Kitáb-i-Íqán | 26 |
Inasmuch as the Christian divines have failed
to apprehend the meaning of these words, and did
not recognize their object and purpose, and have
clung to the literal interpretation of the words of
Jesus, they therefore became deprived of the
streaming grace of the Muhammadan Revelation
and its showering bounties. The ignorant among
the Christian community, following the example
of the leaders of their faith, were likewise prevented
from beholding the beauty of the King of
glory, inasmuch as those signs which were to accompany
the dawn of the sun of the Muhammadan
Dispensation did not actually come to pass. Thus,
ages have passed and centuries rolled away, and
that most pure Spirit hath repaired unto the retreats
of its ancient sovereignty. Once more hath
the eternal Spirit breathed into the mystic trumpet,
and caused the dead to speed out of their sepulchres
of heedlessness and error unto the realm of
guidance and grace. And yet, that expectant community