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In the ages to come, though the Cause of God may rise and grow a hundredfold and the shade of the Sadratu'l- Muntaha shelter all mankind, yet this present century shall stand unrivalled, for it hath witnessed the breaking of that Morn and the rising of that Sun. This century is, verily, the source of His Light and the dayspring of His Revelation. Future ages and generations shall behold the diffusion of its radiance and the manifestations of its signs. (67:1) Wherefore, exert yourselves, haply ye may obtain your full share and portion of His bestowals. (67:2) 33. O servant of God! We have noted what thou didst write to Jinab- i- Ibn- Abhar, and thy question regarding the verse: `Whoso layeth claim to a Revelation direct from God, ere the expiration of a full thousand years, such a man is assuredly a lying impostor.' (67:3) The meaning of this is that any individual who, before the expiry of a full thousand years-- years known and clearly established by common usage and requiring no interpretation-- should lay claim to a Revelation direct from God, even though he should reveal certain signs, that man is assuredly false and an impostor. (67:4) This is not a reference to the Universal Manifestation, for it is clearly set forth in the Holy Writings that centuries, nay thousands of years, must pass on to completion, before a Manifestation like unto this Manifestation shall appear again. (67:5) It is possible, however, that after the completion of a full thousand years, certain Holy Beings will be empowered to deliver a Revelation: this, however, will not be through a Universal Manifestation. Wherefore every day of the cycle of the Blessed Beauty is in reality equal to one year, and every year of it is equal to a thousand years.
(67:6)
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