Kitáb-i-Íqán | 75 |
It behooveth us, therefore, to make the utmost endeavour, that, by God's invisible assistance, these dark veils, these clouds of Heaven-sent trials, may not hinder us from beholding the beauty of His shining Countenance, and that we may recognize Him only by His own Self. And should we ask for a testimony of His truth, we should content ourselves with one, and only one; that thereby we may attain unto Him Who is the Fountain-head of infinite grace, and in Whose presence all the world's abundance fadeth into nothingness, that we may cease to cavil at Him every day and to cleave unto our own idle fancy.
Gracious God! Notwithstanding the warning
which, in marvelously symbolic language and
subtle allusions, hath been uttered in days past, and
which was intended to awaken the peoples of the
world and to prevent them from being deprived of
their share of the billowing ocean of God's grace,
yet such things as have already been witnessed have
come to pass! Reference to these things hath also
been made in the Qur'án, as witnessed by this
verse: "What can such expect but that God should
come down to them overshadowed with clouds?" (1)