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THE FIFTH ISHRAQ (199:1) is that governments must be acquainted with the conditions of the officials and must confer upon them dignity and positions in accord with due measure and merit. To have regard for this matter is obligatory and incumbent on every chief and ruler. Thus, perchance, traitors shall not usurp the place of trustworthy men, or spoilers occupy the seat of guardians. (199:2) In this Most Great Prison, among the officials formerly and recently appointed, some have been -- Praise be to God! -- adorned with the ornament of Justice; but some others of them -- -. We take refuge in God! We beg of God that He may guide them all, perchance they may not be deprived of the fruits of the tree of trustworthiness and integrity, nor withheld from the lights of the sun of equity and justice.
(199:3)
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