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c !"c#)c c c cc c cc c & c c& cc- c' c c c c c cc c c c& c# c O children of Adam6 as long as you invoke only Me6 pray only to Me6 and place all your hope only in Me6 I will forgive you whatever you have done6 and I will not consider it any further. O children of Adam6 even if your errors reached as high as the clouds in the sky and yet you asked for My forgiveness6 I would forgive you. O children of Adam6 if you came to Me with as many sins as the earth could hold and yet would meet Me without recognizing any other source of power6 I would meet you with an eDual amount of forgiveness.c c c A$ c c c c c c c c c cc c& cc c c c c c
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$ c c& c c c c c c c cc c c c& c# ,c This morning among My servants certain ones have believed in Me and others have not. Those who thought "It rained by the Grace and Mercy of Allah" believed in Me and renounced the stars. Those who thought "It rained because of a certain star" have renounced Me unknowingly and believed instead in the power of the stars.c c c A$ c c c c c c c c c c@c c* c6 c c c c c c c
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c !"c%cc+c c cc cc c c c $ c c& cc- c' c c c c c c c c c c c& c# ,c I have apportioned the opening Sura of the Glorious Quran between Me and My servants: their act of praising and My Response to their praise. When my servants affirm6 "All praises flow to Allah6 Lord of countless worlds6 " Allah the Exalted responds" "My servants have praised Me." When the servant affirm6 "the Most Merciful6 the Most Loving6" Allah responds: "My servants have intensely praised Me." When they affirm6 "Sovereign of the Day of Judgement6 " Allah responds: "My servants have glorified Me and taken complete refuge in Me." When they affirm6 "You alone do we worship and from You alone do we seek help6" Allah responds: "This level of praise remains a secret between Me and each of My servants6 and they will truly receive what they ask for." When they pray6 "Guide us on the straight path6 the
path of those upon whom You shower Your Javor6 not the path of those who incur Divine Correction6" Allah responds: "This level of praise belongs to My most intimate servants6 and they will receive infinitely more than they ask."c c c A$ c c c c c c c c c cc# cc c c c c c
c !"c%#c c c + c ccc c c c+ c& c c& cc c c cc c c c c c c c c" cc c$ c c& c ,c I once posed this very Duestion to Archangel Gabriel6 who supplicated the Lord of Power concerning Ikhlas and received these words from Allah: Ikhlas is a secret known only unto Me. I entrust it to the hearts of those whom I love most intensely among My servants.c c c A$ c c c c c c c c c c# cc c c c c c
c !"c%%ccc ccc c c $ c c& cc c c cc c c c c c cc c c c& c# ,c Those who love each other here simply for the sake of My Majesty will there receive thrones of light that will amaze even the prophets and martyrs.c c c A$ c c c c c c c c c c& c c6 cc c c c c c
c !"c% c c c c c c c c $ c c& c c c c- c' c c c cc c c c& c# ,c Whenever I deprive My servants of their two eyes in this earthly world6 they receive from Me nothing less than the eyes that can already see Paradise.c
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c c c c c3 c c c c c c c c c& c# c cc cc c c c# ,cAre these false teachers unconscious of Me6 or are they trying to provoke Me? I swear upon My Own Self6 I will bring on them a chastening that will leave even the most brilliant among them bewildered.c c c A$ c c c c c c c c c cc# cc c c c c c
c !"c%'cc +c cc cc c c & c c& cc c c c c c c ,c 2c c-c c/ c c c cc c c c cc c c c cc c ,cI bestowed upon you all good things6 including spiritual gifts and graces. What have you done with them?"c c c c ,c%8 c c cc c c c c cc c c c ccc c c c cc c c c c c3 %c c c c ,cYou must deomonstrate true abundance to Me here and now6 or else you will be directed into the Jire.c c c A$ c c c c c c c c c c cc c c c c c
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c c c c c c c c c c c c c c& c# ,cO beloved Muhammad6 to those who send you greetings of peace6 I offer My Peace. To those who call down My Blessing upon you6 I send the same blessing.c c c A$ c c c c c c c c c c/ c c c c c c c c c
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O children of Adam6 give your entire being to the worship of Me. I will fill your heart with riches6 and I will protect you from the fear of poverty. If you do not immerse your being completely in Me6 I will fill your hands with the vain labors that can never protect you from the fear of poverty.c c c A$ c c c c c c c c c cc# cc c c c c c
c !"c c c+c c cc c c c & c c& cc cc c c c c ,c 8 c cla ilaha ilallah6c c c c cc c c c c c.c c' c c c c c,cIn truth6 there is nothing apart from Me6 and I certainly transcend all conceptions.c c c c c c c%$ c cc c c c c c2 cc 2 %c- c/ c ,cIn truth6 there are no powers apart from Me6 the One and Only.c c c cc c%$ c cc c c c c c c c c 2 cc2 c c cc c c c c c %c c.c ,cIn truth6 there are no separate sources of being apart from Me6 the One and Only6 for I have no partners in creation."c c c c c c%$ c cc c c c c c c cc c# c c c c* cc c# c c cc c%c c& c # c ,cIn truth6 there are no separate sources of being apart from Me6 and Mine is the Kingdom6 and all praises flow only to Me.c c c c c c%$ c cc c c c c c c cc c cc cc c ) c c c% c& c2 c ,cIn truth6 there are no separate sources of being apart from Me6 and there is no power or strength except in Me. c c c $ c& c c cc c c c c c ,c c $ c c cc c c c c c c c c c c c cc c9 c
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c c c " , -c c c c c cc c c c c cc&4 c + c c c c c c c' c c c c c ,cWhy such apprehension?c c ,c 2c. c c c c c ) c c ?c&c c c cc c c c c c c c3c c c c3c2c#c c c c c3c2c c3c c c c ccc c c3 c cc c c c c3c ) c c c3c- c ' c c c& c# c c c c c c c c# c ,cO Abraham6 do you not know that even a single moment of forgetfulness of the lover for the Beloved is terrible?c c c A$ c cc c c c c c c c c " , -c #cc c c c c c c& c# c ,c 2c&c' c- cc c c c c c c c c c c c c c c cc c c c& c c c A$ c cc c c c cc6 c6( c c " , -c %cc cc c c c $ c c& c c c c c + ,c 2c. c c3c c c c cc c c3Bc c3c c Bc c c c c 3c c c c c c& c# c ,c c I am the intimate Jriend of the persons who practice Divine Remembrance by repeating My Name6 and I always keep company with them.c c
8 c c c c c c3c c cc c2c.?c c That you extend the repetition of My Name into every conscious state.c c c A$ c cc c c c c&+ c c " , -c ccc c c c c cc&4 c , He speaks falsely who claims to love Me yet neglects Me for even a moment. Does not the true lover desire continuous intimacy with the beloved? I well know My true lovers6 who behold Me ceaselessly. They adore Me during deep states of contemplation and converse with Me while immersed in My Presence during daily life. Tomorrow6 I will refresh their eyes in My Gardens of Paradise. c c A$ c cc c c c c& c c " , -c &cc c cc c c c c c c c c cc c c& c# c ,c To those servants who have attempted to determine the career of their own souls6 My Paradise is veiled.c c c A$ c c c c c c c c c c& c c c c c c c' c c c c c
c " , -c 'c cc c c+ c c c c c c cc& c ,c My true servants are those who remember Me by repeating My Name when in battle6 face to face with the enemy.c c c A$ c c c c c c c c c c $ c c c c c c c ' c c c c c
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" , -c (ccc c c cc c c c c c& c# c ,c O children of Adam6 if you could see the minute span of precious time that remains until your death6 you would renounce all selfish projects and vain expectations. You would restrain your desire to possess6 in all its subtle forms. And you would wholeheartedly seek to intensify your good actions. Otherwise6 regret will seize you as you are falling into death6 when your family and servants leave you6 when friends distance themselves from you and even intimates abandon you. Jrom the moment of death6 you will no longer be able to return to your people or increase your good actions. Therefore6 live now with a clear vision of the Day of Resurrection and be free on that Day from distress and remorse.c c c A$ c cc c c c c8 c c& c c " , -c )c cc c cc c c c c c c c7) c ,c O children of Adam6 if you are truly pleased with the life-experience I have decreed for you6 this will bring your heart and your body into peace and harmony and you will become praiseworthy. If you are not satisfied with your portion6 I will subject you to this earthly world so completely that you will run back and forth like a wild animal deep in the desert. I swear by My Omnipotence and by My Majesty6 you can gain nothing more beautiful than what I have already decreed for you. To ignore this would be blameworthy.c c c A$ c cc c c c c*c c c " , -c *c cc+cc c c c& c# c c c c c c c' cc c c' ,c My Peace is upon you6 O beloved servants. Welcome to My Divine Ease. May you be filled with My Divine Life. As-Salaam alaykum. Peace be with you forever.c c c A$ c cc c c c5++ c c c c c c c' c
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c " , -c&cc cc c ccc c c c7) c ,c O sons and daughters of Adam6 persons desire you only for themselves. I alone desire you truly for yourselves6 yet you flee from My Countenance. O humanity6 you are unjust to Me. c c c A$ c cc c c c c*c c c " , -c&c c cc ccc c c c 1 c c c c c9 c c& c# c cc c c c c cc c c c c,c O children of Adam6 have you ever experienced any pure goodness6 any pure delight?c c $ c c ,c%5 c2c.% c c 1 c c c c' c c c2 c cc c c c c
c cc c c c c,c c O children of Adam6 have you experienced any misfortune6 any adversity?c c $ c c %c%5 c2c.Acc c c c c c ) cc cc c c3c& c %c c c A$ c c c c c c c c c c& c c c c c c c' c c c c c
c " , -c&#cc ccc c c c c cc& c ,c O children of Adam6 I created your physical forms from dust and sperm6 and this creation was effortless. What difficulty can there be for Me to bring the bread of your sustenance before you at the proper moment?c
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c " , -c& cccc ccc c c c cc& c ,c O children of Adam6 I love you through My utter Commitment to you. You can love Me also only through My Commitment to you.c c c A$ c cc c c c c*c c c " , -c&&cc cc c c c c c. c c c c c c c' ,c You are the faithful ones6 and I am Allah the Jaithful and the Protector of the Jaithful. I have dedicated to you6 O faithful ones6 My Divine Name6 Mumin6 the Jaithful. You will never again be fearful6nor will you grieve. You are My friends6 My close ones6 My honored ones6 My chose ones6 My intimate ones6 My beloved ones. And you will dwell forever in My Abode.c c c A$ c cc cc c c5++ c c c c c c c' cc c c c
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cc# c c cc cc c c c c c c c c cc ,c I am Supreme Sovereign. To those who pray to Me now at this silent time6 I respond. To those who ask from Me now6 I give. Those who seek My forgiveness now6 I forgive.c c c A$ c c c c c c c c c& c c c c c c c' c c c c c
c " , -c&(c c c c cc# c c ) cc c ,c O children of Adam6 I have created you for My Delight6 and I have brought forth the creation for your pleasure. Therefore6 do not corrupt what I have created for Myself with what I have created for you.c c c A$ c c c c c c c c c/ c c " , -c&*cc cc+c cc+c c c c cc&4 c ,c O children of Adam6 just as I never inDuire about your actions of tomorrow6 never Duestion Me about the sustenance I will bring you tomorrow.c c c A$ c c c c c c c c c/ c c " , -c'cc c c c c c7) cc& c c c c c c c' ,c Peace be upon you6 O assembly of My submitted servants. You are the peaceful ones6 and I am the Peace. My Abode is the Abode of Peace. Now I will unveil My Countenance to you6 as clearly as on earth I revealed My Word.c c c A$ c c c c c c2c$ c cc c c5++ c c " , -c'cc c c cc c
c c c cc&4 c ,c O children of Adam6 you owe Me remembrance6 and I owe you sustenance. Even if you fail in your obligation6 no matter what your action6 I never fail in My obligation.c c c A$ c cc c c c c*c cc c c c c c c c/ c
c " , -c'#cc+c cc c cc# c c ) cc c ,c O children of Adam6 pray four cycles of prostration at the day's dawning6 and I will preserve you until the day's completion.c c c A$ c cc c c c c5 c c c c c c c' c c c c c
c " , -c'%cc c c cc c c c cc&4 c ,c O children of Adam6 how can you deny My Power? I alone have created you6 fashioning for you a beautiful and harmonious form. Yet you begin to move about arrogantly6 causing the earth to tremble beneath your steps. You begin to amass wealth without sharing it6 until your soul reaches your throat at the moment of death and you cry to Me: "Now I wish to give in charity." How can you imagine this last moment to be the proper time to establish your intention?c c c A$ c c c c c c2c$ cc c cc c& c c " , -c' cc c c c ccc c cc# c c ) cc c ,c If my servants lose their state of ritual purity and do not perform ablutions6 they are unjust toward Me. If they perform the rite of ablution without offering two cycles of prostration6 they are unjust toward Me. If they offer prostrations without concluding by supplicating Me6 they are unjust towards Me. If they have made clear supplication
and have waited without receiving any response from Me6 then I would be unjust toward them. But I am never an unjust Lord.c c c A$ c cc c c c c c c6 cc c c c c c
c " , -c'&cc+c cc c c c c cc&4 c ,c O children of Adam6 never fear lack of sustenance as long as My Treasury is full6 and it will remain full eternally.c c c A$ c c c c c c c c c/ c c " , -c''cc+c cc ccc c c cc# c c ) cc c c c c c c' ,c I now manifest to you by unveiling My Essential Jace. Praise Me and enter My Abode in perfect peace and perfect certainty. You will never be veiled from Me again.c c c A$ c c c c c c2c$ c cc c c5++ c c " , -c'(cc+c c c c c c7) cc& c ,c O children of Adam6 never be afraid in any way of one who possesses limited powers as long as My Power abides6 and My Power abides eternally.c c c A$ c c c c c c c c c/ c c " , -c')ccc c c c c c cc c ,c O children of Adam6 do not imagine yourselves to be exempt from trials and tests6 as long as you have not crossed over Sirat6 the bridge into eternity. Only people who
have lost their way imagine that they are beyond the trials that come from Allah AllMerciful.c c c A$ c c c c c c c c c/ c c " , -c'*cccc+cc c c c& c# c c c c c c' ,c Now return to Me and gather near Me so that you may behold Me and experience Me as I really am. I grant you My Graces. I delight you with My Javor. I envelop you in My Light. I clothe you with My Beauty. And I give you each a portion of My Kingdom.c c c A$ c c c c c c2c$ c cc c c5++ c c " , -c(cc c ccc c c c& c c ,c I respond profoundly to the prayer of those who humble themselves before My Splendor6 those who do not seek domination over My creatures6 those who no not spend their nights persisting in disobedience toward Me6 those who consecrate their days to constant remembrance of My Divine Names6 those who are merciful to the poor6 the wayfarer6 the widow6 and every suffering person. The light of such supplicants radiates like the sun. I protect them with My Power6 and My angels are also their protectors. In the darkness6 I give them light. When they are surrounded by the ignorance of the world6 I give them knowledge. Among My creatures6 these supplicants shine forth as the highest Paradise shines forth in eternity.c c c A$ c c c c c c c c c1(( c c " , -c(ccc ccc c c 8 c c c c%2c. c c c c3c c c c cc c %c c c7) cc c ,c Observe these servants. If they perform the negative action6 inscribe in their books one negative action. If they refrain6 inscribe for these servants a good action6 but only if they refrain for My Sake.c
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c " , -c(#c cc c c c 2c c-c c/ c c c c c c c& c7) c c c c ,c Examine the daily prayers of My servants and see if they were performed partially or completely. If performed completely6 they will be inscribed as such. If only partially6 look to see if My servants have offered prayers in addition to the basic prayers that I have reDuired. Complete with these additional prayers the partial prayers of My servants.c c c c cc c c& c c& c c c c c ,c c c cc c- c c cc cc c c c c c c A$ c c c c c cc c c c c c c c Book of Prayer c
c " , -c(%c c c c c c c7) cc c ,c O children of Adam6 I have given you three burdens: poverty6 sickness6 death. Despite the humbling power of these gifts6 however6 you remain bent upon your own aggrandizement.c c c A$ c cc cc c c&c c& c c c c c c c ' c c c c c
c " , -c( c c c cc c c c c c& c# c c c c c& cc c c c ,c I will teach you five truths that are the pillars of universal religion. As long as you have not heard that My Kingdom has ceased6 do not abandon obedience to Me. As
long as you have not learned that My Treasures are exhausted6 do not be concerned about your sustenance. As long as you have not heard that the enemy of humanity has been defeated6 do not feel exempt from surprise attack and do not cease to oppose Satan. As long as you have not heard that I have forgotten all your actions of the past6 and future6 do not be critical of My other servants. As long as you have not yet entered My Paradise6 do not feel that My testing of you has come to an end.c c c A$ c cc cc c c3 c cc c c6 c c c c c c c' c c c c c
c " , -c(&cc ccc cc c c c c7) cc& c c c c c c c c & c c c c ,c It is your preference to be a Servant Prophet or a Prophet King?c c c c c c c c c c& c c c ,c c c c c cc c' c c c A$ c c c c c c c c c c# c c " , -c('cc c c cc c c ) cc c ,cWhoever humiliates one of My intimate friends directly challenges Me.c c c A$ c c c c c c c c c c# c c " , -c((c c cc c c& c# c' , The act of worship that I love most is sincerely offering right guidance.c c c A$ c c c c c c c c c c# c c
" , -c()c ccc c cc# c c ) cc c c c c c c c' ,c I am your Lord6 whom you worshiped and adored on earth without seeing Me directly6 bringing before Me the desires of your hearts6 loving Me and standing in awe before Me. By My Power6 My Majesty6 My Sublimity6 My Greatness6 My Splendor6 and My Radiance6 I am pleased with you6 I love you6 and I love what you love and those whom you love. Whatever your souls desire and whatever delights your eyes is with Me alone. You have in Me all you long for and all you need. Whatever you desire6 I desire also. Ask from Me6 and be free forever from fear and grief. c c c A$ c c c c c c c c c5++ c c " , -c(*cc cc c c& c# c ,c $ c& c# c ,cThe children of Adam misunderstand Me when they complain against Time6 for I am Time. In My Hand is the Command. I alone cause the day of knowledge to follow the night of ignorance.c c c A$ c c c c c c c c c1 c c c c c c c ' c c c c c
c " , -c)cc c c cc c 2c c cc c c c c c c c c c c c c c7) cc c ,c Behold My servants.They have come to Me from all directions6 weary6 covered with dust. I take you as witness that I have already forgiven these pilgrims.c c $ c c ,c%2c. c c c c
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#c c c !"c)c c ccc cc+ cc c c & c c& c c c c- c' c c cc c c& c# c c c c c c c c c c c c c ,c I send My noble warriors forth with the pure intention of fighting in My Way6 experiencing complete faith in Me and acknowledging all My Prophets. After giving these warriors the vision of a reward never offered before6 I assure them that they will either enter Paradise as martyrs or return safely to their homes.c c $ c c& c c c c c ,c c
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cc c1c c2 c c c cc c& c c# c# c c c c c c c c cc c& c cc c c c c c cc c c c c c c c cc c c c c c + cc& c c c cc c c c c cc cc c c c c c c c c c c c$ c c c c c1c c2 c c c cc c & c c# c# c c c c cc c c c c c c8c c c c c c c c cc c cc c c cc c c c c c A$ c c c c c c c c c& cc c cc c c cc# cc c c c c c
c !"c)#c c+c c c c c & c c& cc c c c c c c ,c 2c. c cc ) c c# c c c c# c- cc' c cc c c cc c c c c8c c c# c c c c c9c c c cc c c c c cc c c c ccc c$ c c7) cc &4 c2 c c c# c ,cLook upon My servant. He has returned into battle6 burning with desire and love for Me6 even to the point of spilling his own blood.c c c A$ c c c c c c c c cc- cc c cc c c c c c& cc c c c c c
c !"c)%c c cc c cc+ c c & c c& cc c c c c c c ,c 2 c c c c c' c c c c cc c c7) c c,c O child of Adam6 do you approve of the dwelling I have bestowed upon you?c c $ c cc c ,c%2c. c c c c c c c %c c
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c %c c What if they saw it?c c % c cc c9 c ccc c c c c ( c c c c c %c c O My angels6 I take you as witnesses that I have forgiven the souls in this circle of remembrance.c c c c c,c%$ c c c cc c c c c c c c c c
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