The Book of the Most Holy CHAPTER NINETEEN

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The Book of the Most Holy CHAPTER NINETEEN

Division 576-600

THE MOST HOLY

576.

O peoples of the world!

Give ear unto the call of Him Who is the Lord of Names,

Who proclaimeth unto you from His habitation in the Most Great Prison:

577.

" Verily, no God is there but Me,

the Powerful, the Mighty, the All-Subduing,

the Most Exalted, the Omniscient, the All-Wise. "

578.

In truth, there is no God yet Him, the Omnipotent Ruler of the worlds.

579.

Were it His Will, He would, through but a single word proceeding from His presence,

lay hold on all mankind.

580.

Beware lest ye hesitate in your acceptance of this Cause -- a Cause before which the Concourse on high and the dwellers of the Cities of Names have bowed down.

581.

Fear God, and be not of those who are shut out as by a veil.

582.

Burn ye away the veils with the fire of My love, and dispel ye the mists of vain imaginings by the power of this Name through which We have subdued the entire creation.

583.

Raise up and exalt the two Houses in the Twin Hallowed Spots,

and the other sites wherein the throne of your Lord, the All-Merciful, hath been established.

584.

Thus commandeth you the Lord of every understanding heart.

585.

Be watchful lest the concerns and preoccupations of this world prevent you from observing that which hath been enjoined upon you by Him Who is the Mighty, the Faithful.

586.

Be ye the embodiments of such steadfastness amidst mankind that ye will not be kept back from God by the doubts of those who disbelieved in Him when He manifested Himself,

invested with a mighty sovereignty.

587.

Take heed lest ye be prevented by aught that hath been recorded in the Book from hearkening unto this, the Living Book,

588.

Who proclaimeth the truth:

" Verily, there is no God but Me, the Most Excellent, the All-Praised. "

589.

Look ye with the eye of equity upon Him Who hath descended from the heaven of Divine will and power, and be not of those who act unjustly.

590.

Call then to mind these words which have streamed forth, in tribute to this Revelation,

from the Pen of Him Who was My Herald,

and consider what the hands of the oppressors have wrought throughout My days.

591.

Truly they are numbered with the lost.

592.

He said:

" Should ye attain the presence of Him Whom We shall make manifest,

beseech ye God, in His bounty, to grant that He might deign to seat Himself upon your couches,

for that act in itself would confer upon you matchless and surpassing honour.

593.

Should He drink a cup of water in your homes, this would be of greater consequence for you than your proffering unto every soul, nay unto every created thing, the water of its very life.

594.

Know this, O ye My servants! "

595.

Such are the words with which My Forerunner hath extolled My Being, could ye but understand.

596.

Whoso reflecteth upon these verses, and realizeth what hidden pearls have been enshrined within them, will, by the righteousness of God,

perceive the fragrance of the All-Merciful wafting from the direction of this Prison

597.

and will, with his whole heart, hasten unto Him with such ardent longing that the hosts of earth and heaven would be powerless to deter him.

598.

Say:

This is a Revelation around which every proof and testimony doth circle.

599.

Thus hath it been sent down by your Lord, the God of Mercy, if ye be of them that judge aright.

600.

Say:

This is the very soul of all Scriptures which hath been breathed into the Pen of the Most High,

causing all created beings to be dumbfounded,

save only those who have been enraptured by the gentle breezes of My loving-kindness

and the sweet savours of My bounties which have pervaded the whole of creation.

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