Gleanings — Paragraph 100

Source (Arabic)

محمّد وأوسطنا محمّد" باری معلوم و محقّق آنجناب بوده که جميع انبيا هياکل امر اللّه هستند که در قمايص مختلفه ظاهر شدند و اگر بنظر لطيف ملاحظه فرمائی همه را در يک رضوان ساکن بينی و در يک هوا طائر و بر يک بساط جالس و بر يک کلام ناطق و بر يک امر آمر اينست اتّحاد آن جواهر وجود و شموس غير محدود و معدود پس اگر يکی از اين مظاهر قدسيّه بفرمايد من رجوع کلّ انبياء هستم صادق است و همچنين ثابت است در هر ظهور بعد صدق رجوع ظهور قبل ...

Translation

It is clear and evident to thee that all the Prophets are the Temples of the Cause of God, Who have appeared clothed in divers attire. If thou wilt observe with discriminating eyes, thou wilt behold Them all abiding in the same tabernacle, soaring in the same heaven, seated upon the same throne, uttering the same speech, and proclaiming the same Faith. Such is the unity of those Essences of Being, those Luminaries of infinite and immeasurable splendor! Wherefore, should one of these Manifestations of Holiness proclaim saying: “I am the return of all the Prophets,” He, verily, speaketh the truth. In like manner, in every subsequent Revelation, the return of the former Revelation is a fact, the truth of which is firmly established.…