59 Were I to recount all the verses that have been revealed in connection with this exalted theme, it would weary the reader and divert Us from Our purpose.  The following verse shall therefore suffice Us; may thine eyes be solaced therewith, and mayest thou attain unto that which hath been treasured and concealed therein:  “It is God who hath reared the heavens without pillars thou canst behold; then mounted His throne, and imposed laws on the sun and moon:  each travelleth to its appointed goal.  He ordereth all things.  He maketh His signs clear, that ye may have firm faith in the presence of your Lord."(38)

60 Ponder then, O My friend, the words “firm faith” that have been mentioned in this verse.  It saith that the heavens and the earth, the throne, the sun and the moon, all have been created to the end that His servants may have unswerving faith in His presence in His days.  By the righteousness of God!  Contemplate, O My brother, the greatness of this station, and behold the condition of the people in these days, fleeing from the Countenance of God and His Beauty “as though they were affrighted asses".(39) Wert thou to reflect upon that which We have revealed unto thee, thou wouldst undoubtedly grasp Our purpose in this utterance and discover that which We have desired to impart unto thee within this paradise.  Perchance thine eyes may rejoice in beholding it, thine ears take delight in hearing that which is recited therein, thy soul be enthralled by recognizing it, thy heart illumined by comprehending it, and thy spirit gladdened by the fragrant breezes that waft therefrom.  Haply thou mayest attain unto the pinnacle of divine grace and abide within the Ridvan of transcendent holiness.

61 He, however, who denied God in His Truth, who turned his back upon Him and rebelled, who disbelieved and made mischief, the verdict of “impiety”, “blasphemy”, “death”, and “fire” was passed upon him.  For, what blasphemy is greater than to turn unto the manifestations of Satan, to follow the doctors of oblivion and the people of rebellion?  What impiety is more grievous than to deny the Lord on the day when faith itself is renewed and regenerated by God, the Almighty, the Beneficent?  What death is more wretched than to flee from the Source of everlasting life?  What fire is fiercer on the Day of Reckoning than that of remoteness from the divine Beauty and the celestial Glory?

62 These were the very words and utterances used by the pagan Arabs living in the days of Muhammad to dispute with and pronounce judgement against Him.  They said:  “Those who believed in Muhammad dwelt in our midst and associated with us day and night.  When did they die and when were they raised again to life?” Hearken unto that which was revealed in reply:  “If ever thou dost marvel, marvellous surely is their saying, ’What!  When we have become dust and mouldering bones, shall we be restored in a new creation?’"(40) And in another passage:  “And if thou shouldst say, ’After