We testify that thou hast set thy face towards God and travelled far until thou didst attain His presence and gavest ear unto the Voice of this Wronged One, Who hath been cast into prison through the misdeeds of those who have disbelieved in the signs and testimonies of God and have denied this heavenly grace through which the whole world hath been made to shine.  Blessed thy face, for it hath turned unto Him, and thine ear, for it hath heard His Voice, and thy tongue, for it hath celebrated the praise of God, the Lord of lords.  We pray God to graciously aid thee to become a standard for the promotion of His Cause and to enable thee to draw nigh unto Him at all times and under all conditions.

The chosen ones of God and His loved ones in that land are remembered by Us, and We give them the joyful tidings of that which hath been sent down in their honour from the Kingdom of the utterance of their Lord, the sovereign Ruler of the Day of Reckoning.  Make mention of Me to them and illumine them with the resplendent glory of Mine utterance.  Verily thy Lord is the Gracious, the Bountiful.

O thou who dost magnify My praise!  Give ear unto that which the people of tyranny ascribe unto Me in My days.  Some of them say:  ’He hath laid claim to divinity’; others say:  ‘He hath devised a lie against God’; still others say:  ‘He is come to foment sedition’.  Base and wretched are they.  Lo!  They are, in truth, enslaved to idle imaginings.

We shall now cease using the eloquent language.(10) Truly thy Lord is the Potent, the Unconstrained.  We would fain speak in the Persian tongue that perchance the people of Persia, one and all, may become aware of the utterances of the merciful Lord, and come forth to discover the Truth.

The first Tajalli which hath dawned from the Day-Star of Truth is the knowledge of God—­exalted be His glory.  And the knowledge of the King of everlasting days can in no wise be attained save by recognizing Him Who is the Bearer of the Most Great Name.  He is, in truth, the Speaker on Sinai Who is now seated upon the throne of Revelation.  He is the Hidden Mystery and the Treasured Symbol.  All the former and latter Books of God are adorned with His praise and extol His glory.  Through Him the standard of knowledge hath been planted in the world and the ensign of the oneness of God hath been unfurled amidst all peoples.  Attainment unto the Divine Presence can be realized solely by attaining His presence.  Through His potency everything that hath, from time immemorial, been veiled and hidden, is now revealed.  He is made manifest through the power of Truth and hath uttered a Word whereby all that are in the heavens and on the earth have been dumbfounded, except those whom the Almighty was pleased to exempt.  True belief in God and recognition of Him cannot be complete save by acceptance of that which He hath revealed and by observance of whatsoever hath been decreed by Him and set down in the Book by the Pen of Glory.