Kitáb-i-Íqán | 11 |
And when His day was ended, there came the
turn of Moses. Armed with the rod of celestial
dominion, adorned with the white hand of divine
knowledge, and proceeding from the Paran of the
love of God, and wielding the serpent of power and
everlasting majesty, He shone forth from the Sinai
of light upon the world. He summoned all the
peoples and kindreds of the earth to the kingdom
of eternity, and invited them to partake of the
fruit of the tree of faithfulness. Surely you are
aware of the fierce opposition of Pharaoh and his
people, and of the stones of idle fancy which the
hands of infidels cast upon that blessed Tree. So
much so that Pharaoh and his people finally arose
and exerted their utmost endeavor to extinguish
with the waters of falsehood and denial the fire of
that sacred Tree, oblivious of the truth that no
earthly water can quench the flame of divine wisdom,
nor mortal blasts extinguish the lamp of everlasting
dominion. Nay, rather, such water cannot
but intensify the burning of the flame, and such