Selections From the Writings of the Báb | Page 8

blessed the man from whose hands floweth good. Unto no one
do I take My plaint save to God; for He is the best of judges. Every
state of adversity or bliss is from Him alone, and He is the
All-Powerful, the Almighty.
In brief, I hold within My grasp whatsoever any man might wish of the
good of this world and of the next. Were I to remove the veil, all would
recognize Me as their Best Beloved, and no one would deny Me. Let
not this assertion astound Your Majesty; inasmuch as a true believer in
the unity of God who keepeth his eyes directed towards Him alone, will
regard aught else but Him as utter nothingness. I swear by God! I seek
no earthly goods from thee, be it as much as a mustard seed. Indeed, to
possess anything of this world or of the next would, in My estimation,
be tantamount to open blasphemy. For it ill beseemeth the believer in
the unity of God to turn his gaze to aught else, much less to hold it in
his possession. I know of a certainty that since I have God, the
Ever-Living, the Adored One, I am the possessor of all things, visible
and invisible...
In this mountain I have remained alone, and have come to such a pass
that none of those gone before Me have suffered what I have suffered,
nor any transgressor endured what I have endured! I render praise unto
God and yet again praise Him. I find Myself free from sorrow,
inasmuch as I abide within the good-pleasure of My Lord and Master.
Methinks I am in the all-highest Paradise, rejoicing at My communion
with God, the Most Great. Verily this is a bounty which God hath
conferred upon Me; and He is the Lord of unbounded blessings.
I swear by the truth of God! Wert thou to know that which I know, thou
wouldst forgo the sovereignty of this world and of the next, that thou
mightest attain My good-pleasure, through thine obedience unto the
True One... Wert thou to refuse, the Lord of the world would raise up
one who would exalt His Cause, and the Command of God would,
verily, be carried into effect.

Through the grace of God nothing can frustrate My purpose, and I am
fully conscious of that which God hath bestowed upon Me as a token of
His favour. If it were My will, I would disclose to Your Majesty all
things; but I have not done this, nor will I do it, that the Truth may be
distinguished from aught else beside it, and this prophecy uttered by the
Imám Báqir--may peace rest upon Him--be fully realized: 'What must
needs befall us in Ádhirbayján is inevitable and without parallel. When
this happeneth, rest ye in your homes and remain patient as we have
remained patient. As soon as the Mover moveth make ye haste to attain
unto Him, even though ye have to crawl over the snow.'
I implore pardon of God for Myself and for all things related to Me and
affirm, 'Praise be to God, the Lord of all the worlds'.

Extracts From Another Epistle To Muhammad Sháh
Glory be unto Him Who knoweth all that is in the heavens and in the
earth. Verily there is no God but Him, the sovereign Ruler, the
Almighty, the Great.
He is the One Who on the Day of Severing shall pass judgement
through the power of Truth; indeed no God is there besides Him, the
Peerless, the All-Compelling, the Exalted. He is the One Who holdeth
within His grasp the kingdom of all created things; there is none other
God but Him, the Single, the Incomparable, the Ever-Abiding, the
Inaccessible, the Most Great.
At this moment I testify unto God, even as He testified unto Himself
before the creation of all things: Verily there is no God save Him, the
All-Glorious, the All-Wise. And I bear witness unto whatsoever He
hath fashioned or will fashion, even as He Himself, in the majesty of
His glory, hath borne witness: No God is there but Him, the Peerless,
the Self-Subsisting, the Most Wondrous.
In God, Who is the Lord of all created things, have I placed My whole
trust. There is no God but Him, the Peerless, the Most Exalted. Unto

Him have I resigned Myself and into His hands have I committed all
My affairs. No God is there besides Him, the supreme Ruler, the
resplendent Truth. Indeed all-sufficient is He for Me; independently of
all things doth He suffice, while nothing in the heavens or in the earth
but Him sufficeth. He, in very truth, is the Self-Subsisting, the Most
Severe.
Praise be unto Him Who at this very moment perceiveth in this