2 Glorified is He Who sendeth down His verses to those who comprehend.  Glorified is He Who speaketh forth from the Kingdom of His Revelation, and Who remaineth unknown to all save His honoured servants.  Glorified is He Who quickeneth whomsoever He willeth by virtue of His word “Be”, and it is!  Glorified is He Who causeth whomsoever He willeth to ascend unto the heaven of grace, and sendeth down therefrom whatsoever He desireth according to a prescribed measure.

3 Blessed is He Who doeth as He willeth by a word of His command.  He, verily, is the True One, the Knower of things unseen.  Blessed is He Who inspireth whomsoever He willeth with whatsoever He desireth, through His irresistible and inscrutable command.  Blessed is He Who aideth whomsoever He desireth with the hosts of the unseen.  His might is, in truth, equal to His purpose, and He, verily, is the All-Glorious, the Self-Subsisting.  Blessed is He Who exalteth whomsoever He willeth by the power of His sovereign might, and confirmeth whomsoever He chooseth in accordance with His good pleasure; well is it with them that understand!

4 Blessed is He Who, in a well-guarded Tablet, hath prescribed a fixed measure unto all things.  Blessed is He Who hath revealed unto His Servant that which shall illumine the hearts and minds of men.  Blessed is He Who hath sent down upon His Servant such tribulations as have melted the hearts of them that dwell within the Tabernacle of eternity and the souls of those who have drawn nigh unto their Lord.  Blessed is He Who hath showered upon His Servant, from the clouds of His decree, the darts of affliction, and Who beholdeth Me enduring them with patience and fortitude.  Blessed is He Who hath ordained for His Servant that which He hath destined for no other soul.  He, verily, is the One, the Incomparable, the Self-Subsisting.

5 Blessed is He Who hath caused to rain down upon His Servant from the clouds of enmity, and at the hands of the people of denial, the shafts of tribulation and trial; and yet seeth Our heart filled with gratitude.  Blessed is He Who hath laid upon the shoulders of His Servant the burden of the heavens and of the earth—­a burden for which We yield Him every praise, though none may grasp this save them that are endued with understanding.  Glorified is He Who hath surrendered the embodiment of His Beauty to the clutches of the envious and the wicked—­a fate unto which We are fully resigned, though none may perceive this save those who are endued with insight.  Glorified is He Who hath left Husayn to make His dwelling amidst the hosts of His enemies, and exposed His body with every breath to the spears of hatred and anger; yet do We yield Him thanks for all that He hath destined to befall His Servant Who repaireth unto Him in His affliction and grief.