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I, |
verily, |
esteem it as a gift from me unto Him. |
Were it His |
pleasure to accept it, |
He, |
truly, |
is the Most Bountiful; |
and if He cast it |
away and refuse to consider it, |
His verdict is just, |
and He, |
in very |
truth, |
is Praiseworthy in His acts, |
and meet to be obeyed in His behests. |
To none is given the right to cavil at Him. |
" |
Thou beholdest, |
therefore, |
O my God, |
how this wronged one hath fallen into |
the hands of such as have denied Thy right, |
and broken off from Thy |
sovereignty. |
He, |
round whose person circleth Thy proof, |
and in whose name |
and on behalf of whose sovereignty Thy testimony crieth out unto all |
created things, |
hath suffered more grievously in his days than any pen can |
recount, |
and been so harassed that He Who is Thy Spirit (Jesus) lamented, |
and all the denizens of Thy Kingdom and all the inmates of Thy Tabernacle |
in the realms above cried with a great and bitter lamentation. |
Should any one incline his inner ear, |
he would hear the cry and the |
wailing of all created things over what hath befallen Him Whom the world |
hath wronged, |
at the hands of them with whom Thou hast covenanted in the |
Day of Separation. |
Where is that fair-minded soul, |
O my God, |
who will |
judge equitably Thy Cause, |
and where is the man of insight to be found who |
will behold Thee with Thine own eyes? |
Is there any man of hearing who will |
hear Thee with Thine ears, |
or one endued with eloquence who will speak the |
truth in Thy days? |
I swear by Thy glory, |
O Thou Who beholdest me from Thine all-glorious |
horizon, |
and hearest the voice of the Lote-Tree beyond which there is no |
passing! |
Should any one consider Thy Books which Thou didst name the |
Bayán, |
and ponder in his heart what hath been revealed therein, |
he would |
discover that each of these Books announceth my Revelation, |
and declareth |
my Name, |
and testifieth to my Self, |
and proclaimeth my Cause, |
and my |
Praise, |
and my Rising, |
and the radiance of my Glory. |
And yet, |
notwithstanding Thy proclamation, |
O my God, |
and in spite of the words Thou |
didst utter, |
O my Beloved, |
Thou hast seen and heard their calumnies |
against me, |
and their evil doings in my days. |
I testify in my present state, |
O my Lord, |
and against the will of him who |
hath turned his back to Thee (Mírzá Yahyá), |
that Thou art God, |
and that |
there is none other God beside Thee. |
This, |
verily, |
is the Day wherewith |
Thy Scriptures, |
and Thy Books, |
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