THE AL JILWAH CHAPTER I 1 WAS, AM NOW, AND SHALL HAVE NO END. I EXERCISE DOMINION OVER ALL CREATURES AND OVER THE AFFAIRS OF ALL WHO ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF MY IMAGE. AM EVER PRESENT TO HELP ALL WHO TRUST. IN ME AND CALL UPON ME IN TIME OF NEED. THERE IS NO PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE THAT KNOWS NOT MY PRESENCE. I PARTICIPATE IN ALL THE AFFAIRS WHICH THOSE WHO ARE WITHOUT CALL EVIL BECAUSE THEIR NATURE IS NOT SUCH AS THEY APPROVE. EVERY AGE HAS ITS OWN MANAGER, WHO DIRECTS AFFAIRS ACCORDING TO MY DECREES. THIS OFFICE IS CHANGEABLE FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION, THAT THE RULER OF THIS WORLD AND HIS CHIEFS MAY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICES EVERYONE IN HIS OWN TURN. I ALLOW EVERYONE TO FOLLOW THE DICTATES OF HIS OWN NATURE, BUT HE THAT OPPOSES ME WILL REGRET IT SORELY NO GOD HAS A RIGHT TO INTERFERE IN MY AFFAIRS, AND I HAVE MADE IT ‘AN IMPERATIVE RULE THAT EVERYONE SHALL REFRAIN FROM WORSHIPPING ALL GODS. ALL OF THE BOOKS OF THOSE WHO ARE WITHOUT ARE ALTERED BY THEM; AND THEY HAVE DECLINED FROM THEM, ALTHOUGH THEY WERE WRITTEN BY THE PROPHETS AND THE APOSTLES THAT THERE ARE INTERPOLATIONS IS SEEN IN THE FACT THAT EACH SECT ENDEAVORS TO PROVE THAT THE OTHERS ARE WRONG AND TO DESTROY THEIR BOOKS TO ME TRUTH AND FALSEHOOD ARE KNOWN. WHEN TEMPTATION. COMES, I GIVE MY COVENANT TO HIM THAT TRUSTS IN ME. MOREOVER, I GIVE COUNCIL TO THE SKILLED DIRECTORS, FOR I HAVE APPOINTED THEM FOR PERIODS THAT ARE KNOWN TO ME. I REMEMBER NECESSARY AFFAIRS AND EXECUTE THEM IN DUE TIME, I TEACH AND GUIDE THOSE WHO FOLLOW MY INSTRUCTION. IF ANYONE OBEY ME AND CONFORM TO MY COMMANDMENTS, HE SHALL HAVE JOY, DELIGHT AND COMFORT. CHAPTER II IREQUITE THE DECENDANTS OF ADAM, AND REWARD THEM WITH VARIOUS REWARDS _ACaeton of Sacred Meg Pie Batre ary # wan sacred-maglcomTHAT I ALONE KNOW. MOREOVER, POWER AND DOMINION OVER ALL THAT IS ON EARTH, BOTH THAT WHICH IS ABOVE AND THAT WHICH BS BENEATH, ARE IN MY HANDS. IDO NOT ALLOW FRENDLY ASSOCIATON WITH OTHER PEOPLE, NOR DO IDEPRIVE THEM ‘THAT ARE MY OWN AND THAT OBEY ME OF ANYTHING THAT S GOOD FOR THEM. I PLACE MY AFFAIRS IN THE HANDS OF THOSE WHOM IHAVE TRIED AND WHO ARE IN "ACCORD WITH MY DESIRES. I APPEAR IN DIVERSE MANNERS TO THOSE WHO ARE FAITHFUL AND UNDER MY COMMAND. IGIVE AND TAKE AWAY; [ENRICH AND IMPOVERISH; I CAUSE BOTH HAPPINESS AND MISERY. IDO ALL THIS IN KEEPING WITH THE CHARACTERSTICS OF EACH EPOCH. AND. NONE HAS A RIGHT TO INTERFERE WITH MY MANAGEMENT OF AFFAIRS. THOSE WHO OPPOSE ME I AFFLICT WITH DSEASE; BUT MY OWN SHALL NOT DIE LIKE THE SONS OF ADAM THAT ARE WITHOUT. NONE SHALL LIVE IN THIS WORLD LONGER THAN THE TIME SET BY ME; AND IF ISO DESIRE, ISEND A PERSON A SECOND OR THIRD TIME INTO THE ‘WORLD OR INTO SOME OTHER BY THE TRANSMIGRATION OF SOULS. CHAPTER II ILEAD TO THE STRAIGHT PATH WITHOUT A REVEALED BOOK; IDIRECT ARIGHT MY BELOVED AND CHOSEN ONES BY UNSEEN MEANS, ALL MY TEACHINGS ARE EASLY APPLICABLE TO ALL TIMES AND ALL CONDITIONS. [PUNISH IN ANOTHER WORLD ALL ‘WHO DO CONTRARY TO MY WILL, NOW THE SONS OF ADAM DO NOT KNOW THE STATE OF THINGS THAT BS TO COME, FOR THIS REASON THEY FALL INTO MANY ERRORS. THE BEASTS OF THE EARTH, THE BIRDS OF HEAVEN AND THE FISH OF THE SEA ARE ALL UNDER THE CONTROL OF MY HANDS. ALL ‘TREASURES AND HIDDEN THINGS ARE KNOWN TO ME; AND AS IDESIRE, ITAKE THEM. FROM ONE AND BESTOW THEM UPON ANOTHER IREVEAL MY WONDERS TO THOSE WHO SEEK THEM, AND IN DUE TIME MY MIRACLES TO ‘THOSE WHO RECEIVE THEM FROM ME. BUT THOSE WHO ARE WITHOUT ARE MY ADVERSARIES, HENCE THEY OPPOSE ME_NOR DO THEY KNOW THAT SUCH A COURSE S AGAINST THEIR OWN INTERESTS, FOR MIGHT, WEALTH AND RICHES ARE IN MY HANDS, AND I BESTOW THEM UPON EVERY WORTHY DECENDANT OF ADAM. THUS THE GOVERNMENT OF THE WORLDS, THE TRANSITION OF GENERATIONS, AND THE CHANGES OF THEIR DIRECTORS ARE DETERMINED BY ME FROM THE BEGINNING. CHAPTER IV IWILL NOT GIVE MY RIGHTS TO OTHER GODS. IHAVE ALLOWED THE CREATION OF FOUR SUBSTANCES, FOUR TIMES AND FOUR CORNERS, BECAUSE THEY ARE NECESSARY ‘THINGS FOR CREATURES. ‘THE BOOKS OF JEWS, CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS, AS OF THOSE WHO ARE WITHOUT, ACCEPT IN A SENSE, IE, SO FAR AS THEY AGREE WITH AND CONFORM TO MY STATUTES. WHATSOEVER IS CONTRARY TO THESE, THEY HAVE ALTERED; DO NOT ACCEPT IT. THREE ‘THINGS ARE AGAINST ME AND IHATE THREE THINGS. BUT THOSE WHO KEEP MY SECRETS SHALL RECEIVE THE FULFILLMENT OF MY PROMISES. THOSE WHO SUFFER FOR MY SAKE I WILL SURELY REWARD IN ONE OF THE WORLDS ITS MY DESIRE THAT ALL MY FOLLOWERS UNITE IN A BOND OF UNITY, LEST THOSE WHO ARE WITHOUT PREVAIL AGAINST THEM. NOW, THEN, ALL YE WHO HAVE FOLLOWED MY ‘COMMANDMENTS AND MY TEACHINGS, REJECT ALL THE TEACHINGS AND SAYINGS OF SUCH AS ARE WITHOUT.IHAVE NOT TAUGHT THESE TEACHINGS, NOR DO THEY PROCEED FROM ME_DO NOT MENTION MY NAME NOR MY ATTRIBUTES, LEST YE REGRET IT, FOR YE DO NOT KNOW, WHAT THOSE WHO ARE WITHOUT MAY DO. CHAPTER V © YEA THAT HAVE BELIEVED IN ME, HONOR MY SYMBOL AND MY IMAGE, FOR THEY REMIND YOU OF ME. OBSERVE MY LAWS AND STATUTES. OBEY MY SERVANTS AND LISTEN TO WHATEVER THEY MAY DICTATE TO YOU OF THE HIDDEN THINGS. RECEIVE ‘THAT, THAT IS DICTATED, AND DO NOT CARRY IT BEFORE THOSE WHO ARE WITHOUT, JEWS, CHRISTIANS, MUSLIMS AND OTHERS; FOR THEY KNOW NOT THE NATURE OF MY TEACHING. DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR BOOKS, LEST THY ALTER THEM WITHOUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE. LEARN BY HEART THE GREATER PART OF THEM, LEST THEY BE ALTERED PEACE BE UNTO HIM ‘MY UNDERSTANDING SURROUNDS THE TRUTH OF THINGS, AND THE TRUTH 5 MIXED UP IN ME, AND THE TRUTH OF MY DESCENT IS SET FORTH BY ITSELF, AND WHEN IT WAS KNOWN, IT WAS ALTOGETHER IN ME AND ALL THE HABITABLE PARTS AND DESERTS ‘AND EVERYTHING CREATED IS UNDER ME AND 1 AM THE RULING POWER PRECEDING ALL THAT EXSTS AND IAM HE THAT SPOKE A TRUE SAYING AND 1AM THE JUST JUDGE AND RULER OF THE EARTH, AND LAM HE THAT MEN WORSHIP IN MY GLORY COMING TO ME AND KESING MY FEET AND IAM HE THAT SPREAD OVER THE HEAVENS THEIR HEIGHT AND IAM HE THAT CRIED IN THE BEGINNING AND IAM HE THAT OF MYSELF REVEALETH ALL THINGS, VERILY THE ALL-MERCIFUL HAS ASSIGNED UNTO ME NAMES, ‘THE HEAVENLY-THRONE, AND THE SEAT, AND THE HEAVENS, AND THE EARTH. IN THE SECRET OF MY KNOWLEDGE THERE NO GOD BUT ME, THESE THINGS ARE SUBSERVENT TO MY POWER, © MINE ENEMIES, WHY DO YOU DENY ME? (© MEN DENY ME NOT, BUT SUBMIT. IN THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT YOU WILL BE HAPPY IN MEETING ME. WHO DIES IN MY LOVE, [WILL CAST HIM IN THE MIDST OF PARADE, BY MY WILL AND PLEASURE, BUT HE THAT DES UNMINDFUL OF ME WILL BE THROWN INTO TORTURE IN MBERY AND AFFLICTION. ISAY 1AM THE ONLY ONE AND THE EXALTED: I CREATE AND MAKE RICH THOSE WHOM IWILL. PRABE IT TO MYSELF, FOR ALL THINGS ARE BY MY WILL, AND THE UNIVERSE S LIGHTED BY SOME OF MY GIFTS 1AM THE KING THAT MAGNIFIES HIMSELF, AND ALL THE RICHES OF CREATION ARE AT MY BIDDING IHAVE MADE KNOWN UNTO YOU, 0 PEOPLE, SOME OF MY WAYS. SO SAITH SHAITAN _ACaeton of Sacred Meg Pie Batre ary # wan sacred-maglcom