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Holy Kitab I Iqan
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Holy Kitab I
Iqan:
Section 9 |
Likewise, in this day, thou hast
heard the people impute similar charges to this Revelation,
saying: "He hath compiled these words from the words of old;" or
"these words are spurious." Vain and haughty are their sayings,
low their estate and station!
After the denials and denunciations which they uttered, and unto
which We have referred, they protested saying: "No independent
Prophet, according to our Scriptures, should arise after Moses
and Jesus to abolish the Law of divine Revelation. Nay, he that
is to be made manifest must needs fulfil the Law." Thereupon
this verse, indicative of all the divine themes, and testifying
to the truth that the flow of the grace of the All-Merciful can
never cease, was revealed: "And Joseph came to you aforetime
with clear tokens, but ye ceased not to doubt of the message
with which He came to you, until, when He died, ye said, 'God
will by no means raise up a Messenger after Him.'
Thus God misleadeth him who is the transgressor the doubter." [Qur'an
40:34.] Therefore, understand from this verse and know of a
certainty that the people in every age, clinging to a verse of
the Book, have uttered such vain and absurd sayings, contending
that no Prophet should again be made manifest to the world. Even
as the Christian divines who, holding fast to the verse of the
Gospel to which We have already referred, have sought to explain
that the law of the Gospel shall at no time be annulled, and
that no independent Prophet shall again be made manifest, unless
He confirmeth the law of the Gospel. Most of the people have
become afflicted with the same spiritual disease.
Even as thou dost witness how the people of the Qur'an, like
unto the people of old, have allowed the words "Seal of the
Prophets" to veil their eyes.
And yet, they themselves testify to this verse: "None knoweth
the interpretation thereof but God and they that are
well-grounded in knowledge." [Qur'an 3:7.] And when He Who is
well-grounded in all knowledge, He Who is the Mother, the Soul,
the Secret, and the Essence thereof, revealeth that which is the
least contrary to their desire, they bitterly oppose Him and
shamelessly deny Him. These thou hast already heard and
witnessed. Such deeds and words have been solely instigated by
leaders of religion, they that worship no God but their own
desire, who bear allegiance to naught but gold, who are wrapt in
the densest veils of learning, and who, enmeshed by its
obscurities, are lost in the wilds of error. Even as the Lord of
being hath explicitly declared: "What thinkest thou? He who hath
made a God of his passions, and whom God causeth to err through
a knowledge, and whose ears and whose heart He hath sealed up,
and over whose sight He hath cast a veil-who, after his
rejection by God, shall guide such a one? Will ye not then be
warned?" [Qur'an 45:22.]
Although the outward meaning of "Whom God causeth to err through
a knowledge" is what hath been revealed, yet to Us it signifieth
those divines of the age who have turned away from the Beauty of
God, and who, clinging unto their own learning, as fashioned by
their own fancies and desires, have denounced God's divine
Message and Revelation.
"Say: it is a weighty Message, from which ye turn aside!" [Qur'an
38:67.] Likewise, He saith: "And when Our clear verses are
recited to them, they say, 'This is merely a man who would fain
pervert you from your father's worship.' And they say, 'This is
none other than a forged falsehood.'" [Qur'an 34:43.] Give ear
unto God's holy Voice, and heed thou His sweet and immortal
melody. Behold how He hath solemnly warned them that have
repudiated the verses of God, and hath disowned them that have
denied His holy words. Consider how far the people have strayed
from the Kawthar of the divine Presence, and how grievous hath
been the faithlessness and arrogance of the spiritually
destitute in the face of that sanctified Beauty. Although that
Essence of lovingkindness and bounty caused those evanescent
beings to step into the realm of immortality, and guided those
destitute souls to the sacred river of wealth, yet some
denounced Him as "a calumniator of God, the Lord of all
creatures," others accused Him of being "the one that
withholdeth the people from the path of faith and true belief,"
and still others declared Him to be "a lunatic" and the like.
In like manner, thou observest in this day with what vile
imputations they have assailed that Gem of Immortality, and what
unspeakable transgressions they have heaped upon Him Who is the
Source of purity. Although God hath throughout His Book and in
His holy and immortal Tablet warned them that deny and repudiate
the revealed verses, and hath announced His grace unto them that
accept them, yet behold the unnumbered cavils they raised
against those verses which have been sent down from the new
heaven of God's eternal holiness! This, notwithstanding the fact
that no eye hath beheld so great an outpouring of bounty, nor
hath any ear heard of such a revelation of lovingkindness. Such
bounty and revelation have been made manifest, that the revealed
verses seemed as vernal showers raining from the clouds of the
mercy of the All-Bountiful. The Prophets "endowed with
constancy," whose loftiness and glory shine as the sun, were
each honoured with a Book which all have seen, and the verses of
which have been duly ascertained. Whereas the verses which have
rained from this Cloud of divine mercy have been so abundant
that none hath yet been able to estimate their number. A score
of volumes are now available. How many still remain beyond our
reach! How many have been plundered and have fallen into the
hands of the enemy, the fate of which none knoweth.
O brother, we should open our eyes, meditate upon His Word, and
seek the sheltering shadow of the Manifestations of God, that
perchance we may be warned by the unmistakable counsels of the
Book, and give heed to the admonitions recorded in the holy
Tablets; that we may not cavil at the Revealer of the verses,
that we may resign ourselves wholly to His Cause, and embrace
wholeheartedly His law, that haply we may enter the court of His
mercy, and dwell upon the shore of His grace. He, verily, is
merciful, and forgiving towards His servants.
And likewise, He saith: "Say, O people of the Book! do ye not
disavow us only because we believe in God and in what He hath
sent down to us, and in what He hath sent down aforetime, and
because most of you are doers of ill?" [Qur'an 5:62.] How
explicitly doth this verse reveal Our purpose, and how clearly
doth it demonstrate the truth of the testimony of the verses of
God! This verse was revealed at a time when Islam was assailed
by the infidels, and its followers were accused of misbelief,
when the Companions of Muhammad were denounced as repudiators of
God and as followers of a lying sorcerer. In its early days,
when Islam was still to outward seeming devoid of authority and
power, the friends of the Prophet, who had turned their face
toward God, wherever they went, were harassed, persecuted,
stoned and vilified. At such a time this blessed verse was sent
down from the heaven of divine Revelation. It revealed an
irrefutable evidence, and brought the light of an unfailing
guidance. It instructed the companions of Muhammad to declare
the following unto the infidels and idolators: "Ye oppress and
persecute us, and yet, what else have we done except that we
have believed in God and in the verses sent down unto us through
the tongue of Muhammad, and in those which descended upon the
Prophets of old?" By this is meant that their only guilt was to
have recognized that the new and wondrous verses of God, which
had descended upon Muhammad, as well as those which had been
revealed unto the Prophets of old, were all of God, and to have
acknowledged and embraced their truth. This is the testimony
which the divine King hath taught His servants.
In view of this, is it fair for this people to repudiate these
newly-revealed verses which have encompassed both the East and
the West, and to regard themselves as the upholders of true
belief? Should they not rather believe in Him Who hath revealed
these verses? Considering the testimony which He Himself hath
established, how could He fail to account as true believers them
that have testified to its truth? Far be it from Him that He
should turn away from the gates of His mercy them that have
turned unto and embraced the truth of the divine verses, or that
He should threaten those that have clung to His sure testimony!
He verily establisheth the truth through His verses, and
confirmeth His Revelation by His words. He verily is the
Powerful, the Help in peril, the Almighty.
And likewise, He saith: "And had We sent down unto Thee a Book
written on parchment, and they had touched it with their hands,
the infidels would surely have said 'This is naught but palpable
sorcery.'" [Qur'an 6:7.] Most of the verses of the Qur'an are
indicative of this theme. We have, for the sake of brevity,
mentioned only these verses. Consider, hath anything else
besides the verses been established in the whole Book, as a
standard for the recognition of the Manifestations of His
Beauty, that the people might cling to, and reject the
Manifestations of God? On the contrary, in every instance, He
hath threatened with fire those that repudiate and scoff at the
verses, as already shown.
Therefore, should a person arise and bring forth a myriad
verses, discourses, epistles, and prayers, none of which have
been acquired through learning, what conceivable excuse could
justify those that reject them, and deprive themselves of the
potency of their grace? What answer could they give when once
their soul hath ascended and departed from its gloomy temple?
Could they seek to justify themselves by saying: "We have clung
to a certain tradition, and not having beheld the literal
fulfilment thereof, we have therefore raised such cavils against
the Embodiments of divine Revelation, and kept remote from the
law of God?" Hast thou not heard that among the reasons why
certain Prophets have been designated as Prophets "endowed with
constancy" was the revelation of a Book unto them? And yet, how
could this people be justified in rejecting the Revealer and
Author of so many volumes of verses, and follow the sayings of
him who hath foolishly sown the seeds of doubt in the hearts of
men, and who, Satan-like, hath risen to lead the people into the
paths of perdition and error? How could they allow such things
to deprive them of the light of the Sun of divine bounty? Aside
from these things, if these people shun and reject such a divine
Soul, such holy Breath, to whom, We wonder, could they cling, to
whose face besides His Face could they turn? Yea-"All have a
quarter of the Heavens to which they turn." [Qur'an 2:148.] We
have shown thee these two ways; walk thou the way thou choosest.
This verily is the truth, and after truth there remaineth naught
but error.
Amongst the proofs demonstrating the truth of this Revelation is
this, that in every age and Dispensation, whenever the invisible
Essence was revealed in the person of His Manifestation, certain
souls, obscure and detached from all worldly entanglements,
would seek illumination from the Sun of Prophethood and Moon of
divine guidance, and would attain unto the divine Presence. For
this reason, the divines of the age and those possessed of
wealth, would scorn and scoff at these people. Even as He hath
revealed concerning them that erred: "Then said the chiefs of
His people who believed not, 'We see in Thee but a man like
ourselves; and we see not any who have followed Thee except our
meanest ones of hasty judgment, nor see we any excellence in you
above ourselves: nay, we deem you liars.'" [Qur'an 11:27.] They
caviled at those holy Manifestations, and protested saying:
"None hath followed you except the abject amongst us, those who
are worthy of no attention." Their aim was to show that no one
amongst the learned, the wealthy, and the renowned believed in
them. By this and similar proofs they sought to demonstrate the
falsity of Him that speaketh naught but the truth.
In this most resplendent Dispensation, however, this most mighty
Sovereignty, a number of illumined divines, of men of consummate
learning, of doctors of mature wisdom, have attained unto His
Court, drunk the cup of His divine Presence, and been invested
with the honour of His most excellent favour. They have
renounced, for the sake of the Beloved, the world and all that
is therein. We will mention the names of some of them, that
perchance it may strengthen the faint-hearted, and encourage the
timorous.
Among them was Mulla Husayn, who became the recipient of the
effulgent glory of the Sun of divine Revelation. But for him,
God would not have been established upon the seat of His mercy,
nor ascended the throne of eternal glory. Among them also was
Siyyid Yahya, that unique and peerless figure of his age,
Mulla Muhammad Aliy-i-Zanjani
Mulla Aliy-i-Bastami
Mulla Sa'id-i-Barfurushi
Mulla Ni'matu'llah-i-Mazindarani
Mulla Yusuf-i-Ardibili
Mulla Mihdiy-i-Khu'i
Siyyid Husayn-i-Turshizi
Mulla Mihdiy-i-Kandi
Mulla Baqir
Mulla Abdu'l-Khaliq-i-Yazdi
Mulla Aliy-i-Baraqani
and others, well nigh four hundred in number, whose names are
all inscribed upon the "Guarded Tablet" of God.
All these were guided by the light of that Sun of divine
Revelation, confessed and acknowledged His truth. Such was their
faith, that most of them renounced their substance and kindred,
and cleaved to the good-pleasure of the All-Glorious. They laid
down their lives for their Well-Beloved, and surrendered their
all in His path. Their breasts were made targets for the darts
of the enemy, and their heads adorned the spears of the infidel.
No land remained which did not drink the blood of these
embodiments of detachment, and no sword that did not bruise
their necks. Their deeds, alone, testify to the truth of their
words. Doth not the testimony of these holy souls, who have so
gloriously risen to offer up their lives for their Beloved that
the whole world marvelled at the manner of their sacrifice,
suffice the people of this day? Is it not sufficient witness
against the faithlessness of those who for a trifle betrayed
their faith, who bartered away immortality for that which
perisheth, who gave up the Kawthar of the divine Presence for
salty springs, and whose one aim in life is to usurp the
property of others? Even as thou dost witness how all of them
have busied themselves with the vanities of the world, and have
strayed far from Him Who is the Lord, the Most High.
Be fair: Is the testimony of those acceptable and worthy of
attention whose deeds agree with their words, whose outward
behaviour conforms with their inner life? The mind is bewildered
at their deeds, and the soul marvelleth at their fortitude and
bodily endurance. Or is the testimony of these faithless souls
who breathe naught but the breath of selfish desire, and who lie
imprisoned in the cage of their idle fancies, acceptable? Like
the bats of darkness, they lift not their heads from their couch
except to pursue the transient things of the world, and find no
rest by night except as they labour to advance the aims of their
sordid life. Immersed in their selfish schemes, they are
oblivious of the divine Decree. In the day-time they strive with
all their soul after worldly benefits, and in the night-season
their sole occupation is to gratify their carnal desires. By
what law or standard could men be justified in cleaving to the
denials of such petty-minded souls, and in ignoring the faith of
them that have renounced, for the sake of the good-pleasure of
God, their life, and substance, their fame and renown, their
reputation and honour?
Were not the happenings of the life of the "Prince of Martyrs"
[Imam Husayn.] regarded as the greatest of all events, as the
supreme evidence of his truth?
Did not the people of old declare those happenings to be
unprecedented? Did they not maintain that no manifestation of
truth hath ever evinced such constancy, such conspicuous glory?
And yet, that episode of his life, commencing as it did in the
morning, was brought to a close by the middle of the same day,
whereas, these holy lights have, for eighteen years, heroically
endured the showers of afflictions which, from every side, have
rained upon them. With what love, what devotion, what exultation
and holy rapture, they sacrificed their lives in the path of the
All-Glorious! To the truth of this all witness. And yet, how can
they belittle this Revelation? Hath any age witnessed such
momentous happenings? If these companions be not the true
strivers after God, who else could be called by this name? Have
these companions been seekers after power or glory? Have they
ever yearned for riches? Have they cherished any desire except
the good-pleasure of God? If these companions, with all their
marvellous testimonies and wondrous works, be false, who then is
worthy to claim for himself the truth? I swear by God!
Their very deeds are a sufficient testimony, and an irrefutable
proof unto all the peoples of the earth, were men to ponder in
their hearts the mysteries of divine Revelation. "And they who
act unjustly shall soon know what lot awaiteth them!" [Qur'an
26:227.]
Furthermore, the sign of truth and falsehood is designated and
appointed in the Book. By this divinely-appointed touchstone,
the claims and pretensions of all men must needs be assayed, so
that the truthful may be known and distinguished from the
imposter. This touchstone is no other than this verse: "Wish for
death, if ye are men of truth." [Qur'an 2:94, 62:6.] Consider
these martyrs of unquestionable sincerity, to whose truthfulness
testifieth the explicit text of the Book, and all of whom, as
thou hast witnessed, have sacrificed their life, their
substance, their wives, their children, their all, and ascended
unto the loftiest chambers of Paradise. Is it fair to reject the
testimony of these detached and exalted beings to the truth of
this pre-eminent and glorious Revelation and to regard as
acceptable the denunciations which have been uttered against
this resplendent Light by this faithless people, who for gold
have forsaken their faith, and who for the sake of leadership
have repudiated Him Who is the First Leader of all mankind?
This, although their character is now revealed unto all people
who have recognized them as those who will in no wise relinquish
one jot or one tittle of their temporal authority for the sake
of God's holy Faith, how much less their life, their substance,
and the like.
Behold how the divine Touchstone hath, according to the explicit
text of the Book, separated and distinguished the true from the
false. Notwithstanding, they are still oblivious of this truth,
and in the sleep of heedlessness, are pursuing the vanities of
the world, and are occupied with thoughts of vain and earthly
leadership.
"O Son of Man! Many a day hath passed over thee whilst thou hast
busied thyself with thy fancies and idle imaginings. How long
art thou to slumber on thy bed? Lift up thine head from slumber,
for the Sun hath risen to the zenith; haply it may shine upon
thee with the light of beauty."
Let it be known, however, that none of these doctors and divines
to whom we have referred was invested with the rank and dignity
of leadership.
For well-known and influential leaders of religion, who occupy
the seats of authority and exercise the functions of leadership,
can in no wise bear allegiance to the Revealer of truth, except
whomsoever thy Lord willeth. But for a few, such things have
never come to pass. "And few of My servants are the thankful."
[Qur'an 34:13.] Even as in this Dispensation, not one amongst
the renowned divines, in the grasp of whose authority were held
the reins of the people, hath embraced the Faith. Nay, they have
striven against it with such animosity and determination that no
ear hath heard and no eye hath seen the like.
The Bab, the Lord, the most exalted-may the life of all be a
sacrifice unto Him,--hath specifically revealed an Epistle unto
the divines of every city, wherein He hath fully set forth the
character of the denial and repudiation of each of them.
"Wherefore, take ye good heed ye who are men of insight!"
[Qur'an 59:2.] By His references to their opposition He intended
to invalidate the objections which the people of the Bayan might
raise in the day of the manifestation of "Mustaghath," [He Who
is invoked.] the day of the Latter Resurrection, claiming that,
whereas in the Dispensation of the Bayan a number of divines
have embraced the Faith, in this latter Revelation none of these
hath recognized His claim. His purpose was to warn the people
lest, God forbid, they cling to such foolish thoughts and
deprive themselves of the divine Beauty. Yea, these divines to
whom We have referred, were mostly unrenowned, and, by the grace
of God they were all purged of earthly vanities and free from
the trappings of leadership. "Such is the bounty of God; to whom
He will He giveth it."
Another proof and evidence of the truth of this Revelation,
which amongst all other proofs shineth as the sun, is the
constancy of the eternal Beauty in proclaiming the Faith of God.
Though young and tender of age, and though the Cause He revealed
was contrary to the desire of all the peoples of earth, both
high and low, rich and poor, exalted and abased, king and
subject, yet He arose and steadfastly proclaimed it. All have
known and heard this. He was afraid of no one; He was regardless
of consequences. Could such a thing be made manifest except
through the power of a divine Revelation, and the potency of
God's invincible Will? By the righteousness of God! Were any one
to entertain so great a Revelation in his heart, the thought of
such a declaration would alone confound him! Were the hearts of
all men to be crowded into his heart, he would still hesitate to
venture upon so awful an enterprise. He could achieve it only by
the permission of God, only if the channel of his heart were to
be linked with the Source of divine grace, and his soul be
assured of the unfailing sustenance of the Almighty. To what, We
wonder, do they ascribe so great a daring? Do they accuse Him of
folly as they accused the Prophets of old? Or do they maintain
that His motive was none other than leadership and the
acquisition of earthly riches?
Gracious God! In His Book, which He hath entitled
"Qayyumu'l-Asma',"-the first, the greatest and mightiest of all
books-He prophesied His own martyrdom. In it is this passage: "O
thou Remnant of God! I have sacrificed myself wholly for Thee; I
have accepted curses for Thy sake; and have yearned for naught
but martyrdom in the path of Thy love. Sufficient Witness unto
me is God, the Exalted, the Protector, the Ancient of Days!"
Likewise, in His interpretation of the letter "Ha," He craved
martyrdom, saying: "Methinks I heard a Voice calling in my
inmost being: 'Do thou sacrifice the thing which Thou lovest
most in the path of God, even as Husayn, peace be upon him, hath
offered up his life for My sake.' And were I not regardful of
this inevitable mystery, by Him, Who hath my being between His
hands even if all the kings of the earth were to be leagued
together they would be powerless to take from me a single
letter, how much less can these servants who are worthy of no
attention, and who verily are of the outcast... That all may
know the degree of My patience, My resignation, and
self-sacrifice in the path of God."
Could the Revealer of such utterance be regarded as walking any
way but the way of God, and as having yearned for aught else
except His good-pleasure? In this very verse there lieth
concealed a breath of detachment, which if it were to be
breathed full upon the world, all beings would renounce their
lives, and sacrifice their souls. Reflect upon the villainous
behaviour of this generation, and witness their astounding
ingratitude.
Observe how they have closed their eyes to all this glory, and
are abjectly pursuing those foul carcasses from whose bellies
ascendeth the cry of the swallowed substance of the faithful.
And yet, what unseemly calumnies they have hurled against those
Daysprings of Holiness? Thus do We recount unto thee that which
the hands of the infidels have wrought, they who, in the Day of
Resurrection, have turned their face away from the divine
Presence, whom God hath tormented with the fire of their own
misbelief, and for whom He hath prepared in the world to come a
chastisement which shall devour both their bodies and souls. For
these have said: "God is powerless, and His hand of mercy is
fettered."
Steadfastness in the Faith is a sure testimony, and a glorious
evidence of the truth. Even as the "Seal of the Prophets" hath
said: "Two verses have made Me old." Both these verses are
indicative of constancy in the Cause of God. Even as He saith:
"Be thou steadfast as thou hast been bidden." [Qur'an 11:113.]
And now consider how this Sadrih of the Ridvan of God hath, in
the prime of youth, risen to proclaim the Cause of God. Behold
what steadfastness that Beauty of God hath revealed. The whole
world rose to hinder Him, yet it utterly failed. The more severe
the persecution they inflicted on that Sadrih of Blessedness,
the more His fervour increased, and the brighter burned the
flame of His love. All this is evident, and none disputeth its
truth. Finally, He surrendered His soul, and winged His flight
unto the realms above.
And among the evidences of the truth of His manifestation were
the ascendancy, the transcendent power, and supremacy which He,
the Revealer of being and Manifestation of the Adored, hath,
unaided and alone, revealed throughout the world. No sooner had
that eternal Beauty revealed Himself in Shiraz, in the year
sixty, and rent asunder the veil of concealment, than the signs
of the ascendancy, the might, the sovereignty, and power,
emanating from that Essence of Essences and Sea of Seas, were
manifest in every land. So much so, that from every city there
appeared the signs, the evidences, the tokens, the testimonies
of that divine Luminary. How many were those pure and kindly
hearts which faithfully reflected the light of that eternal Sun,
and how manifold the emanations of knowledge from that Ocean of
divine wisdom which encompassed all beings! In every city, all
the divines and dignitaries rose to hinder and repress them, and
girded up the loins of malice, of envy, and tyranny for their
suppression. How great the number of those holy souls, those
essences of justice, who, accused of tyranny, were put to death!
And how many embodiments of purity, who showed forth naught but
true knowledge and stainless deeds, suffered an agonizing death!
Notwithstanding all this, each of these holy beings, up to his
last moment, breathed the Name of God, and soared in the realm
of submission and resignation. Such was the potency and
transmuting influence which He exercised over them, that they
ceased to cherish any desire but His will, and wedded their soul
to His remembrance.
Reflect: Who in this world is able to manifest such transcendent
power, such pervading influence? All these stainless hearts and
sanctified souls have, with absolute resignation, responded to
the summons of His decree. Instead of complaining, they rendered
thanks unto God, and amidst the darkness of their anguish they
revealed naught but radiant acquiescence to His will. It is
evident how relentless was the hate, and how bitter the malice
and enmity entertained by all the peoples of the earth towards
these companions. The persecution and pain they inflicted on
these holy and spiritual beings were regarded by them as means
unto salvation, prosperity, and everlasting success. Hath the
world, since the days of Adam, witnessed such tumult, such
violent commotion? Notwithstanding all the torture they
suffered, and manifold the afflictions they endured, they became
the object of universal opprobrium and execration. Methinks
patience was revealed only by virtue of their fortitude, and
faithfulness itself was begotten only by their deeds.
Do thou ponder these momentous happenings in thy heart, so that
thou mayest apprehend the greatness of this Revelation, and
perceive its stupendous glory. Then shall the spirit of faith,
through the grace of the Merciful, be breathed into thy being,
and thou shalt be established and abide upon the seat of
certitude. The one God is My witness! Wert thou to ponder a
while, thou wilt recognize that, apart from all these
established truths and above-mentioned evidences, the
repudiation, cursing, and execration, pronounced by the people
of the earth, are in themselves the mightiest proof and the
surest testimony of the truth of these heroes of the field of
resignation and detachment. Whenever thou dost meditate upon the
cavils uttered by all the people, be they divines, learned or
ignorant, the firmer and the more steadfast wilt thou grow in
the Faith. For whatsoever hath come to pass, hath been
prophesied by them who are the Mines of divine knowledge, and
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