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“IT is not permissible to ask questions from Him Whom …” 101 |
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IT is not permissible to ask questions from Him Whom
God will make manifest, except that which well beseemeth
Him. For His station is that of the Essence of divine Revelation…
Whatever evidence of bounty is witnessed in the
world, is but an image of His bounty; and every thing owes
its existence to His Being… The Bayán is, from beginning
to end, the repository of all of His attributes, and the
treasury of both His fire and His light. Should anyone desire
to ask questions, he is allowed to do so only in writing, that
he may derive ample understanding from His written reply
and that it may serve as a sign from his Beloved. However,
let no one ask aught that may prove unworthy of His lofty
station. For instance, were a person to inquire the price of
straw from a merchant of rubies, how ignorant would he
be and how unacceptable. Similarly unacceptable would
be the questions of the highest-ranking people of the world
in His presence, except such words as He Himself would
utter about Himself in the Day of His manifestation.
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Methinks I visualize those who would, prompted by
their own deluded conceptions, write to Him and ask Him
questions about that which hath been revealed in the Bayán,
and He would answer them with words not of His Own,
but divinely inspired, saying: ‘Verily, verily, I am God; no
God is there but Me. I have called into being all the created
things, I have raised up divine Messengers in the past and
have sent down Books unto Them. Take heed not to worship
anyone but God, He Who is My Lord and your Lord.
This indeed is the undoubted truth. However, alike shall it
be to Me; if ye believe in Me, ye will provide good for
your own souls, and if ye believe not in Me, nor in that
which God hath revealed unto Me, ye will suffer yourselves
to be shut out as by a veil. For verily I have been independent
of you heretofore, and shall remain independent hereafter.
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Therefore it behooveth you, O creatures of God, to
help your own selves and to believe in the Verses revealed
by Me…’ III, 13.
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