Art thou not ashamed in the presence of God for consenting to the
consignment to a fortress of Him Who is the Testimony of God, and His
being made captive in the hands of the faithless? Woe betide thee and them
who rejoice at this moment in inflicting so dire a humiliation upon Me...
I swear by Him Who hath called Me into being, I can discover no trace of
sinfulness in Myself, nor have I followed aught but the Truth; and unto Me
God is sufficient witness. Fie upon the world and its people and upon
those who take delight in earthly riches, while oblivious of the life to
come.
Were the veil to be removed from thine eye thou wouldst crawl unto Me on
thy breast, even through the snow, from fear of the chastisement of God
which is swift and near at hand. By the righteousness of Him Who hath
created thee, wert thou to be acquainted with that which hath transpired
during thy reign, thou wouldst wish not to have issued from thy father's
loins, but rather to have passed into oblivion. However, that which God,
thy Lord, had ordained hath presently come to pass, and woe betide the
oppressors in this day.
Methinks thou hast not perused the unerring Book. If thou art satisfied
with thine own way and dost not wish to follow the Truth, then to Me be My
way and to thee thine. If thou aidest Me not, why dost thou seek to abase
Me? Verily, God is the hearer of the suppliant, and in Him all things find
their highest consummation, both in this world and in the world to come.
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