Thou seest, O my God, what hath befallen me in Thy Path at the hand of those who have denied Thy Truth, have violated Thy Covenant, cavilled at Thy signs, rejected the blessings Thou didst vouchsafe, disbelieved the verses Thou didst send down and have refused to acknowledge the testimony Thou didst fulfil.

O Lord!  The tongue of my tongue and the heart of my heart and the spirit of my spirit and my outward and inmost beings bear witness to Thy unity and Thy oneness, Thy power and Thine omnipotence, Thy grandeur and Thy sovereignty, and attest Thy glory, loftiness and authority.  I testify that Thou art God and that there is none other God besides Thee.  From everlasting Thou hast been a treasure hidden from the sight and minds of men and shalt continue to remain the same for ever and ever.  The powers of earth can never frustrate Thee, nor can the might of the nations alarm Thee.  Thou art the One Who hath unlocked the door of knowledge before the faces of Thy servants that they may recognize Him Who is the Day-Star of Thy Revelation, the Dawning-Place of Thy signs, the Heaven of Thy manifestation and the Sun of Thy divine beauty.  In Thy holy Books, in Thy Scriptures and Thy Scrolls Thou hast promised all the peoples of the world that Thou Thyself shalt appear and shalt remove the veils of glory from Thy face, even as Thou didst announce in Thy words unto Thy Friend(37) through Whom the Day-Star of Revelation shone brightly above the horizon of Hijaz, and the dawning light of divine Truth shed its radiance among all men, proclaiming:  ’The Day when mankind shall stand before the Lord of the worlds.’(38) And before Muhammad Thou didst impart this glad-tiding unto Him Who conversed with Thee,(39) saying:  ’Bring forth thy people from the darkness into the light and remind them of the days of God.’(40) Moreover Thou didst proclaim this truth unto the Spirit(41) and unto Thy Prophets and Thy Messengers, whether of the remote or more recent past.  If all that which Thou hast sent down in glorification of this Most Great Remembrance, this Great Announcement, were to stream forth from the wellspring of Thy most august Pen, the inmates of the cities of knowledge and understanding would be dumbfounded, except such as Thou wouldst deliver through the potency of Thy might and wouldst protect as a token of Thy bountiful favour and Thy grace.  I bear witness that Thou hast in truth fulfilled Thy pledge and hast made manifest the One Whose advent was foretold by Thy Prophets, Thy chosen ones and by them that serve Thee.  He hath come from the heaven of glory and power, bearing the banners of Thy signs and the standards of Thy testimonies.  Through the potency of Thine indomitable power and strength, He stood up before the faces of all men and summoned all mankind to the summit of transcendent glory and unto the all-highest Horizon, in such wise that neither the oppression of the ecclesiastics nor the onslaught of the rulers was able to deter Him.  He arose with inflexible resolve and, unloosing His tongue, proclaimed in ringing tones:  ’He Who is the All-Bountiful is come, riding aloft on the clouds.  Advance, O people of the earth, with shining faces and radiant hearts!’