Chapter whereby one hindereth the slaughter which is wrought at Sutenhenen.

Land of the Rod, of the White Crown, and the Pedestal of the angels.

I am the Babe. (Said four times.)

O Serpent Abur! Thou sayest this day, "The Block of Execution is furnished with what thou knowest," and thou art come to soil the Mighty One's servant.

But I am he whose honours are abiding.

I am a link, a servant within the Tamarisk, who connecteth the sun's disk with yesterday. (Four times.)

I am a servant whose honours are abiding, by the favour of the Light-giver.

My course is the course of the sun, which God hath appointed, and the course of the sun is my course.

Every limb in me is a sign of God, and God is a protection to my flesh.

I shall not be grasped by my arms or seized by my hands.

Not men or angels, or the glorified ones or the damned; not generations past, present, or future, shall inflict any injury upon me except by God's leave.

I am he who cometh forth and proceedeth, and whose name is unknown to man.

I am Yesterday, "Witness of Eternity" is my name: the persistent traveller upon the heavenly highways which I survey.

I come forth and I rise up: I enter and I have life.

As regards my mouth: whether in speech or in silence, I am right and fair.

I am the Dweller in the Eye; no evil or calamitous things befall me.

It is God who openeth the gates of Heaven; it is He who is master of the throne, and who openeth the series of births upon this day.

I am the babe who treadeth his path of yesterday.

I am "This Day" to generation of men after generation.

It is God who giveth you stableness, whether ye be in heaven or upon earth; in the South or in the North, in the West or in the East, and the fear of Him is upon you.

It is He who fashioneth, and who causeth not to die a second time.

A moment of mine belongeth to you, but His attributes belong to His own domain.

I am the unknown one, but the angels of ruddy countenance serve my Lord.

No time hath been found, but served to create for me the Heaven and the increase of Earth, and the increase of their offspring.

They sever my name from all evil things, according to the words which I say unto you.

It is God who riseth and shineth forth; strength proceeding from strength, the One proceeding from the One.

There is not a day devoid of that which belongeth to it; for ever and for ever.

O Thou who hast set me in motion! for I was motionless, a mighty link within the close of yesterday.

I am not known, but I am one who knoweth Thee.

I am not to be grasped, but I am one who graspeth Thee.

I am a servant of God, prince of eternity, a light before your faces, which inflameth your hearts towards the truth.

I am master of my throne and I pass onwards. The present time is the path which God hath opened, and I have set myself free from all things evil.