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"O Czar of Russia! Incline thine ear unto the
voice of God, the King, the Holy, and turn thou
unto Paradise, the Spot wherein abideth He Who,
among the Concourse on high, beareth the most excellent
titles, and Who, in the kingdom of creation, is
called by the name of God, the Effulgent, the All-Glorious.
Beware that nothing deter thee from setting
thy face towards thy Lord, the Compassionate,
the Most Merciful. We, verily, have heard the thing
for which thou didst supplicate thy Lord, whilst
secretly communing with Him. Wherefore, the
breeze of My loving-kindness wafted forth, and the
sea of My mercy surged, and We answered thee in
truth. Thy Lord, verily, is the All-Knowing, the
All-Wise. Whilst I lay, chained and fettered, in the
prison of
And further We have said: "He Who is the Father is come, and the Son (Jesus Christ), in the holy vale, crieth out: `Here am I, here am I, O Lord, my God!', whilst Sinai circleth round the House, and the Burning Bush calleth aloud: `The All-Bounteous is come mounted upon the clouds! Blessed is he that draweth nigh unto Him, and woe betide them that are far away.'
"Arise thou amongst men in the name of this all-compelling