Verily He is the Tree of Life
that bringeth forth the fruits of God, the Exalted, the Powerful, the
Great.
O Ahmad! Bear thou witness that verily He is God and there is no God but
Him, the King, the Protector, the Incomparable, the Omnipotent. And that
the One Whom He hath sent forth by the name of 'Ali(11) was the true One
from God, to Whose commands we are all conforming.
Say: O people be obedient to the ordinances of God, which have been
enjoined in the Bayan by the Glorious, the Wise One. Verily He is the King
of the Messengers and His Book is the Mother Book did ye but know.
Thus doth the Nightingale utter His call unto you from this prison. He
hath but to deliver this clear message. Whosoever desireth, let him turn
aside from this counsel and whosoever desireth let him choose the path to
his Lord.
O people, if ye deny these verses, by what proof have ye believed in God?
Produce it, O assemblage of false ones.
Nay, by the One in Whose hand is my soul, they are not, and never shall be
able to do this, even should they combine to assist one another.
O Ahmad! Forget not My Bounties while I am absent.
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