eject it, thy Lord, verily, can well
dispense with thee, and with all those who, in manifest delusion, have
followed thee. Behold! God hath laid hold on him who led thee astray.
Return unto God, humble, submissive and lowly; verily, He will put away
from thee thy sins, for thy Lord, of a certainty, is the Forgiving, the
Mighty, the All-Merciful.

185 This is the Counsel of God; would that thou mightest heed it! This is
the Bounty of God; would that thou mightest receive it! This is the
Utterance of God; if only thou wouldst apprehend it! This is the Treasure
of God; if only thou couldst understand!

186 This is a Book which hath become the Lamp of the Eternal unto the
world, and His straight, undeviating Path amidst the peoples of the earth.
Say: This is the Dayspring of Divine knowledge, if ye be of them that
understand, and the Dawning-place of God's commandments, if ye be of those
who comprehend.

187 Burden not an animal with more than it can bear. We, truly, have
prohibited such treatment through a most binding interdiction in the Book.
Be ye the embodiments of justice and fairness amidst all creation.

188 Should anyone unintentionally take another's life, it is incumbent
upon him to render to the family of the deceased an indemnity of one
hundred mit{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}qals of gold. Observe ye that which hath been enjoined upon
you in this Tablet, and be not of those who overstep its limits.

189 O members of parliaments throughout the world! Select ye a single
language for the use of all on earth, and adopt ye likewise a common
script. God, verily, maketh plain for you that which shall profit you and
enable you to be independent of others. He, of a truth, is the Most
Bountiful, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. This will be the cause of
unity, could ye but comprehend it, and the greatest instrument for
promoting harmony and civilization, would that ye might understand! We
have appointed two signs for the coming of age of the human race: the
first, which is the most firm foundation, We have set down in other of Our
Tablets, while the second hath been revealed in this wondrous Book.

190 It hath been forbidden you to smoke opium. We, truly, have prohibited
this practice through a most binding interdiction in the Book. Should
anyone partake thereof, assuredly he is not of Me. Fear God, O ye endued
with understanding!

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