the symbols of the Divine words and the allegorical explanations of the Holy Manifestations; and thus be not debarred on account of the (impressive) majesty of the words, from the Sea of the Names and Attributes and veiled from the Lamp of Unity which is the place of the manifestation of The Essence.
As to the words—"Immediately after the tribulation of those days"—this signifies the time when the people become afflicted with hardship and distress. This is when the traces of the Sun of Truth and the fruits of the Tree of Knowledge and Wisdom disappear from among mankind and the reins of the people fall into the hands of the ignorant; when the doors of Unity and Knowledge—the essential purpose of the creation of man—are closed; when Knowledge is changed into superstition and guidance into adversity, just as it is witnessed in this day that the reins of every party are in the hands of an ignorant one who leads them in whatever way he desires. Among them nothing remains of the Adored One but a name and of the Desired One but the letter. To such an extent have the winds of desire and self prevailed, that they have extinguished the lights of reason and conscience within the hearts. Although the doors of the Divine Knowledge are opened by the keys of the Supreme Power, and the essences of the being of things are enlightened and illumined through the knowledge-light and holy bounties, to such an extent that within everything a door of knowledge
