Chant the Verses of This Book
the Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, (1976) · Read original
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Recite ye as much as convenient from this Qur’án both at morn and at eventide, and chant the verses of this Book, by the leave of the eternal God, in the sweet accents of this Bird which warbleth its melody in the vault of heaven.
— Qayyúmu'l-Asmá', chapter XLI
Source: the Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb (1976). Public domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #18828.
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