The Appearance of “Him Whom God Will Make Manifest”

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It is another world, and another command is being unfolded!
Another Revelation is descending from the Sun of Destiny!

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Amid the dawning light, It has appeared in the constellation of Praise!
Drops of praise spring forth from It!

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(The Sun) says, “It is I! No one is alive except Me!
All people prostrate themselves in My presence.

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AIt is My wish to extract from my liver the crimson cord
to unfold the mysteries of all that has been concealed beneath the covers!”

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The One who came but who did not come has now arrived!
He has cast off the veils of distinction to reveal the same Personage.

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O thou hearer, hearken, and, if you examine with care the world around you,
you will discern revealed clearly the One who has been concealed.

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The next instant you may discover another world made manifest,
made to shine with light through the mystery of Truth.

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But first you must cleanse yourself from the (dust of) names in the kingdom of names
and bring yourself into the station of fittaríyyah which He Himself occupies.

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God, the Venerated, the Beloved, the Matchless One,
assumed the throne of the Bayán with effulgence and song!

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Since He has at last arrived, remove the veil!
Since truth is now apparent, the days of names has passed!

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In the past, all the mysteries were revealed in crystalline couplets!
Verily, this is the revelation of that exact same truth!

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Far from Celestial Heights the Friend of God has descended
Whose name in the Bayán is now manifest in the exaltation of light!

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Now He is speaking of the face of the Appointed One
proclaiming: AI am He! I am Ahmad! He is the manifest name!

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By God, Alláh, it was manifest in the world, that mystery
which is a secret concealed in the heart of Holy Texts.

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By means of the flawless Mirror, the past is now made plain!
By Alláh, He is (the One) exalted in the Bayán.

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Verily, in this Day the Truth has become revealed!
Verily, the light has been ignited by sparks flashing from the Bayán.