Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder37

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Whoever claims Command (amr) before the completion of a thousand years is a false liar. [note 2]

We ask God to help him to return. If he repents, He is the Relenting One. If he persists in what he has said, one who will have no mercy on him will be sent against him. He is the Strong in punishment.

Whoever explains this verse or interprets it in any other way than that plainly sent down, he will be deprived of the Spirit and Mercy of God, which preceded the worlds.

Fear God and follow not your illusions. Follow what your Lord, the Mighty and Wise One, commands.

The sound of bleating [note 3] shall arise from most of the lands. O people, avoid every vile sinner and do not follow him.

This is what we informed you when we were in Iraq, in the land of the Secret (fí ard al-sirr), [note 4] and in this illuminating Spectacle (al-manzar al-munir).