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attain unto it, set thy face towards the Kaaba of God,
the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting, and say: "O
my God! I beseech Thee by Thy most glorious light,
and all Thy lights are verily glorious." Thereupon,
will the doors of the Kingdom be flung wide before
thy face, and thou wilt behold what eyes have never
beheld, and hear what ears have never heard. This
Wronged One exhorteth thee as He hath exhorted
thee before, and hath never had any wish for thee
save that thou shouldst enter the ocean of the unity
of God, the Lord of the worlds. This is the day
whereon all created things cry out, and announce
unto men this Revelation, through which hath appeared
what was concealed and preserved in the
knowledge of God, the Mighty, the All-Praised.
O Shaykh! Thou hast heard the sweet melodies
of the Doves of Utterance cooing on the boughs of
the Lote-Tree of knowledge. Hearken, now, unto
the notes of the Birds of Wisdom upraised in the
Most Sublime Paradise. They verily will acquaint
thee with things of which thou wert wholly unaware.
Give ear unto that which the Tongue of Might and
Power hath spoken in the Books of God, the Desire
of every understanding heart. At this moment a
Voice was raised from the Lote-Tree beyond which
there is no passing, in the heart of the Most Sublime
Paradise, bidding Me relate unto thee that which
hath been sent down in the Books and Tablets, and
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