Kitáb-i-Íqán | 46 |
In like manner, endeavour to comprehend the
meaning of the "changing of the earth." Know
thou, that upon whatever hearts the bountiful
showers of mercy, raining from the "heaven" of
divine Revelation, have fallen, the earth of those
hearts hath verily been changed into the earth of
divine knowledge and wisdom. What myrtles of
unity hath the soil of their hearts produced! What
blossoms of true knowledge and wisdom hath their
illumined bosoms yielded! Were the earth of their
hearts to remain unchanged, how could such souls
who have not been taught one letter, have seen no
teacher, and entered no school, utter such words
and display such knowledge as none can apprehend?
Methinks they have been moulded from
the clay of infinite knowledge, and kneaded with
the water of divine wisdom. Therefore, hath it
been said: "Knowledge is a light which God casteth
into the heart of whomsoever He willeth." It is
this kind of knowledge which is and hath ever
been praiseworthy, and not the limited knowledge
that hath sprung forth from veiled and obscured
minds. This limited knowledge they even stealthily
borrow one from the other, and vainly pride
themselves therein!