The Book of Certitude starts with the strongest possible affirmation of
unity
NUMBER ONE**He recognized the truth of the signs, prophecies, and words of
Jesus, and testified that they were all of God. In this sense, neither the
person of Jesus nor His writings hath differed from that of Muhammad and of
His holy Book, inasmuch as both have championed the Cause of God, uttered
His praise, and revealed His commandments. Thus it is that Jesus, Himself,
declared: "I go away and come again unto you." Consider the sun. Were it to
say now, "I am the sun of yesterday," it would speak the truth. And should
it, bearing the sequence of time in mind, claim to be other than that sun,
it still would speak the truth. In like manner, if it be said that all the
days are but one and the same, it is correct and true. And if it be said,
with respect to their particular names and designations, that they differ,
that again is true. For though they are the same, yet one doth recognize in
each a separate designation, a specific attribute, a particular character.
Conceive accordingly the distinction, variation, and unity characteristic of
the various Manifestations of holiness, that thou mayest comprehend the
allusions made by the creator of all names and attributes to the mysteries
of distinction and unity, and discover the answer to thy question as to why
that everlasting Beauty should have, at sundry times, called Himself by
different names and titles.
(Baha'u'llah: The Kitab-i-Iqan, Pages: 21-22)**
NUMBER TWO] It describes the Manifestations as the SUN.
*** Thus, by the "sun" in one sense is meant those Suns of Truth Who rise
from the dayspring of ancient glory, and fill the world with a liberal
effusion of grace from on high. These Suns of Truth are the universal
Manifestations of God in the worlds of His attributes and names, even as the
visible sun that assisteth, as decreed by God, the true One, the Adored, in
the development of all earthly things, such as the trees, the fruits, and
colours thereof, the minerals of the earth, and all that may be witnessed in
the world of creation, so do the divine Luminaries, by their loving care and
educative influence, cause the trees of divine unity, the fruits of His
oneness, the leaves of detachment, the blossoms of knowledge and certitude,
and the myrtles of wisdom and utterance, to exist and be made manifest.
(Baha'u'llah: The Kitab-i-Iqan, Pages: 33-34)***
NUMBER THREE] Thus, by the "sun" in one sense is meant those Suns of Truth
Who rise from the dayspring of ancient glory, and fill the world with a
liberal effusion of grace from on high. These Suns of Truth are the
universal Manifestations of God in the worlds of His attributes and names,
even as the visible sun that assisteth, as decreed by God, the true One, the
Adored, in the development of all earthly things, such as the trees, the
fruits, and colours thereof, the minerals of the earth, and all that may be
witnessed in the world of creation, so do the divine Luminaries, by their
loving care and educative influence, cause the trees of divine unity, the
fruits of His oneness, the leaves of detachment, the blossoms of knowledge
and certitude, and the myrtles of wisdom and utterance, to exist and be made
manifest
(Baha'u'llah: The Kitab-i-Iqan, Pages: 33-34)
NUMBER FOUR
THE WILL OF GOD IS EMPHASIZED
Were the eye of the heart to open, it would surely perceive that THE WORDS
REVEALED FROM THE HEAVEN OF THE WILL OF GOD ARE AT ONE WITH, and the same
as, the deeds that have emanated from the Kingdom of divine power
(Baha'u'llah: The Kitab-i-Iqan, Pages: 57-58)
By this is meant that the divine Beauty will be made manifest from the
heaven of the will of God [az samAwAt MASHIYYAT E RABBANI] , and will appear
in the form of the human temple.
(Baha'u'llah: The Kitab-i-Iqan, Pages: 66-67)
The term "heaven" denoteth loftiness and exaltation, inasmuch as it is the
seat of the revelation of those Manifestations of Holiness, the Day-springs
of ancient glory. These ancient Beings, though delivered from the womb of
their mother, have in reality descended from the heaven of the will of God.
Though they be dwelling on this earth, yet their true habitations are the
retreats of glory in the realms above. Whilst walking amongst mortals, they
soar in the heaven of the divine presence. Without feet they tread the path
of the spirit, and without wings they rise unto the exalted heights of
divine unity. With every fleeting breath they cover the immensity of space,
and at every moment traverse the kingdoms of the visible and the invisible.
(Baha'u'llah: The Kitab-i-Iqan, Page: 67)
Dearest John and Gilberto [and others interested in this thread] I am
physically away from any PC for three days and two days. Be good and upon
you twain be my warmest most cordial greetings
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