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purpose is that all men may cleave unto that which
will reduce unnecessary labor and exertion, so that
their days may be befittingly spent and ended. God,
verily, is the Helper, the Knower, the Ordainer, the
Omniscient.
God willing, Persia may be adorned with, and attain
unto, that whereof she hath thus far been
deprived. Say: "O Sháh! Exert thyself so that all
the peoples of the world may be illumined with the
effulgent splendors of the sun of thy justice. The
eyes of this Wronged One are turned towards naught
save trustworthiness, truthfulness, purity, and all
that profiteth men." Regard Him not as a traitor.
Glorified art Thou, O my God, and my Master, and
my Mainstay! Aid Thou His Majesty the Sháh to
execute Thy laws and Thy commandments, and show
forth Thy justice among Thy servants. Thou art,
verily, the All-Bounteous, the Lord of grace abounding,
the Almighty, the All-Powerful. The Cause of
God hath come as a token of His grace. Happy are
they who act; happy are they who understand; happy
the man that hath clung unto the truth, detached
from all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth.
O Shaykh! Seek thou the shore of the Most Great
Ocean, and enter, then, the Crimson Ark which God
hath ordained in the Qayyúm-i-Asmá for the people
of Bahá. Verily, it passeth over land and sea. He
that entereth therein is saved, and he that turneth
aside perisheth. Shouldst thou enter therein and
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