through a word of Our command. Potent am I to accomplish whatsoever I
desire through My word “Be”, and it is! Every grace that appeareth in the
world of being hath originated from thee, and unto thee shall it return.
This, verily, is what hath been ordained in a Tablet which We have
preserved behind the veil of glory and concealed from mortal eyes. Well is
it with them that deprive themselves not of this manifest and unfailing
grace.

47 Say: In this day, the fertilizing winds of the grace of God have passed
over all things. Every creature hath been endowed with all the
potentialities it can carry. And yet the peoples of the world have denied
this grace! Every tree hath been endowed with the choicest fruits, every
ocean enriched with the most luminous gems. Man, himself, hath been
invested with the gifts of understanding and knowledge. The whole creation
hath been made the recipient of the revelation of the All-Merciful, and
the earth the repository of things inscrutable to all except God, the
Truth, the Knower of things unseen. The time is approaching when every
created thing will have cast its burden. Glorified be God Who hath
vouchsafed this grace that encompasseth all things, whether seen or
unseen! Thus have We created the whole earth anew in this day, yet most of
the people have failed to perceive it. Say: The grace of God can never be
adequately understood; how much less can His own Self, the Help in Peril,
the Self-Subsisting, be comprehended!

48 O Temple of the Cause! Grieve not if Thou findest none ready to receive
Thy gifts. Thou wast created for My sake; occupy Thyself therefore with My
praise amidst My servants. This is that which hath been ordained for Thee
in the Preserved Tablet. Having found upon the earth many a soiled hand,
We sanctified the hem of Thy garment from the profanity of their touch and
placed it beyond the reach of the ungodly. Be patient in the Cause of Thy