Czar Alexander Ii

Categories: SUMMONS TO THE KINGS AND RULERS OF THE WORLD COLLECTIVELY

O CZAR of Russia! Incline thine ear unto the voice of God, the King, the

Holy, and turn thou unto Paradise, the Spot wherein abideth He Who, among

the Concourse on high, beareth the most excellent titles, and Who, in the

kingdom of creation, is called by the name of God, the Effulgent, the

All-Glorious. Beware lest thy desire deter thee from turning towards the

face of thy Lord, the Compassionate, the Most Merciful. We, verily, hav

heard the thing for which thou didst supplicate thy Lord, whilst secretly

communing with Him. Wherefore, the breeze of My loving-kindness wafted

forth, and the sea of My mercy surged, and We answered thee in truth. Thy

Lord, verily, is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Whilst I lay chained and

fettered in the prison, one of thy ministers extended Me his aid.

Wherefore hath God ordained for thee a station which the knowledge of none

can comprehend except His knowledge. Beware lest thou barter away this

sublime station... Beware lest thy sovereignty withhold thee from Him Who

is the Supreme Sovereign. He, verily, is come with His Kingdom, and all

the atoms cry aloud: 'Lo! The Lord is come in His great majesty!' He Who

is the Father is come, and the Son (Jesus), in the holy vale, crieth out:

'Here am I, here am I, O Lord, My God!' whilst Sinai circleth round the

House, and the Burning Bush calleth aloud: 'The All-Bounteous is come

mounted upon the clouds! Blessed is he that draweth nigh unto Him, and woe

betide them that are far away.'



Arise thou amongst men in the name of this all-compelling Cause, and

summon, then, the nations unto God, the Exalted, the Great. Be thou not of

them who called upon God by one of His names, but who, when He Who is the

Object of all names appeared, denied Him and turned aside from Him, and,

in the end, pronounced sentence against Him with manifest injustice.

Consider and call thou to mind the days whereon the Spirit of God (Jesus)

appeared, and Herod gave judgment against Him. God, however, aided Him

with the hosts of the unseen, and protected Him with truth, and sent Him

down unto another land, according to His promise. He, verily, ordaineth

what He pleaseth. Thy Lord truly preserveth whom He willeth, be he in the

midst of the seas, or in the maw of the serpent, or beneath the sword of

the oppressor....



Again I say: Hearken unto My Voice that calleth from My prison that it may

acquaint thee with the things that have befallen My Beauty, at the hands

of them that are the manifestations of My glory, and that thou mayest

perceive how great hath been My patience, notwithstanding My might, and

how immense My forbearance, notwithstanding My power. By My Life! Couldst

thou but know the things sent down by My Pen, and discover the treasures

of My Cause, and the pearls of My mysteries which lie hid in the seas of

My names and in the goblets of My words, thou wouldst, in thy love for My

name, and in thy longing for My glorious and sublime Kingdom, lay down thy

life in My path. Know thou that though My body be beneath the swords of My

foes, and My limbs be beset with incalculable afflictions, yet My spirit

is filled with a gladness with which all the joys of the earth can never

compare.



Set thine heart towards Him Who is the Point of adoration for the world,

and say: O peoples of the earth! Have ye denied the One in Whose path He

Who came with the truth, bearing the announcement of your Lord, the

Exalted, the Great, suffered martyrdom? Say: This is an Announcement

whereat the hearts of the Prophets and Messengers have rejoiced. This is

the One Whom the heart of the world remembereth and is promised in the

Books of God, the Mighty, the All-Wise. The hands of the Messengers were,

in their desire to meet Me, upraised towards God, the Mighty, the

Glorified.... Some lamented in their separation from Me, others endured

hardships in My path, and still others laid down their lives for the sake

of My Beauty, could ye but know it. Say: I, verily, have not sought to

extol Mine Own Self, but rather God Himself were ye to judge fairly.

Naught can be seen in Me except God and His Cause, could ye but perceive

it. I am the One Whom the tongue of Isaiah hath extolled, the One with

Whose name both the Torah and the Evangel were adorned.... Blessed be the

king whose sovereignty hath withheld him not from his Sovereign, and who

hath turned unto God with his heart. He, verily, is accounted of those

that have attained unto that which God, the Mighty, the All-Wise hath

willed. Ere long will such a one find himself numbered with the monarchs

of the realms of the Kingdom. Thy Lord is, in truth, potent over all

things. He giveth what He willeth to whomsoever He willeth, and

withholdeth what He pleaseth from whomsoever He willeth. He, verily, is

the All-Powerful, the Almighty.