Behold Him, an exile, a victim of tyranny, in this Most Great Prison. His
enemies have assailed Him on every side, and will continue to do so till
the end of His life. Whatever, therefore, He saith unto you is wholly for
the sake of God, that haply the peoples of the earth may cleanse their
hearts from the stain of evil desire, may rend its veil asunder, and
attain unto the knowledge of the one true God—the most exalted station to
which any man can aspire. Their belief or disbelief in My Cause can
neither profit nor harm Me. We summon them wholly for the sake of God. He,
verily, can afford to dispense with all creatures.





XXXVI: KNOW THOU THAT WHEN THE SON OF MAN...


Know thou that when the Son of Man yielded up His breath to God, the whole
creation wept with a great weeping. By sacrificing Himself, however, a
fresh capacity was infused into all created things. Its evidences, as
witnessed in all the peoples of the earth, are now manifest before thee.
The deepest wisdom which the sages have uttered, the profoundest learning
which any mind hath unfolded, the arts which the ablest hands have
produced, the influence exerted by the most potent of rulers, are but
manifestations of the quickening power released by His transcendent, His
all-pervasive, and resplendent Spirit.

We testify that when He came into the world, He shed the splendor of His
glory upon all created things. Through Him the leper recovered from the
leprosy of perversity and ignorance. Through Him, the unchaste and wayward