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Say: O men! This is a matchless Day. Matchless must, likewise, be the tongue that celebrateth
the praise of the Desire of all nations, and matchless
the deed that aspireth to be acceptable in His
sight. The whole human race hath longed for this
Day, that perchance it may fulfil that which well beseemeth
its station, and is worthy of its destiny.
Blessed is the man whom the affairs of the world have
failed to deter from recognizing Him Who is the
Lord of all things. |
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So blind hath become the human heart that neither
the disruption of the city, nor the reduction of the
mountain in dust, nor even the cleaving of the earth,
can shake off its torpor. The allusions made in the
Scriptures have been unfolded, and the signs recorded
therein have been revealed, and the prophetic cry is
continually being raised. And yet all, except such as
God was pleased to guide, are bewildered in the
drunkenness of their heedlessness! |
3 |
Witness how the world is being afflicted with a
fresh calamity every day. Its tribulation is continually
deepening. From the moment the Súriy-i-Ra'ís
(Tablet to Ra'ís) was revealed until the present day,
neither hath the world been tranquillized, nor have
the hearts of its peoples been at rest. At one time it
hath been agitated by contentions and disputes, at
another it hath been convulsed by wars, and fallen a
victim to inveterate diseases. Its sickness is approaching
the stage of utter hopelessness, inasmuch as the
true Physician is debarred from administering the
remedy, whilst unskilled practitioners are regarded
with favor, and are accorded full freedom to act.
...The dust of sedition hath clouded the hearts of
men, and blinded their eyes. Erelong, they will perceive
the consequences of what their hands have
wrought in the Day of God. Thus warneth you He
Who is the All-Informed, as bidden by One Who is
the Most Powerful, the Almighty. |