Were We to unveil the pearls of testimony which lie hid
within the shells of the ocean of knowledge and assurance or to let the
beauties of divine mystery which are hidden within the chambers of utterance in
the Paradise of true understanding, step out of their habitation, then from
every direction violent commotion would arise among the leaders of religion and
thou wouldst witness the people of God held fast in the teeth of such wolves as
have denied God both in the beginning and in the end. Therefore We restrained the
Pen for a considerable lapse of time in accordance with divine wisdom and for
the sake of protecting the faithful from those who have bartered away heavenly
blessings for disbelief and have chosen for their people the abode of
perdition.(cf. Qur’an 14:33)
- Baha’u’llah (‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
