O thou who hast set foot in the wilderness of knowledge and
taken abode within the ark of wisdom! Not until thou hast grasped the mysteries
concealed in that which We shall relate unto thee canst thou hope to attain to
the stations of faith and certitude in the Cause of God and in those who are
the Manifestations of His Cause, the Daysprings of His Command, the Treasuries
of His revelation, and the Repositories of His knowledge. Shouldst thou fail in
this, thou wouldst be numbered with them that have not striven for the Cause of
God, nor inhaled the fragrance of faith from the raiment of certitude, nor
scaled the heights of the divine unity, nor yet recognized the stations of
divine singleness within the Embodiments of praise and the Essences of
sanctity.
Strive then, O My brother, to apprehend this matter, that
the veils may be lifted from the face of thy heart and that thou mayest be
reckoned among them whom God hath graced with such penetrating vision as to
behold the most subtle realities of His dominion, to fathom the mysteries of
His kingdom, to perceive the signs of His transcendent Essence in this mortal
world, and to attain a station wherein one seeth no distinction amongst His
creatures and findeth no flaw in the creation of the heavens and the earth. [Qur’án
67:3] (Baha’u’llah, ‘Gems of Divine Mysteries’, ‘Javáhiru’l-Asrár’)
