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"Wert thou to incline thine inner ear unto all created things, thou wouldst hear: `The Ancient of Days is come in His great glory!' Everything celebrateth the praise of its Lord. Some have known God and remember Him; others remember Him, yet know Him not. Thus have We set down Our decree in a perspicuous Tablet.
"Give ear, O King, unto the Voice that calleth
from the Fire which burneth in this verdant Tree,
on this Sinai which hath been raised above the hallowed
and snow-white Spot, beyond the Everlasting
City; `Verily, there is none other God but Me, the
Ever-Forgiving, the Most Merciful!' We, in truth,
have sent Him Whom We aided with the Holy Spirit
(Jesus Christ) that He may announce unto you this
Light that hath shone forth from the horizon of the
will of your Lord, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious,
and Whose signs have been revealed in the West.
Set your faces towards Him (