O ’Ali Haydar!  O thou who hast risen to serve My Cause and art engaged in magnifying the praise of God, the Lord of the mighty throne!  Unto the emblems of justice and the exponents of equity it is indubitably clear and evident that this Wronged One, strengthened by the transcendent power of the Kingdom, is seeking to efface from among the peoples and kindreds of the earth every evidence of disorder, discord, dissension, differences or divisions; and it is for no other reason but this great, this momentous object that He hath again and again been cast into prison and many a day and a night hath been subjected to chains and fetters.  Blessed are they that judge this impregnable Cause, this glorious Announcement, with fairness and equity.

      “THIS is a Tablet sent down by the Lord of mercy that the...”

THIS is a Tablet sent down by the Lord of mercy that the people of the world may be enabled to draw nigh unto this Ocean which hath surged through the potency of His august Name.  Amongst men there are those who have turned away from Him and gainsaid His testimony, while others have quaffed the wine of assurance in the glory of His Name which pervadeth all created things.  A grievous loss hath indeed been suffered by those that have inclined their ears to the croaking of the raven, and refused to hearken unto the sweet warblings of the Bird of Heaven singing upon the twigs of the Tree of eternity:  Verily there is none other God but Me, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.  This is the Day that hath been illumined by the splendours of the light of Our countenance—­the Day around which all days and nights circle in adoration.  Blessed is the man of insight who hath perceived, and the sore athirst who hath quaffed from this luminous Fountain.  Blessed the man who acknowledgeth the truth, earnestly striving to serve the Cause of his Lord, the Powerful, the Almighty.

O servant who hast fixed his gaze upon My face!  Hearken unto the Voice of thy Lord, the All-Glorious, calling aloud from the dayspring of grandeur and majesty.  Verily His Call will draw thee nigh unto the realm of glory and will cause thee to extol His praise in such wise that every created thing will be enraptured, and to magnify His glory in such manner as to influence the entire creation.  Truly thy Lord is the Protector, the Gracious, the All-Informed.

Gather thou together the friends of God in that land and acquaint them with My incomparable remembrance.  We have revealed for them a Tablet from which the fragrance of the All-Merciful hath been wafted upon the realm of existence, that they may rejoice with exceeding gladness and remain steadfast in this wondrous Cause.

While in prison We have revealed a Book which We have entitled ’The Most Holy Book’.  We have enacted laws therein and adorned it with the commandments of thy Lord, Who exerciseth authority over all that are in the heavens and on the earth.  Say:  Take hold of it, O people, and observe that which hath been sent down in it of the wondrous precepts of your Lord, the Forgiving, the Bountiful.  It will truly prosper you both in this world and in the next and will purge you of whatsoever ill beseemeth you.  He is indeed the Ordainer, the Expounder, the Giver, the Generous, the Gracious, the All-Praised.