Dost thou not see that should a stainless mirror proclaim,
‘Verily is the sun ashine within me, together with all its qualities, tokens
and signs’, such an utterance by such a mirror would be neither deceptive nor
false? No, by the One Who created It, shaped It, fashioned It, and made It to
be an entity conformable to the attributes of the glory within It! Praised be
He Who created It! Praised be He Who fashioned It! Praised be He Who made It
manifest!
Such were the words uttered by Christ. On account of these
words they cavilled at and assailed Him when He said unto them, ‘Verily the Son
is in the Father, and the Father is in the Son.’ [John 14:10] Be thou informed
of this, and learn thou the secrets of thy Lord. As for
the deniers, they are veiled from God: they see not, they hear not, neither do
they understand. ‘Leave them to entertain themselves with their cavillings.’ [Qur’án
6:91] Abandon them to their wanderings along river beds where no stream flows.
Like grazing beasts they cannot tell paste from pearl. Are they not shut away
from the mysteries of thy Lord, the Clement, the Merciful? (‘Abdu’l-Baha, ‘Selections
from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
