Oh, would that the world could believe Me! Were all the
things that lie enshrined within the heart of Bahá, and which the Lord, His
God, the Lord of all names, hath taught Him, to be unveiled to mankind, every
man on earth would be dumbfounded.
How great the multitude of truths which the garment of words
can never contain! How vast the number of such verities as no expression can
adequately describe, whose significance can never be unfolded, and to which not
even the remotest allusions can be made! How manifold are the truths which must
remain unuttered until the appointed time is come! Even as it hath been said:
“Not everything that a man knoweth can be disclosed, nor can everything that he
can disclose be regarded as timely, nor can every timely utterance be
considered as suited to the capacity of those who hear it.”
Of these truths some can be disclosed only to the extent of
the capacity of the repositories of the light of Our knowledge, and the
recipients of Our hidden grace.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
