Hallowed be He Who
hath arisen in His Cause. Say: We all, verily, abide by His bidding. Say: God
raiseth up whomsoever He willeth through His command. There is no God but Him,
the Almighty, the Ancient of Days. He it is Who causeth whomsoever He willeth
to enter His Paradise. Say: Behold! All are but His suppliants. He is God;
there is none other God save Him, from the beginning that hath no beginning
until the end that hath no end. Unto all hath it been promised that they shall
attain His Presence, and by this is meant the Presence of Him Who is the
Manifestation of His Self. The people, however, remain shut out as by a veil
from this truth.
- The Báb (From Tablet to the Seventeenth Letter of the
Living, provisional translation; see
the entire Tablet)
