This consists of three Matters.

T h e F i r s t M a t t e r

This is the verse

And whoever has done an atom’s weight of good shall see it, * And whoever has done an atom’s weight of evil, shall see it.¹⁶

If you want proof of this truth of the All-Wise Qur’an, look at the pages of the book of the universe, which is written on the pattern of the Clear Book; you will see the maximum manifestation of the Divine Name of Preserver and many things similar in many ways to the supreme truth of this verse.

For instance, take a handful of seeds of various trees, flowers, and plants. Then bury the seeds, which are like the small coffers of those all-different flowers, trees, and plants, and are themselves all different and various, in the darkness of simple and lifeless earth. Then water them with simple water, which lacks balance, cannot distinguish things, and runs wherever you pour it.

Now come back in the spring, the arena of the annual resurrection, and look! Note carefully the time in the spring when the Israfil-like angel of thunder calls out to the rain as though sounding his trumpet, giving the good news of the breath of life being breathed into the seeds buried beneath the ground; you will see that under the manifestation of the Divine Name of Preserver, those seeds that resemble each other and are all mixed up and confused, conform perfectly and without error to the creative commands proceeding from the All-Wise Creator. They conform so exactly that in their growth a brilliant consciousness, insight, purpose, will, knowledge, perfection, and wisdom are apparent. For you see that those seeds which all resemble each other separate out and are distinguished from one another.

For example, this tiny seed has become a fig-tree, it has started to spread the All-Wise Creator’s bounties over our heads. It distributes them, stretching them out to us with its hands. And these two seeds which are superficially the same have produced the flowers called sun-flowers and pansies. They have adorned themselves for us. They smile in our faces, making us love them. And this sort of seed has produced fine fruits; they became shoots, then trees. Whetting our appetites with their delicious tastes, scents, and forms, they invite us to themselves. They sacrifice themselves for their customers so that they may rise from the level of vegetable life to that of animal life.

And so on, you can make further examples in the same way. The seeds developed in such a way that the single handful became like a garden filled with various trees and flowers. There was no fault, no error among them. They demonstrated the meaning of the verse,

So turn your vision again; do you see any flaw?¹⁷

Through the manifestation and bestowal of the Name of Preserver, each of the seeds preserves and shows without confusion or defect the legacy inherited from its parent and origins.

Thus, this is a certain indication that the Preserver Who carries out this wondrous work will demonstrate the supreme manifestation of His preservation at the resurrection of the dead and Last Judgement.

Yes, the manifestation of preservation that is faultless and without defect to this degree in insignificant, fleeting, transient states is a decisive proof that the actions, works, words, and good deeds and bad deeds of man, the holder of the Supreme Trust and God’s vicegerent on earth—deeds which have an eternal effect and supreme importance—are precisely preserved and will be subject to account.

Does man suppose he will be left to his own devices? God forbid! Man is destined for eternity, and for everlasting happiness and perpetual misery. He will be called to account for all his actions, small and great, many and few. He will receive either reward or punishment.

And so, witnesses to the maximum manifestation of preservation and to the truth of the first-mentioned verse are beyond count or calculation. Those we have shown in this Matter are a mere drop from the ocean, an atom from a mountain.

Glory be unto You! We have no knowledge save that which You have taught us; indeed, You are All-Knowing, All-Wise.

FOOTNOTES

1. Twelve years previously was 1340H/1921.

2. The Dajjal: the Antichrist related to come at the end of time. (Tr.)

3. Qur’an, 13:14.

4. Qur’an, 2:156.

5. Qur’an, 16:68.

6. Qur’an, 17:44.

7. Qur’an, 36:82.

8. Qur’an, 36:83.

9. Qur’an, 2:43, etc.

10. Sura 78, The Great News.

11. Qur’an, 3:26.

12. Thirteen years before this treatise was written. [That is, 1920 or 1921 — Tr.]

13. Qur’an, 5:99.

14. Qur’an, 28:56.

15. Qur’an, 6:121.

16. Qur’an, 99:7-8.

17. Qur’an, 67:3.