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which the Seal of the Prophets (Muhammad)--may
the souls of all else but Him be offered up for His
sake--hath said?: "Ye, verily, shall behold your Lord
as ye behold the full moon on its fourteenth night."
The Commander of the Faithful (Imám `Alí)--peace
be upon him--moreover, saith in the Khutbiy-i-Tutúnjíyyih:
"Anticipate ye the Revelation of Him
Who conversed with Moses from the Burning Bush
on Sinai." Husayn, the son of `Alí--peace be upon
him--likewise saith: "Will there be vouchsafed unto
anyone besides Thee a Revelation which hath not
been vouchsafed unto Thyself--A Revelation Whose
Revealer will be He Who revealed Thee. Blind be
the eye that seeth Thee not!"
Similar sayings from the Imáms--the blessings of
God be upon them--have been recorded and are
widely known, and are embodied in books worthy
of credence. Blessed is he that perceiveth, and speaketh
the pure truth. Well is it with him who, aided
by the living waters of the utterance of Him Who
is the Desire of all men, hath purified himself from
idle fancies and vain imaginings, and torn away, in
the name of the All-Possessing, the Most High, the
veils of doubt, and renounced the world and all that
is therein, and directed himself towards the Most
Great Prison.
O Shaykh! No breeze can compare with the
breezes of Divine Revelation, whilst the Word which
is uttered by God shineth and flasheth as the sun
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