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CHAPTER I, I-6.
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of resurrection (âkhezisno) at the renovation of the best existence 1. 4. As to the interview and important conversation of that disciple of ours (mânak), and his going, and that also which he expounded of the religion-that of him who is intimate in interview and conversation with him who is wise and righteous the stunted good works are then more developing3—and as to the degree of praise which you ordered to write concerning me, much greater than reason, and the important statements full of the observations of friendship as to kind regards, my course about these is also that which leads to gratitude.
5. That which you ordered to write about the way of knowing and understanding not being for any one else but for your servant, was owing to your affection, and for the sake of kind regard; but on account of the importance of truth it is more expressly to be regarded as being proper to write also to other spiritual men, as to the learning which is more fully studied by them. 6. For even with the perplexing struggle of the fiend, and the grievous devastation and collapse (nizôrih) which have happened to religious people, after all, through the persistence (khvâ parth) of the sacred beings even
1 That is, when this transitory world is purified and made permanent, so as to form a part of heaven, which is expected to take place at the resurrection.
2 Pahl. kazd, which may be compared with Pers. kaz, 'distorted,' or may be a miswriting of Pahl. kas, 'small.'
The modern MSS., M14 and J, add and those which are great are more attainable.'
The word is maînôk (minavad), but the omission of one stroke would make it magôg, 'priestly,' which was probably the original reading.
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