Kitáb-i-Íqán | 178 |
Viewed in the light of their second station--the station of distinction, differentiation, temporal limitations, characteristics and standards,--they manifest absolute servitude, utter destitution and complete self-effacement. Even as He saith: "I am the servant of God. (1) I am but a man like you." (2)
From these incontrovertible and fully demonstrated statements strive thou to apprehend the meaning of the questions thou hast asked, that thou mayest become steadfast in the Faith of God, and not be dismayed by the divergences in the utterances of His Prophets and Chosen Ones.
Were any of the all-embracing Manifestations
of God to declare: "I am God!" He verily speaketh
the truth, and no doubt attacheth thereto.
For it hath been repeatedly demonstrated that
through their Revelation, their attributes and
names, the Revelation of God, His name and His
attributes, are made manifest in the world. Thus,
He hath revealed: "Those shafts were God's, not