5) Perhaps the thief will be in the house, and the owner will not
know it.

It is clear and evident that these signs have symbolic signification, and
that they are not literal. They are fully explained in the Kitab-i-Iqan.
Refer to it.

27: THE TRINITY

Question.--What is the meaning of the Trinity, of the Three Persons in One?

Answer.--The Divine Reality, which is purified and sanctified from the
understanding of human beings and which can never be imagined by the
people of wisdom and of intelligence, is exempt from all conception. That
Lordly Reality admits of no division; for division and multiplicity are
properties of creatures which are contingent existences, and not accidents
which happen to the self-existent.

The Divine Reality is sanctified from singleness, then how much more from
plurality. The descent of that Lordly Reality into conditions and degrees
would be equivalent to imperfection and contrary to perfection, and is,
therefore, absolutely impossible. It perpetually has been, and is, in the
exaltation of holiness and sanctity. All that is mentioned of the
Manifestations and Dawning-places of God signifies the divine reflection,
and not a descent into the conditions of existence.(96)

God is pure perfection, and creatures are but imperfections. For God to
descend into the conditions of existence would be the greatest of
imperfections; on the contrary, His manifestation, His appearance, His
rising are like the reflection of the sun in a clear, pure, polished
mirror. All the creatures are evident signs of God, like the earthly
beings upon all of which the rays of the sun shine. But upon the plains,
the mountains, the trees and fruits, only a portion of the light shines,
through which they become visible, and are reared, and attain to the
object of their existence, while the Perfect Man(97) is in the condition
of a clear mirror in which the Sun of Reality becomes visible and manifest
with all its qualities and perfections. So the Reality of Christ was a
clear and polished mirror of the greatest purity and fineness. The Sun of
Reality, the Essence of Divinity, reflected itself in this mirror and
manifested its light and heat in it; but from the exaltation of its
holiness, and the heaven of its sanctity, the Sun did not descend to dwell
and abide in the mirror. No, it continues to subsist in its exaltation and
sublimity, while appearing and becoming manifest in the mirror in beauty
and perfection