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Christ saith: 'Thou hast granted to children that whereof the learned and the wise are deprive.' The sage of Sabzivar hath said: 'Alas! Attentive ears are lacking, otherwise the whisperings of the Sinaic Bush could be heard from every tree.' In a Tablet to a man of wisdom who had made enquiry as to the meaning of Elementary Reality, We addressed this famous sage in these words: 'If this saying is truly thine, how is it that thou hast failed to hearken unto the Call which the Tree of Man hath raised from the loftiest heights of the world? If thou didst hear the Call yet fear and the desire to preserve thy life prompted thee to remain heedless to it, thou art such a person as hath never been nor is worthy of mention; if thou hast not heard it, then thou art bereft if the sense of hearing.' In brief, such men are they whose words are the pride of the world, and whose deeds are the shame of the nations. (61:1) Verily We have sounded the Trumpet which is none other than My Pen of Glory, and lo, mankind hath swooned away before if, save them whom God pleaseth to deliver as a token of His grace. He is the Lord of bounty, the Ancient of Days. (61:2) Say: O concourse of divines! Pronounce ye censure against this Pen unto which, as soon as it raised its shrill voice, the kingdom of utterance prepared itself to hearken, and before whose mighty and glorious theme every other theme hath paled into insignificance? Fear ye God and follow not your idle fancies and corrupt imaginings, but rather follow Him Who is come unto you invested with undeniable knowledge and unshakeable certitude.
(61:3)
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