The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh
Author: Bahá’u’lláh
Source: US Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1985 reprint
Pages: 52
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“25: O YE SEEMING FAIR YET INWARDLY FOUL! Ye are like clear but bitter water, which to outward…”

O YE SEEMING FAIR YET INWARDLY FOUL! Ye are like clear but bitter water, which to outward seeming is crystal pure but of which, when tested by the divine Assayer, not a drop is accepted. Yea, 31 the sun beam falls alike upon the dust and the mirror, yet differ they in reflection even as doth the star from the earth: nay, immeasurable is the difference!
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