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  • But do not declare this whilst I am alive: do not seek this supreme authority until I am dead.
  • Until I am dead, do not reveal this: do not lay claim to sovereignty and dominion. 655
  • Here is this scroll and the ordinances of the Messiah: recite them distinctly, one by one, to his people.”
  • Thus he spoke to each amír separately, (saying), “There is no vicar in the religion of God except thee.”
  • He honoured each, one by one, (in this way): whatever he said to that (amír) he also said to this.
  • To each he gave one scroll: every one was purposely the contrary of the other.
  • The text of those scrolls was diverse; all were (different), like the letters from alif to yá. 660
  • The rule (laid down) in this scroll was contrary to the rule in that: we have already explained (the nature of) this contradiction.
  • How the vizier killed himself in seclusion.
  • After that, he shut the door for other forty days (and then) killed himself and escaped from his existence.
  • When the people learned of his death, there came to pass at his grave the scene of the Resurrection.