THE One true God may be compared unto the sun and
the believer unto a mirror. No sooner is the mirror placed
before the sun than it reflects its light. The unbeliever may
be likened unto a stone. No matter how long it is exposed
to the sunshine, it cannot reflect the sun. Thus the former
layeth down his life as a sacrifice, while the latter doeth
against God what he committeth. Indeed, if God willeth,
He is potent to turn the stone into a mirror, but the person
himself remaineth reconciled to his state. Had he wished to
become a crystal, God would have made him to assume
crystal form. For on that Day whatever cause prompteth
the believer to believe in Him, the same will also be available
to the unbeliever. But when the latter suffereth himself
to be wrapt in veils, the same cause shutteth him out as by a
veil. Thus, as is clearly evident today, those who have set
their faces toward God, the True One, have believed in Him
because of the Bayán, while such as are veiled have
been deprived because of it. VI, 4.
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