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10 were close to them. They followed only those who had already gone astray from among Faij A‘waj 1 and were among the deprived ones, and they continued to fol- low their sayings until the truth became manifest so that some of them repented in remorse. But the ones upon whose hearts God had set a seal neither accepted the truth nor benefited from the admonition of the admonisher. Those who are firmly rooted in knowledge weep over their con- dition and find them sleeping on the brink of a pit. 1. Publisher’s Note: Lit. ‘Crooked group. ’ In To h fa-e-Golarhviyyah, Ru ha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 17, p. 226, the Promised Messiah as explains Faij A‘waj as: The middle ages that came after the age of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and the blessed ages, and preceded the age of the Promised Messiah, is the age of Faij A‘waj, or the age of a misguided lot that had no good in it, with some exceptions. This is the age of Faij A‘waj regarding which a hadith of the Holy Prophet s as states: سوا مني ولست ُ منهم ی ل. Meaning that, they are not of me and I am not of them; i. e. I have nothing to do with them. This is the age in which thousands of false innovations and countless unholy customs were introduced, and idolatry was prac- ticed with regard to Allah, His attributes, and His actions. And multitudes of unholy sects were born that reached the number of seventy-three. ضلّوا من قبل من فَیْج ٍ أعوَج َ ومن. فما زالوا آخذین ن ی قوم حمجوب� بآثارهم حتی حصحص الحق، وأمّا متندّمین. بعضهم فرجع الذین طبَع الل ّٰ علی قلوبهم فما كانوأن یقبلوا الحق وما نفعهم وعظ الراسخون والعلماء الواعظین. یبكون علیهم ویجدونهم علی شفا حفرة نائمین.