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XLII: O Son of Justice! In the night season the… |
O Son of Justice! In the night season the
beauty of the immortal Being hath repaired from the
emerald height of fidelity unto the Sadratu’l-Muntahá,
and wept with such a weeping that the Concourse
on high and the dwellers of the realms above
wailed at His lamenting. Whereupon there was
asked, Why the wailing and weeping? He made reply:
As bidden I waited expectant upon the hill of
faithfulness, yet inhaled not from them that dwell
on earth the fragrance of fidelity. Then summoned
to return I beheld, and lo! certain doves of holiness
were sore tried within the claws of the dogs of earth.
Thereupon the Maid of Heaven hastened forth unveiled
and resplendent from Her mystic mansion,
and asked of their names, and all were told but one.
And when urged, the first letter thereof was uttered,
whereupon the dwellers of the celestial chambers
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rushed forth out of their habitation of glory. And
whilst the second letter was pronounced they fell
down, one and all, upon the dust. At that moment
a voice was heard from the inmost shrine: “Thus far
and no farther.” Verily, We bear witness unto that
which they have done, and now are doing.
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