Kitáb-i-Íqán | 56 |
Likewise, reflect upon the state and condition of
Mary. So deep was the perplexity of that most
beauteous countenance, so grievous her case, that
she bitterly regretted she had ever been born. To
this beareth witness the text of the sacred verse
wherein it is mentioned that after Mary had given
birth to Jesus, she bemoaned her plight and cried
out: "O would that I had died ere this, and been
a thing forgotten, forgotten quite!" (1) I swear by
God! Such lamenting consumeth the heart and
shaketh the being. Such consternation of soul, such
despondency, could have been caused by no other
than the censure of the enemy and the cavilings
of the infidel and perverse. Reflect, what answer
could Mary have given to the people around her?
How could she claim that a Babe Whose father
was unknown had been conceived of the Holy
Ghost? Therefore did Mary, that veiled and immortal
Countenance, take up her Child and return
unto her home. No sooner had the eyes of the
people fallen upon her than they raised their voice