Kitáb-i-Íqán | 102 |
I swear by God, O esteemed and honoured friend! Shouldst thou ponder these words in thine heart, thou wilt of a certainty find the doors of divine wisdom and infinite knowledge flung open before thy face.
From that which hath been said it becometh
evident that all things, in their inmost reality, testify
to the revelation of the names and attributes
of God within them. Each according to its capacity,
indicateth, and is expressive of, the knowledge
of God. So potent and universal is this revelation,
that it hath encompassed all things, visible and invisible.
Thus hath He revealed: "Hath aught else
save Thee a power of revelation which is not possessed
by Thee, that it could have manifested
Thee? Blind is the eye which doth not perceive
Thee." Likewise, hath the eternal King spoken:
"No thing have I perceived, except that I perceived
God within it, God before it, or God after
it." Also in the tradition of Kumayl it is written:
"Behold, a light hath shone forth out of the Morn
of eternity, and lo! its waves have penetrated the
inmost reality of all men." Man, the noblest and