Morning
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 (From the Persian Bayan, ‘Selections from
the Writings of the Báb)