The Book of the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf CHAPTER SIXTY TWO 9 страница
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Thus have We set down the verses of God and made plain the matter unto those who understand.
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O Living Temple!
Stretch forth Thy hand over all who are in heaven and on earth, and seize within the grasp of Thy Will the reins of command.
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We have, verily, placed in Thy right hand the empire of all things.
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Do as Thou willest, and fear not the ignorant.
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Reach out to the Tablet that hath dawned above the horizon of the pen of Thy Lord, and take hold of it with such strength that, through Thee, the hands of all who inhabit the earth may be enabled to lay fast hold upon it.
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This, in truth, is that which becometh Thee, if Thou be of those who understand.
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Through the upraising of Thy hand to the heaven of My grace, the hands of all created things shall be lifted up to their Lord, the Mighty, the Powerful, the Gracious.
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Erelong shall We raise up, through the aid of Thy hand, other hands endued with power, with strength and might, and shall establish through them Our dominion over all that dwell in the realms of revelation and creation.
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Thus will the servants of God recognize the truth that there is none other God beside Me, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsistent.
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With these hands, moreover, We shall both bestow and withhold, though none can understand this save those who see with the eye of the spirit.
Tablet of the Temple CHAPTER SEVEN
Divisions 156-180
THE TEMPLE
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Say:
O people!
Can ye ever hope to escape the sovereign power of your Lord?
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By the righteousness of God! No refuge will ye find in this day, and no one to protect you, save those upon whom God hath bestowed the favour of His mercy.
He, verily, is the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Compassionate.
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Say:
O people!
Forsake all that ye possess, and enter beneath the shadow of your Lord, the All-Merciful.
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Better is this for you than all your works of the past and of the future.
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Fear ye God, and deprive not yourselves of the sweet savours of the days of the Lord of all names and attributes.
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Take heed lest ye alter or pervert the text of the Word of God.
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Walk ye in the fear of God, and be numbered with the righteous.
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Say:
O people!
This is the Hand of God, which hath ever been above your own hands, could ye but understand.
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Within its grasp We have ordained all the good of the heavens and the earth, such that no good shall be made manifest but that it proceedeth therefrom.
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Thus have We made it the source and treasury of all good both aforetime and hereafter.
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Say:
The rivers of divine wisdom and utterance which flowed through the Tablets of God are joined to this Most Great Ocean, could ye but perceive it,
and whatever hath been set forth in His Books hath attained its final consummation in this most exalted Word a Word shining above the horizon of the Will of the All-Glorious in this Revelation which hath filled with delight all things seen and unseen.
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Erelong shall God draw forth, out of the bosom of power, the hands of ascendancy and might, and shall raise up a people who will arise to win victory for this Youth and who will purge mankind from the defilement of the outcast and the ungodly.
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These hands will gird up their loins to champion the Faith of God, and will, in My name the Self-Subsistent, the Mighty, subdue the peoples and kindreds of the earth.
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They will enter the cities and will inspire with fear the hearts of all their inhabitants.
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Such are the evidences of the might of God; how fearful, how vehement is His might, and how justly doth He wield it!
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He, verily, ruleth and transcendeth all who are in the heavens and on the earth, and revealeth what He desireth according to a prescribed measure.
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Should any one of them be called upon to confront all the hosts of creation, he would assuredly prevail through the ascendancy of My Will.
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This, verily, is a proof of My power, though My creatures comprehend it not.
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This, verily, is a sign of My sovereignty, though My subjects understand it not.
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This, verily, is a token of My command, though My servants perceive it not.
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This, verily, is an evidence of Mine ascendancy, though none amongst the people is truly thankful for it, save those whose eyes God hath illumined with the light of His knowledge, whose hearts He hath made the repository of His Revelation, and upon whose shoulders He hath placed the weight of His Cause.
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These shall inhale the fragrances of the All-Merciful from the garment of His Name, and shall rejoice at all times in the signs and verses of their Lord.
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As for those who disbelieve in God, and join partners with Him, they shall indeed incur His wrath, shall be cast into the Fire, and shall be made to dwell, fearful and dismayed, in its depths.
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Thus do We expound Our verses, and make plain the truth with clear proofs, that perchance the people may reflect upon the signs of their Lord.
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O Living Temple!
We have, in very truth, appointed Thee to be the sign of My majesty amidst all that hath been and all that shall be, and have ordained Thee to be the emblem of My Cause betwixt the heavens and the earth, through My word "Be", and it is!
Tablet of the Temple CHAPTER EIGHT
Divisions 181-210
THE TEMPLE
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O First Letter of this Temple, betokening the Essence of Divinity![3]
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We have made thee the treasury of My Will and the repository of My Purpose unto all who are in the kingdoms of revelation and creation.
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This is but a token of the grace of Him Who is the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsistent.
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O Second Letter of this Temple, betokening My name, the Almighty!
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We have made thee the manifestation of Our sovereignty and the dayspring of Our Names.
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Potent am I to fulfil that which My tongue speaketh.
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O Third Letter of this Temple, betokening My name, the All-Bountiful!
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We have made thee the dawning-place of Our bounty amidst Our creatures and the fountainhead of Our generosity amidst Our people.
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Powerful am I in My dominion.
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Nothing whatsoever of all that hath been created in the heavens or on the earth can escape My knowledge, and I am the True One, the Knower of things unseen.
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O Pen!
Send down out of the clouds of Thy generosity that which shall enrich all created things, and withhold not Thy favours from the world of being.
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Thou, verily, art the All-Bountiful in the heaven of Thine eternity, and the Lord of infinite grace unto all who inhabit the kingdom of names.
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Look not upon the people and the things they possess; look rather upon the wonders of Thy gifts and favours.
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Gather then Thy servants beneath Thy shade that shadoweth all mankind.
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Stretch forth the hand of bounty over all creation, and the fingers of bestowal over all existence.
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This, verily, is that which beseemeth Thee, though the people understand it not.
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Whosoever turneth his face towards Thee doeth so by Thy grace, and as to him who turneth away, Thy Lord, in truth, is independent of all created things.
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Unto this bear witness His true and devoted servants.
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Erelong shall God raise up, through Thee, those with hands of indomitable strength and arms of invincible might, who will come forth from behind the veils, will render the All-Merciful victorious amongst the peoples of the world, and will raise so mighty a cry as to cause all hearts to tremble with fear.
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Thus hath it been decreed in a Written Tablet. Such shall be the ascendancy which these souls will evince that consternation and dismay will seize all the dwellers of the earth.
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Beware lest ye shed the blood of anyone.
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Unsheathe the sword of your tongue from the scabbard of utterance, for therewith ye can conquer the citadels of men's hearts.
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We have abolished the law to wage holy war against each other.
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God's mercy, hath, verily, encompassed all created things, if ye do but understand.
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Aid ye your Lord, the God of Mercy, with the sword of understanding.
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Keener indeed is it, and more finely tempered, than the sword of utterance, were ye but to reflect upon the words of your Lord.
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Thus have the hosts of Divine Revelation been sent down by God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsistent, and thus have the armies of divine inspiration been made manifest from the Source of command, as bidden by God, the All-Glorious, the Best-Beloved.
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208.
Say:
The measure of all created things hath been appointed in this concealed and manifest Temple, wherein lie enshrined the knowledge of the heavens and the earth, and of all things past and future.
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The finger of God's handiwork hath inscribed upon this Tablet that which the wisest and most learned of men are powerless to fathom, and hath created therein temples inscrutable to all save His own self, could ye but apprehend this truth.
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Blessed be the one who readeth it, who pondereth its contents, and who is numbered with them that comprehend!
Tablet of the Temple CHAPTER NINE
Divisions 211-245
THE TEMPLE
211.
Say:
Naught is seen in My temple but the Temple of God, and in My beauty but His Beauty, and in My being but His Being, and in My self but His self, and in My movement but His Movement, and in My acquiescence but His Acquiescence, and in My pen but His Pen, the Mighty, the All-Praised.
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There hath not been in My soul but the Truth, and in Myself naught could be seen but God.
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Beware lest ye speak of duality in regard to My self, for all the atoms of the earth proclaim that there is none other God but Him, the One, the Single, the Mighty, the Loving.
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From the beginning that hath no beginning I have proclaimed, from the realm of eternity, that I am God, none other God is there save Me, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsistent;
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and unto the end that hath no end I shall proclaim, amidst the kingdom of names, that I am God, none other God is there beside Me, the All-Glorious, the Best-Beloved.
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Say:
Lordship is My Name, whereof I have created manifestations in the world of being, while We Ourself remain sanctified above them, would ye but ponder this truth.
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And Godhead is My Name, whereof We have created exponents whose power shall encompass the people of the earth and make them true worshippers of God, could ye but recognize it.
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Thus should ye regard all Our Names, if ye be endued with insight.
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O Fourth Letter of this Temple, betokening the attribute of Grace!
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We have made thee the manifestation of grace betwixt earth and heaven.
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From thee have We generated all grace in the contingent world, and unto thee shall We cause it to return.
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And from thee shall We manifest it again, through a word of Our command.
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Potent am I to accomplish whatsoever I desire through My word "Be", and it is!
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Every grace that appeareth in the world of being hath originated from thee, and unto thee shall it return.
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This, verily, is what hath been ordained in a Tablet which We have preserved behind the veil of glory and concealed from mortal eyes.
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Well is it with them that deprive themselves not of this manifest and unfailing grace.
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Say:
In this day, the fertilizing winds of the grace of God have passed over all things.
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Every creature hath been endowed with all the potentialities it can carry.
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And yet the peoples of the world have denied this grace!
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Every tree hath been endowed with the choicest fruits, every ocean enriched with the most luminous gems.
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Man, himself, hath been invested with the gifts of understanding and knowledge.
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The whole creation hath been made the recipient of the revelation of the All-Merciful, and the earth the repository of things inscrutable to all except God, the Truth, the Knower of things unseen.
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The time is approaching when every created thing will have cast its burden.
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Glorified be God Who hath vouchsafed this grace that encompasseth all things, whether seen or unseen!
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Thus have We created the whole earth anew in this day, yet most of the people have failed to perceive it.
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Say:
The grace of God can never be adequately understood;
how much less can His own self, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsistent, be comprehended!
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O Temple of the Cause!
Grieve not if Thou findest none ready to receive Thy gifts.
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Thou wast created for My sake; occupy Thyself therefore with My praise amidst My servants.
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This is that which hath been ordained for Thee in the Preserved Tablet.
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Having found upon the earth many a soiled hand, We sanctified the hem of Thy garment from the profanity of their touch and placed it beyond the reach of the ungodly.
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Be patient in the Cause of Thy Lord, for erelong shall He raise up souls endowed with sanctified hearts and illumined eyes who shall flee from every quarter unto Thine all-encompassing and boundless grace.
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O Temple of God!
No sooner had the hosts of Divine Revelation been sent down by the Lord of all names and attributes bearing the banners of His signs, than the exponents of doubt and fancy were put to flight.
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They disbelieved in the clear tokens of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsistent, and rose up against Him in enmity and opposition.
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Amongst them were those who claimed:
"These are not clear verses from God, nor do they proceed from an innate and untaught nature."
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Thus do the unbelievers seek to remedy the sickness of their hearts, utterly heedless that they thus render themselves accursed of all who dwell in heaven and on earth.
Tablet of the Temple CHAPTER TEN
Divisions 246-280
THE TEMPLE
246.
Say:
The Holy Spirit Itself hath been generated through the agency of a single letter revealed by this Most Great Spirit, if ye be of them that comprehend.
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And that innate and untaught nature in its essence is called into being by the verses of God, the Help in Peril, the All-Glorious, the Best-Beloved.
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Say:
This nature prideth itself in its relation to Our transcendent Truth, whilst We, for Our part, glory neither in it nor in aught else, for all beside Myself hath been created through the potency of My word, could ye but understand.
249.
Say:
We have revealed Our verses in nine different modes.
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Each one of them bespeaketh the sovereignty of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsistent.
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A single one of them sufficeth for a proof unto all who are in the heavens and on the earth; yet the people, for the most part, persist in their heedlessness.
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Should it be Our wish, We would reveal them in countless other modes.
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Say:
O people!
Fear ye God, and allow not your tongues to utter, in their deceitfulness, that which displeaseth Him.
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Stand abashed before the One Who, as ye well know, hath created you out of a drop of water.[4]
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Say:
We have created all that are in heaven and on earth in the nature made by God.
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Whosoever turneth unto this blessed Countenance shall manifest the potentialities of that inborn nature, and whosoever remaineth veiled therefrom shall be deprived of this invisible and all-encompassing grace.
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Verily, there is naught from which Our favour hath been withheld, inasmuch as We have dealt equitably in the fashioning of each and all, and by a word of Our mouth presented unto them the trust of Our love.
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They that have accepted it are indeed safe and secure, and are numbered among those who are immune from the terrors of this Day.
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Those, however, who have rejected it have, in truth, disbelieved in God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsistent.
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Thus do We distinguish between the people and pronounce judgement upon them.
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We, of a certainty, have the power to discern.
262.
Say:
The Word of God can never be confounded with the words of His creatures.
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It is, in truth, the King of words, even as He is Himself the sovereign Lord of all, and His Cause transcendeth all that was and all that shall be.
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Enter, O people, the City of Certitude wherein the throne of your Lord, the All-Merciful, hath been established.
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Thus biddeth you the Pen of the All-Glorious, as a token of His unfailing grace.
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Haply ye may not make His Revelation a cause of dissension amongst you.
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Among the infidels are those who have repudiated His self and risen up against His Cause, and who claim that these divine verses are contrived.
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Such also were the objections of the deniers of old, who now implore deliverance from the Fire.
269.
Say:
Woe betide you for the idle words that proceed from your mouths!
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