ing short of an immovable
conviction in their divine origin, and their uniqueness in the annals of
religion; nothing short of an unwavering purpose to execute and apply them
to the administrative machinery of the Cause, can be sufficient to
establish their reality, and insure their success. How vast is the
Revelation of Baha'u'llah! How great the magnitude of His blessings
showered upon humanity in this day! And yet, how poor, how inadequate our
conception of their significance and glory! This generation stands too
close to so colossal a Revelation to appreciate, in their full measure,
the infinite possibilities of His Faith, the unprecedented character of
His Cause, and the mysterious dispensations of His Providence.

In the Iqan, Baha'u'llah, wishing to emphasize the transcendent character
of this new Day of God, reinforces the strength of His argument by His
reference to the text of a correct and authorized tradition, which reveals
the following: "Knowledge is twenty and seven letters. All that the
Prophets have revealed are two letters thereof. No man thus far hath known
more than these two letters. But when the Qa'im shall arise, He will cause
the remaining twenty and five letters to be made manifest." And then
immediately follow these confirming and illuminating words of Baha'u'llah:
"Consider: He hath declared knowledge to consist of twenty and seven
letters, and regarded all the prophets, from Adam even unto Muhammad, the
'seal,' as expounders of only two letters thereof. He also saith that the
Qa'im will reveal all the remaining twenty and five letters. Behold from
this utterance how great and lofty is His station! His rank excelleth that
of all the prophets, and His revelation transcendeth the comprehension and
understanding of all their chosen ones. A revelation, of which the
prophets of God, His saints and chosen ones have either not been informed
or which, in pursuance of God's inscrutable decree, they have not
disclosed--such a revelation, these vile and villainous people have sought
to measure with their own deficient minds, their own deficient learning
and understanding."

In another passage of the same Book, Baha'u'llah, referring to the
transformation effected by every Revelation in the ways, thoughts and
manners of the people, reveals these words: "Is not the object of every
Revelation to effect a transformation in the whole character of mankind, a
transformation that shall manifest itself, both outwa