creation!
"WHEN We observed carefully, We discovered that Our..."
WHEN We observed carefully, We discovered that Our enemies are, for the
most part, the divines... Among the people are those who said: He hath
repudiated the divines. Say: Yea, by My Lord! I, in very truth, was the
One Who abolished the idols! We, verily, have sounded the Trumpet, which
is Our Most Sublime Pen, and lo, the divines and the learned, and the
doctors and the rulers, swooned away except such as God preserved, as a
token of His grace, and He, verily, is the All-Bounteous, the Ancient of
Days...
O concourse of divines! Fling away idle fancies and imaginings, and turn,
then, towards the Horizon of Certitude. I swear by God! All that ye
possess will profit you not, neither all the treasures of the earth, nor
the leadership ye have usurped. Fear God, and be not of the lost ones...
Say: O concourse of divines! Lay aside all your veils and coverings. Give
ear unto that whereunto calleth you the Most Sublime Pen, in this wondrous
Day.... The world is laden with dust, by reason of your vain imaginings,
and the hearts of such as enjoy near access to God are troubled because of
your cruelty. Fear God, and be of them that judge equitably.
"O YE the dawning-places of knowledge! Beware that ye..."
O YE the dawning-places of knowledge! Beware that ye suffer not yourselves
to become changed, for as ye change, most men will, likewise, change.
This, verily, is an injustice unto yourselves and unto others.... Ye are
even as a spring. If it be changed, so will the streams that branch out
from it be changed. Fear God, and be numbered with the godly. In like
manner, if the heart of man be corrupted, his limbs will also be
corrupted. And similarly, if the root of a tree be corrupted, its
branches, and its offshoots, and its leaves, and its fruits, will be
corrupted....
O concourse of divines! Be fair, I adjure you by God, and nullify not the
Truth with the things ye possess. Peruse that which We have sent down with
truth. It will, verily, aid you, and will draw you nigh unto God, the
Mighty, the Great. Consider and call to mind how when Muhammad, the
Apostle of God, appeared, the people denied Him. They ascribed unto Him
what caused the Spirit (Jesus) to lament in His Most Sublime Station, and
the Faithful Spirit to cry out. Consider, moreover, the things which
befell the Apostles and Messengers of God before Him, by reason of what
the ha
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