The Day of Resurrection is a day on which the sun riseth and
setteth like unto any other day. How oft hath the Day of Resurrection dawned,
and the people of the land where it occurred did not learn of the event. Had they
heard, they would not have believed, and thus they were not told!
When the Apostle of God [Muhammad] appeared,
He did not announce unto the unbelievers that the Resurrection had come, for
they could not bear the news. That Day is indeed an infinitely mighty Day, for
in it the Divine Tree proclaimeth from eternity unto eternity, ‘Verily, I am
God. No God is there but Me’. Yet those who are veiled believe that
He is one like unto them, and they refuse even to call Him a believer, although
such a title in the realm of His heavenly Kingdom is conferred everlastingly
upon the most insignificant follower of His previous Dispensation. Thus, had
the people in the days of the Apostle of God regarded Him at least as a
believer of their time how would they have debarred Him, for seven years while
He was in the mountain, from access to His Holy House [Ka’bah]? Likewise in
this Dispensation of the Point of the Bayán, if the people had not refused to
concede the name believer unto Him, how could they have incarcerated Him on
this mountain, without realizing that the quintessence of belief oweth its
existence to a word from Him? Their hearts are deprived of the power of true
insight, and thus they cannot see, while those endowed with the eyes of the
spirit circle like moths round the Light of Truth until they are consumed. It
is for this reason that the Day of Resurrection is said to be the greatest of
all days, yet it is like unto any other day.
(The Báb, excerpt from the Persian
Bayan, ‘Selections from the Writings of the Báb)
