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“SAY, verily God hath caused all created things to enter …” 147 |
SAY, verily God hath caused all created things to enter
beneath the shade of the tree of affirmation, except those
who are endowed with the faculty of understanding. Theirs
is the choice either to believe in God their Lord, and put
their whole trust in Him, or to shut themselves out from
Him and refuse to believe with certitude in His signs.
These two groups sail upon two seas: the sea of affirmation
and the sea of negation.
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They that truly believe in God and in His signs, and
who in every Dispensation faithfully obey that which hath
been revealed in the Book—such are indeed the ones whom
God hath created from the fruits of the Paradise of His
good-pleasure, and who are of the blissful. But they who
turn away from God and His signs in each Dispensation,
those are the ones who sail upon the sea of negation.
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Verily it is incumbent upon you to recognize your Lord
at the time of His manifestation, that haply ye may not
enter into negation, and that, ere a prophet is raised by
God, ye may find yourselves securely established upon the
sea of affirmation. For if a prophet cometh to you from
God and ye fail to walk in His Way, God will, thereupon,
transform your light into fire. Take heed then that perchance
ye may, through the grace of God and His signs, be
enabled to redeem your souls. XVIII, 13.
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