realm of
the primal and original manifestation of God. Such revelation is confined
to His Prophets and chosen Ones, inasmuch as none mightier than they hath
come to exist in the world of being. This truth all recognize, and bear
witness thereto. These Prophets and chosen Ones of God are the recipients
and revealers of all the unchangeable attributes and names of God. They
are the mirrors that truly and faithfully reflect the light of God.
Whatsoever is applicable to them is in reality applicable to God, Himself,
Who is both the Visible and the Invisible. The knowledge of Him, Who is
the Origin of all things, and attainment unto Him, are impossible save
through knowledge of, and attainment unto, these luminous Beings who
proceed from the Sun of Truth. By attaining, therefore, to the presence of
these holy Luminaries, the "Presence of God" Himself is attained. From
their knowledge, the knowledge of God is revealed, and from the light of
their countenance, the splendour of the Face of God is made manifest.
Through the manifold attributes of these Essences of Detachment, Who are
both the first and the last, the seen and the hidden, it is made evident
that He Who is the Sun of Truth is "the First and the Last, the Seen, and
the Hidden."(108) Likewise the other lofty names and exalted attributes of
God. Therefore, whosoever, and in whatever Dispensation, hath recognized
and attained unto the presence of these glorious, these resplendent and
most excellent Luminaries, hath verily attained unto the "Presence of God"
Himself, and entered the city of eternal and immortal life. Attainment
unto such presence is possible only in the Day of Resurrection, which is
the Day of the rise of God Himself through His all-embracing Revelation.

This is the meaning of the "Day of Resurrection," spoken of in all the
scriptures, and announced unto all people. Reflect, can a more precious, a
mightier, and more glorious day than this be conceived, so that man should
willingly forego its grace, and deprive himself of its bounties, which
like unto vernal showers are raining from the heaven of mercy upon all
mankind? Having thus conclusively demonstrated that no day is greater than
this Day, and no revelation more glorious than this Revelation, and having
set forth all these weighty and infallible proofs which no understanding
mind can question, and no man of learning overlook, how can man possibly,
through the idle contention of the people of doubt a