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Selections From the Writings of the Báb
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Pages 85-86
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"YE perform your works for God from the beginning of ..."
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YE perform your works for God from the beginning of
your lives till the end thereof, yet not a single act is for the
sake of Him Who is the Manifestation of God, to Whom
every good deed reverteth. Had ye acted in such manner,
ye would not have suffered so grievously on the Day of
Resurrection.
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Behold how great is the Cause, and yet how the people
are wrapt in veils. I swear by the sanctified Essence of God
that every true praise and deed offered unto God is naught
but praise and deed offered unto Him Whom God shall
make manifest.
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Deceive not your own selves that you are being virtuous
for the sake of God when you are not. For should ye truly
do your works for God, ye would be performing them for
Him Whom God shall make manifest and would be magnifying
His Name. The dwellers of this mountain who are
bereft of true understanding unceasingly utter the words,
`No God is there but God'; but what benefit doth it yield
them? Ponder awhile that ye may not be shut out as by a veil
from Him Who is the Dayspring of Revelation. VIII, 19.
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