and telleth of the Sun, but that Universal Reality in all Its
splendour, that stainless Mirror Whose qualities are appropriate to the
qualities of the Sun revealed within It--expresseth in their entirety the
attributes of the Source of Glory. And that Universal Reality is Man, the
divine Being, the Essence that abideth forever. 'Say, Call upon God, or
call upon the All-Merciful; whichsoever ye call upon, most beauteous are
His Names.'(19)

This is the meaning of the Messiah's words, that the Father is in the
Son.(20) Dost thou not see that should a stainless mirror proclaim,
'Verily is the sun ashine within me, together with all its qualities,
tokens and signs', such an utterance by such a mirror would be neither
deceptive nor false? No, by the One Who created It, shaped It, fashioned
It, and made It to be an entity conformable to the attributes of the glory
within It! Praised be He Who created It! Praised be He Who fashioned It!
Praised be He Who made It manifest!

Such were the words uttered by Christ. On account of these words they
cavilled at and assailed Him when He said unto them, 'Verily the Son is in
the Father, and the Father is in the Son.'(21) Be thou informed of this,
and learn thou the secrets of thy Lord. As for the deniers, they are
veiled from God: they see not, they hear not, neither do they understand.
'Leave them to entertain themselves with their cavillings.'(22) Abandon
them to their wanderings along river beds where no stream flows. Like
grazing beasts they cannot tell paste from pearl. Are they not shut away
from the mysteries of thy Lord, the Clement, the Merciful?

For thy part, rejoice at this best of all glad tidings, and rise up to
exalt the Word of God and to spread abroad His sweet savours in all that
vast and mighty land. Know thou of a certainty that thy Lord will come to
thine aid with a company of the Concourse on high and hosts of the Abha
Kingdom. These will mount the attack, and will furiously assail the forces
of the ignorant, the blind. Erelong wilt thou behold the flush of daybreak
spreading from out the Most Exalted Realm, and the morn encompassing all
regions. It will put the dark to flight, and the gloom of night will fade
and pass, and the bright brow of the Faith shine forth, and the Day-Star
rise and overspread the world. On that day will the faithful rejoice, and
the steadfast be blissful; then will the slanderers take themselves off,
and the waverers be blotted out, even