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Whenever the people ask Thee of the appointed Hour say: Verily the knowledge of it is only with My Lord,[1] Who is the Knower of the unseen. There is none other God but Him -- He Who hath created you from a single soul,[2] and I have no control over what profiteth Me or harmeth Me, but as My Lord pleaseth.[3] Indeed God is Self-Sufficient and He, My Lord, standeth supreme over all things. Chapter LXIX.[1=cf. ibid. 7:186 , 2=cf. ibid. 4:1 , 3=cf. ibid. 10:50 ] (65:3) DOTH it seem strange to the people that We should have revealed the Book to a man from among themselves in order to purge them and give them the good tidings that they shall be rewarded with a sure stance in the presence of their Lord? He indeed beareth witness unto all things... (65:4) When the verses of this Book are recited to the infidels they say: 'Give us a book like the Qur'an and make changes in the verses.' Say: 'God hath not given Me that I should change them at My pleasure.' I follow only what is revealed unto Me. Verily, I shall fear My Lord on the Day of Separation, whose advent He hath, in very truth, irrevocably ordained.[1] Chapter LXXI.[1=Qur 10:16 ] (65:5) O Peoples of the earth! Verily the true God calleth saying: He Who is the Remembrance is indeed the sovereign Truth from God, and naught remaineth beyond truth but error,[1] and naught is there beyond error save fire, irrevocably ordained...[1=cf. ibid. 10:33 ] (65:6) O Qurratu'l-'Ayn! Point to Thy truthful breast through the power of truth and exclaim: I swear by the One true God, herein lieth the vicegerency of God; I am indeed the One Who is regarded as the Best Reward [1] and I am indeed He Who is the Most Excellent Abode. Chapter LXXII.[1=cf. ibid. 18:42 ] (65:7) O Ye concourse of the believers! Utter not words of denial against Me once the Truth is made manifest, for indeed the mandate of the Bab hath befittingly been proclaimed unto you in the Qur'an aforetime. I swear by your Lord, this Book is verily the same Qur'an which was sent down in the past. Chapter LXXXI. (65:8) O Thou cherished Fruit of the heart! Give ear to the melodies of this mystic Bird warbling in the loftiest heights of heaven. The Lord hath, in truth, inspired Me to proclaim: Verily, verily, I am God, He besides Whom there is none other God. He is the Almighty, the All-Wise. (65:9) O My servants! Seek ye earnestly this highest reward, as I have indeed created for the Remembrance of God gardens which remain inscrutable to anyone save Myself, and naught therein hath been made lawful unto anyone except those whose lives have been sacrificed in His Path. Hence beseech ye God, the Most Exalted, that He may grant you this meritorious reward, and He is in truth the Most High, the Most Great. Had it been Our wish, We would have brought all men into one fold round Our Remembrance, yet they will not cease to differ,[1] unless God accomplish what He willeth through the power of truth. In the estimation of the Remembrance this commandment hath, in very truth, been irrevocably ordained...[1=Qur 11:120 ] (65:10) God hath indeed chosen Thee to warn the people, to guide the believers aright and to elucidate the secrets of the Book. Chapter LXXXV.
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