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154 other than a lie blasphemously forged" (K. S. 34). He truly says that when the holy verses of Unity are read unto infidels and sinners, those impious polytheists say, " The messenger of God is no other than a man who wishes to withhold you from that which was worshipped by your fathers"; and also, u This is no other than a lie blasphemously forged."

Hearken ye unto the Divine Voice of Holiness and the sweet melody of Eternity; how He hath by intimation warned those who falsely accuse the verses, and how He hath rejected those who deny the holy words. Consider also the remoteness of these people from the Kawther of Nearness, and the arrogance and denial of those bereft ones concerning that Beauty of Holiness. Although that Essence of Grace and Beneficence directed those temples of nonentity to the court of preexistence and guided those really destitute ones to the sacred road of wealth, yet some said, " This man is no other than one who blasphemously accuses the Lord of the creatures "; others said, " This man withholds people from the path of religion and faith "; and still others accused Him of madness and the like. Similarly in this day ye witness what vain statements they have made against that Essence of Eternity (the ) and what accusations and evils they have attributed to that source and mine of infallibility. Although in the Divine Book and Supreme Holy Tablet God hath threatened those who falsely deny and reject the revealed verses, and hath announced good