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55. Be apprised then that the Spirit shall not appear unless there is frozen water
over the surface of the Pure-White Earth, and this proceedeth from a Command
through which an amazing affair taketh place, like the swift moving Inspiration
which God hath made to be dominant over all things, for It is that which is under the
shade of divine protection before the preservation of all things in the Shade of the
Name of God, the Dominant, the Almighty. To this beareth witness the Tokens of
divine Power, could ye but relate thyself unto this station. This Pure-White Earth is
truly that Stone from which streams gusheth forth. It is unique among Its kind and
as such It is arranged separately. Were ye to multiply this Oneness by four, ye would
observe It’s likeness to the Alif which was alluded to in Its discourse which is one in
Itself, but It is actually without quantity, for all quantities proceed from It, even the
larger quantities which are derived and computed by It. Thus envision the
appearance of oneness in the greater realms of quantities.
56. This is the Stone through which the three categories are gathered together,
which ye shall observe for thyself should ye arrange It according to the knowledge
of God. It doth indeed relate the truth about the Night of Power, for the hidden
knowledge is determined according to It which God hath concealed from the hearts
of His servants, just as in the Night of Power hath been concealed from those who
fail to search with the Vision of God into the realities of all things. We hath compared
It unto the Night because after the arrangement of the First Principle, the darkness
and shadows appeareth in relation to It, and this proceedeth from the shades of
darkness by which the Water of the Life hath been determined, which proceedeth
from a truth about which ye hath heard aforetime.
57. Wherefore hearken, O ye Concourse of the Bayán, and consider