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LX: My captivity can bring on Me no shame…. |
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My captivity can bring on Me no shame.
Nay, by My life, it conferreth on Me glory. That
which can make Me ashamed is the conduct of such
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of My followers as profess to love Me, yet in fact
follow the Evil One. They, indeed, are of the lost.
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When the time set for this Revelation was fulfilled,
and He Who is the Day Star of the world appeared
in ‘Iráq, He bade His followers observe that
which would sanctify them from all earthly defilements.
Some preferred to follow the desires of a corrupt
inclination, while others walked in the way of
righteousness and truth, and were rightly guided.
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Say: He is not to be numbered with the people of
Bahá who followeth his mundane desires, or fixeth
his heart on things of the earth. He is My true follower
who, if he come to a valley of pure gold, will
pass straight through it aloof as a cloud, and will
neither turn back, nor pause. Such a man is, assuredly,
of Me. From his garment the Concourse on high
can inhale the fragrance of sanctity…. And if he
met the fairest and most comely of women, he would
not feel his heart seduced by the least shadow of desire
for her beauty. Such an one, indeed, is the creation
of spotless chastity. Thus instructeth you the
Pen of the Ancient of Days, as bidden by your Lord,
the Almighty, the All-Bountiful.
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