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that fear had seized Him, and that He had transgressed,
and fled away. He asked God--exalted be
His glory--to forgive Him, and He was forgiven.
O Shaykh! Every time God the True One--exalted
be His glory--revealed Himself in the person of His
Manifestation, He came unto men with the standard
of "He doeth what He willeth, and ordaineth what
He pleaseth." None hath the right to ask why or
wherefore, and he that doth so, hath indeed turned
aside from God, the Lord of Lords. In the days of
every Manifestation these things appear and are
evident. Likewise, they have said that about this
Wronged One, to the falsity of which they who are
nigh unto God and are devoted to Him have borne,
and still bear, witness. By the righteousness of God!
This Hem of His Robe hath ever been and remaineth
unsullied, though many have, at the present time,
purposed to besmirch it with their lying and unseemly
calumnies. God, however, knoweth and they
know not. He Who, through the might and power
of God, hath arisen before the face of all the kindreds
of the earth, and summoned the multitudes to
the Supreme Horizon, hath been repudiated by them
and they have clung instead unto such men as have
invariably withdrawn themselves behind veils and
curtains, and busied themselves about their own
protection. Moreover, many are now engaged in
spreading lies and calumnies, and have no other intention
than to instill distrust into the hearts and
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