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Rh At this time the breeze of God is wafted and the Spirit of God hath surrounded. The pen is withheld from motion and the tongue hath ceased utterance. Briefly: In this station the declaration of Divinity and the like have appeared from them, while in the station of Messengership they have declared Prophethood. Likewise in every station they have made a declaration expedient thereto and have attributed all these to themselves; (declarations) concerning the world of command, the world of creation, the worlds of divinity, and the worlds of phenomena. Therefore whatever they may say and claim, including Divinity, Deity, Prophethood, Messengership, Successorship, Imamat or Servitude is true and without doubt. Consequently these proven statements should be reflected upon, that no one may be overtaken by perplexity and trouble concerning the differences in the sayings of the Manifestations of the Invisible and Dawning-places of Holiness.

Briefly: one must ponder over the Words of the Suns of Truth, and if they are not understood, they should be submitted to those who are custodians of the depositories of Knowledge, in order that they may explain and remove the difficulty. One should not interpret the holy Words according to his own imperfect judgment and then, finding them inconsistent with his own inclination and desire, proceed to reject and deny as do the doctors and theologians of the age who are seated upon the platform of knowledge and learning, and who call ignorance knowledge and oppression