| Kitáb-i-Íqán | 42 |
had the people of the Gospel recognized the meaning
of the symbolic terms "sun" and "moon," had
they sought, unlike the froward and perverse, enlightenment
from Him Who is the Revealer of
divine knowledge, they would have surely comprehended
the purpose of these terms, and would
not have become afflicted and oppressed by the
darkness of their selfish desires. Yea, but since they
have failed to acquire true knowledge from its very
Source, they have perished in the perilous vale of
waywardness and misbelief. They still have not
awakened to perceive that all the signs foretold
have been made manifest, that the promised Sun
hath risen above the horizon of divine Revelation,
and that the "sun" and "moon" of the teachings,
the laws, and learning of a former Dispensation
have darkened and set.
And now, with fixed gaze and steady wings
enter thou the way of certitude and truth. "Say:
It is God; then leave them to entertain themselves
with their cavilings." (1) Thus, wilt thou be accounted
of those companions of whom He saith:
"They that say `Our Lord is God,' and continue
steadfast in His way, upon them, verily, shall the
