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Were it not for calamity, how would the sun of Thy patience shine, O Light of the worlds? (219:2) Lament not because of the wicked. Thou wert created to bear and endure, O Patience of the worlds (219:3) How sweet was Thy dawning on the horizon of the Covenant among the stirrers of sedition, and Thy yearning after God, O Love of the worlds (219:4) By Thee the banner of independence was planted on the highest peaks, and the sea of bounty surged, O Rapture of the worlds (219:5) By Thine aloneness the Sun of Oneness shone, and by Thy banishment the land of Unity was adorned. Be patient, O Thou Exile of the worlds (219:6) We have made abasement the garment of glory, and affliction the adornment of Thy temple, O Pride of the worlds (219:7) Thou seest the hearts are filled with hate, and to overlook is Thine, O Thou Concealer of the sins of the worlds (219:8) When the swords flash, go forward! When the shafts fly, press onward! O Thou Sacrifice of the worlds
(219:9)
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