their reins tightly. Before God these common people are accepted and approved above the learned who have turned away from the True One. Understanding the Divine words and comprehension of the utterances of the Ideal Doves have no connection with outward learning, but depend upon purity of heart, chastity of soul, and freedom of spirit. For at the present time there are some servants who have not seen a single letter of the forms of learning, yet they are seated upon the summit of Knowledge, the gardens of their hearts adorned with roses of Wisdom and tulips of Insight, through the cloud of the Divine Bounty. Blessed are the sincere ones through the lights of the Great Day! Likewise it is said:" (As to) those who believe not in the verses of God, or that they shall meet Him, they shall despair of My mercy, and for them is a painful punishment" (K. S. 29) . Also, "And say shall we abandon our gods for a distracted poet" (K. S. 37)? The intent of this verse is clear. Consider what they said after the verses were revealed: "Shall we abandon our gods for a distracted poet? " They called His Holiness a poet, scoffed at the Divine verses, and said: "These words are silly fables of ancient (times)" (K. S. 6) , meaning, these are words spoken in former times which Mohammed hath collected, declaring them to be from God. Likewise in this day, ye have heard the people ascribing similar things to this Cause, saying, " He hath combined these words with the words of former times"; or "these words are
