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The doctrine of the Most Great Infallibility He further elaborates; the obligation laid on His followers to "behave towards the government of the country in which they reside with loyalty, honesty and truthfulness," He reaffirms; the ban imposed upon the waging of holy war and the destruction of books He reemphasizes; and He singles out for special praise men of learning and wisdom, whom He extols as "eyes" to the body of mankind, and as the "greatest gifts" conferred upon the world. (219:1) Nor should a review of the outstanding features of Baha'u'llah's writings during the latter part of His banishment to Akka fail to include a reference to the Lawh- i- Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom), in which He sets forth the fundamentals of true philosophy, or to the Tablet of Visitation revealed in honor of the Imam Husayn, whose praises He celebrates in glowing language; or to the "Questions and Answers" which elucidates the laws and ordinances of the Kitab- i- Aqdas; or to the "Lawh- i- Burhan" (Tablet of the Proof) in which the acts perpetrated by Shaykh Muhammad- Baqir, surnamed "Dhi'b" (Wolf), and Mir Muhammad- Husayn, the Imam- Jum'ih of Isfahan, surnamed "Raqsha" (She- Serpent), are severely condemned; or to the Lawh- i- Karmil (Tablet of Carmel) in which the Author significantly makes mention of "the City of God that hath descended from heaven," and prophesies that "erelong will God sail His Ark" upon that mountain, and "will manifest the people of Baha." Finally, mention must be made of His Epistle to Shaykh Muhammad- Taqi, surnamed "Ibn- i- Dhi'b" (Son of the Wolf), the last outstanding Tablet revealed by the pen of Baha'u'llah, in which He calls upon that rapacious priest to repent of his acts, quotes some of the most characteristic and celebrated passages of His own writings, and adduces proofs establishing the validity of His Cause.
(219:2)
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