who are endued with insight.
124 O people! Hearken unto that which hath been revealed by your
All-Glorious Lord, and turn your faces unto God, the Lord of this world
and of the world to come. Thus doth He Who is the Dawning-Place of the
Daystar of divine inspiration command you as bidden by the Fashioner of
all mankind. We, verily, have created you for the light, and desire not to
abandon you unto the fire. Come forth, O people, from darkness by the
grace of this Sun which hath shone forth above the horizon of divine
providence, and turn thereunto with sanctified hearts and assured souls,
with seeing eyes and beaming faces. Thus counselleth you the Supreme
Ordainer from the scene of His transcendent glory, that perchance His
summons may draw you nigh unto the Kingdom of His names.
125 Blessed the one who hath remained faithful to the Covenant of God, and
woe betide him who hath broken it and disbelieved in Him, the Knower of
secrets. Say: This is the Day of Bounty! Bestir yourselves that I may make
you monarchs in the realms of My Kingdom. If ye follow Me, ye shall behold
that which ye were promised, and I will make you My companions in the
dominion of My majesty and the intimates of My beauty in the heaven of My
power forevermore. If ye rebel against Me, I will in My clemency endure it
patiently, that haply ye may awaken and rise up from the couch of
heedlessness. Thus hath My mercy encompassed you. Fear ye God and follow
not in the ways of those who have turned away from His face, though they
invoke His name in the daytime and in the night season.
126 Verily, the day of ingathering is come, and all things have been
separated from each other. He hath stored away that which He chose in the
vessels of justice, and cast into fire that which befitteth it. Thus hath
it been decreed by your Lord, the Mighty, the Loving, in this promised
Day. He, verily, ordaineth what He pleaseth. There is none other God save
He, the Almighty, the All-Compelling. The desire of the Divine Sifter hath
been to store up every good thing for Mine own Self. Naught hath He spoken
save to acquaint you with My Cause and to guide you to the path of Him
whose mention hath adorned all the sacred Books.
127 Say: O concourse of Christians! We have, on a previous occasion,
revealed Ourself unto you, and ye recognized Me not. This is yet another
occasion vouchsafed unto you. This is the Day of God; turn ye unto Him.
He, verily, hath come down from he
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