hidden from mortal eyes exclaimeth:  Lo!  I am the All-Manifest.’  This is the Word which hath caused the limbs of disbelievers to quake.  Glorified be God!  All the heavenly Scriptures of the past attest to the greatness of this Day, the greatness of this Manifestation, the greatness of His signs, the greatness of His Word, the greatness of His constancy, the greatness of His pre-eminent station.  Yet despite all this the people have remained heedless and are shut out as by a veil.  Indeed all the Prophets have yearned to attain this Day.  David saith:  ’Who will bring me into the Strong City?’(90) By Strong City is meant Akka.  Its fortifications are very strong and this Wronged One is imprisoned within its walls.  Likewise it is revealed in the Qur’an:  ’Bring forth thy people from the darkness into the light and announce to them the days of God.’(91)

The glory with which this Day is invested hath been explicitly mentioned and clearly set forth in most heavenly Books and Scriptures.  However, the divines of the age have debarred men from this transcendent station, and have kept them back from this Pinnacle of Glory, this Supreme Goal.

Blessed art thou inasmuch as the darkness of vain imaginings hath been powerless to hinder thee from the light of certitude, and the onslaught of the people hath failed to deter thee from the Lord of mankind.  Appreciate thou the value of this high station and beseech God—­exalted is His glory—­to graciously enable thee to safeguard it.  Imperishable dominion hath exclusively pertained unto the One true God and His loved ones and will continue to pertain unto them everlastingly.

The glory that hath shone forth from the horizon of eternity rest upon thee and upon such as have taken fast hold of the Cord of God that no man can sever.

    “HE Who leadeth to true victory is come.  By the righteousness...”

HE Who leadeth to true victory is come.  By the righteousness of God!  He is fully capable of revolutionizing the world through the power of a single Word.  Having enjoined upon all men to observe wisdom, He Himself hath adhered to the cord of patience and resignation.

The clay clods of the world have set forth to visit the embellished, the luminous, the crimson City of God, and certain emissaries from Persia are secretly stirring up mischief, though to outward seeming they pretend to be gentle and meek.  Gracious God!  When will this world-afflicting craftiness be transformed into sincerity?  The exhortations of God, the True One, have compassed the world, but until now their influence hath not been disclosed.  Men’s unseemly deeds have kept them back from attaining unto Him.  We entreat God—­exalted and glorified is He—­to pour down, out of the clouds of divine grace, the overflowing rain of His bounty upon all His servants.  Verily potent is He over all things.