23 O Pen of Revelation!  Call Thou to remembrance him(69) whose letter reached Us during this darksome night.  He it is who wandered from region to region until he entered the City,(70) seeking the shelter of the mercy of his Lord, the Almighty, the Most High.  Eagerly awaiting the favours of his Lord, he dwelt therein for a night, but departed therefrom the following morning as bidden by God, filling with sorrow the heart of this Youth.  To this the Almighty is Himself a witness.

24 Great is thy blessedness, for thou hast received the wine of utterance from the hand of the All-Merciful, and became so enraptured by the sweet fragrance of the Best-Beloved as to renounce thy comfort and to be numbered with them that have hastened unto His Paradise, the Dawning-Place of the signs of thy Lord, the Gracious, the Peerless.  Happy the one who hath quaffed the wine of inner mysteries from the countenance of his Lord and been intoxicated by this pure and crystal draught.  By God!  It causeth every true believer to soar in the heaven of majesty and grandeur, and transmuteth every doubt into certainty.

25 Grieve not at what hath befallen thee, but put thy whole trust in God, the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the Wise.  Raise thy house upon the solid foundation of divine utterances, and give praise to thy Lord.  He, verily, shall suffice thee above all the peoples of the earth.

26 God hath, in truth, inscribed your names upon a Tablet wherein are enshrined the hidden secrets of all that hath been.  Erelong shall the faithful call to remembrance your exile and all your journeys in His path.  He, verily, loveth those who love Him, and is the helper of the sincere.  By the righteousness of God!  The eyes of the Concourse on high are fixed upon you and their fingers point towards you.  Thus doth the bounty of your Lord encompass you.  Would that the people might recognize that which hath escaped them in the days of God, the All-Glorious, the All-Praised.

27 Render thanks unto God for having aided thee to know Him and to enter within the precincts of His court at a time when the ungodly surrounded the family of thy Lord and His loved ones, and expelled them from their homes with manifest cruelty, intending to separate us at the shore of the sea.  Verily, thy Lord is aware of that which lieth concealed within the breasts of the unbelievers.  Say:  Even should ye tear our bodies asunder, ye could not banish from our hearts the love of God.  We were of a truth created for sacrifice, and in this do we take pride before all creation.

28 O thou who art set aglow with the fire of the love of God!  Know thou that thy letter hath reached Us and that We have been apprised of its contents.  We beseech God to confirm thee in His love and in His good pleasure, to assist thee in the promotion of His Cause, and to number thee with such as have arisen for the triumph of His Faith.