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SUMMONS TO THE WORLD’S RELIGIOUS LEADERS COLLECTIVELY “O LEADERS of religion! Weigh not the Book of…” 70 71 72 73 |
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O LEADERS of religion! Weigh not the Book of
God with such standards and sciences as are
current amongst you, for the Book itself is the
unerring balance established amongst men. In
this most perfect balance whatsoever the peoples and kindreds
of the earth possess must be weighed, while the measure
of its weight should be tested according to its own
standard, did ye but know it.
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The eye of My loving-kindness weepeth sore over you,
inasmuch as ye have failed to recognize the One upon
Whom ye have been calling in the daytime and in the night
season, at even and at morn. Advance, O people, with
snow-white faces and radiant hearts, unto the blest and
crimson Spot, wherein the Sadratu’l-Muntahá is calling:
‘Verily, there is none other God beside Me, the Omnipotent
Protector, the Self-Subsisting!’
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O ye leaders of religion! Who is the man amongst you
that can rival Me in vision or insight? Where is he to be
found that dareth to claim to be My equal in utterance or
wisdom? No, by My Lord, the All-Merciful! All on the
earth shall pass away; and this is the face of your Lord, the
Almighty, the Well-Beloved.
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We have decreed, O people, that the highest and last end
of all learning be the recognition of Him Who is the Object
of all knowledge; and yet, behold how ye have allowed
your learning to shut you out, as by a veil, from Him Who
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is the Dayspring of this Light, through Whom every hidden
thing hath been revealed. Could ye but discover the
source whence the splendour of this utterance is diffused,
ye would cast away the peoples of the world and all that
they possess, and would draw nigh unto this most blessed
Seat of glory.
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Say: This, verily, is the heaven in which the Mother
Book is treasured, could ye but comprehend it. He it is
Who hath caused the Rock to shout, and the Burning Bush
to lift up its voice, upon the Mount rising above the Holy
Land, and proclaim: ‘The Kingdom is God’s, the sovereign
Lord of all, the All-Powerful, the Loving!’
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