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dissensions will be removed and
just from that day the epoch of
happiness of Afghanistan shall
commence. I pray to God that
that day of happiness of our
beloved country, the country
belonging to me and belonging
to yourselves, may be just
this day, the first date of
the opening of the Consultative
Assembly. God is Omnipotent.
He is merciful, he is gracious.
As He has granted release to
Afghanistan from a civil revolu-
ارزانی داشت / tion and has vouchsafed peace
to Afghanistan and bestowed on
us honour, strength and unity,
so in the same way I am not
مایوس despondent regarding His further
Grace. And we cherish the
confident hope that the past
revolution would be the last
period of calamity and distress
to our Nation, and I trust by
the Grace of God it will have
ended for ever. And this first
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