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grasped their true significance, and, to outward
seeming, such events never came to pass, she, therefore,
remained deprived of recognizing the beauty
of Jesus and of beholding the face of God. And
they still await His coming! From time immemorial
even unto this day, all the kindreds and peoples
of the earth have clung to such fanciful and unseemly
thoughts, and thus have deprived themselves
of the clear waters streaming from the
springs of purity and holiness.
In unfolding these mysteries, We have, in Our
former Tablets which were addressed to a friend
in the melodious language of Hijaz, cited a few
of the verses revealed unto the Prophets of old.
And now, responding to your request, We again
shall cite, in these pages, those same verses, uttered
this time in the wondrous accents of Iraq, that
haply the sore athirst in the wilds of remoteness
may attain unto the ocean of the divine presence,
and they that languish in the wastes of separation
be led unto the home of eternal reunion. Thus the
mists of error may be dispelled, and the all-resplendent
light of divine guidance dawn forth above
the horizon of human hearts. In God We put Our
trust, and to Him We cry for help, that haply
there may flow from this pen that which shall
