nd fancy, deprive
himself of such a bountiful grace? Have they not heard the well-known
tradition: "When the Qa'im riseth, that day is the Day of Resurrection?"
In like manner, the Imams, those unquenchable lights of divine guidance,
have interpreted the verse: "What can such expect but that God should come
down to them overshadowed with clouds,"(109)--a sign which they have
unquestionably regarded as one of the features of the Day of
Resurrection--as referring to Qa'im and His manifestation.

Strive, therefore, O my brother, to grasp the meaning of "Resurrection,"
and cleanse thine ears from the idle sayings of these rejected people.
Shouldst thou step into the realm of complete detachment, thou wilt
readily testify that no day is mightier than this Day, and that no
resurrection more awful than this Resurrection can ever be conceived. One
righteous work performed in this Day, equalleth all the virtuous acts
which for myriads of centuries men have practised--nay, We ask forgiveness
of God for such a comparison! For verily the reward which such a deed
deserveth is immensely beyond and above the estimate of men. Inasmuch as
these undiscerning and wretched souls have failed to apprehend the true
meaning of "Resurrection" and of the "attainment unto the divine
Presence," they therefore have remained utterly deprived of the grace
thereof. Although the sole and fundamental purpose of all learning, and
the toil and labour thereof, is attainment unto, and the recognition of,
this station, yet they are all immersed in the pursuit of their material
studies. They deny themselves every moment of leisure, and utterly ignore
Him, Who is the Essence of all learning, and the one Object of their
quest! Methinks, their lips have never touched the cup of divine
Knowledge, nor do they seem to have attained even a dewdrop of the showers
of heavenly grace.

Consider, how can he that faileth in the day of God's Revelation to attain
unto the grace of the "Divine Presence" and to recognize His
Manifestation, be justly called learned, though he may have spent aeons in
the pursuit of knowledge, and acquired all the limited and material
learning of men? It is surely evident that he can in no wise be regarded
as possessed of true knowledge. Whereas, the most unlettered of all men,
if he be honoured with this supreme distinction, he verily is accounted as
one of those divinely-learned men whose knowledge is of God; for such a
man hath attained the