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Selections From the Writings of the Báb
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Pages 158-159
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"VERILY I am God, no God is there but Me, and aught ..."
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In the Name of God, the Most Exalted, the Most High.
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VERILY I am God, no God is there but Me, and aught
except Me is but My creation. Say, worship Me then, O ye,
My creatures.
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I have called Thee into being, have nurtured Thee, protected
Thee, loved Thee, raised Thee up and have graciously
chosen Thee to be the manifestation of Mine Own Self,
that Thou mayest recite My verses as ordained by Me, and
may summon whomsoever I have created unto My
Religion which is none other than this glorious and exalted
Path.
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I have fashioned all created things for Thy sake, and I
have, by virtue of My Will, set Thee sovereign Ruler over
all mankind. Moreover, I have decreed that whoso embraceth
My religion shall believe in My unity, and I have
linked this belief with remembrance of Thee, and after
Thee the remembrance of such as Thou hast, by My leave,
caused to be the `Letters of the Living', and of whatever
hath been revealed from My religion in the Bayán. This,
indeed, is what will enable the sincere among My servants
to gain admittance into the celestial Paradise.
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Verily, the sun is but a token from My presence so that
the true believers among My servants may discern in its
rising the dawning of every Dispensation.
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In truth I have created Thee through Thyself, then at
My Own behest I have fashioned all things through the
creative power of Thy Word. We are All-Powerful. I have
appointed Thee to be the Beginning and the End, the Seen
and the Hidden. Verily We are the All-Knowing.
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No one hath been or will ever be invested with prophethood
other than Thee, nor hath any sacred Book been or
will be revealed unto any one except Thee. Such is the
decree ordained by Him Who is the All-Encompassing, the
Best Beloved.
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The Bayán is in truth Our conclusive proof for all
created things, and all the peoples of the world are powerless
before the revelation of its verses. It enshrineth the sum
total of all the Scriptures, whether of the past or of the
future, even as Thou art the Repository of all Our proofs
in this Day. We cause whomsover We desire to be
admitted into the gardens of our most holy, most sublime
Paradise. Thus is divine revelation inaugurated in each
Dispensation at Our behest. We are truly the supreme
Ruler. Indeed no religion shall We ever inaugurate unless
it be renewed in the days to come. This is a promise We
solemnly have made. Verily We are supreme over all
things...
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