ing of the "Seal" in His exalted utterance: "Muhammad is the Apostle
of God and the Seal of the Prophets,"(123) hath revealed unto all people
the promise of "attainment unto the divine Presence." To this attainment
to the presence of the immortal King testify the verses of the Book, some
of which We have already mentioned. The one true God is My witness!
Nothing more exalted or more explicit than "attainment unto the divine
Presence" hath been revealed in the Qur'an. Well is it with him that hath
attained thereunto, in the day wherein most of the people, even as ye
witness, have turned away therefrom.

And yet, through the mystery of the former verse, they have turned away
from the grace promised by the latter, despite the fact that "attainment
unto the divine Presence" in the "Day of Resurrection" is explicitly
stated in the Book. It hath been demonstrated and definitely established,
through clear evidences, that by "Resurrection" is meant the rise of the
Manifestation of God to proclaim His Cause, and by "attainment unto the
divine Presence" is meant attainment unto the presence of His Beauty in
the person of His Manifestation. For verily, "No vision taketh in Him, but
He taketh in all vision."(124) Notwithstanding all these indubitable facts
and lucid statements, they have foolishly clung to the term "seal," and
remained utterly deprived of the recognition of Him Who is the Revealer of
both the Seal and the Beginning, in the day of His presence. "If God
should chastise men for their perverse doings, He would not leave upon the
earth a moving thing! But to an appointed time doth He respite them."(125)
But apart from all these things, had this people attained unto a drop of
the crystal streams flowing from the words: "God doeth whatsoever He
willeth, and ordaineth whatsoever He pleaseth," they would not have raised
any unseemly cavils, such as these, against the focal Center of His
Revelation. The Cause of God, all deeds and words, are held within the
grasp of His power. "All things lie imprisoned within the hollow of His
mighty Hand; all things are easy and possible unto Him." He accomplisheth
whatsoever He willeth, and doeth all that He desireth. "Whoso sayeth 'why'
or 'wherefore' hath spoken blasphemy!" Were these people to shake off the
slumber of negligence and realize that which their hands have wrought,
they would surely perish, and would of their own accord cast themselves
into fire--their end and real abode. Hav