Kitáb-i-Íqán | 22 |
Afterwards, the companions and disciples of Jesus asked Him concerning those signs that must needs signalize the return of His manifestation. When, they asked, shall these things be? Several times they questioned that peerless Beauty, and, every time He made reply, He set forth a special sign that should herald the advent of the promised Dispensation. To this testify the records of the four Gospels.
This wronged One will cite but one of these instances,
thus conferring upon mankind, for the
sake of God, such bounties as are yet concealed
within the treasury of the hidden and sacred Tree,
that haply mortal men may not remain deprived
of their share of the immortal fruit, and attain to a
dewdrop of the waters of everlasting life which,
from Baghdád, the "Abode of Peace," are being
vouchsafed unto all mankind. We ask for neither
meed nor reward. "We nourish your souls for the
sake of God; we seek from you neither recompense
nor thanks." (1) This is the food that conferreth everlasting