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God Hath Made His Own Self Known unto You
“God hath made His Own Self known unto you, but ye have failed to recognize Him; and the thing which will, on the Day of Judgement, turn you aside from God is the specious character of your deeds.”
As to those who have debarred themselves from the
Revelation of God, they have indeed failed to understand the
significance of a single letter of the Qur’án, nor have
they obtained the slightest notion of the Faith of Islám,
otherwise they would not have turned away from God, Who hath brought
them into being, Who hath nurtured them, hath caused them to die and
hath proffered life unto them, by clinging to parts of their
religion, thinking that they are doing righteous work for the sake of
God.
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How numerous the verses which have been revealed
concerning the grievous tests ye shall experience on the Day of
Judgement, yet it appeareth that ye have never perused them; and how
vast the number of revealed traditions regarding the trials which
will overtake you on the Day of Our Return, and yet ye seem never to
have set your eyes upon them.
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Ye spend all your days contriving forms and rules for
the principles of your Faith, while that which profiteth you in all
this is to comprehend the good-pleasure of your Lord and unitedly to
become well-acquainted with His supreme Purpose.
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God hath made His Own Self known unto you, but ye have
failed to recognize Him; and the thing which will, on the Day of
Judgement, turn you aside from God is the specious character of your
deeds. Throughout your lives ye follow your religion in order to
attract the good-pleasure of God, yet on the Last Day ye shut
yourselves out from God and turn away from Him Who is your Promised
One. XVII, 2.