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blasts cannot but ensure the preservation of the
lamp, were ye to observe with the eye of discernment,
and walk in the way of God's holy will and
pleasure. How well hath a believer of the kindred
of Pharaoh, whose story is recounted by the
All-Glorious in His Book revealed unto His beloved
One, observed: "And a man of the family
of Pharaoh who was a believer and concealed his
faith said: `Will ye slay a man because he saith
my Lord is God, when He hath already come to
you with signs from your Lord? If he be a liar,
on him will be his lie, but if he be a man of
truth, part of what he threateneth will fall upon
you. In truth God guideth not him who is a transgressor,
a liar.'" (1) Finally, so great was their
iniquity that this self-same believer was put to a
shameful death. "The curse of God be upon the
people of tyranny." (2)
And now, ponder upon these things. What could
have caused such contention and conflict? Why is
it that the advent of every true Manifestation of
God hath been accompanied by such strife and
tumult, by such tyranny and upheaval? This notwithstanding
the fact that all the Prophets of God,
