IX: O ḤUSAYN! CONSIDER THE EAGERNESS WITH WHICH...


O Ḥusayn! Consider the eagerness with which certain peoples and nations
have anticipated the return of Imám-Ḥusayn, whose coming, after the
appearance of the Qá’im, hath been prophesied, in days past, by the chosen
ones of God, exalted be His glory. These holy ones have, moreover,
announced that when He Who is the Day Spring of the manifold grace of God
manifesteth Himself, all the Prophets and Messengers, including the Qá’im,
will gather together beneath the shadow of the sacred Standard which the
Promised One will raise. That hour is now come. The world is illumined
with the effulgent glory of His countenance. And yet, behold how far its
peoples have strayed from His path! None have believed in Him except them
who, through the power of the Lord of Names, have shattered the idols of
their vain imaginings and corrupt desires and entered the city of
certitude. The seal of the choice Wine of His Revelation hath, in this Day
and in His Name, the Self-Sufficing, been broken. Its grace is being
poured out upon men. Fill thy cup, and drink in, in His Name, the Most
Holy, the All-Praised.





X: THE TIME FOREORDAINED UNTO THE PEOPLES AND...


The time foreordained unto the peoples and kindreds of the earth is now
come. The promises of God, as recorded in the holy Scriptures, have all
been fulfilled. Out of Zion hath gone forth the Law of God, and Jerusalem,