Kitáb-i-Íqán | 63 |
After Him came Moses, He Who held converse
with God. The soothsayers of His time warned
Pharaoh in these terms: "A star hath risen in the
heaven, and lo! it foreshadoweth the conception of
a Child Who holdeth your fate and the fate of
your people in His hand." In like manner, there
appeared a sage who, in the darkness of the night,
brought tidings of joy unto the people of Israel,
imparting consolation to their souls, and assurance
to their hearts. To this testify the records of the
sacred books. Were the details to be mentioned,
this epistle would swell into a book. Moreover, it
is not Our wish to relate the stories of the days that
are past. God is Our witness that what We even
now mention is due solely to Our tender affection
for thee, that haply the poor of the earth may attain
the shores of the sea of wealth, the ignorant be
led unto the ocean of divine knowledge, and
they that thirst for understanding partake of
the Salsabil of divine wisdom. Otherwise, this
servant regardeth the consideration of such
records a grave mistake and a grievous transgression.