tag name Manifestations of God, Recognition of type: Religion, general web link bahai-library.com/tags/Manifestations_of_God,_Recognition_of related tags - Manifestations of God; God, Knowledge of; God, Recognition of; Recognition; Remembrance referring tags Clouds; Fragrance; Irfán (concept); Manifestations of God, Rejection of; Spirit of faith; Twin duties Inventory subject Many are called but few are chosen; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Twin duties of recognition and obedience; Universal human capacity for spiritual recognition selected quotations
(authoritative sources)These quotations reflect common presentations of Bahá’í views; the materials below may show a wider range of interpretations and contexts:
"... Were he that treadeth the path of guidance and seeketh to scale the heights of righteousness to attain unto this glorious and supreme station, he would inhale at a distance of a thousand leagues the fragrance of God, and would perceive the resplendent morn of a divine Guidance rising above the dayspring of all things. Each and every thing, however small, would be to him a revelation leading him to his Beloved, the Object of his quest. So great shall be the discernment of this seeker that he will discriminate between truth and falsehood even as he doth distinguish the sun from shadow. If in the uttermost corners of the East the sweet savors of God be wafted, he will assuredly recognize and inhale their fragrance, even though he be dwelling in the uttermost ends of the West. He will likewise clearly distinguish all the signs of God—His wondrous utterances, His great works, and mighty deeds—from the doings, words and ways of men, even as the jeweler who knoweth the gem from the stone, or the man who distinguisheth the spring from autumn and heat from cold. When the channel of the human soul is cleansed of all worldly and impeding attachments, it will unfailingly perceive the breath of the Beloved across immeasurable distances, and will, led by its perfume, attain and enter the City of Certitude..."
– Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude), ¶217 (BH00002)
references www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Recognition Manifestations God
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