of the swallowed substance of the faithful. And yet, what unseemly calumnies they have hurled against those
Daysprings of Holiness? Thus do We recount unto thee that which the hands of the infidels have wrought, they who, in the
Day of Resurrection, have turned their face away from the divine Presence, whom God hath tormented with the fire of their own misbelief, and for whom He hath prepared in the world to come a chastisement which shall devour both their bodies and souls. For these have said: “God is powerless, and His hand of mercy is fettered.”
261Steadfastness in the
Faith is a sure testimony, and a glorious evidence of the truth. Even as the “
Seal of the Prophets” hath said: “Two verses have made Me old.” Both these verses are indicative of constancy in the Cause of God. Even as He saith: “Be thou steadfast as thou hast been bidden.”
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262And now consider how this
Sadrih of the
Riḍván of God hath, in the prime of youth, risen to proclaim the Cause of God. Behold what steadfastness that Beauty of God hath revealed. The whole world rose to hinder Him, yet it utterly failed. The more severe the persecution they inflicted on that Sadrih of Blessedness, the more His fervour increased, and