father and have left children, they will inherit their father’s share, as
prescribed in the Book of God. Divide ye their share amongst them with
perfect justice. Thus have the billows of the Ocean of Utterance surged,
casting forth the pearls of the laws decreed by the Lord of all mankind.

27 If the deceased should leave children who are under age, their share of
the inheritance must be entrusted to a reliable individual, or to a
company, that it may be invested on their behalf in trade and business
until they come of age. The trustee should be assigned a due share of the
profit that hath accrued to it from being thus employed.

28 Division of the estate should take place only after the Ḥuqúqu’lláh
hath been paid, any debts have been settled, the expenses of the funeral
and burial defrayed, and such provision made that the deceased may be
carried to his resting-place with dignity and honour. Thus hath it been
ordained by Him Who is Lord of the beginning and the end.

29 Say: This is that hidden knowledge which shall never change, since its
beginning is with nine, the symbol that betokeneth the concealed and
manifest, the inviolable and unapproachably exalted Name. As for what We
have appropriated to the children, this is a bounty conferred on them by
God, that they may render thanks unto their Lord, the Compassionate, the
Merciful. These, verily, are the Laws of God; transgress them not at the
prompting of your base and selfish desires. Observe ye the injunctions
laid upon you by Him Who is the Dawning-place of Utterance. The sincere
among His servants will regard the precepts set forth by God as the Water
of Life to the followers of every faith, and the Lamp of wisdom and loving
providence to all the denizens of earth and heaven.

30 The Lord hath ordained that in every city a House of Justice be