at Him Who is the Prince of the world. Not one single soul among the leaders of that sect acknowledged Him in the Day of His
Revelation! Whenever His blessed name was mentioned, all would say: “May God hasten the joy His coming will bring!” On the day of the Revelation of that Sun of Truth, however, all, as hath been observed, have exclaimed, saying: “May God hasten His chastisement!” He Who was the Essence of being and Lord of the seen and unseen they suspended, and committed what made the
Tablet to weep, and the
Pen to groan, and the cries of the sincere to break forth, and the tears of the favored ones to flow.
Meditate, O
Shaykh, and be fair in what thou sayest. The followers of
Shaykh-i-Aḥsá’í (
Shay
kh Aḥmad) have, by the aid of God, apprehended that which was veiled from the comprehension of others, and of which they remained deprived. Briefly, in every age and century differences have arisen in the days of the manifestation of the
Daysprings of
Revelation, and the Dawning-Places of inspiration, and the Repositories of Divine knowledge, differences which have been caused and provoked by lying and impious souls. To expatiate on this is not permissible. Thou art thyself better acquainted and more familiar with the idle fancies of the superstitious and the vain imaginings of the doubters.
In this day, this Wronged One requesteth thee and the other
divines who have drunk of the cup of the