"Think not that I tell you that which you know not: for except you know it, it cannot be given to you. "To him that hath it is given, and he hath the more abundantly. "None is a prophet save he who knoweth: the instructor of the people is a man of many lives. "Inborn knowledge and the perception of things, these are the sources of revelation: the Soul of the man instructeth him, having already learned by experience. "Intuition is inborn experience; that which the soul knoweth of old and of former years. "And Illumination is the Light of Wisdom, whereby a man perceiveth heavenly secrets. "Which Light is the Spirit of God within the man, showing unto him the things of God. "Do not think that I tell you anything you know not; all cometh from within: the Spirit that informeth is the Spirit of God in the prophet. * * * * * "Inspiration may indeed be mediumship, but it is conscious; and the knowledge of the prophet instructeth him. "Even though he speak in an ecstasy, he uttereth nothing that he knoweth not." Then followed this apostrophe to the Prophet:-- "Thou who art a prophet hast had many lives: yea, thou hast taught many nations, and hast stood before kings. And God hath instructed thee in the years that are past, and in the former times of the earth. By prayer, by fasting, by meditation, by painful seeking, hast thou attained that thou knowest. There is no knowledge but by labour: there is no intuition but by experience. I have seen thee on the hills of the East: I have followed thy steps in the wilderness: I have seen thee adore at sunrise: I have marked thy night watches in the caves of the mountains. Thou hast attained with patience, O prophet! God hath revealed the truth to thee from within."