Gleanings — Paragraph 341

Source (Arabic)

الیوم باید احبّای الهی ناظر بظهور و ما یظهر منه باشند بعضی روایات قبلیّه اصلی نداشته و ندارد و آنچه هم ملل قبل ادراک کرده‌اند و در کتب ذکر نموده‌اند اکثر آن بهوای نفس بوده چنانچه مشاهده نموده‌اید که آنچه در دست ناس موجود است از معانی و تأویلات کلمات الهیّه اکثری بغیر حقّ بوده چنانچه بعد از خرق حجاب بعضی معلوم و واضح شد و تصدیق نمودند که کلمه‌ئی از کلمات الهیّه را ادراک ننموده بودند

Translation

This is the Day when the loved ones of God should keep their eyes directed towards His Manifestation, and fasten them upon whatsoever that Manifestation may be pleased to reveal. Certain traditions of bygone ages rest on no foundations whatever, while the notions entertained by past generations, and which they have recorded in their books, have, for the most part, been influenced by the desires of a corrupt inclination. Thou dost witness how most of the commentaries and interpretations of the words of God, now current amongst men, are devoid of truth. Their falsity hath, in some cases, been exposed when the intervening veils were rent asunder. They themselves have acknowledged their failure in apprehending the meaning of any of the words of God.