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grace: defile not the tongue with cursing or execration of
anyone, and guard the eye from that which is not seemly.
Show forth that which ye have: if it be accepted, the object is
attained; if not, interference is vain: leave him to himself,
[while] advancing toward God, the Protecting, the Self-Subsistent.
Be not a cause of grief, much less of strife and
sedition. It is hoped that ye will be nurtured in the shade of the
lote-tree of Divine Grace, and practice that which God desireth.
Ye are all leaves of one tree and drops of one sea."
Amongst them [is this]: "The faith of God and religion of
God hath been revealed and manifested from the heaven of
the Will of the King of Preexistence only for the union and
concord of the dwellers upon earth: make it not a cause of
discord and dissension. The principal means and chief instrument
for [bringing about] the appearance and irradiance of
the luminary of concord is the religion of God and the Law of
the Lord; while the growth of the world, the education of the
nations, and the peace and comfort of those in all lands are
through the divine ordinances and decrees. This is the principal
means for this most great gift; it giveth the cup of life,
bestoweth everlasting life, and conferreth eternal blessedness.
The chiefs of the earth, especially the exemplars of divine
justice, must make strenuous efforts to guard this state and to
upraise and preserve it. So likewise that which is necessary is
inquiry into the condition of the people, and cognizance of
the deeds and circumstances of each one of the different
classes. We desire of the exemplars of God's power, namely of
kings and chiefs, that they will make endeavor: perchance
discord may depart out of [their] midst, and the horizons may
be illumined with the light of concord. All must hold to that
which floweth from the Pen of Reminder, and practice it. God
witnesseth and [all] the atoms of existences testify that we have
mentioned that which will be the cause of the exaltation,
elevation, education, preservation, and reformation of the
dwellers upon earth. We desire of God that He will strengthen