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God testifieth, and the world beareth Me witness that
this Siyyid stood by this Wronged One, and even
wrote a detailed refutation against them that turned
aside from Me. Two communications, moreover, in
which he hath borne witness unto the Revelation of
the True One, and in which the evidences of his
turning away from all else but Him, are clear and
manifest, have been sent by Us to Haydar-`Alí. The
handwriting of the Siyyid is unmistakable, and is
known unto everyone. Our purpose in doing this was
that perchance they that have denied Us might attain
unto the living waters of acknowledgment, and such
as have turned aside be illumined with the light of
conversion. God is My witness that this Wronged
One hath had no purpose except to convey the Word
of God. Blessed are the fair-minded, and woe betide
them that have turned aside. They that have turned
away from Me have schemed many a time, and acted
deceitfully in divers ways. They have, on one occasion,
secured a picture of this Siyyid, and pasted it
on a sheet with that of others, surmounted by the
portrait of Mírzá Yahyá. Briefly, they have seized
upon every means in order to repudiate the True
One. Say: "The True One is come evident as the
shining sun; O pity that He should have come into
the city of the blind!" The afore-mentioned Siyyid
admonished the deniers, and summoned them unto
the Most Sublime Horizon, but failed to impress
these stones that can take no imprint. Concerning
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