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"This is sufficiently clear, that, (whether) right or wrong according to the imagination of the people, this community have accepted as true and adopted the religion for which they are notorious, and that on this account they have foregone what they had, seeking after what is with God. And this same renunciation of life in the way of love for the Merciful (God) is a faithful witness and an eloquent attest unto that whereunto they lay claim. Hath it (ever) been beheld that a reasonable man renounced his life without proof or evidence (of the truth of that for which he died)? And if it be said, 'This people are mad,' this (too) is very improbable, for it is not (a thing) confined to one or two persons, but rather have a great multitude of every class, inebriated with the Kawthar of divine wisdom, hastened with heart and soul to the place of martyrdom in the way of the Friend. If these persons, who for God have foregone all save Him, and who have poured forth life and wealth in His way, can be belied, then by what proof and evidence shall the truth of that which others assert concerning that wherein they are be established in the presence of the King?
(65:3)
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