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74 thirsty and withered in the valley of doubts and heedlessness, having turned away from the sea of fresh salutary water, and are roving around the bitter salt. As the Nightingale of Divinity hath said concerning them: "Although they see the way of righteousness, yet they shall not take that way. But if they see the way of error, they shall take that way because they accuse our signs of falsity and neglect the same" (K. S. 7). The translation of this is that if they see the way of rectitude and salvation, they do not take that way nor do they advance toward it; but if they see the path of error, disobedience and untruth, they will adopt it as the road for attainment to the True One. This advancement toward untruth and turning away from the True One did not occur that is, they were not afflicted with this error and misguidance except as retribution for denying Our signs and ignoring the revelation and appearances of Our verses.

It is likewise witnessed that in this wonderful and exalted Manifestation, myriads of Divine verses are revealed from the Heaven of Power and Mercy, yet the people have denied and cling to the words of servants who do not comprehend a single letter thereof. For this reason they have doubted similar clear facts, depriving themselves of the Rizwan of Knowledge of the One God and the Garden of Eternal Wisdom.

To be brief; we will return to the subject questioned, namely: "Although the dominion of the