| Kitáb-i-Íqán | 147 |
"What He pleaseth will God abrogate or confirm:
for with Him is the Source of Revelation." (1)
Therefore, it hath been said: "To seek evidence,
when the Proof hath been established is but an unseemly
act, and to be busied with the pursuit of
knowledge when the Object of all learning hath
been attained is truly blameworthy." Say O people
of the earth! Behold this flamelike Youth that
speedeth across the limitless profound of the Spirit,
heralding unto you the tidings: "Lo: the Lamp
of God is shining," and summoning you to
heed His Cause which, though hidden beneath
the veils of ancient splendour, shineth in the
land of Iraq above the day-spring of eternal holiness.
O my friend, were the bird of thy mind to explore
the heavens of the Revelation of the Qur'án,
were it to contemplate the realm of divine knowledge
unfolded therein, thou wouldst assuredly find
unnumbered doors of knowledge set open before
thee. Thou wouldst certainly recognize that all
these things which have in this day hindered this
people from attaining the shores of the ocean of
eternal grace, the same things in the Muhammadan
