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amidst the books of men. Happy the man that hath
discovered it, and recognized it, and said: "Praised
be Thou, Who art the Desire of the world, and thanks
be to Thee, O Well-Beloved of the hearts of such
as are devoted to Thee!"
Men have failed to perceive Our purpose in the
references We have made to Divinity and Godhood.
Were they to apprehend it, they would arise from
their places, and cry out: "We, verily, ask pardon of
God!" The Seal of the Prophets--may the souls of
all else but Him be offered up for His sake--saith:
"Manifold are Our relationships with God. At one
time, We are He Himself, and He is We Ourself.
At another He is that He is, and We are that We are."
Aside from this, why is it that thou didst not
mention those other stations which the Abhá Pen
hath disclosed? The tongue of this Wronged One
hath, many a day and night, given utterance to these
sublime words: "O God, my God! I bear witness to
Thy unity and Thy oneness, and that Thou art God,
and that there is none other God but Thee. Thou
hast everlastingly been sanctified above the mention
of any one but Thee and the praise of all else except
Thyself, and Thou wilt everlastingly continue to be
the same as Thou wast from the beginning and hast
ever been. I beseech Thee, O King of Eternity, by
the Most Great Name, and by the effulgences of the
Daystar of Thy Revelation upon the Sinai of Utterance,
and by the billows of the Ocean of Thy knowledge
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