of the people of certitude which they have found
to accord with their inclinations and interests, and
with the other reject those which are contrary to
their selfish desires. "Believe ye then part of the
Book, and deny part?" (1) How could ye judge that
which ye understand not? Even as the Lord of
being hath in His unerring Book, after speaking of
the "Seal" in His exalted utterance: "&Muhammad
is the Apostle of God and the Seal of the Prophets," (2)
hath revealed unto all people the promise
of "attainment unto the divine Presence." To this
attainment to the presence of the immortal King
testify the verses of the Book, some of which We
have already mentioned. The one true God is My
witness! Nothing more exalted or more explicit
than "attainment unto the divine Presence" hath
been revealed in the Qur'án. Well is it with him
that hath attained thereunto, in the day wherein
most of the people, even as ye witness, have turned
away therefrom.
And yet, through the mystery of the former
verse, they have turned away from the grace promised
by the latter, despite the fact that "attainment
unto the divine Presence" in the "Day of Resurrection"