July 7
The wayfarer in this Valley [Knowledge] seeth in the
fashionings of the True One nothing save clear providence, and at every moment
saith: “No defect canst thou see in the creation of the God of Mercy: Repeat
the gaze: Seest thou a single flaw?” [ Qur’án 67:3] He beholdeth justice in
injustice, and in justice, grace. In ignorance he findeth many a knowledge
hidden, and in knowledge a myriad wisdoms manifest. He breaketh the cage of the
body and the passions, and consorteth with the people of the immortal realm. He
mounteth on the ladders of inner truth and hasteneth to the heaven of inner
significance. He rideth in the ark of “we shall show them our signs in the
regions and in themselves,” [Qur’án 41:53] and journeyeth over the sea of
“until it become plain to them that (this Book) is the truth.” [Qur’án 41:53]
And if he meeteth with injustice he shall have patience, and if he cometh upon
wrath he shall manifest love. (Baha’u’llah, ‘The Seven Valleys’)
