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Selections From the Writings of the Báb
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Pages 95-96
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"AT the time of the appearance of Him Whom God shall ..."
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AT the time of the appearance of Him Whom God shall
make manifest, wert thou to perform thy deeds for the sake
of the Point of the Bayán, they would be regarded as performed
for one other than God, inasmuch as on that Day
the Point of the Bayán is none other than Him Whom God
shall make manifest...
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It is for this reason that at the beginning of every Dispensation
a vast multitude, who fondly imagine that their
deeds are for God, become drowned and ungodly, and
perceive this not, except such as He guideth at His behest.
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It is better for a man to guide a soul than to possess all
that lies between East and West. Likewise better is guidance
for him who is guided than all the things that exist on
earth, for by reason of this guidance he will, after his death,
gain admittance into Paradise, whereas by reason of the
things of the world below, he will, after his death, receive
his deserts. Hence God desireth that all men should be
guided aright through the potency of the Words of Him
Whom God shall make manifest. However, such as are
conceited will not suffer themselves to be guided. They will
be debarred from the Truth, some by reason of their learning,
others on account of their glory and power, and still
others due to reasons of their own, none of which shall be
of any avail at the hour of death.
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Take thou good heed that ye may all, under the leadership
of Him Who is the Source of Divine Guidance, be enabled
to direct thy steps aright upon the Bridge, which is sharper
than the sword and finer than a hair, so that perchance the
things which from the beginning of thy life till the end
thou hast performed for the love of God, may not, all at
once and unrealized by thyself, be turned to acts not acceptable
in the sight of God. Verily God guideth whom He will
into the path of absolute certitude. VII, 2.
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