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hosts of the wayward was powerless to deter Me from
My purpose. Should they hide Me away in the depths
of the earth, yet would they find Me riding aloft on
the clouds, and calling out unto God, the Lord of
strength and of might. I have offered Myself up in
the way of God, and I yearn after tribulations in
My love for Him, and for the sake of His good
pleasure. Unto this bear witness the woes which now
afflict Me, the like of which no other man hath suffered.
Every single hair of Mine head calleth out
that which the Burning Bush uttered on Sinai, and
each vein of My body invoketh God and saith: `O
would I had been severed in Thy path, so that
the world might be quickened, and all its peoples be
united!' Thus hath it been decreed by Him Who
is the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.
"Know of a truth that your subjects are God's
trust amongst you. Watch ye, therefore, over them
as ye watch over your own selves. Beware that ye
allow not wolves to become the shepherds of the fold,
or pride and conceit to deter you from turning unto
the poor and the desolate. Arise thou, in My name,
above the horizon of renunciation, and set, then, thy
face towards the Kingdom, at the bidding of thy
Lord, the Lord of strength and of might."
And further We have said: "Adorn the body of
Thy kingdom with the raiment of My name, and
arise, then, to teach My Cause. Better is this for thee
than that which thou possessest. God will, thereby,
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