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This mortal life is sure to perish; its pleasures are bound to fade away
and ere long ye shall return unto God, distressed with pangs of remorse,
for presently ye shall be roused from your slumber, and ye shall soon find
yourselves in the presence of God and will be asked of your doings.

Say, how dare ye flagrantly deny the verses sent down from the heaven of
justice, yet ye read the Books of God revealed in the past? How do ye
repudiate the meeting with your Lord which was appointed with you
aforetime, and fail in this Day to heed His warning? Indeed, by adhering
to forms and by following the promptings of your selfish desires, ye have
deprived yourselves of the good-pleasure of your Lord, except those whom
their Lord hath endowed with knowledge and who in this Day render thanks
unto Him for the bounty of being identified with the true Faith of God.
Therefore announce ye the Message unto those who manifest virtue and teach
them the ways of the One True God, that haply they may comprehend.

Withhold thy tongue from uttering that which might grieve thee and beseech
God for mercy. Verily He is fully cognizant of the righteous, for He is
with such of His servants as truly believe in Him, and He is not unaware
of the actions of the mischief-makers, inasmuch as nothing whatever in the
heavens or on the earth can escape His knowledge.

These verses, clear and conclusive, are a token of the mercy of thy Lord
and a source of guidance for all mankind. They are a light unto those who
believe in them and a fire of afflictive torment for those who turn away
and reject them.

"O Thou who art the chosen one among women! ..."

O Thou who art the chosen one among women!

He is God; glorified is the splendour of His light. The verses in this
Tablet are revealed for the one who hath believed in the signs of her Lord
and is reckoned among such as are wholly devoted unto Him. Bear thou
witness that verily no God is there but Him, Who is both my Lord and
thine, and that no other God besides Him existeth. He is the Bountiful,
the Almighty.

Yield thee thanks unto God, for He hath graciously aided thee in this Day,
revealed for thee the clear verses of this Tablet, and hath numbered thee
among such women as have believed in the signs of God, have taken Him as
their guardian and are of the grateful. Verily God shall soon reward thee
and those who have believed in His signs with an excellent reward from His
presence. Assured