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Rh who are well-grounded in Knowledge" (K. S. 3), yet when He who is well-grounded in Knowledges, and who is their source, self, essence and identity explains it, finding it somewhat contrary to their desire, they say and do that which ye have heard. This proceeds only from the religious leaders, that is, from those who hold to no other God than desire, and find no creed except gold; who are veiled by the veils of learning and wander by reason of its error; just as the Lord of the creatures hath said with perfect clearness: " What thinkest thou? He who taketh his own lust for his God, and whom God causeth to err through a knowledge; and whose ears and whose heart He hath sealed up, and over whose eyes He hath cast a veil; who shall direct him after God? Will ye not, therefore, be admonished" (K. S. 45)?

Although the outward meaning of " Whom God causeth to err through a knowledge " is as mentioned, yet to this humble one, by this verse is intended the learned divines of that age who turned aside from the beauty of the True One and depended upon their own learnings which proceeded from egotism and desire; disputing the Message of God and His Cause. "Say, it is a weighty Message from which ye turn aside" (K. S. 38). Likewise it is said: " When our evident signs are read unto them, they say (of thee, O Mohammed) This is no other than a man who seeketh to turn you aside from (the gods) which your fathers worshipped, and they say (of the Koran) This is no