| Kitáb-i-Íqán | 2 |
| Kitáb-i-Íqán | 3 |
No man shall attain the shores of the ocean of true understanding except he be detached from all that is in heaven and on earth. Sanctify your souls, O ye peoples of the world, that haply ye may attain that station which God hath destined for you and enter thus the tabernacle which, according to the dispensations of Providence, hath been raised in the firmament of the Bayan.
THE essence of these words is this: they that
tread the path of faith, they that thirst for the
wine of certitude, must cleanse themselves of all
that is earthly--their ears from idle talk, their
minds from vain imaginings, their hearts from
worldly affections, their eyes from that which perisheth.
They should put their trust in God, and,
holding fast unto Him, follow in His way. Then
will they be made worthy of the effulgent glories
of the sun of divine knowledge and understanding,
and become the recipients of a grace that is infinite
and unseen, inasmuch as man can never hope to attain
unto the knowledge of the All-Glorious, can
never quaff from the stream of divine knowledge
