[The Dala'il-i-Sab'ih (Seven Proofs), the most important of
the polemical works of the Báb, was revealed during that same period [Mah-Ku].
Remarkably lucid, admirable in its precision, original in conception,
unanswerable in its argument, this work, apart from the many and divers proofs
of His mission which it adduces, is noteworthy for the blame it assigns to the
"seven powerful sovereigns ruling the world" in His day, as well as
for the manner in which it stresses the responsibilities, and censures the
conduct, of the Christian divines of a former age who, had they recognized the
truth of Muhammad's mission, He contends, would have been followed by the mass
of their co-religionists. (Shoghi Effendi, 'God Passes By')]
-- Provisional English translation from the French of Nicolas – by Peter Terry
In the Name of God, the Only Unique, the Only Unique. [60] Praises be to God, for there is none other God but He, the Only Unique, the Only Unique. All splendor [61] comes from God, upon the 'Man Yuzhiruhu'llah' [62] and upon His Apostles even until the eternity of eternities.
And following:
We have examined the letter which was written to us: if one
were to desire a detailed explanation of the proofs establishing the truth of
this Manifestation [63], this one [such an explanation] would be too long and
the tablets of the world of existence and of possibilities [64] would not be
sufficient for this. [65]
But, the essence of this discourse and the pearl of this aim
[66] are that there never has been and there is now no doubt that the Eternal
God has always been immovable in the Loftiness of His Divinity, in the
sublimity of His Pure Attributes, and that He will remain always in the
Splendor and the immutability of His Infinite Grandeur. Nothing has known Him
as He should be known and the praises which have been made of Him have remained
below Him. He is Pure of all names, Free from all semblances. [67] Everything
is known to Him and His Grandeur resides in this that He remains unknown to
all. His Creation has never had a commencement and will never have an end as
then there would have been or there would be a necessary stoppage to
[interruption in] His kindnesses. [68] All the times that it has been found
useful in this world of Possibilities [69], He has sent Prophets and has made
descend from the Heaven the Books of the Law: He will do so again when the need
will make itself felt. [70]
