Gleanings115/GPT4 1

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The Surah of the Sacrificial was revealed from the right side of the Throne. O Sacrificial One, in most of the divine tablets, from the pen of divine command, it has been revealed that we have counseled all the friends of God not to stain the sacred hem with forbidden deeds and the dust of rejected morals. Likewise, we have counseled that they should observe what has been revealed in the tablets. If they had listened with the ear of the soul to the divine counsels that radiated from the dawn of the Merciful Pen and had attained to its hearing, you would now witness most of those in existence adorned with the robe of guidance. But what was destined has come to pass.

Now, once again, in this pure tablet, the ancient tongue speaks in this greatest prison, saying: O friends of the Truth, hasten from the narrow desert of self and desire to the sacred realms of unity, and find refuge in the garden of sanctity and purification so that, through the fragrant breezes of deeds, all humanity may turn to the shore of divine glory. Never is it permissible to speak on worldly matters, matters related to them, or the outward rulers. Verily, God has granted the visible dominion to the kings. It is not permissible for anyone to commit an act contrary to the opinions of the rulers of the kingdom. What God has desired for Himself is the cities of the hearts of His servants.