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"The outer expression used for the Kingdom is heaven; but this is a comparison and similitude, not a reality or fact, for the Kingdom is not a material place, it is sanctified from time and place. It is a spiritual world, a divine world, and the center of the Sovereignty of God; it is freed from the body and that which is corporeal, and it is purified and sanctified from the imaginations of the human world." (Saq 280) (83:1) As "love has no place, but is connected with the heart; so the Kingdom has no place, but is connected with man. Entrance into the Kingdom is... through detachment, through holiness and chastity, through truthfulness, purity, steadfastness, faithfulness, and the sacrifice of life." Since these are the attributes of the Kingdom, he who possesses them "belongs" to this Kingdom. (Saq 282) (83:2) "When they (people) are delivered through the light of faith from the darkness of... vices, and become illuminated with the radiance of the Sun of Reality... they esteem this the greatest reward, and they know it to be the true paradise." (Bwf 324) (83:3) "O Son of Spirit! With joyful tidings of light I hail thee: rejoice! To the court of holiness I summon thee; abide therein that thou mayest live in peace for evermore." (Hwa 11)
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