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“O PEOPLES of the earth! God, the Eternal Truth, is My…” |
O PEOPLES of the earth! God, the Eternal Truth, is My
witness that streams of fresh and soft-flowing waters have
gushed from the rocks, through the sweetness of the words
uttered by your Lord, the Unconstrained; and still ye
slumber. Cast away that which ye possess, and, on the
wings of detachment, soar beyond all created things. Thus
biddeth you the Lord of creation, the movement of Whose
Pen hath revolutionized the soul of mankind.
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Know ye from what heights your Lord, the All-Glorious
is calling? Think ye that ye have recognized the Pen wherewith
your Lord, the Lord of all names, commandeth you?
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Nay, by My life! Did ye but know it, ye would renounce
the world, and would hasten with your whole hearts to the
presence of the Well-Beloved. Your spirits would be so
transported by His Word as to throw into commotion the
Greater World—how much more this small and petty one!
Thus have the showers of My bounty been poured down
from the heaven of My loving-kindness, as a token of My
grace; that ye may be of the thankful….
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Consider the mercy of God and His gifts. He enjoineth
upon you that which shall profit you, though He Himself
can well dispense with all creatures. Your evil doings can
never harm Us, neither can your good works profit Us.
We summon you wholly for the sake of God. To this every
man of understanding and insight will testify.
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