is the Divine Trust among the servants; and notwithstanding these clear traditions which are more explicit than explanation and elucidation, yet the people have ignored and rejected them all, clinging to the outward sense of some traditions which they have not found consistent with their own understanding, and the meaning of which they have not comprehended. Thus are they bereft of the wine of the Glorious One and the everflowing fountain of the Beauty of the Eternal One.
Consider, even the date of the Manifestation of that Essence of Light hath been recorded in the traditions, yet they are not mindful, nor severed a single breath from selfish desire.
In the tradition, Al-Mofazzal questioned Sadek: "O my Master, how will be (the sign of) His Manifestation?" Then he answered: "In the year sixty, His Cause shall appear and His mention shall be elevated."
To resume: It is astonishing that with such evident and obvious references, these servants have avoided the Truth. For example, mention of the sorrow, affliction and imprisonment inflicted upon that Essence of Divine Nature hath been made in the former traditions. In "Buhar"[1]: "In our Gha'im there are four signs from four Prophets, Moses, Jesus, Joseph and Mohammed. As to the sign from Moses, fear and anticipation; from Jesus that which was said in His behalf; from Joseph imprisonment and pious
- ↑ A book of Mohammedan authoritative traditions.
