June 24
That the term “sun” hath been applied to the leaders of
religion is due to their lofty position, their fame, and renown. Such are the
universally recognized divines of every age, who speak with authority, and
whose fame is securely established. If they be in the likeness of the Sun of
Truth, they will surely be accounted as the most exalted of all luminaries;
otherwise, they are to be recognized as the focal centres of hellish fire. Even
as He saith: “Verily, the sun and the moon are both condemned to the torment of
infernal fire.” [Qur’án 55:5] ...And whosoever is of the element of this “sun” and “moon”, that
is, followeth the example of these leaders in setting his face towards
falsehood and in turning away from the truth he undoubtedly cometh out of
infernal gloom and returneth thereunto. (Baha’u’llah, ‘The Kitab-i-Iqan’)
