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of the Lawh-i-Burhán (Tablet of the Proof) that
they may draw him unto the horizon of the Revelation
of his Lord, the God of Mercy, that haply he
may arise to aid My Cause with perspicuous signs
and exalted testimonies, and may speak forth amongst
men that which the Tongue of Testimony hath
spoken: `The Kingdom is God's, the Lord of the
worlds!'"
"Peruse thou the Kitáb-i-Iqán (Book of Certitude)
and that which the All-Merciful hath sent
down unto the King of Paris (Napoleon III) and to
such as are like him, that thou mayest be made aware
of the things that have happened in the past, and be
persuaded that We have not sought to spread disorder
in the land after it had been well-ordered. We exhort,
wholly for the sake of God, His servants. Let him
who wisheth turn unto Him, and him who wisheth
turn aside. Our Lord, the Merciful, is verily the All-Sufficing,
the All-Praised. O concourse of the kindreds
of the earth! This is the day whereon nothing
amongst all things, nor any name amongst all names,
can profit you save through this Name which God
hath made the Manifestation of His Cause and the
Dayspring of His Most Excellent Titles unto all
who are in the kingdom of creation. Blessed is that
man that hath recognized the fragrance of the All-Merciful
and been numbered with the steadfast. Your
sciences shall not profit you in this day, nor your
arts, nor your treasures, nor your glory. Cast them
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