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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