For example; the Koran was a solid stronghold for the people of the Messenger, and those who entered therein in His day were protected from the assault of devils, the spear of opposers, uprooting doubts, and polytheistic suggestions. They also partook of the pure fruits of Unity and the crop of Wisdom from the Divine Tree; drank from the rivers of the incorruptible water of Knowledge and tasted the wine of the mysteries of Oneness and Singleness.
All the requirements of that people, such as the precepts of the religion and the law of the Lord of the Messengers, were supplied and determined in that manifest Rizwan. It was a lasting proof for its adherents after the Point of the Koran, for its decree is sound, its command unfailing, and all have been enjoined to obey it until the new Manifestation in the year "sixty."[1] It leads seekers to the Rizwan of Union and causes endeavorers and emigrants to reach the tent of Nearness. It is a valid evidence and mighty proof, while others, such as books, records and traditions have not this excellence; for the words and existence of traditions and their authors are proven and confirmed by the text of the Book. Moreover, in the traditions discrepancies are many and obscurities are numberless.
At the end of His mission, the Point of the Koran said: "Verily, I leave two weights among you; the Book of God and my Family" (the Twelve Imams).
- ↑ 1260 A. H.—The year of the declaration of the Bab and the birth of Abdul-Baha Abbas.
