s. He enjoineth upon you that which
shall profit you, though He Himself can well dispense with all creatures.
Your evil doings can never harm Us, neither can your good works profit Us.
We summon you wholly for the sake of God. To this every man of
understanding and insight will testify.
LXXIII: IT IS CLEAR AND EVIDENT THAT WHEN THE VEILS...
It is clear and evident that when the veils that conceal the realities of
the manifestations of the Names and Attributes of God, nay of all created
things visible or invisible, have been rent asunder, nothing except the
Sign of God will remain--a sign which He, Himself, hath placed within these
realities. This sign will endure as long as is the wish of the Lord thy
God, the Lord of the heavens and of the earth. If such be the blessings
conferred on all created things, how superior must be the destiny of the
true believer, whose existence and life are to be regarded as the
originating purpose of all creation. Just as the conception of faith hath
existed from the beginning that hath no beginning, and will endure till
the end that hath no end, in like manner will the true believer eternally
live and endure. His spirit will everlastingly circle round the Will of
God. He will last as long as God, Himself, will last. He is revealed
through the Revelation of God, and is hidden at His bidding. It is evident
that the loftiest mansions in the Realm of Immortality have been ordained
as the habitation of them that have truly believed in God and in His
signs. Death can never invade that holy seat. Thus have We entrusted thee
with the signs of thy Lord, that thou mayest persevere in thy love for
Him, and be of them that comprehend this truth.
LXXIV: EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDETH OUT OF THE...
Every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God is endowed with such
potency as can instill new life into every human frame, if ye be of them
that comprehend this truth. All the wondrous works ye behold in this world
have been manifested through the operation of His supreme and most exalted
Will, His wondrous and inflexible Purpose. Through the mere revelation of
the word "Fashioner," issuing forth from His lips and proclaiming His
attribute to mankind, such power is released as can generate, through
successive ages, all the manifold arts which the hands of man can produce.
This, verily, is a certain truth. No sooner is this resplendent word
uttered, than its animating energies, stir
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