true. Likewise, were He to proclaim: “Verily, I am the Lord of heaven and
earth”, or “the King of kings”, or “the Lord of the realm above”, or
Muhammad, or ‘Alí, or their descendants, or aught else, He would indeed be
proclaiming the truth of God. He, verily, ruleth over all created things
and standeth supreme above all besides Him. Hast thou not heard what hath
been said aforetime: “Muhammad is our first, Muhammad our last, Muhammad
our all”? And elsewhere: “They all proceed from the same Light”?

41 In this station the truth of the unity of God and of the signs of His
sanctity is established. Thou shalt indeed see them all rising above the
bosom of God’s might and embraced in the arms of His mercy; nor can any
distinction be made between His bosom and His arms. To speak of change or
transformation in this plane would be sheer blasphemy and utter impiety,
for this is the station wherein the light of divine unity shineth forth,
and the truth of His oneness is expressed, and the splendours of the
everlasting Morn are reflected in lofty and faithful mirrors. By God! Were
I to reveal the full measure of that which He hath ordained for this
station, the souls of men would depart from their bodies, the inner
realities of all things would be shaken in their foundations, they that
dwell within the realms of creation would be dumbfounded, and those who
move in the lands of allusion would fade into utter nothingness.

42 Hast thou not heard: “No change is there in God’s creation”?(29) Hast
thou not read: “No change canst thou find in God’s mode of dealing”?(30)
Hast thou not borne witness to the truth: “No difference wilt thou see in
the creation of the God of Mercy”? (31) Yea, by My Lord! They that dwell
within this Ocean, they that ride upon this Ark, witness no change in the
creation of God and behold no differences upon His earth. And if God’s
creation be not prone to change and alteration, how then could they who
are the Manifestations of His own Being be subject to it? Immeasurably