--provisional translation by Stephen Lambden
In My Name, that warbleth upon the Twigs!
O My Name! Hearken unto My Call which cometh from the
precincts of the heavenly Throne that it might enable thee to attain unto the
shore of an opulent Ocean; the fathomless deep of which no seeker hath ever
attained. And Thy Lord is assuredly One Knowing and Generous.
We indeed desired to cast Our Bounty upon thee by making
mention of that which We visioned. This to the end that thou mayest
witness the Luminous World in this nether world of darkness and be firmly
assured that for Us there is many a world within this mortal world. Then render
thanks unto Thy Lord, the Well-Informed. And if He desired that He might
cause the rays of the Sun to appear from a tiny atom or disclose the waves of
the ocean from a mere droplet, He is assuredly capable of this; even as He hath
enabled the knowledge of what was and what is to emerge from a single Point!
We were enthroned upon the heavenly Throne when there
entered a Luminous Maiden clad in a beauteous, snow white robe. Even as
the full moon did her brilliant morning light dawn forth from the horizon of
heaven. Exalted be God, her Originator, for no eye hath ever beheld anything
like unto her!
When she untied her face covering veil, the heavens and the
earth beamed forth; Pre-Existent Being, by virtue of her Radiant Lights,
disclosed theophanic splendor thereon. Exalted be God, her Originator, for
no eye hath ever beheld anything like unto her!
