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Selections From the Writings of the Báb
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Pages 58-59
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"THE Lord hath, in truth, inspired Me: Verily, verily, I am ..."
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THE Lord hath, in truth, inspired Me: Verily, verily, I am
God, He besides Whom there is none other God, and I am
indeed the Ancient of Days...
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O people of the Kingdom! By the righteousness of the
true God, if ye remain steadfast upon this line which
standeth upright between the two lines, ye shall, in very
truth, quaff the living waters from the Fountain of this
wondrous Revelation as proffered by the hand of His
Remembrance...
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I swear by your true Lord, by Him Who is the Lord of
the heavens and of the earth, that the divine Promise concerning
His Remembrance is naught but the sovereign
truth and, as decreed in the Mother Book, it shall come to
pass...
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Say, O peoples of the earth! Were ye to assemble together
in order to produce the like of a single letter of My
Works, ye would never be able to do so,
[1]
and verily God
is cognizant of all things...
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O Qurratu'l-`Ayn! Say: Behold! Verily the Moon hath
faded; verily the night hath retreated; verily the dawn
hath brightened;
[2]
verily the command of God, your true
Lord, hath been accomplished...
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Out of utter nothingness, O great and omnipotent
Master, Thou hast, through the celestial potency of Thy
might, brought me forth and raised me up to proclaim this
Revelation. I have made none other but Thee my trust; I
have clung to no will but Thy Will. Thou art, in truth, the
All-Sufficing and behind Thee standeth the true God, He
Who overshadoweth all things. Indeed sufficient unto Me
is God, the Exalted, the Powerful, the Sustainer. Chapter
LVIII.
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Notes
1. [cf. Qur'án 17:88]
2. [cf. Qur'án 74:35-37]
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