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“VERILY, on the First Day We flung open the gates of …” 145 |
VERILY, on the First Day We flung open the gates of
Paradise unto all the peoples of the world, and exclaimed:
‘O all ye created things! Strive to gain admittance into
Paradise, since ye have, during all your lives, held fast unto
virtuous deeds in order to attain unto it.’ Surely all men
yearn to enter therein, but alas, they are unable to do so by
reason of that which their hands have wrought. Shouldst
thou, however, gain a true understanding of God in thine
heart of hearts, ere He hath manifested Himself, thou
wouldst be able to recognize Him, visible and resplendent,
when He unveileth Himself before the eyes of all men.
XVII, 11.
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