Gleanings — Paragraph 344

Source (Arabic)

و اینکه سؤال شده بود که چگونه ذکر انبیای قبل از آدم ابوالبشر و سلاطین آن ازمنه در کتب تواریخ نیست عدم ذکر دلیل بر عدم وجود نبوده و نیست نظر بطول مدّت و انقلابات ارض باقی نمانده و از این گذشته قبل از آدم ابوالبشر قواعد تحریر و رسومی که حال مابین ناس است نبوده و وقتی

Translation

And now regarding thy question, “How is it that no records are to be found concerning the Prophets that have preceded Adam, the Father of Mankind, or of the kings that lived in the days of those Prophets?” Know thou that the absence of any reference to them is no proof that they did not actually exist. That no records concerning them are now available, should be attributed to their extreme remoteness, as well as to the vast changes which the earth hath undergone since their time.