hemy, and natural magic. Such vain and
discarded learnings, this man hath regarded as the pre-requisites of the
understanding of the sacred and abiding mysteries of divine Knowledge.

Gracious God! Such is the measure of his understanding. And yet, behold
what cavils and calumnies he hath heaped upon those Embodiments of God's
infinite knowledge! How well and true is the saying: "Flingest thou thy
calumnies unto the face of Them Whom the one true God hath made the
Trustees of the treasures of His seventh sphere?" Not one understanding
heart or mind, not one among the wise and learned, hath taken notice of
these preposterous statements. And yet, how clear and evident it is to
every discerning heart that this so-called learning is and hath ever been,
rejected by Him Who is the one true God. How can the knowledge of these
sciences, which are so contemptible in the eyes of the truly learned, be
regarded as essential to the apprehension of the mysteries of the
"Mi'raj," whilst the Lord of the "Mi'raj" Himself was never burdened with
a single letter of these limited and obscure learnings, and never defiled
His radiant heart with any of these fanciful illusions? How truly hath he
said: "All human attainment moveth upon a lame ass, whilst Truth, riding
upon the wind, darteth across space." By the righteousness of God! Whoso
desireth to fathom the mystery of this "Mi'raj," and craveth a drop from
this ocean, if the mirror of his heart be already obscured by the dust of
these learnings, he must needs cleanse and purify it ere the light of this
mystery can be reflected therein.

In this day, they that are submerged beneath the ocean of ancient
Knowledge, and dwell within the ark of divine wisdom, forbid the people
such idle pursuits. Their shining breasts are, praise be to God,
sanctified from every trace of such learning, and are exalted above such
grievous veils. We have consumed this densest of all veils, with the fire
of the love of the Beloved--the veil referred to in the saying: "The most
grievous of all veils is the veil of knowledge." Upon its ashes, We have
reared the tabernacle of divine knowledge. We have, praise be to God,
burned the "veils of glory" with the fire of the beauty of the
Best-Beloved. We have driven from the human heart all else but Him Who is
the Desire of the world, and glory therein. We cleave to no knowledge but
His Knowledge, and set our hearts on naught save the effulgent glories of
His light.

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