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“O YE servants of God! Verily, be not grieved if a thing ye …” |
O YE servants of God! Verily, be not grieved if a thing ye
asked of Him remaineth unanswered, inasmuch as He hath
been commanded by God to observe silence, a silence
which is in truth praiseworthy. We have indeed enabled
Thee to truly see in Thy dream a measure of Our Cause,
but wert Thou to acquaint them with the hidden Mystery,
they would dispute its truth among themselves. Verily Thy
Lord, the God of truth, knoweth the very secrets of
hearts
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O peoples of the world! Whatsoever ye have offered
up in the way of the One True God, ye shall indeed find
preserved by God, the Preserver, intact at God’s Holy
Gate. O peoples of the earth! Bear ye allegiance unto this
resplendent light wherewith God hath graciously invested
Me through the power of infallible Truth, and walk not in
the footsteps of the Evil One,
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inasmuch as he prompteth
you to disbelieve in God, your Lord, and verily God will
not forgive disbelief in Himself, though He will forgive
other sins to whomsoever He pleaseth.
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Indeed His knowledge
embraceth all things… Chapter XVII.
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1. | cf. Qur’án 8:45 [ Back To Reference] |
2. | cf. Qur’án 2:204 [ Back To Reference] |
3. | cf. Qur’án 4:51 [ Back To Reference] |