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“O thou who art attracted to the Fragrances of God!…” |
As to thy question, “If the husband preventeth his
wife from entering into the Light, or the wife preventeth
the husband from entering into the Kingdom of
God:“ In reality neither one of them preventeth the
other from entering into the Kingdom of God, except
when the husband hath a great attachment to the wife,
or the wife to the husband. When either one of the
two adoreth the other to the exclusion of God, then
each will prevent the other from entering into the Kingdom
of God.
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As to thy question concerning the additions to the
Old and New Testament: Know thou, verily, as people
could not understand the words, nor could they apprehend
the realities therein, therefore they have translated
them according to their own understanding and
interpreted the verses after their own ideas and thus the
text fell into confusion. This is undoubtedly true. As
to an intentional addition: This is something uncertain.
But they have made great mistakes as to the
understanding of the texts and the comprehending of
the references and have therefore fallen into doubts,
especially in regard to the symbolical verses.
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As to thy question, “That Abdul-Baha hath said to
some of the believers that evil never exists, nay rather,
it is a non-existent thing:“ This is but truth, inasmuch
as the greatest evil is (man’s) going astray and being
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veiled from Truth. Error is lack of guidance; darkness
is absence of light; ignorance is lack of knowledge;
falsehood is lack of truthfulness; blindness is lack of
sight; and deafness is lack of hearing. Therefore, error,
blindness, deafness and ignorance are non-existent
things. If we say that according to the text of the
bible, “God hardened Pharaoh’s heart” that he
not believe in Moses, this signifies that, verily, He did
not soften his heart. And when we wish to say that
God hath not guided a certain one of His servants, this
would be interpreted (by people) that God led him
astray. The darkness spoken of in the Bible as being
created by God, signifieth that, verily, God hath not
caused light to shine; inasmuch as where there is no
light, there will be darkness; when there is no sight,
there will be blindness; when there is no life, there ill
be death; when there is no riches, there will be poverty;
and when there is no knowledge, there will be ignorance.
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