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"O King! The gales of the mercy of the Merciful One' have converted these servants and drawn them to the region of the (Divine) Unity - 'The witness of the faithful lover is in his sleeve' - but some of the doctors of Persia have troubled the most luminous heart of the King of the Age with regard to those who are admitted into the Sanctuary of the Merciful One and those who make for the Kaaba of Wisdom. O would that the world-ordering judgment of the King might decide that this Servant should meet those doctors, and, in the presence of His Majesty the King, adduce arguments and proofs! This Servant is ready, and hopeth of God that such a conference may be brought about, so that the truth of the matter may become evident and apparent before His Majesty the King. And afterwards the decision is in thy hand, and I am ready to confront the throne of thy sovereignty; then give judgment for Me or against Me. The Merciful Lord saith in the Furqan, which is the enduring proof amidst the host of existences, 'Desire death, then, if ye be sincere.' He hath declared the desiring of death to be the proof of sincerity; and it will be apparent in the mirror of the (King's) luminous mind which party it is that hath this day foregone life in the way of Him (Who is) adored by the dwellers upon earth. Had the doctrinal books of this people, (composed) in proof of that wherein they are, been written with the blood which has been shed in His way (exalted is He), books innumerable would assuredly have been apparent and visible amongst mankind.
(67:1)
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