O thou who treadest the path of justice and beholdest the
countenance of mercy! Thine epistle was received, thy question was noted, and
the sweet accents of thy soul were heard from the inmost chambers of thy heart.
Whereupon the clouds of the Divine Will were raised to rain upon thee the
outpourings of heavenly wisdom, to divest thee of all that thou hadst acquired
aforetime, to draw thee from the realms of contradiction unto the retreats of
oneness, and to lead thee to the sacred streams of His Law. Perchance thou
mayest quaff therefrom, repose therein, quench thy thirst, refresh thy soul,
and be numbered with those whom the light of God hath guided aright in this
day.
Encompassed as I am at this time by the dogs of the earth
and the beasts of every land, concealed as I remain in the hidden habitation of
Mine inner Being, forbidden as I may be from divulging that which God hath
bestowed upon Me of the wonders of His knowledge, the gems of His wisdom, and
the tokens of His power, yet am I loath to frustrate the hopes of one who hath
approached the sanctuary of grandeur, sought to enter within the precincts of
eternity, and aspired to soar in the immensity of this creation at the dawning
of the divine decree. I shall therefore relate unto thee certain truths from
among those which God hath vouchsafed unto Me, this only to the extent that
souls can bear and minds endure, lest the malicious raise a clamour or the
dissemblers hoist their banners. I implore God to graciously aid Me in this,
for unto such as beseech Him, He is the All-Bounteous, and of those who show
mercy, He is the Most Merciful. (Bahá’u’lláh, ‘Gems of Divine Mysteries’, ‘Javáhiru’l-Asrár’)
