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1Hearken ye unto the Divine Voice of Holiness and the sweet melody of Eternity; how He hath by intimation warned those who falsely accuse the verses, and how He hath rejected those who deny the holy words. Consider also the remoteness of these people from the Kawther of Nearness, and the arrogance and denial of those bereft ones concerning that Beauty of Holiness. Although that Essence of Grace and Beneficence directed those temples of nonentity to the court of preexistence and guided those really destitute ones to the sacred road of wealth, yet some said, "This man is no other than one who blasphemously accuses the Lord of the creatures"; others said, "This man withholds people from the path of religion and faith"; and still others accused Him of madness and the like. Similarly in this day ye witness what vain statements they have made against that Essence of Eternity (the Bab) and what accusations and evils they have attributed to that source and mine of infallibility. Although in the Divine Book and Supreme Holy Tablet God hath threatened those who falsely deny and reject the revealed verses, and hath announced good tidings to those who accept them, yet how the verses revealed from the new Heavens of Holiness have been contradicted, notwithstanding the eye of the universe hath not seen such a bounty, nor the ear of the beings heard such favor as the flow and descent of verses like spring showers from the clouds of the mercy of the Merciful. Each one of the Prophets "endowed with constancy" whose greatness of rank and loftiness of stations are as clear and manifest as the sun was favored with but one Book which is still extant and its verses known. But so much hath descended (in this Day) from the clouds of the mercy of the Merciful that no one hath yet estimated it. Twenty volumes thereof are now available; what a quantity hath not yet come to hand! how much hath been plundered and is fallen into hands of the infidels, and it is not known what they have done with it!
2O brother! We must open the eye, reflect, and appeal to the Divine Manifestations, that perchance we may be advised by the clear exhortations of the Book, and warned by the admonitions recorded in the Tablets; not contradicting the Revealer of the verses, but willingly obeying His command and accepting and submitting to His decree with all heart and soul, that we may enter the court of mercy and dwell upon the shore of bounty. "Verily, He is Merciful and Forgiving toward His servants" (K. S. 5).
3Likewise it is said: "O ye who have received the Scriptures, do ye reject us (for any other reason) than because we believe in God or on account of our belief in that (revelation) which hath been sent down unto us, or that which was formerly sent down and for that reason only, are the greater part of ye transgressors" (K. S. 5)?
4How clear is the purpose in this verse, and how evident it is that the revealed verses are a proof. This verse was revealed at a time when the infidels wronged the people of Islam and accused them of infidelity; declaring that the companions of His Holiness had denied God and believed in a lying sorcerer. During the rise of Islam, when the Cause had outwardly no strength, wherever they met the friends of His Holiness, they would violently persecute, oppress, stone and curse those believers in God. At that time this blessed verse was revealed from the Heaven of Unity, with clear argument and evident proof, instructing the companions of His Holiness to say to the unbelievers and polytheists, "Do ye torment and persecute us when no action hath proceeded from us except that we have believed in God, and in the verses revealed unto us through the tongue of Mohammed, and also in the verses which descended upon former Prophets?" They meant they had no sin except that of considering the new and wonderful Divine verses revealed to Mohammed, and the verses descended upon by-gone Prophets, to be from God, and acknowledging and submitting to them. This is a proof which the King of Unity hath taught His servants.
5In view of this, should they turn away from these wonderful verses which have encompassed the east and west, at the same time considering themselves people of faith? Or should they believe in the Revealer of verses? Considering this demonstration which He Himself hath made, how could He fail to account as people of faith, those who acknowledge it? Far be it that He should turn those away from the doors of His mercy who believe and confess the verses of Unity, or threaten those who adhere to the confirmed proof! For verily He is the Confirmer of truth through His verses, and Establisher of the command through His words! Verily He is the Powerful, the Protector, the Omnipotent!