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FIHI MA FIHI V 317When God desires to chastise someone, He grantsthem high rank in the world and a great kingdom,like Pharaoh, Nimrod and the rest. All those eminentpositions are like the gallows from whichGod hangs people for others to gaze upon andunderstand.For God declares, “I was a hidden treasure,and I desired to be known.” This is to say, “I createdall the world to manifest My Reality, nowthrough graciousness, now through severity.”God is not the kind <strong>of</strong> king for whom one voice issufficient. If every atom in the world becameGod’s herald, they would still be unable to properlyproclaim His Truth.Therefore, day and night people are foreverrevealing God, but while some understand this,others are unaware. In either case, the manifestation<strong>of</strong> God’s will is certain. For example, a princeorders a man to be beaten, and the man screamsand shouts with pain. Still, everyone sees thatboth beater and beaten are revealing the prince’sauthority.Whoever acknowledges God is revealing Godcontinually, and whoever denies God is alsorevealing God. For how can anything be demon-

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