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“THE revelation of the Divine Reality hath everlastingly …” |
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THE revelation of the Divine Reality hath everlastingly
been identical with its concealment and its concealment
identical with its revelation. That which is intended by
‘Revelation of God’ is the Tree of divine Truth that betokeneth
none but Him, and it is this divine Tree that hath
raised and will raise up Messengers, and hath revealed and
will ever reveal Scriptures. From eternity unto eternity this
Tree of divine Truth hath served and will ever serve as the
throne of the revelation and concealment of God among
His creatures, and in every age is made manifest through
whomsoever He pleaseth. At the time of the revelation of
the Qur’án He asserted His transcendent power through
the advent of Muḥammad, and on the occasion of the
revelation of the Bayán He demonstrated His sovereign
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might through the appearance of the Point of the Bayán,
and when He Whom God shall make manifest will shine
forth, it will be through Him that He will vindicate the
truth of His Faith, as He pleaseth, with whatsoever He
pleaseth and for whatsoever He pleaseth. He is with all
things, yet nothing is with Him. He is not within a thing
nor above it nor beside it. Any reference to His being
established upon the throne implieth that the Exponent of
His Revelation is established upon the seat of transcendent
authority…
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He hath everlastingly existed and will everlastingly
continue to exist. He hath been and will ever remain
inscrutable unto all men, inasmuch as all else besides Him
have been and shall ever be created through the potency of
His command. He is exalted above every mention or praise
and is sanctified beyond every word of commendation or
every comparison. No created thing comprehendeth Him,
while He in truth comprehendeth all things. Even when it
is said ‘no created thing comprehendeth Him’, this refers
to the Mirror of His Revelation, that is Him Whom God
shall make manifest. Indeed too high and exalted is He
for anyone to allude unto Him. II, 8.
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