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Rh and grandeur are acknowledged by all? For thou dost witness how most of the earth is in possession of His enemies and all are working against His goodpleasure, disbelieving, rejecting, and turning away from that which He hath commanded and inclining toward and practising that which He hath forbidden; while His friends are always suffering in the hands of enemies. All this is clearer than the sunlight. Then know, O thou questioning seeker, that outward dominion hath never been nor will be esteemed of importance by God and His Holy Ones. Moreover, if the purpose of dominion and power be outward dominion and power, then the matter would become difficult to your Honor. For it is said: "And that our armies should surely be the conquerors" (K. S. 37). In another place it is said: "They seek to extinguish the Light of God with their mouths; but God willeth no other than to perfect His Light, although the infidels be averse thereto" (K. S. 9). Also, " He is the Conqueror above all things." Most of the Koran clearly indicates this point.

If the purpose be what these worthless creatures say, there will be no alternative for them except to deny all these holy words and eternal references; for in this world there hath been no loftier host nearer to God than Hosein, the Son of Ali; nor had His Holiness any peer upon earth. "Were it not He, no one like Him would be in the world." Notwithstanding this thou hast already heard that which happened.