It hath been decreed by Us that the Word
of God and all the potentialities thereof shall be
manifested unto men in strict conformity with such
conditions as have been foreordained by Him Who
is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. We have, moreover,
ordained that its veil of concealment be none
other except its own Self. Such indeed is Our Power
to achieve Our Purpose. Should the Word be allowed
to release suddenly all the energies latent within it, no
man could sustain the weight of so mighty a Revelation.
Nay, all that is in heaven and on earth would
flee in consternation before it.
Consider that which hath been sent down unto
Muḥammad, the Apostle of God. The measure of the
Revelation of which He was the bearer had been
clearly foreordained by Him Who is the Almighty,
the All-Powerful. They that heard Him, however,
could apprehend His purpose only to the extent of
their station and spiritual capacity. He, in like
manner, uncovered the Face of Wisdom in proportion
to their ability to sustain the burden of His
Message. No sooner had mankind attained the stage
of maturity, than the Word revealed to men’s eyes
the latent energies with which it had been endowed—energies which manifested themselves in the plenitude
of their glory when the Ancient Beauty
appeared, in the year sixty, in the person of ‘Alí-Muḥammad,
the Báb.
Consider that which hath been sent down unto
Muḥammad, the Apostle of God. The measure of the
Revelation of which He was the bearer had been
clearly foreordained by Him Who is the Almighty,
the All-Powerful. They that heard Him, however,
could apprehend His purpose only to the extent of
their station and spiritual capacity. He, in like
manner, uncovered the Face of Wisdom in proportion
to their ability to sustain the burden of His
Message. No sooner had mankind attained the stage
of maturity, than the Word revealed to men’s eyes
the latent energies with which it had been endowed—energies which manifested themselves in the plenitude
of their glory when the Ancient Beauty
appeared, in the year sixty, in the person of ‘Alí-Muḥammad,
the Báb. 
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