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122 power. "Everything is made captive in the Grasp of His power, and verily this is easy and practicable unto Him." He is the doer of that which He desireth, and the accomplisher of that which He wisheth. "Whosoever says 'Why and for what reason/ loseth his faith." Should these servants become conscious of what they have committed, they shall perish and lead themselves with their own hands to the fire which is their dwelling and goal. Have they not heard the saying: "He shall not be questioned as to what He doeth" (K. S. 21)? In view of these explanations, how can one venture to occupy himself with vain sayings?

Praise be to God! The ignorance and blindness of the servants have reached such a pitch and limit that they have followed their own knowledge and desire, rejecting the Knowledge and Desire of the True One, Exalted and Mighty is He!

Now be just: if these servants believed firmly in similar brilliant words and holy references, and considered God to be the "doer of whatever He wisheth," they could not cling and hold fast to these vain sayings. Nay rather, with all their souls they would acknowledge and submit to that which He says. I swear by God that if the ordained decrees and destined wisdoms had not been already established, the earth would have destroyed all these servants; "but God will delay this until the appointed time of a known day."

To be brief: Twelve hundred and seventy-eight