| Kitáb-i-Íqán | 53 |
eternity, been in His Essence independent of the
comprehension of all beings, and will continue, for
ever, in His own Being to be exalted above the
adoration of every soul. A single breeze of His
affluence doth suffice to adorn all mankind with the
robe of wealth; and one drop out of the ocean of
His bountiful grace is enough to confer upon all
beings the glory of everlasting life. But inasmuch
as the divine Purpose hath decreed that the true
should be known from the false, and the sun from
the shadow, He hath, therefore, in every season
sent down upon mankind the showers of tests from
His realm of glory.
Were men to meditate upon the lives of the
Prophets of old, so easily would they come to
know and understand the ways of these Prophets
that they would cease to be veiled by such deeds
and words as are contrary to their own worldly desires,
and thus consume every intervening veil with
the fire burning in the Bush of divine knowledge,
and abide secure upon the throne of peace and certitude.
For instance, consider Moses, son of Imran,
one of the exalted Prophets and Author of a
divinely-revealed Book. Whilst passing, one day,
through the market, in His early days, ere His
