It is incumbent upon everyone to aid those daysprings of authority and sources of command who are adorned with the ornament of equity and justice.  Blessed are the rulers and the learned among the people of Baha.  They are My trustees among My servants and the manifestations of My commandments amidst My people.  Upon them rest My glory, My blessings and My grace which have pervaded the world of being.  In this connection the utterances revealed in the Kitab-i-Aqdas are such that from the horizon of their words the light of divine grace shineth luminous and resplendent.

O ye My Branches!  A mighty force, a consummate power lieth concealed in the world of being.  Fix your gaze upon it and upon its unifying influence, and not upon the differences which appear from it.

The Will of the divine Testator is this:  It is incumbent upon the Aghsan, the Afnan and My Kindred to turn, one and all, their faces towards the Most Mighty Branch.  Consider that which We have revealed in Our Most Holy Book:  ’When the ocean of My presence hath ebbed and the Book of My Revelation is ended, turn your faces toward Him Whom God hath purposed, Who hath branched from this Ancient Root.’  The object of this sacred verse is none other except the Most Mighty Branch [’Abdu’l-Baha].  Thus have We graciously revealed unto you Our potent Will, and I am verily the Gracious, the All-Powerful.  Verily God hath ordained the station of the Greater Branch [Muhammad ’Ali] to be beneath that of the Most Great Branch [’Abdu’l-Baha].  He is in truth the Ordainer, the All-Wise.  We have chosen ‘the Greater’ after ‘the Most Great’, as decreed by Him Who is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

It is enjoined upon everyone to manifest love towards the Aghsan, but God hath not granted them any right to the property of others.

O ye My Aghsan, My Afnan and My Kindred!  We exhort you to fear God, to perform praiseworthy deeds and to do that which is meet and seemly and serveth to exalt your station.  Verily I say, fear of God is the greatest commander that can render the Cause of God victorious, and the hosts which best befit this commander have ever been and are an upright character and pure and goodly deeds.

Say:  O servants!  Let not the means of order be made the cause of confusion and the instrument of union an occasion for discord.  We fain would hope that the people of Baha may be guided by the blessed words:  ’Say:  all things are of God.’  This exalted utterance is like unto water for quenching the fire of hate and enmity which smouldereth within the hearts and breasts of men.  By this single utterance contending peoples and kindreds will attain the light of true unity.  Verily He speaketh the truth and leadeth the way.  He is the All-Powerful, the Exalted, the Gracious.

It is incumbent upon everyone to show courtesy to, and have regard for the Aghsan, that thereby the Cause of God may be glorified and His Word exalted.  This injunction hath time and again been mentioned and recorded in the Holy Writ.  Well is it with him who is enabled to achieve that which the Ordainer, the Ancient of Days hath prescribed for him.  Ye are bidden moreover to respect the members of the Holy Household, the Afnan and the kindred.  We further admonish you to serve all nations and to strive for the betterment of the world.