| Kitáb-i-Íqán | 17 |
unto you. The denials and protestations of these
leaders of religion have, in the main, been due to
their lack of knowledge and understanding. Those
words uttered by the Revealers of the beauty of
the one true God, setting forth the signs that should
herald the advent of the Manifestation to come,
they never understood nor fathomed. Hence they
raised the standard of revolt, and stirred up mischief
and sedition. It is obvious and manifest that
the true meaning of the utterances of the Birds of
Eternity is revealed to none except those that manifest
the Eternal Being, and the melodies of the
Nightingale of Holiness can reach no ear save that
of the denizens of the everlasting realm. The Copt
of tyranny can never partake of the cup touched
by the lips of the Sept of justice, and the Pharaoh
of unbelief can never hope to recognize the hand
of the Moses of truth. Even as He saith: "None
knoweth the meaning thereof except God and them
that are well-grounded in knowledge." (1) And yet,
they have sought the interpretation of the Book
from those that are wrapt in veils, and have refused
to seek enlightenment from the fountain-head
of knowledge.
And when the days of Moses were ended, and
