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"Through His potency the Trees of Divine Revelation have yielded their fruits, every one of which hath been sent down in the form of a Prophet, bearing a Message to God's creatures in each of the worlds whose number God, alone, in His all- encompassing knowledge, can reckon. This He hath accomplished through the agency of but one Letter of His Word, revealed by His Pen-- a Pen moved by His directing Finger-- His Finger itself sustained by the power of God's Truth." (Gl 104) (27:2) "The solar system is dark and obscure, and in it the sun is the center of light, and all the planets of the system revolve around its might and are partakers of its bounty. The sun is the cause of life and illumination, and the means of the growth and development of all the beings of the solar system... In like manner, the Holy Manifestations of God are the centers of the light of Reality... They are splendent in the world of hearts and thoughts, and shower eternal graces upon the world...; 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... 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) (27:3) "The Reality of Christ, that is to say the Word of God, is the cause of spiritual life. It is a quickening spirit." (Saq 136) (27:4) "If we look into the mirror we see the sun, and we say: it is the sun. Therefore the Word and the Holy Spirit, which signify the perfections of God, are the divine appearance. This is the meaning of the verse in the Gospel which says: 'The Word was with God, and the Word was God.'... The perfections of Christ have the power of the Word, because a complete meaning can be inferred from a word. As the Reality of Christ was the Manifestation of the divine perfections, therefore it was like a Word. Why? Because He is the sum of perfect meanings. This is why He is called the Word." (Saq 241) (27:5) "Wert thou to say that this sun is the former sun, thus speakest the truth, and if thou sayest that this sun is the 'return' of that sun, thou also speakest the truth." (Iqan 161) (27:6) "Unlock, O people, the gates of the hearts of men with the keys of the remembrance of Him Who is... the Source of wisdom amongst you." (Bwf 124) (27:7) "Let your ears be attentive unto His Word, so that ye may, by His grace and mercy, drink your fill from the waters of constancy, and become as steadfast and unmovable as the mountain in His Cause." (Bwf 11)
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