BB00433: Kitab al-Vahid 17 (Letter to the seventeenth Temple)

This is what We have sent down to the seventeenth Temple at the command of God, the Mighty, the Beloved.

He is

In the name of God, the Most Exalted, the Most Praiseworthy.

Glorified be He before Whom all who are in the heavens and earth bow down in submission. Say: All shall be raised up unto Him. He is the One in Whose grasp are all who dwell in the heavens and on earth. Say: All are created by His command. He is the One Who standeth firm in His Cause, Who causeth to flow whomsoever He willeth through His bounty. Say: All are supplicants of His grace. And blessed be He Who createth what He willeth by His command “Be!” and it is. And exalted be He Who fashioneth what He willeth through His bounty. Say: All exist by His command.

And verily this is an epistle from the letter Tha’ to the seventeenth Temple. Bear thou witness that there is none other God but Him and that we are all assured of Him. His is the kingdom of the heavens and earth and all act by His command.

And blessed be He Who is your Lord and the Lord of your first fathers. And blessed be He Who is your Lord and the Lord of your last fathers. And blessed be He Who is your Lord and the Lord of your manifest fathers. And blessed be He Who is your Lord and the Lord of your hidden fathers. And blessed be He Who is your Lord and the Lord of your first mothers. And blessed be He Who is your Lord and the Lord of your last mothers. And blessed be He Who is your Lord and the Lord of your manifest mothers. And blessed be He Who is your Lord and the Lord of your hidden mothers. And blessed be He Who is your Lord and the Lord of all things before and after, and all bow down before Him.

He is God, there is no God but Him, before and after. Say: All act by His command. God beareth witness that there is no God but Him and that this is one of His servants. Say: All are assured of Him. His is all that is in the heavens and earth and all are submissive unto Him. He is manifest above all things and He is the King, the All-Glorious. His is the dominion of the divinity of all things and all exist by His command. And blessed be He Who standeth firm in His Cause. Say: We all abide by His wisdom.

Say: God resurrecteth whom He willeth by His command. There is no God but Him, the Almighty, the Ancient. He is the One Who causeth to enter whom He willeth into His paradise. Say: All are supplicants there. He is God, there is no God but Him, from a beginning that hath no beginning unto an end that hath no end, and all are promised to attain His presence. And this indeed is the meeting with the Manifestation of His Self, yet the servants remain veiled.