And likewise, He saith:  “And had We sent down unto Thee a Book written on parchment, and they had touched it with their hands, the infidels would surely have said ‘This is naught but palpable sorcery.’"(170) Most of the verses of the Qur’an are indicative of this theme.  We have, for the sake of brevity, mentioned only these verses.  Consider, hath anything else besides the verses been established in the whole Book, as a standard for the recognition of the Manifestations of His Beauty, that the people might cling to, and reject the Manifestations of God?  On the contrary, in every instance, He hath threatened with fire those that repudiate and scoff at the verses, as already shown.

Therefore, should a person arise and bring forth a myriad verses, discourses, epistles, and prayers, none of which have been acquired through learning, what conceivable excuse could justify those that reject them, and deprive themselves of the potency of their grace?  What answer could they give when once their soul hath ascended and departed from its gloomy temple?  Could they seek to justify themselves by saying:  “We have clung to a certain tradition, and not having beheld the literal fulfilment thereof, we have therefore raised such cavils against the Embodiments of divine Revelation, and kept remote from the law of God?” Hast thou not heard that among the reasons why certain Prophets have been designated as Prophets “endowed with constancy” was the revelation of a Book unto them?  And yet, how could this people be justified in rejecting the Revealer and Author of so many volumes of verses, and follow the sayings of him who hath foolishly sown the seeds of doubt in the hearts of men, and who, Satan-like, hath risen to lead the people into the paths of perdition and error?  How could they allow such things to deprive them of the light of the Sun of divine bounty?  Aside from these things, if these people shun and reject such a divine Soul, such holy Breath, to whom, We wonder, could they cling, to whose face besides His Face could they turn?  Yea—­“All have a quarter of the Heavens to which they turn."(171) We have shown thee these two ways; walk thou the way thou choosest.  This verily is the truth, and after truth there remaineth naught but error.

Amongst the proofs demonstrating the truth of this Revelation is this, that in every age and Dispensation, whenever the invisible Essence was revealed in the person of His Manifestation, certain souls, obscure and detached from all worldly entanglements, would seek illumination from the Sun of Prophethood and Moon of divine guidance, and would attain unto the divine Presence.  For this reason, the divines of the age and those possessed of wealth, would scorn and scoff at these people.  Even as He hath revealed concerning them that erred:  “Then said the chiefs of His people who believed not, ’We see in Thee but a man like ourselves; and we see not any who have followed Thee except our meanest ones of hasty