Gleanings — Paragraph 458
Source (Arabic)
هل استطعتم أن تخمدوا نار الله أو تطفئوا أنوار تجلّيه الّتي استضاءت منها أهل لجج البقاء واستجذبت عنها أفئدة الموحّدين، أما سمعتم يد الله فوق أيديكم وتقديره فوق تدبيركم وإنّه لهو القاهر فوق عباده والغالب على أمره يفعل ما يشاء ولا يسئل عمّا شاء، ويحكم ما يريد وهو المقتدر القدير، وإن توقنوا بذلك لم لا تنتهون أعمالكم ولا تكوننّ من السّاكنين، وفي كلّ يوم تجدّدون ظلمكم كما قمتم عليّ في تلك الأيّام بعد الّذي ما دخلت نفسي في هذه الأمور وما كنت مخالفا لكم ولا مع
Translation
Ponder in thine heart. Did ye, notwithstanding your behavior and the things your hands have wrought, succeed in quenching the fire of God or in putting out the light of His Revelation — a light that hath enveloped with its brightness them that are immersed in the billowing oceans of immortality, and hath attracted the souls of such as truly believe in and uphold His unity? Know ye not that the Hand of God is over your hands, that His irrevocable Decree transcendeth all your devices, that He is supreme over His servants, that He is equal to His Purpose, that He doth what He wisheth, that He shall not be asked of whatever He willeth, that He ordaineth what He pleaseth, that He is the Most Powerful, the Almighty? If ye believe this to be the truth, wherefore, then, will ye not cease from troubling and be at peace with yourselves?