| 1. What is the name of the city described in the text? |
| Answer: The City of Radiance. |
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| 2. Who is allowed to enter the City of Radiance? |
| Answer: Only those whose hearts are pure and spirits are sanctified. |
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| 3. What is wafted within the City of Radiance? |
| Answer: The breath of the Merciful. |
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| 4. What continuously blazes in the City of Radiance? |
| Answer: The fire of God's love. |
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| 5. With what does the light of God's beauty shine? |
| Answer: With resplendent glory. |
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| 6. What is uttered in the City of Radiance? |
| Answer: The Name of God, the One, the Subduer, the All-Glorious, the All-Compelling. |
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| 7. What do the dwellers of the City converse with and walk with? |
| Answer: They converse with the remembrance of God and walk with those who have drawn nigh unto Him. |
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| 8. What elements are used metaphorically to describe the City’s earth, air, sun, moon, and sky? |
| Answer: Earth: essence of purity, Air: breath of sanctity, Sun: light of divine knowledge, Moon: beauty of certitude, Sky: adorned with the stars of the Names of God. |
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| 9. What is the state of heart and soul required to enter the City? |
| Answer: A heart detached from all save God and a soul cleansed from the dust of self and desire. |
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| 10. What spiritual experiences await those who enter the City? |
| Answer: They hear the melodies of the spirit, the songs of reunion, and the harmonies of nearness. |
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| 11. What does the seeker behold upon entering the City? |
| Answer: The unveiled beauty of the Beloved and His radiant countenance. |
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| 12. How is the City of Radiance described in relation to God? |
| Answer: It is the City of God, the Mighty, the Compassionate. |
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| 13. Upon what is the City founded, raised, and adorned? |
| Answer: Founded upon piety, raised upon wisdom, adorned with justice and equity. |
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| 14. Who are described as the dwellers, inhabitants, and citizens of the City? |
| Answer: The people of certitude, the chosen of God, and the sincere among His servants. |
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| 15. What qualities must one possess to enter the City? |
| Answer: Assured in faith, truthful in speech, faithful in covenant, and steadfast in love for the Beauty of the All-Glorious. |
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| 16. What is described as moving and speaking within the City? |
| Answer: The Pen of the Most High and the Tongue of Grandeur. |
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| 17. What must one do to enter the City of Radiance? |
| Answer: Cleanse themselves of worldly attachments, wear the crown of humility and servitude, walk the path of detachment, and ascend to the court of nearness. |
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| 18. Who is the City open to, and from whom is it veiled? |
| Answer: Open to all who yearn for it, veiled from those who turn away. |
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| 19. What is the final prayer or invocation made at the end of the text? |
| Answer: A prayer asking God to send blessings upon the Manifestation of His Cause, His kindred, companions, and those who aided and believed in Him. |
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