164 Some lamented in their separation from Me, others endured hardships in My path, and still others laid down their lives for the sake of My Beauty, could ye but know it.  Say:  I, verily, have not sought to extol Mine own Self, but rather God Himself, were ye to judge fairly.  Naught can be seen in Me except God and His Cause, could ye but perceive it.  I am the One Whom the tongue of Isaiah hath extolled, the One with Whose name both the Torah and the Evangel were adorned.  Thus hath it been decreed in the Scriptures of thy Lord, the Most Merciful.  He, verily, hath borne witness unto Me, as I bear witness unto Him.  And God testifieth to the truth of My words.

165 Say:  The Books have been sent down for naught but My remembrance.  Whosoever is receptive to their call shall perceive therefrom the sweet fragrances of My name and My praise; and he who hath unstopped the ear of his inmost heart shall hear from every word thereof:  “The True One is come!  He indeed is the beloved of the worlds!”

166 It is for the sake of God alone that My tongue counselleth you and that My pen moveth to make mention of you, for neither can the malice and denial of all who dwell on earth harm Me, nor the allegiance of the entire creation profit Me.  We, verily, exhort you unto that which We were commanded, and desire naught from you except that ye draw nigh unto what shall profit you in both this world and the world to come.  Say:  Will ye slay Him Who summoneth you unto life everlasting?  Fear ye God, and follow not every contumacious oppressor.

167 O proud ones of the earth!  Do ye believe yourselves to be abiding in palaces whilst He Who is the King of Revelation resideth in the most desolate of abodes?  Nay, by My life!  In tombs do ye dwell, could ye but perceive it.  Verily, he who faileth, in these days, to be stirred by the breeze of God is accounted among the dead in the sight of Him Who is the Lord of all names and attributes.  Arise, then, from the tombs of self and desire and turn unto the Kingdom of God, the Possessor of the Throne on high and of earth below, that ye may behold that which ye were promised aforetime by your Lord, the All-Knowing.

168 Think ye that the things ye possess shall profit you?  Soon others will possess them and ye will return unto the dust with none to help or succour you.  What advantage is there in a life that can be overtaken by death, or in an existence that is doomed to extinction, or in a prosperity that is subject to change?  Cast away the things that ye possess and set your faces toward the favours of God which have been sent down in this wondrous Name.

169 Thus doth the Pen of the Most High warble unto thee its melodies by the leave of thy Lord, the All-Glorious.  When thou hast heard and recited them, say:  “Praise be unto Thee, O Lord of all the worlds, inasmuch as Thou hast made mention of me through the tongue of Him Who is the Manifestation of Thy Self at a time when He was confined in the Most Great Prison, that the whole world might attain unto true liberty.”