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During My journey and traveling in those parts, I beheld wonderful scenes and beautiful panoramas of nature, orchards and rivers; national parks and general conclaves; deserts, plains, meadows and prairies; and the grains and fruits of that region greatly attracted My attention; even to the present moment they are in My mind. (87:1) Particularly was I greatly pleased with the meetings in San Francisco and Oakland, the gatherings in Los Angeles, and the believers who came from the cities of other states. Whenever their faces cross My memory, immediately infinite happiness is realized. (87:2) Therefore I hope that the divine teachings like unto the rays of the sun may be diffused in all the Western States, and the blessed verse of the Qur'an, "It is a good City and the Lord is the Forgiver!"[1] may become realized. Likewise, the significance of another Qur'anic verse, "Do ye not travel through the land?"[2] and of the verse, "Behold the traces of the Mercy of God!"[3] become revealed in the utmost effulgence.[1=Qur'an 34:15, 2=Qur'an 30:9, 40:82, 47:10, 3=Qur'an 30:50]
(87:3)
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