heaven and on earth. Erelong shall We bring into being through you other
feet, firm and steadfast, which shall walk unwaveringly in Our path, even
should they be assailed by hosts as formidable as the combined forces of
the former and latter generations. In truth, We hold all grace in the
hollow of Our hand, and bestow it as We please upon Our favoured servants.
Time and again have We vouchsafed unto you Our favours, that ye may offer
such thanks unto your Lord as to cause the tongues of all created things
to speak forth in praise of Me, the All-Merciful, the Most Compassionate.

62 O Living Temple! Arise to serve this Cause through a might and a power
born of Us. Disclose, then, unto the servants of God all that the Spirit
of God, the sovereign Lord, the Incomparable, the All-Glorious, the
All-Wise, hath imparted unto Thee. Say: O people! Will ye turn away from
Him Who is the Eternal Truth, and choose instead him whom We have created
out of a mere handful of clay? To do so is to inflict a grievous injustice
upon yourselves, if ye be of them that reflect upon the verses of your
Lord. Say: O people! Cleanse your hearts and your eyes, that ye may
recognize your Maker in this holy and luminous attire. Say: The celestial
Youth hath ascended the Throne of glory, made manifest His independent
sovereignty, and now voiceth, in the most sweet and wondrous accents, this
call betwixt earth and heaven: “O peoples of the earth! Wherefore have ye
disbelieved in your Lord, the All-Merciful, and turned aside from Him Who
is the Beauty of the All-Glorious? By the righteousness of God! This is
His Hidden Secret, Who hath risen from the dayspring of creation; and this
is His cherished Beauty, Who hath shone forth above the horizon of this
exalted Station, invested with the sovereignty of God, the Help in Peril,
the All-Glorious, the All-Subduing, the Almighty.”

63 O Temple of Holiness! We, verily, have cleansed Thy breast from the
whisperings of the people and sanctified it from earthly allusions, that