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CHAPTER EIGHT: THE LOOM OF REALITY HIS DEATHLESS SPLENDOR 349 |
Ponder in your hearts that which He hath foretold in His Tablet
of “The Divine Vision” that hath been spread throughout the
world. Therein He saith: “Thereupon she wailed and exclaimed
‘May the world and all that is therein be a ransom for Thy woes,
O Sovereign of heaven and earth! Wherefore hast Thou left Thyself
in the hands of the dwellers of this prison-city of ‘Akká?
Hasten Thou to other realms, to Thy retreats above, unknown
as yet to the mortal glance of the children of the world.’ We
smiled and spake not. Reflect upon these most exalted words,
and comprehend the purpose of this hidden and sacred mystery.”
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O ye beloved of the Lord! Beware, beware lest ye hesitate and
waver. Let not fear fall upon you, neither be troubled nor dismayed.
Take ye good heed lest this calamitous day slacken the
flames of your ardor, and quench your tender hopes. Today is the
day for steadfastness and constancy. Blessed are they that stand
firm and immovable as the rock, and brave the storm and stress
of this tempestuous hour. They, verily, shall be the recipients of
God’s grace, verily shall receive His divine assistance, and shall be
the truly victorious. They shall shine amidst mankind with a
radiance which the dwellers of the Pavilion of Glory laud and
magnify. To them is proclaimed this celestial call, revealed in His
most holy Book: “O My people! Be not perplexed should the
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star of My presence disappear, and the ocean of My utterance be
stilled. In My presence among you there was the wisdom of God,
and in My absence from you there is yet another, inscrutable to
all but the One, the All-Knowing. Verily, We behold you from
Our realm of effulgent glory, and will graciously aid whosoever
striveth for the triumph of Our Cause with the hosts of the celestial
Concourse and a company of Our chosen angels.”
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The Sun of Truth, that most great Light, has set upon the
horizon of the world to rise with deathless splendor over the Realm
of the Limitless. In His most holy Book He calleth the firm and
steadfast of His friends: “O peoples of the world! Should the
radiance of My beauty be veiled, and the temple of My body be
hidden, feel not perturbed, nay arise and bestir yourselves, that
My Cause may triumph, and My Word be heard by all mankind.”
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