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heavens of divine Revelation have been raised by
the command of God, and been adorned by the
sun, the moon, and stars of His wondrous commandments.
Such are the mysteries of the Word of
God, which have been unveiled and made manifest,
that haply thou mayest apprehend the morning
light of divine guidance, mayest quench, by
the power of reliance and renunciation, the lamp
of idle fancy, of vain imaginings, of hesitation, and
doubt, and mayest kindle, in the inmost chamber
of thine heart, the new-born light of divine knowledge
and certitude.
Know verily that the purpose underlying all these symbolic terms and abstruse allusions, which emanate from the Revealers of God's holy Cause, hath been to test and prove the peoples of the world; that thereby the earth of the pure and illuminated hearts may be known from the perishable and barren soil. From time immemorial such hath been the way of God amidst His creatures, and to this testify the records of the sacred books.
And likewise, reflect upon the revealed verse
concerning the "Qiblih." (1) When Muhammad,
