Praise be to God, the Eternal that perisheth not, the Everlasting that
declineth not, the Self-Subsisting that altereth not. He it is Who is
transcendent in His sovereignty, Who is manifest through His signs, and is
hidden through His mysteries. He it is at Whose bidding the standard of
the Most Exalted Word hath been lifted up in the world of creation, and
the banner of "He doeth whatsoever He willeth" raised amidst all peoples.
He it is Who hath revealed His Cause for the guidance of His creatures,
and sent down His verses to demonstrate His Proof and His Testimony, and
embellished the preface of the Book of Man with the ornament of utterance
through His saying: "The God of Mercy hath taught the Qur’án, hath created
man, and taught him articulate speech." No God is there but Him, the One,
the Peerless, the Powerful, the Mighty, the Beneficent.

The light that is shed from the heaven of bounty, and the benediction that
shineth from the dawning-place of the will of God, the Lord of the Kingdom
of Names, rest upon Him Who is the Supreme Mediator, the Most Exalted Pen,
Him Whom God hath made the Dawning-Place of His most excellent names and
the Dayspring of His most exalted attributes. Through Him the light of
unity hath shone forth above the horizon of the world, and the law of
oneness hath been revealed amidst the nations, who, with radiant faces,
have turned towards the Supreme Horizon, and acknowledged that which the
Tongue of Utterance hath spoken in the kingdom of His knowledge: "Earth
and heaven, glory and dominion, are God’s, the Omnipotent, the Almighty,
the Lord of grace abounding!"

Give ear, O distinguished divine, unto the voice of this Wronged One. He
verily, counselleth thee for the sake of God, and exhorteth thee unto that
which will cause thee to draw nigh unto Him under all conditions. He, in