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Pen hath sent down these most sublime words:
`Should anyone, in the presence of the Manifestation,
discover an evil intention on the part of any soul,
he must not oppose him, but must leave him to God.'
Considering that on the one hand this binding command
is clear and firmly established, and that on the
other calumnies, beyond human strength to bear or
endure, have been uttered, this servant hath chosen
to commit this most grievous sin. I turn suppliantly
unto the ocean of God's bounty and the heaven of
Divine mercy, and hope that He will blot out with
the pen of His grace and bounteousness the misdeeds
of this servant. Though my transgressions be manifold,
and unnumbered my evildoings, yet do I cleave
tenaciously to the cord of His bounty, and cling unto
the hem of His generosity. God is witness, and they
that are nigh unto His Threshold know full well,
that this servant could not bear to hear the tales
related by the perfidious. I, therefore, have committed
this act. If He chastise me, He verily is to
be praised for what He doeth; and if He forgive me,
His behest shall be obeyed."
Ponder, now, O Shaykh, the influence of the word
of God, that haply thou mayest turn from the left
hand of idle fancy unto the right hand of certitude.
This Wronged One hath never acted hypocritically
towards any one, in the Cause of God, and hath
loudly proclaimed the Word of God before the face
of His creatures. Let him who wisheth turn thereunto,
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