposed to trials more severe than any We suffered in the past.

83 In the daytime and in the night season, at even and at morn, We pray to God on thy behalf, that He may graciously aid thee to be obedient unto Him and to observe His commandment, that He may shield thee from the hosts of the evil ones.  Do, therefore, as it pleaseth thee, and treat Us as befitteth thy station and beseemeth thy sovereignty.  Be not forgetful of the law of God in whatever thou desirest to achieve, now or in the days to come.  Say:  Praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds!

84 Dost thou imagine, O Minister of the Shah in the City, that I hold within My grasp the ultimate destiny of the Cause of God?  Thinkest thou that My imprisonment, or the shame I have been made to suffer, or even My death and utter annihilation, can deflect its course?  Wretched is what thou hast imagined in thine heart!  Thou art indeed of them that walk after the vain imaginings which their hearts devise.  No God is there but Him.  Powerful is He to manifest His Cause, and to exalt His testimony, and to establish whatsoever is His Will, and to elevate it to so eminent a position that neither thine own hands, nor the hands of them that have turned away from Him, can ever touch or harm it.

85 Dost thou believe thou hast the power to frustrate His Will, to hinder Him from executing His judgement, or to deter Him from exercising His sovereignty?  Pretendest thou that aught in the heavens or in the earth can resist His Faith?  Nay, by Him Who is the Eternal Truth!  Nothing whatsoever in the whole of creation can thwart His Purpose.  Cast away, therefore, the mere conceit thou dost follow, for mere conceit can never take the place of truth.  Be thou of them that have truly repented and returned to God, the God Who hath created thee, Who hath nourished thee, and made thee a minister among them that profess thy faith.