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of helping thy Lord, the Exalted, the Most High.
Then would the Concourse on high bless thee. O how
excellent is this most sublime station, couldst thou
ascend thereunto through the power of a sovereignty
recognized as derived from the Name of God!"
Either thou or someone else hath said: "Let the
Súrih of Tawhíd be translated, so that all may know
and be fully persuaded that the one true God begetteth
not, nor is He begotten. Moreover, the Bábís
believe in his (Bahá'u'lláh's's) Divinity and Godhood."
O Shaykh! This station is the station in which
one dieth to himself and liveth in God. Divinity,
whenever I mention it, indicateth My complete and
absolute self-effacement. This is the station in which
I have no control over mine own weal or woe nor
over my life nor over my resurrection.
O Shaykh! How do the divines of this age account
for the effulgent glory which the Sadrah of Utterance
hath shed upon the Son of `Imrán (Moses) on the
Sinai of Divine knowledge? He (Moses) hearkened
unto the Word which the Burning Bush had uttered,
and accepted it; and yet most men are bereft of the
power of comprehending this, inasmuch as they have
busied themselves with their own concerns, and are
unaware of the things which belong unto God. Referring
to this, the Siyyid of Findirisk hath well said:
"This theme no mortal mind can fathom; be it even
that of Abú-Nasr, or Abú-`Alí Síná (Avicenna)."
What explanation can they give concerning that
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