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"The Holy Manifestations of God are the centers of the light of Reality, of the source of Mysteries, and of the bounties of Love. They are resplendent in the worlds of hearts and thoughts, and shower eternal graces upon the world of spirits; they give spiritual life, and are shining with the light of realities and meanings. The enlightenment of the world of thought comes from these centers of light and sources of mysteries. Without the bounty of the splendor, and the instructions of these Holy Beings, the world of souls and thoughts would be opaque darkness. Without the irrefutable teachings of those Sources of mysteries, the human world would become the pasture of animal appetites and qualities, the existence of everything would be unreal, and there would be no true life." (Saq 185- 6) (15:7) For "the world of creation is bound by natural law, finite and mortal... Man, then, is in extreme need of the only power by which he is able to receive help from the divine Reality, that power alone bringing him into contact with the source of all life." (Pt 57- 8) (15:8) "Know thou that, according to what thy Lord... hath decreed..., the favors vouchsafed by Him unto mankind have been, and will ever remain, limitless in their range. First and foremost among these favors... is the gift of understanding. His purpose in conferring such a gift is none other except to enable His creature to know and recognize the one true God... This gift giveth man the power to discern the truth in all things... That which is preeminent above all other gifts, is incorruptible in nature, and pertaineth to God Himself, is the gift of Divine Revelation. Every bounty conferred by the Creator upon man, be it material or spiritual, is subservient unto this. It is, in its essence, and will ever so remain, the Bread which cometh down from Heaven. It is God's supreme testimony, the clearest evidence of His truth.. the proof of His most loving providence." (Bwf 121- 2) (16:1) "Thou hast inspired the Pen with the mysteries of Thine eternity, and bidden it teach man that which he knoweth not, and caused him to partake of the living waters of truth from the cup of Thy Revelation and Thine inspiration." (Bwf 91) (16:2) "Thou art surely aware of the... idle contention, that all Revelation is ended, that the portals of Divine mercy are closed, that from the daysprings of eternal holiness no Sun shall rise again, that the Ocean of everlasting bounty is forever stilled, and that out of the Tabernacle of ancient glory the Messengers of God have ceased to be made manifest. Such is the measure of the understanding of... small- minded contemptible people." (Bwf 16- 7)
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