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"Recite: 'O God, my God, my God, and my Desire, and my Adored One, and my Master... and my supreme Aspiration'... Thou didst call me into being... to manifest Thy Cause. My heedlessness, however, hath deterred me." (Esw 2- 4) (21:5) "'O God, my God! Thou hast lighted the lamp of Thy Cause with the oil of wisdom; protect it from contrary winds. The lamp is Thine, and the glass is Thine, and all things in the heavens and on earth are in the grasp of Thy power... Thou art the All- Powerful, Who, through the motion of Thy Pen, hast aided Thine irresistible Cause, and guided aright Thy loved ones.'" Esw 104- 5) (21:6) "People (who) have imagined that the flow of God's all encompassing grace... has been halted... have been deprived of the recognition of the essential Purpose and the knowledge of the Mystery and Substance of the Cause of God." (Iqan 137- 8) (21:7) "Divines... are still oblivious of the fact that all the signs foretold have come to pass, that the way of God's Cause hath been revealed." (Iqan 83) (21:8) "Peace be upon him whom the light of truth guideth unto all truth, and who, in the name of God, standeth in the path of His Cause, upon the shore of true understanding." (Iqan 43) (21:9) "The Cause of God is like unto a college. The believers are like unto the students... The students must show the results of their study in their deportment and deeds; otherwise they have wasted their lives... To them the Cause of God must be a dynamic force transforming the lives of men." (S of W vol 7 p178) (21:10) "There is a power in this Cause, a mysterious power, far, far, far away from the ken of men and angels. That invisible power is the cause of all these activities. It moves the hearts. It rends the mountains. It administers the complicated affairs of the Cause. It inspires the friends. It dashes into a thousand pieces all the forces of opposition. It creates new spiritual worlds. This is a mystery of the Kingdom of Abha." (S of W vol 7 p34)
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