From: wahidazal66@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, 23 June 2002 06:18:58 UTC+2, Freethought110  wrote:   
   > Herewith I shall be posting in several installments the 'Book of the   
   > Restoration' by one who claims to be the prophet prophesised by John Carre   
   > as the Mustaghath (One whose Aid is invoked -- note in the Islamo-Bayani   
   > system of abjad the numerical value of Mustaghath = 2001). Our prophet has   
   > taken the sobriquet of Mustaghath al-Baha. While the claims to spiritual   
   > authority made therein are not necessarily ones I personally endorse, the   
   > document is however highly interesting in its own right. Freethought110   
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   > The Book of Restoration   
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   > Nineteen Points for the Reform of the Bahá'í Faith   
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   > By Mustagháth'ul-Bahá   
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   > Submitted on the Feast of Honor (1 Sharaf 158 B.E.); on the Last Day in the   
   > Christian Year of the One Invoked for Aid (31 December 2001 C.E.); from the   
   > Capital City of the United States of America, to All the People of the   
   > World.   
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   > Section 1:   
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   > Introduction   
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   > 1In the name of God, the All-Just, the Most Merciful.   
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   > 2This is an epistle unto the Bahá'ís, revealed by a servant of God in the   
   > Day of Judgment. 3Truly We have sent for you a messenger from the Concourse   
   > on High, who hath descended into the realm of dust that he might speak   
   > forth, that haply ye may turn aside from corruption and return unto God, thy   
   > Lord and the Lord of all creation. 4Take heed that ye cast not away in this   
   > Day the words of justice which have rained down from the clouds of divine   
   > bounty; rather, drink deep from the cup of certitude at the fountainhead of   
   > salvation. 5Let all partake of the mercy of God in the garden of His   
   > good-pleasure; and let all escape the fire of denial, a fire that burneth   
   > and consumeth the deeds of all save those whom God hath elevated to the   
   > station of acceptance.   
   > 6It is a discourse revealed plainly, that all minds may comprehend. 7Think   
   > not that We are unable to bring forth a myriad of verses in the full   
   > splendor of eloquence; for God is potent over all things. 8But even if a   
   > messenger should be slow of tongue and stumbling in his speech, yet it   
   > mattereth not: for surely We raised up Moses to speak unto the Israelites in   
   > the name of their Lord, and they said unto him, "Who art thou, Moses, that   
   > thou speakest unto us with a stammering tongue, bereft of eloquence, yet   
   > thou claimest authority as the messenger of God?" 9For surely there are   
   > tests in all dispensations. 10Beware lest ye cling to any standard ye have   
   > set in your own minds; for God may raise up whomsoever He willeth at any   
   > time He chooseth unto any station He requireth. 11It is for God to try His   
   > servants, and to judge them according to His standards alone. 12We verily   
   > sit in the throne of judgment, beholding you at every moment from Our realm   
   > of glory, and assisting the sincere among Our servants to remain faithful to   
   > Our cause.   
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   > 13All praise be to God, the Lord of all the worlds. 14All things proceed   
   > from God, and to Him must all return. 15Truly we are as nothingness in His   
   > sight, and the works of mankind as the ever-changing wind. 16In the eternal   
   > Eye of Reality, even the highest of men are mere atoms of dust, and the most   
   > glorious of souls is but a fleeting dewdrop from the infinite Ocean of   
   > Existence.   
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   > 17Help me then, O Lord, to bring forth that which may captivate the hearts   
   > and minds of my friends in Thy faith. 18Assist me, O Source of all being, to   
   > produce what will do justice to Thy cause in this day. 19Strengthen me, O   
   > Almighty One, that I may fulfill the mission with which I have been   
   > entrusted in this earth. 20I invoke Thee, O my God, and I yearn for Thy   
   > realms on high; but now must I turn to matters of clay, even as Thou   
   > commandest me aforetime and hereafter.   
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   > 21In Thy Most Great Name, Alláhu Abhá!   
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   > Section 2:   
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   > Spiritual Courage and the Progress of the Cause of God   
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   > The Meaning of Faith   
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   > 1From the beginning, man hath arisen to call his fellow man unto God, the   
   > ancient and everlasting Truth. 2Facing damnation should his mission be   
   > false, should he perchance be acting in violation of the will of the   
   > Supreme, nevertheless he hath arisen in courage and confidence, believing in   
   > his innermost heart that he doeth the work of the Lord. 3Even the Báb hath   
   > said in one of his epistles, "I implore pardon of God for myself and for all   
   > things related to me." 4And He verily commandeth, "Worship thou God in such   
   > wise that if thy worship lead thee to the fire, no alteration in thine   
   > adoration would be produced, and so likewise if thy recompense should be   
   > paradise. 5Thus and thus alone should be the worship which befitteth the one   
   > True God.... 6That which is worthy of His Essence is to worship Him for His   
   > sake, without fear of fire, or hope of paradise." 7This is the meaning of   
   > faith.   
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   > 8Every soul that hath sought to reform the beliefs and practices of the   
   > time, seeking to draw all souls ever closer to the Essence of all things,   
   > hath been the recipient of grievous torment at the hands of those who would   
   > turn away from the things of the spirit and cling unto the familiar and   
   > comfortable things of the self. 9The sufferings of the prophet are diverse   
   > and manifold: 10He is reckoned as a madman, as a criminal, as a dangerous   
   > disturber of order and good. 11He is subjected to barbarous imprisonments,   
   > exiles, and tortures. 12He endureth laughter, scorn, and the venomous curses   
   > of the manifestations of the serpent. 13He is ignored, rendering his cause   
   > as naught in the world of the flesh; yet in the world beyond all do hear him   
   > and obey. 14He meeteth death by execution or assassination, and his tomb is   
   > desecrated thereafter; yet he liveth on with honor in the court of the   
   > Almighty Creator. 15In short, he is cast out of his family, his tribe or his   
   > village, his nation and his religion -- even from out of his body -- forced   
   > to wing his flight unto realms unknown. 16As the prince of darkness is he   
   > cast out; yet he remaineth the true prince of the world, the messenger of   
   > Light, the dayspring of Holiness rising again and again from the Infinite   
   > Horizon.   
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   > 17Not every manifestation of God receiveth every manner of abasement. 18For   
   > with every manifestation there is a new people, a new message, and a new   
      
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