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The Book of Ighan
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heedlessness within the people of hatred. O friend, we must not depart from the command of God, but acquiesce and submit to that which He hath appointed to be His proof.

To resume: The proof and argument in this verse is too great for this humble one to furnish evidence. God speaketh truth and pointeth to the path. He is supreme over His servants; He is the Mighty, the Beautiful!

Likewise it is said: "These are the verses of God; We rehearse them unto thee with truth. In what revelation, therefore, will they believe, after God and His verses" (K. S. 45)? He says: These are the verses revealed from the Heaven of Divinity, which we rehearse unto thee; then in what words will they believe after the appearance of the True One, and the revelation of His verses?

Shouldst thou grasp the import of this verse, thou wilt understand that there hath been no manifestor greater than the Prophets, nor hath any proof mightier than the revealed verses appeared upon earth. Nay rather, no greater proof is possible except that which thy Lord willeth.

In another place it is said: "Woe unto every lying and impious person; who, when hearing the verses of God which are read unto him, proudly persisteth (in infidelity) as though he heard them not; announce unto him a painful punishment" (K. S. 45). That is, woe unto every deceitful sinner who heareth the