And likewise, He saith: "Say to them that are of a fearful heart: be
strong, fear not, behold your God." This blessed verse is a proof of the
greatness of the Revelation, and of the greatness of the Cause, inasmuch
as the blast of the trumpet must needs spread confusion throughout the
world, and fear and trembling amongst all men. Well is it with him who
hath been illumined with the light of trust and detachment. The
tribulations of that Day will not hinder or alarm him. Thus hath the
Tongue of Utterance spoken, as bidden by Him Who is the All-Merciful. He,
verily, is the Strong, the All-Powerful, the All-Subduing, the Almighty.
It is now incumbent upon them who are endowed with a hearing ear and a
seeing eye to ponder these sublime words, in each of which the oceans of
inner meaning and explanation are hidden, that haply the words uttered by
Him Who is the Lord of Revelation may enable His servants to attain, with
the utmost joy and radiance, unto the Supreme Goal and Most Sublime
Summit—the dawning-place of this Voice.
O _Sh_ay_kh_! Wert thou to perceive, be it less than a needle’s eye, the
breaths of Mine utterance, thou wouldst abandon the world and all that is
therein, and wouldst set thy face towards the lights of the countenance of
the Desired One. Briefly, in the sayings of Him Who is the Spirit (Jesus)
unnumbered significances lie concealed. Unto many things did He refer, but
as He found none possessed of a hearing ear or a seeing eye He chose to
conceal most of these things. Even as He saith: "But ye cannot bear them
now." That Dawning-Place of Revelation saith that on that Day He Who is
the Promised One will reveal the things which are to come. Accordingly in
the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, and in the Tablets to the Kings, and in the
Lawḥ-i-Ra’ís, and in the Lawḥ-i-Fu’ád, most of the things which have come
to pass on this earth have been announced and prophesied by the Most
Sublime Pen.
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