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The veil of learning, which stopped the Rabbis of Jesus's time from recognizing Him also prevents today's divines from recognizing the new Revelation, "having weighed the testimony of God by the standard of their own knowledge, gleaned from the teachings of the leaders of their faith, and found it at variance with their limited understanding." "The most grievous of all veils is the veil of knowledge." It is the priests who, "clinging unto their own learning, as fashioned by their own fancies and desires, have denounced God's divine Message and Revelation." who "are wrapt in the densest veils of learning, and who, enmeshed by its obscurities, are lost in the wilds of error" (Baha'u'llah)-- it is they whom, in the words of the 'Qur'an' God "causeth to err through a knowledge." "Satisfied with the croaking of the crow and enamoured with the visage of the raven, they have renounced the melody of the nightingale and the charm of the rose." (Baha'u'llah). (105:1) As in the days of Jesus, when the priests shut out the kingdom of heaven and did not allow in those who wanted to enter, so it is the priests of today who keep the people from the path of God: "Leaders of religion, in every age, have hindered their people from attaining the shores of eternal salvation, inasmuch as they held the reins of authority in their mighty grasp. Some for the lust of leadership, others through want of knowledge and understanding, have been the cause of the deprivation of the people. By their sanction and authority, every Prophet of God hath drunk from the chalice of sacrifice, and winged His flight unto the heights of glory." Like Jesus, Baha'u'llah stands inexorably opposed to the representatives of the established religions, whom he repeatedly denounces and holds responsible for the unbelief of the people."
(105:2)
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