Prophets?'" Behold, how many are the mysteries
that lie as yet unravelled within the tabernacle of
the knowledge of God, and how numerous the
gems of His wisdom that are still concealed in His
inviolable treasuries! Shouldest thou ponder this
in thine heart, thou wouldst realize that His
handiwork knoweth neither beginning nor end.
The domain of His decree is too vast for the
tongue of mortals to describe, or for the bird of the
human mind to traverse; and the dispensations of
His providence are too mysterious for the mind of
man to comprehend. His creation no end hath
overtaken, and it hath ever existed from the "Beginning
that hath no beginning"; and the Manifestations
of His Beauty no beginning hath beheld,
and they will continue to the "End that knoweth
no end." Ponder this utterance in thine heart, and
reflect how it is applicable unto all these holy
Souls.
Likewise, strive thou to comprehend the meaning
of the melody of that eternal beauty, Husayn,
son of `Alí, who, addressing Salman, spoke words
such as these: "I was with a thousand Adams, the
interval between each and the next Adam was fifty
thousand years, and to each one of these I declared