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the things spoken by My Forerunner, Who laid down
His life for this Great Announcement, this Straight
Path. He hath said--and He, verily, speaketh the
truth: "I have written down in My mention of Him
these gem-like words: `No allusion of Mine can allude
unto Him, neither anything mentioned in the
Bayán.'" And further, He--exalted and glorified be
He--saith, concerning this most mighty Revelation,
this Great Announcement: "Exalted and glorified is
He above the power of any one to reveal Him except
Himself, or the description of any of His creatures.
I Myself am but the first servant to believe in Him
and in His signs, and to partake of the sweet savors
of His words from the first-fruits of the Paradise
of His knowledge. Yea, by His glory! He is the
Truth. There is none other God but Him. All have
arisen at His bidding." Such are the words sung by
the Dove of Truth on the boughs of the Divine Lote-Tree.
Well is it with him that hath given ear unto its
Voice, and quaffed from the oceans of Divine utterance
that lie concealed in each of these words. In
another connection hath the Voice of the Bayán
called aloud from the loftiest branches. He saith--
blessed and glorified be He: "In the year nine ye will
attain unto all good." On another occasion He saith:
"In the year nine ye will attain unto the Presence
of God." These melodies, uttered by the Birds of the
cities of Knowledge, conform with that which hath
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