Perchance …He may attire us instead with the robe of His
mercy and the raiment of His guidance, and admit us into the city of knowledge.
Whosoever entereth this city will comprehend every science
before probing into its mysteries and will acquire from the leaves of its trees
a knowledge and wisdom encompassing such mysteries of divine lordship as are
enshrined within the treasuries of creation. Glorified be God, its Creator and
Fashioner, above all that He hath brought forth and ordained therein! By God,
the Sovereign Protector, the Self-Subsisting, the Almighty! Were I to unveil to
thine eyes the gates of this city, which have been fashioned by the right hand
of might and power, thou wouldst behold that which none before thee hath ever
beheld, and wouldst witness that which no other soul hath ever witnessed. Thou
wouldst apprehend the most obscure signs and the most abstruse allusions, and
wouldst clearly behold the mysteries of the beginning in the point of the end.
All matters would be made easy unto thee, fire would be turned into light,
knowledge and blessings, and thou wouldst abide in safety within the court of
holiness. (Baha’u’llah, ‘Gems of Divine Mysteries’, ‘Javáhiru’l-Asrár’)
