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(Cyprus) and hast seen him (MÃrzá Yaḥyá). Now speak forth with fairness.
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Do not misrepresent the matter, neither to thyself nor to the people. Thou
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art both ignorant and uninformed. Give ear unto the Voice of this Wronged
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One and hasten towards the ocean of divine knowledge that perchance thou
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mayest be adorned with the ornament of comprehension and mayest renounce
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all else but God. Hearken unto the Voice of this benevolent Counsellor,
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calling aloud, unveiled and manifest, before the faces of kings and their
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subjects, and summon the people of the world, one and all, unto Him Who is
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the Lord of Eternity. This is the Word from Whose horizon the day-star of
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unfailing grace shineth resplendent.
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O HádÃ! This Wronged One, rid of all attachment to the world, hath striven
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with utmost endeavour to quench the fire of animosity and hatred which
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burneth fiercely in the hearts of the peoples of the earth. It behoveth
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every just and fair-minded person to render thanks unto Godâexalted be His
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gloryâand to arise to promote this pre-eminent Cause, that fire may turn
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into light, and hatred may give way to fellowship and love. I swear by the
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righteousness of God! This is the sole purpose of this Wronged One. Indeed
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in proclaiming this momentous Cause and in demonstrating its Truth We have
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endured manifold sufferings, hardships and tribulations. Thou thyself
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wouldst bear witness unto that which We have mentioned, couldst thou but
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speak with fairness. Verily God speaketh the truth and leadeth the Way. He
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is the Powerful, the Mighty, the Gracious.
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May Our Glory rest upon the people of Bahá whom neither the tyranny of the
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oppressor nor the ascendancy of the aggressor have been able to withhold
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from God, the Lord of the worlds.
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TAJALLÃYÃT (EFFULGENCES)
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This is the Epistle of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting
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He is the One Who heareth from His Realm of Glory.
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GOD testifieth that there is none other God but Him and that He Who hath
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appeared is the Hidden Mystery, the Treasured Symbol, the Most Great Book
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for all peoples, and the Heaven of bounty for the whole world. He is the
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Most Mighty Sign amongst men and the Dayspring of the most august
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attributes in the realm of creation. Through Him hath appeared that which
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had been hidden from time immemorial and been veiled from the eyes of men.
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He is the One Whose Manifestation was announced by the heavenly
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Scriptures, in former times and more recently. Whoso acknowledgeth belief
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in Him and in His signs and testimonies hath in truth acknowledged that
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which the Tongue of Grandeur uttered ere the creation of earth and heaven
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and the revelation of the Kingdom of Names. Through Him the ocean of
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knowledge hath surged amidst mankind and the river of divine wisdom hath
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gushed out at the behest of God, the Lord of Days.
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Well is it with the man of discernment who hath recognized and perceived
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the Truth, and the one possessed of a hearing ear who hath hearkened unto
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His sweet Voice, and the hand that hath received His Book with such
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resolve as is born of God, the Lord of this world and of the next, and the
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earnest wayfarer who hath hastened unto His glorious Horizon, and the one
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endued with strength whom neither the overpowering might of the rulers,
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nor the tumult raised by the leaders of religion hath been able to shake.
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And woe betide him who hath rejected the grace of God and His bounty, and
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hath denied His tender mercy and authority; such a man is indeed reckoned
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with those who have throughout eternity repudiated the testimony of God
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and His proof.
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Great is the blessedness of him who hath in this Day cast away the things
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current amongst men and hath clung unto that which is ordained by God, the
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Lord of Names and the Fashioner of all created things, He Who is come from
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the heaven of eternity through the power of the Most Great Name, invested
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with so invincible an authority that all the powers of the earth are
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unable to withstand Him. Unto this beareth witness the Mother Book,
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calling from the Most Sublime Station.
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O âAlÃ-Akbar!(9) We have repeatedly heard thy voice and have responded to
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thee with that which the praise of all mankind can never rival; from which
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the sincere ones inhale the sweet savours of the sayings of the
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All-Merciful, and His true lovers perceive the fragrance of heavenly
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reunion, and the sore athirst discover the murmuring of the water that is
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life indeed. Blessed the man who hath attained thereto and hath recognized
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that which is at this moment being diffused from the Pen of God, the Help
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in Peril, the Almighty, the All-Bountiful.
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We testify that thou hast set thy face towards God and travelled far until
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thou didst attain His presence and gavest ear unto the Voice of this
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Wronged One, Who hath been cast into prison through the misdeeds of those
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who have disbelieved in the signs and testimonies of God and have denied
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this heavenly grace through which the whole world hath been made to shine.
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Blessed thy face, for it hath turned unto Him, and thine ear, for it hath
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heard His Voice, and thy tongue, for it hath celebrated the praise of God,
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the Lord of lords. We pray God to graciously aid thee to become a standard
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for the promotion of His Cause and to enable thee to draw nigh unto Him at
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all times and under all conditions.
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The chosen ones of God and His loved ones in that land are remembered by
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Us, and We give them the joyful tidings of that which hath been sent down
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in their honour from the Kingdom of the utterance of their Lord, the
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sovereign Ruler of the Day of Reckoning. Make mention of Me to them and
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illumine them with the resplendent glory of Mine utterance. Verily thy
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Lord is the Gracious, the Bountiful.
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