that the
people might not be seized with perturbation by reason of a new Book and a
new Revelation and might regard His Faith as similar to their own,
perchance they would not turn away from the Truth and ignore the thing for
which they had been called into being.

"Let Me set forth some rational arguments for thee. If ..."

Let Me set forth some rational arguments for thee. If someone desireth to
embrace the Faith of Islam today, would the testimony of God prove
conclusive for him? If thou dost contend that it would not, then how is it
that God will chastise him after death, and that, while he lives, the
verdict of 'non-believer' is passed upon him? If thou affirmest that the
testimony is conclusive, how wouldst thou prove this? If thy assertion is
based on hearsay, then mere words are unacceptable as a binding testimony;
but if thou deemest the Qur'an as the testimony, this would be a weighty
and evident proof.

Now consider the Revelation of the Bayan. If the followers of the Qur'an
had applied to themselves proofs similar to those which they advance for
the non-believers in Islam, not a single soul would have remained deprived
of the Truth, and on the Day of Resurrection everyone would have attained
salvation.

Should a Christian contend, 'How can I deem the Qur'an a testimony while I
am unable to understand it?' such a contention would not be acceptable.
Likewise the people of the Qur'an disdainfully observe, 'We are unable to
comprehend the eloquence of the verses in the Bayan, how can we regard it
as a testimony?' Whoever uttereth such words, say unto him, 'O thou
untutored one! By what proof hast thou embraced the Religion of Islam? Is
it the Prophet on whom thou hast never set eyes? Is it the miracles which
thou hast never witnessed? If thou hast accepted Islam unwittingly,
wherefore hast thou done so? But if thou hast embraced the Faith by
recognizing the Qur'an as the testimony, because thou hast heard the
learned and the faithful express their powerlessness before it, or if thou
hast, upon hearing the divine verses and by virtue of thy spontaneous love
for the True Word of God, responded in a spirit of utter humility and
lowliness--a spirit which is one of the mightiest signs of true love and
understanding--then such proofs have been and will ever be regarded as
sound.'

"The recognition of Him Who is the Bearer of divine ..."

The recognition of Him Who is the Bearer of divine Truth i