human realm; they see it not; they find it
not. Yet the mineral and vegetable, the animal and man, are all living
here together in this world of existence.

As to the second question: the tests and trials of God take place in this
world, not in the world of the Kingdom.

The answer to the third question is this, that in the other world the
human reality doth not assume a physical form, rather doth it take on a
heavenly form, made up of elements of that heavenly realm.

And the answer to the fourth question: the centre of the Sun of Truth is
in the supernal world--the Kingdom of God. Those souls who are pure and
unsullied, upon the dissolution of their elemental frames, hasten away to
the world of God, and that world is within this world. The people of this
world, however, are unaware of that world, and are even as the mineral and
the vegetable that know nothing of the world of the animal and the world
of man.

The answer to the fifth question is this: Baha'u'llah hath raised up the
tabernacle of the oneness of mankind. Whoso seeketh shelter under this
roof will certainly come forth from other dwellings.

And to the sixth question: if on some point or other a difference ariseth
among two conflicting groups, let them refer to the Centre of the Covenant
for a solution to the problem.

And the seventh question: Baha'u'llah hath been made manifest to all
mankind and He hath invited all to the table of God, the banquet of Divine
bounty. Today, however, most of those who sit at that table are the poor,
and this is why Christ hath said blessed are the poor, for riches do
prevent the rich from entering the Kingdom; and again, He saith, 'It is
easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man
to enter into the Kingdom of God.'(54) If, however, the wealth of this
world, and worldly glory and repute, do not block his entry therein, that
rich man will be favoured at the Holy Threshold and accepted by the Lord
of the Kingdom.

In brief, Baha'u'llah hath become manifest to educate all the peoples of
the world. He is the Universal Educator, whether of the rich or the poor,
whether of black or white, or of peoples from east or west, or north or
south.

Among those who visit Akka, some have made great forward strides.
Lightless candles, they were set alight; withered, they began to bloom;
dead, they were recalled to life and went home with tidings of great joy.
But others, in truth, have simply passed th