am Jesus." He recognized the truth of the signs,
prophecies, and words of Jesus, and testified that
they were all of God. In this sense, neither the
person of Jesus nor His writings hath differed
from that of Muhammad and of His holy Book,
inasmuch as both have championed the Cause of
God, uttered His praise, and revealed His commandments.
Thus it is that Jesus, Himself, declared:
"I go away and come again unto you."
Consider the sun. Were it to say now, "I am the sun
of yesterday," it would speak the truth. And
should it, bearing the sequence of time in mind,
claim to be other than that sun, it still would speak
the truth. In like manner, if it be said that all the
days are but one and the same, it is correct and
true. And if it be said, with respect to their particular
names and designations, that they differ,
that again is true. For though they are the same,
yet one doth recognize in each a separate designation,
a specific attribute, a particular character.
Conceive accordingly the distinction, variation,
and unity characteristic of the various Manifestations
of holiness, that thou mayest comprehend the
allusions made by the creator of all names and attributes
to the mysteries of distinction and unity,
and discover the answer to thy question as to why
