بخش 31 - ولی عهد ساختن وزیر هر یک امیر را جداجدا

And then he summoned those amírs one by one and conversed with each (of them) alone.

He said to each one, “In the religion of Jesus thou art the vicar of God and my khalífa (vicegerent),

And those other amírs are thy followers: Jesus hath made all of them thy assistants.

Any amír who lifts his neck (in rebellion), seize him and either kill him or hold him captive;

But do not declare this whilst I am alive: do not seek this supreme authority until I am dead.

Until I am dead, do not reveal this: do not lay claim to sovereignty and dominion.

Here is this scroll and the ordinances of the Messiah: recite them distinctly, one by one, to his people.”

Thus he spoke to each amír separately, (saying), “There is no vicar in the religion of God except thee.”

He honoured each, one by one, (in this way): whatever he said to that (amír) he also said to this.

To each he gave one scroll: every one was purposely the contrary of the other.

All the scrolls were different, like the forms of the letters (of the alphabet) from yá to alif.

The rule (laid down) in this scroll was contrary to the rule in that: we have already explained (the nature of) this contradiction.