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We beseech God to set it free through the
power of His might and His sovereignty. He, verily,
overshadoweth all that is in the heavens and on earth.
To none is given the right to protest against any one
concerning that which hath befallen the Cause of
God. It behooveth whosoever hath set his face
towards the Most Sublime Horizon to cleave tenaciously
unto the cord of patience, and to put his
reliance in God, the Help in Peril, the Unconstrained.
O ye loved ones of God! Drink your fill from the
wellspring of wisdom, and soar ye in the atmosphere
of wisdom, and speak forth with wisdom and eloquence.
Thus biddeth you your Lord, the Almighty,
the All-Knowing.
"O heedless one! Rely not on thy glory, and thy
power. Thou art even as the last trace of sunlight
upon the mountain-top. Soon will it fade away as
decreed by God, the All-Possessing, the Most High.
Thy glory and the glory of such as are like thee
have been taken away, and this verily is what hath
been ordained by the One with Whom is the Mother
Tablet. Where is he to be found who contended
with God, and whither is gone he that gainsaid His
signs, and turned aside from His sovereignty? Where
are they who have slain His chosen ones and spilt
the blood of His holy ones? Reflect, that haply thou
mayest perceive the breaths of thine acts, O foolish
doubter! Because of you the Apostle (Muhammad)
lamented, and the Chaste One (Fátimih) cried out,
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