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“SAY, He Whom God shall make manifest will surely …” |
SAY, He Whom God shall make manifest will surely
redeem the rights of those who truly believe in God and in
His signs, for they are the ones who merit reward from His
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presence. Say, it is far from the glory of Him Whom God
shall make manifest that anyone should in this wise make
mention of His name, if ye ponder the Cause of God in
your hearts. Say, He shall vindicate the Cause through the
potency of His command and shall bring to naught all
perversion of truth by virtue of His behest. Verily God is
potent over all things.
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If ye wish to distinguish truth from error, consider those
who believe in Him Whom God shall make manifest and
those who disbelieve Him at the time of His appearance.
The former represent the essence of truth, as attested in the
Book of God, while the latter the essence of error, as
attested in that same Book. Fear ye God that ye may not
identify yourselves with aught but the truth, inasmuch as
ye have been exalted in the Bayán for being recognized as
the bearers of the name of Him Who is the eternal Truth.
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Say, were He Whom God shall make manifest to pronounce
a pious and truthful follower of the Bayán as false,
it is incumbent upon you to submit to His decree, as this
hath been affirmed by God in the Bayán; verily God is able
to convert light into fire whenever He pleaseth; surely He
is potent over all things. And were He to declare a person
whom ye regard alien to the truth as being akin thereto,
err not by questioning His decision in your fancies, for He
Who is the Sovereign Truth createth things through the
power of His behest. Verily God transmuteth fire into
light as He willeth, and indeed potent is He over all things.
Consider ye how the truth shone forth as truth in the First
Day and how error became manifest as error; so likewise
shall ye distinguish them from each other on the Day of
Resurrection. XVII, 4.
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